Drown

Judd Madden is a guy from Melbourne, Australia. This man is a multi instrumentalist who has recorded at his own three albums.

His latest release is the album Drown. This album contains seven tracks of outstanding Instrumental Stoner Doom. Judd excells on his guitar. The riffs are really stunning. He does also a great job on the drums. The rhythms are grooving aswell lingering. Beside the guitar and drums, Judd knows how to handle the bass. The result of this all is an album with experimental and heavy songs with an awesome sound. These compositions are really great and very authentic.

You can download the album Drown for free at Bandcamp, just as the albums Float and Waterfall. The file contains also a interview with Judd Madden by Judd Madden! Enjoy!

Judd Madden - Drown (2011)

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Acid Tongue

I've got a request to post something of this great band!
Looking Glass is a band from Canberra, Australia. This band plays some excellent fuzz-driven Stoner Rock with 70's Hard Rock influences. This trio has released two EP's and they sound pretty great.
Looking Glass is according to their MySpace inspired by the following: Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Cathedral, Witchcraft, Deep Purple, Pentagram and Jimi Hendrix.
All with all impressive music with as highlight the song Acid Tongue. Enjoy!

Looking Glass - Looking Glass EP (2006)

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Looking Glass - EP 2 (2008)

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Where The River Meets The Rock

Van Cleef is a Space/Stoner band from Adelaide, Australia. Their debut album Where The River Meets The Rock is a nice piece of work. The sound of Van Cleef is pretty unique. Beside the Space and Stoner influences, their is also some Blues and Southern Rock present in their sound. The album Where The River Meets The Rock has contains a collection of songs that can be described as surprising. The band plays their music with conviction and the singer has an awesome voice that comes close to Neil Fallon of Clutch. Needless to say that this album deserves to be heard. Oh.. And don't forget to check out the awesome video of the song Dalek Gulch! Enjoy!

1967 Impala; 350 smallblock running at speed around 2AM on a hot Los Angeles night. The top is down and your friends are screaming like angry raccoons in the bench seat beside you, but all you can hear is the roar of the crossover pipes on a 4barrel Edelbrock running rich... Why are they screaming ? Why do I smell unburnt gasoline? Why am I racing against a new-model Mercedes on this twisty road? Can I handle the diminishing-radius curve I know is approaching? Did I have two, three double tequilas? Was it more? Will there be Police buying coffee at 7-11 when I approach the checkout with an armful of malt liquor? If you have never asked yourself any of these questions you should avoid this album at all costs. It will blow out your BOSE speakers and your neighbors will call the FBI. Your yuppie friends will disown you & some teenager will spray a swastika on the hood of your Toyota in the parking lot at work. Van Cleef's debut album showcases a natural talent for heavy weirdness. "Barracuda Booty Boogie" starts it off with a reckless burn. If ZZ Top shaved themselves bald and robbed their way through the deep South, this is the song they'd be playing. "Gold" is the highlight of the album. Cleef goes straight for an oft-clichéd subject and pulls out a brilliant take on the California Night. For best results, pair with a fast run up Mulholland on a moonless evening full of crazed thoughts. That's merely the first two songs on this excellent CD. If you're looking for something new and unusual, give Where The River Meets The Rock a shot (or five). I guarantee you won't regret it. Your lawyer may raise objections but that's why you pay the bastard. You'll play it more than you expected.
(Their bio)

Van Cleef - Where The River Meets The Rock (2010)

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Retreat To Space

This album was shared with me by Burdt from the band Aver. Thank you for that, Burdt!
Aver is a four headed band from Sydney, Australia. According to the band themselves Aver plays Stoner/Space Grunge. Well, I can agree with that description. But it is more than that. The sound of Aver is pretty unique. These guys play very good, so I wonder why this band is still not signed by any record label.
This debut album contains eight songs that can be classified as superb. (All of them!) The singer is really striking, his voice has a very distinctive sound. The songs are most of the time heavy and intense, but there's also room for some quiet and atmospheric parts. There is also the presence of didgeridoo and djembe. (The song Acid Rain starts and ends with didgeridoo. Very nice!)
The bottomline here is that Aver is an awesome band with an out of the ordinary sound. Go hear it and... Enjoy and support these guys!

Lock up your daughters! because AVER will be at her friend's house party screaming obscenities, hogging the stereo, breaking laws and vomiting in the swimming pool. Having just self-released their first album in April 2011, These unsigned 21-year-olds from Sydney, Australia have started out with a bang. Sounding like a radioactive Mudhoney took acid, smoked meth and played a gig underwater, this is Space/Stoner/Grunge for the thinking man, featuring didgeridoo, djembe and a scream that could strip paint. A style that defies genres. Spacey as shit, Heavy as fuck, No bullshit and No surrender. Get the headphones out for this one.
(By Michael Burrill, a local freelance)

Aver - Aver (2011)

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Straight From The Gutter

Do you remember the band 180 Proof that I've posted earlier before here? These Aussie dirty rockers are back with a new EP. This EP called The Gutter Sessions Part 1 – The Filth and Freedom Overture is filled again with Sleazy Hard Rock 'n' Roll. 180 Proof offers you with this new EP three new tracks and one song that already did appear on their promo EP. The Gutter Sessions: Part 1 – The Filth and Freedom Overture is another proof of the kick-ass filthiness that is performed by 180 Proof. Enjoy!

180 Proof's latest EP “The Gutter Sessions: Part 1 – The Filth and Freedom Overture” was recorded and released completely independently by the band, from their own studio in the back of a motorbike workshop in inner city Melbourne.

(From their info sheet)

180 Proof - The Gutter Sessions: Part 1 – The Filth and Freedom Overture (2011)

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Deus Ex Machina

Groover Von Krueger is a band from Melbourne, Australia that plays some sort of Progressive Rock. The Deus Ex Machina EP is their debut release. This trio claims to be influenced by acts like Mr.Bungle, Frank Zappa, Brant Bjork, The Hellacopters and Beast Of Burden. This has resulted in five nice songs. The music is pleasant to hear. The songs are very varied. My personal favorite is NOAB (Nazi On A Bike). But the other songs are also great! You really should listen this EP. It is definitely worth. Enjoy!

I bid you welcome to this humble abode, electronic residence of yours truly, Groover von Krueger of Melbourne (MBA).

Let me be quite frank, the purpose of this site is to induct you into a web of audacious awesomeness the likes of which have never been seen before.

Your Grace is no doubt aware that Groover von Krueger is dedicated to the production of the finest quality modern music. That is indeed our primary purpose.

However, Groover von Krueger is also involved in a business at once very old and very new - the rabbit hole business. We're talking custom-built and hand-crafted. In short, the finest quality rabbit holes using all the latest rabbit hole technology.

Now you might ask yourself 'what is a rabbit hole good for?' Well, a rabbit hole is good for falling down. But, in time-honoured tradition, that requires a leap of faith on your part.

Your Eminence, Groover von Krueger is an attempt at a new way of making and distributing music (and rabbit holes) - direct from us to you with no intervention from suit-wearers and bean-counters. We are a fledgling enterprise, but we hope you will join us. Subscribers to GvK will receive our debut EP, a regular edition of The Weekly Groover and up-to-date correspondence on matters of fact and fiction. A box seat to a story strange and true as we put our Master Plan into action.

Friend, the dawn has broken and the golden rays of the morning sun throw light upon this glorious endeavour. Let us crack open the bone and suck out the marrow. Let us pop the cork, crack the tinny and cheer up our hearts. Let us see where this rabbit hole.
(From their website)

Groover Von Krueger - Deus Ex Machina EP (2011)

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Australian Kick-Ass Rock 'n' Roll

Thanks to the guys from 180 Proof for sharing their promo EP!
180 Proof is a Hard Rock trio from Melbourne, Australia. Their music has also some Blues, Punk and Sleaze influences. Their promo EP contains three songs with the revealing titles like It Sucks To Be You, Go Fuck Yourself and Suck it. The music shows a no-nonsense and straightforward attitude. In other words, we've got to do here with first-rate kick-ass Rock 'n' Roll! Enjoy!

180 Proof are a 3 piece rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Combining the best of blues-based hard rock, classic metal, and old school punk attitude, 180 Proof are making a mark playing lean, mean, rude, crude, sleazy, nasty rock and roll with catchy, filthy choruses and massive riffs.

Guitars/Vocals: J.J. Mötherfücker
Bass/Vocals: Professor Serious
Drums: Andrew "Andy" Andrews
(From their bio)

180 Proof - 180 Proof Promo EP (2010)

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Music Swop Shop

Music Swop Shop is the second album of the Australian band Peeping Tom. This band plays some nice Stoner Rock with Blues, Metal, 60's and 70's influences. There is also sometimes a Psychedelic vibe present at this album. There is a lot of diversity in the songs of Music Swop Shop. It's a decent album that definitely deserves a listen! Enjoy!

It’s pretty safe to say Melbourne’s Peeping Tom haven’t aimed Music Swap Shop directly at the commercial radio market. With the opening track easily breaking the seven minute mark and the entire eight track album sitting on the longer side of one hour, it’s hard to see Triple J squeezing a Peeping Tom song in before the news.

Even if the songs were shorter radio would have a tough time fitting this album into a neat catagory. Sure there’s the metal sounds reminiscent of Black Sabbath and Metallica but there’s so much more. From the mellow stoner rock intro of White Lightning to the psych rock outro on Cocked Gun, Peeping Tom cover a huge range of sounds and styles. More impressive still is their ability to span so much territory in just one song. Yeah White Lightning goes for thirteen minutes, but it chops and changes, moving in more directions most bands do an entire album.

But it’s on tracks Gingerbread Man and The Reason that Peeping Tom really shine. These filthy, sludge rock numbers barely crawl along. Filled with trademark PT lead guitar, it’s here the band are at their element. The saxophone track on The Reason is a left of centre piece of genius. Mixed deep beneath some crazy riffage, it gives this eleven minute ditty that something extra.

Music Swap Shop closes with PT’s most 60s moment. All Cream-like rhythms and Hendrix solos, it’s probably the bands most palatable track. Finishing with a massive guitar wig out Strike Clones, cements the fact Peeping Tom are essentially a guitar band.
(By DJ Pillowcase at Fasterlouder)

Peeping Tom - Music Swop Shop (2007)

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This Album Has Possessed Me.

This album has hit me like a bomb! Chicxulub from Australia's Ahked is awesome. This album has everything: Great Stoner sound with a Kyuss feel, some Psychedelics and strange Atmospheres. Ahkmed recently signs to Elektrohasch Records.

Go judge for yourself.

A special thanx and credits to Robixxx!

Melbourne, Australia's Ahkmed is really on to something. Their self-described sound is "post-stoner," and that's an apt description, as the band fuses the more traditional psych and fuzz utilized so often by the best of the stoner bunch with the more atmospheric instrumental approach of bands such as Pelican and the more recent Mogwai albums. Cool concept - it's like somebody put chocolate in my peanut butter, and peanut butter in my chocolate, and I'm loving it. What's even cooler is that this trio isn't afraid to throw a little kraut into the mix as well, and while that might sound really disgusting if we were still talking about peanut butter and chocolate, musically it works well.* I hear echoes of Neu!, Amon Duul II, and Tangerine Dream in some of these sprawling tracks. Oh, and for the record, the last track has vocals; the other three do not. These guys have been around since 1998, and it's a shame that they haven't gathered more notoriety, because this is pretty intriguing stuff, and they actually manage to take modern heavy psych and put their own spin on it. I really can't recommend this enough. Now come to America so I can see it all live.
Reviewed by Andy "Dinger" Beresky (StonerRock.com)

Ahkmed - Chicxulub (2007)

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Another Australian Classic: BON SCOTT & FRATERNITY

One of the first bands before Bon Scott joined AC/DC was Fraternity. This was a Blus Rock band with some Psychedelic influences. They've made two records and the first one, Livestock is highly recommandable.
Seasons Of Change is a re-issue of The Complete Sessions, original released in 1997.

Fraternity were an Australian rock band active in the early 1970s. They are notable mainly for their lead vocalist Bon Scott who was later to join AC/DC; and Jimmy Barnes, Scott's replacement, who went on to join Cold Chisel and have a very successful solo career.
Fraternity were formed in 1970 by some members of the recently-split Levi Smith Clefs. They were without a regular vocalist until Fraternity's bass player Bruce Howe decided to call upon Bon Scott, whose group The Valentines had just disbanded. New Zealand musician John Bissett played keyboards in this early line up.
Fraternity released two albums and a few singles, which enjoyed moderate success in their native Australia. However, an attempt to find success in the UK was not fruitful and in early 1973 the band changed its name to Fang. By mid-1973 the group had stalled and gradually disintegrated, and the members returned to Australia.

(From Wikipedia)

Seasons Of Change(2003)

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An Australian Classic: BUFFALO

I bought this one at Roadburn 2007, thought I was dealing with Buffalo from Argentinia. So it was a surprise it was a seventies classic from Australia. I had to listen to it several times before I concluded that Volcanic Rock really is a great album!

In a genre hardly recognized for its finesse, Buffalo's second album, 1973's aptly titled Volcanic Rock, was about as raw as heavy metal got in the early 1970s (and its cover art's barely concealed eroticism sparked a controversy all its own, but that's another story). Of course, as those well versed in matters of hard rock and metal well know, all of its crudity was absolutely intentional. This seeming contradiction is both epitomized and explained by the Sydney, Australia combo's signature single, "Sunrise (Come My Way)," which boasted unquestionable melodic sensibility and expertly dangled hooks beneath the coarse leather surface of guitarist's John Baxter's earth-rumbling fuzz distortion, and singer Dave Tice's simultaneously warm, soulful, and, when needed, borderline ragged voice. Next track, "Freedom," pays peremptory lip service to the "think big" mentality of then ultra-popular progressive rock (and the band's prog-loving label, Vertigo), but never succumbs to the genre's arrogant self-indulgence. Rather, much as they do on the mostly improvised studio jams "Till My Death" and "The Prophet," the rhythm section of bassist Pete Wells (later of Rose Tattoo) and drummer Jimmy Economu plants its hooves into honest, proletarian blues-rock mud and stays put. Actually, the mid-album vibe almost gets too basic and laid-back come the unremarkable "Pound of Flesh," but any serious concerns are quickly crushed under the stampeding, LP-closing eruption of "Shylock," which introduces Shakespeare to Black Sabbath by way of Budgie and Steppenwolf) and brings Volcanic Rock's most distinctive and powerful qualities full circle for an explosive finale. And, as had originally been instructed on their debut album before being reiterated here, Buffalo's peculiar brand of Volcanic Rock achieved best results when played even louder. [Volcanic Rock's 2006 reissue by Aztec Records resurrected long lost original album artwork for its handsome digipack, included comprehensive liner notes, and added two bonus tracks: the single edit of "Sunrise" and a live version of "Shylock," making it the definitive collectors' edition.]
(By Eduardo Rivadavia, from All Music Guide)

Volcanic Rock (1973)

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