In this post I give you two very interesting modern psychedelic bands from USA.
First will be Texans ST37 and their album of rarities and outtakes with a silly name: I Smoked Kevin Costner's Shitty Pot, which starts with some studio drone tracks but from the track no. 3 on it is raw garage stuff with somewhat poor sound quality, but with an unbeatable charm and rough but appealing ambience.
Second is band SubArachnoid Space with their live album These Things Take Time which is a recording of their live radio appearance. Songs don't have names, but later do appear in somewhat different form on their subsequent studio albums. Sound quality is very good and the feel of a whole set is impecable. Hope you enjoy this and tell me what you think.
Mind you, this is not as elegant as, say, ambient dub or ambient drone or post rock, this is Hawkwind meets Krautrock meets garage rock meets whatever. This is spacey but in my oppinion a bit rougher on the edge than your common dub. This is Can on fuzz.
Here are some excerpts of what I found on the web and at the end ... LINKS.
Enjoy.
SubArachnoid Space was formed in 1996, first as a trio, then almost immediately adding the second guitar role. Since then, the band has continued to explore the infinite variations of instrumental mind-expanding heavy rock and drone.
ST 37 was formed in January 1987 as a merger of sorts between Austin cult bands Tulum and the Elegant Doormats. Bassist S.L. Telles has been active in the Texas music underground since singing with Houston teen punkers Vast Majority in '79-'80, releasing a single on Wild Dog records that has since been reissued several times, including outtakes. Telles formed the Elegant Doormats in spring 1982 with original ST 37 drummer John Foxworth (who later joined Tulum). The group endured for five years, playing with bands like the Butthole Surfers and the Reivers, and recording with legendary God of Hellfire Arthur Brown.
Guitarist Joel Crutcher and vocalist Carlton Crutcher founded Tulum in 1985, and recorded for Rabid Cat records before that label disintegrated. Jello Biafra wrote, "The bizarre side of Austin is still alive - first the Buttholes, then Scratch Acid, and now Tulum."
Press:
ST 37, long-running specialists in bubbling-mercury riffage and German-flavored trance rock... - David Fricke (Rolling Stone)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
These Texas astronauts stuff their hash pipes to the brim and pay homage to Can, Amon Duul and Chrome...their psychedelicatessen of originals is stocked with brain-melting skree...- Fred Mills (Magnet)
Twistedly psychedelic and swirling in a cyclonic stew...one of the most infectiously woven slabs of noise- as- music released since the 60s drug boom. - Andrea 'Enthal (Alternative Press)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Melting Euphoria and the Texan band ST 37 are the two best working psychedelic bands in America today. - Andre (Crohinga Well)
