

Last month I posted about Candy Claws' hazy dreamscape summer pop showcased on their second L.P Hidden Lands. To me they were the perfect summer band back then - but what would be the perfect Autumn band? Beckoning the icy rush of September's darker nights and the endless drop of crisp leaves, I give you Strange Forces.
The three piece from Brisbane are currently based in Berlin, which might explain why the 'psychedelic spaceman drone rock' has a dark brooding resonance, like you're listening to the last days of the sun as it fights its final moments before plunging into the swell and blackness of another reality altogether. Psychotropic vocals beckon you in as layers of driving drone smother you. Its dark, its tribal, its utterly mesmerizing.
Strange Forces have a long player, Hypervisions, dropping soon, it might be the best thing about the end of summer. Check out their blog here.
Strange Forces - Soul Window
Strange Forces - Shizer In The Shadows
Pissed Jeans - False Jesii Part 2 from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.
Weed Diamond - "Carry On" from moogie on Vimeo.
I've been sitting on this post so long its practically on the verge of evolving...
Back in August on one of my lunchtime trips down to Ladbroke Grove to hunt vinyl with my mate Joel (Intoxica is my favorite haunt), I picked up this stupidly limited 12" by Austin's When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth from Rough Trade West (I prefer West, reminds me of the old Rough Trade shop).
Super limited to 100 copies, out on Black Labs (an off shoot to Riot Season), When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth's third L.P Peaced signals a bit of a move on for the now five-piece. The band have seemed to take a free-form turn towards noise, drenching their early work in swamp like reverb and swathes of static, rhythm, and chaos. Nice to see a band plunging head first into mess rather than clean up their act, its a dream. I couldn't put it better than the band in their own words...
"This album was recorded in our practice space in the month of April 2010. We were very drunk, and very stoned. We've recorded quite a bit of stuff before, but this recording actually captures realistically what we do and how we do it. Cheap, loud, and drunk."
You can still pick up a copy direct here, I think, taste below.
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth - Closet Athlete
Well that didn't last long - so much for being back on it with the posts! 'Lame duck chained to a desk' springs to mind... Anyway, cos I've been missing the Friday cover-up posts like a neglectful parent, I thought a cover-up/reunion post twinage would be a good start. So on with it...
Back in May I got some news. It was like 2005 coming back to haunt like some kind of sick pop joke. Fuck-Off Machete, the Glasgow art-rock three-piece have got back together, there seems to be some gigs coming up in November, Glasgow's King Tuts Wah Wah Hut on November 27th is already in the bag...
Ok, it might not be the worlds most earth shattering reunion news but back in 2005 Fuck-Off Machete did put a cracker of a cover of Physical, on the b-side of 7" What's The Signal, plastering Madonna's track with their lively brand of female led, angular indie pop. So it seems a good come back cover-up. Here's hoping for some new Fuck-Off Machete material soon.
Fuck-Off Machete - Physical
Fuck-Off Machete - What's The Signal
Barn Owl - Light from the Mesa from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.