The Black Angels

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The sultry neo-psychedelic sound of the Black Angels came together in spring 2004. Hailing from Austin, TX, Stephanie Bailey (drums), Christian Bland (guitar), Alex Maas (vocals), Jennifer Raines (organ), and Nathan Ryan (bass) took their name from a Velvet Underground classic, "The Black Angel's Death Song." The band's self-titled debut EP was released in late 2005. After a string of North American dates in winter 2006, the Black Angels readied themselves for a performance at the annual South by Southwest Music Conference in March. Their full-len...[more]

 

 

VINYL FORMAT. Texas communal livers the Black Angels deliver a protest song paralleling the Vietnam War with Iraq. A heavy-duty psychedelic rock seven-inch with an incessant primitive beat that echoes the spirit of the 13th Floor Elevators and early Stones.

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VINYL FORMAT. These are fighting times, people. We are surrounded by grit, spit, and bloody war, but in the distance moving forward is The Black Angels. They've returned unscathed from their first tour of duty with Seattle-based Light In The Attic Records, still armed with their self-proclaimed "Native American Drone 'N' Roll" and set to release their debut long player. Passover speaks of real-life horrors, death, and destruction with doses of love, sex, and healing. Don't lose track, these are carin   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. "Enter Christian Bland, singer-screamer for this Austin, Texas, combo, with a nasally, searing whine that grabs the reins of the Black Angels' crushed-velvet pounding and whips it into a fury. More menacing than most of their contemporaries...the Angels keep the sonics raw, the recording bare, and the sentiments never secretly hippie-dippy. Aside from the bassist's being born on a cult compound, their mad cred derives from cortex-cutting fuzz riffs and some of the most desperate gutter halluci   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! The Black Angels are back with Directions To See A Ghost, the second full-length album from Austin's darkest droners. With tidal rhythms and rasping epics, Directions To See A Ghost is a driving, psychedelic mas­terpiece that churns through the album's 72 minutes and 11 tracks. This highly anticipated follow-up to the band s 2006 critically acclaimed debut will leave listeners buzzing.

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