Motorpsycho 2008 US leg

[Earl K]

Motorpsycho will swing by the US this summer, if anyone is interested (you should be).
They have a new album in the bag, new awesome drummer, and have been pulling out the most awesome old gems so far this tour.
For you Europeans, they are currently in Italy, going through Holland, Germany and Denmark in the next week.

2008-06-19/22: Terrastock 7, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
2008-06-20: Columbus OH - Wexner Center for The Arts
2008-06-22: Chicago - Empty Bottle

Anyone doing posters for those shows, PM me cause I want one.

[Badlydrawnbas]

Best live band ever. Saw them quite some times, cause they always visit Eindhoven. They indeed are going to be there next week, and for the first time in (i think) 9 or 10 years i'm skipping the gig. Nothing to do with them... just too busy!

[Earl K]

Ja, the Nederland gigs have a reputation for being great. I want to catch a show down there sometime.

[Earl K]

Review of the new album from straight.com

Little Lucid Moments (Rune Grammofon)

The psychedelic impulse was always one of pastiche: just look at all those ’60s paintings collaged together from Hindu religious iconography, Burpee’s seed catalogues, comic books, and Hieronymus Bosch. At their best, though, such tripped-out mash-ups offered a vision of ecstasy that spoke to millions, regardless of high art–low art boundaries or the dictates of good taste.

That’s the kind of level Motorpsycho’s Little Lucid Moments operates on. This unashamedly acid-etched undertaking contains four long songs—ranging from “YearZero (A Damage Report)”, which weighs in at 11 minutes and 26 seconds, to the 21-minute-long title track—that contain almost everything that it’s possible to describe as trippy. Summer of Love guitar arabesques? Heads-down Motörhead boogie? Soaring Rush-style sonic architecture? Swelling postrock soundscapes? They’re all here, sometimes simultaneously.

Although at heart this Norwegian band is a power trio, it’s a fully modern one, using digital looping and the techno-honed studio talents of coproducer Helge “Deathprod” Sten to build musical structures that are symphonic in scope as well as size. But a sense of exploration dominates its work: complex through they are, Motorpsycho’s collages sound like they were assembled through mad inspiration rather than painstaking piecework. As a result, Little Lucid Moments is every bit as exciting as it is ambitious—you won’t hear a more mind-expanding record this year.

Another good review at allmusic.com

[Earl K]

In addition to playing these few shows, the guys are going to be recording with S. Albini in Chi-town....!

Courier Journal