Max Boogie Overdrive fire up "Stoned Again" video via The Obelisk, album out now

“Right in line with fellow SoCal tokemeisters Fu Manchu and Nebula, with plenty of hazy Sabbath rifferama and a generally sludgy, laconic approach.”  — Decibel Magazine

"A classic blend of stoner, doom, and boogie rock, reminiscent of Orange Goblin and Motorhead." -- Metal Insider 

“An absolute blast of non-stop grooves which will surprise you in many ways.” – Outlaws of The Sun

Los Angeles band Max Boogie Overdrive share the official video for the title track to their debut album Stoned Again today via The Obelisk. Watch/share the very 4/20 appropriate video for "Stoned Again" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Hear/share Stoned Again album on DSPs HERE (Direct Bandcamp.)

Decibel Magazine recently shared the album title track HERE. Watch/share the video for "Suffer Sister" on YouTube HERE. 

Hailing from greater Los Angeles, Max Boogie Overdrive was originally conceived in 2022, as a recording project between guitarist Max Boogie a.k.a. Jim Bacchi (Hittman, Fuzzbubble, The Tikiyaki Orchestra) and Drop Dee a.k.a. Daren Ford (Red Square Black, Ravine, The Generals) as a way to pursue their passion for all things Stoner and Boogie... mammoth guitar riffs, bellowing vocals, and the swagger of early '70s Detroit rock nʼ roll -- dirty, fuzzy, with just a dusting of doom, and whole lotta boogie (not Disco... Heavy Boogie Rock.)

The cyclonic drumming of Tom ʻKnucklesʼ Hernandez (Lords of Altamont, Superbeez) propels the band past the sludge and doom pace, and guitarist Richard ʻRCʼ Clarkʼs guitar adds the necessary beef to the mix, fattening up the tone, and added vocal duties.

Presented here in its full length album glory, the bandʼs debut, Stoned Again serves up a classic blend of all the aforementioned genres in its own unique hybrid. Listeners have drawn comparisons to Orange Goblin, Fu Manchu, even Motorhead... Of course the Sabbath influence is there, but throw in some old Kiss, UFO, Budgie and classic early 80ʼs metal as well... “Stoned Again" focuses on songwriting more than any particular “sound”, so there is a bit more of classic rock structure to the songs, but all heaviness is there, a bit of space-out psychedelia, some epic guitar jams, and of course... riffs o' plenty. Dig it!

Stoned Again is available on CD and download/streaming, released on March 29, 2024. 

MAX BOOGIE OVERDRIVE LIVE 2024:

05/04 Las Vegas, NV - Red Dwarf

05/17 Costa Mesa, CA - Wayfarer (w/ Hippie Death Cult, Hashtronaut)

06/20 Palmdale, CA - Transplant Brewery

Artist: Max Boogie Overdrive

Album: Stoned Again

Label: Future Primitive Recordings

Release Date: March 29th, 2024

01. The Devil Knows My Name

02. Suffer Sister

03. Freakazoid

04. Van Boogie

05. Bomb Incoming

06. Demonaire

07. King of Fire

08. Stoned Again

Links:

instagram.com/maxboogieod

linktr.ee/maxboogieod

maxboogieoverdrive1.bandcamp.com

Lord Buffalo share video & single via Metal Injection from forthcoming Blues Funeral Recordings album Holus Bolus

 

“Known for their atmospheric spin on folk-rock, at times sounding like the Anthology of American Folk Music beamed from outer space.” — NPR Music

“A dusky, moody, roots-quaking disc of tension and release.” — Austin Chronicle

“Lord Buffalo masterfully mixes straightforward, stoner-tinged rock with more violin-driven post-rock tones into one beautifully captivating sound that everyone should be familiar with.” — Metal Injection

Austin heavy psychedelic-Americana band Lord Buffalo release the first single & video today from their forthcoming album Holus Bolus. Metal Injection premieres the "Holus Bolus" video HERE. The single is now streaming on Bandcamp and all DSPs HERE. 

Lord Buffalo is heavy in the way that ghosts are heavy… in the way that billowing dust is heavy. 

That is to say, the Austin, TX Psych-Americana band’s music impacts hard, though it seems impossible to touch. Their sound flows through us, it doesn’t invite the Pavlovian response of typical heavy rock music. 

Perhaps it’s fitting then that their new album Holus Bolus takes its name from an antiquated term meaning “all at once.” It materializes instantly from the first notes of the opening title track, like a dark grey haze drawing listeners in with the band’s deft juxtapositions of droning violin, guitars, drums and vocals. It draws equally from Morricone and Badalementi as from Sabbath and Swans. 

While the quartet trudges the same murky waters as dark emotive brethren David Eugene Edwards/Woven Hand, Chelsea Wolfe, Emma Ruth Rundle, Earth/Dylan Carlson, Echo & The Bunnymen, Nick Cave, etc., their creative interplay of Middle Eastern influence with a distinctly Western feel takes listeners in entirely new directions as the album envelops them. 

Lord Buffalo is Daniel Pruitt (guitar, bass, piano, vocals, melodica), Garrett Hellman (guitar, sub-bass, piano, synths), Patrick Patterson (violin), and Yamal Said (drums, percussion). Holus Bolus was recorded by Danny Reisch and Max Lorenzen at Good Danny's in Lockhart, TX. Mixed by Danny Reisch. Mastered by Max Lorenzen.

“While the making of this record feels a bit like a sleep-deprived hallucination to me,” Pruitt says. “Listening to it now, I find it strangely hopeful — there's a kind of release that you hit in exhaustion. I think the record knew what it was after, even if we didn’t. It felt very much like the record just appeared one day, holus bolus.”

Holus Bolus will be available worldwide on vinyl, CD, and digital via Blues Funeral Recordings on July 12, 2024. Pre-order HERE. 

Artist: Lord Buffalo

Album: Holus Bolus

Label: Blues Funeral Recordings

Release Date: July 12, 2024

01. Holus Bolus

02. Slow Drug

03. Passing Joy 

04. Malpaisano

05. I Wait on the Door Slab

06. Cracks in the Vermeer

07. Rowing in Eden

The Red Scare share new single from forthcoming Solid Brass Records discography reissue

 

Late 90s Knoxville, TN band The Red Scare share a new single today from the remastered reissue of their complete discography via Solid Brass Records. Hear/share "Kodaliths" on all DSPs HERE. 

The Red Scare was formed by four college friends in Knoxville, TN, in August of 1997, bringing together Matt Hall's explosive and unique drumming with Kip Uhlhorn's frantic guitars, Abby Wintker on bass, and Adam Ewing on 2nd guitar. 

 

The Red Scare began playing locally, building a name for themselves with short but propulsive sets likened after those of the Sleepytime Trio and Gravity Records heroes, Heroin. By 1998, Jon Asher had replaced Adam Ewing on guitar and the band embarked on their first tour with Milemarker, Orchid, and Hail Mary. 

 

Capillary Lockdown came in November of 1999; an album of apocalyptic visions and propulsive, almost overwhelming rhythms. The album was released on vinyl by Hand Held Heart and CD by Troubleman Unlimited.

 

In June of 2000, they toured again with Orchid and Lightning Bolt and then recorded Strangers Die Everyday at Inner Ear Studios. On this release they melded together explosive songs like "Risking Your Life With a Capital R" and "Smoky Mountain High" with strange metallic collages. The guitars, while still edging on brutal, also emit dreamy segments like that of the title track. This would prove to be their final album together as Uhlhorn moved to New York City. He would go on to form Panthers (with 3 members of Orchid) and eventually, Cloudland Canyon. Matt Hall went on to play in New Brutalism.

 

Smoky Mountain High is a collection of both LPs, all their 7”s, and live recordings from WNYU. It will be released digitally and as a Limited Edition 2xLP on Red and Ultra Clear vinyl on June 14th via Solid Brass Records. Pre-orders are available HERE, 

Artist: The Red Scare

Album: Smoky Mountain High 

Label: Solid Brass Records

Release Date: June 14th, 2024

01. Automate Insection

02. Device For Annihilation

03. Jetset

04. 12 Years Past

05. Post Meridian

06. Crushing Blows

07. Inertia /Distance To Empty

08. Earache

09. Full Steam Ahead

10. Jetset (45 version)

11. Epiphany #2

12. Sequenced for Explosion

13. Send Me An Angel

14. Risking Your Life With A Capital R

15. Smoky Mountain High

16. Strangers Die Everyday

17. Cranial Masses

18. Kodaliths

19. Asphyxial Eclipse

20. Iron Curtain

21. Five Months In Poland

22. Automate Insection (Live WNYU)

23. Kodaliths (Live WNYU)

24. Smoky Mountain High (Live WNYU)

25. Post Meridian (Live WNYU)

On The Web:

solidbrassrecords.com

instagram.com/solidbrassrecs

linktr.ee/redscareknoxville