INFINITE SIGNALS

Indie rock’s prolific psych-shredders Thee Oh Sees are ready to melt faces once again with their 11th full-length in eight years, A Weird Exits. Just over a year since 2015’s Mutilator Defeated at Last comes a record that wishes good riddance to the band’s short-lived devotion to sonic diversity. In one 40-minute swoop, Thee Oh Sees jam incessantly — and more often than not, wordlessly. Frontman John Dwyer amps up the fuzz and grit tenfold to best mimic the group's renowned live shows, particularly on cuts like the ruthless “Gelatinous Cube” and amusingly titled “Ticklish Warrior.” Though Dwyer is always to credit for the band’s destructiveness, the double-drummer combo of Ryan Moutinho and Dan Rincon provide an extra oomph that brings the recording to life, even listened to on a pair of s**tty headphones. In the rare pockets of A Weird Exits where face-melting isn’t the primary goal, Dwyer conducts sprawling hypnosis. “Crawl Out From the Fall Out” is the best example: a drowsy track

Joining the ranks of Journey and Dream Theater as “bands that inexplicably have video games,” legendary stoner metal trio Sleep will soon get a game of their own. Dopesmoker: The Game o…

Paul Garry is finding that after years of listening to stoner metal almost every day he now needs to listen to more and more to get the same effect.