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Sunday 19 January 2014

THE DEVIL RIDES OUT RELEASE NEW MUSIC VIDEO 'EMPTY SKY'

THE DEVIL RIDES OUT
RELEASE NEW MUSIC VIDEO 'EMPTY SKY'
 

Long before Beyonce dropped her self-titled video album late last year, four very hairy, very loud gentlemen from the west coast of Australia dreamed a little dream. Perth stoner/sludge lords The Devil Rides Out announced back in June 2013 that they were to release a short film for every track on their new release, each one with a different director / artist given free reign to do whatever they liked. This "video album" was entitled 'Ugly Creatures'.

As they had hoped for, the resulting films have been incredibly varied but always interesting, from Cat Hope's experimental take on 'Blood River' to the more traditional live performance video - with a twist - of Baz Harvey's 'Ugly Creature'. They've also enjoyed a bit of success, with 'The Righteous Walk' - created by the bands own Joey K and Andrew Ewing - selected to appear on the 2014 Music Feedback DVD compilation, and Richard Eames' epic video for 'Burn Again' being selected for the 2013 WAM Festival DVD compilation as well as the 2013 Sydney Underground Film Festival.  

'Empty Sky' - the fifth and final "Creature" in this ambitious video project - has been directed by up-and-coming young filmmaker Robert Bremner and is a badass homage to Eastern samurai cinema via Italian spaghetti western and a Tarantino-esque sexy/cool aesthetic. The dream-like film was shot by Bremner with assistance from Alex Aitken and stars Taihra Swaine and Ayzia Hogan as the rival samurai warriors in a battle to the death, beneath an empty sky...

Watch 'Empty Sky' here now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrrwU_cAXp0

'Ugy Creatures' can be purchased online from the The Devil Rides Out Bandcamp page: http://thedevilridesout.bandcamp.com/

Sunday 5 January 2014

2013 - A leviathan year for the riff!

THY KINGDOM SCUM

Here's our take on what resonated strongly and continues to do so from the mountain of releases that came out in 2013, in some semblance of an order in terms of impact/longevity on the turntable/cd player/car stereo. That said, everything here is a worthy listen - dont pay attention to the numbers so much (the #'s stop at 20, it all got far too hard to sort) the riffs are rock solid right to the end. There's very likely a few things missed (so much goodness this year, hard to keep track of it all!), but all in all this pretty much captures what was listened to heavily throughout.

Check em out & enjoy. Apologies to any bands who cranked out the heaviness in 2013 and have been overlooked here.











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