The newest record from droned-out, zoned-out psychedelic masterminds The Black Angels is up for preorder.  If you’ve heard them before, you know what you’re getting here, 100% heavy deeds.  The LP comes on 180 gram vinyl for only $19.99.  You can also score a deluxe package with the record, cd, a poster, and a hoodie [...]

Just got two new singles in the mail from Gold Robot Records, I love with this little label is doing.  The first is a split from Colossal Yes and The Good Fear, two bands from two different sides of the country.  The music is pretty different too, the Colossal Yes side is a recorded-with-one-mic piece [...]

I’ve been really, really excited about the new Black Mountain album, their first two records are in constant rotation on my turntable.  ”Wilderness Heart” is a little bit more straightforward rock than their last one, but I still think it’s great.  For some reason, “In The Future” always sounded pretty dark and occult to me, [...]

The third full-length No Age record is now up for preorder.  ”Everything In Between”, their second for Sub Pop, is quite simply their best record yet.  The band sounds more mature with every new release, constantly expanding their influences, yet not making them too obvious.  The LP comes with a 48 page book for $23 [...]

It’s not hard to believe that Underwater Peoples have another underground pop-rock masterpiece on their hands, their output to date has pretty much been 100% so far.  Andrew Cedermark used to play in Titus Andronicus, but has since gone solo to play a more introspective (though comparably explosive at times) brand of rock and roll.  The [...]

Sorry guys, we don’t always exactly breaks the news over here at OMGV. Usually not that big of a deal but when it’s a band we’ve championed as hard as Grails… for shame! These two long out-of-print albums from one of the best bands in existence today are now available to order on the vinyl [...]

If you’re into noise rock, this three-way split from Brutal Panda records is going to be like a dream come true for you.  They’ve collected three of the best in the game, Kowloon Walled City, Fight Amp, and Ladder Devils, each band contributing two brand new songs.  Total Dinosaur Jr. / Young Widows vibes here, [...]

We couldn’t possibly be any more excited for a new album from Sweden’s Dungen. These guys have staked out a unique claim in the modern rock landscape by raining acid-sunshine guitar licks upon all the hip young men in tight jeans and busting out smooth jazz melodies for the ladies. The sensual sounds of the [...]

Raging metal from Oslo, now primed for distribution on American shores. Of course, this LP has been out for a little while at ormeyngel.bigcartel.com, not sure what took it so long to make it over here. Rough sailing I suppose. Those in need of a dose of evil can now fill their prescriptions at stickfiguredistro.com. The [...]

Boris returns with a new 12″ EP for Southern Lord containing three songs fronted by vocalist Ian Astbury of The Cult and (sigh) The Doors of the 21st Century. I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but what was wrong with Takeshi’s vocals? Oh well, at least Wata sings on one song (a cover of [...]

Here in small-town Iowa, we once had a heavy band that actually made it out of the area and was heard by a lot of folks (relatively)…that band was Song Of Zarathustra.  Makes sense then that Chibalo feels like a special record to me, as the band consists of members of Song of Zarathustra, Book [...]

The brothers Ween continue to paint the town brown with a never ending torrent of vinyl reissues. Coming soon on the Chocodog label (as opposed to the Plain label) is the excellent Quebec from 2003. It’s hard for a band to live up to the expectations set by albums like Pure Guava and Chocolate & [...]

Call it throwback metal if you must, but I’d call the musical output of Olympia, Washington’s Christian Mistress an invigorating shot in the arm for a genre that can tend to go stale and flat pretty quickly. There’s certainly more than nostalgia prompting Darkthrone’s Fenriz to name drop the band every chance he gets – [...]

Bathetic Records’ first foray into vinyl is a stunning pair of tunes from Cloudland Canyon.  This is some krauty, poppy, shoegazing rock-and-roll trapped under a blown-out, shimmering blanket of drone.  What I’m trying to say is, you’ll like it alot, perfect summer waves.  First edition is limited to 350 copies, $7 shipped at BatheticRecords.com.

The soundtrack for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is being offered on red vinyl exclusively to independent record stores.  Luckily for us small-towners, some have made it online.  The record features music by The Black Lips, Metric, Frank Black, Broken Social Scene (one song under their own name and two under the fictional Crash And [...]