With Zardoz on in the background (a masterpiece of psycho-delia cinema, if you’ve never seen it) and a bottle of Augustiner Maximator to dull the senses as I wait for both an eBay auction to end and the purported climatic apocalypse to take me, we cap the week. It’s been pretty dense around there the last two days — at least as far as word counts are concerned — so I’m going to try to keep it short now. Thank you, as always, for reading.

In case you didn’t press play yet, the above is a clip of the Serbian band Consecration playing live. Just a reminder that riff-worship, however underground, is found in all corners of the world. Please enjoy.

If you missed the announcement, The Obelisk and BrooklynVegan have teamed to present a show Sept. 20 at Union Pool in Brooklyn with Suplecs, The Brought Low, and Lo-Pan. I’m very much looking forward to it and I hope you are as well if you’re in the area — or even if you’re not and you just get excited about these things. More power to you.

Next week, I’ll have info about a shuffle in the release schedule for The Maple Forum. Turns out there’s going to be something prior to Clamfight that could be out within a month or so, and unlike everything I’ve put out on the label so far, it’s going to be vinyl. A 7″, but vinyl nonetheless. I didn’t think I’d live to see the day.

I’ll also have my interview with Tony Aguilar of Totimoshi and reviews of Mars Red Sky, Rwake, Alkahest and Skraeckoedlan. We’ll close out the month with August’s numbers, and I’m waiting on a couple Six Dumb Questions interviews, so if any of them comes back, I’ll get that up probably, because I’m compulsive and that’s how I do.

Until then, the weekend. If you’re on the East Coast of the US, I hope you’re safe in the impending Hurricane Irene. I look forward to a couple days of not having power, downed trees in the valley, etc. Been a while, anyway.

Doubtless I’ll find a way to hit the forum nonetheless, and if so, hope to see you there. Otherwise, wherever you are, have a great and safe weekend.

Tags: Consecration, Serbia

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