Courtesy of Steel for Brains It was pouring rain, and I was coming down with pneumonia. I knew this as I made the trek from Birmingham to Little Rock, and all I could think of was what the hell I was about to witness. St. Vitus, YOB, Weedeater, Rwake, and Norska all in one night. After parking and hauling my ass through the downpour, I found myself standing in the entrance to the Rev Room. It was about an hour before show time, and I saw two men having a conversation right outside the doorway leading to the show space.Continue readingShapeless Ether – A Conversation
with Mike Scheidt of YOB
Shapeless Ether – A Conversation
last track tonight
Horseback – A Plague of Knowing
what can you say about this little known track by Horseback? The thumping beat is mesmerizing and the repetition is never tiring, for 40 minutes. What an awesome track.
up next YOB – Catharsis
remastered
Just got my copy of YOB – Catharsis, the remastered release form the other week. Mike’s guitar work is so crisp and clear. Really excellent work. This is the original from 2003
now playing Windhand –
Boleskine all 30 minutes of it
This is an amazing piece of music, sends chills down my spine. So many layers in here and an epic 30+ minutes long. Windhand are awesome.
HWS playlist
November 26, 2013
Something a little different for the show tonight. We have just 3 tracks we’re gonna play and the show will be an hour and 40 minutes long! Tune in at 8:30pm on 91.9FM if you’re in Plumas County, CA, or it’s streaming at http://kqny919.org/ and rebroadcast on Saturday night at 11pm. here are the 3 epic tracks Windhand “Boleskine” from SOMA YOB “Catharsis” from Catharsis Horseback “A Plague of Knowing” from A Plague of Knowing – Singles, Splits and Rarities 2007-2012
I’ve got a ticket to ride….
OK 4 – day tix to Roadburn 2014
I have been given a 4 -day Roadburn ticket……. if you don’t know what this means, read no further.
Red Fang
RED FANG live at Hellfest 2013 from Hellfest on Vimeo.
Metal Cellist
Jackie Perez Gratz
Metal Cellist Jackie Perez Gratz of Grayceon and Giant Squid on Why She Wouldn’t Want to Do Music Full-Time Jackie Perez Gratz with Giant Squid Jackie Perez Gratz has graced the local metal scene with her electric cello since the late ’90s, when she was part of the seminal neo-classical/metal chamber ensemble Amber Asylum. Since then she’s helped found Grayceon, arguably the best prog metal trio out there, with drummer Zack Farwell and fingerstyle electric guitarist Max Doyle, and joined Giant Squid, the post-metal juggernaut founded by her partner, guitarist AJ Gregory. In 2011, Gratz and Gregory welcomed their daughterContinue readingMetal Cellist
Jackie Perez Gratz
Final track on the show
tonight Golden Eyes by Tombs
Metal / Post-Punk / Experimental band out of Brooklyn. NY
now playing
High on Fire – Fury Whip
Matt Pike of legendary Sleep fame, heads this excellent band.
Monster Magnet – King of Mars up next
Retro-rock visionaries Monster Magnet spent much of the 1990s struggling against the prejudices imposed upon image and sound by alternative rock fashion nazis. In fact, it wasn’t until that movement’s late-’90s decline that the band’s dogged persistence finally paid off, when their fourth album, Powertrip, catapulted to gold sales status on the strength of its massive hard rock hit, “Space Lord.”
HWS kqny919.org now playing Pelican – An Inch Above sand
Instrumental metal band from Chicago, IL
now up The Faceless – The Ancient Covenant
Death metal band from Los Angeles with some technically complex music. Love these guys
now playing – Gojira – Space Time (The Link Alive)
It has always been hard to put a tag on GOJIRA, one of France’s most extreme bands the country’s musical pallet has ever known. But then again, the band has never really sought out such a tag, instead letting the music do the talking, preferring introspection and intelligence over preconceived notions and preexisting tags.Seen these guys 4 times now, they are awesome live.
and now CROWBAR – nothing
Metal, Sludge Metal, Doom Metal, Doomcore from New Orleans, been around since 1989.
Now on the show 2 in a row from Giant Squid
San Francisco post-metal, progressive rock, sludge scientists. Playing Harlows in Sacramento, CA December 1 with Church of Misery. I’m going. I’m wearing my GS hoodie right now! Panthalassa (Lampetra tridentata) Throwing a Donner Party at Sea (Physeter catodon)
next on the show Saviours – Livin’ in the Void
Saviours is an American stoner metal band. The band was formed in 2004 in Oakland, CA
Next up Royal Thunder – Blue
Royal Thunder is a three-piece progressive rock band based out of Atlanta, Georgia. They had a nasty bus crash touring UK some months back on a very bad hill close to my parents old home in Bath.
now playing Kyuss – Thumb
Saw Kyuss Lives, the reformed band with one of the founding Kyuss members at Sonisphere Madrid last year. Brant Bjork and John Garcia formerly of KYUSS & Bruno Fevery are VISTA CHINO