Desert jamming with layers of transcendental Earth-like drones.
Hotel Wrecking City Traders & Gary Arce – Hotel Wrecking City Traders & Gary Arce (2011)
Hotel Wrecking City Traders & Gary Arce (2011)
“It’s a cross-continental collision of sounds. Gary Arce is considered one of the founding figures of desert rock. His laid back, airy tone and improvisatory will have been a key inspiration for bands literally all over the world, and when it comes to jams, there are few guitarists out there who can add as much personality to a piece of music as he can. Apart from working instrumentally, they seem to be driven by completely different musical ideals. The two-song, 20-minute release combines the disparate elements at work in the total three players involved for a double-guitar brew that’s based as much on improvisational noodling as it is on noisy crunch.”
Hellbender – Cosmolux (2011)
Amazing band that combines mind-melting psychedelic jams with loud stoner riffs. Think if Earthless went doomy and started producing OM-like meditations.
The Whirlings – The Whirlings (2011)
Laid back psychedelic jams for meditation by Italian band The Whirlings.
Max Headroom – Stonerman’s Friend (2011)
“Max Headroom is a power trio that plays entirely improvised stoner rock jams. The band was formed in late 2010 by three musicians that come from Plutonium Nyborg (doom), Fal-Tor-Voh (stoner rock), Fresh & Frozen (grunge), Musical Chairs Collective (improvised) and now guarantee a diverse set of psychedelic desert rock so that every rocker will automatically headbang!”
Asteroid – Bigger Then Asterix (2011)
Improvised jam by swedish stoner rock legends Asteroid.
Radar Men From The Moon – Intergalactic Dada & Space Trombones (2011)
“RMFTM is an instrumental space/post/stoner rock band from the Netherlands. Hailling from the ashes of their former stoner rock band Boners Inc., they use mindblowing guitar riffs and grooving rhythm sections to explore the unknown boundries of space.”
Summer Bacchanalia – Volume II (2011)
Modern stoner with lo-fi qualily sound that let me think about lost record of some heavy psychedelic band from 70’s jamming in garage. Retro psych worshippers will certainly like this.
Red Octopus – LSDemon (2010)
“Travellin’ down the long, open road of musical open-ness, Red Octopus freely structures their tunes with an inter-ordinary mold of electric, near-drowning bass and guitar, framed around lead-filled, powerfull drumming. The trio currently are uniquely stamping their trade as a surly band of psych-cultivators, while carousing carelessly in the new up-coming underground psychedelic-rock scene. Early Sabbath is surely a no-miss influence amongst Spencer(dr), Bill(b) and Gabe(gtr), however 70’s kraut rock outfit, Can, is guaranteed a taste Red Octopus uses to fancy their heavy-psych palette. They sound as if warlord legends, Hawkwind were spiritually lending inspiration, while UK kings, Budgie tends to fight through the riffs to aid in ear-splitting shredliness. Having opened for like-minded bands, Earthless and Astra, Red Octopus is genuinely a band who wants nothing other than to perform live and nothing short of slowing down.”
Haunted Leather – Desert Spells (2011)
If you’re looking for Mammatus like stoner vibe you should check out these guys. These jams will put your mind in deep, hypnotic weed trance and won’t let it until last track.