Artist: Man's Gin

By Andy O'Connor (TX)Spring Break is over, guys. Time to get back to class. Now that SXSW 2012 is done, we're counting down the days until the next one. I mean, we're looking forward to Fall Break (Fun Fun Fun Fest), Summer Break (Chaos in Tejas), and Senior Skip Day (Rites of Darkness IV?), but SXSW is such a distinctive animal that no other music fest compares to it. It's overstuffed, yes, and

Ever since the dawn of the nuclear age, mankind has been fascinated with The Bomb and its terrifying capabilities. Even before The Manhattan Project bore fruit, countless nuke-themed songs, movies, books, and of course, good ol' propaganda flooded the American consciousness and captivated our over-reactive imaginations. Some truly masterful books (Level 7, Alas, Babylon, A [...]

by ill? ya! (NYC) Highest on my list this week are the two Monarch!/Bloody Panda shows. Monarch! - from France - play dark, ritualistic funeral doom. Bloody Panda are similar in style, but throw in an unsettling layer of chanting/shrieking in Japanese, courtesy of Yoshiko Ohara, sometimes also backed by throat singing. Their shows come close to a religious experience - don't miss it! Saturday

by ill? ya! (NYC) Smoke a blunt, down a six pack and head over to Union Pool tonight for a long, slow evening of bluesy stoner rock, courtesy of the TeePee Records showcase. With a fire and a taco truck in the backyard, what more could you ask for?Read on for more weekend (and weekday) goodness.Saturday is full of tough decisions, but BrooklynVegan manages to pull into first place. If the

As our friends over at BrooklynVegan just announced, Kirk Fisher of Buzzov*en fame is playing a surprise show at Union Pool tonight as K. Lloyd, the singer's acoustic incarnation. This one is minus The Disciples (Jimmy Bower and Brian Patton), but PLUS Erik Wunder of Cobalt/Man's Gin fame. Should be sufficiently dark and dreary for this dismal Tuesday...

Da fine luglio a fine agosto 44 persone hanno letto il post sui Man's Gin magari cercando il nuovo Smiling Dogs. Accontentati .

How do you follow up the best metal album of 2009? By putting out one of the best Americana albums of 2010, of course. "I went down to New Orleans when I was still at college, my buddy John had an aunt who lived there," says Erik Wunder. "We crashed at her place, went out and just discovered the city for a week. We ended up seeing Deadboy and the Elephantmen play in Lafayette, and after the show we ended up going back to this apartment party with the band and everybody else and having this big jam session...

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[ MP3 ] Man's Gin - Smiling Dogs

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Erik Wunder si dimostra tipo molto interessante oltre che poli-strumentista dotato, oltre ai Cobalt e a suonare la batteria per Jarboe ma messo su i Man's Gin con altri due tizi rendendo omaggio al folk americano, ai suoni rustici, all'alcool, a due chitarre acustiche imbracciate su un "porch" davanti al sunset del Colorado. Roba abbastanza tradizionale da quel che ho sentito che mi ricorda le robe acustiche di Alice in Chains e Pearl Jam. "Smiling Dogs" esce ad agosto per la Profound Lore, in streaming un paio di assaggi davvero interessanti. [...]

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words by BBG , Elbo Room photos by Taylor Keahey DOWNLOAD: Man's Gin - "Solid Gold Telephone" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Man's Gin - "Smiling Dogs" (MP3) Smiling Dogs by Man's Gin Simply put, Cobalt is my shit. In release after release of riveting blackened war metal ( including recent fave Gin ), Cobalt has proved [...]

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by BBG DOWNLOAD: Castevet - "Red Aura" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Altar of Plagues - "Atlantic Lights" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Castevet - "Grey Matter" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Man's Gin Teaser (MP3) Mounds of Ash If you're anything like me, you've probably been bumping the latest Altar of Plagues EP, [...]

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