Playlist of the Week [28/7/2014 - 3/8/2014]

The members of Downtuned Magazine suggest music for the week

Thanos > Baby Huey - A Change is Going to Come
Kavaldi > Wedge - '61 SG
Parasight > Zeke - I Don't Give a Fuck
Victor > Antemasque - I Got No Remorse
Pijo > Gila - Black Kettle's Ballad
Just a Burn > Million Hollers - Explanation Below
Sotos >  Arenna - Metamorphosis in Ic [0​,​9168 g​/​cm³]
Vasilis Durden > Εγγονόπουλος / Πουλικάκος / Socos - Η Ύδρα των πουλιών
Christos A > Junip - Line Of Fire
Sakaros > Guerrera - Ted Kaczynski

[Interview] Down with Stonenrow

Welcome to Downtuned.

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

We met some time ago, back in 2008 to be exact. A bunch of worked up guys, wanting to play some heavy rock tunes and through drugged sessions, a lot of jams and interchanging bass players we have the current lineup. Treliaris on the beats, Mike on mids, and John (our newest member) on low freqs. We started playing at many different studios until finally ended up playing at our own place, feeding curious neighbors to electrified jackal teeth.

[Playlist of the Week] 21/7/2014 - 27/7/2014

The members of Downtuned Magazine suggest music for the week

Thanos > The Adolescents - Fukushima Lemon Twist
Kavaldi >  Johnny Winter - Rock Me Baby
Parasight >  Lydia Lunch/Gallon Drunk - Diggin' the Hole
Victor > The Afghan Whigs - Matamoros
Pijo > Misfits - Saturday Night
Just a Burn > Deadfile -  This Hollow Land
Sotos >  Purple Dino - B.D.O.
Vasilis Durden > Lizardia - Aurora On Jupiter
Christos A >  Ozzy Osbourne - Walk On Water
Pol Lord & Sonic D. > Red Stoner Sun - Rock n roll Gypsie
Sakaros > Sleep - The Clarity

Fuzztastic Planet Festival (2&3 Aug.'14)

Following the great success of last year's festival, the "Fuzztastic Planet's" orbit this year is passing again through Northern Greece on August 2nd & 3rd, to provide us with Trippy Jams, Killer Grooves and all those 70s vibes, and this time in a new and admittedly beautiful venue. The festival will take place in Kokkinogia Lake, one of the most beautiful landscapes in Northern Greece and near the city of Drama. "Kokkinogia Lake is Fuzztastic Planet Festival’s new home. A lavish piece of nature of 137,000 square meters, containing facilities such as shady camping sites, kiosks, toilets, shower rooms, an open-air bar, a tavern and a playground, it promises to offer an unforgettable festival experience."

[Playlist of the Week] 14/7/2014 - 20/7/2014

The members of Downtuned Magazine suggest music for the week

Thanos > Ersen - Gunese Don Cicegim
Kavaldi >  Radio Moscow - Before It Burns
Parasight > The New Christs - Waves Form
Victor > Samurai - Balada del Sol
Pijo > Love - 7 And 7 Is
Just a Burn > Phant - Cúrsa Imbhualadh
Sotos >  This is Nowhere - Theme for Peter
Vasilis Durden > Shrinebuilder - Nagas 1&2
Lyk > Purple Dino - Jack and the Mosquitoes (feat. Babis Mavridis)
Christos A > Dozer - Mongoloid
Pol Lord & Sonic D. > Warrior Soul - Junky Stripper
Sakaros > Heritage - Black-Eyed Witch

[Interview] Down with Half Gramme of Soma

Welcome to Downtuned

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

We’ve been active since the beginning of 2011. We actually met through ads in musicians’ forums and that’s how our first line-up took shape. We released our self titled debut in early 2013. Since then a few line-up changes occurred, in fact everyone but the two guitarists has been replaced. With this new line-up, which has been together for a year now, we toured around Greece for the first time. We now feel there’s a stronger connection between us both musically and in terms of communication.

[Playlist of the Week] 7/7/2014 - 13/7/2014

 

The members of Downtuned Magazine suggest music for the week

Thanos > Scum Ruts - Scum Of The Night

Kavaldi >  The Heavy Eyes - One Hand On The Buffalo
Parasight > The New Christs - This Is A Party
Pijo > Ill Wind - People Of The Night
Sotos >  Disconnected Flowers - Little Girl
Vasilis Durden > Psychic Ills - Take Me With You
Christos A > Neurosis - My Heart For Deliverance
Pol Lord & Sonic D. > Black Space Riders - Give Gravitation To The People
Sakaros > Shooting Guns - Motherfuckers Never Learn

[Playlist of the Week] 30/6/2014 - 6/7/2014

 

The members of Downtuned Magazine suggest music for the week

Thanos > The Lime Spiders - Slave Girl
Kavaldi >  Rival Sons Amazon Artist Lounge - Electric Man
Parasight > The Broken Circle Breakdown - The boy who wouldn't hoe corn
Victor > Kalamata - Fucker
Pijo > Bad Religion- Along the way
Just a Burn > Zaum- Zealot
Sotos >  A Victim Of Society - Enough Said
Vasilis Durden > Weeed - Motorcycles
Christos A > Ghost - If You Have Ghosts (Roky Erickson Cover)
Pol Lord & Sonic D. > The Egocentrics - Mystic Initiation
Sakaros > Purple Dino - Royal Flush

[Review] Planet of Zeus - Vigilante

One of the reasons I slightly delayed this review, was because of my initial inability to describe the musical direction of this album. And by saying that, I don’t mean that I wasn’t able to categorize it under a genre tag (this isn’t my task after all), I mean that every time I was giving a listen to this album I was constantly discovering  new layers of music and influences. I wrote like 3 different review drafts in order to describe this album but every single one of them was too complicated, so I said “Fuck these complicated analyses, I’ll keep it quite simple. Its Rock n Roll after all.”

[Review] Sadhus (The Smoking Community) - Sadhus (The Smoking Community)

It was about time for some putrid, hellish sludge to come out from Greece. Damn, the last time I listened something worth was Guinea Pig’s demo from back in 2008 (please leave all your post-atmospheric “sludge” cocktails aside). Thank god, these bong-blessed fellows, called Sadhus (The Smoking Community) are here with their self-titled debut to fill this gap.

Τhese guys are authentic and passionate. It would be a mistake to expect something innovative or original, since their music is a straight decendant of both big sludge schools (see UK and USA, where they perfectly balance between them). But Sadhus just live for it. I don’t know a thing about their backgrounds or every day lives but it’s like sludge is a way of life for them (see EHG, where their music was a mirror to their lives). Another thing I have to give out my kudos for; is the lack of any NOLA references in their attitude as a whole, like Athens is located just next to New Orleans. Not that I have anything against NOLA or the "southern" influences in music, I'm just sick and tired with all the Down (as an example) wannabees believing or wishing to have been born in Louisiana.