"From the depths of Melbourne’s underground, The Ivory
Elephant exist in a space of late nights and loud sounds. Music that harks back
to the greats of 70s rock n’roll, saturated with heavy psych and down-home
delta blues. Melbourne trio, The
Ivory Elephant are releasing their first full-length LP Number 1 Pop Hit on
Kozmik Artifactz (Child, Buried Feather, The Heavy Eyes, Ruby the Hatchet).
Despite the name, the new album explores the darker side of blues-rock, and
delves deep into three-piece psychedelia.
Recorded at Melbourne’s iconic Soundpark Studios (Paul Kelly, Clairy
Browne, Dave Graney) Number 1 Pop Hit was tracked over three days on the bands
usual shoe-string budget. Opening
with the title track, Number One Pop Hit, is what could best be described as
Monday, 29 May 2017
Sunday, 28 May 2017
The Sonic Dawn - Into The Long Night (2017)
Into the Long Night is the second album by The Sonic Dawn,
one of the most remarkable bands to come out of the new psychedelic wave in
Denmark. Just a few seconds into this album, you will realize that you are in
for a mind altering experience.
“It’s a trip! By taking the listeners to places they didn’t
expect to go, we hope to make them aware – that they’ll stop up and think about
life for a minute. Awareness is the first step to change in the world,” says
Emil Bureau (guitar/vocals). To achieve the dramatic changes of mood and feeling that The
Sonic Dawn excel at, they mix a wide range of styles, from jazzy sitar pop to
heavy acid rock. A pleasant-sounding analog production makes the album easy to
approach, not to water it down, but
Saturday, 20 May 2017
Here Lies Man - s/t (2017)
"What if Black Sabbath played Afrobeat? In short, that’s the
underlying vibe to the self-titled debut by Here Lies Man. The L.A. based
quintet is founded and conceptualized by Marcos Garcia of Antibalas, bringing
his erudite experience of West African rhythms and music to the more riff-based
foundations of heavy rock. The results are an incredibly catchy and refreshing
twist on classic forms, without sounding forced and trite like some sort of
mash-up attempt. Here Lies Man merges and expands musical traditions
organically, utilizing the talents of drummer Geoff Mann (son of jazz musician
Herbie Mann) and a host of skilled musicians to make Garcia’s vision a reality. “The repetitive guitar figures that
happen in Afrobeat music are very
close to heavy rock guitar riffs,” Garcia
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Farflung - Unwound Celluloid Frown (2017)
"Cosmic space lords Farflung return with their new Ep
'Unwound Celluloid Frown' 33 minutes of lysergic grooves and slamming riffs....
Imagine, as if the bastard child of Amon Duul ii and Hawkwind arose from the
ashes of America....stark and glimmering......bathed in the energetic glow of
the Stooges....one last cup raised to the lunatics and wishing for wounds....
They have set their course for the farthest reaches of the universe.... Are you
ready? Are you ready to climb aboard their craft? Fasten your safety belts,
engage your breathing apparatus...the lift off is about to begin....
Recorded at Saturn Moon Studio and EMU4 Tritium in 016/017
produced by Grenas/Esther/Nakata. With Special Guests: Abby Travis (Track 3) /
Jensen Bell. (Track 3)
Monday, 15 May 2017
Troubled Horse - Revolution On Repeat (2017)
"There’s no doubt about the health of rock’n’roll in the
minds of Swedish rabble-rousers Troubled Horse. From the off, they charge at us
with thundering riffs, their adrenaline-fuelled slabs of hard rock passionately
carrying the torch of classic rock history into the future and beyond, swerving
all-out nostalgia but celebrating their roots. And it’s a riot. As the title suggests, there’s a social
heart beating under there too, the rich tradition of standing up for the
underdog strong in their veins. ‘Haven’t you heard? The future’s for the
wealthy ones,’ charismatic frontman Martin Heppich cries on The Filthy Ones,
before channelling Johnny Rotten: ‘Don’t you know that there’s no future for
you?’ That it’s followed by a
gleaming riff that prostrates itself before Thin Lizzy on the garage
blues-
Saturday, 13 May 2017
Doctor Cyclops - Local Dogs (2017)
"Local Dogs is an explosive mixture of seventies heavy rock,
New Wave of British Heavy Metal and obscure doomy sabbath-style stuff ready to
take you back to the spirit of a different era. Groovy riffs and gloomy paths
coming straight from the woods give you the impression that the epic saga of
the Seventies ended up in something different than a fleeting reflection of the
past. If you like the early Deep Purple groove, try to imagine it mixed with
the bluesy Graveyard mood played by Cathedral jamming on Budgie's tunes in
Witchfinder General's practice room: then you should be close to realize the
spirit and the power of this record. In this contest the featuring of Bill
Steer (Carcass, Firebird, Gentlemans Pistols) on lead guitar just tastes like
the cherry on top of a tempting
Samsara Blues Experiment - One With The Universe (2017)
"As they returned home to Germany this past week from a South
American tour and made ready to head out over the next month on a slew of
European dates including festival stops at Under the Black Moon, Riff Ritual,
and Desertfest in London and their native Berlin, Samsara Blues Experiment came
one step closer to the release of their fourth full-length, One with the
Universe. The album — confirmed for a May 12 release through Electric Magic
Records with cover art by Michel Bassot newly unveiled below — arrives four
years after the third Samsara Blues Experiment outing, Waiting for the Flood,
and finds the band pared down to a trio for the first time on a studio
offering, returning to activity after several years away following a prolific
run between 2009 and 2013, and
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