[Playlist Of The Week] 10/03/2014 - 16/03/2014

The members of Downtuned Magazine suggest music for the week

Thanos > His Electro Blue Voice - Spit Dirt

Kavaldi >  Atomic Bitchwax - Forty Five

Parasight > Tamikrest - Tisnant an Chatma
Victor > The Raveonettes - The End [A Psych Tribute To The Doors]
Pijo > The Beatles - The Inner Light
Just a Burn >  Moon Coven - East

Sotos >  Nightstalker - Mad Prophet
Vasilis Durden > All Them Witches - Charles William
Lyk >  Sun Worship - Elder Giants
Christos A >  Orchid - The Mouths of Madness
Pol Lord & Sonic D. > Bad Liquor Pond - Saccharine

[Interview] Down with 9oz. of Nothing

Welcome to Downtuned.

Tell us a few words about the group, when and where did you get started?

How did you meet?

We started a year ago, when our first rehearsal occured. Internet brought us close to each other and we are thankful for that. We all were searching to create a band and play some music and now we are here and doing what we love to do.

Which are your musical influences?

Our influences are based mainly in southern rock and metal sounds. We are combining this southern style with some stoner and heavy rock attitude.  Black Sabbath is our fathers but we want to take this to some new path. We try not to be so much influenced at the end of the day and maintain our music character in.

[Playlist Of The Week] 3/03/2014 - 09/03/2014

The members of Downtuned Magazine suggest music for the week.

Thanos > The Men - Pearly Gates

Kavaldi > Foghound - Get in my Van

Parasight > Psychedelic Trips To Death-That Girl Is Rock'n'Roll
Victor > Thorun - Festival at Fires Peak
Pijo > Mars Red Sky - Way To Rome
Just a Burn > Ignatz - Abandon The Night

Sotos > Ida Maria - Devil
Vasilis Durden > Child - Mean Square
Lyk >  Dö - The Await
Christos A > Five Finger Death Punch - House Of The Rising Sun
Pol Lord & Sonic D. > Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats - Dead Eyes Of London

[Quick Fixes] Twingiant - Sin Nombre EP

[Like Soto's review about Purple Dino below, this review was written a few months ago. Now, the magazine side of Downtuned is back on track, so here it is:]

Exactly one year after the release of their full-length album (“Mass Driver”), Twingiant return to our speakers with a new EP called “Sin Nombre”. This time the band from Phoenix, Arizona, provides us with nearly 25 minutes of heaviness and groove all filtered through band’s personality.

[Quick Fixes] Mexicocaine - The Stoned Ape EP

“Mexicocaine” is a five piece band from Thessaloniki, Greece, and this is their introduction work “The Stoned Ape” EP, which consists of five tracks. Their sound stands somewhere between hard rock and the heavy rock stuff we tend to call “stoner”.

The EP has some good ideas dispersed among the presented songs but their best composition is hands down “Lizards”. A slow tempo bluesy song filled with some desert vibes and great guitar work. 

[Playlist Of The Week] 24/02/2014 - 02/03/2014

The members of Downtuned Magazine suggest music for the week.

Thanos >  Tamikrest - Imanin bas zihoun
Kavaldi > Black Sabbath - Dirty Women
Parasight > Vånna Inget - Krockade Bilar
Victor > Megadeth - Tornado of Souls
Pijo > Cave - Arrow's Myth
Just a Burn > Les Indiens - Love Machine
Sotos > Scissorfight - Appalachian Chain
Vasilis Durden > Wiht - Orderic Vitalis
Lyk >  Electric Wizard - Mountains on Mars
Christos A > Ozzy - Killer of Giants
Pol Lord & Sonic D. > 45 Grave - Night of the Demons

[Review] Purple Dino -Demosaurus

(This review should have been published 9 months ago since this demo was released in May 2013. All of the below were written back then and they are published now with some small additions-updates.)

These four guys from Greece share some common “good addictions”. Among others: rock, heavy music, groovy tunes, good alcohol and the “fuzz” are these addictions that brought them together to play the music they love. 


This is their first demo release titled “Demosaurus” and it can be downloaded for free from bandcamp. This 3-track demo was recorded in two weeks time by themselves, in the guitarist’s home, with no professional equipment and with a borrowed microphone (DIY at its best). Taking all these into consideration the result is a very decent recording both for music and vocals. Immediately after the tracks were released in bandcamp they kept working to remaster and perfect those tracks so that they were able to have a decent audio CD soon on their hands.  So the CD was ready until the time they participated in the “Fuzztastic Planet Festival” in August 2013.

[Tour Diary] Singapore Sling live in Greece chronicle

Day 1

It was almost 08:30 when I boarded the train to Athens from Larissa to meet Victor who was already on board from Thessaloniki. Thursday the 3rd of October, a date long anticipated for the first ever Singapore Sling gig on Greek soil, in the legendary Αν Club of Athens. Subsequently, we would go on a small Greek tour with them. The journey was typical, the compartments half empty, quiet in general. When we arrived at Athens me & Victor (the driver) headed to a friend’s (Filitsa we love you) place to leave baggage and chill until 17:30 when the sound check supposedly would begin. Around 16:30 Victor gets a call from someone, who would later discover was Bjorn Victorsson the band’s drummer, saying that none is at the airport to pick them up!! Thankfully, Michael (from You Trip Me Up) got in touch with the local promoters and the matter was solved but the sound check was running already late.

[The 70's Vault] May Blitz

  

Formed in England, May Blitz was a hard rock band, with some prog and psych elements, having released only 2 albums. The band was formed in 1969 by Canadian guitarist and vocalist Jamie Black, bassist Terry Poole and drummer Keith Baker. Shortly afterwards, Terry Poole and Keith Baker left, with the latter joining Uriah Heep who were recording the Salisbury album. The also Canadian Reid Hudson took over the bass duties and Tony Newman was the new sticksman, who had previously been playing with The Jeff Beck Group.

European Festival Guide 2014

Below you can find some of the best festivals taking place all over Europe this year, organised by month/date. Of course the list is not complete yet and it will be updated regularly with each festival's lineup additions, as well as with festivals coming in our attention.

If you know a festival related to the kinds of music Downtuned covers and it's taking place in Europe, don't hesitate to contact us in order to include it.