On April 1, 1933, the Nazis began their boycott of Jewish businesses across the country. It was not the first indication of the persecutions in store. A week earlier, thirty brownshirts had broken into Jewish homes in a small town in southwest Germany, herded the occupants into the town hall, and beaten them up. The boycott, however, was something different. As Saul Friedlander has commented, it was "the first major test on a national scale of the attitude of the Christian Churches toward the situation of the Jews under the new government." [...]
Al Cisneros revived Om with Grails drummer Emil Amos and release the megalithic God Is Good this week on Drag City. Chess-playing sunrise-watching Cisneros discusses everything but how his drummer's name is an anagram for 'SOMA LIME.' This interview by Dan Collins.
After three albums of heavy, pounding, spiritual ruminations one got the feeling that Om had taken their drum, bass, and Buddhism sound about as far as they could take it. Oh, it was a good sound, with Al Cisneros on vocals and bass and Chris Hakius on drums, throbbing and rumbling their way to Nirvana, but the question remained, how many more fifteen minute chants could they record? In comes Emil Amos, to replace Hakius on drums, and with Amos also comes an expanded music palate. Amos, of course, is an integral member of another [...]
In 1972, five years after his death, Impulse released Infinity by John Coltrane. His widow Alice Coltrane had taken some unreleased recordings of John playing saxophone, and added - ulp - Indian-sounding orchestration. Looking back now, it is hard to believe, but jazz purists were so offended that they rioted in the streets of Philadelphia. [...]
In pieno trip da OM con il nuovo God is good, anche il primo pezzo in preview degli Shrinebuilder mi stuzzica parecchio, soprattutto quando entra Cisneros. Cazzo di Cisneros, cazzo di nano dai capelli unti, è il nuovo Ozzy, non c'è che dire, non tanto per una condotta di vita al limite, anzi, gossip su di lui nemmeno l'ombra, ma per i mantra che gli escono dalla bocca, una voce ipnotica quasi quanto quella del Madman. Anzi su GIG lui e il suo nuovo compagno di merende [...]
UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS OH ALLAH Alice Coltrane Universal Consciousness Impulse : 1971 AC, organ and harp; Leroy Jenkins, violin; John Blair, violin; Julius Brand, violin; Joan Kalisch, violin; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums. String arrangements by AC; transcription by Ornette Coleman. "Is jazz dead? That all depends on what you know." -Lester Bowie "A [...]
Know why Superman feels the need to save the newspaper industry? Because FREE sells more than un-free; or, in other words, the blogs are winning. But what is our society giving up by demanding so much of everything online to be "free"? That remains to be seen, but quality investigative journalism seems to be one of the early casualties. As for the music industry, it's a similar problem we're faced with. You want FREE. We give FREE. And somewhere kittens are crying. Huh? Whatever dude, it's FRIDAY! That's right woodchuck chuckers, it's Free Music Friday time on EF!! Guilt-free LEGAL [...]
Om's Steve Albini-produced God Is Good is Al Cisneros' first full-length featuring the non-Sleep Grails drummer Emil Amos, who replaced Chris Hakius last year. Judging from the instrumental lead track "Cremation Ghat II," Amos isn't the only new element mixed into the psychedelic bass-and-drum duo's arsenal. The collection crystallizes a Middle Eastern-vibe detected amid the excellent stoner repetitions of past outings: This time you'll find strings, sitars, tablas, and flutes to let you know you're not just hearing things. Some of those flavors show up on the soft, relatively brief (in Om terms) album closer. [...]
Sep 9, 2009, 11:16am
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Om - "Cremation Ghat II" From the forthcoming God Is Good , out 9/29 on Drag City .
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Buffalo Killers : "Huma Bird" [mp3] other Buffalo Killers posts at Largehearted Boy The Fugitives : "Broken Promises" [mp3] from Find Me (out October 6th) other Fugitives posts at Largehearted Boy Gary Higgins : "Demons" [mp3] from Seconds [...]
It should come as no surprise that we're all pretty excited about Shrinebuilder here. And how could we not? It's a fucking indie metal supergroup featuring Scott "Wino" Weinrich (Saint Vitus, The Obssessed), Scott Kelly (Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot), Al Cisneros (Sleep, Om, Asbestosdeath), and Dale Crover (Melvins, Altamont, Nirvana). Without hearing [...]
Heart attack victim Harry Woods died quietly in his sleep-then fought a horrifying battle with the Devil as he was dragged in the abyss of hell. And to win the battle for his soul, Harry realized he had to cast off his sinful pride and call on the Lord to save him from eternal damnation and everlasting misery. "Finally I got the better of my pride…I screamed 'Jesus! Jesus!'…I screamed it as loud as I could. And in an instant I came back to life…I was saved! [...]
"Highly anticipated" does not even begin to describe the hype surrounding Shrinebuilder's debut album. The doom supergroup features Saint Vitus / Obsessed / Spirit Caravan / Hidden Hand guitar hero Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Neurosis / Tribes of Neurot leader Scott Kelly, former Sleep and current Om bassist Al Cisneros, and Melvins drummer Dale Crover... basically [...]
I have so much respect for OM Records . Five short years ago (was it really??) I bought their 10 year anniversary compilation, OM: 10 , and really got stuck into the beautiful and wide ranging music the label offered. Over the years it's offered releases from some amazing artists like DJ Sneak , Andy Caldwell , Kaskade , Greenskeepers and, my personal favourite, Mark Farina - including his legendary Mushroom Jazz mix series. I think of the label as a more soulful, higher quality and generally more honest [...]
I have so much respect for OM Records . Five short years ago (was it really??) I bought their 10 year anniversary compilation, OM: 10 , and really got stuck into the beautiful and wide ranging music the label offered. Over the years it's offered releases from some amazing artists like DJ Sneak , Andy Caldwell , Kaskade , Greenskeepers and, my personal favourite, Mark Farina - including his legendary Mushroom Jazz mix series. I think of the label as a more soulful, higher quality and generally more honest [...]
As one of the founding members of arguably one of the most important metal bands, Scott Kelly helped navigate Neurosis from a crust punk genesis to the lords of abstract doom they've become. Despite going on to semi-normal adult lives not built around touring, they've still managed to put out some of the most challenging [...]
...Of The Splendid Defeat"
In an excellent article for NY Mag , writer Joe Hagan explores the inherent contradiction of the soothing power of really, really heavy music: Little wonder that doom-metal bands have names that wouldn't be out of place at the local yoga center: Om, Ocean, Earth. It's extreme-volume therapy, a spa treatment in black Satan T-shirts. When I learned that another friend, a bankruptcy lawyer who spends his days sifting through the wreckage of defunct Wall Street firms, was also a doom devotee, I wasn't terribly surprised. Apparently there's something about a global financial meltdown that calls [...]
Hey friends, this is my first official post as a 26-year-old. Let me tell you, it feels not bad. In fact, I wouldn't hesitate to say it feels "pretty alright". Thank you Nicci for posting yesterday so that I could enjoy my birthday. You're a real pal. Scarily, the first time I read through that post I thought, "Wait a minute - didn't I just write this yesterday?" I guess it just goes to show that anybody can imitate my style of writing, and those of you who leave comments praising me are clearly unaware of my utterly pedestrian abilities. [...]
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