Keelhaul

A little more to the Math Rock side than I normally post, but Keelhaul are tough nonetheless. Definitely worth checking out. A couple times, maybe.

Keelhaul - Cruel Shoes

Pelican

Pelican recently toured with High on Fire; I wish that I could have seen that tour. Pelican on Fire!

The audio quality in this video isn't stellar, but you get the idea. Check out their other stuff as well. Grab their CD's before your next road trip, Pelican is a perfect copilot.

Pelican - Drought

Black Sabbath

To bring you from your post Giftsmas coma, here is some Sabbath. (Makes the double Viking hand signal)


Black Sabbath - Iron Man (Live in Paris 1970)


Black Sabbath - Paranoid


I couldn't resist the cartoon.

Winnebago Deal

These guys have quite the resume. I was going to blab some about it, but Wiki has it best:
Winnebago Deal is a rock music band from Oxford, United Kingdom. It started life as a four piece band in 1999 at Bartholomew School, in Eynsham, though two of the original members left shortly after. Winnebago currently consists of two Bens, Ben Perrier (vocals, guitar) and Ben Thomas (drums).

Winnebago Deal generated strong support from local youth center gigs and many appearances at Oxford's Zodiac club, eventually supporting Fugazi at London's Forum; this led to their first record, the Plata O Plomo EP in 2003. They were nominated for the Kerrang Award's 'Best British Newcomer' that year. Soon after, the band signed a recording contract with Double Dragon Music, and produced their debut album Dead Gone with Jack Endino, released in September 2004. Plata O Plomo was reissued in Australia, with an expanded track listing.

The "two Bens" then went on to play as Mondo Generator with Nick Oliveri, former Queens of the Stone Age bassist/vocalist. As well as playing Mondo Generator gigs, they still toured as Winnebago Deal and even supported Mondo Generator, earing them the moniker "Winnebago Generator" from fans. Having entered Dave Grohl's studio to record the next Mondo Generator Album, it was announced in July 2006 that they had left the band for "undisclosed reasons".

In that same month they released their latest album Flight Of The Raven. It was produced by Jack Endino, producer of the first Nirvana album Bleach. The album features many other artists including band partner Nick Oliveri and was cited as the sixth best album in 2006 by Kerrang! writer Raziq Rauf. In 2007 the Bens formed a new band called The Dresdens.

Check out my other post about two piece bands if you like Winnebago Deal.

Winnebago Deal - George Dickel


Winnebago Deal - Did It, Done It, Doing It Again

Dozer

Here's some more Dozer. Great stoner band from Sweden. There are some good tracks on their MySpace page, too.

Dozer - Rings of Saturn & Rising

KaptainSun

From their Myspace page:
KAPTAIN SUN was formed in 1998 and have been playing heavy rock since then. Influenced by everything from Black Sabbath to Slayer, KAPTAIN SUN don´t mind mixing heavy deathmetal riffs with cool heavymetal melodies.

KaptainSun - Starmaster

Lack of Respect

If you're going to be in Bellingham or Seattle next weekend, check out these shows. My buddy Dave is the new drummer for Lack of Respect, from Spokane, Washington. They do the toughest cover of Maneater that I have ever heard. Ok, it's the only cover of Maneater that I've ever heard, but it's pretty fucking cool.



Also playing the shows are The Contra and The Them.

Bongzilla

Yeah, yeah. I know. This is sort of a repeat, but how can I not post these? It's not like you can listen just once anyway...

I give unto you all that is Bongzilla.

Bongzilla - Stone a Pig (live)


Bongzilla - Hashdealer & Keefmaster (live)


Bongzilla - Gateway (live)

НОМ

This is just stupid, but it made me chuckle. It is 40 seconds you won't get back.

НОМ - Спорт вреден!

Bongzilla

The live clip kicks much ass. Bongzilla's bass player, Dixie Dave, is the voice in front of Weedeater as well.


Bongzilla - Stone a Pig (live)


Bongzilla - 666lb. Bongsession

Hip Hip Violin And DJ

This is pretty cool.

Hip Hip Violin And DJ

Hip Hip Violin And DJ - Click here for the most popular videos

Five Horse Johnson

And now for some dirty, bluesey rock. Maybe not so much dirty as it is grimy. Five Horse Johnson are from Toledo, Ohio, and have opened for the likes of Clutch and Halfway to Gone.

Five Horse Johnson - Mississippi King

Small Jackets

I don't know just what to make of these Small Jackets characters. From their Myspace page:

"Play at High Level" - a hi-octane mix of rocknroll, ragged soul and hell-for-leather riffing. Think Iggy raw, think AC/DC loud, think pure, uncompromising guitar mayhem hotwired to explode, think the amped-up party of the summer is here.

Small Jackets - Leave Me Alone

Ok. So turn this station on, then go here for a while. Sorry about this. It will be time you can never get back.

From whence it all came. Look at how young they are! Is that Nick Oliveri with hair? Holy shit!

Kyuss - Old English 800

Sergej The Freak

I want to like these guys, but the chorus sounds ripped off to me.

Sergej The Freak-Deville - Hands of Mine


Maybe a little tour diary-type video will help. Well, he sounds like he really likes John Garcia in this one. The jury is still out.

Sergej The Freak - The Dark Lodge

Weedeater

Now for something a little sludgier.

Weedeater - Bull

Colour Haze

A little prog, some psychedelia, a little more mellow than previous posts, but good nonetheless.

Colour Haze - Z.E.N.

hezzakya - spirit gun

Holy shit. Check these guys out. Wow. Some great stoner rock here.

Sorry, embedding the video isn't allowed. You'll have to use the link. If you like music in the vein of Clutch, you'll dig this.
hezzakya - spirit gun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT94-jQcXO4

Guess Why

I'm not quite sure what to think about these guys.

Guess Why - Take it on

Hainloose

It appears that the krauts can do some pretty decent stoner rock, too. Check out their MySpace tracks as well.

Hainloose - M.O.H.

John Garcia and Crystal Method

You know, it should really be John Garcia featuring Crystal Method. Well, that's what I think anyway. The Kyuss front man and the Method, never woulda thunk it. It is surprisingly good.

Crystal Method ft. John Garcia - Born Too Slow

Thumlock

From some fan site:
Spaced-out mega heavy stoner groove band from Wollongong whose music has drawn comfortable comparisons with the likes of Black Sabbath and Hawkwind. Thumlock formed in 1995, originally as a three piece of Eshman, Lough and Stokes. In 1997 the band issued its first CD "Dripping Silver Heat" but it was the "Emerald Liquid Odyssey" release with its less melodic, rockier direction which created considerable interest in the band. Iacurto joined the fold shortly before "Lunar Mountain Sunrise" was recorded. Thumlock supported Hawkwind in early 2000 and then released the debut album, which met with some critical acclaim. Thumlock's status continued to grow with the 'Rockin' Course' single attaining good airplay that was followed up by the fantastic Sojourn Lucid Magic album. A European tour was mooted for the end of 2002, but little seems to have been heard from the Thumlock camp since.

Thumlock - Rockin Course

Boris

Boris are allegedly named after a Melvins song. Their sound has elements of doom, drone, and maybe some stoner as well. Get ready for the loud that can only come from this Japanese three piece.

Boris - Ibitsu

Nebula

Nebula was started after Eddie Glass and Reuben Romano left Fu Manchu. They have a great sound, check 'em out.

Nebula - Smokin Woman

NIN Remixes

Fan submitted remixes of Nine Inch Nails songs. You can download the tracks, too.

Squarepusher

God damn, this is a creepy video.

Squarepusher - Come On My Selector


Squarepusher, aka Tom Jenkinson on BBC2's "The Culture Show"

Hermano

John Garcia of Kyuss fame's sort-of-new gig, Hermano.

Hermano - My Boy

Dozer

Ah, Dozer. This song suits my mood just fine right about now. Turn it up. No, louder.

You know, with all of the bands from Sweden I've been posting, you'd think that I was Swedish. Well, I do have an uncle that deserted the army and ended up living there for about 15 years. Does that count?

Dozer - From Fire Fell

Goon Moon

From the Suicide Squeeze site: The band features Twiggy Ramirez of Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails, Zach Hill of HELLA, and Chris Goss from Masters of Reality, and concocts a startling bitch’s brew of outsider prog experimentalism and thrown back and twisted stoner jams in the tradition of no one.

Goon Moon - The Rest Of My Life

Emilie Simon

Wow. This is weird. Emilie is out there. This is a creepy little number.

Emile Simon - Desert

Sunday Morning Mellow Beats

Whether Sunday starts your week or ends your weekend, it's always a good day for some mellow music. Here are a couple of great internet radio stations for just such a day.

Buzzoutroom

::OEM Radio:: Original Electronic Music

Russian Circles

Great band, smokin' drummer. The whole song is great, but the last 45 seconds just kicks my ass. These guys are a bit more proggy than I normally lean, but damn, they're great. I bet the Tool crowd just stood there and stared when they opened.

Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse

Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin - Some You Win, Some You Lose

Big Elf

Described as the DNA of The Beatles, Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd combined into one group. Big Elf are something, alright.

Big Elf - Madhatter

Doominion

Doominion is a great primer for Doom and Stoner rock. They have a series of podcasts that look to provide a pretty comprehensive history of what we currently call Doom and Stoner rock, along with some of the offshoot genres. Some of the podcasts have English and Spanish options, too. Give them a listen.

Collective Perception

This looks to be pretty cool.

Collective Perception is an excerpt of SpaceCollective.org, a soon to be released, invite only information exchange dedicated to the future of everything.

SpaceCollective is about to go into public beta and is issuing a limited amount of exclusive beta generation invites now.

Two Piece Bands

The Lightning Bolt post from the other day got me thinking about two piece bands. Here are a few.

Big Business - Start Your Digging


Two Gallants - Despite What You've Been Told


Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights


Jucifer - Pontius of Palia

Witchcraft

I have heard it said that these guys were "born out of time". Close your eyes and listen; you'd swear that it was the late 1960's.

Witchcraft - Chylde of Fire

The Sword

A couple of great songs from The Sword.
The Sword - Winter's Wolves


The Sword - Iron Swan (live)

Priestess

I saw Priestess a few months ago opening for Mastodon. As far as I am concerned, these guys should have been headlining. Absolutely stellar show. It's hard to see in this video, but the drummer plays a really cool clear and red swirled kit.

Priestess - Lay Down

The Shock Doctrine Short Film

Sceeeeery.

Lightning Bolt

These guys are fucking nuts. Lightning Bolt are your gawds. Holy shit, that drummer is crazy. How he doesn't just fall over, I don't know. It is hard to hear at first, but if you relax a bit, you can pick out a beat.

Lightning Bolt - The Power Of Salad And Milkshakes

Generous Maria

Sweden seems to be the hotbed of good Stoner/Guitar rock lately. Add Generous Maria to the list. The video is for the song Ripe, from their October 2007 release Electricism.

Generous Maria - Ripe

High on Fire

...Immaculately pretty um, intense...
Godammit I love these guys. High on Fire kick much arse. This is some tough shit.

High on Fire - Face of Oblivion

Early Man

Ok, Sabbath fans, I give unto you Early Man. Any time you mix rock with a demolition derby, you know it's going to be great.

Early Man - Death is the Answer


And another. Check out the Priestess shirt on the guitarist.

End of Level Boss

From EOLB's MySpace page: Sounds are being moulded, inverted, re-arranged... A fusion of twisted-progressions and burned-out groove... The vision of the End of Level Boss is driven by a complete and all-consuming need for riffs. It has encaptured four humanoids to feed it or die. Under its grasp they themselves have fallen slave to the sounds and are sentenced to spend thier waking hours scavaging the earths for new riffs.
Give their MySpace tracks a listen as well; some good stuff there.

End of Level Boss - Inside the Earth Terminal

UNKLE

Ian Atsbury from The Cult doing the vocals for UNKLE.

UNKLE - Burn My Shadow


This track gives me the willies for some reason. It features the vocals of Thom Yorke.

UNKLE - Rabbit in your Headlights

Atomic Bitchwax

The Atomic Bitchwax. Screwy name, great song.

The Atomic Bitchwax - So Come On

Fu Manchu

Some new Fu. Manchu, that is. If you like Fu Manchu's sound, you won't be disappointed. From their site: from sunny california; music so good you will explode!

Fu Manchu - Hung Out To Dry

Asbestos Death

Here is some Asbestos Death. This is pre-Sleep, with Matt Pike of High on Fire on guitar.

Los Natas

Here is a pretty good band from Argentina. The first 45 seconds is a bit noisy, but it finishes up nice. Dale Crover is rumored to have played a bit with these guys, too.

This is horrible.

Sorry about this. This is time you will never get back. Chimgam.

Oh, Jebus. This is bad, too. HelicopterGame.

Aphex Twin

For the uninitiated, I will break you in to Aphex Twin slowly. These videos go from a little odd, straight through to plain weird. For those that have already experienced Richard James, enjoy. If you like the video portion, check out the director, Chris Cunningham.

Aphex Twin - Donkey Rhubarb


Aphex Twin - Windowlicker (NSFW for Language)


Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy


And now to complete the quad of weird, I give you Rubber Johnny.

Aphex Twin - Rubber Johnny


If you can, imagine a real human playing the drum part of Come to Daddy. If you can't imagine that, watch this:

Chris Pennie- Come to Daddy

Hurra Torpedo

These guys are gods. This is the best version of Total Eclipse of the Heart ever. Period. I know it's old, but it is worth revisiting.

Songza

Songza is a cool site that lets you search for and play songs right in your browser. I think that all of the audio comes from Youtube videos. Inside the left click pop up menu, you have the option to add the song to a playlist (I don't know if there is an option for more than one). Sharing options in that same menu include linking, embedding, emailing and watching it on Youtube. You also have the option to rate the recording as thumbs up or thumbs down. On the right side of the screen there are links to a Google search page for Discography and Buy for the track that is currently playing. The audio seems to be what you would expect from Youtube videos; not always great, not always horrible, but not bad for being free.

DJ Sara and DJ Ryusei

Damn. These kids are good for their age. Hell, they're probably good for my age.

DJ Sara and DJ Ryusei

Gonzalez - Dusted

I know next to nothing about these guys other than I like the song.

Gonzalez - Dusted

Slo-Mo Heaven featuring DJ Earworm

DJ Earworm mashing up Dolly Parton's Stairway to Heaven with Laurie Anderson, Pat Benatar, Beastie Boys, Art of Noise and probably some others as well. If you're into the whole mashup thing, Dj Earworm is your guy.

A song about pooping?

I am confused, is this a song about pooping? The 80's were awesome, so much hair, so little time.
E-limination! (makes the devil horns hand signal).

Overkill - Elimination

Baroness

I just got The Red Album by Baroness. Go pick it up. It is hard to find live video with decent audio, but this is fairly close.

Bonnie Prince Billy

Will Oldham's Bonnie Prince Billy.

This song gives me about three kinds of goose bumps.
Cursed Sleep


Anyone that can work with Hamony Korine is all right by me.
Workhorse


Just odd.
Cold and Wet

Black Sabbath - Faires Wear Boots 1970

Here is a little something that helped start the whole Stoner Rock thing. It's good to remember the roots of it all, helps to keep the new stuff in perspective.

NPR Music - Beta

This is pretty cool. NPR Music Beta has live concerts on demand, studio sessions and interviews. There seems to be a pretty impressive list of artists, I can only imagine that it will just keep getting bigger.

The Project Song section of All Songs Considered looks to be fairly interesting as well. Each artist is given two days and a studio with which to make a song.

High on Fire - Rumors of War

Since I've already had a couple of Sleep posts, I'll stick to the theme. Here is Sleep's former guitar player Matt Pike with his three piece High on Fire.

Astroqueen - Crashlander

More from the Swedes. This time it is Astroqueen. This one gets stuck in my head quite often.

After Oz - Vancouver Film School (VFS)

A nice bit of animation from the Vancouver Film School

Om

If you like Sleep, you're gonna dig OM. That would probably be because it is two of the guys from Sleep.

At Giza Part One


At Giza Part Two

Saul Williams

Tell me you can sit still while listening to this. Something about the simple, repetitive music behind him makes this song infectious.



Now for more than five minutes of spoken word by Saul.



Trent Reznor enjoyed having Saul along for a tour so much recently that they decided to record together. It can be downloaded directly from Saul's site.

The Swedes

Who knew Sweden was such a hotbed of great Stoner Rock? I found Truckfighters a few months ago and have been hooked ever since. Check out the vintage Kyuss shirt in the first video!



Here is a video for the song Traffic. It's from their new CD, Phi.

Sleep

I would like to start this blog with the seminal Stoner Rock band Sleep. For a band that started in the early 1990's, their sound is still incredibly pertinent. You've got to love the Laney and Green amps, too.