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Thu Sep 9
7:30 pm
http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/VenueListings.action?venueId=10598 Sleep, Lichens, and Ga'an at Logan Square Auditorium
When it comes to stoner-metal education, knowledge of Sleep is fundamental. Along with early-’90s acts like Kyuss and Electric Wizard, Sleep helped lay the groundwork for blasting heavy riffs into psychedelic meanderings, emphasizing the “stoner” part of stoner-metal more than most. Its seminal 1993 album Holy Mountain (which the band will play here in its entirety) heaves with down-tuned dirges and Sabbath-derived rumblings. The long-awaited follow-up, 1998’s Jerusalem, os likewise an ambitious effort: It features a single hour-plus track, deemed by its label at the time as “unmarketable.” By the time the album/song was reissued in 2003 as Dopesmoker, Sleep had faded into legend, and its three members had splintered off into other crucial stoner-metal projects like High On Fire and Om. Fortunately, an invite to play All Tomorrow’s Parties in England last year culminated in its current stateside tour.
Logan Square Auditorium 2539 N Kedzie, Chicago, IL
When it comes to stoner-metal education, knowledge of Sleep is fundamental. Along with early-’90s acts like Kyuss and Electric Wizard, Sleep helped lay the groundwork for blasting heavy riffs into psychedelic meanderings, emphasizing the “stoner” part of stoner-metal more than most. Its seminal 1993 album Holy Mountain (which the band will play here in its entirety) heaves with down-tuned dirges and Sabbath-derived rumblings. The long-awaited follow-up, 1998’s Jerusalem, os likewise an ambitious effort: It features a single hour-plus track, deemed by its label at the time as “unmarketable.” By the time the album/song was reissued in 2003 as Dopesmoker, Sleep had faded into legend, and its three members had splintered off into other crucial stoner-metal projects like High On Fire and Om. Fortunately, an invite to play All Tomorrow’s Parties in England last year culminated in its current stateside tour.
Updated 06/03/2011
