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Daily Bandcamp Album – Wo Fat – Noche del Chupacabra
Tearing through the speakers like a swamp monster summoned from some dark cosmic morass, Texas riffmasters Wo Fat unapologetically blast out a southern fried, blues-infused version of Psychedelic Doom, conjuring up visions of hoodoo shacks, prowling undead, hell hounds at the crossroads, Lovecraftian cultists and ghouls, and worlds beyond where the riff reigns almighty.
Wo Fat rose from the deep and began their psychedelic quest circa 2003 when guitarist Kent Stump formed the band with drummer Michael Walter and bassist Tim Wilson. Their goal was to create a music that is crushingly heavy, but that stays within the paradigm forged by Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top and the other 70’s greats. A music that allows for improvisational freedom, extensive jamming and interplay between the three members yet that, at the same time, allows them to crank out monolithic, fuzzed out, downtuned riffs, all the while staying true to the haunting blues that wail and moan deep within their souls. (review)
Stoner Rock, Heavy Rock, Beard Rock: Small Stone’s got it L.A. and Austin
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Monday, March 12, 2012
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SMALL STONE RECORDS ANNOUNCES A SLEW OF NEW ACTS TO IT’S ROSTER
via Press Release
For some of you this old news, as we have already let the cat out of the bag on Facebook for a few of these… But for those of you who prefer to get your information the old fashioned way, we have quite a few new acts that have just joined the Small Stone Family.
Wo Fat Signs With Small Stone Records
In a status update to their Facebook page today, Wo Fat had this to announce:
Wo Fat is extremely pleased to announce that we are now on Small Stone Records!
Congratulations fellas, another fine band added to a fine label.
New Radio Show
Here’s a new radio station starting up that everyone would be interested in.
Kent from Wo Fat here. I’m going to be starting an internet radio show on BabylonFM called Transmissions From Beyond. It’s gonna obviously be dedicated to the stoned psyche-doom-adelic world as well as the Old Heavy 70’s. The first show will be airing this Saturday at 10 PM Central time on www.babylonfm.com. If you’ve got an iphone/android you can use the TuneIn app to listen to BabylonFM. The first show features a number of upcoming Texas talent as well as some killer European bands.
If any bands are interested in submitting music for the show, they can contact me at wofat@sbcglobal.net.
Cheers,
Kent
Wo Fat
Top 20 of 2011 – Jake’s Picks
Shortly after I wrote last year’s Top 20 list, I knew it was going to be interesting to write this year’s. I’ll be honest, I didn’t hold out much hope for 2011 after the year that 2010 was. There were several huge releases in ’10 that I figured would put it on top for, at least, a few years. Sure, there were a few heavily anticipated releases I knew were coming in ’11 like Graveyard‘s Hisingen Blues, but that still paled in comparison. It wasn’t until this year started to go along that it was clear that 2011 was just as good, if not better, than 2010. This was helped along by several amazing hidden gems that were discovered throughout the year. I must have had fun discovering and enjoying all of this music because 2011 flew by faster than any year in recent memory.
In comparing last year to this year, I did find something curious. Last year, Bill and I shared similar lists with 10 matching entries with several of those in nearly identical placements on our lists. This year, things are a bit different. I only count 7 matches, and only 2 with a similar position. Consider the additional albums on this list an early Christmas gift from the cosmos.
As always, the creating of these lists are extremely hard, and I hate to leave some very deserving bands off of a list like this. Unfortunately, I can’t include every amazing album on this list. This year’s list has been worked on all year. I’ve meticulously arranged albums as I’ve listened to them throughout this year, continually going back to adjust their standings. Some bands have moved up, some have moved down, and some have flew to the top, seemingly out of nowhere. (more…)
Top 20 of 2011 – Bill’s Picks
Well it’s that time of year again. Time to name my favorite albums of 2011. 2011 brought us a lot of good stuff by a lot of great bands. 2011 also brought on a lot of surprises from bands that were really unknown until their material was released or well afterwards. Bandcamp played a huge role in music discovery for me. It turned out hundreds of great albums not only released in 2011 but in years past as well. This list, my favorites as well as honorable mentions, is no way a complete list of what was released this year. There is just to much out there that I don’t either have time to get to, never heard of or won’t discover until well after this year is completely over. I know there’s going to be a few surprises. Let it be known that I listened to a LOT of new albums this year and picking my top 20 out of the hundreds was very hard to do.
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The Sade – Damned Love – (review) I really didn’t know what to expect when this one came across my desk but I needed to check it out. And check it out I did. I was pretty damn impressed that I listened to the album at least 10 times in a row. In my review I stated “The majority of the album is all alchchol fueled hard rock. Throughout my listening of the album I couldn’t help but think that this is what Social Distortion may sound like if they were more rooted in 70′s hard rock as opposed to their punk roots.” Granted it’s been a few months since I’ve listened to it, it still has a strong spot in my top 20.
Wo Fat News
Wo Fat’s first album, “The Gathering Dark,” has been released on double vinyl by Germany’s Nasoni Records. The vinyl comes in a gatefold sleeve, includes a never before heard bonus jam and features amazing all new artwork from Alexander von Wieding (who’s done art for Monster Magnet, Karma to Burn, Tia Carrera, Lo Pan and many more). It also includes a download card for a free download of the entire album. In conjunction with this vinyl release, Wo Fat is re-releasing the cd version with the new artwork in a digipak.
It can be purchased from our website (http://wofat.net/) and Nasoni’s website (http://www.nasoni-records.com/WO_FAT_release_The_Gathering_Dark.html)
Review – Wo Fat – Noche del Chupacabra
Well where to begin? I can agree with Reg from Heavy Planet about being excited when I seen “Wo Fat” written on the package. I had been excited about the album since learning of its existence. My wife also looked at me funny when I got it. After listening to it I would have to say I’m disappointed. I’m not disappointed in the band or the album, after all, it is a fucking masterpiece. I’d even go as far as to say that this is top album of 2011 on any list. My disappointment is in me and my lack of words to describe the album. Perhaps that’s a good thing.
Wo-Fat Debut New Song
Texas stoners Wo Fat are about to unleash their newest album Nache del Chupacabra later this month. It’s the followup to 2009’s Psychedelonaut album. To get everyone in the mood, the band has just posted a track on their Facebook page. The song is called “Decent Into The Maelstrom”. It’s a 8 1/2 minutes of pure fuzzy goodness.
The band plans on playing a CD release show on February 4th, 2011 at Reno’s Chop Shop in Dallas, Texas for anyone in the area. Be sure to stop on by. (more…)
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