4/6/12

Sent by the band...March 2012

Nomega (Romania) - 2012 - Deimos


"We are not here to make music. We are not here to sing about feelings, social or political aspects and their influence on our lives. We are hear to worship sound. We are here to influence your psyche. WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SOME NOISE!"

VOLTAICA - "Errante" EP 



Great band from Galicia playing noisy catchy punk.

"Voltaica bursts into scene at a national scale with ERRANTE, its new EP. The Galician band lays down a new musical dimension inside the loudest punk. Synthesizers and furious fuzz stand out as the roughest part of their sound as the rhythmical base, heavy and extremely intense, supports moments that go from the visceral to the melodious."


In the Company of Serpents - 2012 - S/T

 
Heavy tunes from Denver, US


check this new video from swedish riff-fellas One Inch Giant :



Town Portal - Vacuum Horror

 instrumental math-rock/prog-metal band from Copenhagen. Recommended !

"Town Portal play instrumental rock that crosses borders of genres. Tapping on experience from earlier endeavors in genres like death metal, shoegaze and math rock, the three members bring components of it all into a melting pot, creating a unique niche of original melodies and harmonies, fixated on a skeleton of complex and playful rhythm structures. Under the dogma of forsaking vocals and other superfluous effects, the band throw themselves into a search of new meaningful ways to compose tones over time, with a heavy and dry precision. After a European tour in 2010 and a minor row of Danish shows, they released their debut EP entitled Vacuum Horror in late 2011. The EP was followed up by another European tour in the beginning of 2012. In Denmark the EP was praised in several large- and small scale magazines, and the opening track Rosini is currently in rotation on national Danish radio, DR P6. A surprising outcome for an instrumental band, with its roots heavily planted in the DIY scenes ethics and methods. At the moment they’re preparing the recording of their debut album set to be released later this year."


Spirals- 2012 - Spirals 


 psychedelic Drone from California.

"Spirals is ambient / krautrock / stoner drone performed by D. Lehman, R. Major, and R. Sawyer (http://rainbathv.tumblr.com/).  A 3" CD-R containing two hymns in hand-stitched, hand-numbered packaging is now available at http://spiralsritual.bandcamp.com .  We enjoy the Dimension of Sonic Excellence and were hoping you could help us share this ritual with the masses."

 Calf (Greece) – 2011 - A Constant Loss Departs From the Sentiment of the Abandoned



"Calf is a post rock-noise band formed in Athens Greece in 2009. The music of calf is complex and can go to extremes as reflected in the songs. More than one musical ideas are visited in each song, sometimes peaceful and serene and others violent and intense. In 2011 the band released their first album by the name “a constant loss departs from the sentiment of the abandoned”. "

http://www.myspace.com/calfbandgreece
free download


Obstacles - 2011 - Oscillate


A Copenhagen-based progressive, instrumental rock group.

http://obstacles.bandcamp.com/

The Bonesinner


Gifted, talanted and sad ballads.


"The Bonesinner
After many years playing the guitar in countless bands in Spain, Canada and the UK, at the end of 2010 Mario Sánchez Gómez (Madrid, 1979) decided to embark on The Bonesinner after the break up of the band he was playing with in London.
Following the sounds from the demos he had been working on during a few years back, he recorded in Madrid some songs as The Bonesinner with Juan Navazo as producer. Songs like “Without you”, “Long time ago”, “It will always be the same” come from these first recordings.
Back in London he started playing some of the songs from The Bonesinner live in small acoustic shows and open-mic sessions. After these first London shows, he played in China where he decided to go back to Madrid at the summer of 2011.
The Bonesinner’s musical influence could be artists as disparate as flamenco legend Camarón de la Isla, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Robe Iniesta, The Cramps, Sinatra, Nick Drake or Scott Walker, although everything is an influence. “What really moves me to writing music is life, this fucked up, strange life. It has always been like this and I think it will always be”.
The coming year, 2012, looks promising for The Bonesinner. Concerts accross Europe and album recording at summertime... this is only the beginning.
Let The Music Do The Talkin'"




http://thebonesinner.com/
www.youtube.com/thebonesinner
www.facebook.com/thebonesinner
www.myspace.com/thebonesinner

 Burn Everything - 2012 - Hollow Victory 7''


they passed math for "A+"

"The new 7" from New Yorkers Burn Everything is here. Fans of Burnt By the Sun, Botch, and Dillinger Escape Plan. This is math metal at its finest. "

 http://burneverything.bandcamp.com/ (Stream)
 http://dullestrecords.bigcartel.com/product/hollow-victory-ep (Buy)

 Shock Radar - 2012 - Generator


 Fine art rock from New York

 http://shockradar.bandcamp.com/album/generator-ep
dl 

 Legal Fingers - 2012 - No Time For Tenderness


 "stoner rock in the same way that Bad Wizard or The Hellacopters"

you need to buy this CD for next reasons :

"Professionally pressed from a glass master. Sealed in the finest of plastic. Put it on a shelf and impress your friends with all the sweet artwork featuring the hottest ebony babes of the 1970s.
Along with the disc, you'll receive a free, unique gift. This amounts to basically whatever we have laying around. You want some pictures of pro wrestlers Wernie drew when he was 13? They're yours. You want seven copies of the Space Jam Soundtrack from Jon's record store? All yours, buddy.
Also included will be a handwritten letter of appreciation for your support of the band with a fabricated story about when we met, like that time we got super fucked up on cheap coke cut with dry bleach and made that stripper in Dayton, OH suck our toes. (Wild times, brother.)"

http://legalfingers.bandcamp.com/


 And for the last but not the least some fresh cuts from lovely Fister

"Our newest release is Violence. We're also releasing The Infernal Paramount in May."

Fister -  2012 - Violence EP



http://fister.bandcamp.com/album/violence

 Fister -  2012 - The Infernal Paramount 
(2 tracks from the upcoming album)


http://fister.bandcamp.com/album/the-infernal-paramount

3/23/12

Ethereal Riffian "Shaman's Visions" Remastered





Digitally re-mastered version with some artwork details coming this April ! If you're interested - you're welcome at the Robustshop bookmark.

Personally, I recommend you to keep your eyes wide shut and ears opened for the following compilation :

3/16/12

Blooming Latigo - 2012 - Esfínteres y Faquires




Raw and minimalistic, fat and ugly, heavy as a 16 ton guerilla. This is Debut full lenght of BLOOMING LATIGO from Sevilla/Spain (with members of Orthodox and Mademoiselle). 
Sometimess it goes for Melvins, sometomes for Big Bizz, some for Jesus Lizard. By the energy and destructive voice I can compare 'em to the modern UK dirt-rockers The Good Wife and Dietpills.

Highly Recommended to add this blurb to your noiserock/sludge collection!


http://bloominglatigo.bandcamp.com/
order Cd on http://www.feretrorecords.com/

Vinyl Pre-Order
http://tripsundtraume.bandcamp.com/releases


3/15/12

Bomg @ Robustfest 2011

Better Late than never.
That was Fabulous Debut for Bomg and Robustfest as well.



 

Video by Bomg, co-edited by SAF (Ethereal Riffian)
Sound recorded by Max Poops (Bayroot Studio) and Mixed by Bomg

And you can download this mp3 bootleg for your pleasure. It's little bit sandy sometimes but it still great !

PS. Bomg are currently recording their 1st fullength album. I hope It will be out untill Autumn begins.
Cath 'em on 25/03 in Lviv



PSS. Hopefully more audio bootlegs from Robustfest Vol.1 will follow soon.
Stay tuned.



3/4/12

Upcoming Robust-shows, Spring 2012.......


Robust fellow proudly presents its next event - Awe Sessions.

Line-up: Moon Mistress, Shiva The Destructor, Ethereal Riffian 
Date: 28 April 2012
Place: Lab Combinat, Nishneyurkovskaya str. 31, Kiev, UA (metro Tarasa Shevchenka)
Start: 19:00
Price: 50 Uah./5 Euro




Be sure to visit Red Fang show soon after it. 


Line-up: Red Fang, Stoned Jesus
Date: 06 May, 2012
Place: Bingo Club, Prospekt Pobedi, 112, Kiev, UA
Start: 19:00
Price: 120 UAH


See you there folks!

2/23/12

The Hari Karaoke Trio of Doom - 2012 - GEALAGO


This is ain't Doom band as you can think first after reading the name. The Hari Karaoke Trio of Doom is  instrumental freejazz duo from New York. Lots of practice and good music taste that's what you can feel in every note of this fabulous disk. Really cool work just to spend your evening relaxing after hard working day.
Best listened when cleaning the snow from the footpaths in your backyard...

   The leaders of the oddly named duo, Kansas City-based percussionist D. Hitchcock and New York guitarist Sal Cataldi, first outlined their recombinant genre research on the 1998 cult smash "Escape Velocity" (Bad Egg 001), a jazz-inflected/noise & dub fueled flight for the chill out room featuring star turns by the likes of Eno/Brand X bassman Percy Jones, today also being reissued as a digital-only release.  This uncategorizable indie garnered raves from all edges of the cognoscenti universe including The Village Voice (“truly excellent… where Miles meets Midi”), Jazz Times (“an interesting potpourri of styles and spacious ambience”), Alternative Press , Aquarian Weekly (techie gorks, a free-funk direction reminiscent of Last Exit or Sonny Sharrock’s soundtrack to ‘Space Ghost’), CMJ,  Fantastic Voyage System (“marvelous head candy, an all-out trip fest”) and  Fact Sheet Five (“part jazz, dub, funk, industrial and experimental, way more exciting than 99% of the music being released these days”). The disc earned airplay and chart positions on more than 75 college and community radio stations nationwide.  With their way too tardy, years in the making follow-up, "Gealago," HKToD heads upriver for even darker sonic realms, where machines battle to gain control of human emotional content and people struggle for machine-like beauty and precision. 

   This is no Space Age Retro Lounge get up; this is The Future Now - from rub-a-dub flute-flavored Blaxsploitation funk and frenetic electro-bop improvs to tribal drum sonatas and delicato acoustic guitar madrigalry. It’s all corralled in an uninterrupted cinematic flow, in multi-sonic-grains ranging from high-rez digital Carnuba to purposefully low-fi/hi-life Fostex primitivo. The band’s efforts redefine the notions of "post rock" and the standards for judging and comprehending harmolodic-rhythmic information.  Fittingly, the Trio debuted much of “Gealago” amid the International Noise Festival at NYC's The Knitting Factory a few years back before maybe a little too leisurely committing it to the digital coil, even engaging LaMonte Young in a high-flying duel of pitched drone-n-bash.


Jazz Times on the HKToD 1-st album "Escape Velocity"2008
http://soundcloud.com/hari-karaoke-trio-of-doom
http://www.lastfm.ru/ 

2/18/12

Concert report: Kylesa + Circle Takes the Square + KEN Mode at Blå, Oslo, Norway, 09.02.2012

If you happen to be in Oslo, Blå is a very nice place to visit. Especially on Sundays, when it's flooded with young girls, listening to a local jazz band. I've been to it several times and liked the place, so I was very glad to find out that Kylesa was coming again to Oslo, and exactly to this cozy venue.

I bought the ticket in advance, and that proved to be a right thing to do, because the concert was sold out. No wonder, Kylesa is very popular here in Norway; since I moved here in 2009 they've already visited us 4 times, and I suspect they have had more concerts here before. This was going to be my third live Kylesa experience. The first was good, the second was better, so I was preparing to a very remarkable happening this time.

I came a little late, when Canadians KEN Mode were finishing their show. Now I really regret it, because I really liked their two songs that I heard. They reminded me about Knut, it sounded very similar to that Swiss mixture of sludge and post-hardcore tunes, which is a big plus for me -- I'm a fan of Knut. I wish I came earlier and had seen more. Thanks to Kai Mauseth, who visits and films most of the relevant concerts in Oslo, we can grab a small piece of the Canadians' performance. And the next time I'll definitely jump at the chance to see these guys live again, the full set.


The next band to enter the stage was Circle Takes the Square. Well, I can only say it was definitely not my cup of tea, so I hanged in the back of the hall, far away from the stage, and I can't say that I actually have seen them live :) At least I heard them. And for those who want to see and hear -- here goes the video again.




Actually, hanging in the back of the venue had its advantages. Laura Pleasants from Kylesa was standing just at arm's length from me, having a conversation with somebody who looked very similar to Kvelertak's guitar player, and I think another Kvelertak's guitarist was also hanging around. It was a little surprising to discover that Laura is so miniature and Kvelertak's guys are so big. You can't tell it from seeing them only at stage.

At some point Laura said "Sorry, I have to go now" to her companion and I understood, that the time has come. I moved close to the stage and got ready.

Presently they entered the stage, guitar players (and simultaneously vocalists) to the right and left, the bass player in the center and two drummers in the back. Kylesa was the first (and it seems the only) band with two drummers that I've heard, and it still amazes me, and it is still fascinating to see two drummers' synchronous work at the stage.

I said I was preparing to get the maximum from the concert? Well, I did it! It was not hard with such a band. I really like when the band enjoys the show itself, when the musicians are moving and jumping and not are standing still. And Kylesa is the band that really enjoys playing! No surprise the audience at their concerts is rapidly infested by the energy coming from the stage and begins to move, jump and scream itself. And I was also moving, jumping, screaming aloud the words of the songs from "Static tensions" and "The Spiral Shadow", as well as the people around me. There was even some crowd-surfing -- the thing you don't often see at concerts in Norway.

I wish the concerts like these could last forever, but eventually the band played encore and it was done. I relocated to the exit from the stage by then, and I saw band members passing beside me, exhausted and covered with sweat. Nothing else could testify better for the fact that Kylesa is one of the best live bands I've ever seen.

Well, you can check it yourself.


So there was time to leave for home, but not before I bought "Static tensions" on vinyl. And on my way home I thought, that every Kylesa show that I visit is better than the previous. I don't know how, but they simply become even more and more perfect live. So don't miss them if they come to your town. I'll not miss for sure.

P.S. And you can also check this very nice writeup with some beautiful photos.

2/15/12

Grinch - 1992 - The Blacking Factory

rare sludge/thrash  candy right for your granny.

Grinch included, at one point or another, members of Christ On Parade, Possessed, Fang, Indestroy, Crimpshrine, Sacrilege BC, Machinehead, Amebix, Attitude Adjustment


Listen Grinch - 1994 - Eden on soundcloud

 Grinch - 1992 - The Blacking Factory dl

2/12/12

Bootlegger's Creed, Vol. 20 - Cathedral

Cathedral - 2011-12-03 - The Final Show, HMV Forum, London, UK
Tracklist:
Disc 1
01 Intro
02 Vampire Sun
03 Stained Glass Horizon
04 Voodoo Fire
05 Midnight Mountain
06 North Berwick Witch Trials
07 Funeral of Dreams
08 Cosmic Funeral
09 Carnival Bizarre
Disc 2
01 Ebony Tears
02 Melancholy Emperor
03 Autumn Twilight
04 Corpsecycle
05 Ride
06 Utopian Blaster
07 Hopkins (Witchfinder General)
mp3 320
FLAC1
FLAC2
FLAC3
FLAC4
FLAC5

Cathedral - 2009-04-24 - Roadburn festival, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Tracklist:
01 Intro
02 Utopian Blaster
03 North Berwick Witch Trials
04 Cosmic Funeral
05 Carnival Bizarre
06 Open Mind Surgery
07 Night of the Seagulls
08 Cathedral Flames > Melancholy Emperor
09 Equilibrium
10 Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)
mp3 320
FLAC

Cathedral - 1994-05-24 - Milano, Italy ("Cosmic Funeral")
Tracklist:
01 Enter Worms
02 Autumn Twilight
03 Cosmic Funeral
04 Midnight Mountain
05 A Funeral Request
06 Ride
mp3 320
FLAC

2/10/12

Plöw - 2011 - Bicentennial Picnic

Powerful Stonerrock from Denmark with the classic feeling. Sounds like a good mix from the best bands from People Like You/Meteor City/Small Stone/Tee Pee labels. Check 'em and you won't be dissapinted.Guaranteed heaviness...





2/9/12

The Spring Rites Tour


Greetings from beyond. Stoned Jesus and Ethereal Riffian are going to tour Europe this Spring. Don't miss our shows. See you there! 

Wizard's Beard - 2012 - Four Tired Undertakers


Here they are. The last hope of UK's sludge underground, heavier than never, re-incarnation of Iron Monkey, Iro-Sludge. Yesss...Sweeet Amps' noises...After releasing the 1st fullength "Filth Pure Filth" on legendary Psychedoomelic label these guys didn't stop for a minute. And here's the second album named with the taste and simplicity - "Four Tired Undertakers". Don't get ironically the title of the record because these four heavyweights will make wizard whisper slow spells of rock'n'roll. Recommended to everyone who's into dust.

Don't forget to grow your beard before seein' 'em on Euro Tour 2012.



Listen to the 1st Album "Filth Pure Filth" here

Get new album here

Stasis - 2011 - Bloodhoney


This is ain't bad band....this is a good band...
First of all I want to say that being a totally underground band Stasis sounds really original and interesting. 
This cave is worth diggin'. These Mammoths came from Maine, Portland, US. The band was formed in 2004. They have rleased 3 demos and 3 EPs named by the colour (Red, White and Blue). They've also appeared on the compilation "The Stranglers Chapter 1" on the Canadian's finest Choking Hazard Label. 

Back to the record...
The album starts with two soft psychedellic tracks. This just preparing you for a long sludge journey.
Then you jump into hellfire of good-laden sludge/doom with some cool/non-ordinary experimental parts.
It's so hard-to-find all the music, composition and heavy jazz jams. So the better recommendation for you - to listen to this masterpiece at least twice.
If you're into brain feeding frequences - Stasis is the best recipe for it.


Don't forget to catch the limited re-edition of Stasis' 2nd demo "We are falling Upwards" on Dethroned records (darker division of throne Recs.)



February...sent by the Band

Head For The Sun - 2011 - LIVE!


Great Stoner/Southern Rock Band from Hungary!

http://headforthesun.bandcamp.com/
(dl 4 track good quality live set for free)

Whorediezel (Hun) - 2011 - Vol.2


Ankther Good band from Hungary. Mostly Instrumental Psychedelic Vibes. Kickass Stuff.
Cover on Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" just blows my mind off.



Bezoar (Brooklyn) - 2012 - Wyt Deth


Awesome Band from Brooklyn, NY. Pretty girl Sarah doing main vocal work & bass. And doing it well. As you can reach information from the PDF file from the archive below - this band has shared stage with Jarboe, Hull, Pentagram and many other sweet bands. Recommended for your ipod list!

"Bezoar playing doom/psych/prog in the vein of Yob, Russian Circles, Amon Duul II, Celtic Frost."


Chained​/​In Fidelity Split 


This is good moshing hardcore just to keep your body slim.

Kill Kill Kill - 2011 - Beyond The Agave EP


Gifted and talanted. At least by their own words.

"We are a trip-music-collective in Los Angeles made of many
different musicians. A couple of friends started the collective
because we were bored of terrestrial drugs and playing standard music
and we needed a new psychic energy.  We harnessed all the psychic
energy we could find and killed what we new of standard music. We
Killed the idea of traditional song structure.... We Killed
traditional band makeup... and we Killed any business that has to do
with our music... that is where the name Kill Kill Kill came from.  We
then sent an open invitation to any part of the universe that feels
bored. Over the years the collective has had more than 20 members come
and go and come back again. The members include our friends from
childhood and more recently collaborations with cosmic brothers and
sisters like members from Acid Mothers Temple and the Brian Jonestown
Masacre. This is our 15th album and it was recorded in Echo Park in
2011. There is also a split 7" single with our friends Oxbow on our
friends record label Hydrahead Industries for this same album."

Look for the collaboration with Acid Mothers Temple



Fuzzly Vincebuz (Bra) - 11.11.11 Live Reunion


"we´re a rock band from Brazil,  we´re sending you a link to our the newest album  "Vincebuz & Fuzzly", we would like you to listen. Live improvisation, two drums vs two guitars and lotta smoke. "


Lord 13 - 2013


Damn. Greek's stoner stage becomes more powerful from year to year. If think fast :
Planet of Zeus, 1000 Mods, Universe 213, Guinea Pig...and Lord 13 flashes from my mind . Lord 13 is a badass band with a badass new album. One of the few bands that making freakin' good music and sharing it for free on their official web page. Keep on rocking' amigos. It worth sharing thy heaviness !!!

get everything you need at :

Some Smashing News from Boue Records :

MENTAT / CEMENTERIO Split LP


Heavy shit.

ENTH / AMAROK 

 Heavier than everything above

 http://bouerecords.bandcamp.com/album/enth-amarok

 CERBER - 2012 - Mad At The Soul

 Some kind of Death metal mixed with hc/stoner. Yeah. they from Poland. Polish lyrics rocks.

dl

and for the end of this post - new video fro Italian's noisy Duo  Le Scimmie