Thee Oh Sees/Purling Hiss gig, 9.12   Thee Oh Sees "Help" In The Red Released: 4.28.09   Purling Hiss Weirdon Drag City Released: 9.23.14 Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of seeing Purling Hiss and Thee Oh Sees perform at the Underground Arts in Philadelphia.  While the experience of seeing both bands perform for a very rowdy and obnoxious crowd of intoxicated rock fans was enough to top off an excellent Saturday evening, the opportunity to add a couple releases to my library was an added bonus.  So, thickening my collection of Thee Oh Sees releases by one, I grabbed a copy of the 2009 LP, Help .  I also picked up Weirdon by Purling Hiss, which I reviewed for No Ripcord in 2014.  You can find that review here . Locrian/Sannhet gig, 9.11 Locrian & Mamiffer Bless Them That Curse You SIGE Released: 2.21.12 Locrian , whom I've waxed on and on about pretty consistently over the years, were the opener for the post...

Locrian & Mamiffer Bless Them That Curse You SIGE /Utech Records Released: 2.21.12 Cavernous and spiritual: There's a sadistic place of worship where man made, electronically manipulated sizzles and squeals can precede an otherwise beautiful and engaging piano and acoustic guitar duet, the disturbed instrumental, "In Fulminic Gaze," ritualized with heavy tom drums, the pulse beat anchoring waves of heavy feedback which find distance in their travels.  The payoff is enthralling.  Such is the nature of Bless Them That Curse You , the collaborative efforts of Chicago's noise metal champions, Locrian (members André Foisy , Terence Hannum and Steven Hess ) , and Seattle's experimental husband-wife combo, Mamiffer ( pianist Faith Coloccia and ex- Isis member, Aaron Turner) , which nurtures or punishes the coexistence of notes and tone, ambient noise and solid composition, experimental abstractions and anchored songwriting. A challenging listen, Bless...

February 21st will see the release of the Locrian / Mamiffer ( Aaron Turner of Isis and his wife, Faith Coloccia ) collaboration, Bless Them That Curse You .  Expect a review of the album in the coming weeks.  In the meantime, check out details of the album and sample its first online enticement, "In Fulminic Blaze."  All info comes courtesy of Locrian's André Foisy via Ablution Media. CATALOG NUMBER: SIGE 013/UTECH 069 RELEASE DATE: Feb 21, 2012 FORMAT: 2xLP PRICE: This item is non-returnable GENRE: Rock/Metal/Experimental FILE UNDER: Locrian, Mamiffer TRACK LISTING: 1. In Fulminic Blaze 2. Bless Them That Curse You 3. Corpus Luteum 4. Second Burial 5. Lechatelierite 6. Metis/Amaranthine/The Emperor SALES POINTS: • Limited to 550 copies, packaged in deluxe LP fold out designed by Faith Coloccia with hand stamped labels . • A studio collaboration between Mamiffer and Locrian , recorded by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio in Chicago, and mixed ...