I didn’t know that the Black Crowes were still around, but apparently, after some line-up changes, they have just put out their first studio album in seven years entitled ‘Warpaint’ and ‘Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution’ is the first single.
The Black Crowes have never been a very original band, their goal from inception was to sound like classic 70s Southern rock in the same vein as the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Grateful Dead, Molly Hatchet, etc. and they have built a large, cult-ish following by doing this remarkably well. For another band that was heavily influenced by 70s Southern rock, check out the video I posted by the band Sleep.
This song seems to blend in with the overall sound of the Crowes and it sounds like they are sticking to what they know. The video appears to be a photo montage of the band taken over the years; all the black and white photos along with their outfits make it look straight out of the 70s.
Visually I think this video is really amazing. Really amazing. I feel like I could get really stoned and spend a whole night watching this on repeat. I really like this style of visual effects, it’s sort of like a mix between modern CGI and 70s psychedelic visual effects. I like the song a lot as well, TV On the Radio seem to do a mix of Trip-Hop and Shoegaze, really mellow and bassy but still a bit catchy. This song came out on a record called ‘Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes’, I’ll have to check it out because I really like this song.
So I haven’t posted for about a month since I’ve been so busy, but I’m going to make sure to update this blog a lot more often from here on out.
Reel Big Fish is a band that I shouldn’t like; but I do. In general I hate 3rd and 4th wave ska, but with Reel Big Fish it’s a little bit different because it seems like they are in on the joke. They can have fun with it, and it makes them a fun band. I haven’t heard from them in a while, I still remember back in the 90s they had that ‘Sell Out’ music video that was quite a hit, and their first album, ‘Turn the Radio Off’ was pretty decent start to finish. ‘Party Down’ is from a new album called ‘Monkeys For Nothin’ and the Chimps For Free.’
As far as I know, this Isis song from their 2004 ‘Panopticon’ album is the only music video they have ever done. In Fiction does a good job of exemplifying the Isis sound; it’s basically like someone told these guys “I want you to recorded the heaviest fucking songs of all time . . . and I want to be able to put my kids to sleep with them.” Isis shows us that there can be extremely heavy music that can also be mellow and melodic as well. Interesting concept for a video; haven’t figured out if there is any narrative or just some interesting visuals here.
Municipal Waste started as a thrash/powerviolence band from Richmond, Virginia and as their sound progressed more towards thrash metal their exposure increased. They are now on Earache and have ex-Burnt By The Sun drummer Dave Witte. This song is from their Earache debut, Hazardous Mutation. More recently they have also released The Art of Partying. This video is clearly a party.
This song is one of the classics of the British 2-tone ska revival of the 70s. When a lot of people hear the word ‘ska’ they think of more popular third-wave acts, like Reel Big Fish, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, No Doubt, etc. But ska dates back to the 50s the most interesting period was probably the revival in the 70s.
Odds are, even if you don’t listen to ska revival you’ve heard this song before. It’s been used in a lot of TV and movie soundtracks. The video paints a picture of the underbelly of Coventry in the late 70s.
When I introduced Canadian band Black Mountain to my co-worker Jake, his first response was ‘holy blackpinksabbathfloyd batman!’ That about sums it up, Black Mountain does a really good job of rehashing classic rock sounds. Not to say that they don’t have a unique sound, but the influence from bands like Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Leaf Hound and Led Zeppelin are very prominent.
The band is on Jagjaguwar records and this song is from their first self-titled album. The song title ‘Druganaut’ is most likely a reference to the classic Sleep song ‘Dragonaut’ (click back a few pages to see the video for Dragonaut!) I think their newer album, In The Future, is even better. I can’t wait for them to make a video for Stormy High, Angels or Tyrant.
In my opinion this is the best version of the best Thin Lizzy song ever recorded. The Live and Dangerous version has a lot more energy than the Jailbreak version. The solo/instrumental parts at the end of this song are not to be missed. Nor are the outfits or the guitar player smoking a cig while wailing on some riffage. Phil Lynott in top form.
After several years establishing themselves as one of the greatest thrash metal bands in the world, Brazil’s Sepultura put out their death metal opus, ‘Chaos A.D.’ in 1993 which brought them mainstream success. This was back in the early 90s when death metal was a little slower and more interesting, inspired by bands like Sweden’s Entombed.
Chaos A.D. stood out not only because of the large hardcore punk influence, but also because of the unique rhythms present in the songs. Max Cavalera had been known for his interest in the music of the native Brazilian tribes and he brought some of those beats into play on Chaos A.D. This sound is a bit dated now as a lot of mediocre metal bands added tribal beats to their music in the late 90s, but in 1993 tribal beats in heavy music was unheard of.
This video was shot on the Israel-Palistine border; I’m not sure if Sepultura were pro-Israel, anti-Israel, or just anti-war. From the looks of the video, maybe they just wanted some shots of metal looking dudes looking hard in the Middle-Eastern desert.
