The Black Angels
Let it be known, I saw the future of rock n roll last night and it came in shades of 1970s psychedelica. Yes, guitars are hip again, beards are unkempt and music is looking back in order to move forward. If the heavy and monotonous drone of Austin, Texas’ Black Angels is anything to go by, we’re in for a rocky ride indeed. Where are the hits? Where are the timeless melodies? For all their exuberant posturing, at least The Doors are still being played on FM radio. Heck, they’d probably still be getting a slot on the AM bandwidth if it weren’t for all the right wing lunatics clogging up the dial. But I digress. The Black Angels are the sound of now. They are so good it hurts. Yet I can’t recall a single song from their set last night. Instead their show at Brooklyn’s Luna Lounge was a dense barrage of riffs and vocals, dripping with reverb and soaring deep to the very edges of the room. It was more an experience than a collection of singles as they deconstruct melodies and steal them away from the instruments, leaving them instead to a voice that’s road weary, honest, liberated.
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Andy said | 11 April, 2007
I like. Bold, a little rough and chunkified riffage. Would be excellent to see these guys live.
Jimmie Jones said | 13 July, 2008
The reason you couldn’t remember any of the songs is because they all sound pretty much the same…great… Fenders. Velvet underground? Sterling Morrison? Jeeze, and with pictures of NICO to boot!? Pathetic. Psychedelic WAS doesn’t make Psychedelic IS. Seen them, listened to them, and it seems very un-original. The best bands in the world don’t need all the light crap, and the references to bands that don’t SUCK.
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Alison Whittington said | 11 April, 2007
disruptive soup