Posts Tagged ‘Neurosis’
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
It’s an outstanding week for heavy music. Unconventional Boston hardcore quartet Converge adds to its eminent catalog with a heaping dose of full-throttle thrash metal, resulting in an album that might be its best to date.
Instrumental rock trio Russian Circles showcases a maturity through complete creations — songs that equally call upon sheer beauty, ascending tension, and caustic force. And heavy-psych super group Shrinebuilder channels cyclical riffs, swirling effects, and meditative breakdowns. (more…)
Tags: Adam McGrath, Al Cisneros, Anticon, Asthmatic Kitty, ATP, Brian Cook, Cave In, Converge, Dale Crover, Epitaph, Fuck Buttons, Genghis Tron, JR Conners, Kurt Ballou, Melvins, Metallica, Mookie Singerman, Neurosis, Neurot, Om, OOIOO, Russian Circles, Saint Vitus, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Scott Kelly, Shrinebuilder, Stephen Brodsky, Steve Von Till, Sufjan Stevens, Suicide Squeeze, Temporary Residence, The Black Heart Procession, Themselves, These Arms are Snakes, Thrill Jockey
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Indian slide-guitar master Debashish Bhattacharya mixes Hindustani and Karnatic styles in this take on the mythological Hindu figure Shakuntala.
Emcee Sleep of hip-hop collective Oldominion has made a name for himself with high-energy, quick-tongued rhymes and diverse samples.
The vocally driven neoclassical project Amber Asylum is rooted in a brooding, eerie minimalism. (more…)
Tags: Amber Asylum, Bastard Noise, Chris Force, Debashish Bhattacharya, Del tha Funky Homosapien, Eric Wood, Giant Squid, Grayskul, Jackie Perez-Gratz, Kris Force, Leila Abdul-Rauf, Man is the Bastard, Neurosis, Oldominion, Profound Lore, Riverboat, Sage Francis, Saros, Sleep, Steve Von Till, Strange Famous, The Fucking Champs, Tim Green
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
Quietly, the newest album from post-metal quartet Mouth of the Architect, doesn’t just rest on its volume-knob laurels, opting instead for dynamic and intricate songwriting, highlighted with delicate flourishes of feedback, samples, and noise play usually associated with ambient music. (more…)
Tags: Isis, julie christmas, made out of babies, Mouth of the Artchitect, Neurosis, Pelican, Translation Loss
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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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Friday, January 16th, 2009
More details emerge about the upcoming Supermachiner release; the Shrinebuilder super-group begins recording; Mono announces a new album; Orange Tulip Conspiracy announces a full US tour for May. Get these and 10 other news bit after the jump. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Big Business, Billy Martin, Bygones, Cattle Decapitation, Converge, Dale Crover, Deathwish Inc., Estradasphere, Fucked Up, Grandaddy, Hatebreed, Hydra Head, Jacob Bannon, Jason Schimmel, JD Wilkes, Jeff Parker, Kaki King, Kurt Ballou, Marco Benevento, Mastodon, Melvins, Mono, Neurosis, Neurot, Om, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Pig Destroyer, Reed Mathis, Sargent House, Scott Amendola, Sepultura, Shrinebuilder, Skerik, Sleep, Stones Throw, Supermachiner, Temporary Residence, Tera Melos, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, The Hidden Hand, Torche, Toshi Kasai, Trash Talk, Zach Hill
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