HOME

REVIEWS

SoundsXP Presents

Pictures from some recent gigs we've hosted:

29 March 2013 - Brixton, London

Viv Albertine, VuVuVultures, Left Leg, Mickey Gloss, Big Wave, No Cars, Arthur Gunn, Simon Love (Pictures)

8 March 2013 - Lexington, London

R.Ring, Golden Grrrls, Slushy Guts and Equinox (Pictures)

On Our iPod

Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (album)

Antony Harding - Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear (album)

Black Angels - Indigo Meadow (album)

Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin (album)

Still Corners - Strange Pleasures (album)

Savages - Silence Yourself (album)

Mikal Cronin - MC II (album)

Can’s Ege Bamyasi played by Stephen Malkmus and Friends(album)

Victoria and Jacob - Festival 7"

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (album)

Sauna Youth - False Jesii Part II 7”

Lightning Bolt - Oblivion Hunter

Robyn Hitchcock - There Goes The Ice (2x 12")

Latest Forum Posts

Album Review

Golden Void
Golden Void Thrill Jockey

Article written by Michael H - Nov 3, 2012

Golden Void are the kind of band that barely needs reviewing, one listen and you’re either with them or a bit of a fool, in all honesty. Like Goatsnake with Mitch Mitchell on drums, Golden Void are a sweaty behemoth of a rock band, all log sawing riffs, octopoid drumming, wobbly vocals, and, for the majority of the album, a deep commitment to loud-loud dynamics. However, there is light and shade: the psychedelic interlude of ‘Virtue’, the bluesy mid-section of ‘The Curve’, the laid-back and sleepy intro to ‘Jetsun Dolma’ and the organ drenched ‘Badlands’.

With a set of songs as strong as this, I would imagine they inspire devotion at their live shows. For me, the strongest tracks are the loud ones, and they are mighty. ‘Virtue’ is a rum-soaked thrash around a dark basement with an amazingly lithe funk beat, as useful for rug-cutting as moshing. ‘Badlands’ is frantically immediate; it crests several crashing waves of guitar crunch and desperate drum breaks before unleashing a demolishing solo. ‘The Curve’ is the pick of the bunch, an absolutely brilliant, unreconstructed slice of classic metal. It even finds room for a spot of Hendrixian blues wibbling.

‘The Curve’ exemplifies everything great about Golden Void. They channel the best of pre-punk 70s rock: psychedelia, blues, awesome face-melting musicianship and an open minded blend of noise and structure. Golden Void have delivered an exhilarating set of arse-kicking rock.

Links:
http://www.thrilljockey.com/thrill/Golden-Void/
www.thrilljockey.com/
www.myspace.com/goldenvoidband