Stoned Sun Vibrations

Hey,

As you MAY have noticed, I haven't posted for a while now....for a lot of reasons which I don't find necessary to mention. Anyway I decided to put Stoned Sun Vibrations on hiatus and concentrate my efforts to Downtuned Magazine ('n' Radio). Many of you probably know that Downtuned Mag is dedicated to the Greek heavy rock scene but since I've started Downtuned Radio too, I'm thinking of including posts about releases from all over the world. Apparently I'm going to keep a ratio but we'll see how it'll evolve.

From now on, you can find me on Downtuned Mag. And for any bands interested in reviewing/including them in radio's rotation etc., you can come in touch with me through the contact form over there. As I wrote above. I'll try to keep a ratio and at least in the beginning I'll try to "promote" mostly "smaller", more independent bands that deserve your attention.

So I want to thank each and everyone of you out there who supported, read, promoted and helped this blog. Also a big fat thanks to all the bands which helped SSV in their own way.

That's all for now folks! Thanks again! Maybe SSV will be back someday. Or maybe Downtuned will become better than SSV.... Who knows.

Be well and stay heavy!

Cheers,

Thanos

PS: Rock Trips Mixtapes will be back soon.... They'll be the only thing posted from now on. Perhaps some other personal comps too.

21.9.10

Fields Of Locust - Subtopia (2010)

Fields Of Locust is an interesting mixture of post-rock and sludge music which is accomplished in an excellent way. Quite harsh and psychedelic sounds with sludgy and savage voice.They manage to create a trippy atomosphere and their songs combine post ideas with sludge riffs and doom parts with desert atmosphere.

Fields Of Locust - Subtopia (2010)

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Lucky Funeral - S/T (2008)

Sludgy,drunken,stoned music played be an ultra heavy band like Lucky Funeral. A great album full of mud following steps from bands like Iron Monkey, is here to blast your head off and groove your mind. Flesh-eaters songs with heavy riffs and vocals coming straight from the bottom of a swamp.

Lucky Funeral - S/T (2008)

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Mahakala

Mahakala..The "Big Black".Mahakala released two EPs. The first one, was an Iron Monkey-ish sludge album with a lot of groove with no lyrics,not vocals but lyrics. As they say "this recording does not contain any particular lyrics". The screams is another musical instrument just to complete their music... Now,the second EP is quite different. A Black Sabbath-meets-Down record..Aggresive riffs, boogie bass and quite downtempo in parts. Either way, Mahakala gives us the dirt and the stink that we want!

Mahakala - S/T (2006)

Mahakala - Pact With The Devil (2009)

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Guinea Pig - Demo (2008)

Guinea Pig is a brilliant sample of sludge'n'roll..Influenced by Iron Monkey, Eyehategod,Cathedral,Acid Bath and lot of booze, they fuck up the planet right in your face with only a 3-track demo. I hope, they are going to record another album as soon as possible, because this shit isn't enough. Just grab some booze and let this play on repeat.

Guinea Pig - Demo (2008)

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Sabbah Navahthani - S/T (2007)

This band is highly recommended to fans of filthy,rotten sludge. With a touch of crust and some old-school black metal necro feel, S.N. brings us the mud and the filth of a swamp straight into our house. Tasos, basist of the group,is also the bassist of Electric Wizard and drummer of Eight Hands for Kali, if this means something to you.

Sabbah Navahthani - S/T (2007)

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20.9.10

Brotherhood Of Sleep - S/T (2009)

Greek instrumental trio, the music child of Sleep and Los Natas..Great stoney jams goes hand by hand with titanic doomish riffs. One Lp until now and numerous lives including support acts to My Sleeping Karma, Karma to Burn... Heavy as shit.

Brotherhood of Sleep - S/T (2009)

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1000mods

1000mods are another great stoner band from Greece, formed in 2005. They supported bands like Nightstalker, My Sleeping Karma,Radio Moscow and they'll support also Colour Haze in a few weeks. Their lives are pure heaviness. Their music is dirty guitar riffs, huge bass riffs and slow-tempo drums. They're genuine.They released 2 EPs until now and played at many lives all these years.

1000mods - Blank Reality EP (2007)

1000mods - Liquid Sleep EP (2010)

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19.9.10

Nightstalker

Nightstalker is a legendary Greek stoner band, founded back in the beggining of 90's by the singer Argy(and band's drummer then). It's the ideal mixture of Kyuss,Monster Magnet and a little of Motorhead, plus their personal touch of groove. Their characteristic is the constant live activity. Their shows are a powerful pure Rock'n'Roll tornado. Their releases are a must have for each heavy/stoner rock fan.
Enough with words, just listen to them and feel the groove!

Nighstalker - First Psychedelic (1991)

Nightstalker - Side FX (1994)

Nightstalker - Use (1996)

Nightstalker - The Ritual (2000)

Nightstalker - Just A Burn (2004)

NightStalker - Superfreak (2009)

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18.9.10

Heavy Triad Of The Day

17.9.10

Pendejo - Cantos A La Vida (2008)

Pendejo is a band from Netherlands but their whole culture is Spanish. They use spanish lyrics and trumpets in their tracks. High-class stoner, with the trumpet parts make the difference.

Enjoy!

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16.9.10

A Tijuana Trip - A Meth-Lab Experience (2006)

Welcome to Tijuana's Desert! Just grab some beers, sit back on your chair and close your eyes. The journey to desert will begin when you hear the first note of this album.
Dusty, swampish, acid stoner...At it's pure form. No vocals, just riffs. Feel the psych!
**From their myspace: "Sounds like: Ventures on heroïn-depression meet EyeHateGod in happiness meet Surfaris on bad alcohol trip meet Black Flag in loveliness."

Enjoy!

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Heavy Triad Of The Day

15.9.10

Sahara Surfers - Spacetrip On A Paper Plane (2010)

Sahara Surfers is a four-piece band from Austria. Influenced by Kyuss, Lowrider, Astroqueen, Colour Haze, they play an excellent example of desert rock with their expressive female singer lead their music in mysterious mellow paths. They succeed to offer us a 33-minute of "desert pleasure". Sometimes although they lack in heaviness BUT they offer us this mesmerizing hypnotic atmosphere which gives us more than we expect.

Enjoy!

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14.9.10

Monkey3 Discography

Monkey3...There aren't many words to describe this band.Excellent psych stoner!Nothing more,nothing less. If you didn't know Monkey3, you MUST learn them. They released 2 albums("S/T" and "39 Laps") and a third one("Undercover") loaded with covers from Archive, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple.
Their music is 100% instrumental except from 2 songs in their cover album where are hosted John Garcia (Kyuss, Hermano) and Tony Jelencovich (Transport League, M.A.N.).
Probably, the best in their kind! Just let their music swallow you in their psych universe.

Monkey3 - S/T (2003)

Monkey3 - 39 Laps (2006)

Monkey3 - Undercover (2009)

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13.9.10

Magic Lantern - High Beams (2008)

Rising from USA,this psych blizzard destroys everything in our reality. One of the best psych albums of the last few years. The riffs destroy, the drums rip and the organ (Oh,the fucking ORGAN) tears the earth apart!Fucking awesome!

Enjoy!

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6.9.10

Arc Of Ascent - Circle Of The Sun (2010)

Wow!This is really heavy acid music.Clean as hell production, well written songs, compact riffs.. With "Absolution in Light" be the highlight of this album, these guys know how to write and play some really good music.
*Album's artwork is pretty damn good too...

Enjoy!

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4.9.10

Shoo Rah - Untitled (1998)

Out of the ashes of bands such as Horowitz” Funeral, The Reunion and The Blue Observer this great Stoner Rock band was formed in the mid nineties of last century (Netherlands). A bunch of freaks connected to Cannabis Sativa Hollandica, Star Wars and other legendary B-movies and the powers of Rah they created one very rare (only 300 copies) 220 grams slap of vinyl on which they take you on a trip thru time and space. - "last.fm"
Real Space Music! Just Grab It!

Enjoy!

3.9.10

Tuber - Tuber EP

Serious instrumental desert rock from Greece.Killer riffs,well structured tracks,the feeling of jam is everywhere..I fuckin love this EP.Without doing anything new or "avant-garde", Tuber are following their roots by creating some really special music. The thing is that they manage to create their own identity in their music. They are original without trying to prove anything to anyone. Gods bless'em.

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2.9.10

Black Math Horseman - Wylt (2009)

Black Math Horseman's first album(produced by Scott Reeder) is an interesting mixture of doom,psycheledic,post-rock,lo-fi heavy music. This female fronted band delivers us their atmospheric debut which is a goood stuff if you want to chill out. Let them guide you in their paths of mystery..

Enjoy!

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1.9.10

Black Space Riders - Black Space Riders (2010)

Coming from Germany, these four guys guide us in dirty sleazy space paths.. Their songs are hypnotic,heavy rock, guitar driven gems. You're gonna to enjoy this album until the last second of it. Juicy!!

Enjoy!

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Yesterday's Thoughts Discography

Yesterday's Thoughts is a greek psychedelic garage band originating from the 90's. They are propably the most well known garage band coming from Greece. They opened concerts for many bands like Seeds, Sonics, Fuzztones, Baby Woodrose, Invisible Surfers, Will-O-The Wisp, Frantic V, Teardrops, Psykicks etc. Their greatest moment for them is when Sky 'Sunlight' Saxon from Seeds(R.I.P.) asked them to take part in their second LP. After working with the band, they co-wrote two of the record's songs: the " If I had some marijuana " & " Build yourself an aero-plane " with Sky's leading vocals.
Straight from the past,straight in our hearts.