and 'Thunderclap (For Bobby Pyn)' pays tribute to The Germs' frontman Darby Crash - though it could equally be taken as a broader eulogy for LA's post-punk scene of the late '70s and early '80s

Under The Pipal Tree is the debut album by now-legendary Japanese experimental rock band

From the opening couple of minutes you are bombarded with some of heaviest riffage you will likely ever hear

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and not as fire wood but as the axe that grinds the rock'n'roll touchstone

SUMAC - Love In Shadow DLP Newspaper and 'Thunderclap (For Bobby Pyn)'Love is what makes us human. It guides our decisions, shapes our worldview, and defines our experiences. Its absence equates to tragedy while its presence gives our lives meaning. Love has been well worn theme throughout a lot of rock music, but most commonly in terms of love lost, overly romanticized versions of new love, or as a veil for sexual conquest, says SUMAC guitarist and vocalist Aaron Turner (Old Man Gloom, Mamiffer, ISIS). It is rarely