Scott Reeder - Weaver's Dawn EP (2008)

Reeder: "I've been getting asked a lot what they sound like — had to think about it for a second... way more of a band vibe than most of my solo record, leaning toward the possibility of pulling something off live in the future.

'Weaver's Dawn' — ended up as kind of a Kyuss vibe with The Foggy Bottom singin'. Some of the vocals were done through tin cans strung together. Had room for some bass stretching out at the end...

'As We Become'... hard to describe. I'd imagine it would be like locking Dave Grohl, Jaz Coleman, David Gilmour and Adam Jones in a studio for a night, even though the next morning you'd probably find Jaz picking his teeth next to a big pile of bones! I recorded this one for the Missus to mark our 20th anniversary. Heavy. Sweet. Haunting.

The artwork is a photo by Alex Solca that's an outtake from the KYUSS 'Sky Valley' shoots. We each had our personal concept stuff we worked on that ended up being completely perfect now for 'Weaver's Dawn'." (via Blabbermouth.net).

Download: http://bit.ly/y97DV

Nebula - Heavy Psych EP (2008)

Former Eddie Glass formed Nebula in 1997, releasing the band's first EP, Let It Burn, on tiny Tee Pee Records. Over a decade later, after time served on Sub Pop and Liquor and Poker, Glass and a new bassist and drummer are back on Tee Pee with an album that could have been recorded the day after the Let It Burn sessions. His stinging guitar leads (and gift for artful bursts of noise -- check out the speaker-frying intro to "Aphrodite"), the occasional trips into space via pedals and keyboard accents, and the slow and steady drumming are all in place just as they've always been. There are some surprises, like the two-minute instrumental "Dream Submarine," which pairs bouzouki-like guitars with thunderous timpani bashing. The album's longest track, "The Other Side," is also one of its most melodic, and lives up to the album's title quite well, as it's trippy and somewhat soothing as its fuzzy main riff works its way into your brain. Put simply, if you like any of Nebula's earlier work, not to mention the 1990s work Monster Magnet, Brant Bjork, or Fu Manchu, you'll like this album just fine. (allmusic.com)

Download: http://bit.ly/bfZsb

Siena Root - Live at Rockpalast / Crossroads (24.03.2006)

Eu não sei o nome do cara que entrou no lugar da Sanya (e nem tou a fim de saber, na verdade) para cantar em Far From The Sun, mas eu sei que eles perderam MUITO em tirar a gata do posto. Achei esses vídeos no YouTube, duma apresentação da banda no Rockpalast em 2006. Nem sei se é o show inteiro, mas ouvir Coming Home e Shine na voz da Sanya é do caralho.

01. Ridin' Slow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWtg6M2pJSo

02. Shine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ujLKFQRp4

03. Blues 276
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWZ09SP6X8I

04. Mountain I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BV06gGDIW0

05. There and Back Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtVxXUJHbz4

06. Reverberations
Parte I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbw794vBbe8
Parte II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc8azek8xbk

07. The Rat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWA3ryyctYs

08. Coming Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPoUt86Ow7U

The Beginning - This Is... The Beginning (2004)

If there were to be a ‘60s psychedelic rock revival, expect The Beginning to be at the forefront. Like all solid retro outfits (think Orange Sunshine or Baby Woodrose), the band can easily pass off as a relic from another era (the press sheet from Molten Records goes so far as to say This Is… was presumed lost until uncovered by the label – I almost bought it).

The first half of the album shows that The Beginning’s strength is in loosely arranged bluesy rock. “Soul Revolution,” “The Ju Ju Man,” and “Blue Honey” each offer classic rock grooves and fluid playing. At the halfway mark of “Baby’s Taking Me for a Ride,” however, the band’s jamming veers towards an over-indulgence in psychedelic noodling. By the time they get to closure “The Golden Whisper,” The Beginning have become more a sonic jam band than anything else.

Overall, I liked it. It’s hard not to get caught up in the band’s energy, and while their sound is distinctly from a bygone era, they still have an original sound and feel. This Is... is worth checking out.
(John Pegoraro, StonerRock.com)


Download: http://lix.in/336b55cb

Brant Bjork - Punk Rock Guilt (2008 - Fixed Tracklist Version)

“Punk Rock Guilt” is Brant Bjork clearly expressing his need to make a no-bullshit rock record. Hailing from Palm Desert, California, Bjork formed Kyuss with locals Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Chris Cockrell, and John Garcia. Kyuss was signed to Elektra and became the first desert rock band to achieve international success by spearheading a musical movement that brought heavy and psychedelic sounds back to rock and roll and served as a prototype for all “desert/stoner rock”. Bjork is not only one of the baddest rock drummers of our time, but a premier talent on all levels. Brant Bjork and The Bros have toured for much of the past 5 years all over Europe, the U.S., Canada, and Australia. BB & the Bros live shows are fast becoming recognized as the best live rock and roll going. As a philosophy, artistically and otherwise, Brant Bjork has always stayed true to his Punk Rock roots as the corner-stone of his creative energy. “To do your own thing, your own way, for your own reasons”.

Being an independent artist with no shame and a keen sense of humor, Brant Bjork took the term Punk Rock Guilt and simply let it represent his personal Rock-n-Roll freedom. “This record is the shit...and it was worth the wait...for me and you”.

Download: http://lix.in/7e3804c6

Boris - Heavy Rocks (2002)

This album is awesome. You know all those times when Boris would tease you with some ultra-heaviosity during there 60min jam songs? Well, this album is full of songs that do that all the time! Very reminiscent of Bullhead-era Melvins, and guest vocals by Lori Acid King on the first track. Totally worth the import price. (Nolan, StonerRock.com)

Cru e pesado. Assim pode ser definido Heavy Rocks, o quarto - e por muitos, o favorito - disco dos japoneses do Boris. Recomendadíssimo.


Download: http://lix.in/3eada423

Nebula - Let It Burn EP / Extra Tracks (1999)

"They've got that raw, filth-ridden edge straight outta the Sabbath-days (and I mean that in the most flattering way possible). They're rugged, heavy and ultra-retro with enough 90's vitality to appeal to both the old-school 70's rock/metal devotees and the more modern order of listeners. Let It Burn exhibits an inebriating wonder world of inherent ingenuity. The band strays leagues away from the province of processed, microchip generated instrumentals. They're not even in the same ball park... not even in the same stadium! Nebula are the minimalists of music; the way rock began. No big, expensive effects racks, pop-up-drummers, or voice manipulators. They're vintage and proud! And it's through their smoked up, feed backish, overdriven galaxy of coarsely harmonious groove that members, Mark Abshire (bass), Ruben Romano (drums, percussion sitar), and Eddie Glass (guitars, vocals, percussion), have cultivated an organic, carefree flavor like no other. The LP is glazed over with crunchy-yet-clean vocals, a spaced, atmospheric aura and blues-driven undertones that maintain the momentum throughout the disc while the closing ritualistic instrumental will leave you stripped naked in a tribal dance. Don't miss this." - Liz Ciavarella, CMJ New Music Report


Download (Mp3 @ 224 Kbbp/s): http://lix.in/b005823b

High On Fire - Live from the Relapse Contamination Festival (2004)

"Live from the Relapse Contamination Festival é um álbum ao vivo da banda americana de stoner metal High On Fire, lançado em 2004. Foi lançado apenas 2000 cópias, sendo raro encontrá-las hoje. Foi gravado em um festival realizado pela gravadora da banda, a Relapse Records. Em 2006 foi relançado em vinil pela Throne Records, desta vez apenas 1000 cópias estarão disponíveis." - Fonte: Wikipédia

Tracklist: Blood from Zion / To Cross the Bridge / Nemesis / Razorhoof / Speed Wolf / Eyes & Teeth / Hung Drawn & Quartered / Witching Hour (Venom Cover)


Download (Mp3 @ 320 Kbp/s): http://lix.in/c54d9ea5

Dozer - Rarities

Na onda do último post, aqui vai uma coletânea de raridades dessa banda sueca que esse blog tanto puxa o saco. No total, são 20 faixas tiradas dos EPs, edições especiais, singles e afins lançadas pelo Dozer desde 1997. Também está incluída o último trabalho da banda, a sensacional "Exoskeleton", lançada ano passado no split com o Brain Police.


Tracklist: Typhoon / Mamooth Mountain / Twilight Sleep / Tanglefoot / Centreline / Silverball / Hail The Dude / She (Misfits) / Phantom / Sub Ethena / Rings Of Saturn / Day Of The Rope / The Electrocuter / Sonic Reducer / The Wreck / Southern Star / Star By Star / Vinegar Fly / Mongoloid (Devo) / Exoskeleton


* RE-UPLOAD: http://lix.in/-3be267

Queens Of The Stone Age -The Definitive Collection of B-Sides & Rarities (2007)

Bom, como o nome do post já sugere, essa é uma tentativa de compilar algumas das raridades de estúdio e afins existentes do Qotsa. O tracklist está em ordem cronológica: no primeiro cd, foram deixadas as músicas gravadas entre o período "Gamma Ray" (primeiro nome do Qotsa), até o Rated R, e no segundo, material mais recente lançado até o ano passado. Os dois discos ficaram beirando os 70 minutos. Com exceção de uma mp3 ou outra, o bitrate está em 192kbp/s, e o nome dos arquivos também traz a origem da música e o seu ano da gravação e/ou lançamento. Pra fechar a conta, ainda tem uma artworkzinha com encarte e tudo mais, feita por um fã da banda para outros fãs compartilharem numa boa e de graça. Seguem o tracklist e os links para download:


CD 01: Spiders And Vinegaroons / Born To Hula / If Only Everything / Rickshaw / Give The Mule What He Wants (Demo) / 18 A.D. / The Bronze / These Aren't The Droids You're Looking For / Born To Hula (alt) / The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret (Demo) / Infinity / Ode To Clarissa / Never Say Never / You're So Vague / The Most Exalted Potentate Of Love / Born To Hula (New Version) / Back To The Dungaree High

Duração: 66:05; Tamanho: 92Mb
Download: http://lix.in/65b7f3c3


CD 02: The Real Song For The Deaf / Gonna Leave You (Spanish) / Everybody's Gonna Be Happy / Bloody Hammer / Wake Up Screaming / The Most Exalted Potentate Of Love / The Fun Machine Took A Shit And Died / Precious And Grace / Infinity (New Version) / Like A Drug / Era Vulgaris / Goin' Out West / Christian Brothers / White Wedding / Make it Wit Chu / Needles In The Camel's Eye / The Fun Machine Took A Shit And Died (New Version) / Running Joke

Duração: 69:05; Tamanho: 93 Mb
Download: http://lix.in/54ff2f6f

Nebula - BBC Radio 1, John Peel Session (2001)

Ótimo bootleg gravado um pouco antes da passagem dos caras pela América do Sul. Do line-up antigo, atualmente o único que continua na banda é o o guitarrista e vocalista Eddie Glass; os outros dois integrantes nessa sessão foram o baixista Mark Abshire e o baterista Ruben Romano. Vale a pena dar uma conferida.



22/08/2001 - BBC Radio 1 (John Peel Session) - London, U.K.

RECORDING: soundboard audio
LENGTH: 25 minutes
NOTES: This session was first broadcasted on Oct. 2nd, 2001.
SETLIST: This One / Sonic Titan / Do It Now / Freedom / All The Way


Donwload: http://lix.in/330d7c

Truckfighters - Phi (2007)

If Gravity X took stoner rock back to ground zero, Phi is the band's first step forward. With the basic structure defined on Gravity X, Truckfighters is now able to stretch out and add new flourishes to their songwriting. Phi broach the melodic, layered territory of Mammoth Volume and Dexter Jones' Circus Orchestra. The band still knows how to lay down the fuzz, though, tracks that swing straight at you with an almost ungodly rumble of distortion. Make no mistake, Truckfighters has once again delivered with Phi. If you're a fan of their previous work, you'll find this one to your liking.
(Arzgarth, StonerRock.com)


Download: http://lix.in/0df576

Om - Conference of the Birds (2006)

Om is the rhythm section of stoner rock wig-out band Sleep -- bassist Al Cisneros and drummer Chris Haikus. There are two long cuts on this slab totaling a little over 33 minutes. While it's true that having two instruments play repetitive droning grooves over and again leaves room for little true variation, it hardly matters. Conference of the Birds has the ability to get underneath the skin of the listener and keep burrowing. There are small rests in each composition, with cosmic, acid-drenched lyrics: "traverse the Cheopian field/Rides out from the red sun high above...." Yeah, but so what. These guys have Syd Barrett's sense of efficacy -- slow, slower, slowest -- clear Sisyphean trudges toward some unholy and unseen peak that ends pretty much in the same place they began. It's in between that counts. And here, slowly skittering snares and drums creep mercilessly along to a bass playing a melody line that offers itself as a bassline. Psychedelic? Yep. Boring as all get out? Only if you take the parts separately. While "At Gina" suffers a tiny bit from the seaminess of the vocals, it still slithers along to displace time and space. Yet it's "Flight of the Eagle" that actually carries the ever-darkening day, simply by the sheer force of that bass. It's a pure, wide-range, low-end throb that pushes no agenda other than sonic mantra, cleaving itself inseparably into the melting brain of the listener who becomes not only a willing participant, but also an active supplicant at the altar of an eternal shadow of the transcendent expando-flex mind -- or some such twaddle. Conference of the Birds rocks terribly, terribly slowly and maniacally in a lazy, trance-inducing way; it will melt your inhibitions -- or send you screaming from the room -- without the use of drugs or alcohol.
(Thom Jurek, AllMusic)


Download: http://lix.in/da38b0

Dead Meadow - Howls From the Hills (2001)

Hailing from the nation's capital and looking rather like the teenage cast from the cult film Rushmore, Dead Meadow garnered many an accolade with its first album's surprisingly accomplished and highly authentic brand of psychedelic rock. The young musicians' subtle yet dazzling technical interplay lies at the core of this formula, where power chords and all other such outbursts are usually hinted at, but rarely fully vented through the soft haze of the group's stoner musings. With its flowing grooves and measured, slow stomp, the band's self-titled debut was a discreetly seductive affair, slowly creeping up on the listener when least expected. Quickly released later the same year, second opus Howls from the Hills reprises this same M.O., with only slightly inferior results. Solid opener "Drifting Down Streams" lazily swims into gear over its eight-minute sprawl and the more concise Zeppelin-inspired "Dusty Nothing" delivers some early fireworks, but occasionally plodding tracks like "Jusiamere Farm" and "The White Worm" come off rather like first album leftovers. It would be easy to peg these underwhelming moments as unfocused, yet "focus" is a tricky word when describing Dead Meadow, since a seemingly casual (or possibly carefully orchestrated) lack thereof is an essential component of the group's unique identity. And, like its predecessor, Howls from the Hills' best trips are saved for last, and include the haunting acoustics of "The One I Don't Know," the epic "One and Old," and the excellent "The Breeze Always Blows." A strong effort all around, Howls from the Hills makes up for its occasional shortcomings with a palpable sense of promise, marking this as a band to watch.
(Ed Rivadavia, AllMusic)


Download: http://lix.in/0f0b74

Year Long Disaster - Self-Titled LP (2007)

Rock ‘n roll, the blues, and heavy metal have meshed well ever since Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath first started jamming back in the late 1960s. But discovering fresh perspectives in this guitar- and testosterone-driven world isn’t always easy. Every once in a while, a band like Year Long Disaster will slip almost unnoticed onto the radar, melding ‘70s sludge, ‘80s thrash, and ‘90s punk into a heavy rock cornucopia, as evident on their self-titled debut album.

The bass is heavy, the drums are pounding, and the singing is ferocious on “Year Long Disaster,” but a glance at the power trio’s lineup reveals why the finished product came out so solid. The band is fronted by Daniel Davies, son of founding The Kinks member Dave Davies; bass player Rich Mullins, who toured with popular hard rock band Karma To Burn; and drummer Brad Hargreaves, who hails from eight-time platinum-selling group Third Eye Blind. No matter that Davies and Mullins met each other on the liquor aisle of a Los Angeles grocery store, or that they spent seven months in rehab and halfway houses for various drug addictions. All that’s just fodder for band bios and “Behind the Music” TV specials.

What matters is the Sabbath-like crunch of “Cold Killer,” the stoner rock shuffle of “Destination,” and the Southern-fueled ZZ Top swagger of “The Fool And You.” And just when you think they can’t slow it down and flesh out a song, Year Long Disaster closes their album with the eight-minute opus “Swan On Black Lake,” which would be worthy of a spot on any Zeppelin album.

It’s clear Year Long Disaster knows how to play distortion-drenched, head-walloping music capable of bursting an eardrum. And in today’s manufactured pop world, gravelly lyrics and blasting guitars are a welcome change from slick production and predictable song structures. Let’s refresh: kick-ass rock ‘n roll, gritty authenticity, and an extensive talent pool. What more does a music fan need to know? (Nick McGregor, Drift Magazine.)

Download: http://lix.in/219b7e


* Link atualizado.

Year Long Disaster - Self-Titled EP (2005)

O Year Long Disaster é uma banda que já nasceu impondo respeito: Daniel Davies, guitarrista e vocalista, é filho de ninguém mais ninguém menos do que Dave Davies, do The Kinks; enquanto o baixista Rich Mullins é ex-membro da lendária banda instrumental Karma To Burn, que acabara em 2001. A forma como os dois se conheceram é, no mínimo, inusitada: em 2003, Daniel saiu para comprar Vodka numa loja qualquer de Hollywwod e encontrou Rich, que na época estava sem onde ter onde morar e sofrendo com o forte vício de drogas. Em pouco tempo de "amizade", os dois passaram a morar juntos, porém não durou muito: o consumo de altas doses de entorpecentes e álcool acabou levando-os a um centro de reabilitação em LA. Após passarem por esse momento, no final de 2004 os dois recrutaram o baterista do Third Eye Blind, Brad Heargraves para enfim formar o power-trio. Com muitas influências clássicas no seu trabalho, a banda mostra a que veio no seu auto-intitulado EP de estréia, que contém 5 faixas e foi lançado em 2005 pela gravadora Ovrcast Collect. E não estranhem se acharem a voz do Daniel Davies parecida com a do Chris Cornell... ao contrário do que alguns possam pensar - que se trata de algum plágio - esse é mais um elemento que fascina ao se ouvir YLD.


Download: http://lix.in/49e6f0


* Em 320kpb/s, aproveitem. Apesar do idiota aqui ter colocado o ano de 2006 no arquivo, o EP foi lançado em 2005 mesmo, mas acho que isso não faz muita diferença, né?

Loop - Heaven's End (1987)

Quando este peculiaríssimo emergiu como um OVNI no seio do rock inglês em meados dos anos 1980, a imprensa dita 'especializada' apressou-se em caracterizá-lo como uma banda 'neopsicodélica'; hoje, com a perspectiva que só a distância dos anos proporciona, é possível constatar como tal classificação estava equivocada: banda indubitavelmente à frente de seu tempo, Loop poderia ser descrito como uma colisão blasfema entre emanações de avant noise psychedelia e peso stoner, atualizando, via Stooges, MC5 e Blue Cheer, a vertente mais alucinógena do krautrock (Guru Guru, Ash Ra Tempel, Silberbart, etc.) para a garotada dos anos 80: guitarras encharcadas de fuzz e wah wah's emanados diretamente dos mais ignotos confins do Cosmo; percussões catatônicas propelindo atmosferas lisérgicas e obsessivas; drones abissais gerando brumas oscilantes de desorientação sônica. Numa palavra: ESSENCIAL!
(Alfredo de Sousa)


Download: http://lix.in/75d702


* Upload por Alfredo

Dozer - Live in München (2001)

As tags marcam a data 04 de novembro de 2001, mas eu não faço idéia se ela tá certa. De qualquer forma, peguei o link. Bem, o show conta com dez músicas, todas retiradas dos dois primeiros lançamentos do grupo, In the Tail of a Comet e Madre de Dios. Qualidade muito boa (soundboard), além da chance de ouvir ao vivo essa banda do caralho, já que seria mais fácil o Papa comer piranha por aí do que ver os suecos em terras tupiniquins.


Download: http://lix.in/6bb41b

Dozer - Through The Eyes Of Heathens (2005)

Now signed to Small Stone, the biggest fish in the little pond of underground labels that supports this genre, Dozer comes back with Through the Eyes of Heathens to school us all once again. What’s immediately noticeable is that the two years since Call It Conspiracy have toughened the band up. There’s a harder, rougher edge to Through the Eyes of Heathens. While the band is still a master of the fuzz’d out riff and catchy chorus, tracks like “Drawing Dead,” “From Fire Fell,” and “The Roof, the River, the Revolver” leap out at you with pounding rhythms and almost snarling vocals. Even the slower, more melodic “Until Man Exists” ends with a growling outro, courtesy of Troy Sanders of Mastodon. (John Pegoraro, Stonerrock.com)

Obs.: FODA PRA CARALHO!


Download: http://lix.in/ac0668

Dozer - Call It Conspiracy (2003)

Here we have 12 cuts of primal heavy rock positively smoking with stoner atitude, but delivered with the gonzoid intense of Motörhead. If you love bands like Nebula, Unida, Kyuss, Monster Magnet, or any other practitioners of drop-forged riffing then you'll find a great friend in Dozer. It's all here from the space-rock drone, to brain-mashing reverb. Ace.
(Essi Berelian, Kerrang!)


Download: http://lix.in/2cefa0