Daily Peaks · 12.12.2024
The Swedish band Gaupa was one of the best discoveries of the Berlin Desertfest 2023. For the band, musical boundaries only exist to be torn down, no musical style contradicts the other, but rather complements it. This energetic and anarchistic attitude can be heard in the underlying punk attitude in this song. The lyrics also seem to me to be more of a quite personal sound alphabet filled with existential feelings and expressions, a barely unknown combination in this genre. This compact...
Unknown Pleasures · 12.12.2024
Obviously two friends decided to do some music which is only understood by those two friends. This song is like a four minutes browsing through early 90´s Americana, which switches to a melancholic, gothic influenced acoustic tune and later into a kind of Neurosis-noise. So there is no need for a 90´s mixtape which turns out into a funny kind of campaign for music destruction. Check their records and despite all the noise they´re doing, it´s full of fun making noise and music.
Daily Peaks · 11.12.2024
Ultimately, it doesn't matter which song you listen to on this album, because every song kicks up a lot of dust with a roaring and pounding big block engine fitted bulldozer-like vehicle, with three guys sitting at the wheel, two with one arm out the window, with their middle fingers extended and a foad-attitude. This is such a dirty hard rock that doesn't give a damn about innovations, it just rocks. It doesn't matter whether it's stoner, hard or psychedelic rock, because every song has the...
Festivals · 11.12.2024
This line-up will exceed all the expectations we had after the first announcement in early autumn. SOL and Greyzone Concerts added My Sleeping Karma, Dinosaur JR., for the big names and a lot of interesting bands written in smaller letters. In one word: fantastic. For tickets and more information concerning sleepover in the venue ore getting hotels or hostels, just click the button below.
Festivals · 10.12.2024
Planet Desert Rock Weekend, organized by John Gist of Vegas Rock Revolution, has become a must-attend event for heavy rock fans. This unique Las Vegas festival offers an intimate atmosphere where fans can connect with like-minded rockers and musicians at top venues like Count’s Vamp’d. Shows are held at night, allowing attendees to explore the city during the day. The 2025 edition features eight international bands alongside acts like Fireball Ministry, Unida, and Mos Generator. Ripple...
Festivals · 06.12.2024
What started as a small festival remained a small festival for small bands that became big names after they played there. It´s still a mystery how the guys around Matte and Ralf manage to keep on carrying the torch and the spirit of this festival around the Lake of Alperstedt. Everything is a bit special there: the line-up with daily surprises, the audience among we meet old friends and gain some new with every edition, the friendly and funny staff which keeps the festival running. We are...
Heavystoned Albums · 05.12.2024
Welcome back to the 70s and early 80s. Welcome back to the days when you could still listen to records in a record store as a teenager and the clerk would take the trouble to lift the tone arm and play each song for 30-60 seconds. You can't put anything more vintage on a Bandcamp page than the Italian band "Desert Collider" from Cecina. The opening track, *"Orphans of the Sky Part I: Generation Ship"*, kicks off with an atmospheric blend of tribal drumming, liquid bass, and synth whoops. It...
Heavystoned Albums · 30.11.2024
My friend Tomas, tour manager and Swiss Army knife of "Villagers of Ioannina City" sent me a Spotify link of his brother's band. He told me to take a listen. Then I go to Spotify and listen to this three-person symphony orchestra and am speechless at the countless layers of synthesizers and harmonies. The band name is the effect of how this effect is used to get a broad and dense sound with just a few instruments. The whole album seems like a concept album to me from the titles, as if you were...
Festivals · 24.11.2024
These two screenshots from November 24th, 2024 show the views of the official Hellfest aftermovie. Hellfest is the largest, best decorated festival in Europe, where we spent a month of our lives. We visited Hellfest 8 times and were thrilled every time. But now you can also see that there is a small, fine festival in Croatia, in the middle of a stunningly beautiful landscape, located on a river, has way more views than the Hellfest. So what could be the reason for this? I guess, the...