Posts Tagged ‘Grails’
Friday, March 27th, 2009
Over the past week, we caught news of a mini Soundgarden/TAD live jam, a new Kayo Dot album, a new/streaming Trash Talk EP, another Mars Volta album, another Zach Hill project, and a release date for the new Tortoise album. Read about this and more after the jump. (more…)
Tags: Ben Shepherd, Busdriver, Chll Pll, Dinosaur Jr., Faith No More, Grails, Greenleaf, Jagjaguwar, Jon Theodore, Kayo Dot, Kid Koala, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, One Day as a Lion, Porter, Randall Dunn, Secret Chiefs 3, Soundgarden, TAD, Tad Doyle, Terence Bernardo, The Bronx, The Mars Volta, Thrill Jockey, Tim Fite, Tom Morello, tool, Tortoise, Trash Talk, Yoshida Brothers, Zac Nelson, Zach de la Rocha, Zach Hill
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Details emerge about new albums from Isis, Tortoise, Akron/Family, and Stinking Lizaveta; Zu announces some dates for a world tour (a pair of which are with Mike Patton); Dark Meat will go on tour with its 17 members; the Scion Rock Fest hosts a spate of crushing metal bands in Atlanta on February 28.
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Tags: Akron/Family, An Albatross, Baroness, Boris, Busdriver, Ches Smith, Congs for Brums, Cryptopsy, Dark Meat, Dead Ocean, Earache, Earth, Ephel Duath, Grails, High on Fire, Ipecac, Isis, Joey Baron, John Zorn, Kylesa, Marc Ribot, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Mastodon, Mick Harvey, Mike Patton, Moonchild, Nachtmystium, Neurosis, Nick Cave, Rwake, Secret Chiefs 3, Stinking Lizaveta, Thrill Jockey, Torche, Tortoise, Toxic Holocaust, Trevor Dunn, Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant, Tribes of Neurot, Xiu Xiu, Zoroaster, Zu
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
As we enter 2009, here is a look back at our favorite posts from last year — including Q&As and interviews with Tuareg freedom singers, Japanese-infused prog metallists, and a regretful folk rapper as well as columns, top-ten lists, Lollapalooza coverage, and our DIY venue spotlight. (more…)
Tags: East Coast Avengers, Faith No More, God of Shamisen, Grails, Kevin Kmetz, Lollapalooza, Mike Patton, Ornette Coleman, Refused, The Bad Plus, Tim Fite, Tinariwen
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Photo credit: Jean-Marc Luneau
With cinematic soundscapes, engaging Indian melodies, film-noir mystique, 1960s psychedelia, and crushing heaviness, Grails is an instrumental rarity.
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Tags: Grails, Temporary Residence
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Friday, November 7th, 2008
Doomsdayer’s Holiday is the new release by Portland’s instrumental rock band Grails. Fusing Indian music, 1970s film noir, and psychedelic sounds into heavy acoustic and electric rock, Grails is a wonderful anomaly. I recently spoke with guitarist Alex Hall, who created the artwork for the album. (more…)
Tags: Grails, Temporary Residence
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Tipsy: Buzzz
Our picks this week feature the lounge-heavy electronica of Tipsy, the beautiful acoustic instrumentals of Grails songwriter Zak Riles, the synthesized psych hop of Black Moth Super Rainbow, and more.
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Tags: Atavistic, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Blood Brothers, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Grails, Graveface, Important, Ipecac, Jaguar Love, Past Lives, Peter Brotzmann, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Suicide Squeeze, Tipsy, Zak Riles
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Fusing Indian music, 1970s film noir, and psychedelic sounds into heavy acoustic and electric rock, Portland’s Grails tops a lengthy list of great albums out this week. Earthless, Young Widows, Jolie Holland, Fucked Up, and East Coast Avengers are just a handful of our editors’ other picks.
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Tags: Anti, Atavistic, Brick, Desalvo, Earthless, East Coast Avengers, FatCat, Fucked Up, Grails, Hauschka, Jesus Lizard, Jolie Holland, Kill Rock Stars, Marnie Stern, Matador, Mogwai, Rock Action, Sun Ra, Tee Pee, Temporary Residence, Young Widows
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