Al Cisneros got a haircut, Chris Hakius morphed into Emil Amos (pictured above), and Robert Lowe of Lichens sat in on guitar, keys, and percussion. Om is very different now than they were when they last played D.C. Some growing pains were evident as the sound was rough and some of the pieces seemed a [...]

Sometimes, when you're bogged down in the day-to-day grind of terrestrial life, sipping a Starbucks coffee and idling in traffic, it's easy to forget that we're all just standing on a tiny fleck of rock floating aimlessly through an incomprehensibly vast cosmic void.
Which is why it's good to keep a few Om records around. When [...]

OM: "Cremation Ghat"
After three albums of nothing but bass, drums, and Sufi poetry, California stoner-mystics Om had just about smoked their schtick down to resin. But the duo's latest release opens the door for a few collaborators. "Cremation Ghat II," from the forthcoming God is Good uses tamboura, tablas, and strings to flesh out an [...]