audiObelisk: My Sleeping Karma Premiere “Ephedra” From New Album Soma
In the six years since their self-titled debut appeared on Elektrohasch, German heavy psych foursome My Sleeping Karma have ascended to one of the most singular approaches in the European scene. Their...
View ArticleThe Obelisk Presents: The Top 20 of 2012
Please note: This list is my personal picks, not the Readers Poll, which is ongoing — if you haven’t added your list yet, please do. As ever, I’ve kept a Post-It note on my wall all year long, and as...
View ArticleBuried Treasure and the Joys of the Garden State Parkway
Not that it’s not something I do on the regular anyway, but there’s something even more satisfying about going record shopping when The Patient Mrs. isn’t around. I guess it’s the illusion that I’m...
View ArticleMy Sleeping Karma Tour Video Documents 2012 Shows with Monster Magnet
Unsurprisingly, the My Sleeping Karma 20-minute tour documentary My Sleeping Karma: A Tour Video really makes me want to see My Sleeping Karma. Maybe that’s not fair, since I wanted to see the German...
View ArticleRevisiting the Top 20 of 2012
They always say you there’s no going back. I don’t know who they are, but they’re right. As I searched back through posts to find the Top 20 of 2012, I realized it had been way too long since I heard...
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