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Quarterly Review: Hallatar, Alastor, The Dead-End Alley Band, Hair of the Dog, Soup, Kungens Män, Smoke Wizzzard, Highburnator, The Curf, Ulls
Posted in Reviews on September 29th, 2017 by JJ Koczan
Here we are, gathered for round four of the Fall 2017 Quarterly Review. After the technical issues with the site for the last couple days, I'm glad to have everything back up and running, and one more time I thank Slevin and Behrang Alavi for making that happen. Though I have no idea what it might actually entail, I don't imagine switching hosts on the fly for a site with as much content as this one has is easy, but they of course killed it and it is thoroughly appreciated. We move forward, as ever, with 10 more records. So let's go.
Hallatar, No Stars Upon the Bridge
Finland's Hallatar was formed after the passing of Trees of Eternity vocalist Aleah Starbridge, life partner of guitarist and songwriter Juha Ravio (also Swallow the Sun). In the new outfit, Ravio pays homage to Starbridge with the debut long-player No Stars Upon the Bridge (on Svart) by using her poems as lyrics, samples of her voice reading on "Raven's Song," "Spiral Gate" and the piano-backed centerpiece "Pieces," and by bringing in Amorphis vocalist Tomi Joutsen and ex-HIM drummer Gas Lipstick to complete a trio playing nine tracks/40 minutes of deeply mournful/beautiful death-doom. The extremity of lurch in "The Maze" late in the record is matched by the gorgeousness of the chants and shimmering guitar on closer "Dreams Burn Down," and from the opening strains of "Mirrors," the emotion driving No Stars Upon the Bridge is sincere and affecting. Cuts like "Melt" and the mostly-whispered-until-it-explodes "My Mistake" have a sense of the theatrical in their delivery, but that makes them no less genuine, and though one wouldn't wish the circumstances leading to the band's formation on anybody, there's no question that with Hallatar, Ravio turns tragedy into a lush, resonant catharsis.
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Alastor, Black Magic
Cultish echoes pervade Black Magic, the debut album from Swedish doom-rolling four-piece Alastor, and it's not so much that the initials-only four-piece of guitarists H and J, bassist/vocalist R and drummer S take influence from Electric Wizard and Black Sabbath, it's what they do with that influence that's most striking. Black Magic is made up of three extended tracks – "Enemy" (11:51), "Nothing to Fear" (7:42) and "Black Magic" (14:27) – and with a deep tonal engagement, each one embarks on a huge-sounding sprawl of doom. Yes, the guitars owe the swirl in "Nothing to Fear" to Jus Oborn, but the echoes behind R's voice there and the melody have an almost New Wave-style feel despite the "all right now!" drawn right from the Ozzy playbook. In other words, Alastor are preaching to the converted, and that holds true in the snowblinded Luciferian spaciousness of the title-track's early going as well, but the converted should have no problem finding the gospel in what they're hearing, and as "Black Magic" rounds out with its chanted feel, Alastor affirm the potential to progress within this sound and to continue to develop it into something even more their own than it is now. Familiar superficially, but sneaky in the details, so watch out.
Black Magic by Alastor
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The Dead-End Alley Band, Storms
Lima-based four-piece The Dead-End Alley Band aren't far into opener "Red Woman" before the dark-psych vibe and languid groove have properly emphasized just how much the guitar of Leonardo Alva and the organ of Sebastian Sanchez-Botta (also vocals) complement each other. Propelled by the rhythm section of bassist/vocalist Javier Kou and drummer Jafer Diaz, Storms is the third album from them behind 2015's Odd Stories (discussed here) and 2013's debut, Whispers of the Night (review here), and it continues to blend fuzz and classic garage doom impulses on songs like "Headstone Fortress" and the shuffling "Thunderbolts and Lace," the latter of which wah-trips to the max around a stirring boogie before "The Clock has Stopped" weirds out on extra vocal echoes and nine-minute closer "Waiting for the Void" brings in the progressive touches of pan flute and percussion. Even in the earlier, shortest track "Need You (It's Enough)," The Dead-End Alley Band bring no shortage of personality to the proceedings, and confirm that the rough edges of their early outings have matured into essential aspects of who they have become as a band, completely in control of their craft and able to conjure an atmosphere both classic and individual.
Storms by The Dead-End Alley Band
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Forbidden Place Records website
Hair of the Dog, This World Turns
Making their debut on Kozmik Artifactz, Scottish trio Hair of the Dog give their guitar-led compositions plenty of time to flesh out on This World Turns, their third album, as they demonstrate quickly on the nine-plus minute titular opener and longest track (immediate points), but one would hardly call their songwriting indulgent there or anywhere else as "This World Turns" flows easily into the following seven-minute push of "Keeping Watch over the Night" in a resolute one-two punch that soon gives way to the shorter and more driving "Ctrl-Alt-Del," touching on influences from Thin Lizzy and Scorpions en route as well as modern practitioners like Kadavar, whose stamp can also be heard on side B launch "The Colours in Her Skin." That's not to say Hair of the Dog — guitarist/vocalist Adam Holt (interview here), bassist Iain Thomson and drummer Jon Holt – don't leave their own mark as well, just that their blend stems from multiple sources. A bit of Lynottism surfaces in the penultimate "In Death's Hands" as well, which has a more subdued feel despite fervent rhythmic movement underlying, and closer "4AM" soars with enough vigor and soul – and a little falsetto – to give This World Turns a suitably smooth and vibrant finish.
This World Turns by Hair Of The Dog
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Soup, Remedies
With ties to Motorpsycho through guitarist Hans Magnus "Snah" Ryan, Soup issue their sixth long-player in the five-track lush melodicism of Remedies, which feels particularly aptly named for the immersion the wash that opener "Going Somewhere" is able to elicit. That is, of course, just the first of the spacious, semi-folk-infused progressions, and it's with the longer-form "The Boy and the Snow" (11:33) and the psychedelic purposeful meandering of "Sleepers" (13:35) that Remedies truly unveils its considerable breadth, but the Crispin Glover Records release holds a sense of poise even in the two-minute centerpiece church organ interlude "Audion," and the harmonies of "Nothing Like Home" bring to mind peak-era Porcupine Tree patience and fluidity while holding fast to the bright, orange-sunshiny warmth of the atmosphere as a whole, instruments dropping out just before three minutes in to showcase the vocals before returning to embark on the march to the final crescendo, not at all overblown but with just a touch of extra volume to let listeners dive deeper into the moment. Remedies feels quick at 42 minutes, but turns out to be just what the doctor ordered.
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Crispin Glover Records website
Kungens Män, Dag & Natt
Prolific psych-progging Stockholmers Kungens Män return with Dag & Natt, a 2CD/2LP issued through Kungens Ljud & Bild (CD) and Adansonia Records (LP) that overflows with jazzy fluidity and gorgeous immersion. The band's last studio outing was late-2015's Förnekaren (review here), and whether it's 13-minute pieces like opener "Morgonrodnad" and the even-more-krautrocking "Aftonstjärnan" or the seemingly complementary inclusions of the kosmiche-minded "Dag" and wonderfully drifting "Natt," the album as a whole is a joy and a boon to anyone looking for an extended psychedelic meander. The saxophone of Gustav Nygren on the aforementioned leadoff and "Natt" makes a particularly striking impression, but with a steady, languid wash of guitar, synth and warm bass throughout, Dag & Natt wants nothing for flow, and the gentle, classy spirit is maintained even as the penultimate "Vargtimmen" ups the sense of thrust leading into the finisher payoff of "Cirkeln är Slut." As of now, Kungens Män should be considered a too-well-kept secret of Scandinavia's psych underground, though listening to Dag & Natt, one wonders just how long they'll stay that way.
Dag & Natt by Kungens Män
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Adansonia Records website
Smoke Wizzzard, Run with the Wolf
Whether it's through the striking and gruesome cover art or through the lumbering post-Sabbath, post-Cathedral stoner-doom nod contained within, Smoke Wizzzard's five-song self-titled debut LP thoroughly earns its third 'z' – and, for that matter, its second one – with played-to-form thickness and a tonal push that starts with 10-minute opener/longest track (immediate points) "Astro Lord" and continues to swagger and swing with due viscosity through "Reptiles" after the minute-long punker curveball "Soul Train." The highlight of the Pittsburgh trio's first outing might be "The Pass," which has a hazy patience and some rightly-featured bass tone, but as "Run with the Wolf" moves from its early Electric Wizard muckraking to cap with piano and included howls for a doomier feel, it becomes clear Smoke Wizzzard have yet to play their full stylistic hand and the real highlights may still be yet to come. Fair enough. Something tells me getting stranger is only going to be a boon to Smoke Wizzzard's approach on the whole, so bring it on.
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Highburnator, Keystoned State
If you hit up Highburnator's Bandcamp and download their name-your-price Keystoned State EP, you might note the fifth and final inclusion is the entire live-recorded, 28-minute release presented as a single track. No doubt the Pennsylvania three-piece intend the four-song outing to be taken just that way. They begin with the "mad as hell" speech sampled from the 1976 film Network and from there unfold a potent riffly brew met head on with harsh East Coast hardcore-style vocals and more metallic growls. That's nine-minute opener and longest track (immediate points) "The Brass Rail," and it sets the tone for what follows on the eponymous "Highburnator" before "Desert Funeral" and the Sleep-style nod of "Peaking at the Coffin" push into even more stonerly vibes. This melding of pissed-off disaffection and mid-paced heavy rock groove is particular to the sludge of the Eastern Seaboard – think of it as regional fare – but Highburnator find space for themselves in the rawness of their riffs and the charm of their puns, and by the time they're through the four songs, it makes sense why they might want to present the full onslaught as a single entity, essentially giving it to their listeners on one overflowing platter. Got the munchies? It's right there waiting.
Keystoned State by Highburnator
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The Curf, Death and Love
Greek psych-doomers The Curf made their debut in 2007 with I and then went radio silent until last year's Royal Water EP. Their sophomore full-length, Death and Love, then, arrives via Fuzz Ink Records with some amount of intrigue behind it, but either way, the sans-pretense heavy roll the band unfurls on "Dark Hado," and the more uptempo "Smoke Ring," the dig-in low end of "Lunar Lair" and the scream-topped start-stoppery of "California" present a varied take brought together through heft as well as the crispness of production and delivery, such that when it wants to, Death and Love can bite down hard, but as on the closing title-track or the earlier "Order 'n' Sin," it can rumble out spaciousness as well. Whatever might've taken The Curf so long to put together a second album beats the hell out of me, but if they were looking to make an argument for a third one, they do so convincingly across these nine songs, which hold firmly to their overarching flow despite the emergent stylistic range.
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Ulls, I
For now, Ulls is the solo-project of Barcelona-based David Trillo, formerly guitarist/vocalist for the heavy progressive trio Lord Summerisle, but the hope seems to be to build a full band at some point in the future. The I EP might rightly be called a demo, then, but for the professionalism and cohesiveness of sound with which its three songs are presented and the clarity of intent behind them. With Trillo rumbling away on bass beneath, six-minute opener "Inhumat" fleshes out its arrangement with organ alongside guitar swirl and sets up the classically swinging strut of "Llot Convuls," on which the drums post-midsection lead the way through starts and stops à la a restless King Crimson and the guitar joins with no less angularity. Eight-minute closer "L'Emersió de l'Executor" brings about a thicker overall tone, but holds to a similar mood through its first half, Trillo finding room after about the four-and-a-half-minute mark for a standout solo executed with the bass running fluidly alongside that carries the song to its fading finish just before seven minutes in, at which point a residual drone takes hold to lead the way out. That ending is telling when it comes to various impulses that might show themselves in Ulls going forward, but as an initial demonstration, suffice it to say that I makes it plain Trillo shouldn't have much trouble finding other players to come aboard the band with him.
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Tomorrow's Dream: 200+ of 2017's Most Anticipated Releases
Posted in Features on January 23rd, 2017 by JJ Koczan
Looks like it's going to be another busy 12 months ahead. It's been a busy better-part-of-a-month already, so that stands to reason, but you should know that of the several years now that I've done these 'Tomorrow's Dream' posts, this is the biggest one yet, with over 150 upcoming releases that — one hopes — will be out between today and the end of 2017.
Actually, at last count, the list tops 180. Do I really expect you to listen to all of them? Nope. Will I? Well, it would be nice. But what I've done is gone through and highlighted 35 picks and then built lists off that in order of likelihood of arrival. You'll note the categories are 'Gonna Happen and/or Likely Candidates,' 'Definitely Could Happen' and 'Would be Awfully Nice.'
Beyond that last one, anything else just seems like speculation — one might as well go "new Sabbath this year!" with zero info backing it up. The idea here is that no matter where a given band is placed, there has been some talk of a new release. In some cases, it's been years, but I think they're still worth keeping in mind.
Another caveat: You can expect additions to this list over the next week — probably album titles, band names people (fingers crossed) suggest in the comments, and so on — so it will grow. It always does. The idea is to build as complete a document as possible, not to get it all nailed down immediately, so please, if you have something to contribute and you're able to do so in a non-prickish, "You didn't include Band X and therefore don't deserve to breathe the same air as me," kind of way, please contribute.
Other than that, I think it's pretty straightforward what's going on here and I'll explain the category parameters as we go, so by all means, let's jump in.
— Tomorrow's Dream 2017 —
Presented Alphabetically
1. Abrahma, TBA
Late last year, Paris heavy progressives Abrahma announced a new lineup and third full-length in progress. No reason to think it won't come to fruition, and a follow-up to 2015's Reflections in the Bowels of a Bird (review here) is an easy pick to look forward to. Even with the shift in personnel, it seems likely the band will continue their creative development, driven as they are by founding guitarist Seb Bismuth.
If 2017 ended today, Sleeping Through the War would be my Album of the Year. Of course, there's a lot of year to go, but for now, Nashville's All Them Witches have set the standard with their second album for New West Records behind 2015's Dying Surfer Meets His Maker (review here) and fourth overall outing. They've got videos up so far for "3-5-7" (posted here) and "Bruce Lee" (posted here). Both are most definitely worth your time. Out Feb. 24. Full review should be later this week.
3. Alunah, Solennial
Seems like UK forest riffers Alunah are on this list every year. Wishful thinking on my part. Nonetheless, their fourth LP and Svart Records debut, Solennial, is out March 17, and if the tease they gave already with the clip for "Fire of Thornborough Henge" (posted here) is anything to go from, its Chris Fielding-produced expanses might just be Alunah's most immersive yet.
4. Arbouretum, TBA
I asked the Baltimore folk fuzzers a while back on Thee Facebooks if they had a new record coming in 2017 and they said yes, so that's what I'm going on here. The last Arbouretum album was 2013's Coming out of the Fog (review here), and even with frontman Dave Heumann's 2015 solo outing, Here in the Deep (review here), factored in, you'd have to say they're due. Keep an eye on Thrill Jockey for word and I'll do the same.
This is another one that already has a spot reserved for it on my Best-of-2017 year-end list. Spanish heavy psych rockers Atavismo up the progressive bliss level with their second full-length, Inerte, without losing the depth of style that made 2014's Desintegración (review here) so utterly glorious. It probably won't have the biggest marketing budget of 2017, but if you let Atavismo fly under your radar, you are 100 percent missing out on something special.
6. Bison Machine, TBA
In addition to the video for new track "Cloak and Bones" that premiered here, when Michigan raucousness-purveyors Bison Machine put out the dates for their fall 2016 tour, they included further hints of new material in progress. As much as I dug their earlier-2016 split with SLO and Wild Savages (review here) and 2015's Hoarfrost (review here), that's more than enough for me to include them on this list. Killer next-gen heavy rock.
7. Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, TBA
News of a follow-up to Brothers of the Sonic Cloth's 2015 Neurot Recordings self-titled debut (review here) came through in October, and it remains some of the best news I've heard about 2017 doings. Took them a while to get the first record out, so we'll see what happens, but it kind of feels like looking forward to a comet about to smash into the planet and cause a mass extinction, and by that I mean awesome. Can't get here soon enough.
8. Cloud Catcher, Trails of Kosmic Dust
Okay, so maybe I jumped the gun and did a super-early review of Denver trio Cloud Catcher's second long-player and Totem Cat Records debut, Trails of Kosmic Dust, but hell, no regrets. Some albums require an early-warning system. Their 2015 debut, Enlightened Beyond Existence (discussed here), was a gem as well, but this is a band in the process of upping their game on every level, and the songwriting and momentum they hone isn't to be missed.
9. Colour Haze, TBA
I've gotten some details on the upcoming full-length from Colour Haze. They do not include a title, artwork, audio, song titles or general direction. Less details, I guess, than word that the CD version of this answer to 2015's To the Highest Gods We Know (review here) is set to come out next month, as ever, on Elektrohasch. That puts it out in time for Colour Haze's upcoming tour with My Sleeping Karma (announced here). Fingers crossed it happens. Colour Haze are perpetual top-albums candidates in my book.
10. Corrosion of Conformity, TBA
Signed to Nuclear Blast after being rejoined by guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, North Carolina's C.O.C. have been in the studio since last year. The lineup of Keenan, bassist/vocalist Mike Dean and guitarist Woody Weatherman and Reed Mullin on drums is the stuff of legend and last worked together on 2000's America's Volume Dealer, so no question this reunion makes for one of 2017's most anticipated heavy rock records. They nailed the nostalgia factor on tour. Can they now add to their legacy?
11. Elder, TBA
I was incredibly fortunate about a month ago to visit progressive heavy rockers Elder at Sonelab in Easthampton, MA, during the recording process for their upcoming fourth album. I heard a couple of the tracks, and of course it was all raw form, but the movement forward from 2015's Lore (review here) was palpable. That LP (on Stickman) brought them to a wider audience, and I expect no less from this one as well, since the farther out Elder go sound-wise, the deeper the level of connection with their listeners they seem to engage.
12. Electric Wizard, TBA
Could happen, could not happen. That's how it goes. Announced for last Halloween. That date came and went. Word of trouble building their own studio surfaced somewhere along the line. That was the last I heard. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if it showed up tomorrow, if it showed up in 2018, or if the band broke up and never put it out. They're Electric Wizard. Anything's possible.
Out Jan. 28 on Napalm, The Coyote Who Spoke in Tongues (review here) is the first-ever acoustic album from former Kyuss frontman John Garcia, also of Unida, the reunited Slo Burn, Hermano, Vista Chino, Zun, etc. — basically the voice of desert rock. He does a couple Kyuss classics for good measure, but shines as well on the new/original tracks, and while it's a piece for fans more than newcomers — that is, it helps if you know the original version of "Green Machine" — his presence remains as powerful as ever despite this new context.
14. Goya, Harvester of Bongloads
Riffs, dude. Goya seem to have them to spare. The Arizona-based wizard doomers have set a pretty prolific clip for themselves at this point, with at least two short releases out in 2016, one a 7″ of Nirvana covers (review here), and the The Enemy EP (review here). Set for a March 3 release through their own Opoponax Records imprint, Harvester of Bongloads continues the march into the abyss that 2015's Obelisk (review here) and 2013's 777 set in motion, finding the band coming more into their own as well. Creative growth — and bongloads! The best of both worlds.
15. Ides of Gemini, TBA
Ides of Gemini are set to record their yet-untitled third album with Sanford Parker early this year, and it will also mark their debut on Rise Above Records upon its release. They've also got a new lineup around vocalist Sera Timms and guitarist J. Bennett, so as they look to move forward from 2014's Old World New Wave (review here), one can't help but wonder what to expect, but to be honest, not knowing is part of the appeal, especially from a band who so readily specialize in the ethereal.
16. Kind, TBA
Three-fourths of Kind feature elsewhere on this list. Bassist Tom Corino plays in Rozamov. Drummer Matt Couto is in Elder. Vocalist Craig Riggs is in Roadsaw. And for what it's worth, guitarist Darryl Shepherd has a new band coming together called Test Meat. How likely does that make Kind to release a second LP in 2017? I don't know, but their 2015 Ripple Music debut, Rocket Science (review here), deserves a follow-up, and I know they've demoed some new songs. If it happens, great. If it's 2018, at least these dudes will be plenty busy besides.
17. Lo-Pan, In Tensions
Yes, Lo-Pan's In Tensions (review here) has already been released — CD/LP with an artbook on Aqualamb. It's out. Limited numbers. You can get it now. Why include it on a list of most anticipated releases? Because that's how strongly I feel about your need to hear it. The fruit of a shortlived lineup with guitarist Adrian Zambrano, it distinguishes itself from everything they've done before in style while still keeping to the core righteousness that one hopes the Ohio outfit will continue to carry forward. It's more than a stopgap between albums. Listen to it.
18. The Midnight Ghost Train, TBA
It seems to have been a rough ride for hard-boogie specialists The Midnight Ghost Train since their 2015 Napalm debut and third album overall, Cold was the Ground (review here). They've never taken it easy on the road or in terms of physicality on stage, and between injuries and who knows what else, their intensity at this point veers toward the directly confrontational. Nonetheless, they've been writing for album number four, may or may not have started the recording process, and I expect that confrontationalism to suit them well in their new material.
19. Monster Magnet, TBA
I have it on decent authority that NJ heavy psych innovators Monster Magnet were in the studio this past autumn. I've seen no concrete word of a new album in progress from Dave Wyndorf and company, and I wouldn't necessarily expect to until it was time to start hyping the release, but after their two redux releases, 2015's Cobras and Fire (review here) and 2014's Milking the Stars (review here), their range feels broader than ever and I can't wait to hear what they come up with next.
A pivotal moment for Mothership arrives with High Strangeness, and the heavy-touring, heavy-riffing Texas power trio seem to know it. Their third record on Ripple Music pushes into new avenues of expression and keeps the energy of 2014's Mothership II (review here) and 2012's Mothership (review here), but thus far into their career, it's been about their potential and what they might accomplish going forward. 2017 might be the year for Mothership to declare a definitive place in the sphere of American heavy rock.
21. The Obsessed, Sacred
On Halloween 2016, founding The Obsessed guitarist/vocalist and doom icon Scott "Wino" Weinrich announced a new lineup for the band, with his former The Hidden Hand bandmate Bruce Falkinburg on bass/vocals, Sara Seraphim on guitar and Brian Costantino continuing on drums. A genuine surprise. Their first album since 1994, Sacred (due on Relapse) was tracked as the trio of Weinrich, Costantino and bassist/vocalist Dave Sherman, but clearly they've moved into a new era already. Wouldn't even guess what the future holds, but hopefully Sacred still comes out.
22. Orange Goblin, TBA
When it was announced that London's Orange Goblin were picked up by Spinefarm as part of that label's acquisition of Candlelight Records last Spring, the subheadline from the PR wire was "Working on Ninth Studio Album." I haven't heard much since then, but even as 2014's Back from the Abyss (review here) pushed them deeper into metallic territory than ever before, their songs retained the character that's made the band the institution they are. Always look forward to new Orange Goblin.
Doomers, this is your whole year right here. I haven't heard Pallbearer's third album, Heartless (out March 24 on Profound Lore), but I have to think even those who haven't yet been won over by the Arkansas four-piece's emotive, deep-running style have to be curious about what they've come up with this time around. I know I am. These guys have been making a mark on the genre since their 2012 debut, Sorrow and Extinction (review here), and there's little doubt Heartless will continue that thread upon its arrival.
24. Radio Moscow, TBA
Fact: Radio Moscow stand among the best classic heavy rock live acts in the US. They're the kind of band you can watch upwards of 15 gigs in a row — I've done it — and find them putting on a better show night after night, in defiance of science, logic and sobriety. Word of their signing to Century Media came just this past week and brought with it confirmation of a follow-up to 2014's stellar Magical Dirt (review here), and for me to say hell yes, I'm absolutely on board, seems like the no-brainer to end all no-brainers. Can't wait.
25. Roadsaw, TBA
Nearly six full years later, it's only fair to call Boston scene godfathers Roadsaw due for a follow-up to their 2011 self-titled (review here). Granted, members have been busy in Kind, White Dynomite, and other projects, but still. Their upcoming outing finds them on Ripple Music after years under the banner of Small Stone Records, and though I haven't seen a solid release date yet, my understanding is they hit Mad Oak Studio in Allston, MA, this past fall to track it, so seems likely for sooner or later. Sooner, preferably.
Speaking of albums by Boston bands a while in the making, This Mortal Road (out March 3 on Battleground Records and Dullest Records) is the debut full-length from Boston atmospheric extremists Rozamov. Haven't heard it yet, but I got a taste of some of the material when I visited the band at New Alliance Audio in Aug. 2015, and the bleak expanses of what I heard seem primed to turn heads. I'm a fan of these guys, but in addition, they've found a niche for themselves sound-wise and I'm curious to hear how they bring it to fruition.
27. Samsara Blues Experiment, TBA
It's been a pleasure over the last couple months to watch a resurgence of Berlin heavy psych trio Samsara Blues Experiment take shape, first with the announcement of a fourth album in October, then with subsequent confirmations for Desertfest, Riff Ritual in Barcelona, and a South American tour. Reportedly due in Spring, which fits with the timing on shows, etc., the record will follow 2013's righteous Waiting for the Flood (review here) and as much as I'm looking forward to hearing it, I'm kind of just glad to have these guys back.
28. Seedy Jeezus, TBA
Work finished earlier this month on Melbourne trio Seedy Jeezus' second full-length. As with their 2015 self-titled debut, the band brought Tony Reed of Mos Generator to Australia to produce, and after their blissed-out 2016 collaboration with Earthless guitarist Isaiah Mitchell, Tranquonauts (review here), it's hard not to wonder what experimentalist tendencies might show in the trio's style this time out, and likewise difficult not to anticipate what guitarist Lex "Mr. Frumpy" Wattereus comes up with for the cover art.
Not to spoil the surprise, but Feb. 1 I'll host a track premiere from Florida's Shroud Eater that finds them working in a different context from everything we've heard from them to this point in their rightly-celebrated tenure. They also recently had a split out with Dead Hand, and their second long-player, Strike the Sun, will be their debut through STB Records. It's been since 2011's ThunderNoise (review here) that we last got a Shroud Eater album, so you bet your ass I'm dying to know what the last six years have wrought.
30. Sleep, TBA
If Sleep were any other band, they'd probably be in the "Would be Awfully Nice" category. But they're Sleep, so even the thought of a new record is enough to put them here. The lords of all things coated in THC are reissuing their 2014 single, The Clarity (review here), on Southern Lord next month, but rumors have been swirling about a proper album, which of course would be their first since the now-legendary Dopesmoker. If it happens, it'll automatically be a heavy underground landmark for 2017, but it's one I'm going to have in my ears before I really believe it.
31. Stoned Jesus, TBA
Even as they tour playing their second album, 2012's Seven Thunders Roar (review here), to mark its fifth anniversary and continued impact, Ukrainian trio Stoned Jesus are forging ahead with a fourth record behind 2015's The Harvest (review here). The capital-'q' Question is whether or not looking back at Seven Thunders Roar and engaging that big-riffing side of their sound will have an impact on the new material, and if so, how it will meld with the push of The Harvest. Won't speculate, but look forward to finding out.
32. Stubb, TBA
Since reveling in the soul of 2015's Cry of the Ocean (review here) on Ripple, London trio Stubb have swapped out bassists, and they were in Skyhammer Studio this month recording a single that may be an extended psychedelic jam. I'll take that happily, but I'm even more intrigued at the prospect of a third LP and what guitarist/vocalist Jack Dickinson, bassist/vocalist Tom Hobson and drummer Tom Fyfe might have in store as the band moves forward on multiple levels. Might be 2017, might not.
33. Sun Blood Stories, It Runs Around the Room with Us
It Runs around the Room with Us seems to find peace in its resonant experimentalist drones, loops, open, subdued spaces, but there's always some underlying sense of foreboding to its drift, as if Boise's Sun Blood Stories could anticipate the moment before it happened. Toward the end of the follow-up to 2015's Twilight Midnight Morning (review here), they execute the 90-second assault "Burn" and turn serenity to ash. Look for it in April and look for it again on my best of 2017 list in December.
34. Ufomammut, TBA
Any new offering from the Italian cosmic doom magnates is worth looking forward to, and while Ufomammut have left the 15-year mark behind, they've never stopped progressing in style and form. To wit, 2015's Ecate (review here) was a stunner after 2012's two-part LP, Oro (review here and review here), tightening the approach but assuring the vibe was no less expansive than ever. They started recording last summer, finished mixing in November, so I'm hoping for word of a release date soon.
35. Vokonis, The Sunken Djinn
Born out of Creedsmen Arise, whose 2015 demo, Temple (review here), offered formative thrills, Swedish trio Vokonis debuted with last year's Olde One Ascending (review here) and proved there's still life in post-Sleep riffing when it's wielded properly. They signed to Ripple in November and confirmed the title of their sophomore effort as The Sunken Djinn, as well as a reissue for the first album, which will probably arrive first. I don't know how that will affect the timing on this one, but keep an eye out anyway.
Gonna Happen and/or Likely Candidates
Obviously some of these are more likely than others. Some have solidified, announced release dates — Dopelord's out this month, Demon Head's out in April, etc. — and others come from social media posts of bands in studios and hints at upcoming releases and so on. A big tell is whether or not a band has an album title with their listing, but even some of those without have their new albums done, like Atala and Royal Thunder, so it's not necessarily absolute.
Either way, while I'm spending your money, you might want to look into:
36. Against the Grain
37. Amenra
38. Atala
39. Attalla, Glacial Rule
40. Ayahuasca Dark Trip, II
41. Beastmaker
42. Beaten Back to Pure
43. Blackout
44. Bretus
45. Buried Feather, Mind of the Swarm
46. The Clamps
47. Cold Stares
48. Coltsblood, Ascending into the Shimmering Darkness
49. Come to Grief, The Worst of Times EP
50. Cortez
51. Cruthu, The Angle of Eternity
52. The Dead-End Alley Band, Storms
53. Dead Witches, Dead Witches
54. Dealer
55. Death Alley, Live at Roadburn
56. Demon Head, Thunder on the Fields
58. Devil Electric
59. Doctor Cyclops, Local Dogs
61. Dopelord, Children of the Haze
62. Doublestone, Devil's Own/Djævlens Egn
63. Dread Sovereign, For Doom the Bell Tolls
64. Drive by Wire
65. Elbrus, Elbrus
66. Electric Age
67. Electric Moon, Stardust Rituals
68. Endless Floods, II
69. Five Horse Johnson
70. Forming the Void, Relic
71. Funeral Horse
72. Greenbeard
73. Green Desert Water
74. Greenleaf
75. Grifter / Suns of Thunder, Split
76. Hair of the Dog, This World Turns
77. Heavy Temple, Chassit
78. Here Lies Man, Here Lies Man
79. Hollow Leg, Murder EP
80. Holy Mount, The Drought
81. Hooded Menace
82. Horisont, About Time
84. Lecherous Gaze
85. Magnet, Feel Your Fire
86. Mastodon
87. Merlin, The Wizard
88. Merchant
90. Mirror Queen
91. Moonbow, War Bear
92. Mos Generator
93. The Moth
94. MotherSloth
95. Mouth, Vortex
96. My Sleeping Karma, Mela Ananda – Live
97. Orango
98. Papir
100. Psychedelic Witchcraft, Magick Rites and Spells
101. Royal Thunder
102. Saturn, Beyond Spectra
103. Season of Arrows, Give it to the Mountain
104. Siena Root
105. Six Organs of Admittance, Burning the Threshold
106. Six Sigma, Tuxedo Brown
107. Sólstafir
108. The Sonic Dawn, Into the Long Night
109. Spelljammer
110. Spidergawd, IV
111. Steak
112. Stinking Lizaveta, Journey to the Underworld
113. Sula Bassana, Organ Accumulator
114. Summoner
115. Sun Voyager, Sun Voyager
116. Sweat Lodge, Tokens for Hell EP
117. Thera Roya, Stone and Skin
118. Toke
119. Troubled Horse, Revelation on Repeat
120. VA, Brown Acid The Third Trip
121. Weedpecker
122. Youngblood Supercult, The Great American Death Rattle
Definitely Could Happen
Maybe a recording process is upcoming (Gozu, Cities of Mars, YOB), or a band is looking for a label (The Flying Eyes), or they've said new stuff is in the works but the circumstances of an actual release aren't known (Arc of Ascent, Dead Meadow, High on Fire), or I've just seen rumors of their hitting the studio (Freedom Hawk, La Chinga, Ruby the Hatchet). We've entered the realm of the entirely possible but not 100 percent.
So, you know, life.
Dig it:
123. The Age of Truth
124. Ape Machine
125. Arc of Ascent
126. At Devil Dirt
127. Bantoriak
128. Bask
129. BCAD
130. BoneHawk
131. La Chinga
132. Chubby Thunderous Bad Kush Masters
133. Cities of Mars
134. Crypt Sermon
135. Dead Meadow
136. Death Alley (Studio LP)
137. Dee Calhoun
138. Destroyer of Light
139. Devil
140. Devil Worshipper
141. Duel
142. Dustrider
143. Egypt
144. Electric Moon
145. Elephant Tree
146. Farflung
147. The Flying Eyes
148. Freedom Hawk
149. Gozu
150. The Great Electric Quest
151. Green Meteor, Consumed by a Dying Sun
152. High on Fire
153. Horrendous
154. Insect Ark
155. In the Company of Serpents
156. Iron Monkey
157. Jeremy Irons and the Ratgang Malibus
158. The Judge
159. Killer Boogie
160. King Dead
161. The Kings of Frog Island
162. Lords of Beacon House, Recreational Sorcery
163. Mangoo
164. Mondo Drag
165. Monolord
166. Mountain God
167. The Munsens
168. Naxatras
169. Never Got Caught
170. Ommadon
171. Orchid
172. Ordos
173. Pilgrim
174. Poseidon
175. Purple Hill Witch
176. Ruby the Hatchet
177. Sasquatch
178. Satan's Satyrs
179. Serpents of Secrecy
180. Shabda
181. Shooting Guns
182. Sleepy Sun
183. Slow Season
184. Snowy Dunes, Atlantis
185. Spectral Haze
186. The Sweet Heat
187. Switchblade Jesus
188. Superchief
189. Tÿburn
190. YOB
191. Zone Six
Would be Awfully Nice
This last category is basically as close as I'm willing to come to rampant speculation. Endless Boogie have hinted at new material, and Queens of the Stone Age have talked about hitting the studio for the last two years. There were rumors about Om, and though Kings Destroy just put out an EP, they have new songs as well, though I doubt we'll hear them before the end of 2017. I'll admit that Across Tundras, Fever Dog, Lord Fowl, Lowrider and Hour of 13 are just wishful thinking on my part. A boy can hope:
192. Across Tundras
193. Eggnogg
195. Endless Boogie
196. Fever Dog
197. Fu Manchu
198. Halfway to Gone
199. Hour of 13
200. Kadavar
201. Kings Destroy
202. Lord Fowl
203. Lowrider
204. Masters of Reality
205. Om
206. Orodruin
207. Queens of the Stone Age
If you've made it this far, thanks for reading. Whatever this year brings, I hope it's been great so far for you and I hope it continues to be so as we proceed inexorably to 2018 and all the also-futuristic-sounding numbers thereafter. At least we know we'll have plenty of good music to keep us company on that voyage.
As always, comments section is open if there's anything I've left out. I'm happy to add, adjust, etc., as need be, so really, have at it, and thanks in advance.
Tags: 2017 Most Anticipated Albums, About Time, Abrahma, Across Tundras, Against the Grain, All Them Witches, All Them Witches Sleeping Through the War, Alunah, Alunah Solennial, Ape Machine, Aqualamb, Arbouretum, Arc of Ascent, Argonauta Records, Ascending into the Shimmering Darkness, At Devil Dirt, Atala, Atavismo, Atavismo Inerte, Attalla, Attalla Glacial Rule, Ayahuasca Dark Trip, Ayahuasca Dark Trip II, Bantoriak, Bask, Battleground Records, BCAD, Beastmaker, Beaten Back to Pure, Beyond Spectra, Bison Machine, Blackout, Blues for the Red Sun Records, BoneHawk, Bretus, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Brown Acid The Third Trip, Brutal Panda Records, Buried Feather, Buried Feather Mind of the Swarm, Burning the Threshold, Century Media Records, Chassit, Children of the Haze, Chubby Thunderous Bad Kush Masters, Cities of Mars, Clostridium Records, Cloud Catcher, Cloud Catcher Trails of Kosmic Dust, Cold Stares, Colour Haze, Coltsblood, Coltsblood Ascending into the Shimmering Darkness, Come to Grief, Come to Grief the Worst of Times, Corrosion of Conformity, Cortez, Crispin Glover Records, Cruthu, Cruthu The Angle of Eternity, Crypt Sermon, Dead Meadow, Dead Witches, Dead Witches Self-titled, Dealer, Death Alley, Death Alley Live at Roadburn 2016, Dee Calhoun, Demon Head, Demon Head Thunder on the Fields, Destroyer of Light, Devil, Devil Electric, Devil Worshipper, Devil's Own/Djævlens Egn, DHU Records, Dool, Dool Here Now There Then, Dopelord, Dopelord Children of the Haze, Doublestone, Doublestone Devil's Own/Djævlens Egn, Drag City, Dread Sovereign, Dread Sovereign For Doom the Bell Tolls, Drive by Wire, Duel, Dustrider, Eggnogg, Egypt, Elbrus, Elbrus Self-titled, Elder, Electric Age, Electric Magic Records, Electric Moon, Electric Moon Stardust Rituals, Electric Wizard, Electrohasch Schallplatten, Elephant Tree, Endless Boogie, Endless Floods, Endless Floods II, Eternal Hayden, Farflung, Feel Your Fire, Fever Dog, Five Horse Johnson, For Doom the Bell Tolls, Forming the Void, Forming the Void Relic, Freedom Hawk, Fu Manchu, Fuck Yoga Records, Funeral Horse, Give it to the Mountain, Glacial Rule, Goya, Goya Harvester of Bongloads, Gozu, Green Desert Water, Green Meteor, Green Meteor Consumed by a Dying Sun, Greenbeard, Greenleaf, Grifter, Grifter Suns of Thunder Split, Hair of the Dog, Hair of the Dog This World Turns, Halfway to Gone, Harvester of Bongloads, Heartless, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Temple, Heavy Temple Chassit, Here Lies Man, Here Lies Man Self-titled, Here Now There Then, High on Fire, High Strangeness, Hollow Leg, Hollow Leg Murder, Holy Mount, Holy Mount The Drought, Hooded Menace, Horisont, Horisont About Time, Horrendous, Hour of 13, Hymn, Hymn Perish, Ides of Gemini, II, In Tensions, In the Company of Serpents, Inerte, Insect Ark, Into the Long Night, Iron Monkey, It Runs Around the Room with Us, IV, Jeremy Irons and the Ratgang Malibus, John Garcia, John Garcia The Coyote Who Spoke in Tongues, Journey to the Underworld, Kadavar, Killer Boogie, King Dead, Kings Destroy, Kozmik Artifactz, La Chinga, Lecherous Gaze, Live at Roadburn 2016, Lo-Pan, Lo-Pan In Tensions, Lord Fowl, Lords of Beacon House, Lords of Beacon House Recreational Sorcery, Lowrider, Lucifer's Dream, Magic Rites and Spells, Magnet, Magnet Feel Your Fire, Magnetic Eye Records, Mangoo, Masters of Reality, Mastodon, Mela Ananda Live, Merchant, Mind of the Swarm, Mindkult, Mindkult Lucifer's Dream, Mirror Queen, Mondo Drag, Monolord, Monster Magnet, Moonbow, Moonbow War Bear, Mos Generator, Mothership, Mothership High Strangeness, MotherSloth, Mountain God, Mouth, Mouth Vortex, Mr. Peter Hayden, Murder, My Sleeping Karma, My Sleeping Karma Mela Ananda Live, Napalm Records, Nasoni Records, Neurot Recordings, Never Got Caught, New West Records, Nuclear Blast Records, Om, Ommadon, Opoponax Records, Orange Goblin, Orango, Orchid, Ordos, Orodruin, Pallbearer, Pallbearer Heartless, Papir, Perish, PH, PH Eternal Hayden, Poseidon, Profound Lore Records, Prophecy Productions, Psychedelic Witchcraft, Psychedelic Witchcraft Magick Rites and Spells, Purple Hill Witch, Queens of the Stone Age, Radio Moscow, Relapse Records, Relic, Revelation on Repeat, RidingEasy Records, Ripple Music, Rise Above Records, Roadsaw, Royal Thunder, Rozamov, Rozamov This Mortal Road, Ruby the Hatchet, Sacred, Salt of the Earth Records, Samsara Blues Experiment, Sasquatch, Satan's Satyrs, Saturn, Saturn Beyond Spectra, Season of Arrows, Season of Arrows Give it to the Mountain, Season of Mist, Seedy Jeezus, self-titled, Serpents of Secrecy, Shabda, Shooting Guns, Shroud Eater, Shroud Eater Strike the Sun, Siena Root, Six Organs of Admittance, Six Organs of Admittance Burning the Threshold, Six Sigma, Six Sigma Tuxedo Brown, Sleep, Sleeping Through the War, Sleepy Sun, Slow Season, Small Stone Records, Snowy Dunes, Solennial, Solstafir, Soulseller Records, Spectral Haze, Spelljammer, Spidergawd, Spidergawd IV, Spinefarm Records, STB Records, Steak, Stickman Records, Stinking Lizaveta, Stinking Lizaveta Journey to the Underworld, Stone and Skin, Strike the Sun, Stubb, Sula Bassana, Sula Bassana Organ Accumulator, Sulatron Records, Summoner, Sun Blood Stories, Sun Blood Stories It Runs Around the Room with Us, Sun Voyager, Sun Voyager Self-titled, Suns of Thunder, Superchief, Svart Records, Sweat Lodge, Sweat Lodge Tokens for Hell, Switchblade Jesus, Tee Pee Records, The Age of Truth, The Clamps, The Company Records, The Coyote Who Spoke in Tongues, The Dead-End Alley Band, The Dead-End Alley Band Storms, The Devil and the Almighty Blues, The Devil and the Almighty Blues II, The Drought, The Flying Eyes, The Great American Death Rattle, The Great Electric Quest, The Judge, The Kings of Frog Island, The Midnight Ghost Train, The Moth, The Munsens, The Obelisk, The Obsessed, The Obsessed Sacred, The Sonic Dawn, The Sonic Dawn Into the Long Night, The Sunken Djinn, Thera Roya, Thera Roya Stone and Skin, This Mortal Road, This World Turns, Thrill Jockey Records, Thunder on the Fields, Toke, Tokens for Hell, Tomorrow's Dream 2017, Totem Cat Records, Trails of Kosmic Dust, Transcending Obscurity Records, Translation Loss Records, Troubled Horse, Troubled Horse Revelation on Repeat, Tuxedo Brown, Tyburn, Ufomammut, Various Artists, Various Artists Brown Acid The Third Trip, Vokonis, Vokonis The Sunken Djinn, Vortex, War Bear, Weedpecker, White Dwarf Records, Yob, Youngblood Supercult, Youngblood Supercult The Great American Death Rattle, Zone Six
The Dead-End Alley Band Touring Europe Next Month
Posted in Whathaveyou on October 22nd, 2015 by JJ Koczan
Eerie psychedelic strangeness pervades the work to-date of Lima, Peru, upstarts The Dead-End Alley Band — who released their debut album, Whispers of the Night (review here), and followed it up with Odd Stories last year, both on ultra-mega-respected purveyor Nasoni Records — and one assumes they'll carry those late-'60s vibes with them when they cross the Atlantic next month to tour Europe for the first time. I don't know what the baggage rates are for such things — that might get classified under "personal item?" — but The Dead-End Alley Band have worked quickly to create a niche for themselves within heavy psych flow, and even post-Halloween, autumn seems like a perfect time for them to make the trip, which will round out with an appearance at Yellowstock in Belgium on Nov. 28.
Info below, as seen on the interweb:
THE DEAD-END ALLEY BAND : Soaked In The Cold (European Tour 2015)
This fall, you will not escape from the nightmare.
After three years of activity and two albums released on vinyl, CD and tape, finally, we are proud to announce that we're coming to Europe this November!
10.11 – Das Bach, Vienna (Austria)
13.11 – Tetris Club, Trieste (Italy)
14.11 – Club Wakuum, Graz (Austria)
18.11 – Zoro, Leipzig (Germany)
19.11 – Mitropa-Keller, Eisenberg (Germany)
20.11 – Café t' Vereinshoes, Vaals (Netherlands)
21.11 – Vortex Surfer Musikclub, Siegen (Germany)
25.11 – Hausbar Münze 13, Tübingen (Germany)
27.11 – Eureka, Zwolle (Netherlands)
28.11 – Yellowstock Festival, Geel (Belgium)
And you're invited to this slaughter…
The Dead-End Alley Band is a psychedelic, blues and vintage rock band from Lima, Peru, formed by Javier Kou Mansilla and Sebastian Sanchez-Botta, with the ambition to create (or re-create) music based on the psychedelic scents from the sixties and seventies.
'Odd Stories' (2014) is the second studio album of Peruvian psychedelic rock band The Dead-End Alley Band. It was recorded and produced in Lima, Peru, by Javier Kou, Sebastian Sanchez-Botta and Chino Burga. Edited, manufactured and released on vinyl in Europe by Nasoni Records (Germany) and on CD and tape in Peru by Tóxiko Records and Inti Records (Peru).
https://soundcloud.com/deabperu
http://deabperu.bandcamp.com/album/odd-stories
https://www.facebook.com/deabperu
http://www.nasoni-records.com/THE_DEAD-END_ALLEY_BAND_release_Whispers_of_the_Night.html
The Dead-End Alley Band, Odd Stories (2014)
Odd Stories by The Dead-End Alley Band
Tags: Lima, Nasoni Records, Peru, The Dead-End Alley Band
The Dead-End Alley Band Release New Album Odd Stories
Posted in Whathaveyou on September 22nd, 2014 by JJ Koczan
Organ-laced heavy psych rockers The Dead-End Alley Band have released their second album, Odd Stories. It's the follow-up to 2012/2013's debut, Whispers of the Night (review here), and sees the Peruvian four-piece continue their adventurous psych explorations, dipping into surf tonality on "Devil's Mask" and vibing out long-form on the eight-minute "Lost Again," a strong current of Floydian progressivism emerging from the start of opener "The Nightmare Goes On" and serving as a unifying theme throughout several of the tracks. Vinyl and CD are apparently out now through a variety of labels — CD through Tóxiko Records and Inti Records in Peru, vinyl through Nasoni in Germany — and the band has also made Odd Stories available for front-to-back streaming on their Bandcamp page. Because it's the future, and that's how it goes.
Downloads are cheap, and if you need impetus to hit play on the embedded doodad below, Javier Kou's bass tone should serve nicely:
People, our 2do Disco ' odd stories ' is already in Europe, in the format vinilo. But if you do not have tornamesa or you can not wait to come to the records, you can hear you toditititititiiiiiito here. :D to see what you think.
'Odd Stories' (2014) is the second studio album of Peruvian psychedelic rock band 'The Dead-End Alley Band'. It was recorded and produced in Lima, Peru, by Javier Kou, Sebastian Sanchez-Botta and Chino Burga. Edited, manufactured and released on vinyl in Europe by Nasoni Records (Germany) and on CD and tape in Peru by Tóxiko Records and Inti Records (Peru).
This new album is loaded with more heavy, fuzz and stoner scents, that gives the band a new unabashedly sound. An eternal lone and mad trip, through a neverending odd nightmare.
released 20 September 2014
The band:
Javier Kou (Guitars / Bass / Vocals)
Sebastian Sanchez-Botta (Vocals / Organs / Piano)
Leonardo Alva (Lead Guitar at 'The Cosmic Cry Out')
Jaime Diaz (Drum)
The staff:
Chino Burga (Producer)
Hans-Georg (Nasoni Records CEO)
Marco Marin (Toxiko Records CEO)
Diego Valdivia (Inti Records CEO)
Jaime Diaz (Drums edition)
https://deabperu.bandcamp.com/album/odd-stories
https://www.facebook.com/ToxikoProducciones
https://www.facebook.com/IntiRecordsPeru
http://www.nasoni-records.com/
Tags: Lima, Nasoni Records, Odd Stories, Peru, The Dead-End Alley Band, The Dead-End Alley Band Odd Stories
The Dead-End Alley Band, Whispers of the Night: Finding the Reaches
Posted in Reviews on December 4th, 2013 by JJ Koczan
With heavy nods along the way to Pink Floyd, early Alice Cooper and The Beatles, young Peruvian psychedelic rockers The Dead-End Alley Band conjure a classic moodiness throughout their full-length debut, Whispers of the Night, beginning with the immediately meditative vibing of opener "Mirrors and Seagulls." More or less an introduction, the song still manages to set up a good deal of the spirit of the Lima-based act's first outing, released on CD by Ice Label Records in Peru with vinyl through Nasoni. A spare, peaceful guitar sets out in minimalist exploration, slow, patient, but still moving, and toward the very end, a brief spoken word takes hold to smooth the transition into the rest of the 52-minute album, which is engaging and varied in approach but consistent in overall mood and the feel that the group's core duo of guitarist/bassist/vocalist Javier Kou and vocalist/key-specialist (organ, piano, synth, etc.) Sebastian Sanchez-Botta are able to elicit throughout the total 10 tracks.
Structurally, the material is pretty straightforward, but there's a wandering sensibility all the same, and in the compression of the bass tone and snare drum (it sounds like a real drummer, but might be programmed), the textures of the organ and synth, the layering of the vocals, The Dead-End Alley Band immediately conjure a '70s LP vibe. Fifty-two minutes is long for that kind of feel — usually one encounters a more vinyl-ready 35-45 minutes — but they make the time work well, adding Eastern flair to "Lizards and Snakes" in following the traditional psych-folk of the title-track, into which "Mirrors and Seagulls" almost directly bleeds. Tradeoffs between the two singers in the lead role adds to the diversity as "Lizards and Snakes" gives way to the organ-and-bass-led creepiness of "Centuries," which includes a somewhat surprising mash of news samples that, perhaps contrary to the band's mission of psychedelic traditionalism, pull the listener into a more modern sphere with references to Japan's Fukushima disaster and Today Show host Matt Lauer. The results are sonically fluid, but somewhat incongruous in theory, the late '60s Floydian modus crashing into modern realities. Maybe that blend is what brought about the title "Centuries" in the first place, but it's striking either way.
Tags: Ice Label Records, Lima, Peru, The Dead-End Alley Band, The Dead-End Alley Band Whispers of the Night, The Obelisk Radio, Whispers of the Night


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Q: T-SQL: how to process JSON elements with dot in their names? I have JSON object I need to process, using T-SQL. I can successfully retrieve all the elements, except those, having "." (dot) in their names, e.g. System.State, System.UserName. Can one advise how it can be addressed, please?
    DECLARE @v_Json NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'{
    "count": 56,
    "value": [{
            "id": 1,
            "workItemId": 1234,
            "fields": {
                "MainValue": {"newValue": 98765},
                "System.UserName": "User Name 1",
                "System.Id": {
                    "newValue": 1234
                },
                "System.State": {
                    "newValue": "New"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "workItemId": 1234,
            "fields": {
            "MainValue": {"newValue": 123456, "oldValue": 98765},
            "System.UserName": "User Name 2",
                "System.State": {
                    "oldValue": "new",
                    "newValue": "Defined"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}';

--SELECT F.[System.State]
--FROM OPENJSON (@v_Json)
--     WITH ([count] int,
--           value nvarchar(MAX) AS JSON) J
--     CROSS APPLY OPENJSON(J.value)
--                 WITH ([System.State] NVARCHAR(50)) F;

SELECT  JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.id') AS id,
        JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.workItemId') AS workItemID,
        JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.fields.MainValue.newValue') AS MainValue,
        JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.fields.System.UserName') AS itemUserName,
        JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.fields.System.State') AS itemState,
        JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.fields.System.State.newValue') AS itemStateNewValue

FROM OPENJSON(@v_Json, '$.value') AS v

Edited to add a result screen, where I would expect to see, for example, "User Name 1" in column itemUserName.

A: It should be enough to use quotes in your JSON path:
    JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.fields."System.UserName"') AS itemUserName,

This returns with values:
DECLARE @v_Json NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'{
    "count": 56,
    "value": [{
            "id": 1,
            "workItemId": 1234,
            "fields": {
                "MainValue": {"newValue": 98765},
                "System.UserName": "User Name 1",
                "System.Id": {
                    "newValue": 1234
                },
                "System.State": {
                    "newValue": "New"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "workItemId": 1234,
            "fields": {
            "MainValue": {"newValue": 123456, "oldValue": 98765},
            "System.UserName": "User Name 2",
                "System.State": {
                    "oldValue": "new",
                    "newValue": "Defined"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}';

--the query
SELECT  JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.id') AS id,
        JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.workItemId') AS workItemID,
        JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.fields.MainValue.newValue') AS MainValue,
        JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.fields."System.UserName"') AS itemUserName,
        JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.fields."System.State".oldValue') AS itemState,
        JSON_VALUE(v.value, '$.fields."System.State".newValue') AS itemStateNewValue

FROM OPENJSON(@v_Json, '$.value') AS v;

A: To repeat my answer from SQL Server Central, with the 3rd set of sample data I was provided (the above is the 4th..):
DECLARE @v_Json NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'{
    "count": 56,
    "value": [{
            "id": 1,
            "workItemId": 1234,
            "fields": {
                "System.Id": {
                    "newValue": 1234
                },
                "System.State": {
                    "newValue": "New"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "workItemId": 1234,
            "fields": {
                "System.State": {
                    "oldValue": "new",
                    "newValue": "Defined"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}';

SELECT F.[System.State]
FROM OPENJSON (@v_Json,'$.value')
     WITH (fields nvarchar(MAX) AS JSON ) J
     CROSS APPLY OPENJSON(J.fields)
                 WITH ([System.State] nvarchar(MAX) AS JSON) F;

Which returns the dataset below:
System.State
-----------------------------------------
{
                    "newValue": "New"
                }
{
                    "oldValue": "new",
                    "newValue": "Defined"
                }

db<>fiddle

A: This opens and flattens the JSON and assigns unique column names
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Raps fail to execute late in loss to Bulls
Questionable decision-making costs the Raptors in an important game with Chicago.
By Braedon Clark Feb 20, 2014, 9:10am EST
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Evaluating an NBA head coach solely on the basis of his tactical late-game strategy is a bit like judging the size of an iceberg by measuring only what you can see above the water; in both cases, there's a lot more hiding just below the surface.
Good coaching is about a million different things: managing personalities, policing the locker room and making good use of practice time, to name just a few. The X's-and-O's of the games themselves make up a relatively small part of a coach's job, although its importance and visibility makes it by far the most scrutinized aspect. Fans and media members don't enjoy the luxury of seeing how a coach interacts with his players in practice; how he handles the frustrations of a player who's fallen out of the rotation; how he works with his general manager. The obsession with tactics is probably a bit overblown, but it's the most available thing to focus on, and so we do.
We often judge a great deal of a coach's effectiveness by how well he calls plays out of a timeout. Gregg Popovich is a genius in this regard. Dwane Casey? It's one of the weaker parts of his coaching repertoire. For proof, look no further than last night's hard-fought 94-92 loss to the Chicago Bulls. After falling behind early, the Raptors fought back and found themselves with a good chance to win in the last few minutes. Toronto was on a back-to-back and the Bulls had been resting, waiting in Toronto while the Raptors took care of the Wizards the night before. The teams entered last night's game 1.5 games apart for the third seed in the Eastern Conference. If the Raptors won, they would have taken the season series 3-1, an important potential tiebreaker.
Alas, it was not to be, and one of the reasons why was abysmal play-calling. The Raptors called three timeouts in the last minute of the game, ostensibly to draw up a play that would give them a quality look at the basket. Here's the shot they got out of the first timeout:
That's DeRozan taking an impossible step-back jumper over Taj Gibson. There are still nine seconds on the shot clock at this point. Total number of passes on this possession? One: the inbounds pass. I'm sure Casey didn't want DeRozan to take this specific shot, but the play appeared to be designed for a DeRozan isolation. It wouldn't be the last.
Here's the shot the Raptors got out of the second timeout they took, this time down four with 38 seconds to go:
To be fair to Casey, I doubt this was the designed play call. After Hansbrough caught the ball on the inbounds pass, he apparently decided it would be a good idea to try and post up Joakim Noah. This play was only saved when Amir Johnson grabbed the inevitable offensive rebound and converted a three-point play, bringing the Raptors within one and setting up their final play after a timeout:
Sigh. This is DeRozan, moments before getting his shot blocked by Jimmy Butler to effectively seal the game. There's no doubt that DeRozan is a wonderful offensive player and a good shot creator, but putting him in a one-on-one situation with Butler, a great defender, is just not a great option. Again, this was clearly an isolation play out of the timeout. Number of passes on this possession? You guessed it: one.
What's perhaps most concerning is that Casey doesn't seem to have any problem with these sorts of shots. From the Toronto Star:
"Whether isolation plays are good or bad can, and will, be debated forever but the simple fact is that Toronto coach Dwane Casey was quite happy putting the ball in his all-star's hands and seeing what would occur."
What's also a simple fact is that isolation plays are usually some of the most inefficient in the game, and especially so against a set defense and one of the league's premier individual defenders. It's a recipe for inconsistent success, and it's not going to be good enough in the pressure cooker of a playoff series.
Casey does a lot of things well as a coach, but his lack of creativity in late-game situations isn't one of them. Let's hope that changes or there will be more endings like last night to come.
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Over the last few months, there have been lots of rumors about the future of PostNuke, and also the failings of PostNuke as it is today.
We at Team PostNuke think that on this occasion of hitting 10,000 members, that we should point this out to the world, let you all know that PostNuke is alive and doing great, the numbers speak for themselves.
If you wanted to have a peek at our pnForums Stats page, you'd be surprised to find the numbers speak quite clear as to the success of the forums, and our support structure we have in place. You could also, if interested enough, have a look at our pnForums Memberlist on those forums, to see in more detail, how many people actually even had to post. Many hundreds have not. Are they lurking? Maybe. Did they find what they needed while they were here, went back to their own sites with the information they were seeking and continued to work on their sites? We would like to think so.
There are many other Content Management Systems out there, good ones, one's that are new and up and coming, others that have been around for many years and have spawned forks from them going in new directions, as is the history of PostNuke. But our numbers continue to grow by leaps and bounds. This says something, this says that PostNuke is "the" choice of users worldwide.
Many of you that have been around a long time, know that there have been slow times and fast times alike around the world of PostNuke, this is the way of open source I believe. Just when you think everythings going great, something gets in the way to slow things down. We have had a few of these kinds of set backs in past months. One thing is sure though, as people come and go, there remains one constant thru it all, that is, the PostNuke project itself.
This project has brought people together from all points of this small world we all live in, many new friendships have been born, some have been lost, but the idea that the project itself should live on has always been there at one point in time for all of us.
In eight months over 10,000 people have logged in for the first time on those forums to see what PostNuke was all about, many more new "pnUsers" do each day.
There are some CMS projects out there that have no forums at all, either they don't have the time to be bothered with their users, wanting to help them succeed and use the software, or, they just don't have the support infrastructure that we do here at PostNuke. This is just one of the many great things about this software, that is the support you get with it.
PostNuke is not a finished product, but you'd really find that hard to believe by looking at how many use it worldwide in many, many different countries and languages. We are all here because we like the software, we like the tools that have been created by the wonderful teams of the past, present, and future developers of PostNuke. I for one, want to thank them all for their contributions.
In the coming weeks as has been promised, PostNuke .726 will hit the streets running. This will be our last release until .80 which has not yet been announced as to when it will be ready, but I can assure you all that it is being developed by some great developers, and you may have even visited the test site by now, which is running on the new code. The improvements are great, the new tools being developed right now for that .80 release promise to be exciting for us all. You can expect to be supported when it gets here.
PostNuke is alive and doing great, the software is constantly being developed, and there's room for you to get involved. We are always looking for new pnUsers that have an interest in working with the team.
Our forums shine above the rest of those other Content Management Systems because of the pnCommunity and the way we support each other on a daily basis. Yes, there have been times when there's been bad press posted, nay sayers if you will, that have spoken up to say they are unhappy with how things are going, well, we're sure sorry that some feel this way. Look around, we're trying, we are succeeding, PostNuke is still growing, it's growing every day.
As always, you'll find the support you seek on these forums if you are a new user. If your a seasoned veteran, come join us, get involved and help out on the pnForums, help someone else get going with their very own PostNuke site. Together we will take PostNuke places it's never gone before. The interaction of developers with users here on these forums IMHO, is second to none. We take pride in the support we give those that come to ask for help.
As with everything else branded with the name PostNuke around here, the forums are constantly being reworked to provide a better place to come to and get help fast. Changes will be made there as often as necessary to insure this continues. If you'd like to get involved, and you know your way around the PostNuke software well, we invite you to pitch in, if you don't have time to drop by the forums every day, maybe you have the time to put together tutorials of things you know about. The Tutorials and Solutions area is a great place to publish your work, and it will surely help others coming in behind you, new to all of this.
We want to thank all that have helped out these past 8 months on our new pnForums to make them the success that they are, and we invite you all to look forward to the future of PostNuke.
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Electric car charging network one of seven projects to share €77m Climate Action Fund
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 11:00 AM
ESB has welcomed this morning's announcement of €10m in the first round of Government funding under the Climate Action Fund.
The ESB's proposal for a national high-power electric vehicle charging network in Ireland is one of seven projects to share the €77m in funding that would leverage an additional €220m in private sector funding.
It is hoped the seven projects will reduce emissions by 200,000 tonnes a year.
The €77m will go to the seven projects below:
€10m for ESB eCars to develop a national vehicle charging network.
€8.5m to Gas Networks Ireland to support a facility which allows renewable gas to be injected into the grid.
Up to €20m to develop the Dublin District Heating System, utilising waste heat from the Poolbeg Incinerator to heat homes and businesses.
Another €4.5m is being allocated to South Dublin County Council to develop a district heating system.
€15m for Irish Rail to trial hybrid engines on its fleet.
€17.5m to upgrade 326,000 public lights to high-efficiency LED.
A further €1.4m to reduce fuel consumption across the freight industry.
The ESB's original car charging infrastructure is almost 10 years old and the firm says it needs to be expanded and upgraded to support the Government's aim to de-carbonise transport in Ireland.
Marguerite Sayers, Executive Director Customer Solutions at ESB, said the funding is the most significant moment in the e-mobility story in Ireland.
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She said: "Enabling the electrification of transport is a key part of ESB's Brighter Future strategy to tackle climate change. We are committed to supporting the Government's ambition to have over 500,000 electric vehicles on Irish roads by 2030.
"Critical to achieving this ambition will be the availability of a reliable, country-wide public charging network, that can facilitate the charging needs of significant numbers of electric vehicles, eliminate 'range anxiety' and enable seamless EV travel across the island of Ireland."
Ms Sayers also outlined ESB's Climate Action Fund proposal for a high power charging network across Ireland.
She said: "Our proposal is to install over 100 high-powered (150kW) chargers at key locations on the national road network. These chargers which will typically provide an additional driving range of 100km in six minutes.
"In addition, subject to planning permission and approval, we intend to replace 100 50kW fast chargers which can recharge a car to 80% in 25 minutes and to also refurbish up to 200 standard (22kW) chargers."
The Minister for Transport, Shane Ross, said "this support will accelerate our transition to a low carbon transport future".
He said: "It will ensure that the work of the Low Emission Vehicle Taskforce in expanding the range of incentives available for EV purchase and ownership will be supported by a modern, widely available charging network and the sharp growth seen in EV purchasing as a result will be sustained."
Minister Ross said he was also "pleased that the Fund will support Irish Rail's proposed year-long trial of hybrid powering of intercity diesel trains".
He said: "If successful, this could be rolled out across the fleet. This, in parallel with a comprehensive trial of alternatively fuelled and retrofitted buses in Dublin and Cork that is set to begin next week, makes it an exciting time for greening our public transport fleets. Collectively, these trials will play an important role in providing the information we need to invest in the right technologies in order to move public transport to a cleaner and lower emission future.
Two other projects were awarded funding in order to further the greening of the freight sector.
Mr Ross said: "The eco-driving project in Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford has the potential, if successful, to be scaled up nationally while the GRAZE biogas project intends to support gas-fuelled vehicle purchasing, making indigenously produced biogas an available and viable vehicle fuelling option for freight fleets in parts of Munster."
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How do you get to hear your own voice?
At a recent coaching meeting, my coachee sat down and said he wanted to think out loud with me. He said nothing else then sat quietly. This was an unusual request, as the usual way we would begin our meetings would be for him to dive into a long update about what had been happening since we last met. And my usual response would be to let him talk for five minutes before interrupting and asking him what was on his agenda for the meeting. But this time he said what he wanted to do and…..stopped. I was taken aback. What was going on? So I asked him. What had given rise to this request? And what he told me was a story about something he had learnt from his 12 year old daughter which was revolutionising how he had decided to lead. Here is what he said….
During the recent Spring break he had gone away with his family and, because he and his wife had just had another baby, she was very involved with the new arrival and he had more time than usual to spend with his daughter. During a walk on an empty beach one day, he asked his daughter what she was enjoying at school at the moment. Instead of giving him an answer to his question, she said 'Dad, don't talk to me when I'm talking to myself. I'll talk to you when I've finished'. Intrigued, they walked along the beach together in silence. Eventually his daughter said: 'OK, I've finished my talk to myself. What did you ask me?'. By now my coachee was far more interested in what his daughter was doing when she talked to herself, than he was in his original question. So he asked her why she liked to do this. And her answer was: So I know what I'm thinking and I don't have to just think what everyone else tells me.
What this wise young girl had come to realise - earlier in her life than most people - is the increasingly vital skill of thinking for herself: not just adopting the latest trend, spouting the words someone else has worked on but working out her own reality. She realised that she was being bombarded with streams of other people's thoughts, images, ideas and opinions…..Twitter, SnapChat, Facebook, WhatsApp….. meant her need to find her own voice, to know her own thoughts and speak her own views needed something else from her. In the emptiness of a long Cornish beach, my coachee realised that his daughter was giving him a way to operate that was very, very far from his usual method….but one that was essential for him as a leader.
In the conversation father and daughter then had together, he could see that the first thoughts about an issue or a question he faced was usually someone else's thought - the conventional answer or analysis; he realised that the demands he allowed others to make on his time meant he rarely concentrated long enough on one issue - he found it hard to arrive at a solution or a point of view that would be genuinely his own, that would stretch the thinking of those around him and support them to arrive at sustainable or innovative solutions for their business. He realised he had people around him who only knew how to keep the routine going. Who could answer questions, but didn't know how to ask them. Who thought about how to get things done, but not whether they're worth doing in the first place. So we spent our coaching meeting, with my coachee putting in to practice the lessons he had learnt from his 12 year old daughter. An unusual but very effective coach.
So how do YOU make sure you can hear your own voice - and not just the voices of everyone else?
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How do you give yourself a listening MOT?
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Fall 2017 MenswearRag & Bone
NEW YORK,February 11, 2017
by Nick Remsen
"There's too much separation between reality and runway sometimes," said Rag & Bone's Marcus Wainwright of his decision to cancel the catwalk and, instead, reveal his Fall collection via an exhibition of numerous portraits (ranging from Joan Smalls to Jerry Seinfeld) shot by Glen Luchford and Frank Lebon. "The project was designed knowing we were going to have to dress a lot of real people—doing a runway show seemed tone-deaf. It's just not relevant for us anymore."
Real people is a phrase commonly—if not overly—uttered in fashion, but for Rag & Bone, its usage is valid. The company has a far and wide, accessible reach, and within its menswear component, that wingspan is further informed by a "timeless approach. Whereas for womenswear, there's a more seasonal shift . . . with men's, it's all about constantly perfecting the key pieces," said Wainwright.
For Fall, that sharpening hit high notes in its return to a tenet of tailoring, military, and workwear—Rag & Bone is best, ultimately, when it strikes these keys. (Wainwright can do broodier streetwear, but this mix is truer to form.) See: a camel topcoat with a black contrast collar, inspired by the designer's grandfather's classics from Savile Row; a reinterpreted English special forces field jacket; a great camo knit cardigan; and greater-yet denim utility pieces. One won't ever find anything groundbreaking in a Rag & Bone lineup, but that's fine. "Real people" want real clothes.
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End the drug war on women
Once again Nevada legislators are trying to win the unwinnable war on drugs by putting the burden on ordinary and innocent citizens.
This year, Washoe County Sen. Sheila Leslie is sponsoring legislation to change over-the-counter cold medicines into prescription drugs, thus increasing the cost of health care in order to make the ingredients for meth more difficult to obtain. This legislation was not requested by health care professionals, drug counselors or anyone who knows anything about how to combat drug use. Rather, it was requested by the Nevada District Attorneys Association as one more step in a punitive enforcement strategy that has failed for decades, designed by law enforcement officials with little knowledge of this health care issue.
It is worth remembering that when the United States handled drug abuse as a health care problem, it had a tiny problem. But since drug prohibition was enacted, drug abuse has become a gargantuan problem.
The Nevada Legislature, instead of enacting more foolish anti-drug bills, should instead enact a resolution memorializing Congress to end the drug war once and for all before the family unit is destroyed.
As the National Organization for Women has described the situation, "the incarceration rate of women convicted of low-level drug-related offenses has increased dramatically in the past decade as a result of our nation's relentless 'War on Drugs,' and poor women and women of color have been disproportionately targeted for drug law enforcement and receive long mandatory prison sentences that have little relationship to their actions or culpability. … [T]wo thirds of women in prison have at least two children who are displaced as a result of their incarceration, often forced to live in the care of family, friends, or state-sponsored foster care where they may be at increased risk of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse."
Prohibition always has those kinds of unintended consequences on low income people. Consider, for instance, Connecticut's 1950s policy of prohibition of birth control. One scholar has written, "Enforcement of the statute against those working in clinics kept birth control clinics closed in Connecticut for twenty-five years. The lack of birth control clinics may not have greatly affected middle-class and wealthy people who could afford private medical care, since doctors would often ignore the laws. The lack of clinics primarily harmed lower-income women who needed the free or low-cost services birth control clinics provided."
In her essay "Moms United to End the War on Drugs," Gretchen Burns Bergman wrote, "This is an appeal to mothers who have seen first hand the devastation of the drug war. Please join together now and lead the charge to end drug prohibition, just as a previous generation of mothers did to end alcohol Prohibition in the 1930s."At a rally where she spoke in Sacramento, Burns said, "While it may seem counterintuitive that a group of mothers would say such a thing, it's because we love our children and we really feel the war on drugs is more harmful than the drugs themselves."
It was this week in 1939 that Nevada lawmakers repealed prohibition of alcohol for Native Americans on grounds that tribal members should not be treated differently than whites. There was also the fact that prohibition had failed. Some lessons have to keep being relearned.
What about Bob?
C'mon, Bob, lighten up.
Once again, Nevada legislators provide smoke and mirrors rather than taking care of the public's business.
Cowards in charge
Let's drop the "no new taxes" line and do what's right for the state.
Mind over matters
Maybe you could just play with the kids outside for a minute.
Think and act
Why should old people and obselete ideas decide the future.


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Doctor knows best: Research shows doctor-led advice on weight management is effective 31 May 2022
Doctor-led advice on weight management results in effective weight loss and a reduction in waist circumference for people with obesity, new research from Loughborough University has found.
Only recently, Cancer Research UK released a report that showed the number of people living with obesity will outweigh the number with a healthy weight by 2040. This shows that we need to support people to lose weight by offering effective services.
The research, carried out in partnership with the Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, was published today (Tuesday 31 May) in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), and looks at the results of 27 trials that included 8,000 participants, with 4,149 taking part in weight management interventions and 3,851 not. Weight change for all participants was recorded at a 12-month follow-up.
Dr Madigan has written about the study in the Conversation.
The delivery of the weight management interventions varied from face-to-face advice, telephone consultations and online support. Four trials were delivered by nurses, four by GPs and eight by non-medical practitioners. Fourteen trials either had a combination or a mixture of practitioners delivering the intervention depending on local service availability.
The key findings of the study are:
Weight management interventions delivered by primary care practitioners are effective and can help patients to better manage their weight
At least 12 contacts with a practitioner are needed to deliver effective weight management programmes in primary care
Those who received a weight loss programme lost over 2.3 kg more and improved their waist measurements by 2.5cm more than those who didn't receive a weight loss programme
Evidence suggests that interventions delivered by non-medical practitioners were as effective as those delivered by GPs – both showed significant and important weight loss
The research was led by Dr Claire Madigan from the University's School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences and Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB).
Speaking about the study, she said: "With the world facing an obesity crisis we need to find effective and affordable ways of supporting people in their weight loss journey.
"This study shows that doctor-led or supported advice is effective in helping people with obesity to lose weight over a 12-month period. Although the 2.3 kg weight loss in the intervention group may seem modest, just a 2-5% weight loss is associated with improvements in overall health.
"From a cost perspective, while we did not determine the costs of the programme, it is likely that interventions delivered by non-medical practitioners would be cheaper than doctor and nurse-led programmes.
"Our research found that interventions delivered by non-medical practitioners such as health coaches were as effective as those delivered by GPs."
Effectiveness of weight management interventions for adults delivered in primary care: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials is published by the BMJ.
Press release reference number: 22/104
Loughborough is one of the country's leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2022 QS World University Rankings and University of the Year for Sport by The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2022.
Loughborough is in the top 10 of every national league table, being ranked 7th in The UK Complete University Guide 2022, and 10th in both the Guardian University League Table 2022 and the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.
Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education's 'table of tables' and is in the top 10 in England for research intensity. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
The Loughborough University London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
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The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is a partnership between University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University. It is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
The NIHR Leicester BRC undertakes translational clinical research in priority areas of high disease burden and clinical need. These include cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and lifestyle, obesity and physical activity. There is also a cross-cutting theme for precision medicine. The BRC harnesses the power of experimental science to explore and develop ways to help prevent and treat chronic disease. It brings together 70 highly skilled researchers, 30 of which are at the forefront of clinical services delivery. By having scientists working closely with clinicians, the BRC can deliver research that is relevant to patients and the professionals who treat them. www.leicesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk
The mission of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. We do this by:
Funding high quality, timely research that benefits the NHS, public health and social care;
Investing in world-class expertise, facilities and a skilled delivery workforce to translate discoveries into improved treatments and services;
Partnering with patients, service users, carers and communities, improving the relevance, quality and impact of our research;
Attracting, training and supporting the best researchers to tackle complex health and social care challenges;
Collaborating with other public funders, charities and industry to help shape a cohesive and globally competitive research system;
Funding applied global health research and training to meet the needs of the poorest people in low and middle income countries.
NIHR is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care. Its work in low and middle income countries is principally funded through UK Aid from the UK government.
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Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition
Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies are off wandering through an enchanted forest when they discover a mysterious tent filled with a series of captivating paintings. As they look more closely, they notice each painting seems to tell the story of a mythical world. While focusing on a painting that shows a medieval land, they are suddenly sucked into the painting, entering the world, and the adventure begins.
Release Date: 12th September 2017
Rayman, named platformer of the year and winner of multiple artistic and musical achievements, is coming to the Nintendo Switch with Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition. It will make full use of the power of the Switch and its new controllers.
Touch Gameplay Rayman Legends takes full advantage of the Switch and its new capabilities. Undock your Switch console and use the touch screen to take out enemies, manipulate platforms, cut ropes to clear a path and much more. With the gyroscope technology, you can move rotating platform and there are many more surprises to come!
Wireless Local Multiplayer Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition will enable up to 4 players to experience wireless local multiplayer. Challenges Connect with your friends through a variety of challenges that will test your skill and speed. Check the leaderboards to see where you rank around the world.
Kung Foot Update Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition will bring new features for Kung Foot! Rayman Rocks! Jump to the beat of a drum, punch to the bass line, even zip-line during a guitar sustain. Timing and rhythm are the key to beat these maps set to music. See if you have what it takes to be a Platforming Hero.
Category: Platformer, Action, Adventure
Franchise: Rayman
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier / Pastagames