Bandcamp Recommendations 10/13/2011

Welcome to another Bandcamp Recommendations. Lots of good stuff of course. I won’t take your time with the chatter (does anyone read this or skip to the music?). All free, support, support and support when you can!

Melon was founded by David Doyen and Shawn Pratzner in 2003 in Wilmington, Delaware originally operating as the homemade recording project “Throat Wobbler Mangrove and the Post Nasal Drips”, an eclectic mix of esoteric lo-fi goofy weirdness influenced by Frank Zappa and Mike Patton. The project slowly evolved into more psychedelic/punk/stoner rock territory and Melon was born. In 2005, they recruited drummer Ernest Goldner and bassist Chris Haug (Giant Bags of Weed, Take Down Your Art) and eventually started writing songs as a collective unit. Since that time they have recorded three EP’s (Drink of the Gods, Mirage, and A World of Monsters) and one full length titled “Never Eat on an Empty Stomach” as well as inclusion on the Delaware stoner rock compilation LP “Delaware Kills Everything” which also included Onita (members of Black Throat), Count Von Count, and Ape. Melon has been described as “a refreshing, exciting blend of stoner rock, psychedelic frequencies, noise and grunge that is all topped off with a weird set of quirks that makes it impossible to truly pigeonhole them into any exact corner.” – (hellridemusic.com)

Hailing from Gerringong is a bunch of fresh-faced teens called KALEIDOSCOPE. Don’t let that dissuade you, because the song writing ability these guys possess is well beyond their years. This psychedelic/stoner rock trio have been pricking up ears and turning heads right across the globe amongst niche, genre based publications as their self-titled debut release hits the information super highway.

Sea of Teeth are a blues rock band that play their music in the same vain as The Black Keys but a little bit more heavier. Make sure you grab their EP West is Death.

The Heavy Eyes are back and are about to unleash their debut album. They recently offered up a demo of some of that material. What awesome music it is too if hard rock and psychedelic blues based music is your thing.

Sedulus are a very hard rock/stoner band from the UK. They play hard hitting tunes in the same vain as in Devil to Pay or Lo-Pan. They offer your their ep, Perseids. Don’t pass this one up. This is a keeper!

Need A lift? DEPUTY is the one-man band of whiskey-swillin’, skirt-chasin’, fuel-burnin’ Truck Thunders. How to enjoy DEPUTY: 1) Press play. 2) Crank volume. 3) Repeat. Mr. Thunders is one talented individual. This one man army puts out some good, no, great sounding fuzzed out, almost like it’s from the desert hard rock. NOT to be passed up.