Brooklyn, NY
September 2013

Tour!

DCRock Live Review

This female power trio is from Brooklyn and they brought with them a severe case of the heavies. They lay out some of the thickest, heaviest metal stoner riffs this side of Black Sabbath. But they go well beyond the confines of sludge metal, with fascinating forays into psychedelic worlds. They do this with the instrumentation, but even more importantly in the vocals where all three members join in. They have twisted psyche-gothic moves that remind me some of United Bible Studies. Of course, they sing with gnarled intensity when the music heats up and the riffs start flying. They continue to vary the volume and vocal style keeping a fair amount of tension in the set. It works because they manage to keep you glued to their sound when the go from the lower depths to soaring heights, yet completely skipping the dullish middle ground. I enjoyed how they appropriated a wonderful Hawkwind riff and quickly moved it into a creative powerhouse of their own making, available on their recent single. This is powerful and fully involving with their great grasp of style. As the songwriting will likely produce more gems, this band could be a great presence on the modern extended psyche scene. Feral Grrrl Psychedelia? 

FLOWN / HILLY EYE / THURN & TAXIS / THELMA & THE SLEAZE / CHURCHES by Homoground on Mixcloud

Halloween 2012

BARDO THODOL, literally translated as The Liberation Through Hearing in the Intermediate State, and more commonly known as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, is a text that describes and guides one through the experiences that the consciousness has after death, during the interval between death and the next rebirth, including information on the signs of death and rituals to undertake when death is closing in, or has taken place.

This show is a visual, sonic, and performative collaboration between the artists with the intention of holding space for, confronting and dancing with death. There will be a giant altar inside a haunted castle, consciousness-altering drones, sparklers, heavy riffs, rock and roll, a ritual sacrifice, psychic flight AND MUCH MORE!!!

FLOWN

The Acheron
June 2012