2005
If there was a satanic band at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 it would have been Witchcraft.That is if Witchcraft could have gone forward in time and listened to a bunch of Black Sabbath then returned to 1967 to play the fest.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Witchcraft - Firewood
That is if Witchcraft could have gone forward in time and listened to a bunch of Black Sabbath then returned to 1967 to play the fest.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Jake E. Lee - Retraced
2005
A bunch of covers of classic bands and it's not their hits. (Well, maybe a couple hits. Rock Candy...). Tim Bogert and Ansley Dunbar are the rhythm section with a singer and of course Jake E. Lee playing a bunch a guitar. It all seems to stay very true to the originals. You could put this on with your Sucking The 70's comps... The Small Stone comps with the 70's tunes. Well, this would go well with those. This unfortunately doesn't have the aggressiveness or heaviness of some of those covers. This is more about Jake E. Lee shreding some of the songs he grew up with and not trying to make them his own. Comes across as a project some guys did for fun. They Cover: Procol Harum, Cactus' arrangement of Howlin' Wolf, Free, Johnny Winter, Grand Funk Railroad, James Gang, Montrose and a few others. This is a fun record. Nothing great. Sounds more like a bar band than arena rock. A would much rather listen to this than most albums "guitar players" putout. |
Sweet - Off The Record
1977
Somewhere between Queen and King Diamond, but not as good as either. Those really high harmonies don't even sound human. I suppose this is a bit more rocking than their more popular stuff. Plus there's a James Brown type funk tune on here.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Procol Harum - A Salty Dog
1969
Been diggin' this one quite a bit lately. Background tunes for old people.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Rabbits - Lower Forms
2011
At their worst they sound like Big Business, but they sound like a bigger more evil Godheadsilo the rest the time. They have a sorta Bonzilla/Weedeater/Eyehategod thing going on too. You get the idea. Noisey.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Scott H. Biram - Something's Wrong / Lost Forever
2009
Mostly old school Country music with a bluesy delta influence and some punk energy. Don't forget the gospel.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
The Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day
1959
Great bluesy gospel from 1959. Awesome tremolo guitar, light drums, three sister and their dad. They went on to have a very long career, gettin' into the soul and funk in the 70's. I'm really diggin' the smooth raw honesty of this one.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Rolling Stones - Goat's Head Soup
1973
The follow up to Exile On Main St. Amazingly this sounds more focused yet more drugged out and tired than it's preprocessor.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Windhand - Practice Space Demo
2010
Sabbath inspired doom. A couple cool slow songs. Might remind you of Goatsnake.
Ufomammut - Eve
2010
Heavy and spacey trip out journey. It's a long trip. This album made lots of best of 2010 list.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Morgen - Morgen
1969
Killer Garage Psyche. This has been getting lots of play around here lately. Awesome record.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Dragonfly - Dragonfly
1968
Blue Cheer inspired psyche with touches of The Who here and there. Bluesy fuzzed out guitar rockin'. Killer stuff.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Chuck Berry - St. Louis to Liverpool
1964
Lots of catchy toe tappin'. Good singing and good guitar rockin' in a 50's style, but the Rolling Stones, Beatles and Beach Boys may all come to mind at certain points during this record. Pretty cool record for 1964 and I'm guessing he's doing a bunch of stuff he came up with in the 50's.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Kings Destroy - And The Rest Will Surely Perish
2010
Some pretty darn good Doom rock...eh, more of an Eyehategod riff thing than Doom.
Albatross Overdrive - Albatross Overdrive
Friday, January 14, 2011
Y & T - Facemelter
2010
This album has been getting a lot of play lately (in my car). The lyrics are standout on this release. Well writen pop metal songs with some excellent guitar playing. Vocals make it all work. Sounds like this album could have come out in 1987. I suppose the nostalgia factor is high on this one for me, but I'm enjoying this album more and more with each listen. Y&T was a way rockin' band in the early 80's. Somewhere they took a wrong turn. This album is closer to their good stuff than their bad stuff. Cheese factor is high when you start paying attention to the lyrics, but it's good to know they're not faking it.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Two Steps Away From The Blues
1961
Killer blend of Blues, Soul and some other stuff I don't know much about, but I know what I like.Followed it up in tonights listening party with these two.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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