Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Valient Thorr brought their other-worldly stage performance and musical offerings to Philly's Kung Fu Necktie last Monday for a show that was fitting of their galactic awesomeness. Our Assistant Editor, Andy McNeil, summed it up best in our Valient Thorr Interview when he stated, "Over the past decade..Valient Thorr has preached messages of unity, peace and partying from the pulpit of rock ‘n’ roll. The group claims to have traveled to Earth from the city of Burlatia located inside of the planet Venus. Although the motives of their extraterrestrial mission aren’t fully clear – it’s quite ...
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
1. Trap Them – Filth Rations
2. Valient Thorr – Stranger
3. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
4. United Nations – Never Mind The Bombings, Here’s Your Six Figures
5. Kaki King – Junior
6. The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards
7. Cephalic Carnage – Misled By Certainty
8. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part II (Return of the Ankh)
9. Les Savy Fav - Root for Ruin
10. Galactic – Ya-Ka-May
Trap Them – Filth Rations E.P. (Southern Lord Recordings) – Bulletproof release. Four of the most well executed songs in extreme music in 2010. If you think there was a better overall song offering elements of Swedish death metal ...
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Valient Thorr Interview Exclusive with Valient Himself
By Andy McNeil, Staff Writer
For not being from Earth, Valient Himself has become one of the planet’s most politically and philosophically outspoken inhabitants.
Over the past decade, his band Valient Thorr has preached messages of unity, peace and partying from the pulpit of rock ‘n’ roll. The group claims to have traveled to Earth from the city of Burlatia located inside of the planet Venus. Although the motives of their extraterrestrial mission aren’t fully clear – it’s quite evident that their blistering sound is here to stay.
Their new album Stranger (Volcom Entertainment) is a full-throttle follow-up to ...