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...

Singer/composer, Gemma Ray , has released Down Baby Down , which consists of compositions and instrumentals mostly influenced by film scores and drive-in era rock arrangements.  A trailer featuring snippets of the release is available below as is the track, "Baby Goes Bad." All info comes courtesy of Seriés Aphōnos/Bronze Rat. Watch/listen to a trailer of Down Baby Down , a new album of 'fantasy soundtracks' by Gemma Ray, available to buy now on vinyl and download now on vinyl and download on Seriés Aphōnos /Bronze Rat. Recorded in a few days at Candy Bomber (housed in the former CIA headquarters wing of Berlin’s intimidating Tempelhof Airport) with Thomas Wydler (of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ) on drums, Rory More on organ, and Wilhelm Stegmeier on bass, it is 30 minutes of largely instrumental compositions coated with choral enhancement and ominous vocal motifs. Gemma herself takes care of all vocal, guitar, piano, clavioline, glockenspiel, melodica and...