Sandrider, Sandrider: Reaching New Shores
Fans of Seattle post-sludgecore outfit Akimbo’s 2008 Jersey Shores maybe-swansong will be happy to know that some of the same jangly-guitar groove that so well permeated that concept album also shows...
View ArticleaudiObelisk: Sandrider’s Sandrider Streaming in its Entirety
Salt the earth and screw the dragons — Sandrider has come. I reviewed the Seattle trio’s self-titled debut back in October, and it remains an upbeat balance of catchy and bombastic songwriting. The...
View ArticleSandrider Get to Work on Second Album
You know when the last time I listened to Sandrider‘s 2011 self-titled debut was? Frickin’ this afternoon. That album continues to thoroughly kick my ass around the block (review here), so it’s good...
View Article15 Before ’14: Records Not to Miss Before the New Year Hits
If you’re anything like me — and let’s just hope for your sake you’re not — then you’re sitting in front of your laptop staring at a calendar telling you it’s August wondering what the hell happened...
View ArticleSandrider, Godhead: Of Beasts and Tides
There was little to argue against on Sandrider‘s late-2011 self-titled full-length debut (review here). The first outing from the Seattle trio of guitarist/vocalist Jon Weisnewski, bassist/vocalist...
View ArticleIf You Only Download Seven Releases Today…
It happened at the start of last month that there was a Tuesday during which I was so overwhelmed by the sheer awesomeness of the releases available that I had no choice but to present a rundown of all...
View ArticleVisual Evidence: 10 Album Covers that Kicked Ass in 2013
First thing, let me give the immediate and familiar disclaimer: This isn’t everything. If I wanted to call this list “The ONLY 10 Album Covers that Kicked Ass in 2013,” I would. I didn’t do that,...
View ArticleSandrider and Kinski to Release Split in February
I was never a huge Jane’s Addiction fan, but I’d be willing to bet that Seattle’s Sandrider have a pretty interesting take on “Mountain Song,” all punked out and shouty and heavy. Good to Die Records...
View ArticleThe Obelisk Radio Adds: Primitive Man, Sandrider + Kinski, Hiram-Maxim,...
I know it’s not the usual custom to do Radio adds on Mondays, but what the hell, it’s not exactly like there are rules one way or another, and my desktop has hit eight rows deep of folders with albums...
View ArticleaudiObelisk Transmission 045
Click Here to Download Here is the Music Player. You need to installl flash player to show this cool thing! A real blend this time around. Some of this stuff is straight up riffs and crash, and some...
View ArticleThe Obelisk Presents: The Top 20 Singles, EPs, Splits and Demos of 2015
Please note: This list is not culled in any way from the Readers Poll, which is ongoing. If you haven’t yet contributed your favorites of 2015 to that, please do. — What’s a short release? Anything...
View ArticleaudiObelisk: Sandrider’s Sandrider Streaming in its Entirety
Salt the earth and screw the dragons — Sandrider has come. I reviewed the Seattle trio’s self-titled debut back in October, and it remains an upbeat balance of catchy and bombastic songwriting. The...
View ArticleSandrider Get to Work on Second Album
You know when the last time I listened to Sandrider‘s 2011 self-titled debut was? Frickin’ this afternoon. That album continues to thoroughly kick my ass around the block (review here), so it’s good...
View Article15 Before ’14: Records Not to Miss Before the New Year Hits
If you’re anything like me — and let’s just hope for your sake you’re not — then you’re sitting in front of your laptop staring at a calendar telling you it’s August wondering what the hell happened...
View ArticleSandrider, Godhead: Of Beasts and Tides
There was little to argue against on Sandrider‘s late-2011 self-titled full-length debut (review here). The first outing from the Seattle trio of guitarist/vocalist Jon Weisnewski, bassist/vocalist...
View ArticleIf You Only Download Seven Releases Today…
It happened at the start of last month that there was a Tuesday during which I was so overwhelmed by the sheer awesomeness of the releases available that I had no choice but to present a rundown of all...
View ArticleVisual Evidence: 10 Album Covers that Kicked Ass in 2013
First thing, let me give the immediate and familiar disclaimer: This isn’t everything. If I wanted to call this list “The ONLY 10 Album Covers that Kicked Ass in 2013,” I would. I didn’t do that,...
View ArticleSandrider and Kinski to Release Split in February
I was never a huge Jane’s Addiction fan, but I’d be willing to bet that Seattle’s Sandrider have a pretty interesting take on “Mountain Song,” all punked out and shouty and heavy. Good to Die Records...
View ArticleThe Obelisk Radio Adds: Primitive Man, Sandrider + Kinski, Hiram-Maxim,...
I know it’s not the usual custom to do Radio adds on Mondays, but what the hell, it’s not exactly like there are rules one way or another, and my desktop has hit eight rows deep of folders with albums...
View ArticleaudiObelisk Transmission 045
Click Here to Download Here is the Music Player. You need to installl flash player to show this cool thing! A real blend this time around. Some of this stuff is straight up riffs and crash, and some...
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