"I'm also right blown away by the catchy and compelling all-purpose psychedelia of THE LEGEND OF BLACK SIX by power trio The Phantom Family Halo. I say 'all purpose' because this stuff is useful and should be available by the vat on prescription, because it's good for the mental health. I say power trio, but this lot are greedy motherfuckers with a hefty set of auxiliary members. The sound is totally reminiscent of that 1970 period when no fucker could control the number of overdubs, and these guys pass through every stage from The Youngbloods and Kalackakra to a kind of Amon Duul PARADIESWARTS DUUL-informed take on David Voorhaus' White Noise project via early (very early) Chrome on their way to the proto metal of 'Electric God In Your Galaxy'." - Julian Cope


Louisville's ex-Slint/For Carnation dudes Phantom Family Halo have been hyped as a meltdown of Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Tangerine Dream and Scott Walker fronting Roxy Music; whatever - their new album "The Legend of Black Six" on Cold Sweat Records is a brazenly beautiful experimental-rock thing to behold. (John Payne)

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The Loom is a six-piece indie rock band from Brooklyn that features male/female vocals, horns, guitars, banjo, ukulele, keys, and percussion.

After releasing their debut EP, "At Last Light", in 2008, The Loom toured the northeast US and Canada and played SXSW, Pop Montreal and CMJ 2008 and 2009, including showcases for BrooklynVegan, nyctaper, and Breakthru Radio, as well as BAM's "Sounds Like Brooklyn" series, The Northside Festival, and many more. In their shows on the road and at home, they shared bills with The Antlers, Rural Alberta Advantage, Rock Plaza Central, Julie Doiron, Headlights, Local Natives, and many others.

Music from "At Last Light" has appeared on "Good Morning America" and MTV's "Subterranean" as well as in "The Youngest Candidate" (along with music by Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and others), a documentary by Brooklyn filmmaker Jason Pollock (former assistant to Michael Moore) that was produced by Lawrence Bender ("An Inconvenient Truth") and David Letterman's World Wide Pants. The soundtrack will be released with album art by Shepard Fairey.

The New Yorker recently described The Loom as "the beloved Brooklyn sextet who have lately been guiding their chamber-folk sound to decidedly louder sonic territory," while the website nyctaper.com wrote recently of their live show that, "To say that The Loom's performance was a revelation would be to understate the significance of this unit. They combine musical talent, strong writing, and an abundant amount of band camaraderie into an intense amalgam."

In winter 2010, The Loom completed its debut full-length album, "Teeth", at Maverick Studios in New York, NY with producer/engineer Allen Farmelo. The album was transferred to analog tape at Cowboy Technical Services Recording Rig and was mastered at Howie Weinberg's Masterdisk. Album art was created by Asthmatic Kitty artist DM Stith.

The band is touring the Midwest, Northeast, and Canada in summer 2010 and they played 8 shows at SXSW 2010, including the Muzzle of Bees Backyard Barbecue and the Austin Town Hall Showcase. They were recently selected as "Best of What's Next" by Paste Magazine.

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Old Baby is the burning shithole project of NO ROOM FOR THE LIVING vocalist Captain Funeral (master of stoned fist). Together with Japanese torture vocalist Osaka Entrails (vocals), and The Grime Machine (programming, guitar, bass, effects, etc...) Old Baby creates diahrea grind with gut wrenching vocals. They don't write songs, they invent them.

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