Posted in Whathaveyou on July 26th, 2024 by JJ Koczan
The new Duel album, Breakfast With Satan, came out earlier this month on Heavy Psych Sounds, and to no surprise whatsoever, the Austin-based purveyors of heavy charge will waste no time getting out to support it. If you’ve never seen the four-piece live — or if you have, for that matter — and are presented with the opportunity, you’d be doing yourself a favor by doing so. I won’t say a bad word about their records, unless you want to count “fuck yeah” and make me put a coin in the imaginary swear jar, but they’re a stage band all the way. The grit and grime and just-barely-on-the-rail-seeming shove of their studio work, hand-delivered with metallic vitality right to your waning eardrums. They’ve got a couple fests on this Euro jaunt starting Aug. 6, but most of it is club shows, which is a context in which they shine. Not that ringing or over an open European field doesn’t also work, but there’s something electric about their sound bouncing off the back wall to club your skull while on the other side your face is being melted.
Good band? Yeah, that’s pretty much what I’m saying. Here there be tour dates, as posted by their label, the esteemed Heavy Psych Sounds:
Europe!!! Duel will be coming your way next month so don’t miss them!!! And be sure to pick up their new LP Breakfast With Death from us at www.heavypsychsounds.com
TU 06.08.24 DE MANNHEIM – ALTER WE 07.08.24 DE JENA – KUBA TH 08.08.24 DE DRESDEN – CHEMIEFABRIK FR 09.08.24 DE MARIENTHAL – HOFLÄRM SA 10.08.24 DE MUNSTER – RARE GUITAR SU 11.08.24 DE TÜBINGEN – NULL8-15 MO 12.08.24 IT VERONA – FINE DI MONDO TU 13.08.24 IT SEZZADIO – CASCINA BELLARIA WE 14.08.24 IT SAN ZENONE – VILLA ALBRIZZI TH 15.08.24 IT FRANCAVILLA – FRANTIC FEST FR 16.08.24 FR CHAMBERY – BRIN DE ZINC SA 17.08.24 FR ***OPEN SLOT*** SU 18.08.24 FR CARHAIX – MOTOCULTOR FEST TU 20.08.24 FR PARIS – SUPERSONIC WE 21.08.24 BE BRUSSELS – LA SOURCE TH 22.08.24 UK BRIGHTON – THE GREEN DOOR STORE FR 23.08.24 UK LONDON – BLACK HEART SA 24.08.24 UK MILTON KEYNES – CRAUFURD ARMS SU 25.08.24 UK SHEFFIELD – COSMIC VIBRATION
DUEL is Tom Frank – lead vocals & guitar Jeff Henson – lead guitar & backing vocals Patrick “Scooch” Pascucci – Drums Drew Potter – bass & backing vocals
Posted in Whathaveyou on July 26th, 2024 by JJ Koczan
I guess it would’ve been silly for him to call the album ‘Darken’, but as Jerry Cantrell follows up his 2021 solo album, Brighten, with I Want Blood due out this Oct. 18 through Double J Records, that seems to be the vibe the Alice in Chains guitarist and reluctant grunge figurehead (could there be another kind?) is shooting for anyhow. In the parlance of probably-not-our-times-anymore, I’m here for it.
Solo output from Cantrell — who’s a no-brainer to rate among the best rock songwriters of his generation, as well as an accomplished guitarist and vocalist — has been a mixed bag over the course of his career. Brighten mostly left me cold, whereas 2002’s Degradation Trip (discussed here) features what’s for my money some of the best work he’s ever done in or out of his central band. I haven’t heard I Want Blood and so can’t comment on how the lead single/opening track fits in with the overall spirit of the release, but certainly it’s fair to say the initial impression here is more aggressive and, indeed, darker than last time out. Throw in a depressive cut or seven and that’s a wheelhouse in which it’s well established Cantrell can thrive.
I look forward to hearing more, and I’m glad Cantrell‘s collaboration with Greg Puciato is continuing, as the The Dillinger Escape Plan) singer’s voice was a striking complement in harmony with Cantrell‘s own from all the live footage I saw supporting Brighten. Cantrell also has summer tour dates upcoming — I don’t think Puciato will join, but I also don’t know that he won’t — and he’ll be out with Bush, which would be a great show to get there early and leave early, because that band has always sucked.
From the PR wire:
JERRY CANTRELL ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM I WANT BLOOD, OUT OCTOBER 18 VIA DOUBLE J MUSIC
FEATURING GUEST PERFORMANCES FROM DUFF MCKAGAN, ROBERT TRUJILLO, MIKE BORDIN AND MORE
Jerry Cantrell, one of rock music’s most distinctive musicians, returns with I Want Blood, an album brimming with Cantrell’s signature vocals and guitar-driven melodies, on Oct. 18 via Double J Music.
“This record is a serious piece of work. It’s a motherfucker,” Cantrell says of the infectious collection. “It’s hard, no doubt, and completely unlike Brighten. And that’s what you want, to end up in a different place. There’s a confidence to this album. I think it’s some of my best songwriting and playing, and certainly some of my best singing.”
A preview of I Want Blood comes with today’s release of “Vilified”. The album opener showcases an energy that rivals any of Cantrell’s previous work – powerful, nuanced, and electric – setting the tone for the 45-minute album.
“‘Vilified” travels a lot of places in just four and a half minutes,” Cantrell continues. “It’s got a ferocity and really aggressive vibe to it.”
I Want Blood, co-produced by Cantrell and Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Melvins), was recorded at Barresi’s JHOC Studio in Pasadena, Calif. The album also features contributions from bass heavyweights Duff McKagan (Guns N’Roses) and Robert Trujillo (Metallica), drummers Gil Sharone (Team Sleep, Stolen Babies) and Mike Bordin (Faith No More), and backing vocals from Lola Colette and Greg Puciato (Better Lovers, ex-Dillinger Escape Plan).
I Want Blood track list:
1. Vilified 2. Off The Rails 3. Afterglow 4. I Want Blood 5. Echoes Of Laughter 6. Throw Me A Line 7. Let It Lie 8. Held Your Tongue 9. It Comes
Album pre-orders, which include CD, digital and multiple 2LP variants are available here: https://bio.to/JerryCantrell.
Exclusive to the 2LP vinyl versions of I Want Blood are atmospheric, spoken word versions of each song on the album.
Jerry Cantrell kicks off a North American tour this evening, joining Bush for a seven-week trek across the continent:
July 26 Bend, OR Hayden Homes Amphitheater July 27 Airway Heights, WA BECU Live July 31 West Valley Utah, UT Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre August 1 Greenwood Village, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre August 3 La Crosse, WI Copeland Park August 4 Indianapolis, IN Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park August 6 Cedar Rapids, IA McGrath Amphitheatre August 7 Chicago, IL Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island August 9 Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium August 10 Maryland Heights, MO St. Louis Music Park August 13 Cleveland, OH Jacobs Pavilion August 14 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center August 16 Sterling Heights, MI Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill August 17 Lewiston, NY Artpark Amphitheater August 19 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage August 21 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center August 23 Atlantic City, NJ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena August 24 Boston, MA Leader Bank Pavilion August 26 Charlotte, NC Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre August 27 Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheatre August 29 Jacksonville, FL Daily’s Place August 30 Davie, FL Hard Rock Live (Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood) September 1 Atlanta, GA Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park September 4 San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum September 5 Houston, TX 713 Music Hall September 7 Durant, OK Choctaw Casino & Resort September 8 Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion September 11 Las Vegas, NV Bakkt Theater September 13 San Diego, CA Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre September 14 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre September 15 Los Angeles, CA The Greek Theatre
Posted in Whathaveyou on July 26th, 2024 by JJ Koczan
Massive Hassle‘s 2023 debut, Number One (review here), wasn’t short on charm offered through the harmonies and classic-style rock, blues, soul and shuffle from brothers Bill Fisher and Marty Fisher, and as Unreal Damage opens up for my first listen with “Crap is Your Life,” I see not much has changed in that regard over the mere months since the first record. So much the better for the mellow rockers, both also of Church of the Cosmic Skull and Dystopian Future Movies, both formerly of Mammothwing, etc., and so much the better for anyone who’d seek vibe without pretense or sacrifice of songcraft and performance. Plus fuzz, which also helps.
The first single from the eight-track outing is called “Walk of Shame” and you can hear its bluesy guitar line and sleek melody advising you to “take it slowly” for yourself at the bottom of this post (at least I hope so, if the timing on the post works). It’s a fitting introduction into things to come, and the notice to get ready for it is welcome since Unreal Damage is out in just a couple weeks. Aug. 16 is the release date, if you missed it in the headline. And if you did, that’s okay too.
Info follows as per the PR wire:
Massive Hassle announce the release of their second album ‘Unreal Damage’ out on Friday 16th August via Septaphonic Records.
Massive Hassle is a two-piece rock band from Nottingham England, featuring brothers Bill & Marty Fisher (Mammothwing, Church of the Cosmic Skull, Dystopian Future Movies and many more), combining fuzz-rock, soul, doom-metal, jazz, blues, country, and more with meticulous two-part vocal harmony.
‘If Otis Redding and Tony Iommi made a 70s rock record with meticulous two-part vocal harmony, while deep in the throes of a dangerously expansive mental health crisis. The second album from the brothers Fisher sees them quest hither and yon into the depths of sweet soul music and heavy fuzz indulgences, apropos achieving surround sound. Discarding all previously proclaimed credos, the freedom of the studio environment elevates these eight brand new and select recordings to vertigo-inducing heights of sound and colour. Get peace, stay sound’ – Mike Failing
Hailing from Nottingham England, Brothers Bill Fisher and Marty Fisher (Mammothwing, Church of the Cosmic Skull, Dystopian Future Movies) launched this new project in 2023 with the celebrated debut ‘Number One’, recorded and filmed entirely in live takes, with videos for every song.
Continuing their experiment with vocal-harmony-laden fuzz-rock / soul / doom-metal / jazz / blues / country, the second release sees the brothers take a wider, tighter, studio-orientated approach, while maintaining the authentic minimalism of the two-piece format.
Posted in Whathaveyou on July 26th, 2024 by JJ Koczan
Okay, so if you’re going to put me in a corner and force me to admit it, I will say that perhaps Norwegian folk-influenced atmospheric post-rock isn’t going to be universally relatable. Not everyone who hears it is going to be like, “Oh shit that rules!” and set their preorder with an eye toward securing a good time while they can. The vibe here is more melancholic, more introverted despite the expansive melodies of Lindy-Fay Hella‘s vocals — accompanied by spoken parts from Kristian Espedal (ex-Gorgoroth, Gaahls Wyrd, Trelldom, etc.), guest fiddle, and so on — and fluid in a different way. It’s not a party. Don’t expect a party. But if you’re in just the right kind of contemplative, looking-for-something-obscure-in-style-but-emotionally-resonant spirit, there’s resonance in the video for “Vi finnes” to be had. It’s there waiting for you if and when you feel like you’re ready to find it.
If the involvement of Espedal piqued your interest coming from a more extreme metal side, I’ll note as well Hella‘s work in Wardruna, Ronny “Valgard” Stavestrand also having been in Trelldom and Iver Sandøy‘s status as drummer/vocalist in Enslaved in addition to drumming for Relentless Aggression, Trinacria and recording and playing with scores of others. It’d be a contradiction in mood to call them a supergroup, but nobody here is lacking in pedigree.
And if this turns out to be a note to myself later to check out the album when the time comes, I’m satisfied with that too. Certainly the reason I’m posting “Vi finnes” here is because it made me want to hear more.
From the PR wire:
WHISPERING VOID reveal first video single ‘Vi finnes’ and details of forthcoming debut album “At the Sound of the Heart”
The collective of renowned musicians from Norway’s west coast henceforth known as WHISPERING VOID is releasing their first ever video single ‘Vi finnes’ (‘We Exist’) taken from their forthcoming debut full-length “At the Sound of the Heart”. The album has been slated for release on October 18, 2024.
WHISPERING VOID comment: “The main lyrics in this song are in Norwegian, more specifically in an Eastern dialect of Norwegian, and this creates a slippery and almost untrustworthy character”, vocalist Kristian Espedal writes. “The title, ‘Vi finnes’ means ‘we exist’, but the lyrics are about us never existing. The words are about the morning, which is an opportunity, and about the hours, which are the repetition of everything that happens all the time but is never the same. There is much hopefulness in this song, and at the end even a bit of suffering. When the lyrics move into English, they steer into a different direction. Ferrucio came up with the idea for the video. The lady in this film is observing life from the past. I like the very subtle connection to the lyrics.”
Lindy-Fay Hella adds: “I love the vibe of the video”, the vocalist enthuses. “I like that there is a connection with the song’s lyrics, but it also adds a new dimension to it. The haunted house in this video is situated in my neighbourhood and the lady in the video is one of my best friends. She really fits this song. I feel somewhat reminded of the fairy tale ‘Goldielocks and the Three Bears’.”
Tracklist 1. Vinden vier 2. Vi finnes 3. Whispering Void 4. At the Sound of the Heart 5. Lauvvind 6. We Are Here 7. Flower
Recording by Iver Sandøy at Solslottet Studio, Bergen (NO) Additional recording by Ronny Stavestrand at Home Studio, Bergen (NO) Mix by Iver Sandøy at Solslottet Studio, Bergen (NO) Mastering by Iver Sandøy at Solslottet Studio, Bergen (NO) Artwork by Tor Ola Svennevig Layout by Øivind Myksvoll
Guest musicians: Ole André Farstad – guzheng, Indian slide guitar on ‘Vinden Vier’,’Lauvvind’ Matias Monsen – cello on ‘Whispering Void’, ‘At the Sound of the Heart’, ‘We Are Here’ Silje Solberg – Hardanger fiddle on ‘Vi finnes’, ‘The Vines’
Posted in Whathaveyou on July 25th, 2024 by JJ Koczan
Oh my goodness, yes. I gotta be honest with you, when Terry Gross‘ debut, Soft Opening (review here), came out through Thrill Jockey in 2021, I didn’t dare hope for a follow-up. Nobody in the expansive, melody-minded, super-duper-West-Coast cosmic-shove-boogie rocking San Francisco trio seemed to be lacking for other stuff going musically, and while I thought the record kicked ass like Earthless if they stuck a fork in an electrical socket and still do, it wasn’t ever super-hyped in terms of dudes drooling over it on social media or whatnot. I’m sure they got critical praise. Sometimes I forget I don’t actually read reviews.
But not only will Terry Gross have a new album out Sept. 20 (still on Thrill Jockey), and not only is it self-assessed as a Huge Improvement, but the leadoff track “Sheepskin City” is streaming now. “Sheepskin City” — you can see the sign on the LP’s cover below and read the story from the PR wire in the blue text — is one of four on the record, and it’s a burner the way you think of stars fusing hydrogen into helium atoms. I can’t wait to be obsessed with this album and to annoy my family by having it on constantly.
Here’s looking forward:
Terry Gross announce their exhilarating sophomore album ‘Huge Improvement’ out September 20th
Terry Gross is the beloved Bay Area rock trio featuring members of Trans Am, Oneida and the Fucking Champs, who also run San Francisco’s acclaimed El Studio (Moon Duo, Big Business, Wooden Shjips)
Terry Gross, the trio of drummer Phil Becker, bassist Donny Newenhouse, and guitarist Phil Manley (Trans Am) announce their exhilarating sophomore album with the typically self-deprecating title of Huge Improvement. Coming September 20th, the album was written and recorded at El Studio, the band’s studio where artists such as Moon Duo, Big Business and Wooden Shjips have worked. Huge Improvement captures the trio’s psychedelic excursions with granular precision.
We are pleased to share bracing new single “Sheepskin City” – a gallivanting ode to impermanence that runs at full-tilt, classic riffing pushed to sonic extremes and invoking prog-rock drum and guitar heroics. Named for the San Francisco business (also featured on the album’s cover art), “Sheepskin City” exemplifies the band’s balance between absurdist humor and a genuine concern for preservation.
“Sheepskin City was always a perplexing oddball place on a busy corner in San Francisco’s Mission district,” notes Becker. “They hung the same weathered ragged sheepskins out front daily. Was it a front for something else? Something about it just made you smile when you drove by it. If Sheepskin City is still there, things are alright. Then, one day, after decades of being there, it’s gone!” Newenhouse adds: “For us it became sort of an analog for the future and how technological advancements will most likely result in some sort of ultimate letdown.” Manley continues: “These are places in the neighborhood where we have our recording studio, El Studio, which is where we write, rehearse and record. It’s our home base. We were capturing a moment in time. Everything is temporary.”
The four mammoth slabs that make up Huge Improvement are driving rock adventures, taking on a rollicking joy ride. The record welcomes cathartic release peppered with humor, delivering their observations on the changes on community and specifically their Bay Area community with considerable humor. Terry Gross’s Huge Improvement is a welcome release in this time of change and uncertainty and yes, a subtle attempt to get to speak to a journalist they admire, Terry Gross.
Tracklisting 1. Sheepskin City 2. Sales Pitch 3. Full Disclosure 4. Effective Control
Terry Gross are: Phil Becker – Drums Phil Manley – Guitar/Vocals Donny Newenhouse – Bass/Vocals
Posted in Whathaveyou on July 25th, 2024 by JJ Koczan
When Hermano signed to Ripple Music in 2022, the word was a new 10″ would surface in addition to the program of catalog reissues that’s played out in the time since. Well, here we are, and here’s When the Moon Was High… (gotta have that ellipse in there). Set to release Oct. 4, the EP gathers two previously-unreleased studio tracks, the classic “Brother Bjork” that I think might be the same as appeared on the 2005 live record Live at W2 — I could be wrong; I’m sure there’s a story there either way — and three cuts from the band’s reunion set at Hellfest 2016.
As frontman John Garcia and the band’s other members have woven in and out of other projects and/or solo work, Hermano‘s 2007 offering, …Into the Exam Room (discussed here), offers just one example of them as a group who never got their due in terms of craft or the sheer kickassery they were about. A new album might do more to change that conversation than an unearthed-material EP, but if this is a step on the way or it isn’t, I’m not going to argue with a new Hermano outing to chase down. Take what you can get, in all that. Nothing overly new in heavy heads knowing what the rest of the world is missing.
No songs out When the Moon Was High… yet, but preorders are up on Ripple‘s Bandcamp, which is where this info comes from:
“when the moon was high…” brings the moons of Hermano back into alignment. As we embarked on the remix/remaster/reissue Ripple series of our catalog, a new song emerged. During this process, we uncovered some valuable discoveries while revisiting tapes, drives, and cherished memories accumulated over our 26 years of friendship. We collectively thank our good friend Todd Severin for opening the door that brought “when the moon was high…” to life.
Breathe
Taking back claim to the territory they had charted years ago, Breathe, the upcoming limited-edition release from Hermano, features the first new music released by the band in fifteen years.
While the band had continued to write and perform on each other’s individual projects during the last decade and a half, Breathe showcases the sticky-sweet and heavy blues riffs and tones that are unique to these five musicians when they come together under the Hermano banner.
The title track, Breathe, travels back to the band’s first release, filled with the same swagger and heavy hand as the band’s initial offerings, reinforcing the impact the band has had upon modern heavy rock, stoner rock, and driving blues genres.
Written for the first Hermano sessions, Never Boulevard was tracked during the last few hours while recording in Cincinnati during the winter of 1998. Rediscovered while organizing the master tapes for the Ripple catalog reissues and utilizing the original core tracks, the band has finally brought the song to completion twenty-six years later.
Rounding out the limited-edition are four never-before-heard live tracks that again underline the unique place in heavy blues music Hermano occupies. Brother Bjork serves as more evidence to the band’s stellar performance at the Willem Twee Poppodium in 2004, a show that continues to be hailed as one of the finest the venue has ever hosted.
Taken from the last time the group came together to perform, Senor Moreno’s Plan, Love, and Manager’s Special all give a special glimpse into their lauded reunion at Hellfest in 2016. After eight years of not performing together, John, Dave, Mike, Chris and Dandy arrived a couple of days before the festival, rehearsed for a few hours, and came with a head of steam that left those who witnessed the event both touched and amazed. Breathe not only features a small sliver of that legendary performance, but also introduces the only existing audio recording of the band’s song Love.
“We are so incredibly thankful to be able to bring new music to both new fans and those who have followed Hermano for the last twenty-six years. We are looking eagerly forward to continuing this reissues and special editions journey with Ripple . . . so hang onto your hats because we have a lot more coming and a long way to go. Breathing new life into our catalog and having the opportunity to release special collections like Breathe, well, it is an especially ‘dream-come-true’ time for all of us. For that, and to all who have continued to stay interested, thank you.”
John, Dave, Mike, Chris, and Dandy
Tracklisting: 1. Breathe 2. Never Boulevard 3. Brother Bjork (Live @W2) 4. Senor Moreno’s Plan (Live @Hellfest) 5. Love (Live @Hellfest) 6. Manager’s Special (Live @Hellfest)
HERMANO line-up: John Garcia – Vocals Dandy Brown – bass Mike Callahan – Guitar David Angstrom – Guitar Chris Leathers – drums
Posted in Whathaveyou on July 25th, 2024 by JJ Koczan
The last Kandodo release, K3 (review here), came out in 2019, which was before any number of world events took place, among them the Fall 2022 kinda-disbanding of what up till then might’ve been called Simon Price‘s main band, The Heads. That record featured Price and The Heads bandmates Hugh Owen Morgan (bass) and Wayne Maskell (drums), as well as a collaboration with guitarist John McBain (ex-Monster Magnet, Wellwater Conspiracy, and so on), and was duly oddball and tripped out. Kandodo‘s upcoming long-player, theendisinpsych, finds Price on his own, living a few hours north of Bristol, self-recording and pushing into even weirder grounds. Hell yes.
The album has four tracks and the first to be unveiled is “chamba7,” for which there’s a video streaming at the bottom of this post. The record is out Sept. 13 through Rooster Records, and the single heralds much weirdness and dug-in experimentalism to come, but you never know until you hear it, and in Kandodo‘s case, even that’s not always a tell for what’s really happening under the surface.
One to look forward to:
Announcing new Kandodo album, theendisinpsych
Solo project of Simon Price of legendary Bristol psychedelic rock band The Heads shares new single/video “chamba7”
The Heads’ Simon Price returns to his kandodo project with ‘theendisinpsych’; “primitive pieces of psychedelic tuneage+years of wasted time=43 minutes of headphone bliss.”
It’s the follow up to the 2019 collaboration with Wayne Maskell and Hugo Morgan, Kandodo 3 – K3, but this time back in solo-mode. He is now relocated in Northumbria, and has recorded the album himself in his home studio, drawing on his wide collection of music/instruments and the rural environment for inspiration.
The new album fizzes and crackles with a verve that will activate the “turn on, tune in, drop out” sense in all listeners…
Simon explained the album in a focused/out of focus track by track way… is this Price’s paean to his obsession with Bowie?
chamba7 – octave mandolin through fuzz, tambo beat, in praise of Bowie compilations. chamba is malawian weed
theendisinpsych – bought a reel to reel tape off ebay in 2005, (‘Bowie radio interview tape, USA, 1970, 3 minutes?’) then bought a machine to play it on in 2015. Heard the words and laid them onto a fuzzy break bed. Thought it all too relevant to today, prophetic David from his ‘hippy’ days (not a prophet or a stone age man)
fuzzy oceans – played on 1 string spamjo, bouncing echo over 70’s drum machine, ‘we’ve fucked the oceans’
freefalling – rolling cello and hissing cymbals with vocoder dreams
comes with african/stationtostation artwork stylings for the sleeve.. pre-apocalypse blues (and pinks), the world isn’t going a good way a sumptuous 4 course sonic supper, tuck in.
Kandodo theendisinpsych Rooster Records Release Date: 13th September 2024
Known as the singer/guitarist of The Heads. Price was raised in Zambia and Malawi, which left an indelible mark on him personally, and is manifest in the song titles, artwork, and name of the project; named after a Malawian supermarket that he used to shop in back in the late ’80’s. The influence is less obvious on his instrumental music, but Simon says that if there were lyrics, they’d be about animist religions, hyenas, sharks and dusty drives. Along the way, Simon touches on influences as diverse as Kraftwerk, Neu!, Eno, Morricone, Stooges, Loop, and Spacemen 3.
kandodo is for Price an exploration of tones, chords, and textures that evoke a very particular emotional response, a sense of yearning. These instrumental pieces are lyrical and evocative soundtracks with an elongated and elegant song structure. Describing them himself as “fuzzy lullabies”, Simon’s pieces undulate as delicate layers are built and removed, easing the listener along a thread of melodies. This is immersive music meant to be listened to at a loud volume or in the space between headphones.
Posted in Whathaveyou on July 24th, 2024 by JJ Koczan
Oh, you know, no big deal. It’s just Desertscene (the folks behind Desertfest London) and Heavy Psych Sounds (the foremost European heavy imprint and booking concern) pairing up for a London-based Heavy Psych Sounds Fest this November with Dozer, Black Rainbows, Lord Dying, Black Tusk, Alunah, The Cosmic Dead, Margarita Witch Cult, Child, Josiah, MR.BISON and The Clamps at The Underworld and The Black Heart. Oh wait, that is a big deal, and awesome besides. Like a mini-Desertfest, tucked right in there after the end of the always-busy Eurofestival October. Killer bill, killer clubs. Dozer and Josiah in the same lineup alone. Total no-brainer. If you can go, just go. Trust me, the rest of us will wish we could too.
From the PR wire:
*** HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST LONDON 2024 ***
– LINEUP + TICKETS PRESALE ANNOUNCED –
HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST returns to London after four years this fall to make Camden Town rumble and crumble under the mighty fuzz assault of some of the most revered bands in the stoner, doom, psych and heavy rock scene!
The festival will proudly welcome Swedish stoner rock royalty Dozer, Portland genre-bending heavy metallers Lord Dying, and Savannah swamp sludge specialists Black Tusk for the first time. Fuzz and buzz will be supplied by some of the finest live acts from the HPS roster with stoner rock icons Black Rainbows, Scottish space rock explorers The Cosmic Dead, Birmingham’s soulful proto-rock merchants Alunah and occult doom revelers Margarita Witch Cult, Italian heavy psych goldsmiths Mr.Bison and speed stoner’n’roll unit The Clamps, as well as UK heavy psych veterans Josiah. Fans of the finest psychedelic blues be delighted by an exclusive UK appearance of Australia’s own Child.
Curated by two major players of the European & UK heavy rock scene with London’s fuzz-worshipping Desertscene and leading independent heavy rock label Heavy Psych Sounds, this decibel-charged weekender promises to be one for the books, so don’t wait to book your ticket!
HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST LONDON 2024 @ The Underworld // 2nd November 2024 @ The Black Heart // 3rd November 2024
– LINEUP – DOZER BLACK RAINBOWS LORD DYING BLACK TUSK THE COSMIC DEAD ALUNAH MARGARITA WITCH CULT CHILD JOSIAH MR.BISON THE CLAMPS
