Warning: stoner rock is coming back with a vengeance.<\/p>\n
I’m not necessarily talking about groups like The Black Crowes
\nwho put out music that anyone can listen to, not just those with
\nthe funny cigarettes. I’m talking about the rock that was almost
\nmeant to be listened to while possessing some kind of devices used
\nfor, aah, “self-medication”. (Having never tried drugs, I can’t
\nspeak from experience.)<\/p>\n
\nIn The Groove<\/i> is a compilation of tunes that I would end up
\nclassifying as stoner rock, and in the end, it turns out to be a
\nmixed bag, with more positive than negative.<\/p>\n
Only a few of the 14 different groups on this compilation are
\nones I’m even remotely familiar with. On one hand, there’s Sheavy,
\nwho we reviewed here not terribly long ago. Sounding a lot like
\nvintage Black Sabbath, they were a band who impressed me a lot the
\nlast time I heard them. Unfortunately, the cut included on this
\ndisc, “Face In The Mirror,” isn’t on that same level.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, there’s Raging Slab, who I remember from my
\ndays in college radio. Taking on the Mountain classic “Mississippi
\nQueen,” they do a version that is pretty much note-for-note, but
\nthey don’t deliver it convincingly.<\/p>\n
Then, there’s Terra Firma, another band we recently reviewed,
\nwho I don’t think could write a song not in the key of D if their
\nlives depended on it. “In Orbit” is further proof. (Would
\nsomebody<\/i> please teach these guys how to transpose?)<\/p>\n
Okay, so far the criticism’s come flying faster than an octopus
\nbeing thrown onto the ice at a Red Wings game. There’s a lot on
\nIn The Groove<\/i> that’s more than merely likeable. Groups like
\nRoachpowder (“Toxic River”), Leadfoot (“Gonna Creep Up On You”
\nsounds a lot like Tool), Nebula (“Full Throttle”) and Roadsaw
\n(“Blackout Driver”) all show that this flavor of rock can be quite
\nenjoyable to everyone. Possibly my favorite discovery on this disc
\nis Sixty Watt Shamen and their contribution, “Whiskey Neck”.<\/p>\n
\nIn The Groove<\/i> is an album that, unfortunately, loses its
\nfreshness rather quickly, and that’s only because the bulk of this
\nmusic stays in exactly the same vein. Only at the end, with
\nAltamont’s cover of “Rattlesnake Shake,” does any real variety
\ncreep in, and by then, it’s too little, too late.<\/p>\n
This is still a disc worth checking out; chances are you’ll hear
\nat least a handful of groups that you think are worth further
\ninvestigation. As for the rest of the disc, approach with a fair
\namount of caution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5827],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-39235","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-various-artists","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39235"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}