The Quaker Goes Deaf

07/29/2026

THE QUAKER GOES DEAF has added a new playlist to Spotify. ( #90) It’s a collection that understands the vagaries & power of ROCK. Some new, some old, no crap, all gold. Playlist for #90 is: Super Furry Animals, The Yum Yums, New Math, Parlor Greens, The Sheepdogs, The Strange Encounters, Numidia, Deep Purple, The Shea, Cosmic Kangaroos, Leland Sundries, The Stands, The Sails, Colorworks, Black Market Karma, TodoMal, Spell, L’Ira del Baccano, Sundial, Social Distortion. You can follow THE QUAKER GOES DEAF on Spotify to access future playlists if you are interested. Thanks! Here is the link for playlist for #90:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2uenSpIAK7o3d2Mogxye22?si=sbjuvvTsQZG4iw2GsoKz9w

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07/24/2026

The Great Society Mind Destroyers “Spirit Smoke” (Slow Knife”, 2011) The most recent studio release from this Chicago band is a masterclass in transportational psychedelic space rock. A mystic storm of soul-searching noise hovers over distant, dreamy vocals. Brilliant guitar work punishes twisted notes with a stinging cosmic ferocity that opens the gates to the promised land of audio mind travel…from Hendrix-inspired leads to neo-industrial Sonic Youth riffs. At seven minutes each, “Temple Lurker” and “Divinorum” deliver maximum strains of lava-laced chaos dampened with structured fuzz overload and far away voices. “Samsara Drag” follows that with a more rhythmic approach, blending a bit of melody with a hypnotic allure. “Equation Of Time” closes side one with a 60s salute to noisy blues-based, tripped-out brilliance. “Now Riot!” opens side two amidst background protest voices that grow into ever-engulfing sounds of total head-space jam explorations. “Mystic Warriors” contributes more rhythmic fun and magic wah-wah sounds to the journey, while “Higher Bodies” ventures into a darkly beautiful probe of narcotic wonder. “Spirit Smoke” will melt your ears off with a volatile combination of innovative heavy sludge and inspired psychedelic freak-out jams. RIYL: Bardo Pond, Dungen, White Hills, Dead Meadow, Hawkwind, Groundhogs, Mogwai, Flying Saucer Attack, Comets On Fire. QR = 8.9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs6JrPWRtgs

07/14/2026

Black Box Massacre “Pink Edition” (Echodelick, 2025) The 2nd album from this German trio lays down four tracks, each one 10-12 ambitious minutes long. “Pferd” opens with a fragile lone guitar strain leading to a dark, marching rhythm that explodes with a hard rock/metal power thrust to a crunch-worthy noise finale. “Raffi Nerie” echoes into existence with a haunting vibration that slowly finds an expanding groove seeking to locate the center of heavy industrial/metal noise. “Funk” rocks out of the gate in a hard funk/metal groove that mixes industrial grunge with a masterclass of Hammond organ sound topped with a funky jazz groove…and that’s just the first half! From there it moves through a starlit krautrock/disco roll into the heavy end of stoner rock. “Texas” starts with a Sabbath-y blues rock rumble, mellows into a gentle psychedelic galaxy exploration, rocks with cosmic intention, then supernovas through a hypnotic, funked-up classic rock/metal finish. “Pink Edition” is a raw cosmic trip through the heavier end of space rock. RIYL: Slift, Hawkwind, Elder, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, The Sword. QR = 8.0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoCnJt0ZzWA

07/09/2026

Early July arrivals for the listening room!

Vinyl, top row L to R: Orion's Beethoven "Tercer Milenio", BLKE "BLKE", Kontinuerlig Drift "Kontinuerlig Drift". 2nd row: Tranquonauts "III", Green Desert Water "Eerie Meadows", Nature Of The Beast "Alone In My Room". Bottom row: Certain Death "Strange Garden", Las Robertas "All We Need Is Now". CDs, top to bottom, L to R: Heavy Eyes "Focus", TodoMal "Graveyards Of Joy", Horse Lords "Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive", Fuzzing Nation "Mothertruck", Okay You Win "End Of Days", Smokemaster "In The Temple", Onségen Ensemble "A Tale", The Sheepdogs "Keep Out Of The Storm"

06/30/2026

June music arrivals: 1. A few LPs picked up while in London recently. 2. New vinyl arrivals in the mail. 3. New CD arrivals. (See text with photo for artist/title info.)

06/04/2026

A few times every year this song creeps into my brain and hangs around for a week or so. Have a listen and maybe it will hang in your ears for a while.

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04/26/2026

THE QUAKER GOES DEAF has added a new playlist to Spotify. ( #87) It’s a collection that understands the vagaries & power of ROCK. Some new, some old, no crap, all gold. Playlist for #87 is: Razorhouse, Gazelle Twin, Vibravoid, Pernice Brothers, The Rifles,
The Limiñanas & Laurent Garnier, Bentrees, Gösta Berlings Saga, Helicon & Al Lover, Mod Lang, Eddie Spaghetti, Pansy Division, The Amplifier Heads, The Birch, Howling Giant, Silverships, Disappears, Echo & The Bunnymen, Bronco Bullfrog, Culpeper’s Orchard. You can follow THE QUAKER GOES DEAF on Spotify to access future playlists if you are interested. Thanks! Here is the link for playlist for #87:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2y1es3OHaK2ZvdH28kVqTd?si=AoLSTVzmTUG1yEPhRiSOkA

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04/08/2026

THE QUAKER GOES DEAF has added a new playlist to Spotify. ( #86) It’s a collection that understands the vagaries & power of ROCK. Some new, some old, no crap, all gold. Playlist for #86 is: Cannon Fodder, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Greet Death, Bob Mould, Shepparton Airplane, Lewsberg, Squeeze, Grand Union, The Asteroid No. 4, Zombi, Kosmodrom, Swell Maps, Summer Of Hate, Secret Club, Mr. Bison, The Wolfgang Press, The Bevis Frond, Dies Irae, Buried Feather. You can follow THE QUAKER GOES DEAF on Spotify to access future playlists if you are interested. Thanks! Here is the link for playlist for #86:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7rzhbOZi4EuC19rpy1EzjX?si=btwxwo1kTgOX70Adn56csg

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