Post by jeanztwo on Feb 15, 2005 22:28:12 GMT 1
Another amazing band from Australia. This is some bad ass trippy shit. Made for peoples that enjoy their music with refreshments.
Black Cab ....Altamont Diary
"Another kick ass release, the sort of psychedelic noir that Primal Scream always promised but were either too stoned or not stoned enough to deliver."
- Stephen 'The Ghost' Walker, 3RRR FM
"Inspired by the notorious Hells Angels gate-crashed Rolling Stones' concert at the Altamont Freeway in 1969, this amazing album from Melbourne's BLACK CAB is a psychedelic journey full of raw guitars, early '70s styled drums, plus eerie electronic and industrial audio treatments. It's rock 'n' roll babes, but not as we know it!"
- The Album Show, FBI 94.5FM Sydney
"Wonderful, idiosyncratic and remarkably ambitious... the set succeeds in capturing an exceptional range of moods, building to a heightened sense of dread with Angels Arrive and Hey People, and the explosive finale of the 10 minute epic, 1970. The musicianship is exemplary - Lee is amazing, his layers of guitars always underpinning tape effects, keyboard washes and Coates' chanting vocals. The spirit of the Grateful Dead is all over the record - check their Cab's splendid version of New Speedway Boogie."
- Jeff Glorfeld, The Age EG, July 2nd
**** "A superb blend of electronica and rock...dramatic without being pretentious, intelligent but not humourless"
- Chris Wormesley, The Sunday Age (Sept. 12th)
"One of the most thematically and musically impressive concept albums, Australia - or indeed the world - has seen in years... A ludicrously impressive achievement that a band – especially an Australian one so removed by time and geography from the Summer of Love – could create such an eerie soundtrack to such an explosive time."
- Anton fasterlouder.com.au
"This is like the soundtrack (to Gimme Shelter) that never was..."
- Jeff Apter, The Bulletin
"Black cab's new album 'altamont diary' has been knocking people out at fbi - and it's easy to hear why. The album was inspired by the rolling stones' free gig at the altamont speedway in 1969 and features some top notch, dirty, grinding rock'n'roll. All the touchstones are obvious (you could almost be on the bus with the merry pranksters), yet the sound is somehow liberating and forward looking. Such is the benefit of hindsight - returning to the past with a crateful of tunes from the 21st century."
- fatplanet.com.au
"In Altamont Diary, these two skilful musicians take the listener on a dark psychedelic trip back to 1969 but still with the present in sight as they pick up bits of the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, combine it with Primal Scream and Underworld, and then mix it all up with the weirdest acid they can find and finally let the listener down with the peculiar sensation that the world will never be the same again…"
- blistering.com
"Altamont Diary is simply amazing…"
- Mary, Beat Magazine
"Set against a backdrop of late-sixties festival goings-on, we're led through a hazy, drug-addled quagmire of rock and roll history, helped along by dark, spacious guitar, ominous and driving rhythm, arrangements, and haunting backroom overlays. With the obvious advantage of a historical framework, this album is a steady paced well mapped out trip through events long gone, and one of the more unique rock experiences I've had on a long while."
- Daniel Griffith. InPress Magazine
"Black Cab has faithfully recreated the sound of the time in a fashion that is almost unnerving. The blissful guitar pop of Summer of Love opens with birds chirping, and it's easy to imagine a motley group of hippies waiting patiently in the outdoors listening to this song. Angels Arrive is a much darker piece that incorporates organ and some vaguely progressive-sounding guitar, over a chugging guitar riff that provides the backbone of the track. Good Drugs sounds as if it was conceived in a haze of LSD, and 1970 is an uplifting sounding atmosphere track that still manages to sound fresh after ten minutes. Thrown into the mix is an interesting cover of The Grateful Dead's New Speedway Boogie to provide yet another anchor back to the time and place."
"Occasionally with concept albums, bands run into the trap of assuming that the listener is clued into what the concept is. Happily, Black Cab haven't done this, and it's quite possible to listen to "Altamont Diary" without having the faintest clue where Altamont is and why it was important, and still get something out of it. Ultimately, that's the mark of an excellent album."
- Craig Franklin, halo-17.net
**** "Original. Creative. Assured. They’re about the only words I need to describe this brooding piece of work from Melbourne indie act Black Cab. Full of atmospheric guitar effects, trippy keyboard sounds, moody drums and an assortment of alternate instruments (sitar, wind chimes), ‘Altamont Diary’ is perhaps one of the finest debut releases this reviewer has heard in a long time. Tied in with the Rolling Stones infamous free concert at Altamont Speedway – they employed the services of the Hells Angels for security and in their role, they bashed crowd members and killed an innocent spectator – it’s not only the music which works on so many levels but the thought provoking presentation of the CD sleeve and its cover art (the red blood stain over black and white concert photos really provides a poignant moment) plus actual eyewitness sound bytes which they’ve interspersed at various points throughout the album. From the laid back groove of Summer Of Love through the intense Good Drugs to the beaty vibe of New Speedway Boogie and the epic 1970, it’s an impressive release. This isn’t just a debut; this is a statement."
- Mark Rasmussen, ozonline.com.au Oct' 04
Black Cab ....Altamont Diary
"Another kick ass release, the sort of psychedelic noir that Primal Scream always promised but were either too stoned or not stoned enough to deliver."
- Stephen 'The Ghost' Walker, 3RRR FM
"Inspired by the notorious Hells Angels gate-crashed Rolling Stones' concert at the Altamont Freeway in 1969, this amazing album from Melbourne's BLACK CAB is a psychedelic journey full of raw guitars, early '70s styled drums, plus eerie electronic and industrial audio treatments. It's rock 'n' roll babes, but not as we know it!"
- The Album Show, FBI 94.5FM Sydney
"Wonderful, idiosyncratic and remarkably ambitious... the set succeeds in capturing an exceptional range of moods, building to a heightened sense of dread with Angels Arrive and Hey People, and the explosive finale of the 10 minute epic, 1970. The musicianship is exemplary - Lee is amazing, his layers of guitars always underpinning tape effects, keyboard washes and Coates' chanting vocals. The spirit of the Grateful Dead is all over the record - check their Cab's splendid version of New Speedway Boogie."
- Jeff Glorfeld, The Age EG, July 2nd
**** "A superb blend of electronica and rock...dramatic without being pretentious, intelligent but not humourless"
- Chris Wormesley, The Sunday Age (Sept. 12th)
"One of the most thematically and musically impressive concept albums, Australia - or indeed the world - has seen in years... A ludicrously impressive achievement that a band – especially an Australian one so removed by time and geography from the Summer of Love – could create such an eerie soundtrack to such an explosive time."
- Anton fasterlouder.com.au
"This is like the soundtrack (to Gimme Shelter) that never was..."
- Jeff Apter, The Bulletin
"Black cab's new album 'altamont diary' has been knocking people out at fbi - and it's easy to hear why. The album was inspired by the rolling stones' free gig at the altamont speedway in 1969 and features some top notch, dirty, grinding rock'n'roll. All the touchstones are obvious (you could almost be on the bus with the merry pranksters), yet the sound is somehow liberating and forward looking. Such is the benefit of hindsight - returning to the past with a crateful of tunes from the 21st century."
- fatplanet.com.au
"In Altamont Diary, these two skilful musicians take the listener on a dark psychedelic trip back to 1969 but still with the present in sight as they pick up bits of the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, combine it with Primal Scream and Underworld, and then mix it all up with the weirdest acid they can find and finally let the listener down with the peculiar sensation that the world will never be the same again…"
- blistering.com
"Altamont Diary is simply amazing…"
- Mary, Beat Magazine
"Set against a backdrop of late-sixties festival goings-on, we're led through a hazy, drug-addled quagmire of rock and roll history, helped along by dark, spacious guitar, ominous and driving rhythm, arrangements, and haunting backroom overlays. With the obvious advantage of a historical framework, this album is a steady paced well mapped out trip through events long gone, and one of the more unique rock experiences I've had on a long while."
- Daniel Griffith. InPress Magazine
"Black Cab has faithfully recreated the sound of the time in a fashion that is almost unnerving. The blissful guitar pop of Summer of Love opens with birds chirping, and it's easy to imagine a motley group of hippies waiting patiently in the outdoors listening to this song. Angels Arrive is a much darker piece that incorporates organ and some vaguely progressive-sounding guitar, over a chugging guitar riff that provides the backbone of the track. Good Drugs sounds as if it was conceived in a haze of LSD, and 1970 is an uplifting sounding atmosphere track that still manages to sound fresh after ten minutes. Thrown into the mix is an interesting cover of The Grateful Dead's New Speedway Boogie to provide yet another anchor back to the time and place."
"Occasionally with concept albums, bands run into the trap of assuming that the listener is clued into what the concept is. Happily, Black Cab haven't done this, and it's quite possible to listen to "Altamont Diary" without having the faintest clue where Altamont is and why it was important, and still get something out of it. Ultimately, that's the mark of an excellent album."
- Craig Franklin, halo-17.net
**** "Original. Creative. Assured. They’re about the only words I need to describe this brooding piece of work from Melbourne indie act Black Cab. Full of atmospheric guitar effects, trippy keyboard sounds, moody drums and an assortment of alternate instruments (sitar, wind chimes), ‘Altamont Diary’ is perhaps one of the finest debut releases this reviewer has heard in a long time. Tied in with the Rolling Stones infamous free concert at Altamont Speedway – they employed the services of the Hells Angels for security and in their role, they bashed crowd members and killed an innocent spectator – it’s not only the music which works on so many levels but the thought provoking presentation of the CD sleeve and its cover art (the red blood stain over black and white concert photos really provides a poignant moment) plus actual eyewitness sound bytes which they’ve interspersed at various points throughout the album. From the laid back groove of Summer Of Love through the intense Good Drugs to the beaty vibe of New Speedway Boogie and the epic 1970, it’s an impressive release. This isn’t just a debut; this is a statement."
- Mark Rasmussen, ozonline.com.au Oct' 04