Deadly Snakes & Black Angels & Creeping Nobodies

The Deadly Snakes, usually playing highly Stones-influences blues rock, tone it down a little in Porcella, their last record since parting ways last year. It may not be the most energetic of Deadly Snakes albums, but the appeal had changed along with the approach: the blues influence is still very much present but the strings are at the forefront much of the time with only a couple of tracks reflecting their past work. It sounds to me like they knew this would be their last one.

Next, The Black Angels give us one of the best psych/sludge/classic/straight-up mothafuckin' rock record in the past few years. Full of powerful songs that call us to arms for some untold cause and riffs that I can't believe have never been played before. If you get the opportunity to see them live, don't pass it up.

Finally, Toronto-based The Creeping Nobodies sort of ride the Pixies train with their spazzy, stream of consciousness vocalist and lay out some creative post-punk with the occasional Sonic Youth-type breakdown. Pretty good stuff.

The Deadly Snakes - Porcella
The Black Angels - Passover
The Creeping Nobodies - Stop Movement, Stop Loss