doom/stoner Archive
01 Mar 2023
30 Days Out, March 2023 #1: Stews, Beths, Martin Sexton, Bask
There’s lots going on musically in and around Asheville in the next 30 days. Here are some highlights. Artist: The Stews Venue: Salvage Station Date: Friday, March 3, 8 p.m. […]
22 Nov 2021
Album Review: Jupiter Cyclops – Prophets, Prospectors & Madmen
This swaggering Phoenix metal outfit swings for the fences on its debut release. With guitar pyrotechnics woven into a band aesthetic that focuses on ensemble playing, Jupiter cyclops delivers the […]
01 Nov 2021
30 Days Out, November 2021 #1: The Record Company, Cloak, Carolina Waltz, Squirrel Nut Zippers
The warm weather has left us, taking with it the opportunity for outdoor shows. It remains to be seen how the remaining vestiges of the pandemic will affect the live […]
20 May 2021
Retired Fire Eater Seeks Doom/stoner Metal Band: Slow Machine, the Craigslist Quintet
An edited version of this feature appeared previously in SF Weekly. How does a new band – combining a Portuguese-speaking former fire eater and an instrumental quartet that plays stoner […]
29 Oct 2020
Album Review: Dungeon Weed — Mind Palace of the Mushroom God
With their debut album Mind Palace of the Mushroom God, Oakland sludge rockers Dungeon Weed have carved out a niche of their own. Many stoner rock outfits lean toward a […]
17 Apr 2020
Album Review: Death Nebula — Ghost of Cassiopeia
If one were to make some sweeping generalizations about doom metal, first among those might be that the artists making it build a sound around a core of guitar/bass/drums, and […]
19 Nov 2018
Carry That Weight: The Heavy Mountain Festival
For many years, Asheville, N.C. has been an important part of the thriving folk/roots music scene. But in recent years the city has also become an incubator for many other […]
11 Jan 2016
Album Mini-review: Sunn O))) – Kannon
File next to: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Earth, Glenn Branca It’s easy to dismiss the pummeling, sludgy, drone-rock of Sunn O))) as noise; even fans of the group might happily […]
03 Apr 2014
Festival Review: Big Ears 2014, Day 3 (Part One)
Dean and Britta I had already seen Dean Wareham and his wife/collaborator Britta Phillips on Day One of Big Ears 2014. But what was advertised for their Sunday performance – […]
15 Jul 2013
July Capsule Reviews, #1 of 3
Once again, it’s time here at Musoscribe World Headquarters for a batch of capsule reviews. The inbox keeps growing, and some worthy titles have begun to gather dust. So to […]