Chronic Youth » Neu! http://chronicyouth.com Celebrating Brutal Culture Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:17:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 BLOOD CULT: A NEW FORM OF MIDWEST REDNECK BLACK METAL http://chronicyouth.com/2010/02/blood-cult-a-new-lp-of-midwest-redneck-black-metal/ http://chronicyouth.com/2010/02/blood-cult-a-new-lp-of-midwest-redneck-black-metal/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:07:10 +0000 fred http://chronicyouth.com/?p=3039 The MidWest’s own Blood Cult is an unlikely combination of genres: redneck rock and black metal. Then when you think about Darkthrone’s legacy, etc, it doesn’t seem so weird as just an awkward idea. They’re releasing We are the Culk of the Plains on Moribund Records March 2nd.  Shockingly, it fucking rules. It’s some beautiful blend of bar-rock Thin Lizzy riffs, even some NEU! influence and, sorta, black metal. Everything about this sounds like it shouldn’t make sense, but it does. It makes perfect sense. Kinda like The Flight of the Sleipnir? Make sure to check out “Devil’s Sabbath” on their Myspace account.

Check it out HERE, then buy it March 2nd, 2010.

]]> http://chronicyouth.com/2010/02/blood-cult-a-new-lp-of-midwest-redneck-black-metal/feed/ 0 HARMONIA & ENO 76 SEES REISSUE http://chronicyouth.com/2009/08/harmonia-76s-tracks-and-traces-gets-reissued/ http://chronicyouth.com/2009/08/harmonia-76s-tracks-and-traces-gets-reissued/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:37:56 +0000 fred http://chronicyouth.com/?p=594 In the midst of the fairly recent and overly visible Krautrock revival, there is some really moving music (Nevermind the $35 CD reissues of early Kluster on Captain Trip). Particularly of note is the Harmonia project, which features both Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius of Cluster as well as Michael Rother of Neu!. It would be fair to say that Harmonia often tended to be a sugary reinterpretation of some of the former’s more palateable moments, melded with Rother’s signature guitar-style. In a word, exactly what you’d expect, but enjoyably so. Following their dissolution, Brian Eno was on his way to work with David Bowie on what would be his Berlin Trilogy, and somehow convinced Harmonia to set aside some time to work on a few tracks together. Gronland/High Wire Music provides us here with a reissue, remaster, and rework of what constituted their release under the name Harmonia & Eno 76, Tracks and Traces, which was all but lost. More ambient in style than previous efforts, here is a chance to relisten to an album consisting of some of the most innovative minds from the 70’s, and electronic music in general.

Harmonia & Eno 76’s Tracks and Traces is out October 6 via Gronland / High Wire Music

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