Name yourselves after one of the Velvet Underground's most aggressively amelodic songs and package your second album in an op art burnt orange and chartreuse freakout and you'd better be able to deliver the psych-drone goods. What's most impressive about the Black Angels' Directions to See a Ghost is that not only does the Austin-based sextet deliver like few bands have been able to manage since Spacemen 3 split -- see the dark, doomy "Science Killer" and the epic 16-minute closer "Snake in the Grass" for details -- but the group also leavens its heaviness with a functioning knowledge of pop hooks and how to deploy them: as a result, songs like "You in Color" and "You on the Run" not only buzz and howl in a manner suitable for nodding along, they're also unexpectedly catchy in a style reminiscent of Love or the Doors. The sitar-laced two-chord stomp of "Never/Ever" sits comfortably alongside the post-punky desperation of "Doves," testament to the variety of sounds and moods the Black Angels squeeze out of their chosen idiom. This is the sort of psychedelia that space rockers and Nuggets fans alike can come together over.
It was a big day yesterday for MOG, Starting with Berlin, Lou Reed’s concert film. It’s simple and raw, filmed from an audience perspective during a 5-night 2006 residency at Brooklyn’s St. Ann Warehouse. But most of all it’s LOUD, drawing the audience into the emotions around the former Velvet Underground frontman’s 1973 concept album. In the film, designed and directed by esteemed film
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Honestly, this was the first time I had listened to the Black Angels - I mean, who can resist an entire album stream pre-release? Here it is, if you'd like to hear it too: the "long-awaited" new Black Angels album Directions to See a Ghost:I dig the spacey psychedelic guitar sound, like a cross between Spectrum, Earth and Neurosis or something...The album is available digitally starting April ...
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I kind of, sort of thought that Alex Maas of the Black Angels sounded a bit like Jim Morrison, now I think he is almost imitating him. That being said...i still really like this new record.
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I'm hoping these guys put on a good show this coming Friday at Asheville's Orange Peel because I've got a ticket and what better way to celebrate the 4th with some good old fashioned rock and roll? These guys sound like a darker version of The Doors to me and I only just discovered them a couple months ago so this will be the first time I've seen them. This is a track from their latest album Di...
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Nope, no jokes or bad pun headline here. Just thought I'd point out to everyon tht you can, as of about a week ago, go to your finer local record store and preorder the new album by the several-kinds-of-awesome Black Angels and they will give you a little postcard wth instructions to immediately download the whole thing online a month before the physical release date. You'll also get an additio...
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this is a band i've only known about for about a year or so, but i must admit has become one of my fav's, there easily in my top ten fav bands...and as i sit here listening to there 2nd Lp, im reminded of just how amazing music can be & the places you can go when you let yourself escape into it, and if this happens when im sober, i can just imagine how epic this disk would be if i were fucked u...
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| 1 You on the Run |
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| 2 Doves |
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| 3 Science Killer |
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| 4 Mission District |
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| 5 18 Years |
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| 6 Deer-Ree-Shee |
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| 7 Never/Ever |
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| 8 Vikings |
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| 9 You in Color |
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| 10 The Return |
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| 11 Snake in the Grass |
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