tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:47:11 +0000Blog for psychedelic rock band Spiral 25 from Oxford, England.http://www.spiral25.com/blog.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)Blogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-7688596043445603856Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:16:00 +00002010-03-19T18:34:23.404ZReviewE.PSpiral 25Spiral 25 are a psychedelic rock band from Oxford, playing music described by the local Oxford press, if the blurb accompanying the submitted CD is to be believed, ‘slow motion narcotic groove rock’.Oh good, that’s cleared that up then. What the fuck is slow motion narcotic groove rock? It is, it turns out, down beat rock and roll at its finest. All dirty bass, fuzzy guitar, slow and meandering http://www.spiral25.com/2010/03/tasty-fanzine-ep-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-133157936540460808Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:26:00 +00002010-03-19T18:37:28.463ZReviewhead full of snowE.PAnybody with half a mind to come off second best in an argument with a solid wall of psychedelic sound could do a lot worse than checking out Oxford’s own Spiral 25.This currently unsigned act have been plying their trade in technicolour noisemaking since early 2008, and their four-track EP, released last year through digital download, is a minor tour-de-force that harks back to the heavier psychhttp://www.spiral25.com/2010/03/dolphins-surfing-milky-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-4542415256237840978Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:38:00 +00002010-03-19T18:44:00.221ZReviewE.PzeitgeistSpiral 25 make no bones about it. They're a psychedelic rock band. It says so in the first sentence of their bio. Of course than can conjure up all sorts of horrors involving paisley pattern, shoegazing and the bloody awful racket made by the likes of House Of Love. Lucky for us, Spiral 25 look a bit further afield to the likes of the 13th Floor Elevators, coming up to date with The Warlocks and http://www.spiral25.com/2010/03/of-best-new-psych-bands-ive-heard-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-8180710514419334501Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:46:00 +00002009-11-02T18:52:26.402ZThis week we are valis Pick of the Week on Trip Inside This House on KDHX radio, in St. Louis, Missouri. This means on tomorrows show 2 tracks from our debut E.P will be played.It will also mean we will be on next weeks shows on http://psyveleeta.podomatic.com/Hope you enjoy.http://www.spiral25.com/2009/11/trip-inside-this-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-6871411057336722410Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:42:00 +00002009-10-03T19:54:33.055+01:00We were played last week as part of an awesome radio show called Beyond the Wall of Sleep.I would recomend anyone with some interests in Psychedelia & Shoegaze type indie music, which hopefully you have to be reading this, to check out some of their shows, if you have a couple of hours you want some music for stream or download one or two and check them out.http://wallofsleepradio.blogspot.com/http://www.spiral25.com/2009/10/beyond-wall-of-sleep.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-305974750700345503Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:10:00 +00002009-09-05T16:18:10.093+01:00ReviewE.PSpiral 25Keeping the spirit of broody, dark, non-metallic drone alive are Spiral 25 - a mostly five, sometimes six-piece from Oxford who flaunt the undeniably catchy label bestowed on them by the local music press (theirs, that is): 'slowmotion narcotic groove rock.'Careful. That might wind up a legitimate genre of music.Reviews of the band compare their sound to the Jesus and Mary Chain, Spacemen 3 and http://www.spiral25.com/2009/09/drone-magazine-ep-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-8235819266433592237Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:58:00 +00002009-09-05T16:02:46.183+01:00VixensReviewGolden AnimalsOxfordnewsSpiral 25liveA far cry from Vixens, these guys were sunglasses-wearing, long-haired and bearded drone/sludge rockers highly reminiscent of Pontiak among others. Very loud and thunderous, they caused a very strange sensation at times – the singer’s voice seemed occasionally to cause your brain to throb when he held a note, one of those feelings which uneasily straddles pleasure and horror.Andy Johnsonhttp://http://www.spiral25.com/2009/09/golden-animals-revisited.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-8578635647142189682Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:36:00 +00002009-08-20T18:36:20.063+01:00Last night we played a fun gig at Oxford's Jericho Tavern for Coo Coo Club supporting the fantastic Golden Animals, a duo who have been living in the Californian desert for the past two years consisting of Tommy who sings and plays a very raw bluesy guitar and Linda who sings and plays the drums. Also playing were another excellent Oxford band, Vixens.It's was nice to see such a good turnout on ahttp://www.spiral25.com/2009/08/golden-animals_8279.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-4972510906936594800Tue, 26 May 2009 20:13:00 +00002009-05-26T21:19:07.448+01:00ReviewOxfordOxford PuntSpiral 25liveWe played the Oxford Punt earlier this month. Organised by Nightshift Magazine the Punt is a mini festival held across many venues in one evening in Oxford.Here are some snippets of reviews from that night."Sprial 25 turn The Cellar into a dark womb of numb bliss and stonedparanoia with their molasses-thick drone rock. It’s a claustrophobicexperience, an expertly controlled swirling fug of heavy http://www.spiral25.com/2009/05/oxford-punt-reviews.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-3078345203281142679Sun, 17 May 2009 17:06:00 +00002009-05-26T21:24:48.175+01:00ReviewnewsE.PIndiesurf.comSpiral 25 debuted with their great EP here. They can be really good doing live shows. When you listen to their EP, there would be not much difference to seeing them live as they manage to stamp their live and jamming sound to their music, whatever track they play. :-)Spiral 25 EP opens with “Let The Light Shine On”. It was quite an explosive track with the guitar keeps on strumming in the http://www.spiral25.com/2009/05/indiesurf-ep-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-5392582360056042246Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:11:00 +00002009-03-19T10:09:04.093ZemusicnapstervideosyncraticnewsE.PamazonSpiral 25rhapsodyitunesOur debut E.P is available now, both in a physical digipack with full artwork by Russell and as a digital download.The CD is available at £4 from us at gig, or for Oxford people from Videosyncratic on Cowley Road. If you aren't local drop us an e-mail and we can sort something one.Mp3's are also available from the following online stores:iTunesemusicAmazon.comNapsterRhapsodyhttp://www.spiral25.com/2009/03/ep-release.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-3617752387355929685Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:18:00 +00002009-03-18T22:29:11.000ZReviewNightshiftOxfordmusicSpiral 25"SPIRAL 25‘Spiral 25 EP’(Own Label)Rock and roll’s dark side of the street – the side where the pimps and smack dealers and rakish leather-clad waifs exist in eternal shadow – has always held a more seedily romantic lure than the sunny side. From The Velvet Underground’s speed’n’smack rock experimentalism through The Stooges, Spacemen 3 and Warlocks, the needle traces a blackened line that can http://www.spiral25.com/2009/02/spiral-25-e-p-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-1025955972667800740Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:06:00 +00002009-03-18T22:25:35.405ZVacuous PopgigsnewsmusicSpectrumSpiral 25Spacemen 3One Unique SignalliveOn Tuesday 24th February, Spiral 25 supported Spectrum at The Wheatsheaf in Oxford along with One Unique Signal from London.Spectrum is the band of Pete Kember (aka Sonic Boom), founder member of 1980s/1990s band Spacemen 3. This was one of the first times for many years that Spectrum had performed as a full band and it was quite something to hear Spectrum playing almost an entire set of some of http://www.spiral25.com/2009/02/spectrum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-1255199128863930918Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:21:00 +00002009-03-18T22:25:35.406ZtracksSongsnewsideasmusicSpiral 25Over the past couple of months as well as working on the E. P. we've also been doing some more jamming. Out of that we now have 2 or 3 new songs including a new set outro and we can't wait to play them at The Cellar on January 31st. We've also been working on our intro and a couple of little bridge bits between songs so we have a very solid and interesting set for the next gig.http://www.spiral25.com/2009/01/new-material.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-2290499619695369469Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:45:00 +00002009-03-18T21:43:42.269ZgigsnewsSpiral 25The first Spiral 25 E. P. is due out at the end of January 2009. The E. P. will be released on CD and features artwork by singer Russell Denham. The E. P. consists of 4 tracks recorded in Oxford by the band and produced by guitarist Chris Monger.Let The Light Shine OnSignalsShadows In LineToday's Future (Tomorrow's Past)To celebrate the launch of the CD the band will be playing a special gig at http://www.spiral25.com/2008/12/e-p-launch-gig.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-4592309917653556413Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:14:00 +00002009-03-18T21:45:59.848ZgigsnewsLark in the ParkSpiral 25Unfortunately due to a dispute between the licensee and the owner of the venue the gig planned for Tuesday 7th October has been cancelled.http://www.spiral25.com/2008/10/gig-at-lark-in-park-cancelled.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-2306779303041649985Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:43:00 +00002009-03-18T21:49:17.776ZAlabama 3gigsnewsSpiral 25Spiral 25 will be playing their first gig in London on 4th October 2008 at Dirty South in Lewisham. The gig will be an unsigned band show case, music industry people are expected to be there and the event will be headlined by Reverend D Wayne Love from Alabama 3 providing a DJ set.http://www.spiral25.com/2008/09/first-london-gig-music-industry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-8285507386683970387Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:36:00 +00002009-03-18T21:43:42.925ZnewsBBC IntroducingRadioSpiral 25The song "Let The Light Shine On" has been played on BBC Radio Oxford during the BBC Introducing programme presented by Tim Bearder. On Saturday 20th September bass guitarist Joe Chapman appeared on the show to advertise the band's upcoming gig at The Bullingdon Arms in Oxford on 25th September.http://www.spiral25.com/2008/09/spiral-25-on-radio.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408234100661616808.post-5640259202960187082Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:33:00 +00002009-03-18T22:29:11.001ZReviewSpiral 25SPIRAL 25The Cellar, 16/08/2007Tonight's drug of choice is acid and the flange pedal is king. Both bandsare well named, each hinting at the journey they're set upon.Spiral 25 are making their first live outing tonight, formed by variousmembers of the much-missed Factory and tonight intent ondigging a deep, dark hole of slowmotion narcotic groove rock.They're hairy and blissed-out, spaced-out http://www.spiral25.com/2008/09/slowmotion-narcotic-groove-rock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spiral 25)0