'earth' below

If you're forever linked with Kurt Cobain's death as Dylan Carlson was, being a close buddy of Kurt's, you're unlikely to have the easiest of times with written appraisal but why his wiki entry should be so sparse is somewhat puzzling to say the least. The man has been around some.

"During his illness and drug addiction, Carlson lent a shotgun to Kurt Cobain which he used to commit suicide".
WIKI ARTICLE

Carlson is the only constant member, guitarist and vocalist with 'Earth', and if there was one good reason for mentioning him and this recording it would be expanded on right now. Oh yes apart from he's picked 5 favourite songs in this months Mojo magazine.
That and the track 'Father Midnight' from Earth's 11th album 'Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light' is such a behemoth of sound it needs to be included in a dark corner of anyone's garage.
With an opening orchestral chord that reminds of one of Robin Trower's power chords on "Earth Below" and a cross between 'Escalator Over The Hill' Hotel Band in extreme slow motion, there's not one instant memory of anyone dare using that unwieldy of instruments, a bass clarinet, in a rock context outside of Miles Davis 40 years ago on 'Bitches Brew'.
This extraordinary piece of music is beyond most musical imagination.

Earth are on tour in Europe and the States at the moment dates are on their website

uncle acid and the deadbeats

Here's some really good footage of the band live at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark on July 6th.
Formed in 2010 Uncle Acid get better as they define their metal psychedelia through live work. The early Sabbath influenced riffs and hard rock chorusing are now developing into a more in depth exploration of the instruments and it's showing. They get the authentic sound by using the vintage guitars from their late 60's influences.
Now into their third album and just like those late 60's bands they've turned to the tricky matter of the concept album.
Guitarist, K.R. Starrs " Mind Control is a fictional story...about a cult leader who comes down from the mountain and brainwashes his desert disciples through drugs, love, violence, and intimidation".
A concept you might conclude that draws it's story from the chilling and psychopathic thinking of one Charles Manson now rotting in a US penitentiary with his other so called disciples.
A concept too far then? Nah.. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats are 4 guys from Cambridge, England and it's obvious they know their 60's psychedelic culture. After all you've got to get your song ideas from somewhere and rock&roll has a history worth digging into.
So here's the aptly titled "Death's Door" with a shitty youtube ad but it's worth that to see a quality video from one of the audience.