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Thursday, February 7, 2008
 

 

I have another quip up over at Austin Sound, and it's about a great experimental pop group called the Weird Weeds. The column can be found here.  Before you do that though, I recommend letting the always great Dead Meadow make your life a little better with a track from their newly released full length, Old Growth.  The guys are functioning as a three-piece these days, so the heaviness of their last effort, Feathers, has slightly fallen by the wayside in favor of an overall slimmed down bluesy rock feel, which is a nice change of pace.  If you get an opportunity to catch them out on the road with Black Mountain then I highly advise that you don't pass it up.  I know I'll be at Emo's when they play there this weekend.  Enjoy.

:Dead Meadow - What Needs Must Be:  As soon as this gem starts the refreshing arrangement immediately starts chugging away and Jason Simon's smooth vocal work crawls in right after.  So, it shouldn't take you too long to see what I meant when I said that they've streamlined their sound a bit.  Personally, I think it's great since it sort of makes them an act that you don't necessarily have to be in a certain mood to hear.  That's what I call impressive.

There are no shortage of Dead Meadow videos on Youtube, but I decided to go with the one that was recently made for the song above.  Why?  Because I think the vintage look and the dreamy way the shots are streamed together are a perfect representation of the band's aesthetic, sonic or otherwise.

 

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