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We’re a little bit overdue for a new podcast and I know it. A hectic couple weeks, I suppose. But it’s here now and there’s plenty to dig into, so hopefully it’ll make up for some of the lost time. Not like the site’s lacking for audio — you might say there’s a 24-hour live-streaming radio station with a permanent home over there in the sidebar — but it’s still nice to feature some new tracks from what’s come across for review and other consideration.

A few marquee names this time around: Monster Magnet, Pentagram, Kadavar. And on the other end of the spectrum, a band like Seagrave, whose inclusion here is taken from their demo. In between those extremes, an outfit like Borracho continue to refine their heavy rock bona fides, Thera Roya delve deep into post-metallic abrasion, Black Tremor capture a dark Americana, and Weeed earn their third ‘e’ with massive stoner sprawl. And speaking of sprawl, you might notice the first hour ends at 52 minutes. Well, things get long early. Thera Roya, Iguana, Matuska and We Lost the Sea all top 10 minutes — the latter 20 — and that pushes the total runtime over two hours. I figured it’s the 50th one, so fair enough to stretch a bit. Hope you enjoy:

First Hour:
0:00:00 Kadavar, “Last Living Dinosaur” from Berlin
0:04:02 Pentagram, “Walk Alone” from Curious Volume
0:07:18 Monster Magnet, “Mastermind ‘69” from Cobras and Fire: The Mastermind Redux
0:13:34 Weeed, “Rainbow Amplifier Worship” from Our Guru Brings us to the Black Master Sabbath
0:22:08 Tuna de Tierra, “Ash” from EPisode 1 – Pilot
0:29:29 Seagrave, “Through the Lion’s Eye” from Dead Demo
0:32:45 Vinnum Sabbathi, “Hex I – The Mastery of Space” from Split with Fuzzonaut
0:39:52 Borracho, “Superego” from The Second Coming of Heavy Split with Geezer
0:47:27 Black Tremor, “Rise” from Impending
0:52:36 Thera Roya, “Unraveling” from Unraveling

Second Hour:
1:05:37 Iguana, “Cult of Helios” from Cult of Helios
1:21:09 Matushka, “Drezina” from II
1:40:55 We Lost the Sea, “Challenger Pt. I: Flight” from Departure Songs

Total running time: 2:04:22

Thank you for listening.

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Vowel-happy psych rockers WEEED will make their debut on Illuminasty Records next month with the dogwhistle-titled Our Guru Brings us to the Black Master Sabbath. Or maybe that’s not even a dogwhistle. Might just be a regular whistle, since it seems to blare so loud and clear that they might as well have called it “Get Ready for Some Heavy Shit.” Theirs is at least a more creative title than that, and the album’s molten jams, if the newly-unveiled “Bullfrog” is any indicator, drive hard to live up to it, with a sense of exploratory psych earthier than one thinks of as space rock but still well into levitation and other expanded-consciousness trickery.

WEEED are set to tour beginning the day after Our Guru Brings us to the Black Master Sabbath comes out, crossing the country and making their way back to their Bainbridge Island, Washington, home in support of the new record. Info, quotes for emphasis, tour dates and audio follow, snagged off the PR wire:

Weeed: Our Guru Brings Us to the Black Master Sabbath

Releasing 7/7/15 on Illuminasty Records

We are thrilled to e-troduce the 2xLP from WEEED, their first with Illuminasty, Our Guru Brings Us to the Black Master Sabbath, a dynamically heavy record—but one with plenty of head-space. Embraced and at times, frustratingly defined by fans of so-called ‘Psychedelic’ rock, and tie-dyed bucket hats—WEEED’s work stands out as defiantly benevolent, with their compelling blend of the avant-garde and hallucinogenic finesse.

Although originally raised in the damp backwoods of Bainbridge Island, Washington, WEEED has wasted no time in touring the last few years in their local region and along the west coast. The resulting embrace from fans has led the band to expand their itinerary with Our Guru…, this time around all of the U.S. (See full dates below). “The album is a climax in the synchronicity that brought each of our lives to this moment, together,” says drummer John Goodhue. “We see it as a logical progression and zenith of our communal and individual growth, as well as the convergence of our aged and recent musical influences.”

To define these songs’ wide sonic boundaries through ubiquitous touchstones such as Sleep , Weedeater, Boris or Electric Wizard would deny the band of its own sonic milieu. Our Guru…, exemplifies a band charting the human experience through various traditional Chinese compositions, Tuvan and Mongolian throat ensembles, krautrock, and desert blues. Try out their first single, “Bullfrog” and you’ll fly in at first lick.

2015 Guru Tour:
7/8 – Seattle,WA @ The Sunset w/Ancient River
7/9 – Tacoma, WA @ 733 w/Clocks and TBA
7/10 – Olympia, WA @ Guest House w/Heavy Petting, Sawtooth
7/11 – Portland, OR @ TBA w/TBA
7/12 – Arcata/Eureka, CA @ TBA w/TBA
7/13 – San Francisco, CA @ TBA w/TBA
7/14 – Oakland, CA @TBA w/TBA
7/15 – Santa Cruz, CA @TBA w/TBA
7/16 – Los Angeles, CA @Programme Skate/Sound w/TBA
7/17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Rockwood House w/Melanie Odelle and TBA
7/18 – San Diego, CA @ Ken Club w/Deep Sea Thunderbeast, Barrows
7/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room w/TBA
7/20 – Albuquerque, NM @ TBA w/TBA
7/21 – Austin, TX @ Beerland w/TBA
7/22 – Lafayette, LA @ Artmosphere w/Melanie Odelle
7/23 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa w/TBA
7/25 – Nashville, TN @ Queens Ave w/TBA
7/26 – Atlanta, GA @ TBA w/TBA
7/27 – Athens, GA @ TBA w/TBA
7/28 – Asheville, NC @ Tiger Mountain w/TBA
7/29 – Winston/Salem, NC @ The Garage w/Daddy Issues, Blizzard Babies
7/30 – Philadelphia, PA @ TBA w/TBA
7/31 – Kempton, PA @ House w/TBA
8/1 – Boston, MA @ Spare Room Sessions and The Banana Hammock
8/2 – NYC, NY @ Shea Stadium w/ TBA
8/3 – Kingston, NY @ The Anchor w/INNIS and Shana Falana
8/4 – Cleveland, OH @ TBA w/TBA
8/5 – Cincinnati, OH @ TBA w/TBA
8/6 – St Louis @ Foam Coffee & Beer w/Rip Rap and Sole Loan
8/7 – Chicago, IL @The Cobra Lounge w/ Killer Moon
8/8 – Chicago, IL @ Wally’s World w/TBA
8/9 – Milwaukee, WI @ TBA w/TBA
8/10 – Minneapolis, MN @ House w/TBA
8/11 – Columbia, MO @ Cafe Berlin w/TBA
8/12 – Kansas City, MO @ TBA w/TBA
8/13 – Denver, CO @ Lions Lair w/TBA
8/14 – Boulder, CO @ TBA w/TBA
8/15 – SLC, UT @ Diabolical Records w/TBA
8/16 – Boise, ID @ House w/Sloths
8/17 – Missoula, MT @ The VFW w/TBA
8/18 – Spokane, WA @ TBA w/TBA
8/19 – Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown w/ dræmhouse
8/20 – Seattle,WA @ Blue Moon w/ dræmhouse
8/21 – Bainbridge Island,WA @ Mushroomson Airplane w/TBA

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Weeed, “Bullfrog”