Posts Tagged ‘Tom McKibbin’

Album of the day: Jucifer – Nadir (Reissue)

Posted on Friday, January 20th, 2012

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: Whether or not the liner notes that accompany Nadir are just another case of self-mythologising from the nomadic Jucifer front-woman Gazelle Amber Valentine, they paint a charming picture of a young band, destitute of anything but the pleasure of playing music among the junkies and vagrants of a run-down part of the city at a time before they had turned into the cult legends they are now. These self-recorded songs reflect the story beautifully; they are stripped to the absolute essentials – a guitar, drums, vocals, cigarettes and a chocolate sauce and whiskey concoction the guys liked to call ‘mud.’

As such the songs have a raw power, comparable to early White Stripes in the sense that these guys clearly felt like outsiders finding solace in one another and the music they created together. Kicking things off in a dynamic (and downright bad-arse) fashion is opening track ‘Prime’ which contains a huge, lumbering riff and a haunting vocal melody – a long lost sludge classic.

‘Hachimantaro’ takes a slightly more relaxed approach but is equally heavy and features a similarly lurching riff. In contrast ‘Glamourpuss’ has an industrial sound, akin (surprisingly) to Nine Inch Nails crossed with some Babes In Toyland (think ‘Bruise Violet’.)

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Album of the day: Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II

Posted on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: Let’s start by stating the obvious: Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II is a world away from Earth’s pivotal album Earth 2; we are, after all, experiencing the second-coming of Earth. However this new incarnation shares many similarities with the version of the ...read more

Album of the day: Noothgrush – S/T (Reissue 2011)

Posted on Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: An interesting one, this; independent label Fuck Yoga have gotten their grubby mits on one of Noothgrush’s very first recordings – a self-recorded demo that was only ever released on a handful of cassettes – and are releasing it on limited edition CD and ...read more

Album of the day: Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. – The Ripper At The Heavens Gates Of Dark

Posted on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: There are many uncertainties in life but you can always be sure that Acid Mothers Temple will continue to crank out album after album of claustrophobic, psycho-psychedelia from atop their Japanese mountain retreat, like crazed astronomers sending out distorted signals into the vast expanse ...read more

Album of the day: Noothgrush – Live For Nothing

Posted on Monday, September 26th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: San Jose’s lovable sludge slackers Noothgrush are a difficult band to follow – in their seventeen year career they’ve released a handful of demos and split 7 inches, a rarities collection and one album, all of which are pretty hard to get hold of ...read more

Album of the day: Pikacyu*Makoto – OM Sweet Home – We Are Shining Stars From Darkside

Posted on Friday, August 12th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: We’re not sure where to begin with this one so let’s start from the outside and work our way in to the contents of the CD. Firstly, this is a side project of Kawabata Makoto, the illusive leader of Japanese pysch-rock lunatics Acid Mothers ...read more

Album of the day: Efrim Manuel Menuck – Plays High Gospel

Posted on Monday, August 8th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: In his nearly two-decade-long career, Efrim Menuck has distinguished himself as an innovative musician whose work with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion has, at times, led the post-rock movement and inspired countless imitators. In those bands Menuck always managed to ...read more