The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal Playlist: Episode 73
I had two ideas in my head for this episode. The first was to do a stuff-to-look-forward-to-next-year playlist, which I did, and the second was to do a me-spending-your-money-on-Black-Friday-Bandcamp-recommendations edition, which I did not do.
Was it the right choice? I don’t know, but it kind of feels like a victory for the good guys every time I get to play All Souls, or King Buffalo, or Sasquatch — or Gozu, or Conan, Stöner, Colour Haze, etc. — and there’s some small chance anybody will hear it, so I won’t exactly say I regret going the way I did. There will be other Bandcamp Fridays, I think.
And to be perfectly honest, I like thinking about this stuff, about new records coming out. I like to wonder what bands will come up with, song-wise, sound-wise, how things will have changed since their last record, how the identity of a group can shift over time. Think of High on Fire. Think of Dozer! A new Dozer album after 14 years. Who the hell knows what that’s going to sound like?
So yeah, that’s what I went with. And since preorder is up for some of this stuff — 40 Watt Sun, the PostWax series of which Dozer are a part, Naxatras, Messa, Earthless — I guess maybe you could spend some money anyway here. Plus there’s always older records to buy. It’s a big planet. There are a lot of albums on it.
Thanks for listening if you do and/or reading. I hope you enjoy.
The Obelisk Show airs 5PM Eastern today on the Gimme app or at: http://gimmemetal.com.
Full playlist:
The Obelisk Show – 11.26.21
| Dozer | The Flood | Beyond Colossal (2008) |
| Some Pills for Ayala | Space Octopus | Space Octopus (2021) |
| Gozu | They Probably Know Karate | Equilibrium (2018) |
| Wo Fat | There’s Something Sinister in the Wind | Midnight Cometh (2016) |
| VT | ||
| Sasquatch | Destroyer | Maneuvers (2017) |
| Earthless | Electric Flame | Black Heaven (2018) |
| Stöner | The Older Kids | Stoners Rule (2021) |
| Långfinger | Silver Blaze | Crossyears (2016) |
| King Buffalo | The Knocks | The Burden of Restlessness (2021) |
| Torche | Times Missing | Admission (2019) |
| All Souls | Winds | Songs for the End of the World (2020) |
| Conan | Volt Thrower | Existential Void Guardian (2018) |
| High on Fire | Freebooter | Electric Messiah (2018) |
| Messa | Leah | Feast for Water (2018) |
| 40 Watt Sun | The Spaces in Between | Perfect Light (2022) |
| VT | ||
| Colour Haze | Life | We Are (2020) |
| Naxatras | Land of Infinite Time | III (2018) |
The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal airs every Friday 5PM Eastern, with replays Sunday at 7PM Eastern. Next new episode is Dec. 10 (subject to change). Thanks for listening if you do.
Tags: 40 Watt Sun, All Souls, Colour Haze, Conan, Dozer, Earthless, Gimme Radio, Gozu, High on Fire, King Buffalo, Långfinger, Messa, Naxatras, Sasquatch, Some Pills for Ayala, The Obelisk Show, Torche, Wo Fat
