I got to proselytize: a blatant musical plug

[Reverend Joe]

Okay, I hate to be an advertiser, but I must do this with the utmost of sincerity, because I am pretty sure these guys are the best thing since the Doors, the Stooges and/or blotter acid.

The Black Angels. (http://www.myspace.com/theblackangels)

The reason I am posting this is their second record. When I heard their first full-length record in 2007, I will admit I was disappointed; they were not all they I had hoped for or expected. But their second album, Directions to See a Ghost, blew me clean out of the water: it was all I had hoped for in their first album and then some. It's like someone took the Native American Psych Rock of the Doors, the unrelenting Hard Rock of the Stooges, and the thundering Stoner Rock of Black Sabbath and stuck it all in a vicious blender; and then again, it's not quite like anything else you have ever heard. In short, their second album is beautiful.

Please, for your own good, give them a spin and see how you like it.

:2thumbsup:

[Beirut]

Defintely sounds like the 13th Floor Elevators*.

And that ain't a bad thing. ~:smoking:

(*With a wee hint o' The Doors to boot.)

[KukriKhan]

By pure coincidence they're being played on KCRW, Los Angeles this very moment.

Well done, sez I. :bow:

[Reverend Joe]

Defintely sounds like the 13th Floor Elevators*.

And that ain't a bad thing. ~:smoking:

(*With a wee hint o' The Doors to boot.)
Oh, man, I thought no one would know the Elevators, so I lfet them out of the comparisons... THANK YOU! :bow:

[naut]

It's not out in Aus, yet, which bums me out. :cry:

Edit: Mission District reminds me of Astronomie Dominie, awesome stuff. Sounds like one hell of an improvement on Passover. :2thumbsup:

[Gregoshi]

Thank you Rev! Good find. I like!

[Reverend Joe]

Rhythmic: I actually got the album a month early via digital download. Of course, I don't have an iPod or any such similar infernal machine, so I could only listen to it via computer; but on the other hand, ordering it early gave me the added perk of getting an EP called "Black Angel Exit" when the hard copy of "Directions" arrived. You can't buy it anywhere; it was only offered if you bought the digital edition early. If they weren't offering that in Australia, I am very sorry for you, because "Black Angel Exit" is really far out; it's like the 13th Floor Elevators meets the Stooges. Sorry, man.

Greg: No problem. That's why I'm here. :2thumbsup:

[Geoffrey S]

Hmm. Maybe I will give that second album a go. Saw them as the support of the Black Keys last year/two years ago. Their show was fine - fairly standard, but lively and fun. Bought a cd there, and I found it dull. Nothing like the concert.

[Moros]

It sounds good. Nice, I'm even considering buying the CD. And I'm not much of Cd buyer.
Great tip!

[Beirut]

If I may hijack this thread , anyone listening to the Black Keys? My buddy's been playing the album with Goodbye Babylon on it and it's great. Just two guys; drums and guitar.

I'll be getting that album ASAP.

[Geoffrey S]

Yeah, they're great - and they do a killer live show.

[Reverend Joe]

Oh, yeah the Black keys are outta sight. Best album so far is Rubber Factory, Thickfreakness a close second. The latest, Attack and Release, is really good too, but it's also very different -- it was produced by a rapper, and it is much more psychedelic (although certainly not in the traditional sense of the word) than any of their previous work.

@Beirut: Magic Potion is actually my least favorite so far. It sounds too cleaned up and studiofied. The first three are a lot more energetic.