needs continuum by karen gwyer is really good

I shit on batreleaser, released bat guano all over....

I go back to the first 5 Sabbath records every few months. Nothing like them exists.

Black Sabbath, paranoid, Master of Reality, Vol 4, and sabotage are all amazing to me.

I agree and add Sabbath Bloody Sabbath to this. Sleep is just a very boring version to Sabbath.

As for reissues I like Don Bickoff's "Celestial Explosion". I'm writing a profile on Josh Rosenthal the owner of Tompkins Square Records, watch out for that.

Where???

it leaked earlier this week.

I know this might sound hyperbolic, but this is seriously an improvement yet again. imikuzushi was my favourite record of last year (along with RIP), but this has probably topped it again. it has that really strong, ritualistic air of tima formosa and the spasmodic free-rock of in a flash..., but the recording isn't as over-saturated/distorted as the latter and imikuzushi, much more palatable. it's really beautifully recorded, and far more diverse than anything they've done before, with haino on flute for a track and charlemagne palestine, eiko ishibashi, o'rourke and ambarchi on wineglasses for another whilst haino plays guitar and does his shamanic vocal thing.

overall, it's their most psychedelic effort, and definitely up to the ridiculously high standards of their previous work. every person on the fucking planet needs to hear his shit.

Is it for pre-order anywhere?

yeah, although not from the usual distributors (forced exposure, boomkat etc.) as yet. here's one link I found though: http://www.insound.com/Now-While-Its...e/P/INS116688/

Thanks for the info! I'll probably hold out until I can order it from Forced Exposure or another site I'm more familiar with. I just popped on Tima Forsa. Yr description of it is making my mouth water. I finally get to see Haino in like a week or two. Beyond excited.

This is amazing! I believe this will be the best album of the 2013!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZeRPB5V-44

Here´s little clip from the one of the movies that´s music is in the new Parish album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh4t7e29JII

Kurt Vile's "walkin on a pretty daze" is worth the hype, I can't stop listening to it. Might be his best ever, haven't decided yet. Also really like Milk Music, Merchandise, Sepalcure "Make You" ep, the new White Mystery.

Lots of good stuff, though there hasn't been much hip that has impressed me.

gotta agree.
its such a beautiful album. so much better than smoke ring, but i sometimes miss the lo-finess and simplicity of his earlier stuff.

Really? I truly think his music is meant to be big time, high production, big budget stuff. I can see him playing arenas at some point.

yep! i really miss the rawness of the first few (mini) lps (god is saying this to you and and constant hitmaker), i miss the crazy synth sweeps and noises! square shells ep was a great return to that style. i love that shit.
and i also miss the real heavy stuff like the ones on the hunchback ep (wich is probably my fav from all).
i love the production on that one. very raw.

but kurt is my fav artist at the time. i love his stuff no matter what.
smoke ring and that ep after were kinda boring imo. compared to his other stuff.

what is this? unreleased archival stuff? if so, it is desperately needed.

Yeah it is, it is from the period 1986-93 so pretty stellar SCG stuff.

Sacred Bones just put out two really nice Chilean psych rock records recently.

I didn´t like Kurt Vile at all last summer in Kuudes Aisti -festival.