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MacintoshGarden Feedmacgarden@bitbang.social
2025-10-16

Primus – Tales From The Punchbowl (Enhanced CD)

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Combining high end production values, 3-D graphics, spectacular effects and loads of insanely cool stuff, the "Tales from the Punchbowl" Enhanced CD, played on a CD-ROM drive, sends the viewer through

#macgarden #booksmultimedia #1996 #1stperson #ion #primus #prawnsongdesign #macromediadirector

2025-10-15

#OTD in 1988 (37 yrs ago!) in the peace sign shaped park / traffic circle at the center of sleepy #Cotati #California, a free outdoor show featured Sam Andrew of Big Brother & The Holding Co with two upstart bands opening : #Primus featuring future #SonomaCounty winery owner Les Claypool, and my ye olde Celtic folk punque combo The #BedlamRovers

a review...

The Bedlam Rovers, a seven-picce, sometimes
Irish sounding rock and roll band, open the show at La
Plaza under the sun’s warm rays and the Cotati police
department's watchful eyes.

The grass has dried out completely since the latest
rain. This free outdoor concert on Saturday, Oct. 15, is
plut on by Xcntrex.

Were it not for the mandolin, flute and violin com-
plementing the band’s sound, the Bedlam Rovers
would present an ordingary line-up as rock bands go:
drums, bass, guitar and a singer round out the Rovers.
In addition to their set of mostly original material,
they did cover tunes ranging from “Amazing Grace” to
“Sweet Home Alabama.” This is the band that will
play at the Berkeley Square on Halloween.

While some of the town’s long-standing residents
(those whose presence pre-dates the engulfing growth
of Rohnert Park) raise a few eyebrows at seeing so
many people wearing tie-dyed shirst not at a Grateful
Dead concert, the next band takes the stage. Primus
goes over much better than the poetry reading which
preceeded them. The crowd relaxes on the lawn as
heavy bass and drum rhythms of three-piece band are
energetically delivered.

e last act up, the Sam Andrew Quartet, starts
mysteriously with only three members. The saxo-
phone and harmonica together make up a jazz/blues
hybrid kind of sound. As the set progresses, the “quar-
tet” somehow metamorphoses into a five-piece, com-
plete with drums, bass, vocals, guitar and harmonica.Primus, Bedlam Rovers & Sam Andrew Quartet in Cotati Oct 15 1988
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2025-10-11
Nicod, The Fediverse Dude 🐒nicod@diaspodon.fr
2025-10-08

And now for something completely different...

youtube.com/watch?v=ZyTBVkVyFPc

#bassMusic #Primus #foodZik

The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Botkexpmusicbot.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
2025-10-07

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #DriveTime Primus: 🎵 Jerry Was a Race Car Driver #Primus ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

Jerry was a Race Car Driver - ...

2025-10-06

Agriculture – The Spiritual Sound Review

By Owlswald

Black metal is rooted in extremity—a core toolkit of visual aesthetics, speed, power and atmosphere that naturally imbues it with an inherent spiritual essence. But that essence often collapses into a monochromatic buzz of tremolo and constant tempos. Los Angeles-based quartet Agriculture challenges this expectation with their second LP, The Spiritual Sound, moving beyond the solely dark and brutal in search of presence and illumination. Coming off their potent self-titled debut—a record that landed on Cherd’s Top 10(ish) records of 2023—and 2024’s Living is Easy EP, The Spiritual Sound is a statement of pure honesty and fearless experimentation. The record shatters typical black metal conventions, throwing out ritualistic fanfare for a vast array of influences including death metal, noise, math rock, folk, country, and punk. Self-dubbed as “ecstatic black metal,” the foursome demands you check all preconceived notions at the door as they reframe extreme in their own unique and expansive way.

While Agriculture hasn’t completely turned their backs on their blackened roots, The Spiritual Sound uses them as a launchpad to branch out into realms occupied by groups like Liturgy and labelmates Chat Pile. The frenzied, tremolotic dissonance of guitarists Dan Meyer and Richard Chowenhill still power tracks like “Serenity,” “Flea,” and “Micah (5.15am),” underpinning Leah Levinson’s manic vocals and Kern Haug’s unhinged drumming. Now, however, this approach serves as a stepping stone to more expansive horizons, as Agriculture’s originality has fully blossomed. The record’s forty-four minutes are a playful, unpredictable and complex patchwork of styles: math rock chaos (“My Garden”), sludgy down-picked riffs (“The Weight”), soothing Slowdivey shoegaze harmonies (“Flea,” “Dan’s Love Song”), punky gallops (“Micah (5.15am))” and delicate, folky passages (“The Reply,” “Hallelujah”). This diverse blend transmits an authentic ethos centered on camaraderie, collective struggle, and catharsis, grounded in themes from queer history and AIDS-era literature to historical collapse and Zen Buddhism. As unconventional as it might be, The Spiritual Sound’s mission is a clear success: to craft unique, empowering music that fosters community without pretense.

Agriculture’s experimentation largely shines through Meyer and Chowenhill’s impressive and inventive shredding. The duo injects The Spiritual Sound with tons of flashy guitar work through a hodgepodge of bends, squeals, trills, and high-pitched pick taps around more conventional bouts of thrashy riffing and smothering tremolos to create a vibrant spectrum of textures. The captivating leads in tracks like “The Weight,” “My Garden” and “Bodhidharma”—the latter of which contains one of the best solos I’ve heard in a long time—take influence from Tom Morello’s (Rage Against the Machine) boundary-pushing designs or Larry LaLonde’s (Primus) accented jams, while “Flea’s” solo elicits the expressiveness of classic rock. Song o’ the Year candidate “My Garden” explodes into a whirling dervish of frantic math fretwork before dropping into one of the most crushing riffs I’ve heard all year. It then transitions into a soothing interlude for a brief moment before bludgeoning you once more with heaviness and rapid-fire high tremolo runs. This constant shift between doom- and groove-laden weight, jarring dissonance, and soothing ethereal passages is what gives The Spiritual Sound its complex structure and feeds its absorbing, often unpredictable journey.

The Spiritual Sound’s novelty is equally defined by Levinson and Meyer’s vocal performances. Levinson shifts between extreme intensity and introspective subtlety, delivering ear-piercing shrieking rasps balanced by softer, more experimental elements like the poetic, spoken word found in “Bodhidharma” or the conversational tone of “Flea.” The strategic use of soothing clean vocals and Meyer’s beautiful harmonies in songs like “The Reply,” “Hallelujah,” or “Dan’s Love Song” also provides essential emotional contrast, amplifying the impact of the record’s heavier tracks and buttressing Agriculture’s originality. The coarse production—courtesy of Chowenhill—is compressed and somewhat lo-fi but allows the quartet’s unbridled sound to rush through the speakers with both raw aggression and clarity.

Agriculture may have stumbled into black metal during their formation, but the genre—and The Spiritual Sound—is all the better for it. Though their ambitious scope results in some unevenness (“Flea” and “Serenity” rely on tropey structures and interlude “The Spiritual Sound” is confusingly split into its own track), Agriculture is unafraid to walk its own path, successfully blending various styles into a great record authentically rooted in the power, community and pure enjoyment of extreme music. Black metal purists should look elsewhere—however, those who approach The Spiritual Sound without pretense will find a unique, genre-defying experience that only gets better with every play.

Rating: Great!
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: The Flenser
Websites: agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/music | agriculturemusic.com | facebook.com/agriculturemusic
Releases Worldwide: October 3rd, 2025

#2025 #40 #Agriculture #AlternativeMetal #AmericanMetal #BlackMetal #ChatPile #ExperimentalMetal #Liturgy #Oct25 #Primus #RageAgainstTheMachine #Review #Reviews #Slowdive #TheFlenser #TheSpiritualSound

The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Botkexpmusicbot.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
2025-09-29

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Early Primus: 🎵 Jerry Was a Race Car Driver #Primus ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

Jerry was a Race Car Driver - ...

2025-09-28

🎸 This has gotta be the best #music interview on the Internet #primus #primussucks #sunday youtube.com/watch?v=YDdHdKtD-uM

2025-09-23

"Random YouTube recommendation. I see weird outfits and instruments. I click. Kick ass music. I'm Happy." (from the comments)

🎩 👁️ Friends of #TheResidents (/ #Primus) might like this.

youtube.com/watch?v=AHbdYT8U_r4

Rickysixtel
2025-09-19

I listened to my first albums today. Interesting. At least I didn't stop it from playing. That's a good sign.

Fizzle Fry
Sailing the Seas

J. Jacoby (a person)jacobyaudio@techhub.social
2025-09-12

Let's put something cool on here today. This is a great interview. Just wait till he picks up the bass.

#audio #bass #Primus

youtu.be/YDdHdKtD-uM?si=0zg7gb

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