Quarterly Review: Sunn O))), Crypt Sermon, The Neptune Power Federation,...
Hey all, we made it to the final day of the Winter 2020 Quarterly Review, so congrats to ‘us’ and by us I mean myself and anyone still reading, which is probably about two or three people. On my end...
View ArticleReview & Track Premiere: River Cult, Chilling Effect
[Click play above to stream “Neo Dog” from River Cult’s Chilling Effect. Album is out May 1 through Nasoni Records (LP) and Tee Pee Records Annex (DL).] River Cult feel like a band-in-waiting for the...
View ArticleLammping Premiere Two-Song Greater Good Single; Bad Boys of Comedy out July 21
Lammping will release their debut album, Bad Boys of Comedy, July 21 through Nasoni Records. The unpretentious eight-song/36-minute jaunt makes itself comfortable amid a lush sunshine of melodic vibe,...
View ArticleQuarterly Review: Horisont, Ahab, Rrrags, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs,...
Well, I’m starting an hour later than I did yesterday, so that’s maybe not the most encouraging beginning I could think of, but screw it, I’m here, got music on, got fingers on keys, so I guess we’re...
View ArticleFriday Full-Length: Arenna, Beats of Olarizu
Based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, which is the capital of Northern Spain’s autonomous Basque Country — if you’re American and you know the word ‘Basque,’ there’s a decent chance it’s followed by ‘separatist’...
View ArticleThe Obelisk Questionnaire: Giovanni Giovannini of Deadpeach
The Obelisk Questionnaire is a series of open questions intended to give the answerer an opportunity to explore these ideas and stories from their life as deeply as they choose. Answers can be short...
View ArticleArenna Announce Breakup
This is a band who will probably be more missed than they know. Spanish heavy psychedelic rockers Arenna formed in 2005 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, part of Basque Country in Spain, and have announced that...
View ArticleQuarterly Review: Yatra, Sula Bassana, Garden of Worm, Orthodox, Matus,...
Oh hello. I didn’t see you there. What, this? Oh, this is just me hanging out about to review 100 records in 10 days’ time. Yup, it’s another double-wide Quarterly Review, and I’m telling myself that...
View ArticleFriday Full-Length: Siena Root, A New Day Dawning
This past week, I traveled to Sweden for the first and hopefully not the last time, and accordingly, I put forth the question in the Obelisk Facebook group wondering what were people’s picks for the...
View ArticleQuarterly Review: Signo Rojo, Tribunal, Bong Corleone, Old Spirit, Los...
Welcome to day three of the Spring 2023 Quarterly Review. Traditionally, this is where the halfway point is hit, like that spot on the wall in the Lincoln Tunnel where it says New York on the one side...
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