The Black Angels
Hometown: AUSTIN, Texas
The Black Angels are a psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas, formed in May 2004. Their name derives from the Velvet Underground song “”nofollow" target=“_blank” href=“http://www.last.fm/music/The+Velvet+Underground/_/The+Black+Angel%27s+Death+Song”>The Black Angel’s Death Song".
Hannah Levin’s review of the Black Angels album Passover described them as “Walking in the shadows cast by ”nofollow" target=“_blank” href=“http://www.last.fm/music/Spacemen+3”>Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized mastermind Jason Pierce" and compared them to The Warlocks and Black Mountain, also invoking “dirges” reminiscent of both The Velvet Underground and the 13th Floor Elevators. The band’s icon is a stylized image of Nico. In December 2007, the group announced on their blog that their second album will be released in Spring of 2008. In March 2008 a release date of May 13th was announced for their second album, Directions To See A Ghost. http://www.theblackangels.com/ Listen at Last.fm1465 Followers See all
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Buzz Bands LA on The Black Angels
3 months agoUnlike many of their brethren treading in heavy psychedelia, the Black Angels have found a way, over four albums, to not repeat themselves. Their forthcoming full-length "Indigo Meadow" (due April 2) is their best yet, turning their sometimes-bleak, mostly narcotized sheaths of Sabbathry toward the dark and light of a good ol’ fractious boy/girl relationship. Whether banging home their imperatives ("Don't Play With Guns") or seasoning them with distinctly ’60s flavors ("Love Me Forever"), the Austin quartet still abides the scorched-earth roar that first sent us diving for the earplugs in 2006. [Anybody else remember their more here
covertcuriosity on The Black Angels
over 2 years agoThe Black Angels: Live at "La Route du Rock" - 8/13/2010 "Les amateurs de psychédélisme et de garage rock sixties vont être ravis par The Black Angels. more at blogspot.com
covertcuriosity on The Black Angels
over 2 years agoThe Black Angels will release their highly anticipated third album, Phosphene Dream, on September 14th via Blue Horizon. more at blogspot.com
covertcuriosity on The Black Angels
over 2 years agoThanks to KUT for the video. more at blogspot.com
covertcuriosity on The Black Angels
over 2 years agoThe Black Angels are on the cover of this month's Austin Chronicle, and the article that goes along with it is a great read. more at blogspot.com
covertcuriosity on The Black Angels
over 2 years agoWhile doing a little looking around the internet today for some Black Angels info, I came across the most minimal, stripped-down set that I have ever heard from them. more at blogspot.com
covertcuriosity on The Black Angels
over 2 years agoToday I found out that the brother of a friend of mine was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Friday, along with two of his fellow servicemen. more at blogspot.com
tinymixtapes on The Black Angels
over 4 years agoPassover goes for the jugular as if The Jesus And Mary Chain never existed, grabbing the listener by the giblet for ten simplistic, urgent tracks. Stumble across the flat 4/4 beat, reverb, and purring of "The Prodigal Son" and you may just confuse thee Angels with Internal Wrangler-era Clinic, but fasting through the remainder of Passover yields an increasingly musty, dusty sound that fashions urgency from a simple recipe of repetition, repetition, and – stay with me, captain – repetition. more at tinymixtapes.com
allmusic on The Black Angels
over 4 years agoThe sultry neo-psychedelic sound of the Black Angels came together in spring 2004. more at www.allmusic.com
AustinChronicle on The Black Angels
about 5 years agoAustin quintet the Black Angels' 2006 debut, Passover, was brooding war-time hysteria in the form of dark and droning psychedelia. The bad vibrations ripple through the second wave of Texas psych leaders' sophomore album, Directions to See a Ghost, due in May on Seattle's Light in the Attic. – Austin Powell
anonymous on The Black Angels
about 5 years ago