Finally, the volcanic dust has (almost) settled! For everyone no longer fighting short term memory loss and extreme fatigue caused by sleep deprivation and sensory overload, get ready to re-live the highlights of Roadburn Festival 2010!
Now we all know that Roadburn is undoubtedly one of the absolute coolest festivals of the year. Masters of bringing the best of heavy rock, stoner and doom together under one smoky haze, Roadburn is the highlight of the summer festival season for tons of rock fans. Unfortunately, not everyone has the chance to get there, whether because of the travel or this year, because of the volcano!
But we got some great news. For everyone who couldn’t make it due to the mighty Eyjafjallajokull eruption, now’is your chance to enjoy the festival without any hassles. And for everyone who could not magically clone ourselves to simultaneously catch all of the action in the Bat Cave, Green Room, Midi Theatre and Main Hall and felt kind of bummed about it, cheer up!
The good folks at Roadburn are pleased to announce that VPRO 3voor12, which is the leading cultural media network in the Netherlands, has posted additional on-demand audio streams for your Roadburn 2010 listening pleasure.
Online now! performances by Comus, Brant Bjork, Earthless, Jex Thoth, Nachmystium, Sons of Otis, Karma To Burn, Astra and more are currently available on-demand at: http://www.roadburn.com/audio-streams/
Don’t miss it. And plan early to book your tickets to next year’s show!
This is the first release on The Ripple Effect’s home grown label, Ripple Music, but before you start yelling about nepotism let me set the record straight. I have nothing to do with the label. Racer and Pope are in California and I’m over here in Brooklyn, NY. We’ve never met. What brought us all together is a mutual love of kick ass heavy rock, especially obscure stuff from the 1970’s and it doesn’t get more obscure than the JPT Scare Band. Truth (and Janey) be told, I’d be drooling all over this even if I wasn’t lucky enough to be associated with the Ripple crew.
With that public service announcement out of the way, let’s get down to business of talking about Acid Blues Is The White Man’s Burden, a collection of unreleased gem’s from these acid rock freaks. If you’ve never heard the JPT Scare Band before, you’re in for a treat. This is the stuff that weirdos who like the Tommy Bolin-era of The James Gang (like Pope) cream over. Guys who own over 100 hours of UFO bootlegs, including the Paul Chapman years (like Racer). Losers who wish that Fuzzy Duck made a 2nd album (yours truly). This album will sit proudly next to your worn out Leaf Hound, Dust, Budgie and Ram Jam albums.
“Long Day” is the first song and has a more commercial feel than some of their other material, but at 7 minutes and with a typically blistering guitar solo from Terry Swope, there was no chance this song was ever gonna get on the radio. “Not My Fault” is a catchy mid-tempo ditty with a laid back Blind Faith groove and some “Hey Jude” inspired background vocals at the end.
If those 2 songs aren’t your cup of tea, then chances are the rest of it will be. “Death Letter 2001” is a raunchy take on the old Son House classic. This is pure power trio blues rock. Terry lays down some furious licks over a powerful rhythm section featuring some truly filthy bass playing. “Stone House Blues” and “Amy’s Blue Day” are slow ones captured live and dirty in the garage. “I’ve Been Waiting” is almost 10 minutes of guitar orgy ecstasy that sounds like Tommy Bolin sitting in with Budgie.
The title track is the official anthem of JPT Scare Band. Acid Blues has been this bands burden since the early 70’s. Their toil is our reward.
–Woody
Buy here on CD or double colored LP, gatefold vinyl: JPT Scare Band
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As of today, the “Chickens In Love: An Album to Benefit 826LA” LP is available here at Origami Vinyl! The album contains original songs with lyrics written by 826LA students and then covered by LA-based recording artists. The album features She & Him, Dum Dum Girls, Fiona Apple, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Cold War Kids, Tim and Eric, Crystal Antlers, Summer Darling, The Submarines, The Growlers, The Pity Party, and The Happy Hollows. Proceeds go towards helping 826LA offer continuous free tutoring and creative writing workshops for children. The LP is limited to only 500 copies!
- The LP can be purchased at Origami Vinyl or online HERE. You also have the option to buy the CD version online.
- The digital version is available on iTunes HERE
- If you would like to preview the songs please visit the Chickens In Love Facebook Page.
- For more information on 826LA and Chickens in Love go HERE
Here are the other new releases of the week:
– Crystal Castles “Crystal Castles”
– Antena “Camino Del Sol” (reissue)
– Light Pollution “Apparitions”
– Wildbirds & Peacedrums “Iris”
– Foals “Total Life Forever”
– Ray Charles “The Great Ray Charles” (reissue)
– Tegan and Sara “Alligator” Remix EP
– Failure “Fantastic Planet” (reissue)
– Steve Mason “Boys Outside”
– Wolf Parade “Expo 86″
– Bowery Beasts “Baby Sister” 7″
Jo Jacotey…Alizée…Twilight…
OK… I have been holding off on the TwiIight comparison…a little bit leery of starting a Twlight thing…but I just can not take it any longer. Black and White of Alizée by Jo Jacotey.
So Jo…you teasing or just a coincidence? Inquiring minds want to know.
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