Top 13 (of The Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology takes over. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.

13. Alan Davey - Captured Rotation
This is the 1996 solo record from 80's era Hawkwind bassist. He's a monster player and this collection is mostly monstrous rocket fueled instrumental tracks with a guest vocal on two tracks by that crazy motherfucker Ron Tree. I saw Tree perform with Hawkweed circa '96 and I was blown away by his snarling Johnny Rotten delivery and the fact that he was half naked with his whole body painted red and giant electric glowing devil horns on his head. Alan Davey is a disciple of Lemmy just the same as me and Ken and you are too.  Space is the place!  (S)



12. Koncz Zsuzsa
Konzy (as I like to call her) was basically the France Gall of Hungary. Hungarian Ye Ye is where it's at, man. Apparently she took on The Man shortly after her dollybird phase, and became a protest singer, which is not an easy gig when you live so close to a gulag. Anyway, everybody sing along! (K)



11. James Luther Dickinson - Dixie Fried
Pure memphis swagger! James is a heavy hitter from Tennessee. His street cred is undeniable. He played piano on Wild Horses by the Stones, and on Teenage Head by the Flamin' Groovies. He produced records for Big Star, The Replacements, Tav Falco, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Mudhoney. What are you waiting for?  (S)



10. Inner Tubes
I don't know exactly what the fuck is going on here, why any of this is happening, or if there's a bigger point to it or what, but the takeaway is, Gary Busey explains how to have sex with an inner tube in this video. You know, in case that's something you were pondering. It's good to know your options.(K)



9. Pressurehed
 Did I post this already? If so…sorry brother. If not, check it out. A space rock band from L.A. same mid 90's era as the Davey record. I saw these guys perform a bunch. To me they were the ultimate cosmonaut rock band of the 90's. They even backed up Nik Turner! Brainstorm here I go!!!!   (S)



8. Curtains!
Awesomely creepy new band that's half Chrome circa '78, half Alice Cooper Band circa '69. Just a total depraved lo-fi nightmare, really. Their album, Deep in Night City, is out now. (K)



7. The Deviants - Disposable
All you Demonologists know who the Deviants are and I ain't ganna waste your time. If ya don't know about 'em, listen to Disposable. It's anything but and has been on captured rotation here at Orgonon all week long.   (S)



6. The Source documentary
Holy smokes! In the California episode of the Advanced Demonology podcast, Swilson introduced everyone to Father Yod, the gentle psychedelic guru who not only led the prolific acid rock band Ya Ho Wha 13, but also sheparded the Source commune, one of the more benign 70's freakout cults. Drag City (home of Neil Hamburger!) has produced a documentary about Yod and his trippy family, and it looks amazing! (K)



5. Forever Changes: Arthur Lee And The Book Of Love by John Einarson
Great book! If your as obsessed with Love and Arthur Lee as I am this is the one to read. Meticulously researched and includes long monologues from Lee himself. Does a great job in separating fact from fiction and believe you me there was a ton of lore about Love. In a way it's kind of bummer in the summer to find out that some of the crazier shit about them isn't true. I won't give it anything away here.  (S)



4. Injun Joe – Indian Priest
A total obscurity from 1970, this is one of the greatest, eeriest vintage psych tunes I've ever heard. The weird thing is, it's just a one-off single from a Belgian studio band. Accidental genius? (K)



3. The Devil's Blood
I don't how I missed all this? They are apparently pretty big. Metal Blade puts 'em out. They are Dutch and if you know anything about the Dutch you know that historically they excel at female fronted occult rock. I can't stop playing this Christ or Cocaine song. (S)



2. Pop-O-Pies
A early 80's San Francisco punk band had an unexpected local radio hit with this awesome cover of The Dead.   (S)



1. Satanic Doomadelica
The first unofficial Advanced Demonology CD compilation, curated by yours cruelly and featuring Swilson's smash hit Cool Skull, is available with the new issue of Metal Hammer. It's their “Occult Rock” special. Pick it up, rock out, and hail Satan. (K)

Top 13 (of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology comes in. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.

13. Rolla Olak
Canadian singer-songwriter who crafts some seriously affecting americana/country-soul/soft rock on his new album, Western Heart. Kinda like Tom Petty jamming with Neil Young at a party thrown by the Eagles in the desert in 1976. Plus he's got a cool name. (K)

12. SOUL!
The first in a series of one hour programs aired Thursday September 12th 1968 at 9pm on PBS. Soul! was a show aimed at the NYC metropolitan area's black community. The ultra-sharp but low-key Ellis Haizlip hosted a range of African American guests ranging from Betty Shabazz (Malcolm's widow) and James Baldwin to Ron O'Neal and James Earl Jones. Coupled with awesome musical guests from every facet of the 70's pantheon of great black music.  Sometimes they even had guest hosts like Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler! (S)

11. April & Nino
April Stevens is probably best known for her crazy-sexy 1959 non-hit Teach Me Tiger, which was banned from radio play for its suggestiveness. That va-va voom tune almost axed her career, but luckily she found success with her brother Nino a couple years later, when they recorded Deep Purple, a million-selling smash hit. While they never topped the charts again, they did have a solid run through the 60's and early 70's. This Bandstand clip features their signature song, Hey Baby. You already know it, even if you think you don't. It's from 1965. The part at the beginning when Nino yanks April's arm bugs me, but what are you gonna do? Sibling rivalry. Anyway, great tune, great lipsynch perf. April and Nino are both alive and well, by the way, and they've got the old timey windows 98 website to prove it! (K)

10. Bathory - The Return…(1985)
After taking Fenriz's class on the history of black metal last week, I thought I'd check out some bands he mentioned that I hadn't heard yet. He spent allot of time on the Swedish band Bathory. After listening to their second record, The Return…, I know why. It's fucking scary, man! I mean it actually scares me! Now I know the point of all extreme Metal is to scare the shit out of people, which throws me off, because In my mind, making any kind of music is about getting laid, no matter what it claims to be otherwise. I guess I assumed in my head, despite all the rhetoric to the contrary, Black Metal dudes where just trying to court creepy Nordic doomer chicks. But after hearing this I am now a true believer in true Black Metal! (S)

9. The Existential Dread of Wearecatfish t-shirts
Wearecatfish is just some dude/chick who creates t-shirt slogans and then hawks the tees via Zazzle, the cheapest, cheesiest t-shirt vendor going. I read through their entire selection yesterday and found myself laughing and wincing in equal measure. Imagine, strolling down the avenue on a bright summer day, wearing a pale blue t-shirt festooned with a message like,  “I ate something weird but I don't remember what it was I think a piece of metal” or “Everything tastes better when you're crying” or “You can fill your stomach with french fries but you're still empty as a person” or “What year is this” or “What do straight people even do”, or (my favorite) “I need to go and lay down on the nearest floor.” I'm pretty sure they're all just Youtube comments, but still, perfect for when you just wanna confound/bum out everybody in the neighborhood. There's 14 pages of these beauties, randomly priced (naturally), on their site. (K)

8. Midsummer Rock
Here it is folks! The entire broadcast! The rock festival made famous by the fact that there's a  sports announcer commenting on the all the rock action. Grand Funk Railroad, Alice Cooper, Mountain and The Stooges, Iggy with the peanut butter. (S)

7. Hansadutta Swami
So you know how most loner folk dudes are just terminally depressed shut-ins from California? Well, this guy sounds like that, but he's definitely cut from a different cloth. Hansadutta Swami was (is?) a German con-man (he used to claim he was Hitler's cook!) who converted to Krishna in the late 60's but still swilled vodka everyday and eventually went to India and assassinated a high-ranking Swami. And then, when he discovered a reporter was hot on his trail, he assassinated him, too. This is all while recording a couple albums' worth of wobbly outsider psych folk. It's also possible that none of this happened, except for the last part. Either way, holy fuck. (K)

6. New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This (2006)
If you already checked this record out back when it came out and have an opinion on it already, move on to the next entry, But if, like me, you're a Dolls fan and were a afraid to listen this, I'm here to tell that it's a cool record.  I always thought the Dolls were like the Beatles, a sum of each part, and without one of the crucial members it isn't actually the Dolls, but that's not really the point, is it? I mean the other guys are dead for god's sake. So on to the music. The songs are really good, David Jo's voice has worn well, he sounds old, but in an old blues kind of way, he sounds the way he was trying to sound like back in the 70's, if that makes any sense.  Sylvain Sylvain is in there plugging away on guitars, so it's all good times. (S)

5. If It Aint' Stiff
Awesome BBC doc on the pioneering indie label Stiff Records, home of Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric, etc etc. I spent the summer of '78 walking around town wearing an “If aint' Stiff it ain't worth a fuck” pinned on my t-shirt everyday. I was 9. I did not get the joke, but I did dig the records. (K)

4. ABC Movie Of The Week
It's now becoming increasingly more possible to time travel, like the character in the book, Somewhere In Time, by just surrounding yourself completely with artifacts from whatever particular time period you want to go to. I've been traveling the last few days to 1972, and the fact that youtube has all the ABC movies of the week on there has made it simple and fun! Check out this weird one with Donna Mills. There is a million more "great" flicks, and I'll be posting some future gems from the past here as I catch 'em.  (S)

3. Vincebus Eruptum magazine
In an effort to reduce the clutter in my life, I've been trying to drastically cut down on the amount of magazines I read/collect. There are many plastic bins in my basement filled to the brim with mags covering  my 60's/70's chicks/movies/rock obsessions, and I'm trying to keep them down there until me and Swilson and our ladies retire someplace sunny in 25 years and then I'll read 'em all while listening to Jeremy Steig bootlegs until I die. That being said, who can resist Vincebus Eruptum, a full color Italian stoner/psych/space rock mag (in English), that comes with a bonus CD of obscure Italian psychedelia? Nobody, motherfucker, so plunk your 11 bucks down and be done with it. (K)

2. The California Shake
If you haven't checked out the California show on Advanced Demonology yet, do it! It's fantastic and I can't stop rocking this song that Ken brought to the table. I mean this is pure Proto-Nothing Metal (Heavy metal themed with lyrics and intention with out the heavy metal guitars and blast beats etc.) You better get up, and run for a doorway! (S)

1. Spanish New Wave
This week on the excellent Booze Tunes Blog, they've been posting volumes of a carefully curated comp series called Spanish New Wave The Golden Age 1978-1984. I think just knowing this exists is explanation enough for why it's here. Get to it, lots of amazing tunes most of us have never heard! (K)

Top 13 (Of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology takes over. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.

13. Lantern - Heart In your Tongue
My favorite living band posted this groovy video of a recent live show in Philly. I dig the track, can't wait for more recordings and now that I live on the east coast I got to get over to the city of brotherly hate, and catch a gig. (S)




12. Pins and Needles
Hidden in a warehouse in LA, Pins n' Needles is an underground pinball arcade run by a saucer-eyed stoner chick, where long-gone daddies and roller girls can tilt the night away. Holy fuck. I think there needs to
be a satellite version in every town. (K)



11. Crime in The Streets
It's 1956, it would be first wave of many, of society sounding the alarm for juvenile delinquency and this is one of the best "JD" films of the era.  It's the late great John Cassavetes debut film. He plays a gang leader hell bent on revenge on his upstairs neighbor for snitching on a fellow gang member for packing a peace. He ropes Sal Mineo and Mark Rydell into his twisted scheme, only the plot is threatened when social worker James Whitmore get's wind of it. Will he stop the boys in time?  Cassavetes hits it out of the park acting wise and Mineo would earn the nickname the "Switch Blade Kid" (S)



10. Tara – Day By Day
Prepare yourself for the K-pop Apocalypse! This 15 minute head spinner has everything: bouncy jams, motorcycles, sword fights, hot chicks, more sword fights, Mad Max-y motorized mayhem, bunny rabbits, and the end of the world. Tara is next level shit, man. (K)



9. Nuggets From The Golden State: The Hush Record Story
A small record label from the San Jose area puts out one of the best selling garage rock singles of all time: The Syndicate Of Sound's "Little Girl". Lot's of lost gems here including The Brougues, starring future Quick Silver members, with their monstrous "I ain't no Miracle Worker", later covered by The Chocolate Watchband, and The Diminished 5th with a weirdo, almost X sounding "Doctor Dear". Get it! (S)



8. Iggy Pop: A documentary
Pretty awesome and thorough examination of the Stooges era, mostly straight from the horses' mouths. You don't hear Iggy explain those bizarro days with such clarity very often. (K)



7. Slade - Play It Loud
After bombing as Ambrose Slade, they dropped the Ambrose and adopted a skin head, doc martin image and put out Play It Loud. Thus further alienating anyone in 1970 England who might be into buying records at the time. Gradually they donned the platforms and rainbow patchwork bells and went to the the top of pops, Play It Loud all but forgotten. I scored a copy for a buck and low and behold it rocks! It's punk as fuck at least seven years before there was such as being punk as fuck and I think they look cool as skinheads. (S)



6. The Banana Car
The Dirty Brothers (!) built a banana car. And now they're gonna travel all over this land in it, spreading peace and love and warning everybody about deep vein thrombosis (!). They really should have done
this in 1967, but better late than never. I can only hope there's a Saturday morning cartoon based on their adventures in the works. (K)



5. The Life Of Oharu
Death, dismemberment, prostitution, and suicide . All the hallmarks of a great Kenji Mizoguchi film. The story is based on a book from the sixteen hundreds but it's told with a proto- feminist heavy hand. Most of his films follow a similar theme, maybe because his older sister was sold into white slavery? We love porto-everything here on the AD. (S)



4. The History of Black Metal by Fenriz
This was originally a DVD extra from Until the Light Takes Us, the recent awesome/ridiculous black metal documentary. Fenriz – one half of 'second-wave' BM chuggernauts Darkthrone- puts chalk to chalkboard
and explains how Sabbath and Motorhead spawned a legion of church-burning creeps decades later. I know, you hate school, but this is one class you'll wanna pay attention to! (K)



3. Stamping Ground Rotterdam Festival 1970
For some reason growing up, my local video store had this on VHS and I used to rent it every other weekend. I thought it was widely available only to never see it again until the inter web age. It's got some great footage of Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the out-tastic freak out band Family. Really good Pink Floyd stuff from Saucerful era, it's too bad that some of the bands on the bill weren't included, instead of a plodding Canned Heat, and a sputtering, one winged,  Jefferson Airplane. But our buddy Al Stewart is featured!  (S)

2. 31 Flavors
The Firebirds were a studio band meant to conjure up fake heavy-psych in a Blue Cheer/Hendrix vein. They released an album that's almost as heavy and just as weird. Word is that 31 Flavors are also the
Firebirds in disguise, and this ultra-obscure album from '69 is full of mind-frying aggro-psych. Not bad for fakes. Bonus: Distortions of Darkness's metal riffing may or may not have predated Black Sabbath by
a couple months! (K)



1. Pussy Galore Live 1987
Reunited once again with all my Records, I dug out some old Pussy Galore. Before the Blues Explosion, before Royal Trux, there was this abomination. Some how I really enjoyed listening to it again. I don't why because it's profoundly unpleasant. (S)

Advanced Demonology Podcast Lesson 12: California

This month, Ken and Swilson explore the musical pleasures and terrors inspired by California!

Listen/download HERE! 

Top 13 (of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology comes in. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.

13. Sonic Flower – Black Sunshine
Blistering Japanese stoner-psyche freakjam that will cave in your skull. I like to wake up to this and then punch in a few windows. (K)

12. A Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio by Paul Myers
I was in the mood to read a book about music again but I wasn't in the mood to read one about drugs and debauchery in the wake of music. It's getting to be an old story with the same old ending, ether death or recovery, the former being more interesting than the latter. I've always been a big fan of Todd's and I knew he produced a ton of records but I never knew the details.  This is a great book about music. Just music. This is just Todd in the studio, there is almost nothing about Rundgren's personal life, it's just about him making records, for himself and others.  Todd was the king at the controls behind some great records: The Band's  Stage Fright, Sparks' Halfnelson, Bad Finger, Grand Funk, The New York Dolls, The Tubes' Remote Control, XTC's Skylarking,  Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell and million other stunners and mega-sellers. If anything it makes you want to check out a for the first time or re-examine a ton of cool records.  A refreshing look at the recording process and I loved every minute of it.  (S)

11.  Sexytime: The Post-Porn Rise of the Pornoisseur
Everything about 70’s (and half of 80’s) porn was fascinating. I mean, the movies themselves are kinda gross/boring, but everything else – the promotional art, the cheap, funky soundtracks, the crackpot producers and druggy stars – all endlessly entertaining. This gigantic book collects some of the cooler/weirder posters from the era in eye-popping full-color, and it’s awesome. Raincoat not included, but recommended. (K)

10. Steve Hillage "L"
Produced by Todd Rundgren (big surprise) this is Hillage's second and maybe most excusable record. Playful, funny, deep and massively psychedelic in a 70's post hippie kind of way that only Gong's guitar play could. Great covers of songs by Donovan and the Beatles. Note the trumpet solo in the clip below by free jazz trumpet player Don Cherry.  Flying teapot Forever! (S)

9. Halina Frackowiak - Wodo, Zimna Wodo
Polish  psychedelic funk is great, because…I mean, who the fuck would expect Polish psychedelic funk? And Halina Frackowiak is the queen of Polish psychedelic funk. Which is a real thing. (K)

8. Hall & Oates - War Babies
Who knew  the smooth operators from Philly could make a record that fits perfectly in the Advanced Demonology pantheon? But They did it. With the Help of guess who? Todd Rundgren. He also helped them get dropped from therecord label for making a scary record. But it's great! By far my favorite thing I've heard by these guys. Weird as hell. It's sorta about how horrifying everything really is. Supposedly it was about New York but ya know….(S)

7. Comedian pisses himself
I’ve watched this a bunch of times, and I  dunno if this is extreme anti-comedy or just a guy having a nervous breakdown, but either way, holy smokes,  this is a long way to go for laff. (K)


6. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Eyes Like the Sky
These Aussie superstar garage rippers are already on the third full-length in 2 years. Eyes Like The Sky is a spaghetti western themed sleaze opera. They are teasing us with one song on bandcamp but I got my pre-order in and so should you. (S)

5. Berry – Le Bonheur
There is only one thing better than watching pretty girls twirl around in the desert singing folky  songs, and that’s pretty French girls twirling around in the desert, singing folky songs. (K)

4. The Ovations
It doesn't get much better than this. I'm addicted to soul and this is pure uncut soul, scored at the dope-spot. Because after hearing this version, I think this song is actually about Heroin…..I'm serious. (S)

3. Dead Malls
With the advent of internet shopping and the cratering of  the US economy, shopping malls have become less and less useful. As a result, many of ‘em are shutting down, and  the spaces are too big to do anything with, so “dead malls” are proliferating all across the country. Deadmalls.com is a website where you can check your state for any dead malls; urban explorers often take photographs of the decaying malls and there’s some pretty eerie videos on Youtube, as well. What will we do with these giant cavernous spaces? My vote is we bring back roller disco rinks. (K)

2. Mad River
A bunch of creeps from Ohio form a band in 1967 and head out to San Francisco for free love and revolution but end up taking too much speed which they thought was acid and accidentally play speed metal way before they or anybody else knew what it was. (S)

1. Ted Russell Kamp – Night Owl
Swilson and I have been going nuts over this guy this week. He’s the quintessential 70’s soft-rock/country-soul crooner, singing plaintive late-night ballads about long-lost loves, only he's not doign it in 1976, when it would have landed him at the top of the AM radio charts, he's doing it right now. This guy makes Dr. Hook look like GG Allin, but goddamnit, the songs are so good, and he clearly means every word, how can anybody resist? TRK, man. This motherfucker is the real deal.(K)

Top 13 (Of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology takes over. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.

13. The Kraken Lives!
Turns out most legends about sea serpents are true. Ever see an oarfish? Holy fuck, they're like 50 feet long! Perhaps most feared and fabled is the giant squid. It was established a few years back that they do actually exist, but in such deep, murky waters, we might not ever see them. Well, fuck that. The Discovery Channel sent some brave divers down there, and now we have the first footage of a giant squid in his natural habitat. Yikes. Let's hope he stays down there. (K)




12. Stubb - Stubb (2012)
It's been a week of barn storming Neo-classic rock here at Orgonon (the new east coast studio were Swilson resides).  Stubb hail from england and they pretty much build all the tunes off the same Hendrix type octave type riff. But you know what? It's awesome! Scale the Mountain is a get high highlight. (S)

11. Morgan Delt - Psychic Death Hole
Cassettes are currently the prevailing medium for psychedelic music. How did that happen? Anyways, this new, head-spinning tape, housed in green, orange and purple, brings you deep inside the kaleidoscopic world of Morgan Delt, an LA sound-shaman who incorporates pop-psyche, krautrock, loops, found sounds, and more into a funhouse swirl of freak energy. I bought this goddamn cassette twice in three days. That's how hard it fried my skull. (K)



10. Sleaze
Taiwan is bopping and dropping to the stoned psychedelic sounds of Sleaze.  A band that rocks as cool as they look.  Enjoy the fantastically titled: A Glass Of What Reminds Me Of Lovesick Potions. Sometimes I think all titles should have to be translated into an Asian tongue than back into eEglish. (S)



9. Serge Gainsbourg acting weird while some Euro-disco chick sings 
Saw this by way of the awesome ye-ye girls blog, Blow Up Doll. Alba wails away while Serge...I'm not sure what he's doing, conducting? Or just freaking freely to the sweet discojam? Either way, good times. (K)



8. The Esquires
Head over to Funk My Soul and grab yourself a copy of this Curtis Mayfield inspired gem! It's like a beautiful day boiled down into a soul record that you can put any time the sky are grey. Dig! (S)



7. The Most Annoying Sounds in the World 
At my dayjob, they've been renovating all week, so I've been serenaded by electric drills. Been fun. Serendipitously, an article was just released this week listing, scientifically speaking, the most annoying sounds in the world, and imagine that, a goddamn fucking electric drill is on it. Some of them seem a little esoteric to me, though. Bicycle brakes? Whatever. Read and cringe. (K)



6. Downfall
Is a movie about the last few weeks of Nazi Germany, a pretty rough week for Germany. This is an extremely well made and well acted film. The guy who plays Hitler should get an Iron Cross for his performance. It's amazing to watch how all the different key players react to the imminent demise of the Third Reich. Some sell out Germany, some rise to the occasion and become heroes, others just commit suicide.  What would you do? (S) 



5. The Eviltones 
There hasn't been nearly enough Satanic garage rock lately. The Eviltones are here to fix that. Demonfuzz lives! (K)




4. Father hires Virtual assassins to kill off his Sons World Of Warcraft Avatars
This kid in China was wasting away playing world of warcraft and was refusing to get a job. So what did his dad do? Read On! (S)

3. Demdike Stare - Hashshashin Chant
70's B-flicks are being sampled and remixed these days by psychedelic bands as much as old funk records were in the pioneering days of hip-hop. This is one of the best examples I've seen. Pure delirium. Demdike Stare, a loop-happy duo from the darkest recesses of your brain, have half a dozen releases out. You should probably get em all. (K)



2. Stonerider
These Neo-classic rockers from Atlanta put out a good record a few years back. It was cool. It rocked. But the new record, Fountains left to Wake, rules! All the songs have killer hooks and great riffs and guitar solos. It's all boogie and blues in a Nazareth kind of way that is oh so hard to actually capture the spirit of some how. It's almost as though the band never really ever listened to punk rock. Which I know is not true, because they were in a post punk type band called Fight Paris. This is everything you wished The Black Crowes would be, but are not. Six Hundred and Sixty Six Stars, if I was to rate it. (S)



1. Groan - Atomic Prophets
80's style doom metal. Hot chick dancing in her underwear. That's about as good as a day's gonna get, isn't it? (K)

Top 13 (of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology comes in. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.

13. Barb Wire Dolls
If you base the quality of a punk rock band on how hot the girl lead singer is (and I do), then Barb Wire Dolls is the best new punk band in the goddamn world. I mean, holy smokes is this chick photogenic.  Their debut album, Slit, is out now. It's fun, poppy, snot-rock. The vinyl version is due out on  Jan 15th. Crazily enough, there's a doc in the works about 'em because they're the first punk band from Greece to make it (sorta) in the US.  Anyway, cool tunes, foxy chick, punk rock. It's can't-miss situation. (K)

12. The Visitors (1972)
You can tell right from the get-go this one is going to be a long slow bummer, 1972 Style. James Woods plays an ex-Vietnam vet who lives on a farm with his girlfriend, new born baby and an aging alcoholic father-in-law.  When they get an unexpected visit from a couple of his old army buddies who have an axe to grind about some shit that went down in 'Nam. Steve Railsback, who played Charlie in Helter Skelter, is as deranged as can be. (S)

11. Blood on Satan's Claw
I've been waiting decades to see this early 70's Satanic-shocker from Tigon, and it was worth the wait. Super creepy flick about kids in an 18th century British village pledging their allegiance to Satan, who stomps around like a mutant goat. I think Black Metal got it's whole schtick from this fucked-up movie.  Also, Linda Hayden is the most evil-looking 18 year old I've ever seen in my life. (K)

10. The Devil Loves Anal Sex
If anyone should know anything about the Devil and anal sex it's going to be gay porn star right? Joseph Sciambra was "saved" from gay porn and homosexuality by Jesus Christ. If you find this video compelling check out the rest of the story! (S)

9. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
UMO is a pop-psychedelic band from New Zealand and/or Portland (there probably isn't that much of a difference). Their second album, the cleverly titled “II” is out next month, and it's awesome, like the Polyphonic Spree on a hot dog budget jamming with Marc Bolan in a basement somewhere. Bonus: the cover has a naked Satanic chick with a sword on it. Double-bonus: pre-order the vinyl from the band, and get an art-print of said naked devil-childe to adorn your wall. (K)

8. Thy Courage Quail -Goblin's Gate
Really nice downer folk, good tunes, great banjo. Songs about being lost in the wilderness of life. "Old Fat Fox" is a highlight. (S)



7. Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings
Rack toys weren't good toys, they were the bullshit plastic junk they sold at the drugstore. They were also one of the greatest things about being a kid. Since they cost next to nothing, you could almost always convince your parents to get you a rubber Dracula or a Banana Splits kazoo. This far-out book collects hundreds of photos of these long-gone childhood trinkets. It's eye-popping and hilarious. I mean, really, a Police Woman Crime Lab Play Set? (K)

6. Puffy Areolas - 1982: Dishonorable Discharge
Brilliant! These serious down home rust belt belt freak out punks/pukes named themselves after something truly delectable, that doesn't get enough media attention, if yah ask me. My guess is that 1982 is the year these scumbags ( I mean that as a  term of endearment) were born?  Bongs explode and beer cans melt. (S)

5. Carny (1980)
I'm not sure why The Band's Robbie Robertson made and starred in a movie about carny hustlers, but he did, and it's great. Gary Busey is an evil clown, Jodie Foster is a teenage runaway, there's freaks and strippers and homicidal rednecks and hustles and hassles. Bitchin'. Really well made and cool flick. (K)

4. Black Science - An Echo Through the Eyes Of Forever
Like if Roky Erickson fronted the Cult or Guns "N Roses? Or maybe if the Replacements took acid as much as they drank? It's like cock freak out rock? it rules! it's really out of fashion to do this kind of thing right now whatever this thing is. This is some of the most out there shit in the out land I've ever outed. Do yourself a favor and spend the time on the lyrics they are fuckin' worth it: "Sitting out on your house, Watching hardcore U.F.O's , Drawing pictures playing solos till ten, are you amplified to rock?" If you order the "Chaos Magick Edition" of the CD the band promises to personally enchant the disc with a rare chaos magic ritual and they are not joking. The disc will arrive haunted! (S)


3. Krautrock: the Rebirth of Germany
Everybody loves Krautrock, ie weirdo German bands from the 70's who mixed rock with jazz, prog, punk and whatever else and made gonzoid experimental head-melter albums. But how did it happen, and who's to blame? This killer doc from the BBC tells the whole kooky story. (K)

2. Death Drug (1978)
This is a tough film to track down and an even tougher one to watch, but  it's worth it.  Philip Michael Tomas stars in an ant-PCP film. Only be careful, you might actually need to smoke PCP to numb the pain. (S)

1. Jessica Pratt
We didn't bother to do any end-of-the-year Top Ten lists because, honestly, there was so much amazing stuff this year that paring it down just seemed impossible to me. Clearly, we are in a rock n' roll Renaissance of some kind. But anyways, that being said, I do have a favorite album of 2012, and it's this one, the self-titled debut by Jessica Pratt. A singer-songwriter from SF, Pratt's plaintive folk songs are deadringers for long-gone hippie death goddesses like Judee Sill or Vashti Bunyan. Her album is haunting, eerie, melancholic, and amazing. I listen to it everyday. I believe I am bewitched! (K)