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Daily Bandcamp Album; EP II by Mystery Ship

Bill Goodman — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:01:41 +0000

“Mystery Ship is a rock and roll band. While that may sound simplistic, the band draws primarily on influences from the 1960s and 1970s, when rock and roll was an open book, still figuring out exactly what it was to become. With a firm grounding in their inspirations and influences, and minds open to putting together sometimes seemingly-unrelated elements, they have developed a sound that is fresh yet familiar, and always energetic. Described by SSG Music as “…what happens when a rock band realizes how awesome 60′s and 70′s rock was and recreates it in modern day… the band doesn’t necessarily sound like any other band out there they do have hints of Mount Carmel, Black Sabbath, and Led Zeppelin.”

Daily Bandcamp Album; Scissorjack EP by Scissorjack

Bill Goodman — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:01:30 +0000

“Scissorjack is a four piece heavy rock band from San Antonio, Tx. Scissorjack fuses heavy rock, the vintage sounds of classic rock, some aspects of modern rock , all the while keeping the music catchy and memorable. The band is influenced by many types of music but tips their hats to major influences like Black Sabbath, Life of Agony, Down, Alice in Chains, just to name a few.”

Daily Bandcamp Album; Return to the Infinite by Ten Foot Wizard

Bill Goodman — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:35 +0000

“Ten Foot Wizard are a heavy blues rock band from Manchester with a penchant for tasty groove-heavy riffs.”

These guys may be new in town but they certainly play like seasoned veterans. They play heavy stoner rock along the lines of Sixty Watt Shaman and Alabama Thunderpussy.

Daily Bandcamp Album; Tumbleweed Dealer by Tumbleweed Dealer

Bill Goodman — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:01:57 +0000

After a long wait (and an excellent EP), Tumbleweed Dealer have finally unleashed their debut album. It’s a killer mix of stoner rock, blues rock, classic rock, some doom, some sludge. You know, a little bit of everything.

Daily Bandcamp Album; The Conqueror by Whitcomb

Bill Goodman — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:01:55 +0000

It’s hard to believe it’s been 3 years since I first came across these guys free demo on Bandcamp. This is their 3rd release since (4th if you include a promo of another album). This isn’t a huge album in terms of the amount of songs. It’s more of an EP than anything. It is huge in sound and in the way it hits you. This is ass kicking rock!

Daily Bandcamp Album; Snakeskin [EP] by King Hiss

Bill Goodman — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:35 +0000

“When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. King Hiss however, was given 4 man mountains. A scrumptious R&R hodgepodge that will keep your teeth sharp is the end result. This hodgepodge will be a true delight to any metal, hardrock, hardcore or stonerrockkid.

This rock and roll leviathan is moving in for the kill. King Hiss will claim the throne once more.”

Daily Bandcamp Album; Alquímia para principiantes by Cuzo

Bill Goodman — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:01:48 +0000

I’m not sure what to say about this except for a resounding wow. This is some great instrumental stoner rock from Cuzo from Barcelona, Spain.

Bandcamp Recommendations 5/16/2013

Bill Goodman — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:01:30 +0000

“Making music that combines the synth sounds of the 70s-80s and mixing them with heavy grooves. A soundtrack for late night driving or space travel.”

Sludge fans rejoice. Here’s something that’ll kick your ass into next year.

“The Gingerdead Men (tGDM) are a bad-ass, rock’n roll band. They shun trends and embrace complete creative freedom. They think rock’n roll should be loud, to the point, and capable of shaking your pants and bobbing your head. Their lyrics tell tall tales about the future, the past, monsters and more. Somehow, it works. Well.

tGDM believe that massive amplification is ALWAYS the answer. Rock on. ”

“Distortions ríspidas, death ballads, grungeros outbursts, delusions metallers and decadent poetry.” Some of Mexico’s finest.

“Gold Leather is the noisy sweat factory constructed by former Missoulians Wes Williamson (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Jared Sayre (drums, vocals), and original Austinite Zane Andrews (guitar, vocals). Starting with just Sayre and Williamson playing in the garage of their North Austin home, the trio has matured into a full-frontal exposure of Danzig-esque high notes with a grimy aftertaste of sludge. Gold Leather sounds like your back feels after peeling it off of the seat of an El Camino on a hot July day in Central Texas.”

“three-piece of scummy villains.”

Kick ass. Listen, you’ll see.

“Bounty Hunter Brothers is a rock band from Las Vegas, NV formed in 2012. Members are comprised of Bobby Pesti (Guitar/Vocals), William Davenport (Bass/Vocals) and Roger Perez (Drums).”

“Three guys with valved amps, big drums and heavy riffs.”

“sludge/stoner band from Minsk, Belarus.”

Once-Ler have a live album out. It’s chock full of killer hard rock riffs. Killer music.

“Palmer Generator is an Italian Alternative Stoner-Rock band formed in Ancona – Jesi. The band was born in spring 2010 by Tom Palmer, Michael Palmer (brother of Tom) and Matthew Palmer (son of Michael). The idea was to produce a stoner rock sound delineated by aggressive rhythmic and enriched by experimental cue with dreamlike reference, like psychedelic and post-rock influence.”

“1st official LP by the Punk rock trio, EndAnd;
Mechanics and Energetics of Stilt-Running. get this massive 21 minutes of blitz hardcore, punk and rock. It’s free. We could use money for the making of more massive sounds, so donate what you can. Broke? Just enjoy the music. imagine you’re giving 50 cents or a dollar to a bum on the streets. well, you can afford that for 3 bums for the price of one, and get a pretty sweet album in return. that’s right…we’re bums.

Daily Bandcamp Album; Black Ash Sunday by Bushfire

Bill Goodman — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:01:19 +0000

“Bushfire is an international rock band that dabbles and dwells in the sounds of blues stoner doom southern rock. Members of the band span from across the globe from Portugal to Germany Namibia to Sweden and the USA. There will be NO overblown egocentric claims or an abundance of adjectives in describing the nature of their sound. Rather a feeling that you should make up your own mind and opinions.”

Current Rotation; 5/14/2013

Bill Goodman — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:20:09 +0000

Bacchus Baracus have recently released their debut full length Tales of Worries, Woes & Whatever after a strong EP that was released in 2011.

The guys waste no time getting right down to business. Tales of Worries, Woes & Whatever is a non stop ride of deep and gnarly vocals, heavy neck snapping guitars, crushing riffage thoughout. The drumming is no joke either. You’d be hard pressed to find a better drummer not named Bonham, Moon, or Ward. The doomy overtones in “Fuck Knows Man” add to an already intense album. It’s the highlight of the album.

You can get this bad ass album on download and vinyl.

If retro rock mixed with a hint of indie rock and fuzz rock is the in thing, well Bottlecap is certainly an “in” band. This bad ass album has been staring at me long enough. I finally gave it a spin on the trusty old turntable. Wow. Very impressive album. It’s firey right from the get go. It’s a high adrenaline album that gets you shaking from start to finish.

The self titled album by this Swedish 3 piece is a straight up rock and roll album from front to back. There’s not a lot of extra “fluff” added to make for a superficial album. It’s about as honest of an album as you’ll hear.

This vinyl was also starring at me. It told me to give it a spin. I’m a sucker for vinyl so I thought, why not. I remember listening to their release from last year and loving the hell out of it. Could this release be any better? The answer of course is a resounding yes. Bigger music, louder are two words I can think of. Don’t take my word for it, the band has it for a FREE download!