Author: Gruesome Greg
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Elder – The Gold & Silver Sessions
And now for something completely different… Elder, one of the most talented outfits in the stoner rock realm, have gone krautrock with what was supposed to be a limited-edition vinyl release. The Gold & Silver Sessions features just three tracks, yet spans nearly 35 minutes, with plenty of progressive flourishes. “Illusory Motion” kicks things off…
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Monolord – No Comfort
By the release of their fourth album, Rust, Monolord has well defined their sound. You could thus say this record sounds very Monolordy…or Monolordian? With that said, they do switch it up on a couple of tracks… “The Bastard Son” kicks off this six-song, 48-minute effort in true Monolordian fashion, with a slithering stoner-doom riff…
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: ACID KING/Wizard Rifle/Warish @ Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY, September 28, 2019
Last weekend, the place to be was south of the border, as Acid King brought their Busse Woods 20th anniversary tour to Buffalo’s Mohawk Place
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: BRANT BJORK/Ecstatic Vision/Ian Blurton’s Future Now @ Lee’s Palace, September 25, 2019
Brant Bjork used to be a summertime staple in Toronto. Back when NXNE took over every live music venue in town, he would play here once a year…
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Howling Giant – The Space Between Worlds
I was a big fan of Nashville trio Howling Giant’s debut two-part EP, Black Hole Space Wizard – a modern take on stoner rock with some major progressive nerd-rock leanings. A couple years after the latest installment, the band has delivered its first full-length in The Space Between Worlds. This nine-track effort spans roughly 48…
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: BORIS/Uniform @ Lee’s Palace, September 14, 2019
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen Boris over the years, but it’s always been at Lee’s Palace (except that one time, in Baltimore) and they always put on a good show.
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Chron Goblin – Here Before
They didn’t start up until a couple years after I left town, but I’ve always followed Calgary stoner rock veterans Chron Goblin from afar. Now in their 10th year as a band, they’re issuing album number four next months on Grand Hand Records. I’ve always considered these guys to be Calgary’s closest thing to Kyuss,…
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: PAGAN ALTAR/Blood Ceremony/Cauchemar/Smoulder @ Lee’s Palace, August 24, 2019
I’d been looking forward to this gig as soon as it was announced. Underground doom metal legends Pagan Altar — on a Saturday, no less — supported by three of the biggest names in Canadian doom.
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Brant Bjork – Jalamanta (reissue)
After the psychedelic stoner rock of Mankind Woman and the funky jazz odyssey Jacoozzi, Brant Bjork is putting out his third record in about a year, this time going back to the beginning with the 20th-anniversary deluxe edition of his solo debut, Jalamanta. A solo album in the truest sense of the word, this record…
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Swamp Coffin – Flatcap Bastard Features
While not immediately obvious from song titles like “Last of the Summer Slime” and “Black Shirt, Blacker Sabbath,” this debut EP from UK outfit Swamp Coffin is said to be inspired by mental illness, a fatal car accident and a devastating house fire. You might say it’s more or less what you’d expect from a…