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Desertfest London 2015: Jeremy Irons and the Ratgang Malibus and Moaning Cities Added to Lineup

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Desertfest London 2015 has added two more acts to its already remarkable lineup. Youngin’ Swedish rockers Jeremy Irons and the Ratgang Malibus impressed last year with their Small Stone label debut, Spirit Knife (review here), while Belgium’s Moaning Cities‘ 2014 release, Pathways through the Sail, only came to my attention when the four-piece was recently added to the Roadburn lineup, but made an impression at the time and has warranted several revisits since.

The two acts join a huge roster of bands, where even four lines down on the poster it’s like you’re still looking at headliners (as you can see below), from Red Fang and Sleep and Eyehategod to The Atomic BitchwaxMy Sleeping Karma and Black Pyramid, and the announcements from Desertfest make it official:

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JEREMY IRONS & THE RATGANG MALIBUS TO ROAR LIKE SCAR AT DESERTFEST 2015!

JEREMY IRONS & THE RATGANG MALIBUS, IS ASTRAL-PROGRESSIVE PRAIRIE ROCK WITH AUTHENTIC, AUDIO-VISUAL ROOTS IN A 1970S MUSIC LANDSCAPE.

This band is the musical, northwest passage between classic rock and the unholy spirit of Pink Floyd.

It’s like finding an interstellar sound portal to a hidden space desert, that only can be seen and heard through a kaleidoscope, which is blessed by a spiritual shaman from Saturn.

The band’s latest album “Spirit Knife” is perhaps the ultimate record for inner and outer road tripping beyond all boundaries. But have no fear of getting lost, the soundscape and the groove serves as your existential guide and compass, through the purple mist of the desert.

MOANING CITIES TO SOOTHE CAMDEN’S DESPAIR AT DESERTFEST 2015!

FORMED IN 2011, MOANING CITIES ARE A YOUNG BRUSSELS-BASED QUARTET WHO RELEASED THEIR DEBUT LP LAST YEAR, ‘PATHWAYS THROUGH THE SAIL’.

The band comes from the ’60s psych revival end of the scene; think The Doors, 13th Floor Elevators, Baby Woodrose, The Heads and Wooden Shjips, or even some acts closer to home like Ride and The Stone Roses. Vocalist Valérian Meunier is especially reminiscent of the honest approach of singers like Ian Brown and Richard Ashcroft of The Verve.

The band have another strong element to them: their love of North African and Middle-Eastern instruments. On stage they wrap many of their songs in a blissed-out haze, with Timothée Sinagra’s hypnotic sitar and Melissa Morales’ ethnic percussion. They know how to wig-out too, fuzz rockers like lead single ‘Bread and Games’ will get your ass moving on the dance floor.

A nice diversion from the doom and sludge at the heavier end the festival experience, Moaning Cities will get London howling with satisfaction at this years’ DesertFest.

Kind Words: Rich AfterSabbath

http://www.thedesertfest.com/
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Jeremy Irons and the Ratgang Malibus, Spirit Knife (2014)

Moaning Cities, Pathways through the Sail (2014)

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