"Black Grease" says it all, blackly: Austin's Black Angels temper stoned Black Sabbath drone with Black Keys bluesy bombast, producing a sort of boozy psychedelic White Light/White Heat in the process. The aforementioned song takes the record's central aesthetic idea and spirals it out of control. The shamanistic lyrics here rise as a single mantra of "Kill, kill, kill, kill," and the filthy reverberating guitars are kept to an acidic simmer, all so that Passover's real focus -- that is, Stephanie Bailey's insidious percussion -- reaches a level of unconscious insistence that feels almost locomotive, tumbling over itself too fast to safely stop. Other tracks, like seething, stately "Empire," wear the band's Velvet Underground influence more proudly, keeping the drums at a steady patter and letting the guitars scramble like rats up a well. Passover is a reactionary record, trading in Vietnam imagery and tired Doors tropes in places as easily as it does stoopid-awesome stoner rock in others, but it seems a reaction of the very best kind -- that is, free of agenda, full of ideas, and fun.
So before Rival Schools came on, they played the newest Black Angels record and I suddenly realized, that I should get into that band.. Below are some tracks from them. I really dig them and they sort of remind of 60s psychedelic rock meets Black Rebel Motorcycle Club meets …. well you tell me.. The Black Angels - The First Vietnamese War .the Black Angels - Bloodhounds (Live on KEXP) THEI.
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When I find myself watching to much CNN, i get angry. So allow me to protest via song if I may...with best protest song I have heard in a long time!OH, and I found out that the Black Angels are coming to Columbus on April 3rd...score!
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Hi everyone! Sorry that I've not been posting much, but new responsibilities at work have managed to suck away the spare time it takes me to think of things to say. You know, because you guys deserve to not have to read something tossed-off, just so I can say that I posted something.The last two days, in order to try to shake the musical doldrums some more, I've made an effort to listen to albu...
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When I find myself watching to much CNN, i get angry. So allow me to protest via song if I may...with best protest song I have heard in a long time!OH, and I found out that the Black Angels are coming to Columbus on April 3rd...score!
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More Black Angels as they score this film trailer for "At War" . I'm posting this not as a supporter or opponent of war, but as a way to help show the harsh realities of it....From the Website:At War is a documentary film shot and directed by Scott Kesterson, who spent a year embedded with US forces in Afghanistan. The film is produced by David Leeson, Pulitzer Prize recipient and currently Sen...
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I'm always happy when friends of mine are in a band I truly like - It means I don't have to bullshit them...and I really want to go to their show. Here is a triple split screen video of one of the more exciting bands today...enjoy...http://switch.burn.tv/theblackangels/blackgrease/
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The Psycadelic of Yesteryear met with the Psychadelic of today when Blue Cheer and The Black Angels played together last night at Emo's indoors (ahhhhhhh, air conditioning). The Angels played a short set with a few songs that are not on their Light In The Attic debut, Passover. They added a second drummer for some songs( A la The Warlocks) and a harmonica player on another. The band is great li...
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Last night’s Black Angels show was one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time. You’d be hard pressed to find a better psychedelic rock band today. And don’t be quick to dismiss them as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on a few more hits, because The Black Angels are in a class of their own, giving life to a genre that has been fairly underground for years. If you’re a fan of bands like Sp
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Don't have the usual time to put into a review, and there's plenty of good stuff already on MOG about them, but _DAMN_ "*The Black Angels*":http://mog.com/music/The+Black+Angels are good!!! This is the best album I've heard in a long, long time. Amazing talent going on here, from the lyrics to the vocals to the guitar to the arranging, this is real from-the-gut artistry. If you don't feel someh...
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Awhile back I posted about The Black Angels. My love for them has only grown. And I reeeeally want you to check them out already! What a better way than a free (and legal) download. Eat up my lovelies...PassoverThe Black AngelsLight In The Attic Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at RealNetworks / Rhapsody Buy at eMusicDownload "Bloodhounds On My Trail" (MP3, 192kbps) And I'm hoping to catch th...
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There's this album that I've got tied really tight to my memory. The first memory is coming home late one night with a bunch of friends after a night out. Buzzed, happy I got a ride home, and very tired, the music was perfect. In the darkened car, we sat, each pondering the locked up homes and stores we passed. The Black Angel's Passover release is the absolute best music for a slow-motion ...
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So before Rival Schools came on, they played the newest Black Angels record and I suddenly realized, that I should get into that band.. Below are some tracks from them. I really dig them and they sort of remind of 60s psychedelic rock meets Black Rebel Motorcycle Club meets …. well you tell me.. The Black Angels - The First Vietnamese War .the Black Angels - Bloodhounds (Live on KEXP) THEI.
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Alrighty, so this is my first post, I'll have to make it count for something. I think it's only right to start with these guys, I've been listening to them for what seems like forever(probably more like a year and so many months) and their approach to music is commendable. With eerie and ominous dark blues riffs they capture an aura of power and ghostly irreverence. And with tribal drums and co...
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Well, onto the actual music. I've got references to The Black Angels sprinked all over the place so how about an actual album review? The Black Angel's released their debut album Passover and, well, it is well on it's way to be my 2006 Album of the Year.Great, Sid likes 'em, big deal. What is the band all about? The first answer might as well be peyote because the album sounds like it was crea...
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| 1 Young Men Dead |
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| 2 The First Vietnamese War |
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| 3 The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven |
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| 4 The Prodigal Sun |
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| 5 Black Grease |
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| 6 Manipulation |
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| 7 Empire |
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| 8 Better Off Alone |
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| 9 Bloodhounds on My Trail |
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| 10 Call to Arms |
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