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RIP to Michael Madfes. This will be the final Subliminal Sunday BBQ show, so come raise a glass to him and 7 years of amazing shows and food! Sunday September 15 2024  5:00PM doors -- music at 5:30PM ••• 21 AND OVER $18 in advance / $20 at the door [includes free barbecue] Sierra Nevada, Earhopper, and RWS present... "The Subliminal Sunday BBQ" Mars Red Sky mrsredsound.com stoner doom heavy psychedelic Howling Giant howlinggiant.com fuzz-psych stoner metal desert rock prog White Fuzzy Bloodbath whitefuzzybloodbath.com rock & roll doom Mars Red Sky -from Bordeaux, FR -Brought up on bands like Sonic Youth, The Jesus Lizard or My Bloody Valentine, Bordeaux-based outfit MARS RED SKY had no idea that they were about to become French stoner scene cornerstones when they founded the band in 2007. Yet the heavy psychedelic trio already share many similarities and obvious connections with the “heavy and slow” community. Free from any musical genre consideration, the musicians build their very own style on the tracks of the underground pioneers. Julien Pras’ ethereal and melodic voice emerges from a thick and complex rhythm, carried by sci-fi literature’s lyricism. Almost cinematic, MARS RED SKY’s sounding has a peculiar and unique flavor, standing out within the heavy rock scene. Hypnotic, exhilarating, heavy, their self-titled debut album conquered the very select heavy family and brought the trio to the biggest international rock and metal stages (SXSW, Hellfest, Desertfest, Roadburn). On stage, they manage to recreate their sophisticated studio atmospheres and to deliver the special sonic touch that characterises them. Their live shows absorb the listener, lose him into a visual and vibrant limbo and take him into another dimension. Howling Giant -from Nashville, TN -Despite Nashville’s reputation for assembly-line pop country, the town called Music City is a place of deep history, where brilliant songwriters and virtuoso session players keep dozens of musical legacies burning bright. Nashville’s preeminent fuzz-psych power trio Howling Giant live in the pocket of that lineage, and on their eagerly awaited second full-length, Glass Future, they kick out the righteous jams with furrowed determination and wild abandon. Howling Giant formed in Nashville nearly ten years ago with the union of guitarist/vocalist Tom Polzine, drummer/vocalist Zach Wheeler, and bassist/vocalist Roger Marks. From day one, the trio locked into a musical groove of thunderous metal, proggy acrobatics, psychedelic flourishes and soaring melodic vocals, telling stories of fantasy and adventure with such sheer force of will that they seemed capable of opening a window to other dimensions. Their early years saw a flurry of recorded activity, with an acclaimed self-titled EP in 2015 and an audacious concept piece split across two EPs, 2016’s Black Hole Space Wizard Part 1 and 2017’s Black Hole Space Wizard Part 2. Howling Giant’s not-so-secret weapon is their honey-rich and wisdom-worn vocal attack. With all three members pitching in, Glass Future reaches some of its most glorious highs through soaring, indelible choruses and tight triple harmonies. Lead single “Sunken City” is a roiling, locked-in rocker with a massive chorus hook and searing instrumental break that rides a cresting wave of impossibly triumphant momentum. Whether it’s on the powerful gallop and nasty, swaggering groove of instrumental knockout “First Blood of Melchor” or the loping sprint of the parallel guitar and keyboard leads on the title track, whether the wide-open golden chug of “Siren Song” or the lilting, forlorn psychedelic trip of “Tempest and the Liar’s Gateway,” Howling Giant fires on so many cylinders across these taut 41 minutes that the reeling mind has no choice but to follow their assured stride. White Fuzzy Bloodbath -from San Jose, CA -"Medicine is the new song from Heavy Hitting Stoner Rock Trio White Fuzzy Bloodbath and it’s the 2nd single to be released from their upcoming Live At Earth Tone Recording Company EP. The track is a mixture of all good things from the Stoner Rock and Hard Rock arenas. The song is quite dark with all the members of the band performing vocal duties with Elise being the lead vocalist on this song. The song starts rather solitary with a cool guitar riff that lasts some time before building into a loud 90's Heavy Rock inspired Wall Of Noise. There are moments of Dark Psychedelic with even moments of almost Post-Doom surroundings. Medicine lasts for over 7 minutes and White Fuzzy Bloodbath live upto their name on this song. One moment it’s all upbeat and almost Indie Rock grooves before descending into the darker side of Stoner Rock/Metal. There’s a lot going on with this track but the mood is always interesting and most importantly challenging with the different vocal melodies and dark lyrical content held in the song. Elise finds her INNER ROCK DEMON on this track especially when she goes full on BANSHEE mode. All in all, this is a superb track indeed that offers a different take and style of Stoner Rock with White Fuzzy Bloodbath proving one moment they’re your best friend and the next they’re robbing you blindly on the street. This is a band with an appetite for destruction and I’m fully excited for hopefully their full length record in the near future." - Steve Howe |
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