Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Bring them to me. Bring them all.

Heavy Winged / Inca Ore - Ring Mining. LP.
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Do you ever yearn for the Comets on Fire who made Blue Cathedral to resurface? Don't get me wrong, Avatar was great and all, but it sounded a lot more like a Howlin' Rain album. Well if you like your psych rock freaky, or your freak rock psychy, Heavy Winged will not disappoint. The first half of the track is a ramshackle cacophony of drums and almighty riffs, and then before you know it, the track derails into a soothing (in retrospect) drone/ambient piece. Hot Shit.
The Inca Ore track on side B is a serious downer jam. Eva Saelens, perhaps better known for her work in Jackie-O Motherfucker works some sludgey Dylan Carlson (circa early 90s) guitar work around blasts of feedback and heavy hit drums. At a LP (on 33rpm) side in length, it's a bit of a marathon, good stuff, but Heavy Winged are a hard act to follow.

Emeralds - Allegory of Allergies. 2xLP.
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This record is to drone what Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 was to ambient. A Brilliant, genre defining piece of work. (Sorry it's OOP already. I've gotta try to get these things out faster.) 2 records worth of mind melting mantras. If you're reading this, you probably need this. Check the discogs marketplace, or possibly ebay.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The mind is a mouth

Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul. CD.
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Listening to Khanate has got to be some form of aural masochism. There's a bit more breathing room on this one, but Dubin is as brutally misanthropic in lyric and delivery as usual.



Big Business - Mind The Drift. CD.
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At first I was kinda bummed out on this one. I wasn't sure how to feel about the added guitarist to one of my favorite drum & bass duos. Sure there were intermittent guitars on Here Come the Waterworks, but the addition of Toshi Kasai really changes the band's dynamic more than I expected. It's definitely grown on me since my first listen. "Cats, Mice" has become my jam. Give it a couple of listens at least. I would totally grab the BizBot remixes but Hydra Head is charging $12 for the single. With the exchange, shipping to Canada that's like $20. Raw.