Tilburg, Netherlands was the place to be this weekend if you appreciate heavy music AT ALL . It's my 2nd trip to Roadburn , and not likely to be my last. This is the festival that screams community in all the right ways. The festival's head, Walter, crafts a lineup from the roots of doom, rock and riff heavy original rock to the latest avant garde satanic acoustic bands, and it all works! This is the companion post to go with my program airing today, April 19th from Noon-3pm (if you're reading [...]
Fisting - unmastered by Bongripper Chicago metal outfit Bongripper deals in all things heavy. If it's a style of rock that features heavy riffs, and tons of bass, the band has probably indulged in it at some point across the five albums its released since '06. The group has just released a new unmastered single on its Bandcamp titled "Fisting," and the track has a pretty climatic progression. It all starts with a noisy, ominous drone. Eventually, doom-bringing riffs start pounding away in the mix just before the band breaks into blast beats and [...]
Consent // Conception I'm gonna go ahead and just hit you guys with this one. I'm also going to go out on a limb and say on record that this is my first powerviolence post on the blog. Featuring members of the unforgettable Bongripper , the newly formed Consent eschews the 10+ minute long doom metal tracks of Bongripper for something much shorter and much more extreme. Containing five tracks that are simply titled "1", "2", "3", "4" and "5", [...]
Magic Milk It's Friday the 13th! The first one of the year. Spooky. Don't stay home paralyzed by fear of the impending zombie apocalypse. Go live it up with some rad Chicago shows. Up and Atom ! FRIDAY MAGIC MILK Fasten your dancing snow boots because when garage rockers Magic Milk hit the stage there's going to be a whole lot [...]
Sorry for the lack of updates this weekend. Time Warner conveniently decided that because we transferred our cable bill from one roommate to another roommate, they should kill our Internet connection. If you think about it, it makes perfect sense, right? You transfer the account from one name to another name, why shouldn't they send [...]
Sex Tape/ Snuff Film 7 inch by Bongripper Chicago's Bongripper drops a new 7" to keep things nice and heavy in 2011. The release's two tracks, "Sex Tape" and "Snuff Film," feature some surprising changes of direction. The band is still as loud as they've been on the LOVED Satan Worshipping Doom , but the tempo and style has changed a little bit. Just as "Sex Tape" can't get any heavier, it speeds up into a drum beat a hardcore punk moshpit would go nuts for. [...]
The Dismemberment Plan Hope everyone had a wonderful Radiohead day! But now it's time to get back to business with our weekend show picks. Today, we dish on Slutter at the Hideout , The Dismemberment Plan at the Metro , Swan King at the Beat Kitchen and more. Let's get to it, shall we? FRIDAY [...]
Japandroids Adios, 2010. You were a cool year. I liked when you did cool stuff like make the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup, repealed DADT and got the Reader to vote us Best Local Music Blog. You weren't so cool when you made the Cubs crappy or made earthquakes and oil spills happen. Still not sure if you were cool for Brett Favre or Ke$ha, but it's all good. Here's to you, 2010. Oh, and be sure to spend you end of 2010 or beginning of 2011 seeing music. There's plenty of great shows [...]
Seeing how our staff has distinct tastes and opinions on music, it would be nearly impossible for us to determine a 10 Albums of 2010 list as a single entity without excessive bloodshed. Therefore in the next two weeks, we'll be posting multiple Top 10 Albums of 2010 lists as determined by Loud Loop Press editors and contributors. Today, things get hot and heavy as contributor Ross Meyerson reveals his list for Top 10 Albums of 2010. 10. In Tall Buildings - [...]
As much as I love Chicago's diverse music scene, my heart still belongs to all things loud as fuck. Loud as fuck is an understatement when describing Bongripper's doom and stoner metal ways. Their new album, the ridiculously named Satan Worshipping Doom , features four 10-plus minute tracks of slow, deep, bowel rattling metal that rests firmly in the doom and stoner metal genres while hinting at a touch of post-metal, a smidge of black metal, and a pinch of old school thrash. It's these trace elements that makes Satan Worshipping Doom rise above what [...]
The noble Báthory family stemmed from the Hun Gutkeled clan which held power in broad areas of east central Europe (in those places now known as Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania), and had emerged to assume a role of relative eminence by the first half of the 13th century. Abandoning their tribal roots, they assumed [...]
La creatividad no tiene límites, por ello con toda razón el mundo musical que se encuentra allá afuera, Dj's, productores, etc., es enorme. Así que de ahora en adelante Miau Soup! les regalará una selección semanal donde se hallará el top de sus nuevas adquisiciones.Por qué limitarse a una selección del mes cuando la librería musical rebasa estas fronteras. Así que con esta lista doy inicio a la
Stream album: Bongripper- Satan Worshipping Doom -
A long time ago-before I was into doom metal-I consciously avoided the Electric Wizard album Dopethrone . I saw the iconic image of Satan hitting a bong and figured it wasn't for me; however, I couldn't have been more wrong. Well, I'm not going to make the same mistake with the new Bongripper album, Satan Worshipping Doom . It's the band's sixth LP, and the title does not mislead, believe me. Doom fans get what they ask for here: Four tracks that [...]
by Andrew Wilhelm (CHI)So some dude tried to bomb one of the Dave Matthews concerts last weekend. What a goof! While this week's show picks are slim, they are both like walking into tar. And if some dude tried to bomb these shows, we wouldn't call the cops. We'd lay that motherfucker out before someone hits "9" on their phone.Anyway, our first recommendation is Bongripper's in-store at the Wicker
Se un disco mi piace davvero lo compro (a un prezzo accettabile) ma se me lo mettete su vinile, un formato che non posso godere, allora andate affanculo me lo scarico. Però se venite dalle mie parti sto dentro al pit. Quindi dai la mia parte la faccio. Bongripper "Satan Worshipping Doom." in dowload e i n streaming .
EyehategodWhen: Sunday, June 20, 2010Where: Empty Bottle, Chicago, ILWith: Nachtmystium, The Atlas Moth, Yakuza, BongripperandTen SuicidesWhen: Sunday, June 20, 2010Where: Reckless Records Wicker Park, Chicago, ILTwo trains (Blue Line at Divison, Forest Park-bound to Monore Red Line Howard-bound) and a bus (N201) later, I was back in my Evanston apartment. Cradled backed into the arms of
Scotland Yard Gospel Choir Big weekend for music in Chicago. We've got Taste Of Randolph and Peace Fest . That's not to mention MGMT at the Riviera , Fiery Furnaces and Eyehategod at the Empty Bottle and the triumphant return of the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir at the Subterranean . Let's get to it, shall we? Friday [...]
Referencing the notorious San Francisco district Haight Ashbury, Bongripper relishes another opportunity to smash the hippie mold. Hate Ashbury re-affirms the Chicago quartet's slogan, "The only good hippie is a dead hippie." A hostile illustration plasters Hate Ashbury with anti-beatnik animosity. All peace, love, and happiness vanish as the fingers of the peace sign are torn from the joints. Pt. III (excerpt) Pt. IV (excerpt) Yet Bongripper conjures a sweet high, injecting dense doom with kisses of ambient mist. [...]
I am dreadful as a sick patient. No one can stand to be around me, because I am constantly reminding everybody of how bad I feel, but also telling them I don't want any help. I tend to drag down peoples' spirits so that we are all on the same level. I create an unmistakable aura of grossness by not changing my clothes or showering, carrying around boxes of tissues, and generally slinking through the house looking totally pathetic. I hide under blankets and cough and sniffle and whine and mope. It's not a pretty sight. I am definitely not [...]
WFMU's Beware of the Blog
The Needle Drop
Cactus-Mouth
loudloop
Swan Fungus
The Cargo Culte
El Punto
crustcake
Romilar
INVISIBLE ORANGES - THE METAL MP3 BLOG
Sound of Summer (v. 3.1)
When Florence danced with Calvin
[REMIX] Dragonette – “Let it Go (Faustix Imanos Remix)”
The National - The Rains Of Castamere [Game of Thrones Soundtrack]
