RUMS #44/15

Heute ist RUMStag. Heute einmal ohne Bloggeraktionen für Flüchtlinge. Aus purem Egoismus.Bitte.Lest euch das bisschen an Regeln durch, was RUMS hat. Von dir für dich gemacht, HEUTE gepostet. Siehe weiter unten.Danke.In aller Kürze:Gezeigt werden darf alles, was DU für DICH SELBER genäht, gestickt, gestrickt, gehäkelt, gebastelt, geklöppelt oder sonstwie gehandarbeitet hast und was du auf einem BLOG zeigst!Du darfst dabei Werbung machen, auf Verlosungen hinweisen, Handstand machen oder ein Tanzvideo einstellen - nur Du solltest etwas zeigen, was DU ganz persönlich FÜR DICH selbstgemacht hast.Du...

Al Simones interview

Mainstream music is constantly playing on the radio but you want to experience something new, something that will have a profound effect on your mind. Come this way and listen to Simones' albums, which are all made in DIY spirit at his home studio in rural part of Ohio, where there is no coincident, that psilocybin mushrooms are growing strong on meadows around Al's home. His acid guitar tone trigger our nerve endings and make the whole journey way more interesting. Music without compromise. What he does is timeless and without a further hesitation should be ranked among the best "Acid Rock".When and where were you born?I was born in Cuyahoga...

The Smoking Trees - TST (2015) review

The Smoking Trees - TST (Ample Play/Burger Records, 2015)Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlNJ1NVt3eoWith TST, The Smoking Trees have delivered a laid back breezy bit of relaxed sunshine pop, all laced with with bits of baroque effects that create a hazy psych atmosphere of shimmering delight.  There are many who will want to compare this outing with The Association, and other groups from the mid 60’s such as The Merry Go Round ... and then there are others who are gonna try and convince you that The Smoking Trees should be placed in the same box as MGMT, Temples, or even Tame Impala.  Let me assure you, that have been...

TOASTED SALTINE TRICK

WHICH ONE OF THESE SALTINE CRACKERS WOULD YOU RATHER EAT?Me too!!!!! This isn't really a recipe, but it is such a quick and easy kitchen trick, that I had to share it. Recently, I noticed that my saltines tasted like..........nothing!! They were pale and flavorless (even the good quality brands), when did that happen? So I set out to see if I could bring my crackers back to life in the oven. I was shocked at how quick and easy (and effective) it was to do!!   Lay some crackers on a dry cookie sheet and put them under a pre-heated broiler for about 30 seconds or so, flip them over and...

Kraus interview

I want to help everyone to be happy and freeUltra Eczema releases its first reissue, Kraus' 2004 outsider psych master piece 'I Could Destroy You With A Single Thought'. But how does Pat Kraus himself looks back at this record? Pat Kraus: I'm very proud of it. I think the compositions are all strong and there's no real fat on it. The songs are quite short, the whole album is only 30 minutes long and there's very little improvisation. At that time I was determined to make music that was focused like a lazer-beam, with obsessively repeated, simple melodic figures. Variation comes not from improvising but from the adding and subtracting of...

Minami Deutsch - Minami Deutsch (2015) review

Minami Deutsch - (Cardinal Fuzz, 2015)Listen: https://cful.bandcamp.com/album/minami-deutsch-s-tThis Japanese duo feature strong motorific beats a la Can and Neu! which propel their mostly instrumental psych into krautrock territory. Fuzzy, speaker-shredding guitars and bubbling electronics highlight opener ‘Vocalism Ali – Forever Takemitsu’, while a simple, Moe Tuckerish tap-tap-tap (on a dodgy drum kit, no less) and hypnotic, chanting vocals (in Japanese) drive ‘Futsu Ni Ikirenai’ into your skull – it’s like listening to Damo Suzuki fronting The Velvet Underground. And then they break out a blistering fuzz solo that’ll fry your brain...

Lewd Flesh interview with John Madsen, Casper Nilsson, Malene Pedersen, Nanna Braunschweig Hansen

I’m not going to beat it into the ground and I normally don’t drag gender into the picture when it comes to art, but god damn is it nice to hear a female fronted Stoner Rock band!  From the moment the needle drops on Lewd Flesh’s debut 7-inch for Spaghetti Cassetti Records Op I Røven, Dø I Smerte things are hot and heavy.  Malene Pedersen’s vocals bellow and scream from the center of the entropic sludge of psychedelia and metal, pummeling distorted guitar and bass melodies washing corpses ashore intow as the drums trundle and smash their way to the surface of the bubbling concoction.  It’s not often that I hear a band who would...