Giant Brain

"Thorn of Thrones, Giant Brain (Small Stone) - Classic Detroit boogie echoes through a soundscape of processed beats, live drums, Deep Purple keyboards, and acoustic guitars. Mostly instrumental, it wanders purposefully and, when it does get lost, a torrent of electric guitar savagely enters to act as a compass. Highlights include the pounding “Relentful Relentless” and the delicately lovely “Asian Love Song What?”. - Lee Ballinger  

Artist: Giant Brain

Album: Thorn of Thrones

Year: 2009

Countr: USA

Genre: Kraut Rock, Stoner Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Listen to Giant Brain @ MySpace

For more information visit Small Stone Recordings

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Stone In Egypt - Self Titled

"Stoner/space/doomrock formation Stone in Egypt was formed in 1997. The band is from Emmeloord, The Netherlands. Stone in Egypt are: Tjeerd de Jong, vocals-guitars. Dennis Edelenbosch, bass. Astrid van der Veen, backing vocals-keys. Ingmar Regeling, drums. In 2000 the band signed a contract with ColdBlood Industries and in November that year the debut album was released. S.I.E. started playing live with bands like: The Atomic Bitchwax, Terra Firma, Dozer, Peter Pan Speedrock AstroSoniq and 35007. The acoustic and atmospheric second album "Almost Forever" was released in 2003 through our own record label RetroRocket Recordings (Suburban distribution) and available on vinyl only. November 2004 S.I.E. recorded the melancholic and very heavy third album "Swinging Dead in Summerwind" and will be released through RetroRocket Recordings (Suburban distribution) at the end of 2005." ~ MySpace

For more info check their homepage

listen to Stone in Egypt @ Myspace

Stone In Egypt - Stone In Egypt

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(i have the albums: Alsost Forever - Swinging Dead in Summerwind & the Dying Free EP as well - if anyone's intrested in any of those, leave a note ;) )

Dug Dug's

"Mexican garage rock legends Los Dug Dug's were led by singer/multi-instrumentalist Armando Nava, born in Durango, Durango in 1946. At 15 he acquired his first guitar, and at 17 he joined his first band, Xippos Rock -- when their original frontman quit, Nava assumed lead vocal duties, and after graduating high school the group toured the Tijuana region, with Nava's salesman father driving their van and conducting business along the way. While on the road, Nava made the executive decision to change their name from Xippos Rock to Los Dug Dug's -- the name being the abbreviation of their home city and state -- while playing in Texas he scored copies of early Beatles records, and the band became not only to the first in Mexico to cover the Fab Four, but also the first to sing all of their material (covers and originals) in English. After an extended stint as the house band at the Tijuana strip joint Fantasitas, Los Dug Dug's relocated to Mexico City in 1966 -- a series of personnel changes were afoot, however, and soon only Nava and only vocalist Jorge de la Torre remained from the lineup that first set out from Durango. After earning a rabid fan following in Mexico City, the group signed to RCA to record their debut single, the children's television theme "Chicotito Si, Chicotito No" -- they also headlined a pair of 1967 films, El Mundo Loco de los Jovenes and Cinco de Chocolate y Una de Fresa. In all, Los Dug Dug's cut ten singles for RCA while in Mexico City, including covers of U.S. pop hits like "California Dreamin'" and "Hanky Panky." After returning to Tijuana in 1968, Los Dug Dug's -- now consisting of Nava de la Torre, guitarist Gustavo Garayzar, bassist Genero Garcia, and drummer Jorge Torres Aguayo -- took up residence at the popular Sans Sous Ci club. After American tourist Frank Mangano caught their act, he was so impressed that he offered to bankroll a trip to New York City -- there the group played a handful of live dates and recorded a few demos, but Mangano refused to fund the $5000.00 musicians' union fees necessary to earn Los Dug Dug's the opportunity to play Manhattan's larger venues. With little choice except to return to Mexico, the group began work on its first LP for RCA Mexico, but long-simmering creative differences between Nava and de la Torre forced the latter's resignation after the album was completed, and by the time the resulting psychedelic opus Lost in My Worldappeared in 1971, Los Dug Dug's were essentially no more. The singles "World of Love" and "Eclipse" were nevertheless huge Latin American hits, and in 1972, Nava revived the group as a power trio -- now, with the majority of Mexican groups singing in English, he reversed the trend, performing in Spanish on 1972's Smog. For 1974's Cambia Cambia, Los Dug Dug's sported a clean-cut look in keeping with their music's evolution to more concise, melodic pop approach -- RCA did little to support the album, however, and 1975's El Loco<. Despite endless lineup changes, Nava has nevertheless kept Los Dug Dug's an ongoing concern in the decades since -- the group most often appears at his Mexico City nightclub La Reunion." All Music Guide by Jason Ankeny

Artist: Los Dug Dug's

Country: Mexico

Genre: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock

For more information visit their Homepage
listen to Dug Dug's @ Myspace

Albums:
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Smog

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Cambia Cambia

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15 Exitos

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Abre tu Mente

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Dug Dug's & Tommy Lopez - Lucila

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Los Dug Dug's Covers

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Dug Dug's (1997)

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Far Away Town - Into The Desert

far away town... a band from upperaustria (Austria)... found in summer ´04... presentin´ themselfs as an independent, unconventional rock´n´roll band... a mixture of surf-, punk- and stonerrock deluxe underlined by energetic oldschool-rockriffs just as a convincin´ stageperformance... honest, credible sound...fast and straight... "progressive boostin´ kick ass rock´n´roll...that really has an effect... (far away town 2005) " ~ MySpace

listen to Far Away Town @ MySpace
for more info visit their homepage

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Brimstone Solar Radiation Band

"If Lynyrd Skynyrd had starred in Hair, instead of a bunch of dancing hippies, or if Steve Earle had sung in Jefferson Airplane, maybe it would have sounded something like Solstice, The Brimstone Solar Radiation Bands second album. On their first record they painted the sky orange, on Solstice theyve decorated the rest of the landscape with a colourful outcome. The cowboy landscape is just as present on this album as on the latter, but it seems more like a scene from Yellow Submarine rather than Lucky Luke. Solstice marks both the longest and shortest day of the year, The Brimstone s Solstice sounds like an offering to the sun on the sunniest day of the year. The band has grown quite a lot since last time, their debut was more than promising, but this record reveals a band that has complete control of what theyre doing. They dont just operate in a genre, they own it, the handiwork is impeccable and the creativity in a league of its own. In short terms you dont need much more than The Brimstones Solstice and a spot of sunshine to secure a successful summer holiday. The Brimstone Solar Radiation Band" ~ MySpace

Listen to BSRB @ MySpace
For purchase information check their homepage

2004 Brimstone Solar Radiation Band
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zZz

"zZz is the sleazy steamin' locomotive barreling out of Amsterdam-a city, if ever there was one,that needs no introduction. By combining the doom-laden vocals of the late Ian Curtis and thedark comedic psychobilly madnezZz of Cramps singer Lux Interior, a monstrous thunder is letloose. Organ, drums and vocals is all it takes for this duo to serve up their Molotov cocktail of violent trance, psychedelic electro wave, garage soul and dirty rock & roll." ~ Sound of zZz

2005 - Sound of zZz
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Listen to zZz @ MySpace
for purchase info go to their homepage

Mandala

Artist: Mandala
Album: 14934
Year: 2006
Country: Germany
Genre: Stoner Rock

Listen to Mandala @ MySpace
For more info visit their homepage

with thanks to Stefan

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Anglo Jackson

"Anglo Jackson – Like a heard of stampeding bison, Anglo Jackson unleashed their sonic wall of groove-rock, blues soul, detuned mayhem onto the audience. Lead singer Craig’s gravelly-bluesy vocals play well on top of the heavily distorted detuned duo of guitar/bass players Paul and “Chilidog” and hard hitting drummer Jimmie’s groove-rock maelstrom.

Anglo Jackson’s songs are fairly short (average 3 minutes) and the structures are rather simplistic but what is lacking in intricacy is made up in dynamics and head swaying groove. Anglo Jackson song Motorbike is on the soundtrack for Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground video game. They are currently in playing limited shows while recording. If you like bands such as Fu Manchu or Queens of the Stone Age check out Anglo Jackson if you get a chance." ~ O.C. Pub Life

Artist: Anglo Jackson
Album: Anglo Jackson
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Genre: Stoner Rock

Listen to Anglo Jackson @ MySpace
Buy their album @ All That Is Heavy

with thanks to Stefan

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Staat

""Josh Homme will ride the speakers when he hears this record" wrote the largest Dutch music website 3voor12 about De Staat's upcoming full length debut Wait For Evolution, right after calling them the most promising band for 2009.

Fully recorded in the old house of singer/guitarist Torre Florim, who's been producing some of the filthiest underground bands in Holland, Wait For Evolution had a more unusual approach than the average rock record.With the help of befriended musicians like The Bloody Honkies and Fuck The Writer, Florim worked layer by layer, in his 'Fun House', for over a year on songs with attractive titles like... 'Meet The Devil', 'The Fantastic Journey Of The Underground Man' and 'We're Gonna Die'.In September 2007 De Staat found its perfect line-up. With Tim van Delft on drums, the Croatian Vedran Mircetic on guitar, Jop van Summeren on bass and Rocco Bell mastering the keys, beatring and cowbell, there's no question that Torre Florim has some diverse company on his side. A powerful five-headed coalition, showing its love for the old roots music, though not afraid to put that in a new and refreshing perspective. Since then they've done shows in every possible setting, from small bars to big clubs with bands like Fu Manchu and the Belgian dEUS. "

2009 will be the year of De Staat" said Eric Corton, DJ for the biggest Dutch radio station 3FM. So it won't be a surprise that they've recently got a record deal with the unique and legendary label Excelsior Recordings. " ~ MySpace

Artist: De Staat
Album: Waiting for Evolution
Year: 2009
Country: The Netherlands
Genre: (stoner) Rock

Listen to De Staat @ MySpace
For info & to buy their album visit their Homepage



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Pendejo

"Formed early 2006 by two Dutch cousins who lived in different Latin American countries, and who thought it was about time to start a raw rocking stonerrock band in Spanish. The band combines pounding riffs with the use of distorted trumpet and the unmistakable voice of El Pastuso. The 'La vagancia no me cuesta' EP was recorded especially for their 2007 Venezuelan tour. Their debut album 'Cantos a la vida' is ready to be released in fall 2008. " ~ MySpace

Artist: Pendejo

Album: Cantos A La Vida
Year: 2008
Country: The Netherlands
Genre: Stoner Rock

Listen to Pendejo @ MySpace

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Spirits Burning

Spirits burning is a music collective from San Fransisco, formed in the late 80's by Don Falcone.

For more extended info visit MySpace or the website

Listen to Spirits Burning @ MySpace
Buy their albums here

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2006: Found in nature (still looking for)
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