Black Skies - Aqua Dogs/Family Man 7"

Here's a glimpse at the band when they first started--before Cameron joined as their drummer. Aqua Dogs is an abrasive stoned-out sludge swim you'd expect from the band nowadays, while Family Man is a 3 and a half minute rollicking instrumental jam. You can buy the record straight from the source through paypal off of their myspace.

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This one's a personal vinyl rip:
Black Skies - Aqua Dogs / Family Man 7"

--fred

Black Skies at WMUC (11/23/08)

I've been meaning to post this among a few other things for a good while now...this is an on-air recording of Black Skies' performance, as well as an interview (with us), here at WMUC late last year. Kevin was "Rock Hard", Trey and Cam made a love connection, and Michelle played with Sonny's Big Muff (DEATHAMMER). Good show, good times:

Black Skies Live @ WMUC 11.23.08

In case you want to hear the rest of the show featuring DEATHAMMER's set and hilarious interview, check it out here.

--fred

Black Skies - Hexagon EP

Black Skies is a Sludge Rock band hailing from Chapel Hill, NC. I'm pretty sure they've only released two 7"s and one EP, of which has proved itself pretty popular on the stoner/sludge blogosphere thus far. Black Skies plays straight-ahead sludged-out rock, not unlike 'High on Fire', with the grittier (and LOUD) sensibilities of 'Jucifer'.

I could go on forever about how awesome the band is and what great people they are...but you probably don't want to read that. I will say however that they have recently released their EP on Vinyl in very limited quantities, so pick it up while you still can:

Buy their LP
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Black Skies - Hexagon (320 kbps)

--fred