Monday, March 14th, 2011
Earth is headed out on tour for the upcoming year. First a stop in Mexico City on March 19th with the Melvins, followed by a 5 week European tour beginning April 1st. Upon their return to North America, Earth will be joined by the amazing band Ô PAON on a tour of the Northeastern United States. In addition to these tours, Earth will perform with Portishead at Asbury Park in October at the festival - I'll be Your Mirror.
NPR recently featured Earth and their new record, Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1, as part of their First Listen Series.
"Originally, Earth pioneered ...
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
The Tapes Your Mother Laid Out for You
Vol. 7
Earth
Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions
1995
Drone
A.W. Miller
It is almost pointless to try to describe Earth because sometimes you wonder, "is this even music I am listening to?" Many an Earth review (mostly from Encyclopedia Metallum, if I recall correctly) have traded off lengthy descriptions for phrases like, "it's about the feeling, anyway."
Earth has received a lot of favorable reviews on their new, twangy, country-tinged drone on Hex and even more so on The Bee's Made Honey in the Lion's Skull. But I'm not going to talk about those. Before that, Earth was essentially just Dylan Carlson, a Seattleite ...