At Desertfest 2016 Jamie Skey finds no shortage of riffwork, an atmosphere buoyed by a tide of locally brewed fluids, and the unrepentant and unmistakable crushing bombast of Teeth of the Sea:
.....'On Friday evening, beer bellies are set jiggling to the Clutch-sans-paranoia sounds of Maryland’s Lionize. Among the keg-party ready riffs, the smooth-edged stoners here and there sprinkle some sensimilla-saturated reggae interludes. Three cans of Black Betty (a strong, dark, aniseed-y brew) and a spliff down an alley later, and we’re ready to party hard, and London post-techno savages Teeth Of The Sea duly oblige us with their dancefloor-igniting, trumpet-blasted, monstrous minimalism that sounds refreshingly like nothing else on the bill – or anything else in existence for that matter. We have to elbow our way to the front, as at the back by the bar the sound quality is muddled, and we keep mistaking their incendiary churn for the sort of ‘progressive’ psy-trance nonsense you’d hear at an Infected Mushroom gig. Along the front row, we feel the full force of Mat Colegate’s primitive floor-tom flogging and death-by-boiling howls.'.....
Next weekend is going to be a big one for Rocket – we have several bands playing some really great Festivals: Friday Eindhoven Psych Lab Hills Radar Men from the Moon / Gnod presents Temple Ov BBV Saturday Eindhoven Psych Lab Goat Gnod Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation Sunday Field Day Goat Plus there are loads of Rocket approved band on both amazing bills Buy tickets for Eindhoven Psych Lab here: EPL Buy tickets for Field Day here: Field Day See you down the front! ---
To celebrate getting 'Album of the week' for their new album 'The Capsule' – great online shop Bleep gave Necro Deathmort access to all their records and asked them to compile their faves: See the full run down here: Bleep Then buy the album: Bandcamp ---
It reads: We catch up with psychedelic rockers Goat ahead of their highly anticipated Field Day performance – possibly their last London show ever. I must admit I’m a relatively new Goat fan. I first heard the band at Green Man Festival 2015 when some friends convinced me to miss St Vincent on the Sunday night and see “this amazing tribal-ish band in crazy masks”. I was relatively sober, at the tail-end of the festival, and a bit devoid of endorphins but Goat absolutely blew me away. They are probably one of the best live bands I have ever seen. Their psychedelic music, which has been described by more intelligent people as “rock blended with tribal rhythms, krautrock and afrobeat”, made me want to simultaneously talk in tongues, smash things up, and sort of sway-shake like I’m having a dance seizure... Read the rest here: Huck ---
Fat out's Barrow presents: Destruction Unit Gnod TV Crime Exxxecutioner Bloody Head Aggressive Perfector Denim & Leather 25th June Islington Mill, Salford Doors: 18:00 till 02:00 More info and tickets: Fat Out's Barrow ---
It reads: "Goat always stand out they have a brilliantly distinct and individual sound and look, tonight is a set packed with their finest tracks with Run To Your Mama is an early highlight. Goatman, Disco Fever and It’s Time For Fun all follow. Its rare that a crowd scream so loud that a support band are forced back to the stage for an encore but tonight they do just that, this now humongous crowd welcoming Goat back for an encore. Their ecstatic set really livens up proceedings in advance of Suede’s entrance, this will be the bands first of two sets the second is their full Night Thought set which takes place as part of the main festival today."
Necro Deathmort have put together this amazing mix exclusively for Vinyl Factory, listen to it here: TheVinylFactory This is what the band said about it and the tracklist: NECRO DEATHMORT'S FUTURE SHOCKS ELECTRO MIX 2016 In many ways electro is the purest form of electronic music: it's uncompromisingly hard-edged and laser-focussed on the future, and yet you can dance to it. The themes on this mix range from the joys of home computing, to a variety of chilling prophecies of dystopian futures where man is enslaved to machine. 1. Bruce Haack 'Party Machine' (2010 Stones Throw) 2. Jazzy Jay 'Def Jam' (1985 Def Jam) 3. Extra T's 'ET Boogie' (1984 Sunnyview) 4. Anthony Rother 'Sex With The Machines' (1998 Kanzleramt) 5. Kraftwerk 'Computer Liebe' (1981 Kling Klang) 6. Cygnus 'Electronic Slave' (2015 Central Processing Unit) 7. Kraftwerk 'Nummern' (1981 Kling Klang) 8. Clarence 'Turbine' (1991 Warp Records) 9. Giorgio Moroder 'Utopia (Me Giorgio)' (1977 Oasis) 10. Elecktroids 'Perpetual Motion' (1995 Warp Records) 11. Drexciya 'Welcome To Drexciya' (1993 Underground Resistance) 12. Polygon Window 'Supremacy II' (1992 Warp Records) 13. Dopplereffekt 'Tetrahymena' (2013 Leisure System) 14. Vangelis 'I Can't Take It Anymore' (1981 Polydor) 15. Nexus 'Technoid' (2001 Plink Plonk) 16. Brothomstates ' (2001 Warp Records) ---
Necro Deathmort's stunning new album The Capsule is released today. “ Highly recommended.” The Quietus “ A thoroughly immersive experience” Uncut “ One of the UK’s best kept secrets.” Metal Hammer “ ...a new force to be reckoned with.” Rock A Rolla “ Necro Deathmort really are a revelation.” Louder than War
You can buy the ltd edition LP and CD from all good record shops, or buy direct from us via our shop: Rocket Bandcamp ---
Our friends at Cardinal Fuzz are releasing an Anthropropph / Big Naturals split LP and it sounds immense!! You can order it here: Cardinal Fuzz Anthroprophh are at this moment in time in the studio recording their next full length for Rocket to be released in 2017. Plus they have these great two shows coming up: Baba Yaga's Hut presents Rocket All Dayer: Teeth of The Sea Gum Takes Tooth Anthroprophh Necro Deathmort Kuro Coldnose + more to be announced Saturday 20 August Corsica Studios / London Tickets - Rocket Recordings and Fat Paul Presents: Anthropropph Gnoomes Flowers Must Die Thursday 22 September The Exhange / Bristol Tickets ---
