1. Woolen Heirs 2. Prince Squid 3. Red Line Season 4. Lucifer 5. Ethric Double 6. Seven Curtains 7. Long And Lonely Step 8. Lead Beater 9. Cavity Carousel 10. Briggs

These Arms Are Snakes (Seattle, WA)

(2008) LP - Tail Swallower And Dove (Suicide Squeeze Records)

Hard Rock / Stoner Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Post Hardcore

Brian Cook (Bass, Guitar, Pump Organ, MicroKorg)

Ryan Frederiksen (Guitar, MicroKorg)

Steve Snere (Vocals, KAOSS pad)

Chris Common (Drums)

(These Arms Are Snakes ‘Red Line Season’)

There should be more bands that rock as hard as These Arms Are Snakes, live and on record they plow through their riotous tunes with enough energy to move mountains.   Their thundering rhythms are meticulously crafted to induce involuntary head-banging and a “fuck yeah”, fist-pumping rocker euphoria.  Sometimes they sound like a Psychedelic Rage Against The Machine fronted by Perry Farrell, other times they sound like Minus The Bear’s evil twin.

‘Lucifer’ opens with the MicroKorg set to destroy, it’s menacingly fuzzed synth sound is the backbone for Snere’s mental wail and Common’s machine like drum patterns.

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Cool like: Jane’s Addiction, Rage Against The Machine, At The Drive In, Gallows, Fucked Up, Botch, Kill Sadie, Russian Circles, Harkonen, The Blood Brothers, Jaguar Love

1. Beyond Yes 2. Night Weed 3. High Until We Die 4. Reception

Coin Under Tongue (Brooklyn, NY)

(2009) EP - The So Far (Death By Audio Records)

Hard Rock / Post Punk / Stoner Rock / Noise Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Post-Hardcore

Joe Kelly (Vocals, Guitar)

George Wilson (Bass)

Greg Wilson (Drums)

(Coin Under Tongue performing an Eddy Current Suppression Ring cover, wicked!)

Want some bad-ass rock with lots of personality and a hair-raising sensation of impending doom?  Coin Under Tongue have it covered and then some.  They pack an entire LP worth of twists and genre-bending turns into another four song EP, someone must be putting something in Brooklyn’s water.  The So Far EP is made up of tracks they’ve finished “So Far” for their upcoming Reception LP.

On ‘Beyond Yes’ Joe’s guitar snarls like the giant turtle Morla, from The Neverending Story, hocking up a monster loogie before being electrocuted by The Nothing, surely Death By Audio pedals are at play here.

Thanks to Death By Audio Records for giving us this tasty little EP free, Coin Under Tongue’s upcoming album will obviously kick some serious ass.

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Cool like: A Place To Bury Strangers, Death From Above 1979, Queens Of The Stone Age, Middle Class Rut, Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, At The Drive In, Scars, Joy Division, The Bronx

1. Dude-A-Tron 2. Piglosaur 3. The Let Down 4. Nasa Vs. Esa 5. Minus Infinity Killswitch 6. My Name Is Egg 7. Duel-A-Tron 8. Kerosene 9. Gravitronic Liferay Table 10. Manarin Grin 11. The Pin 12. Bottle Rocket

Chickenhawk (Leeds, UK)

(2009) LP – Chickenhawk (Brew Records)

Experimental / Hard Rock / Metal / Post Hardcore

Matthew John Graham Reid (Drums)

Paul Michael Astick (Guitar, Vocals)

Ryan Thomas Clark (Bass, Vocals)

Robert James Stephens (Guitar)

(Chickenhawk ‘The Let Down’ live)

Chickenhawk rocks in a way that is probably illegal in most countries, more power to these Leeds metal heads.  Blistering rhythms of ferocious brutality have you bathing in buckets of festering sludge metal in no time.  Look no further for salvation against the whistling Peter, Bjorn and John twee-crap bore.  Chickenhawk won a spot on the Leeds festival line-up in a battle of the bands competition, which they slayed with ease, never to look back.  Think Lightning Bolt covering Metallica with the intention of scoring an Earth invasion by a fierce alien colony.

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Cool like: Metallica, That Fucking Tank, Lightning Bolt, Monotonix, Pulled Apart By Horse, Dinosaur Pile Up, Cancer Bats, Fucked Up, Gallows, Rage Against The Machine, Refused, The Melvins

1. Coin Under Tongue 2. Roll Child 3. Shaven Clean 4. This Flag Is A Scythe

Coin Under Tongue (Brooklyn, NY)

(2008) EP - Hussies At Bay (Death By Audio Records)

Hard Rock / Post Punk / Stoner Rock / Noise Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Post-Hardcore

Joe Kelly (Vocals, Guitar)

George Wilson (Bass)

Greg Wilson (Drums)

(The sound quality is horrible, but all you need to hear is the monstrous opening riff)

When we interviewed Oliver Ackerman, guitarist/vocalist of A Place To Bury Strangers, after their recent Casbah gig, we asked him who he most wanted to take on tour.  He told us his good friends Coin Under Tongue are amazing, how right he was.

The next day I researched this new band with the kick ass name, and found out that they’re actually signed to Oliver’s own label, Death By Audio Records.  Not only that, but Oliver’s sick guitar pedal company, of the same name, makes the pedals that Coin uses.  I went on Death By Audio’s blog and found they were giving the Hussies At Bay EP away for free, my life will never be the same.

In ancient times some people used to believe that if you put a gold coin under the tongue of the recently deceased, it would help them pay the ferry toll to cross the river Styx and enter the Underworld.  If they don’t put the coin under tongue the dead man’s spirit will haunt them forever.  Coin Under Tongue might be one of the best band names ever.

The first track on Hussies At Bay has a riff that would sink the Titanic, think Rage Against The Machine crossed with Aerosmith and a touch of Tool.  Yeah, that’s right, I said it.  On this one Joe Kelly uses his mid range bark that’s raspy, punk and ballsy enough to stand up to the rest of the sonic onslaught.

Next is ‘Roll Child’, which sounds nothing like the last track.  It starts with a Post Punk beat and a guitar lick that is more reminiscent of Joy Division than anything Hard Rock.  Once Joe decides to overdrive his buttery vocals the Coin’s sound becomes more obvious.  The song quickly shifts into a more garage feel and starts uncontrollably oozing swagger.  I can’t imagine what might possibly come next.

‘Shaven Clean’, could be what the amazing Death From Above 1979 might sound like if they hadn’t broken up.  Kelly cycles through one epic fizzling guitar tone after another while the bass holds down a dope clean groove.

Finally, ‘This Flag Is A Scythe’, is the brilliant closer.  It’s got a strong shuffling Post Punk beat, with Jamie Cook guitar swats.  Again, the guitar tones are untouchable and different from the previous tracks.

A flawless EP that proves Coin Under Tongue will soon have the whole Underworld at their feet.

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Cool like: A Place To Bury Strangers, Death From Above 1979, Middle Class Rut, Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, At The Drive In, Scars, Joy Division, The Bronx

Here is the end of DD/MM/YY’s blistering workout.  They put themselves through a Math Rock musical chairs, with instrument changes between each song, then vanished into the night.

These Arms Are Snakes @ Casbah Oct. 11, 2009 – part 1

These Arms Are Snakes are a band that like to demolish a venue rather than play it, think Rage Against the Machine with Perry Farrell tantrums.  Their musical ability is also pretty awesome, check out Brian (foreground), killing it on the bass.

These Arms Are Snakes @ Casbah Oct. 11, 2009 – part 2

This is ‘Red Line Season’, off their latest album, Tail Swallower And Dove.  Chris starts pounding the drums and another massive guitar lick kicks in.

These Arms Are Snakes @ Casbah Oct. 11, 2009 – part 3

This is the fantastic conclusion of the Snakes high-energy sonic assault.

Cool Like: Rage Against The Machine, Jane’s Addiction, Minus The Bear, Botch, Russian Circles, Gallows, Blood Brothers, Jaguar Love, At The Drive In

Part Chimp (Camberwell, London, UK) (2009) LP - Thriller (Rock Action Records) (Noise Rock, Hard Rock, Stoner Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Post-Hardcore)

Tim Cedar (Vocals, Guitar)

Jon Hamilton (Drums)

Tracy Bellaries (Bass)

Lain Hinchliffe (Guitar)

Watch Part Chimp man handle the Buffalo Bar:

Part Chimp strive to deliver a deafening onslaught of riffage and noise. The four piece hail from Camberwell in London, and are known for brutally loud live shows.  They specialize in heavy sludge covered grooves, filthy fuzzed guitar tones and monstrous feedback.  Imagine Lightning Bolt’s rhythm section and Monotonix’s ominous guitar tone, in one word, colossal.

Thriller is their newest release, and easily their heaviest to date.  The opening riff of ‘Trad’, sounds like it was stolen from Yonatan Gat (Monotonix), and that’s a good thing.  They also have a second guitarist, specializing in mind-bending feedback and Queens Of The Stone Age style licks, along with Bellaries’ thundering bass, making the sound even more massive.

‘Sweet’ has an enormous grinding bass line, and shrill Homme-guitar accents, but comes off even more guttural than QOTSA.

‘Tomorrow Midnite’ is a seven minute boat ride to Hades, across the river Styx.  Buzzing feedback chills the soul as you near the gates of the underworld.

The first half of ‘Super Moody’ is all shamanic psychedelia, bending guitars and soft chanting.  At 3:18 they all stomp their extra menacing pedal and the Cedar’s chants turn to tormented growls.

Music to darken the heart of the blackest souls, in a good way.

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Cool like: Led Zeppelin, Wolfmother, Monotonix, Black Sabbath, Queens Of The Stone Age, Jimi Hendrix, Lightning Bolt, Sleep, Melvins, Dead Meadow