Killsong’s debut album out 1 June
Killsong’s debut album is an unhinged, avant-garde assault resembling Frank Zappa on crystal meth, a coked-up Captain Beefheart and a rambling Tom Waits in the depths of an ether binge...
Devils Kitchen 2013 announced!
The legendary good time stoner-punk-death-boogie-sex-rock showcase is back, taking in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in January 2013! Since it’s inception in 2005, Devil’s Kitchen has played host to many of the country’s finest. Without further ado, please lubricate your earholes in preparation for this tidy little onslaught. No doubt these guys and gals will help to...
Now accepting donations for Black Wire Records
What can be said about Sydney’s Black Wire Records? This not-for-profit record-store-come-performance-space has found it’s way into the hearts of countless musicians and members of the music-going public – and it’s done so in an astonishingly short amount of time. In under three years Black Wire Records has become an essential institution in the Australian...
Space Bong’s ‘The Death of Utopia’
Art As Catharsis is pleased to bring you this special digital re-release of Space Bong’s The Death of Utopia free of charge. Please smoke responsibly. Space Bong – The Death of Utopia Space Bong belong with doom metal’s elite, peddling a form of degenerate drone that combines nihilistic slabs of sludge with a pervading sense...
Space Bong mini-tour September 2012
We present to you a tour from Australia’s best droning doom band: Space Bong. Having peddled their degenerate form of doom across Australia for the last 6 years, Space Bong are a band operating on another level. They are one of the rawest, heaviest, and above all believable doom bands on earth — as every...
Video: Serious Beak live at Black Wire Records
Serious Beak playing ‘Han’ at Black Wire Records on 30 June 2012. This was an awesome show; IDYLLS and Snakes Get Bad Press were intense.
Adrift for Days ‘Come Midnight’
Check out Adrift for Days acclaimed new album “Come Midnight…” Adrift for Days – Come Midnight… Two years after the release of their acclaimed debut album “The Lunar Maria”, comes Adrift for Days’ latest meditation; an ambitious, 71-minute concept album that draws influence from Earth, Jimi Hendrix, YOB, The Doors, Neurosis, Pink Floyd, Rosetta and Boris. On “Come...
Free compilation of the best stoner/doom Australia has to offer
I present you with Drone from the Underside of the Earth - a FREE digital compilation featuring Australia’s best stoner, sludge, doom and drone bands, featuring the likes of Space Bong, Hydromedusa, Adrift for Days, Looking Glass, In Trenches, No Anchor, Drowing Horse, Sons of the Ionian Sea, Summonus, DEAD, Futility, Clagg and and more essential artists...
Serious Beak’s Huxwhukw: remixed!
Huxwhukw and the Crooked Beak of Heaven remixes are out now: a FREE collection of reinterpretations and transformations of Serious Beak‘s debut album Huxwhukw, featuring submissions from Alex Wilson (sleepmakeswaves, Enkidu), Nick Soole (Slimey Things), Dylan Mitrovich (Breaking Orbit), Hinterlandt, Godswounds, Moz Troniquz, Brendan Gloag (Face Command), Redbatman, AM Frequencies and The Artists Formally Known...
A free, experimental IDM album from Anklepants
Anklepants is an enigma, cloaked in mystery and enshrouded in a mechanical face. This man represents one of the greatest oddities and eccentricites in the worlds electronic music scene. His music is an incredible and often bizarre mix of IDM, breakcore, house and dubstep – which is made all the weirder by his live set-up...
Battle Pope’s new music video for the prophet Barry Hall
The mighty dick-slingin’, soul-winnin’, heathen-killin’ Paladins of pussy Battle Pope are back with an awesome new music video dedicated to the most holy prophet of funk, Barry Hall. Can’t see the video? Watch it on YouTube. The video was shot and edited by Marnie Vaughn. Battle Pope‘s debut EP ‘The Holy Trinity: Bitches, Dicks and...
Serious Beak to hit Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney in March/April
Everyone’s favourite bird-themed progressive metal pals Serious Beak are hitting Australia’s three most populous cities (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) for their unpronouncable “Huxwhukw and the Crooked Beak of Heaven” tour. These rare live appearances are in support of Serious Beak‘s acclaimed debut album “Huxwhukw“, which has recently been made available for free download. Melbourne: Friday 30 March...
Photos from Battle Pope’s album launch at Black Wire Records
From the launch of Battle Pope’s The Holy Trinity: Bitches, Dicks and Gonorrhea at Black Wire Records, Saturday 10 March. All photos by Meek Deptula.
