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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Bags on March 26, 2004, 11:56:00 am
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I'm just going to start a new thread on the shows at the Warehouse, as they send out these cool descriptions and they may either get lost in "Just announced" or bog it down. (I wish DC9 would do this...it's pretty helpful when you don't know the bands...)
WAREHOUSE NEXTDOOR
1017 7th St. NW
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MARCH 27 SATURDAY
8:00 Doors / $7
KAYO DOT
MEDICATIONS
BIOLICH
KAYO DOT
Dark metal music on an orchestral scale, with powerful riffs, haunted vocals, violin, French horn and much more. Formerly known as Maudlin of the Well, with a dedicated gothic following, their newest recording, over a year in the making, takes them into an adventurous new world where heavy rock and classical music meet ritual. Magical and compelling music from a young band breaking new ground in the rock world.
MEDICATIONS
Melodic prog-inspired rock featuring ex/current members of Garland of Hours, Smart Went Crazy, and Faraquet.
BIOLICH
Insane technical metal drawn from early inspiration was in Demilich, Megaman music, Cryptopsy and Man Behind the Sunand currently fleshing out a more refined sound that draws
from a wide range of influences both experimental and traditional but stays grounded in its obscure and technical death metal past.
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MARCH 28 SUNDAY
8:00 Doors / $8
MARUMARI
GREG DAVIS
EBSK
PERSIL (Amsterdam)
MARUMARI
no, he isn't from outerspace as his surreal tunes would have you believe. how then to explain marumari's offbeat taste, his predilection for clothes from the gap, or his scooter fetish? this mutated breed of earthling is obviously the
result of a childhood plagued by episodes of star trek and peewee's playhouse, digging hobbit holes, an obsession with toy rockets, and disco dancing on cruise ships for $5 poker
chips. it's a wonder that his royal elastic feet are still grounded here on earth. the springy feet however are apropos since marumari, aka josh presseisen has bounced back and forth in his young musical career from twee indie rock to
laptop pop. dwelling in the faceless suburbs of planet earth, this galactic composer has captured an everbroadening audience,mesmerizing them with his musical mumbo jumbo. how does this genius create his unique sound? forget the standard
composing programs; marumari has masterminded the generic pc shareware programs and created a style to formulate 21st century tunes on his outdated 20th century computer.
Greg Davis
after years of hip-hop groups, jazz combos, free
improvisation, and experimental composition, greg moved toward the world of computer-based music. at depaul university in chicago, greg studied classical & jazz guitar alongside composition and jazz studies. In 1997, he started his own label, autumn records, in order to put out his own music and the music of others. several cd-r releases later, autumn records relocated to boston in 1999 and released the 'autumnature' compilation in may of 2001, which featured the likes of: marumari, hrvatski, lexaunculpt, cex, colongib, asterisk
(aka greg davis), and many more. at this time Greg was attending the new england onservatory of music in boston, where he received his master's degree in composition in june 2001.
mouthmoth records mothballs 7" series also featured several tracks by greg (as asterisk) and his performing duo, parallel, with don mennerich. greg was an active performer in the boston area, playing many shows by himself and with parallel. greg relocated back to chicago in august 2002.
EBSK
Embracing the no-age with some kind of future jazz, cycling across the lawns Arlington, Virginia - only to take a tunnel to the urban wastelands. The future is bright in the hands of this duo.
PERSIL
A Punky, Poppy, Rocky, Noisy duo from Amsterdam.
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Apparently both of these shows are CityPaper picks for this weekend:
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27 SATURDAY
Kayo Dot is a metal band, though you might not guess it from the first half of Choirs of the Eye, the 16-member "project"'s debut release on John Zorn's experimental Tzadik label. That's because the Dot??formerly known by the unfortunate, UPN-esque moniker Maudlin of the Well??spends the first 30 minutes of Choirs spanning the gamut from melancholic pop to pagan folk to 20th-century classical. Jack of all trades, master of none, right? Wrong: By all that's unholy, the diminished chords fall like rain once the guitarists finally crank their amps and get to shreddi?g midway through Track 3
(out of five), "The Manifold Curiosity." And this isn't any chin-stroking avant-garde approximation either, mind you, but real-life, sulfur-stink, down-tuned crusty doom. Yes, indeed, Kayo Dot is a metal band. It plays with the Medications and Biolich at 8 p.m. at the Warehouse Next Door, 017
7th St. NW. $7. (202) 783-3933. (Brent Burton- Washington City Paper)
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28 SUNDAY
Greg Davis' curling pond woods is like that highbrow Gatorade known as vitamin water: simple stuff repackaged, fortified, and given pleasing lowercase branding. Davis adds pillowy beats, warm finger-picking (John Fahey minus the cranky
blues obsession), and a Brian Wilson cover to your basic folk-pop, creating an album that goes down smooth, assured, and stress-free. Davis has a master's degree in composition, and his education has not been misspent; perhaps his music will one day be piped into emergency rooms, DMV waiting areas, and bus stops everywhere to calm the angriest among us. Get ahold of yourself when Davis plays with Marumari, EBSK, and Persil at 8 p.m. at the Warehouse Next Door, 1017 7th St. NW. $8. (202) 783-3933. (Jason Cherkis- Washington City Paper)
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MARCH 30 TUESDAY
8:00 Doors / $8
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
ANTELOPE
WHITE MAGIC
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE (Avey Tare, Panda Bear,
and Deacon)
Their sound is everywhere and nowhere. Informed by the psychedelic freak-outs of 90s west coast isolationists like Caroliner and Sun City Girls, the emotional hooks and bursts of punk, the textures and structures of minimal techno (a la the Kompakt label), the earthiness of sixties utopians Amon Duul and Can, and the organic looseness of the best of the free and improvised music world, the Animal Collective simply cannot be pinned down. The Animal Collective are creating the new spiritual music for the 21st century: music that is aware of tradition without being tied down to it; music unconcerned with borders and definitions. Here Comes the Indian promises transcendence, intensity, articulation, and the sublime. A passionate and mind-altering new narrative has been unleashed.
ANTELOPE
Featuring current El Guapo, Justin Moyer and Bee and Mike from Vertebrates. Dischord Records.
WHITE MAGIC
Featuring Mira Billotte from Quix*o*tic. Drag City Records.
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When I was a cub, Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are had me dancing and whooping around the living room until I knew every word by heart. New York's Animal Collective roars that same terrible roar and gnashes its terrible teeth, with tribal rhythms and harmonized moans melding one sonic idea into the next. Sung Tongs, the band's upcoming Fat Cat album, is the soundtrack to a journey through jungles, over oceans, and back again to the comfort of your own room??where you, like Max, find that your dinner is still hot. Animal Collective brings the wild rumpus with White Magic and Antelope at 8 p.m. at the Warehouse Next Door, 1017 7th St. NW. $8. (202) 783-3933. (Catherine Lewis-Washington City Paper)
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saw Animal Collective w/ Black Dice in NY this weekend...they were unbelievably good. Definitely worth seeing in a space like the Warehouse.
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Saturday April 3
film premier of "Sexiest Stories on Earth"
featuring Scene Creamers
(at the Theater, not Nextdoor)
followed by a performance by
Childe Ballads
Monday April 5
Tracy and The Plastics
King Cobra (Troubleman)
Hott Beat
Tuesday April 6
Metal Urbain
Dysrhythmia
Manhunter
Wednesday April 7
Radio Berlin
Turn Pale
Rancho Notorious
Friday April 9
Majority Rule
Bison
The Catalyst
Gurth
Saturday April 10
Medic
Tradition Dies Here
Triac
Exosus
Friday April 16
Retisonic
Channels (J. Robbins' new band)
namelessnubmerheadman
Saturday April 17
Espers
Long Live Death (Oxes members)
Sunday April 18
No-Neck Blues Band
STONES (ex and curent members of Orthrelm, Measles Mumps
Rubella, Anasarca, Get Hustle, Glass Candy)
Izititiz
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I'm definitely gonna hit Metal Urbain...anarchist french synth punk? hell yeah! As long as the band members are younger than my parents, I have no fears...
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i'll be at metal urbain and dysrhythmia. if you're familiar with suicide and like them, you'll definitely like metal urbain. a friend of mine played with them in portland last week and told me they were damn good for 50 year old dudes.
espers (from philly) is fantastic, if you're into mellow, delicate folk-psych. greg weeks, who often plays solo and is a wonderful songwriter, is in the band. the female singer has a hanunting, beautiful voice. long live death are from baltimore and were not that good when i saw them open for will oldham last year, but folks tell me their record is pretty good.
no neck blues band play crazy improv noise psych, and they can be alternately brilliant or pretentiously awful. however, i booked a friend of mine from boston on this bill (can't) who plays homemade electronic gadgets. i'll be hitting this before heading to the 9:30 for dj shadow.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
espers (from philly) is fantastic, if you're into mellow, delicate folk-psych.
I'll second that. What medieval minstrels would have sounded like, had someone dosed the grog.
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TONIGHT! 04/06/04 ? 8:30 Doors
METAL URBAIN (From Paris, France)
MANHUNTER (Washington DC??s industrial dub terrors)
and TBA (Dysrhythmia has Cancelled)
@ Warehouse Nextdoor, 1017 7th St. NW
Some 25 years before they were right about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, the French were right about punk rock. While America listened to Kansas and Billy Joel, France embraced Métal Urbain. OK, so the band never invaded France's popular consciousness in quite the same way the Sex Pistols overran Britain. But Paris was a better place for harboring the quartet, even if it had no easier time getting gigs than Bad Brains did in D.C. Métal Urbain was briefly a
sensation in the U.K., where it rated the very first Rough Trade release. Like many avant-rock outfits, however, the band attained most of its success posthumously. As documented by a new 24-song compilation, Anarchy in Paris!, Métal Urbain
was sort of the Gallic Pere Ubu: The band played modernist garage-rock, updating Eddie Cochran and the Standells with synth din, machine-made beats, and guerrilla theatricality. M.U. founder Eric Debris claimed Brian Eno, Oscar Wilde, and, of course, the Velvet Underground as prime inspirations. He recalls that the band wanted "a music made of reprocessed sounds, nothing natural...voice went through a synthesizer, guitars through a filter." This harsh, driving sound was a major influence on??of all people??Steve Albini, who reportedly modeled Big Black's all-American aggression on Métal Urbain's Francophone squall. Like many 1977 bands, Métal Urbain was gone in a flash, so its comeback
hardly belabors the point; in fact, the band's reunion tour is also its American debut. Métal Urbain plays with Dysrhythmia and Manhunter at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, at the Warehouse Theater, 1021 7th St. NW. $8. (202) 783-3933. (Mark Jenkins Washington City Paper)
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I might just get to Metal Urbain myself.
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
I might just get to Metal Urbain myself.
thirsty-walkie reunion?
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Originally posted by walkie hearts you all:
Originally posted by thirsty moore:
I might just get to Metal Urbain myself.
thirsty-walkie reunion? [/b]
While your both there Walkie, ask Thirsty what happened to his once prolific review-writing skills.
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well, since i get "special privileges" as 9:30 doorstaph, i might check out the darkness just for the hell of it, since they go on at 10. not a fan, but they should be entertaining for half an hour.
i'll definitely be at the warehouse for metal urbain, though. that's where the real artists will be tonight. if any of you feel so inclined to say hi, i'll be wearing a joy division shirt. although i'm new to posting on this forum, i've been going to roughly five shows a week for the past three years and i've been working at the 9:30 for a year, so you might have seen me around.
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Redsock -- My apologies. This is due to a recent move. Literally last week. The place I moved into is a mess and we're still cleaning up.
Walkie -- It's been so long.
Originally posted by redsock:
While your both there Walkie, ask Thirsty what happened to his once prolific review-writing skills.
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Redsock -- My apologies. This is due to a recent move. Literally last week. The place I moved into is a mess and we're still cleaning up.
Walkie -- It's been so long.
Originally posted by redsock:
While your both there Walkie, ask Thirsty what happened to his once prolific review-writing skills.
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I was pretty sure it has to do with your move...I was just giving you a hard time mostly. Since you and walkie are now "staff" together, maybe you'll see each other more. Course, I guess walkie can't get into the bigboy clubs around town.
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Hey, I'll admit.. I have been slacking off some. Expect my writing to become prolific again.
Originally posted by redsock:
I was pretty sure it has to do with your move...I was just giving you a hard time mostly.
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Originally posted by redsock:
Course, I guess walkie can't get into the bigboy clubs around town. [/b]
he can, he just needs a bouncer with weak eyesight and an extremely limited knowledge of Rhode Island's various forms of identification.
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I wasn't too impressed with Metal Urbain last night. While they were pretty fast and heavy, I was expecting more synth a la Suicide. They had a pretty good turn out considering they got onstage around 11:45 PM. The crowd thinned out throughout the show. There were two guys that got into a pretty heavy fight while Metal Urbain were playing, and I saw an annoying dude with a mohawk head to the bathroom with his date.
Anyone else there? I was right up front.. green cardigan, tan shirt, brown pants.
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thirsty, i was there, but my pot-addled brain doesn't recall someone wearing your attire. i was near the front for their set, in a joy division t-shirt.
that fight was ridiculous. this french dude started thrashing around, despite the obvious inactivity of the audience, and one guy overreacted, though i can't blame him too much. i don't have much patience for that sort of thing, but the best solution is to ignore a moron like that and he will eventually get the message. the bad vibes between the two escalated into an altercation and the french guy couldn't let it go. pretty lame. nick said it was the first fight he's seen at the warehouse.
as for metal urbain, i didn't think they were as good as i thought they'd be, but i still liked 'em enough and bought the 24-track compilation CD. suicide is an obvious reference, but MU rocked more, based solely upon the fact that they had two chugging guitars to propel the shouted sloganeering french vocals and swishy synth noises and drum machine beats. they played for 45 minutes, which was the perfect length for their set. overall, they came across as a hybrid of the proto-synth-punk of suicide and the screamers with the space rock sonic momentum of hawkwind and chrome and the pissed-off anarcho-punk rantings of crass and conflict. the disc is good but gets a little monotonous.
i think i'm skipping the $15 fall show in baltimore tonight to check out radio berlin and turn pale at the warehouse. more pseudo-rough trade/factory/mute stuff.
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TONIGHT! 04/07/04 ? 8:30 Doors
RADIO BERLIN
TURN PALE
RANCHO NOTORIOUS
@ Warehouse Nextdoor, 1017 7th St. NW
RADIO BERLIN
Radio Berlin is a four piece band from Vancouver, BC, Canada. Having been around since 1998, the band has toured around North America several times and have released numerous, critically-acclaimed albums (1999ís "Sibling" and 2001ís
"The Selection Drone" and 2003's "Glass"). With a sound best described as rhythmic postpunk/new wave with early 'goth' stylings, Radio Berlin's garnered many welcome comparisons to bands like Pornography-era Cure, Joy Division, Wire, Josef K, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, only backed by the rhythm section one would expect from a band like Clikatat Ikatowi.
TURN PALE
TURN PALE is a band, from Bloomington, Indiana, seeking to explore the corners of the dancefloor, within a decidely punk asthetic. We opt to caress a dark, Rough Trade sound from the early 80's post-punk movement, while remaining up
tempo and danceable. Darkness does not necessitate evil. DEATH DISCO equaling 3 parts Factory, 1 part 4AD, 1 part Mute.
"Turbulent, striking post-punk that remains uptempo and danceable (think: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE POP GROUP, PiL). Lockstep, bass-heavy midtempo rhythms anchor piercing guitar chords and drones, all accented by an unhinged vocal performance. " - Temporary Structures
RANCHO NOTORIOUS
x- Hoover, Oswego, Crownhate Ruin, Etc.
http://www.ranchonotorious.net (http://www.ranchonotorious.net)
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Originally posted by walkie hearts you all:
Originally posted by redsock:
Course, I guess walkie can't get into the bigboy clubs around town. [/b]
he can, he just needs a bouncer with weak eyesight and an extremely limited knowledge of Rhode Island's various forms of identification. [/b]
Good thing i'm not the bouncer...those old RI ideas are horrible.
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hey thirsty - sorry I missed the show...I was feeling pretty sick last night and couldn't get it together enough to go...
but enough of this! what's next on the mutual walkie-thirsty calendar? it's been way too long.
and Turn Pale should be fun tonight... they were excellent last time.
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Hope you're feeling better. You didn't miss much though. I'll probably be at one of the Blonde Redhead gigs at the Black Cat. I'm considering No Neck but I'll be spending most of Sunday with my family.
Originally posted by walkie hearts you all:
hey thirsty - sorry I missed the show...I was feeling pretty sick last night and couldn't get it together enough to go...
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I wanted to take a moment to tell you all of The Florenteens?? next show ?? this Saturday, April 10th, at the special time of 1pm. The Florenteens will be playing the Warehouse Theater Café??s special lunchtime series, ??Music to Last a Lunchtime?. We??ll be playing a set of all your favorite pop trinkets, with a couple of special numbers added for the occasion. Another act (TBD) will follow.
The best part? It's FREE!
The Warehouse Theater Café is located directly across the southeast corner of the new Washington Convention Center:
Warehouse Theater
1021 7th Street NW
Washington, DC
(202) 783-3933
The show is FREE, and the Warehouse Theater Café serves delightful sandwiches and salads. Yup, I know. My Cuban panini during Lejeune's set this past weekend was both delightful, and highly recommended. We??d love to see you out for a tasty and nutritious Pop Brunch!
Cheers!
The Florenteens
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tonite: RETISONIC & CHANNELS
sat: DEAD MEADOW / ESPERS / LONG LIVE DEATH / WHITE FLIGHT
sun: NO NECK BLUES BAND / STONES / IZITITIZ / CAN'T
now for the City Paper write ups..
SATURDAY
The much-hyped New Weird America sound isn??t really all
that weird; it??s just the latest wave of the once-a-decade
folk revival. It??s still all about the singers?? record
collections and grasping at purity. Meaning that we get references
to Pentangle, Fairport Convention, and Bert Jansch. Meaning
that we get a band such as Philly??s Espers, which has
managed to harness the sheer power of the plastic recorder as a
method of time travel. But Espers isn??t hippie folk; this
is indie folk??because you know the cool kids wouldn??t be
caught dead reading Dirty Linen or stocking up on yarn at the
local loom store. Espers delivers it all: the drones, the
lilt, the hush, the sounds you??d expect to hear upon waking
up in a dewy forest. And sincerity??s a plus when it??s the
only thing you??re aiming your autoharp at in the first
place. Espers plays with Dead Meadow, Long Live Death, and White
Flight at 9:30 p.m. at the Warehouse Next Door, 1017 7th
St. NW. $8. (202) 783-3933. (Jason Cherkis)
SUNDAY
The No-Neck Blues Band??s rotating cast of musicians (most
of whom go nameless or by esoteric nicknames) has operated
out of a collective New York loft space called Hint House
since the mid-??90s. The band??s live performances have been
few and far between, often free shows on warehouse roofs or
in parks throughout NYC. All of this mystery informs the
band??s music, which conjures images of a midnight seance in
the mountains with someone spinning ESP-Disk records in a
back room. Percussion rattles eerily around, a banjo strum
enters to center everything, lonely vocals meander in and out,
a saxophone squeal pierces it all??and then we??re left with
the quiet nothingness of night sounds. No-Neck plays with
Cant, Izititiz, and Stones at 9 p.m. at the Warehouse Next
Door, 1017 7th St. NW. $8. (202) 783-3933. (Jacob Long)
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Wednesday April 28th at 7pm
at the Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th St, NW DC
with:
Sentai (ikea)
Les Angles Morts (montreal)
Ghost to Falco (portland)
The Creeping Nobodies (ontario)
$7, all ages
Sentai is electronic punk wizardry. Instrumentation includes the standard rock apparatus of guitar, bass and drums...as well as roland groovebox/sampler/synths/colored lights and whatever else they can get their hands on for the time being.
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Les Angles Morts play post-punk movie scores. Rather than using video projections as background to their live shows, Les Angles Morts' movies are an integral part of their musical expression. Their songs are connected rhythmically and thematically to the films that are screened at their shows. Blending analog synths from the 1970s and 80s with guitars, drums and bass, Les Angles Morts make dynamic music that is at times angular and aggressive, and alternately ambient, eerie, and nostalgic.
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Ghost to Falco - Eric Crespo plays electric guitar w/ loops+singing words+playing analog synthesizer+using all kinds of samples and voices+various other things to make noisy/loud/sparse/dense/heartbreaking/sci-fi/layered/epic/pretty music(songs). There's enough gadgetry, multi-tasking, and! TV screens involved in the set to keep about any showgoer entertained for the 20 minutes or so.
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www.sentai.tk (http://www.sentai.tk)
www.lesanglesmorts.org (http://www.lesanglesmorts.org)
www.ghosttofalco.com (http://www.ghosttofalco.com)
www.thecreepingnobodies.com (http://www.thecreepingnobodies.com)
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MUSIC - The SHAKEDOWNS + BANANA FISH ZERO
SAT May 1
Doors at 9
Any thoughts on these bands?
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i like the no smoking rule at the warehouse. and yes, that's all i have to add
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At least they're honest. ;)
Originally posted by Bags:
There's enough gadgetry, multi-tasking, and! TV screens involved in the set to keep about any showgoer entertained for the 20 minutes or so.
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Originally posted by Skeeter:
MUSIC - The SHAKEDOWNS + BANANA FISH ZERO
SAT May 1
Doors at 9
Any thoughts on these bands?
the shakedowns are a decent, garagey punk rock band...nothing special, but fun to jump around to.
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May 12th ?? The Evens w/ the Quails
I listened to their mp3 on Protest Records volume 2, so I??m curious to find out what the rest of their music is like. Am I the only one, or is anyone else going to check this out?
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Originally posted by Sieve-Fisted:
May 12th ?? The Evens w/ the Quails
That's an insane week -- The Stills and Metric are that night at the 9:30. Thanks, though, for the heads up. I've been hoping to get more feedback on Warehouse and DC9 bands....
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Two film events:
48 Hour "Fringe Film Festival"
TUE April 27
Screening - 7pm $4
Networking Happy Hour - 8pm
Curious about the 48 Hour Film Festival?
Come to a screening of some of our weirdest, strangest and most imaginative films from the last three years. See Out-house puppets! Squeaky the penis! Bush, the Musical! And many more. 7 - 8pm, $4.00
*walkie note* I've participated over the past couple of years, and I'll definitely have a project this year too...it's a whole lot of fun if you have some liquor, 8 or 9 friends and a copy of Final Cut.
FILM - "Burn to Shine" + "Pancake Mountain" + "Las Historias Mas Sexy Del Mundo"
MON May 3
8 & 10pm $5
Burn to Shine is a film that takes place on one day in a house that no longer exists. Slated for demolition, filmmakers Brendan Canty and Christoph Green used the house to film Q and Not U, Medications, Garland of Hours, French Toast, Ted Leo, Weird War, The Evens, and Bob Mould playing their music live in the living room. Very simple and beautiful. Features the destruction of one pretty nice house (if a little small). 45 min.
Pancake Mountain is a television show without a home. It's meant for kids but it's full of live music by like Thievery Corporation, The Evens, Anti-Flag, and Uncalled4 (a seriously bad ass go go band who sing just one of many fantastical pancake songs). Lotsa larfs, tunes and cartoons. Relive those saturday mornings, and rock out with this orphan tv pilot. 30 min.
Las Historias is an obscurist take on mid-70's European soft-core porn films. The live music and actors were contributed by DC's Scene Creamers. Directed by Eric Cheever. 15 minutes.
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i'd just like to mention that there are four great heavy stoner/doom/pysch/noise shows coming up at the warehouse:
may 20: subarachnoid space
may 26: the hidden hand/ostinato/bison
may 28: YOB/wretched/unorthodox/durga temple
may 31: hella/need new body
i'll be at all four.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
i'd just like to mention that there are four great heavy stoner/doom/pysch/noise shows coming up at the warehouse:
may 20: subarachnoid space
may 26: the hidden hand/ostinato/bison
may 28: YOB/wretched/unorthodox/durga temple
may 31: hella/need new body
i'll be at all four.
yeah the guy who does the booking (paul?) seems to have a penchant for ganj and guitars...
anyway, I'll definitely be at need new body and subarachnoid (both bands that need to be heard live). The Hidden Hand is the guy from Saint Vitus/Spirit Caravan, right? Don't know what the new stuff sounds like, but I can assume it's more of the (yawn) same...Born Too Late was kinda cool, though.
Anyway, don't know much about the other bands...what's the word?
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Originally posted by walkie hearts you all:
Anyway, don't know much about the other bands...what's the word?
Hella (http://www.bigyawn.net/reviews/cds/hella-thedevil.htm)
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Originally posted by pollard:
Originally posted by walkie hearts you all:
Anyway, don't know much about the other bands...what's the word?
Hella (http://www.bigyawn.net/reviews/cds/hella-thedevil.htm) [/b]
sorry, I meant BESIDES Hella, whom I read about on Big Yawn, of course.
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actually, there are a bunch of people that book shows at the warehouse, but only a couple of main ones. you might be thinking of nick. in fact, i am actually booking there occasionally, only psych/experimental/heavy stuff that gets neglected around here. the warehouse is really starting to get a lot of interesting shows.
the hidden hand is indeed wino's new band, but i think they are even better than the obsessed and spirit caravan. i do love that stuff, being a sabbath fanatic, but the hidden hand include two younger guys instead of the grizzled biker dudes that tend to play doom metal. the hidden hand is more democratic, and there are a lot more psychedelic and prog tendencies (but not lame ones!), and even some flashes of post-punk in their angularity and politics. i think you should give them a chance if you like heavy music but are bored of the typical stoner pentatonic blues riffing. ostinato is the hidden hand's drummer's band, in which he plays guitar (his main instrument). they have a new album out and it's awesome...think of a hybrid of the shipping news, unwound, and explosions in the sky.
YOB are from eugene, oregon and very much like sleep and high on fire -- HEAVY CRUSHING DOOM with stacks of matamps, which give them their fuzzy, full-bodied tone. their last album had three songs and clocked in at 50 minutes, if that gives you an idea. wretched is actually an old doom band from the area that sherman from spirit caravan was in. unorthodox are also a veteran doom band from maryland that plays out once or twice a year. keep away unless you like bands that worship at the altar of black sabbath, blue cheer, budgie, and pentagram.
subarachnoid space are incredible live, as they complement their bardo pond/mogwai/hawkwind/pink floyd sound with trippy film projections. we're working on openers right now.
hella blew my mind when i saw them open for the aislers set last year, and i am really looking forward to seeing need new body. for some reason, every time they play in the area, i have to miss them.
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I really dug Hidden Hand when they opened for Darkest Hour at Black Cat. I had a great time rocking the fuck out to their Sabbath drenched Wino-grooves while all the mall/wusscore kids turned their pointy noses in disgust at what they considered their 'parent's music'. I was rocking out with my boys, with some spicy encouragement via Captain Morgan.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
actually, there are a bunch of people that book shows at the warehouse, but only a couple of main ones. you might be thinking of nick. in fact, i am actually booking there occasionally, only psych/experimental/heavy stuff that gets neglected around here. the warehouse is really starting to get a lot of interesting shows....
Nick, that's the guy...anyway, I didn't realize it was turning into such a team effort, but I guess that explains the diversity of the recent additions. the warehouse is quickly turning into the best place to see independent bands in DC.
i think you should give them a chance if you like heavy music but are bored of the typical stoner pentatonic blues riffing.[/b]
sounds about right.
subarachnoid space are incredible live, as they complement their bardo pond/mogwai/hawkwind/pink floyd sound with trippy film projections. we're working on openers right now.[/b]
yeah caught them in toronto last year and thought they were amazing.
i am really looking forward to seeing need new body.[/b]
saw them open for Out Hud last summer and they pretty much tore the Black Cat down around our ears.
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glad to give you the lowdown...nick and i are like peas in a pod, trying to get the best psych and heavy bands to DC, as they have been skipping this market for the past few years. i know there's not a huge interest here, but it exists, and for that reason alone, i believe these bands should have a venue where they can play.
walkie, i went to that out hud show, but i missed NNB because i get out of my day job at 9. out hud were pretty good that night.
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well thanks for the good work, snail. I'm not gonna be in DC much longer (heading to NY for school next fall) but believe me, I appreciate the effort to diversify the hometown scene.
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In "Burn to Shine" filmmakers Brendan Canty and Christoph Green gather Q and Not U, Medications, Garland of Hours, French Toast, Ted Leo, Weird War, the Evens and Bob Mould to play their music live in a soon-to-be-demolished house over the course of a day. See the cool results, plus screenings of "Pancake Mountain," featuring music from Thievery Corporation, the Evens, Anti-Flag and Uncalled4, and "Las Historias Mas Sexy Del Mundo," Monday at the Warehouse Theater. Call 202-783-3933. -- Curt Fields
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Dammit. I wish I had known about that sooner. Looks very interesting. Any chance these will be showing any place/time other than tonight?
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Pancake Mountain will be showing again in June -- at a museum, I believe. Don't know about the others.
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TOMORROW -- 05/12 -- WEDNESDAY
THE WAREHOUSE NEXTDOOR (1017 7th St. NW)
THE QUAILS (10:00)
THE EVENS (09:00)
doors open at 08:00 -- All Ages -- $5.00
THE EVENS
featuring Ian Mackaye of Fugazi, Minor Threat, etc. and Amy Farina (the Warmers)
THE QUAILS
WHEN GUITARIST JEN Smith screams, "What to do when it's all a bunch of shit?" on the title track of Atmosphere, the second album from the Quails, her question combines the spirit of rally leaders and the spat-out disgust of pissed-off adolescent punks. Her tone manages to convey years of distress and anger over the state of the union, the city, the status quo. Her answer â??? "Make a fist? Make a fist!" â??? is a slogan you've surely heard before, but probably not the way it comes out of Smith's mouth. Driven by Seth Lorinczi's fuzzed-out bass, Smith's hyper one-person call-and-response, and moments of heated, half-shouted harmonies between the two, "Atmosphere" is rowdy, cacophonous, tuneful, and strangely full of joy for a song about the disenfranchised and the voiceless. This combination is emblematic of the Quails' style of making art, which embraces social justice as well as shaking your ass. In the world of the Quails â??? Smith, Lorinczi, and drummer Julianna Bright â??? it's sexy and fun to care about what's happening to your community, and you might as well wear matching costumes to the show.
Recently back from a six-week tour with Sleater-Kinney, the three Quails, who share the mic and collaborate on songwriting, have been playing together for more than three years. Some of their best shows have taken place in squats and beleaguered art spaces and black holes-in-the-wall where the line between audience and band tends to dissolve in a puddle of sweat. On Atmosphere (the follow-up to 2001's We Are the Quails, both on Erase Errata guitarist Sara Jaffe's Inconvenient) they roam around the city clocking the power struggles down on Market Street and over at City Hall, castigating moneyed "digitons" for taking up too much space without even realizing it, and congratulating friends on choosing to live their own freaky lives. The album is a soundtrack to unlicensed parties in the street and a tribute to the community of artist friends they credit with giving them the energy to continue creating. Talking about the zines they bring to shows and the conversations they've been having with people on the road, Smith says, "We want to tell you about the people in our lives who make us feel like, 'I want to take my pants off and act like a freak!' And then our music is toward the end of making everybody else feel that way." (Lynn Rapoport) SF BAY GUARDIAN
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the quails are good, but are one of those bands that i want to like more than i do. i like their politics and their attitude, but the music isn't as good as others in that subgenre of post-punk/disco (like erase errata). i saw them open for the aislers set at the black cat though, and i think a smaller space like the warehouse is more conducive to their show.
the subarachnoid space show is now filled out with nitroseed (ex-spirit caravan, mem. of earthride) and cash slave clique. the three bands all play a different style of instrumental rock, ranging from mathy doom metal to abstract space rock. it should be a diverse night of psychedelia.
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Originally posted by Macktastic Bag O' Flash:
THE QUAILS (10:00)
THE EVENS (09:00)
Has anyone seen the Evens yet? Weren't they at Coachella? I'm looking forward to this one.
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Sweet, this is perfect opportunity for me to harrass Ian. And a good audience to beat over the head with BigYawn flyers. I'll be there!
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anyone else planning on coming? Or are you all going to the Stills show...?
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Going to the Stills....and I would offer to give out flyers there, but I may not stay 'til the bitter end. Can I give out flyers between bands?
Also, I can flyer the Sloan show if you've got no one doing it...That should be a key Bigger Lovers audience.
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Originally posted by Skeeter:
Has anyone seen the Evens yet? Weren't they at Coachella? I'm looking forward to this one.
Yup, they sure were at Coachella. Pretty good, nothing at all like Fugazi (!), melodic, singer-songwriter-y at times... I liked ok but not what I expected.
The Quails I saw opening for SK and thought they were good and fun but nothing new by any stretch of the imagination...
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Originally posted by snailhook:
the subarachnoid space show is now filled out with nitroseed (ex-spirit caravan, mem. of earthride) and cash slave clique. the three bands all play a different style of instrumental rock, ranging from mathy doom metal to abstract space rock. it should be a diverse night of psychedelia.
I think I'll give the Quails/Evens a miss, but Subarachnoid etc. is sounding like a really good show.
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it IS going to be a really good show...with tripped-out video projections to boot. in fact, i'd say one of the best shows of the month, easily.
*ok, enough advertising*
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Can anyone help me with some info? I can't get to tonight's show till 9pm-ish and am a little worried about getting in. If a comrade of mine gets there, is there any way for him to pick up a "ticket" for me?
(Should I even be worried about The Evens selling out?)
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
Should I even be worried about The Evens selling out?)
Yup, you should be worried about a sellout.
Snailhook?
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well, with any small venue in DC, it's hard to say if something will sell out or not. it is a wednesday night, and not many people are aware of the evens yet, and the quails don't exactly have a huge fanbase here either. deerhoof sold out the warehouse last year, but dead meadow didn't come close last month on a saturday night. there's no way to predict crowd size.
you can't buy tickets before the show, and it's first-come, first-serve. you'll just have to hope for the best.
honestly, though, i wouldn't worry about this one. i don't see it being sold out.
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So snailhook, are you involved with the Warehouse, or are you a local promoter?
FYI, I LOVE the emails that planaria sends out -- having descriptions of the bands is key, and has gotten me to a few of the shows.
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TOMORROW ? 05/13 ? THURSDAY
THE WAREHOUSE NEXTDOOR (1017 7th St. NW)
TONE (10:15)
TULSA DRONE (09:30)
doors open at 08:30 ? All Ages ? Valid ID to Drink if you
are 21+
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TONE
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Last year finds Tone releasing their fourth CD, Ambient Metals (Dischord Records/Brookland Music) with a greater exploration of melody than previously exhibited. Produced by J. Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Jets to Brazil, Dismemberment Plan), the CD achieves a density and sonic ferocity long sought after. Ambient Metals is an aural assault of six (plus a hidden seventh track) uncompromising instrumentals that are both taut and aggressive yet always precise, with great focus on the rhythmic structures. Frequently tracks on Ambient Metals begin quietly, as if almost trance-like. Yet by songs end, Tone??s skilled approach climaxes with rhythmic intensity and thunderous dynamics.
Tone was formed in Washington, D.C., in 1991, with the goal of creating dynamic instrumental music using a layered, multiple electric guitar format. Operating within a rock context, the result was a sound that gladly accepted the unambiguous tonality of popular music yet still found room for meaningful dissonance ?? austere, dramatic, and loud. With an unmistakable lineage (Savage Republic, Nice Strong Arm, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Section 25, Crispy Ambulance), Tone set about its earliest performances with the determination and belief that there was still room for intelligent instrumental music.
Tone has a history of an ever-evolving roster of players. A complete listing of everyone who has played in Tone would constitute an honor roll of D.C.'s alternative music community. (At times, the band has included former, current, or future members of Government Issue, Edsel, Pitchblende, Velocity Girl, Thud, Teen Idles, Unrest, Wharton Tiers Ensemble, Strange Boutique, Caligari, and Smart Went Crazy.) Tone's lineup now includes two drummers, in addition to bass and four guitar players: Gregg Hudson, Andy Myers, Dennis Kane, Norm Veenstra, Geordie Grindle, Doug Wandell, Jim Williamson, and Steve Willett.
http://www.tone-dc.com/ (http://www.tone-dc.com/)
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"The name "Tulsa Drone" tempts one to speculate on the sound: static, subtle, expansive atmospherics, perhaps a touch of the "cinematic" -- a knee-jerk term you'd swear is mandatory in descriptions of post-rock music. The band Tulsa Drone, while loosely part of said genre, invites a different set of adjectives. Their sonic palette is not entirely unfamiliar: clean, rich, tastefully sparse guitar; fluid, cyclic bass; agile, nuanced, solid drumming.
However, the Richmond-based instrumental four-piece's sound avoids the expected vast horizons and instead conjures sensations of claustrophobia. Oblique but intuitive chord changes anchor songs without centers, and become repeating chord cycles whose tension derives not from the urge for the chords to resolve but from the friction between one chord and the next. Much like Public Image Ltd.'s "Poptones," Tulsa Drone's best pieces use constantly modulating harmonic tension to imply infinity, sequences of chords burrowing downward into oblivion.
Live, the members of Tulsa Drone displayed remarkable restraint and skill. Peter Neff's hammered dulcimer -- a large, resonant, stringed percussion instrument scarcely encountered in a rock context -- occupied half the stage; but, far from seeming ostentatious or gimmicky, its timbre melded so smoothly with that of the guitar as to sound at times like a single instrument. Guitarist Erik Grotz wrapped slinky, effects-kissed phrases around bassist Scott Hudgins and drummer Jim Thomson's fluid churn, itself a far cry from the stiff literalism of many post-rock rhythm sections.
Tulsa Drone prove what many bands of their ilk forget: First, that non-personality-driven music can still be dynamic and still have life; and secondly, that breaking boundaries of form is not the sole benchmark of innovation. While their sound and sensibility is far from radical, they find ways to make their music feel different rather than just sound different. With so many paths already explored, "shocking" approaches invite little more than a shrug. Tulsa Drone know better."
?? Clarke Boehling, C-Ville Weekly, May 4-10, 2004
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So snailhook, are you involved with the Warehouse, or are you a local promoter?
bags, i am pretty much just a music fanatic slightly dipping his foot into low-key entrepeneurialism and community development. i do limited booking at the warehouse, just bands and musicians i like that get shut out of DC venues. the warehouse has fortunately given me, and other like-minded individuals, the opportunity to book acts that otherwise would go straight to baltimore or philly. i also host shows at my house, which you already know, in addition to working doorstaph at the 9:30. and i have a day job, so i'm usually quite occupied. i suppose you could say i'm a local promoter.
FYI, I LOVE the emails that planaria sends out -- having descriptions of the bands is key, and has gotten me to a few of the shows.
i agree whole-heartedly. i think descriptions of bands, especially those that are obscure, are essential to generate interest. people aren't as apt to check out unknown music as they used to be, unless they're predisposed to like it.
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TOMORROW AT
THE WAREHOUSE NEXT DOOR
1017 7th St. NW
5/19 WEDNESDAY ? 8:30 DOORS
ALL ACOUSTIC SHOW
(THE SOUNDS OF) KALEIDOSCOPE
BRANDON BUTLER
CORY & JASON (of Dead Meadow)
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Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
TOMORROW AT
THE WAREHOUSE NEXT DOOR
1017 7th St. NW
5/19 WEDNESDAY ? 8:30 DOORS
ALL ACOUSTIC SHOW
(THE SOUNDS OF) KALEIDOSCOPE
BRANDON BUTLER
CORY & JASON (of Dead Meadow)
Random aside, the sound guy at DC9 for our party is in Kaleidoscope. Really nice guy... been meaning to check them out, but i doubt I will make it out to this one.
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the sound guy at DC9 who is also the drummer in sounds of kaleidoscope is alex hacker, who also drummed in the ropers and the lilys. one of the coolest dudes i know in DC.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
the sound guy at DC9 who is also the drummer in sounds of kaleidoscope is alex hacker, who also drummed in the ropers and the lilys. one of the coolest dudes i know in DC.
I'll second that.
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THURSDAY
MAY 20th Tomorrow!
at the Warehouse Next Door (1017 7th St. NW)
SubArachnoid Space
(from SF; strange attractors, neurot recordings)
NITROSEED
(MD instrumental doom;
ex-spirit caravan, members of earthride)
CASH SLAVE CLIQUE
(NoVA psych; featuring sam lohman of nimrod,
radon ensemble, and spaceships panic orbit
and john stanton who has played with nik turner
of hawkwind)
Followers of today's psychedelic/experimental rock underground have long found rapture and reverence in the total lysergic experience of SubArachnoid Space. Since their inception in 1996 and over the course of seven full-length albums,
the San Francisco-based quartet have spun a web of dynamically textured trip-scapes induced almost entirely from total improvisation, drawing a torrent of praise in the process. Live they are a force to be reckoned with, a spontaneous
combustion of tremendous power fueled by intense volume and crystalline dissonance. Every one of their recordings display a steady evolution in their unique brand of improvised drone rock, with each one exploring a myriad of different
textures. For their eighth album, the band has honed their craft into a finely sharpened prism, a record aimed for your gut as well as your head. Also Rising is the new revelatory oracle, the band's most powerful, focused and simply finest
recording to date.
Initially conceived as a band exploring psychedelic terrain from on-the-spot creation, Also Rising stands apart as SubArachnoid Space's most composed record. Much of the band's output charts effects-laden acid-rock/drone via telepathic interplay, but this time SubArachnoid Space hone ideas crafted from the depths of improvisation to a set of razor-sharp songs that stick with your brain receptors, refusing to leave. The result retains all the magic of their full-blown flights of fancy, but with a solid punch that will leave your mind and body reeling. Armed to the cerebellum with effects-drenched twin guitars, bowel-rumbling bass and propulsive,
complex drumming, SubArachnoid Space get the acid test rolling with "Harsh Facts of Life"; stun-gun guitars omit phaser-like drones, inducing a propulsive, percussive line that teases the bass into melody, bleeding into a dark stoner-rock groove for the guitars to play lazer-tag over. Also Rising weaves and bobs onward across a dense ! and varied landscape, alternating between aggressive neuronal meltdowns and chiming, glistening corridors. Ending with the blissful catharsis of "Tigris" (a truncated, fine-tuned
version of the side-long opus opposite Bardo Pond on the split LP they shared on Camera Obscura last year), the comedown is a total psychic purge leaving your brain quivering.
Traversing the acid-jam rhythmic grooves of Meddle-era Pink Floyd, the subconscious stirrings of the Cosmic Jokers, and seasoning the sonics with the free-skree guitar aviation of Magnog or Skullflower, Also Rising is a flooring dictum in
SubArachnoid Space's mind expansion campaign. May it hotwire your headspace accordingly.
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bags, you beat me to it. i was just going to post this.
this is one of my shows, so of course i will be there. whoever likes heavy instrumental psychedelic rock will be rewarded by attending this show, trust me.
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anyone into real metal should check out tonight's show at the warehouse:
??Shame on you for missing Wino??s new band, The Hidden Hand on Wednesday at the
Doom Metal Capitol of the World??s latest and greatest performance space, The
Warehouse Next Door. Doom Metal Capitol of the World? Sound far fetched? Hell
no (!) when you consider the sheer volume of heavy psychedelic quality acts that
have been spawned from the DC / MD area such as Pentagram, Internal Void,
Wretched, Unorthodox, Spirit Caravan, Earthride, and even Dead Meadow! Well
redeem yourselves tonight with the return of the Doom with WRETCHED and
UNORTHODOX!!!!!! PURE MARYLAND DOOM FOR THE BROTHERHOOD OF MUSIC! Portland??s
YOB brings their Sleep meets Dead Meadow sounds to the stage as well so prepare
yourselves!?
-Sir Lord Baltimore III, 05/28/04
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Tonight! Friday, May 28th
The Warehouse Next Door (1017 7th St. NW Washington DC)
Doors are at 8:30, All ages, $7, No Smoking, Cash Only, Full bar for 21+ with
valid ID
11:45: YOB (www.yobdoom.com, amazing doom from Portland)
10:45: WRETCHED (the return of one of the best Maryland doom bands)
09:45: UNORTHODOX (MD fucking doom, these guys rarely play out anymore and they
are sick!)
09:00: DURGA TEMPLE (psychedelic rock from Northern Virginia)
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WRETCHED were part of the stable of old-school riffing doom bands found on the
German Hellhound label in the early 90s. Although their sound had elements of
psychedelia, they were clearly influenced by bands like the Obsessed and St.
Vitus. Wretched's songs tended to be rather unconventionally structured and were
led by the somewhat gruff, Lemmy-like vocals of Dave Sherman. The albums are
consistently high quality; if you like one of them you will probably like them
all.
UNORTHODOX are one of the best of the cluster of old-school doom bands based
around Washington D.C. Although definitely Sabbath-influenced like most of the
bands on the German Hellhound label, Unorthodox also exhibits psychedelic and
progressive tendencies. Guitarist and vocalist Dale Flood sounds much like a
slightly cleaner version of Wino from the Obsessed, St. Vitus and Spirit
Caravan. Both albums are classics of the old-school doom genre.
YOB Ok, we've got one here for anyone into the sludgy, stoner sounds of the
likes of Electric Wizard and Sleep!! Yob is perhaps your new favorite band. From
Portland, Oregon, these psychedelic doom lords take their chosen genre's
obligatory Black Sabbath worship to the extent of incorporating the swingin'
jazzy/jammy aspects of the Sabbath sound that most doomsters tend to disregard.
Nor do they skimp on the the meaner, rigidly metallic side of the Sabs, or on
the mountains of the moon sized riffage doom fans require. Yob is slow motion,
sweat leaf'd sludge to the max. Most notably, while their vocalist does dip into
a demonic growl at times, mainly he soars like an insane, heavily effected
hybrid of Ozzy and Geddy Lee. The result is a remarkably unique sound for a band
that unquestionably wears their influences on their collective sleeve. The
closest comparision would be to a spaced-out combination of Sleep and Dead
Meadow. The three long tracks (18, 7, and 23 minutes) sho!
wcase a stoned style that even fuses funk with full-on dirge doom. There's a
couple other fine doom metal releases on this weeks' list (Solitude Aeturnus,
Well Of Souls). But while those bands' style is to build big castles, these guys
tunnel through the earth, out the other side, and into outer space. Recommended.
(from the Aquarious Records website in SF)
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COMING THIS WEEKEND at THE WAREHOUSE (1017 7th St., Wash DC)
Saturday, Tomorrow, 05/29
TWO IF BY SEA (Post-punk rock infused with the spirit and sensibility of late
70s/early 80s new wave from Baltimore.)
KIMONE (Beautiful, magisterial, slow-build rock filled with depth and emotion
from Boston.)
PAUL MICHEL (DC's own fuses airy pop with an urgency and heaviness, making for
lush soundscapes.)
Monday, 05/31
HELLA (insane guitar drums duo from Sacremento, 5RC/ Kill Rock Stars,
www.hellaband.com) (http://www.hellaband.com))
NEED NEW BODY (Philly??s oompa loompa funk, tape-spliced gibber babber, File-13
Records)
MAKE BELIEVE (x-Cap n' Jazz, Owls, Joan of Arc doing some crazy King
Crimson-esque noise, Flameshovel Records)
Tuesday, 06/01
ET AT IT (record release party!)
SHARON CHESLOW (x-Electrolettes, Red Eye, Suture... former DC resident)
YELLOW SWANS (Improvisational electronic processing from S.F. / Oakland)
HITS (DC wonders)
Wednesday, 06/02
DYSRYHTHMIA (Philly??s insane prog metal band)
BEHOLD... THE ARCTOPUS (Philly??s odd and difficult metal band, cd soon on Mick
Barr??s Vothoc/ Troubleman Unlimited)
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Baltimore's TWO IF BY SEA blends ambient electronics, guitars, live and
triggered drums, and voices to create an original post-punk rock infused
with the spirit and sensibility of late 70s/early 80s new wave.
KIMONE are five multi-instrumentalist from Boston with absurdly developed
musical proclivities- creating stunningly beautiful, magisterial, slow-build
rock filled with depth and emotion.
DC's own PAUL MICHEL fuses a unique combination of airy pop with an urgency and
heaviness, making for lush soundscapes and thoughtfully crafted songs that are
both distinctive and highly inventive.
YELLOW SWANS Improvisational music, primarily using electronic instruments and
processing, with respect to the methodology of international
underground musics and DIY culture. Musically comparable to a distillation of
American hardcore, Free improvisation, Dub, Hip Hop, Noise, Industrial,
and Modern Composition. Interested in full spectrum tonality, sonic exploration,
the opening of new doors of perception, spiritual journey, and the
establishment of new, meaningful shared cultural experience in the tradition of
folk and native musics from around the globe. Interested in full spectrum
tonality, sonic exploration, and free form musical construction.
HELLA If you believe one particularly virulent message board thread, Hella is
both as powerful as Hitler and responsible for ruining music for all
right-minded, God-fearing folk. Which can surely only be a good thing. For a
band not yet five years old, Hella polarizes plenty of opinions by daring to try
something as radical as only having two members and no vocals, and deviating
from a strict 4/4 time signature. When floundering attempts at comparison
mention such disparate entities as Lightning Bolt, Oxes, Primus and the good
Captain Beefheart, you know you must be doing something right. Drummer Zach Hill
and guitarist Spencer Seim storm the conventions of math-punk through a hefty
discography from their debut, "Hold Your Horse Is" up to their current EPs. San
Francisco. 5RC/Kill Rock Stars
NEED NEW BODY Unlike many of the bands currently scoring cool points in the eyes
of the media, Need New Body relies almost completely on spontaneity. Formed by
the members of the short-lived Bent Leg Fatima, the band has struggled since its
inception to avoid some of the same trappings as its predecessors. The band's
self-titled debut marked a complete change in direction, steering away from the
psychedelic sounds for a darker and more chaotic sound. Although the songs were
being created mainly with standards instrumentation, the songs were anything but
traditional. Rooted partially in the improvisation and experimentation of Kraut
rockers like Can or Faust, a live NNB show can now invoke echoes of anything
from the rhythmic cacophony of Dog Faced Hermans to the organ-laden drone of
Stereolab. With the release of a second album, UFO (File 13), NNB demarcates the
difference between Captain Beefheart and the drunk guy who raps at parties.
MAKE BELIEVE featuring Tim Kinsella from Owls, Joan of Arc, Cap N Jazz etc. Make
Believe is 2003s touring version of Joan of Arc. After 3 months of touring
solidified their playing together, they returned home and decided to follow this
impulse and write new songs with a more aggressive approach. But they all knew
it had to be something different than Joan of Arc. For it to be represented as a
true collaboration and reflect itÍs totally different approach to songwriting
and speak for itself it had to shake whatever connotations the band name Joan of
arc had acquired.
DYSRHYTHMIA Progressive rock, heavy metal, indie-rock, avant-jazz and ambient
mesmerism are combined through the high-energy music of Philadelphia-based trio,
Dysrhythmia. Formed in March 1999, Dysrhythmia represents the vision of
guitarist Kevin Hufnagel and bassist Clayton Ingerson, a former music major at
the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Friends since high school, they
worked together, in the mid-1990s, as members of Grey Division Blue. Dysrhythmia
marked a creative expansion for the Relapse Records roster, Pretest consisting
entirely of instrumentals with no death/grind buzzsaw guitar tones or blastbeats
?? or anything too "metal" at all, actually ?? in sight. Instead, Dysrhythmia
explores vaguely prog avenues lined with jagged, angular Jesus Lizard-esque
riffs, odd time signatures, and Sonic Youth-styled dissonance and lyrical guitar
doodles; the latter smartly used to draw the listener into a fracas that would
otherwise be a cold, detached listening experienc!
e. Arrangements usually start off sparse and build to climaxes that are more
cerebral than emotional, but engaging nonetheless.
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Tonight! Monday! 05/31
Warehouse Nextdoor
HELLA
(insane guitar drums duo from Sacremento, 5RC/ Kill Rock Stars, www.hellaband.com) (http://www.hellaband.com))
NEED NEW BODY
(Philly??s oompa loompa funk, tape-spliced gibber babber, File-13 Records)
MAKE BELIEVE
(x-Cap n' Jazz, Owls, Joan of Arc doing some crazy King Crimson-esque noise, Flameshovel Records)
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80% chance of Walkie
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Originally posted by walkie hearts you all:
80% chance of Walkie
now 100% c.o.W.
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avant-rock and noise tonight...
ET AT IT 's record release party is TONIGHT!
at the Warehouse Next Door with Sharon Cheslow, Yellow Swans, and
HITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come celebrate the new Et At It cd "I Count" out now on Northern Liberties!!
this and all future weekday shows start at 9:00 or earlier. death to late
shows!!!
see you in a minute!
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Originally posted by snailhook:
avant-rock and noise tonight...
ET AT IT 's record release party is TONIGHT!
at the Warehouse Next Door with Sharon Cheslow, Yellow Swans, and
HITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come celebrate the new Et At It cd "I Count" out now on Northern Liberties!!
this and all future weekday shows start at 9:00 or earlier. death to late
shows!!!
see you in a minute!
can't make it, but Et At It are really great. and snail, we should actually try to meet up sometime...how many shows has it been?
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it will happen...did you ever make it out to subarachnoid space?
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dude, Et at it?!??
Are you fucking serious, Eli? Its just like two chicks and a dude inhaling and hiccupping. They need some drums to support their shtick.
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actually, after seeing them last night, i'd say that they need more spontaneity instead of drums. the sloppiness doesn't bother me so much as the academic dryness. i like them, but there's something missing.
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Originally posted by Captain Jack:
dude, Et at it?!??
Are you fucking serious, Eli? Its just like two chicks and a dude inhaling and hiccupping. They need some drums to support their shtick.
philistine!
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Originally posted by snailhook:
academic dryness.
that's exactly what it is...obviously not very rock and roll, but I think the tongue is firmly in the cheek...somehow they always make me smile during their live sets. and it's not like they're gonna play for longer than 30 minutes anyway.
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i totally agree, walkie. they played a 20 minute set last night. i like that kind of stuff, but it doesn't affect me as strongly as, say, orthrelm or hella.
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@ Warehouse Next Door!
Tonite! 6/23 Wednesday!
6 bux please! 8:30 doors!
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UNWED SAILOR
(members of Dechahedron & Aspera)
NITRO TOKYO
(members of Dechahedron, Darkest Hour, Fairweather, Frodus)
BREAD AND ROSES
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Nitro Tokyo play ironic glam rock in the vein of The Cult, Guns N' Roses and even maybe AC/DC or sumthin'. Singer "Rezz Gabriel" promises a samurai navajo apocalypse ride on Rt. 66 at 200 mph heading straight to hellfire.
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great rock show tomorrow at the warehouse! terminal lovers are from cleveland and represent that city's fine heritage of sloppy-ass decadent rock 'n' roll in the vein of the dead boys and rocket from the tombs.
friday, june 25th @ the warehouse next door (1021 7th St. NW Washington DC)
all ages, $7, Warehouse Theater (http://www.warehousetheater.com)
Thee Snuff Project (http://www.theesnuffproject.com)
"...Opening for Rocket From the Tombs was the seriously seedy Thee Snuff Project. The local outfit smashed through a set of ragged bursts of noise, taking the traditional guitar-bass-drums-vocalist and injecting it with a bad attitude, some intoxication and smart songs. Fifteen years ago, the band would have been on the AmRep label. In the decidedly un-rock District, it stands out as unaffected by trends and content to make a racket."
-- The Washington Times
Terminal Lovers (http://davecintron.com)
Cleveland's premier psychedelic rock out-fit featuring the all star cast of Dave Cintron-guitar / vocals (DIMBULB & THE DOWNSIDE SPECIAL), Chris Smith-guitar (KEELHAUL), Steve Mehlman-drums (PERE UBU), Don Depew-bass (BREAKER, COBRA VERDE & GUIDED BY VOICES), and Scott Pickering-drums / percussion (SPEAKER/CRANKER, PRISONSHAKE & MY DAD IS DEAD)).
ME VS. THE MONSTER
Hailing from Northern Virginia, Me Vs. the Monster brings a collosal dynamic rollercoaster to your ears with some of the catchiest rock and roll around these parts. Their sound is somewhat reminiscent of what would be a mix of At the Drive In, Refused, and Blue Cheer. This is their record release show, and with a very developed, unique sound and the stir surrounding them, they have a very bright future ahead of them.
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'80s rap bitches? B-52's bastard daughters? Burgerphilia?
Nymphomania? Sci fi horror disco? Ghost Boobs? Freedom
Toast? Duos? Trios? Four-os?
ALL THAT AND MORE at WAREHOUSE NEXT DOOR
tooooooonite! nite night nite!
ITS........
11:15 GRAVY TRAIN!!!! (Kill Rock Stars)
10:15 FRENCH TOAST
09:15 THE VANASHING (GSL)
08:45 LIPSTICK PICKUPS
08:30 Doors Open (Come Early!)
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Warehouse Next Door
1017 7th St. NW.
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$8. TONIGHT JULY 7th WEDNESDAY
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www.rapbitches.com (http://www.rapbitches.com)
www.frenchtoastdc.com (http://www.frenchtoastdc.com)
www.thevanishing.com (http://www.thevanishing.com)
www.lipstickpickups.com (http://www.lipstickpickups.com)
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With one more ! than !!!, Gravy Train!!!! prepares its assault on the nation's capital. Describing themselves as, alternately, "'80s rap bitches" and the "B-52's bastard daughters," the Oakland, Calif., musicians offer up frantic bubblegum pop fortified mainly by Casio beats and smart, if often unsavory, imagery. Founding member and songwriter Chunx explores such topics as her crappy love life and her "frightening split affliction of burgerphilia/ nymphomania" with frank lyrics and attitude to spare. In the song "Ghost Boobs," a woman laments her post-diet shrunken breasts: "Gazoyngas a plenty, back pains she had many!/For such knockers hooters funbags boys were not even ready.../It was a fad diet, she had to try it/Chrissy Snow looked pretty hot, so Thighmaster? Just buy it!" Bandmate Funx provides accompanying keyboards and vocals, while Hunx and Junx kick in with harmonies and NC-17-rated dance moves. Come on, ride the train when the band plays with French Toast and The V! anishing at the Warehouse Next Door, 1017 7th St. NW. $8. (202) 783-3933. (Anne Marson- Washington City Paper)
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San Francisco's self-described "sci fi horror disco" trio THE VANISHING consists of former members of SUBTONIX (singer/ guitarist/saxaphonist Jessie), THE KNIVES (Jessie & drummer Brian), Kill Rock Stars' recording artists THE LIES (keyboardist Sadie), and ZONETECH (Brian). The band formed when Jessie and Brian departed THE KNIVES in order to start something "a bit dancier". Upon recruiting Sadie, THE VANISHING released their debut 10" in Cochon Records in July 2002. After recording the split EP with LOST SOUNDS (Cochon Records), the band set about preparing tracks for their debut full-length release, 2003's "Songs for Psychotic Children". Sadie decided to leave the band prior to the album's release, in order to concentrate on her main project, THE HUSBANDS (with Sara Reed, also from THE LIES, and a revolving group of guest drummers). She was replaced by Billy from ZONETECH on keyboards, as well as bass.
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gravy train is the kind of thing that could be very good in a bad way or very bad in a good way. i'll be there.
next big show at the warehouse will be growing (kranky records) on 7/14. i've got a whole bunch of stoner and psych coming up in august and september.
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at the warehouse next door, 9pm, $7
11pm: growing (kranky records)
10pm: the wind-up bird (the music fellowship)
9pm: harm stryker (from richmond, electronic noise duo)
growing are a duo (sometimes a trio) who play guitar-based heavy drone in the vein of earth 2 and sunno))), perhaps a "metal" stars of the lid or flying saucer attack. they play with film projections, so it should be a highly psychedelicized set.
the wind-up bird is part of the music fellowship, which includes bands such as landing, yume bitsu, paik, surface of eceon, etc. it is the brainchild of joseph grimm, who will be performing solo, though he often has a partner to augment the sound. the wind-up bird is mostly electronic/laptop-based, but he coaxes some amazing post-rock sounds out of the computer, sounding more like tortoise than aphex twin or something like that.
harm stryker are a completely electronic duo, though one of them plays a theremin and uses heavily processed vocals. they are very drony and spacy and will kick off the show with a short, trippy set of noise.
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Ok, I've just gotta say something. snailhook, I am always mystified by all the bands you talk about, as I have never heard of a one of them. I mean, I run a music web-site (when not searching for a new job) for cryin out loud. I read and write about a tons of bands, many of whom the masses have never or barely heard of. Yet, 98% of the bands you mentioned, and seem to have known and liked for a while, I've never heard of. Is it cause of their genres? Am I the only one on the board who feels this way? I'm just not sure if I don't know shit about music, or you're just a freak. ;)
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I'll bet you don't know 98% of my music, either. :)
Or for that matter, 98% of Flawd's music.
Heck, maybe not ever 98% of Guiny's music.
Originally posted by redsock:
Ok, I've just gotta say something. snailhook, I am always mystified by all the bands you talk about, as I have never heard of a one of them. I mean, I run a music web-site (when not searching for a new job) for cryin out loud. I read and write about a tons of bands, many of whom the masses have never or barely heard of. Yet, 98% of the bands you mentioned, and seem to have known and liked for a while, I've never heard of. Is it cause of their genres? Am I the only one on the board who feels this way? I'm just not sure if I don't know shit about music, or you're just a freak. ;)
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I'll bet you don't know 98% of my music, either. :)
Or for that matter, 98% of Flawd's music.
Heck, maybe not ever 98% of Guiny's music.
Nah, I may not like a lot of it, or even have heard a good bit of it, but i'll at least know of the bands or artists.
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I understand your point, redsock, and I agree. A lot of snailhook's bands are so far out of my genres that they don't even show up in ezines or music mags. I've been amazed numerous times myself. He's got compadres in Thirsty and Walkie (?) though...
I've heard of most of the bands Rhett or Guiny mention (flawed not so much), but usually just know of them, haven't listened to them.
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Snailhook is a deliberate obscurist?
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Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
I understand your point, redsock, and I agree. A lot of snailhook's bands are so far out of my genres that they don't even show up in ezines or music mags. I've been amazed numerous times myself. He's got compadres in Thirsty and Walkie (?) though...
I've heard of most of the bands Rhett or Guiny mention (flawed not so much), but usually just know of them, haven't listened to them.
I'm not trying to paint it negatively, just want to be sure i'm not the only one lost in a sea of band names. Yeah, I think the 'real' indie boys on the board (walkie, thirtsy, nkotbie) have a lot more in common with our friend snailhook.
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the truth is, and i am not saying this to be a dick or anything, that most of the bands discussed on this board just are not very obscure compared to a lot of other music forums
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I can buy that. Atter all, this is the 9:30 Club chatboard, the most eclectic AND mainstream oriented music club in the area.
Originally posted by pollard:
the truth is, and i am not saying this to be a dick or anything, that most of the bands discussed on this board just are not very obscure compared to a lot of other music forums
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Originally posted by redsock:
Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
I understand your point, redsock, and I agree. A lot of snailhook's bands are so far out of my genres that they don't even show up in ezines or music mags. I've been amazed numerous times myself. He's got compadres in Thirsty and Walkie (?) though...
I've heard of most of the bands Rhett or Guiny mention (flawed not so much), but usually just know of them, haven't listened to them.
I'm not trying to paint it negatively, just want to be sure i'm not the only one lost in a sea of band names. Yeah, I think the 'real' indie boys on the board (walkie, thirtsy, nkotbie) have a lot more in common with our friend snailhook. [/b]
thanks for the props, boss!
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Originally posted by redsock:
I'm not trying to paint it negatively, just want to be sure i'm not the only one lost in a sea of band names.
I'm not either -- I think it's cool as shit. It'd be boring if we all liked the same stuff, and there's tons of stuff I listen to now I never would have (a la The National, Snow Patrol, Cooper Temple Clause, going to the Secret Machines show Thursday...).
In the realm of things, the 9:30 forum majority is 'mainstream alternative' (please, let's not get into a terminology discussion -- I just mean that compared to the general population, we listen to music most folks have never heard of). I know about way more bands than just about anyone I know out in life, but on the board, I know nothing (yes, go ahead, say that in your best Sgt Schultz voice). Still, snailhook and the boys seem on the edge of alternative. And, of course, Pollard knows about everything, but has faily discerning taste nonetheless. ;)
Pollard, wouldn't you say, though, that most other boards are more specific to a genre (and hence get much deeper into a genre's roster), and this is pretty much a generalist forum?
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Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
Originally posted by redsock:
I'm not trying to paint it negatively, just want to be sure i'm not the only one lost in a sea of band names.
I'm not either -- I think it's cool as shit. It'd be boring if we all liked the same stuff, and there's tons of stuff I listen to now I never would have (a la The National, Snow Patrol, Cooper Temple Clause, going to the Secret Machines show Thursday...).
In the realm of things, the 9:30 forum majority is 'mainstream alternative' (please, let's not get into a terminology discussion -- I just mean that compared to the general population, we listen to music most folks have never heard of). I know about way more bands than just about anyone I know out in life, but on the board, I know nothing (yes, go ahead, say that in your best Sgt Schultz voice). Still, snailhook and the boys seem on the edge of alternative. And, of course, Pollard knows about everything, but has faily discerning taste nonetheless. ;)
Pollard, wouldn't you say, though, that most other boards are more specific to a genre (and hence get much deeper into a genre's roster), and this is pretty much a generalist forum? [/b]
i don't think this board is general at all, how many discussion of hip hop have there beem, and I don't count the Beastie Boys
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wow, i'm very flattered.
let me just say that i am not into obscure bands for obscurity's sake. some of my favorite bands, for years, have been (and will always be) black sabbath, the doors, led zeppelin, pink floyd, creedence clearwater revival, the byrds, the stones, sonic youth, yo la tengo, the supremes, neil young, and the smiths. hardly obscure.
however, i am a music nerd (and a film nerd, too...i can talk about obscure foreign directors all night, but i won't go there). i think there are great bands/musicians in all genres and subgenres, though i do think the best music tends to exist in the underground. i would like to see these bands get more fans, because many of them can appeal to more folks. on the other hand, some of the music that i like is so abstract, atonal, and discordant that it will always appeal to a select few. still, a few is better than none.
the funny thing is, i have 104 posts here and have barely mentioned a smidgeon of my collection, and what's out there. i would never be so arrogant to suggest that i know everything; the beauty of music in the 21st century is that there are so many albums and artists and the access to them, so that it's easy to learn about new and exciting stuff every day.
what really sucks is the fact that i have two jobs and can't really listen to music for at least 40 hours a week.
and yes, this forum is pretty general. i am on other boards that are more genre-specific. i like to hop around boards because i get tired/bored of being on just one. i like this one because i work at the 930 and book at the warehouse and it is a large part of my local music community. i think it is very important to be involved in the community, especially by communication.
that said, if i turn just one person on to something they might not normally know, i've done my job :)
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and here's the write-up for growing from the city paper...
Tonight is Olympia, Wa's metal drone band, GROWING, playing with the politically
and socially motivated electronic experimental noise venture, HARM STRYKER, and
the electroacoustic drone psych of THE WIND-UP BIRD.
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Tonight! Wednesday! July 14th!
at the Warehouse Next Door
1017 7th St. NW
$7 / 8:30 doors / 9:00 music
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It's hard to figure out whether Growing is a metal band without a drummer or a
New Age band with a metal edge. The pedigree of this Olympia, Wash., duo
definitely indicates the former: Guitarist Joe Denardo and bassist Kevin Doria
(pictured somewhere in the crowd) are ex-members of hardcore act Black Man White
Man Dead Man and doom act 1000 AD, respectively. And Growing's 2003 debut, The
Sky's Run Into the Sea, is chock-full of grim atmosphere: The album's thick,
distorted chords crawl so slowly at times that they turn and churn into pure
drone. But the duo is fond of more than just the blackened noise pumped out by
its drum-free peers Earth and Sunn O))). Sky's guitars often mimic bagpipes??even
harpsichords??and the band flat-out hijacks the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" on
"Cutting, Opening, Swimming." To confuse matters further, Growing's upcoming
double album, The Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light (the title of
which comes from a late-19th-century essay on the rela!
tionship between color and sound), more or less dispenses with the Hessian
riffs, dwelling only on their benign aftermath. Thrown in a mix with the ambient
likes of Fripp & Eno or just about any album on Kranky (Growing's label), Soul's
shimmering waves of synthlike guitars and cymbal swells fit in just fine.
Growing plays with Harm Stryker at 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, at the Warehouse
Next Door, 1017 7th St. NW. $7. (202) 783-3933. (Brent Burton - washington city
paper)
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The Wind-Up Bird's lineage points to hardcore (Jerome's Dream) and post rock
(33.3), but where they end up is pretty far removed from either. With a rare
clarity, Whips combines lush and airy drone (a la Stars of the Lid), violin,
trumpet, trombone, layered voices, and computerized bleeps, bloops, and
manipulations.
Based on a message left on an answering machine (which is manipulated on the 4th
track), the song titles, if put together, say "Sorry that I've become this
monster. I love you a lot." After taking this static-y sample of an answering
machine and manipulating it into a hardly intelligible garble set in a maelstrom
of noise, the clouds part and clear tones pulse beneath a mournful violin line.
Not only does this album deconstruct its songs and melodies into lyrical
textures on par with the best of ambient music, but it's also brimming with
activity. Different textures, melodies, and instruments slide in and out of the
mix, adding their little piece to the massive puzzle.
Generally reminiscent of the mood Labradford conjures, The Wind-Up Bird aren't
so easily categorized. The use of acoustic instruments, with no treatment
alongside the laptop and looped guitar lines, makes this an unusual amalgam of
tones, giving the moody music plenty of depths to fully submerge.
sean hammond, FakeJazz.com
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Harm Stryker is a politically and socially motivated electronic experimental
noise venture. The intention behind Harm Stryker is to help increase awareness
for different radical issues that deserve attention through various forms of
independent media. We believe that in order to provoke action against
oppression there must be a strong enough feeling of dissent towards the
oppressor. In order for this to happen, people must feel educated and empowered
to make a change. Harm Stryker intends to fuel the revolutionary flame by
providing an outlet for radical ideas through literature, art, and experimental
music that encourage people to take matters into their own hands. While we
realize that some direct action tactics are not for everyone, Harm Stryker
supports creative alternatives that help increase awareness as well. Some of
these ideas involve art, music, wheat pasting, screen-printing, event
organizing, etc.
Harm Stryker is based on the actions of individuals, not the dictations of
authority figures. each person is independent, connected only through the use
of the Harm Stryker tag. Those who act for the idea of Harm Stryker do so by
their own decision, and are advised of the Harm Strykers guidelines below:
Harm Stryker Guidelines:
* avoid causing physical harm to any living being.
* choose your battles wisely. consider what you hope to affect, and insure that
it is a worthy cause.
* do not vandalize for pointless recreation.
* fight corporations, not the people working for them.
* be conscious of your environment and avoid its destruction.
* Harm Stryker is about making informed decisions. educate yourself.
* make your assertions into facts supported by solid evidence.
* express your opinion to us often!!!
Harm Stryker will not tolerate hate, racism, sexism, or homophobia. We stand
beside those who fight capitalism and work for a better living wage in local
communities and foreign countries. We understand and support those who struggle
to save our forest and animals from extinction. It is crucial that we all stand
together and fight these injustices as one. Harm Stryker's goal is not to
compete with other groups, but to contribute to their cause and stand in
solidarity with them as they combat various social, environmental, and political
issues in a non-violent manner.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
at the warehouse next door, 9pm, $7
11pm: growing (kranky records)
10pm: the wind-up bird (the music fellowship)
9pm: harm stryker (from richmond, electronic noise duo)
growing are a duo (sometimes a trio) who play guitar-based heavy drone in the vein of earth 2 and sunno))), perhaps a "metal" stars of the lid or flying saucer attack. they play with film projections, so it should be a highly psychedelicized set.
the wind-up bird is part of the music fellowship, which includes bands such as landing, yume bitsu, paik, surface of eceon, etc. it is the brainchild of joseph grimm, who will be performing solo, though he often has a partner to augment the sound. the wind-up bird is mostly electronic/laptop-based, but he coaxes some amazing post-rock sounds out of the computer, sounding more like tortoise than aphex twin or something like that.
harm stryker are a completely electronic duo, though one of them plays a theremin and uses heavily processed vocals. they are very drony and spacy and will kick off the show with a short, trippy set of noise.
This makes me want to see The Wind-Up Bird. All of those bands, except for Tortoise. Tortoise are too cold Fusion Jazzy for my taste. All the rest have me very interested.
BTW, have you heard Paik's new CD yet? It's on my 'to buy' list for my next order. If so, what direction have they taken? I'm anxious to hear it. Also plan on ordering the new ones from Bark Psychosis and The Telescopes. Also The Meeting Places. Might add in something from LKRWM, The Legendary Pink Dots, Douglas Heart, Guitaro or so many others I need to reconsider. Trying to scrape up some money. :(
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jaguar, if you're referring to paik's "the orson fader", i know that one. if you're referring to the one they've been working on, "satin black", i have no idea. is it out yet?
i love paik and have seen them twice. a lot of my band's improvs actually end up sounding a lot like paik. i've already talked to them about playing in DC whenever they go on tour again. i saw 'em at terrastock in 2002 and at william & mary with windy & carl last year.
are you familiar with landing? i had them play my house in november. i think you'd like them...they sound like a psychedelic/shoegazer low.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
are you familiar with landing? i had them play my house in november. i think you'd like them...they sound like a psychedelic/shoegazer low.
I received the "Sphere" CD in the mail over the weekend. For space-rock, it's pretty good.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
jaguar, if you're referring to paik's "the orson fader", i know that one. if you're referring to the one they've been working on, "satin black", i have no idea. is it out yet?
Satin Black. It was just released only about a week or so ago. The same time as the new CDs from The Telescopes and Bark Psychosis.
i love paik and have seen them twice. a lot of my band's improvs actually end up sounding a lot like paik. i've already talked to them about playing in DC whenever they go on tour again. i saw 'em at terrastock in 2002 and at william & mary with windy & carl last year.
Oh, that would be great if you could get them.
You need to talk with some friends of mine. ;)
I'm looking forward to hearing your band sometime.
are you familiar with landing? i had them play my house in november. i think you'd like them...they sound like a psychedelic/shoegazer low.
Honestly, I've only heard a tiny bit but liked what I heard. Can't remember much though other than that I know I liked them. Definitely my kind of music, the Psychedelic Shoegazer that I am.
As a reminder, you really need to hear Highspire. So do all of those on here who keep singing the praises of The Stone Roses. TSRs are EJ's (main guy in the band) favorite band and you can hear it in his music. (Great guy too!) I tried to get him to come down to the AB/Rbs show last night but he couldn't do a weeknight. Working on a future gathering. ;)
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the warehouse brings us back to the glory days of indie-pop and riot grrrl...
SUNDAY!
July 18th at the Warehouse Nextdoor
Presented in sparkling two tone color:
BONFIRE MADIGAN (Kill Rock Stars, K. Records, Moon Puss)
and
EYES OF THE KILLER ROBOT
With summer apon us again, EYES OF THE KILLER ROBOT a.k.a the Hynes' of
Arlington (Liz, Shannon, Brendan) have joined with the Kane of DC (Dennis) in
preparing an evening of entertainment with the visiting visionary, BONFIRE
MADIGAN!! Regretfully the small sam-a-wiches that had been prepared are gone
but the Warehouse Next Door is providing refreshing drinks. Both sparkling and
non. Some come one, come all....
Schedule:
8:30 - doors open for meet and greet, small talk moments, and drinks
9:30 - Eyes of the Killer Robot begins musical interpretations of such old
time standards as "Bruncle"
10:00 - break for a moment outside to contemplate either the lack of
weather, or abbundence of it.
10:30 - Enjoy the cello stylings of visiting visionary Bonfire Madigan!
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Bonfire Madigan is an avant-pop, chamber-rock experiment. A configuration of
combustible collaborators orbiting the songs and spit of Madigan Shive. Madigan
ignites the Bonfire with a shebeen of soul-art-string-sounds. Since her
performing songwriting first appeared with Seattle's first generation Riot Grrrl
band, the seminal acoustic songwriting duo, Tattle Tale, to her Mad art,
advocacy and activism of today -- Madigan doesn't play for safety. As the new
B.Mad live album declares -- she Plays for Change. It may take some folks awhile
to catch up with this. But they're the ones who said Bob couldn't sing, Monk
couldn't play and Patti wasn't rock and roll. Madigan is a new-music composer
pulling from all that inspires her to create something often called ineffable.
She repaints the sonic landscape with visceral interpretations of love, life,
loss and liberation. Madigan is one of the globalization generations most potent
cultural figures. SF Chronicle/EGate says "... Shive c!
ertainly sets the underground ablaze."
Madigan Shive - words, voice, cello, guitar, up front baring all
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jaguar, i do need to hear highspire. if i can hook paik up with a show at the warehouse, i would certainly think of inviting highspire down for that.
i didn't even know the telescopes had a new record out. they were always amazing and don't get the proper due they deserve.
landing sound like low and galaxie 500 with spacy analog synths and lots of guitar effects. i hear the new album has more of a rock feeling. "passages through" was in my top 20 records of last year. they want to play my house again on the next tour, so i'll keep you posted.
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Snailhook, as synchronicity would have it...
just for us!
Too bad we can't make it because it's on the other side of the freaking country. :D
I'm kind of mixed about Park Avenue Music. Would probably enjoy them live but can't say I'm all that enamoured by them recorded.
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Rippers and Thrashers (really good and consistent skaters).... dont be a poser (pretender; someone that dresses like a skateboarder but doesn't skateboard ) and slam (a bad unexpected fall )!
Catch some air (Ride a skateboard into the air, land it, and continue on), grind (a trick done on any sharp lip where the truck comes in contact with the edge of the lip), and ollie (the basis for most skateboard tricks...the back foot smacks the tail of the board against the ground while the front foot pulls the board up into the air) yourself over to the Warehouse Nextdoor on Friday night, July 23rd.
Its a benefit show for the GREEN SKATE LAB, a grassroots organization committed to building a quality concrete skatepark almost entirely out of recycled materials, right here in DC!!! DC!!! DC!!!
www.greenskatelab.org (http://www.greenskatelab.org)
playing are:
CITYGOATS
RED LINE INDEX
HOMAGE TO CATALONIA
Tight! (Cool !)
The Warehouse Nextdoor is located at 1019 7th St. NW between NY Ave & L St. Doors open at the happy hour of 8PM and 6 dollars gets you past the bouncers.
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i just confirmed black ox orkestar (constellation records, thierry from GYBE and a silver mt zion) for august 30.
updated schedule:
7/24: carrier (berkeley, ca)/golden prophet (DC)/the alphabetical order (NoVA)
7/25: fursaxa (philly)/spires that in the sunset rise (chicago)/kohoutek (my band)
7/29: measles mumps rubella/federation x (estrus rec.)/the cheeps
7/30: from quagmire (VHF rec.)/gutterhelmet (accordion/drums duo from providence)/christophe albertijn (solo guitar from belgium)
7/31: place of skulls (ex-pentagram, southern lord)/earthride (ex-spirit caravan, southern lord)/unorthodox (MD doom)/pennsylvania connection
8/1: john bustine & the woolfs/officer may (boston)
8/11: orthrelm/fast forward/the peppermints (CA)
8/19: plastic crimewave sound (chicago)/josephine foster & the supposed (chicago)/sharron kraus (camera obscura rec.)/alec redfearn
8/20: the out_circuit/alcian blue/drone dimension (shoegaze from FL)
8/21: el guapo/enon
8/22: dove/meatjack/swarm of the lotus/trephine
8/27: dalek/beans
8/28: internal void (southern lord)/king valley
8/30: black ox orkestar (constellation rec.)
9/8: french toast/hello cuca (spain)
9/9: the apes/the cuts/gris gris
9/11: darediablo (NYC)
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Originally posted by snailhook:
8/20: the out_circuit/alcian blue/drone dimension (shoegaze from FL)
This show is going to be amazing. Drone Dimension are very, very good! The Out Circuit are great, too! (And we discussed Alcian Blue on the Rosebuds thread.) Come out and support shoegaze!
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damn right, that show's going to be good! i just got a two-song demo from drone dimension, and it's totally killer!
and add (sounds of) kaleidoscope and relay to black ox orkestar.
and wolf eyes on halloween.
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shit! the warehouse is absolutely the best venue in DC these days...they're stealing shows that would normally suffer from crappy acoustics and lame sightlines on the black cat's backstage, which is AOK with me.
not to be missed, in walkie world:
7/25: fursaxa (philly)/spires that in the sunset rise (chicago)/kohoutek (my band)
7/29: measles mumps rubella/federation x (estrus rec.)/the cheeps
8/1: john bustine & the woolfs/officer may (boston)
8/20: the out_circuit/alcian blue/drone dimension (shoegaze from FL)
8/21: el guapo/enon
8/27: dalek/beans
sadly (well not all that sad), I'm moving to NY on the 29th, so no Thierry/Apes/French Toast for me.
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walkie, if you're coming on sunday, be sure to introduce yourself. i'm the drummer in kohoutek.
perhaps we can give you a nice send-off show with dalek :)
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Clavius Productions presents:
Femme folk-psych at the Warehouse Next Door
Fursaxa (Philadelphia, Time Lag/Eclipse Records)
Spires That in the Sunset Rise (Chicago, Galactic Zoo/Eclipse Records)
Kohoutek (DC improv psych)
$6, all ages, doors at 8:30, show at 9:15
Spires That in the Sunset Rise
For almost three years now, Spires That in the Sunset Rise have been adorning Chicago venues with their songful muses, playing with groups such as Acid Mother's Temple, Bobby Conn, Pelt, Faun Fables, Charalambides, Strangulated Beatoffs, Mark Shippy (of U.S. Maple), Plastic Crimewave Sound, and Miminokoto. Spires are comprised of four women from central Illinois, where they attended the same high school. This environment allowed them to develop their intensely restless natures, which eventually culminated (an evolution of ten years and several different arrangements) into the vision of Spires That in the Sunset Rise. They utilize a creaky blend of cello, guitars, slide, banjo, harmonium, percussion, autoharp, flute, mbira, etc...into an awakened fever dream of songs culled from the primal, fantastical, elemental mind; a fusion of punk, psych, folk, free jazz, and eastern sounds.
"Spires That in the Sunset Rise are a female quartet from Chicago who mine the Wicker Man tradition better than anyone in recent memory. Their eponymous debut LP (Galactic Zoo Disk/Eclipse) sounds something like Alva pretending to be mid-period Current 93. There is a nice, tense, wheezy otherness to the way that the strings breathe in and out in concord with the harmonium, and that the vocals blend incantational tones with barks right out of Polansky's MacBeth. There are other raw touches to the music that bring to mind the early Godz, but the hoot-ritual aura eventually overwhelms any sense of art-anarchy. Which is a pretty hip thing to do, eh?" -Arthur
Fursaxa (www.fursaxa.net)
Tara Burke is a Farfisa chord organist and singer formerly of Clock Strikes Thirteen, Ted Casterline and his Perfectly Perfect Pieces of Fruit, and the legendary (at least in mid-'90s underground psych circles) Siltbreeze band The Un. She now performs solo as Fursaxa, occasionally augmented by Bardo Pond's Michael Gibbons on electric guitar. Tara has an album called "Mandrake" that Kawabata Makoto (from Acid Mothers Temple) produced and released, plus recordings on Time Lag and Ecstatic Peace. Burke's folk-psych is heavily inspired by early western musical concepts (Gregorian chants, Hildegard von Bingen, fugues, etc.) and Nico's "The Marble Index".
Joey Sweeney of the Philadelphia Weekly writes:
Hailing from West Philly, Fursaxa is currently the darling of the Other Music set, and it's easy to see why. Boasting a label endorsement from legends of present-day Japanese psychedelia Acid Mothers Temple and a sound that hearkens back to those other polar queens of disaffected freakout music, Nico and Barbara Manning, "Mandrake" is one of the most otherworldly releases you'll come across this year. Burke has a real knack for turning folk into lo-fi, and then into sheer psych and back again.
"Everyone thinking of buying a Fursaxa album should be aware that Tara Burke has the ability to put listeners into a trance-like state. Her voice is somewhere between a tenor and an alto, and when she ventures in the lower ranges, she might as well be a hypnotist. Burke got my attention years ago because there weren't many women making weird, experimental, psychedelic music. There still aren't many, but Burke continues to put out excellent album after excellent album. "Madrigals in Duos" was recorded over two years ago but has finally been properly released by the Time Lag imprint. After one listen, I'm even more convinced that Tara Burke is a mystic.
There are dozens of familiar sounds all over this record. From her trademark Farfisa to that opiate voice, this is the territory I have grown accustomed to when playing a new Fursaxa record. This music is often formless, drifting in and out of structure like one fades in and out of consciousness during lazy summer afternoons. It's this last aspect of "Madrigals in Duos," though, that most resonates with me. It's weird to think of this as any sort of "feel good" music, but during these first weeks of summer, this is my perfect accompaniment to days spent lounging in my pajamas, doing little but writing emails and watching TV. There's something under the surface here that lends itself to the transition into the full ascent of the hottest season, a time when I am generally more productive." -Brad Rose (Foxy Digitalis)
Kohoutek
Improvised psychedelia via guitar/bass/percussion, inspired by the likes of Can/Amon Duul 2/Krautrock, Bardo Pond, Dead C, Sun Ra/Art Ensemble/free jazz, Sonic Youth, MBV/shoegaze, drone, etc. Textures and mood over technical proficiency.
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Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Originally posted by snailhook:
8/20: the out_circuit/alcian blue/drone dimension (shoegaze from FL)
This show is going to be amazing. Drone Dimension are very, very good! The Out Circuit are great, too! (And we discussed Alcian Blue on the Rosebuds thread.) Come out and support shoegaze! [/b]
Agree with all of that!
(Even if the chick I know in Drone Dimension is a bit fiesty. She's okay though. ;) )
Very much looking forward to this show.
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thursday's and friday's shows:
THURSDAY! THE 29th OF JULY!
MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA (take their drums and beat it)
FEDERATION X (Estrus Records)
the CHEEPS (Bellingham, WA)
WAREHOUSE NEXT DO'OR
1017 7th St. NW
8:30 Doors / 9:05ish Show
All Ages!
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FEDERATION X
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Well the battle of 1812 was a long and hard battle, but was won in the end by
the Indians. During which time our uncle found it necessary to write a book he
called the magna carta which he published at home and never fully finished. But
first a brief history: In 1842 we sacked the Mongols in a mustard eating contest
that would go down in history as second to none, but were aghast at the outfits
they chose to wear at the event. That was before the Hindenberg exploded, and of
course that changed everything. Federation X, founded in 1612, is comprised of
18 crazy Mexicans who all know Don Rickles. Each plays a four string guitar
composed of the most agile and consummate materials, with the heaviest wound
strings available. All guitars are played through a 2X15 and a 4X12 cabinet,
with Sunn amplifier heads to achieve maximum mayonnaise. For instance, a number
of authors question what it means to speak for one??s self and one??s community.
It was not necessary to build an airplane !
made out of bicycles and yamakas, but we did it anyway and while we were flying
over portugal with ali baba we made a pitstop in Cleveland to slap tonkies with:
Dead Moon, The Fireballs of Freedom, Supersnazz, The Whip, The Murder City
Devils, Gaza Strippers, Cherry Valence, Drunkhorse, the tight bros from way back
wheny, C-average, 400 Blows, the Cheeps, 20 Miles, Supersuckers, the Bellrays,
and Botch. this was fun, but no one could decide what shoes to wear to any of
the shows. While drunk skiing, we went disco dancing at a trendy night- club on
Mt. Olympus and then went home. Tim Green recorded our vital signs and took our
pulses at Louder studios in Kansas Missouri Spain and concluded that minimal
brain damage had occurred from the sandwich building contest that took place the
night before. Steve Albini did not agree with mr. green's diagnosis upon further
inquiry at a later sandwich building expose at his summer home in chicago USSR.
this time the focus was on low calor!
ie flame retardant pancake sandwiches and i feel that everybody learned a great
deal, although steve's speech was a little long. Speaking of discoteques, we've
opened 8 of them located throughout the great lawrence kansas area. A
full-course sit down discoteque LP and two drive up breakfast combo discoteque
7?s on Molasses Manifesto Records and a waffle pancake stack mix 7? on ??Tapes?
Records from the Brooklyn towne, two full-tilt weenie roast hamburger basket LPs
on Estrus Records, a single on wantage records of us impersonating budgie, and a
four band double lp split with no humour added also on wantage records USA, do
or die. We??ve shit in every bathroom across the United States 8 times, and the
ones on the west coast we??ve shit in ??a whole lot more?, and we went to europe
and shit in some of their bathrooms too. In our days of painting landfills with
phyllus diller, our television broke and isntead of getting it fixed we started
a miniture golf business with : The Dub Na!
rcotic, The Monkeywrench, Sweep the Leg Johnny, Billy Childish, Comets on Fire,
Fleshies, The Narrows, Lost Goat, Bantam Rooster, Last of the Juanitas, The
Quadrajets, The Catheters,Immortal Lee County Killers, Fatal Flying Guilloteens,
Scared of Chaka, The Swarming Hordes, The Bangs, Zen Guerilla, ...And You Will
Know Us By the Trail of the Dead-a-doo, The Fucking Champs, Gas Huffer, Pretty
Girls Make Graves, Japanther, and Seattle??s favorite loony birds-Zeke.We have
played over 300 tonkers, unfortunately none yet with Martin and Lewis. While we
were on tour we took turns beating the broccoli out of a ??77 Impala dragging a
trailer, with 57 hungry horses in it, horses and occasionally rhinocerouses are
vital for "serious" touring. But now our Impala is broken so we bronzed it and
got a van. i'd just like to take a moment to say that i haven't made my bed
today and i don't give a damn who knows it.
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http://www.thecheeps.com/ (http://www.thecheeps.com/)
http://www.geocities.com/federationxonline/ (http://www.geocities.com/federationxonline/)
http://planariainc.com/mmr (http://planariainc.com/mmr)
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Clavius Productions presents:
From Quagmire
Gutterhelmet
Christophe Albertijn
Warehouse Next Door
1017 7th Street NW
Washington DC
Friday, July 30th
doors at 9:30pm, show at 10
$5
From Quagmire [www.fromquagmire.com]: a DC-based collective with CDs on VHF Records, and comprised of members of Rake [CameraObscura/Eclipse/VHF], Laconic Chamber [Camera Obscura], and The Espers [locust]. "Points of silence, hesitation, the sonic potential of instruments pushed to their limits, but always with a subtlety that demands respect. This is a reassuring voice with the curious ability to transform itself into disturbing hymnody, waves stirred up at the hands of V., the moments of pure beauty when the musical lines all come together in impossible agreement, each moaning with its own voice, hopeless but assured, the rhythm itself equally on the point of breaking, threatening to shove this entire beautiful world into the void...", Fluctuat.
From Quagmire is Dorothy Geller (Laconic Chamber, Elegy) on finger-picked nylon string guitar and hushed vocals, James Wolf (also Laconic Chamber) on violin, and Vinnie Van Go-Gogh (Rake) on guitar, percussion, and situationism. Their second CD, Caught in Unknowing , strongly follows on from their 2001 debut, Tropic of Barren, further evolving the Virginian trio??s exquisite and unique chamber music. Here the spaces between notes seem even more like chasms, the sounds of instruments laid bare by the extraordinary fidelity of their recording. In fact, the compositions on Caught in Unknowing seem like X-rays of songs, their skeleton defined and everything else a ghostly imprint. The pieces on Caught in Unknowing typically center around some kind of basic internalized folk-song core provided by Dorothy??s guitar patterns and whispered lyrics, around which the other members weave sonic exclamations wild violin excursions from James, and the sound of complaining hinges and a spectra of clatter from VVGG.
Many sounds are of indeterminate origin, and for some reason that makes for compelling listening of the ??how did they do that?? variety. The lengthy central track (possibly called "Stale Mate" though it is a little hard to tell with a track listing that appropriately is a circular thing with no obvious beginning or end) wraps up all of these elements into a transfixing whole, and asks the listener to try and think of something else that sounds like this. And that??s a question that doesn??t get asked very often any more, and even less often results in a stumped listener. (from Ptolemaic Terrascope)
Gutterhelmet: The music has elements of Celtic and Eastern European musics, noise, free improvisation and prog rock but without the usual preciousness and contrivances that often go along with "eclectic" music. The duo consists of Alec K. Redfearn and Barnacled of Providence's Eyesores. Matt McLaren on Drumkit and Alec on electrified accordion fed through two amps: one for the keyboard side and one for the bass button side so as to make a power trio of two. There is also ample use of distortion pedals on both channels making for a pretty unusual accordion tone. There are many samples of compositional work at www.aleckredfearn.com. (http://www.aleckredfearn.com.)
Christophe Albertijn [Belgium]: Electrified guitar in the tradition of Henry Flint or Tony Conrad or other strands of minimalists/maximalists, but also John Fahey or Joseph Spence. Guitar that is influenced as much by folk/blues music as electro-acoustic music, noise, pop and free-improvisation. Using composed parts in an improvisational framework.
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TOMORROW + WEDNESDAY + 08/11/04 + 8:30
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ORTHRELM
....(Asristir Iorxhscimtor Barr Blair Stones Veildroixe)
FAST FORWARD
....(abrasive robo-music from Los Angeles - may or
....may NOT contain members of the Locust,
....Nazti Skins, Wrangler Brutes, Slant 6,
....Quix-O-Tic, Le Shok etc)
FASCIST FASCIST
....(Baltimore - members of The Uniform)
THE PEPPERMINTS
....(females from San Diego white-hot, yet candy-sweet,
....sonic epicenter of garage spawned carnage)
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WAREHOUSE EXT DOOR + 1017 7th St. NW
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Orthrelm rules. I would be there, had I not bought Sonic Youth tickets. They'll play twenty minutes of the same three notes, really fast.
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Anyone excited to see Mount Eerie (formerly the Microphones) and Calvin Johnson at the Warehouse on 9/22? Should be a great show.
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Originally posted by bellenseb:
Anyone excited to see Mount Eerie (formerly the Microphones) and Calvin Johnson at the Warehouse on 9/22? Should be a great show.
I am I am
actually I have not been excited about shows just recently, but if I am able to regain my excitement about shows this will be one of them, I had not seen this on their schedule
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Snailhook, any idea on set times? Any possibility of making it to the Warehouse to catch Orthrelm after SY?
Originally posted by Captain Jack:
Orthrelm rules. I would be there, had I not bought Sonic Youth tickets. They'll play twenty minutes of the same three notes, really fast.
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yeah I was thinking the same thing . . . .
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fuck...i saw this thread a bit too late (been busy at work all day)...
if anybody sees this before they leave for sonic youth, tonight's set times will be:
9pm: the peppermints
9:45: fascist fascist
10:30: fast forward
11:15: orthrelm
as usual, i bet the show will run about 15-30 minutes late. my guess is orthrelm will go on after 11:30.
i'll be at sonic youth and running over to the warehouse ASAP to try to catch orthrelm. i'm wearing a blue paik t-shirt if anybody wants to say hi.
and yes, the microphones show will be killer. i'll warn y'all now that it will probably sell out, so get there early. woelv is also opening (the dude from old time relijun).
whole bunch of updates coming soon...
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A quadruple dose of psychedelia on Thursday night, of both the heavy stoner and the woodland folk variety...
Clavius Productions presents:
Plastic Crimewave Sound (http://www.nihilistrecords.net/pcs)
Josephine Foster & The Supposed
Sharron Kraus (http://www.sharronkraus.com)
Lionheart Mirth
Thursday, August 19
Warehouse Next Door
Doors at 8:30, show at 9pm
$6
Plastic Crimewave Sound
From Chicago, Eclipse Records
Splits with Oneida and Michael Yonkers
Heavy brain-frying space-punk fuzz rock a la Hawkwind, Chrome, Stooges, Comets on Fire, etc.
Plastic Crimewave Sound is something like the musical analogue to the Galactic Zoo Dossier fanzine, and their first single Grade Ceased, is about what you??d hope for from that connection. It is loud, crude psychedelic sludge, with heavily amped and effected guitars slicing through the swamps of midnight, with vocals buried in tanks of Japanese laughing gas, and rhythms sliding along like moist candy dropped from the lips of Alan Vega.
-The Wire, 2003
A wonderful ball of scuzz that will drag you down the psychedelic path to self-destruction, smashing your face into a CAN the whole ride. Dirty dirges of sound swirling around my head, start to make me worry who may be watching me through the windows and I start to see little glass spiders running up and down my arms in a paranoid haze. Mr.Crimewave has done an excellent job with the record, and if you have ever had re-occurring nightmares from too much cough syrup, then this will be the tasty dish you??ve waited for your whole life.
-Horizontal Action, 2003
Josephine Foster & The Supposed
From Chicago, of Born Heller & Children's Hour
Acid-laced folk-rock in the vein of early Fairport Convention, Byrds, and Jefferson Airplane
Press for Josephine's other bands:
Josephine Foster: (harp, mandolin, guitar); Jason Ajemian: (stand up bass). Born Heller are the earthen folk duo of Josephine Foster (Children's Hour) & Jason Ajemian and one of the better kept secrets to emerge out of Chicago's clandestine campfires and music dens. Their sound captures an Appalachian- transatlantic folk tradition so effortlessly that if it didn't already exist, they would have had to invent it themselves. Foster's spine tingling vocal delivery has been rightly compared to the likes of British folk legend and current hipster fave, Shirley Collins. On their debut, that voice is finally given full justice by the spare rhythmic arrangements of Ajemian on strings. Recorded by Paul Oldham in Louisville Kentucky."
Last year, the Children's Hour's SOS JFK album introduced the world at large to the vivid vocals of Josephine Foster. Even though they hail from Chicago, the duo mine a fine line in flowery folk-revivalism, their gear sounding as if of another time and place, having more in common with the commons and fields and magpie meadows of English folk-revival records than with the windy city in which they currently dwell. Central to such an evocative effect is Foster's pretty presence, the songbird's singing fluttering over florid blossoms, turning a wheeling wing to arc skyward, and seeming to toss and pitch on the whimsy of the wind. And it's this voice that is center-stage, again, in Born Heller, her other folkie duo.
Whilst the Children's Hour were already working with a largely stripped-down sound, Born Heller take this even further, sketching desolate environs whose Spartan strings cast settings that evoke darker visions, forsaking folk's winsome woodland wonder to render those same woods as the eerie, spooky tangles of trees into which folk wander and never return. In a more modernist fashion, there's a certain kind of "experimentalism" present in their songs, the tonal austerity of strummed mandolin and deftly-bowed double-bass an arrangement on which the album leans often, Born Heller essentially specializing in a solemn, modernist riff on folk.
Sharron Kraus
From the UK, currently residing in Philly
Camera Obscura Records
Currently residing in Philadelphia after years of studying at Oxford, Sharron Kraus may be this generation's answer to those highly revered interpreters of traditional British folksong, Sandy Denny and Shirley Collins. Like Gillian Welch, Kraus writes her own ballads, though hers are steeped more in the Child and Sharp ballads of England instead of the Appalachia of Welch (which of course derive from the same sources). Kraus has recorded two phenomenal albums for Camera Obscura and plays solo, accompanied only by guitar, banjo, or whistle.
"There are a few who fight a lonely battle against world music's commercialized and warped definition of folk. People like Timothy Renner, the Iditarod and Gillian Welch who dig their hands deep into the soil of an unnerving past. And let us now also count Sharron Kraus among them. She's been playing music for a decade, but it's not until now she makes her debut on record - many thanks and congratulations to Camera Obscura for that. And what a debut it is! Kraus's songs are rooted as much in Appalachian styles as in the gloomier side of British folk song with a touch of Lal Waterson. And like Waterson, Kraus has a voice of a woman, not a girl. The instrumentation is sparse, often only an earthy banjo and a gritty fiddle. The songs are like omens of a world going decidedly wrong but with alluring melodies to trick you into the trap. When the song deals with family traditions it is ridden with guilt and accusations. When she sings of love, it is of physical affection between twins or if Kraus cares to pour light into the grim story at all it is still marred with rue and regret. The world as seen through the songs of Sharron Kraus is a relentless place of faded sepia. The only way to endure it is to turn ugliness into beauty. It doesn't really matter what is wrong, because there is no right left. Morals change and distort and you won't notice. Beautiful Twisted is the perfect title. Many singers have explored the shady side of the world and the minds of those who inhabit it, but few have done it as convincingly as Sharron Kraus. It's too early to name Beautiful Twisted a classic, but I doubt you'll find a better example of a true future folk classic this early in the new millenium." -Peter Sjoblom (The Broken Face)
Lionheart Mirth
From San Francisco
Members of Crack W.A.R., Zeek Shek and various noise ensembles
A psychedelic transcontinental sound: flute with pedals, heavy guitar, percussion, keys, raspy vox, chanting, etc.
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Alcian Blue (http://www31.brinkster.com/alcianblue/)
Drone Dimension (http://www.dronedimension.com)
Paul Michel (http://www.theoutcircuit.com) (of The Out_Circuit)
Stamen & Pistils
Friday, August 20
Warehouse Next Door
Doors at 8:30, show at 9pm
$7
Alcian Blue
Washington, DC
??Two points to Alcian Blue for using those badass black CDRs for their self-released EP (I love those things). Presentation counts, people, and if I like what I see, I'm much more likely to appreciate what I hear. Case in point: this loud, trippy, distortion-heavy rock record.
Translucent opens with the ear-shattering experimental ambiance of "Angelica Take Me Down". As the song progresses, the high-pitched static grows increasingly intense, forming a distracting counterpoint to the song's intentionally offbeat chorus. It's a delicate balance, and if the levels on the guitar are obnoxiously low, the resulting diffusion of melody is all the more effective. The rest of the EP's songs are in a similar vein -- dense, shoegazing tracks with slightly haunting vocals.
Alcian Blue definitely aren't reinventing experimental art-rock nouveau (or whatever the hell you're calling it these days), but Translucent is still a solid contribution to the genre. They're loud, they're talented and they have good taste in CDRs -- three very good reasons to dig 'em.? -Splendid
Remember the early 90s? A few bands back then were pioneering a sound characterized by a very distinctive guitar distortion: slow dreamy melodies and de-emphasized vocals. You might have heard of a few of them, like My Bloody Valentine and Ride. Throw in a little Sonic Youth and some Boo Radleys and you will know exactly what Alcian Blue sounds like. No real effort is made to update or expand the sound. Sure, you can feel a little bit of post-rock coming in here and there, but ultimately, Slow Colorless Stare always stays true to the shoegazer format. This really seems to be working for Alician Blue; they pull off their retro sound so well that you can hardly tell that this disc is not a decade old. I particularly like the first track, ??Touch?; it is a slow-building, distorted instrumental of the type for which I have always been a sucker. On other tracks, like ??Channel,? some dreamy vocals are thrown (sometimes barely) into the mix and the tempo is kicked up.
I always liked shoegazer bands and have been really surprised by some recent acts, like the Ides of Space, who have started making some very good fuzzy dream-pop more than a decade after the genre reached its high water mark. Alcian Blue fits right in with these guys, and if you are like me and never got tired of this stuff the first time around, you will probably like the contemporary artists too. - Justin Rude (Left Off the Dial)
Drone Dimension
Tampa, Florida
Mid-tempo shoegaze in the clouded vein of Slowdive, JAMC, Black Tambourine, early Velocity Girl, Galaxie 500, Lush, etc.
??A shoegazer's wet dream. The drugs that all the cool kids are doing. Fuzz box explosions with reverb gone awry.?
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! Quite simply put, Drone Dimension is one of the best new shoegaze acts we??ve heard in quite some time. All the essential ingredients are present: airy male/female vocals, soaring reverbed/distorted guitars, and overall pure sonic bliss. Huge influence from Slowdive on these guys, but altogether more upbeat in general. Your best bet is to sample the mp3 clip and let it take your head to a far-off land. - Tonevendor
What is it with all the shoegaze/old-school Brit-psych-informed bands popping up in the Bay area over the last year or so? Thank or blame Beautiful Loser, I guess, as is your wont. In any case, it's a welcome change, getting various discs that sound like more than a local band's set laid to tape. Guy-gal project Drone Dimension is marvelously cinematic -- lush, dreamy and awash in reverbed-out semi-hollow-body guitars and layered echo-chamber vocals. There are plenty of obvious reference points that run the gamut from Galaxie 500 to Starflyer 59, but the group puts its own stamp on things, coming off as more celebratory, mid-tempo epiphany than downer. Highlights include tracks one through nine. This is going into regular headphone rotation alongside likeminded locals The Human Echo. - Weekly Planet Review
Paul Michel
Washington, DC
Member of The Out-Circuit goes solo
Stamen & Pistils
Washington, DC
Comprised of Raul Zahir (Radel Esca, Dead Artists) and Miguel Carlo
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...and the full (well, almost) updated calendar (because our website sucks):
8/21: Enon/El Guapo
8/22: Dove (ex-Floor/ex-Cavity)/Meatjack (At A Loss Rec.)/Trephine/Swarm of the Lotus (At A Loss Rec.) (sludge/math-metal)
8/23: Machine Drum/Gel-Sol/Eustachean/The Deep Element (Florida IDM/Merck Records tour)
8/25: Black Forest/Black Sea (ex-Iditarod, folk/psych)/The Big Huge (ex-Sonna)/White Flight (Jacob and Daniel from Black Eyes)/Horses (ex-Black Eyes, Fiona from Et At It)
8/27: Food For Animals (more TBA)
8/28: Internal Void (record release party)/King Valley/Wretched/The Larrys (MD doom!)
8/30: Black Ox Orkestar (Constellation, mem. of GYBE)/(The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope/Relay
9/4: Shoplifting (Kill Rock Stars, ex-Chromatics)
9/8: Hello Cuca (Spain)/French Toast/Partyline
9/9: The Cuts (Birdman Rec., from LA)/Gris Gris
9/11: Darediablo (Southern Rec.)/Nitroseed (ex-Spirit Caravan)/The Plums
9/15: Lickgoldensky/Breather Resist
9/18: Ahleuchatistas
9/19: Accelera Deck/Building Castles Out of Matchsticks/Caution Curves
9/20: Black Nasa (Meteor City Rec., mem. of Atomic Bitchwax)/The Assrockers/Durga Temple
9/22: Mt. Eerie (The Microphones)/Calvin Johnson/Woelv
9/25: Channels (J. Robbins of Jawbox)
9/26: Withered (ex-Leechmilk, Georgia sludge)/Drugs of Faith
9/30: Nik Turner (of Hawkwind!)/Spaceseed/Cerberus Shoal (Temporary Residence Rec.)
10/2: Folk/psych fest w/ Jack Rose, Excepter, Sharron Kraus, From Quagmire, more TBA
10/5: Frog Eyes
10/6: Gogogoairheart/Chinese Stars (ex-Arab On Radar, Six Finger Satellite/Year Future
10/9: IQU (K Records)/Zykos
10/11: Bible of the Devil/Lamont (Motorhead-esque rawk)
10/12: Mirah (K Records)/Tara Jane O'Neil (Quarterstick, ex-Rodan, Retsin)
10/13: Wives (from LA)/Navies/Barr
more soon...
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Originally posted by snailhook:
8/21: Enon/El Guapo
9/22: Mt. Eerie (The Microphones)/Calvin Johnson/Woelv
10/5: Frog Eyes
10/12: Mirah (K Records)/Tara Jane O'Neil (Quarterstick, ex-Rodan, Retsin)
more soon...
nice, so does that mean Mt. Eerie is headlining?
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that's a package tour, so i'm not sure who is "headlining". it should be mt eerie. woelv is the dude from old time relijun, i believe.
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wow, the show on sunday sounds promising. Ex cavity and floor!! shame ill already be back in school in richmond by 8/30. The Ver Tanzt? lp is cool as shit. ill do my best to come up for the darediablo/nitroseed and nik turner shows.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
Alcian Blue (http://www31.brinkster.com/alcianblue/)
Drone Dimension (http://www.dronedimension.com)
Paul Michel (http://www.theoutcircuit.com) (of The Out_Circuit)
Stamen & Pistils
Friday, August 20
Warehouse Next Door
Doors at 8:30, show at 9pm
$7
I'll be at this show as I know several others will be too. :cool:
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any idea who's headlining the show on saturday? i assumed it would be enon, but the ad in today's citypaper is leading me to think that it's el guapo. thanks.
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el guapo is headlining. enon will go on at 10, and el guapo at 11.
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wow...i'm really surprised at the order of the line-up. enon goes from opening for a headliner (last show at the Black Cat) to opening for an opener (El Guapo opened for The Rapture at the Black Cat and played the backstage there a couple of months ago). who cares tho. i love anything john schmersal does (well, except for the most recent enon album...bleccch! maybe that explains the fall from grace); it'll be nice to see them again, especially in an intimate venue like the warehouse.
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el guapo is headlining because this is the arrangement requested by both bands. there are also no other openers, so think of it as a co-headlining gig. i think enon believes el guapo will draw more because they are from DC.
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anybody who's into intricate heavy music should check out all four bands at the warehouse on sunday. it's rare that we get a bill of such high quality all-around.
Detournemont/Clavius joint productions presents:
Sunday, August 22nd @ the Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th St NW, Washington DC
all ages, $8
doors at 8:30pm, show at 9pm www.warehousetheater.com (http://www.warehousetheater.com)
DOVE (ex-members of cavity and floor, from Florida, www.wallofdove.com) (http://www.wallofdove.com))
Dove is all about unleashing the most massive riffs upon the listener, yet they have this knack for writing songs with subtle hooks and melodies that keep them stuck in your head for days on end. I actually thought Dove was no more, after not hearing much about the band since the split 7" with Floor and their tunes on the "South of Hell" comp disc, but here they resurface with a full-length of epic proportions. Most of the songs on the disc are pretty short (only one goes past the four minute mark), so that means they use the relative short running times of the songs to deliver only the most intense riffs at maximum volume, and they do so with amazing results. The riffs have a doom/sludge feel but at the same time are more angular and off-beat along the lines of bands like Keelhaul or Carrion and are laced with unusual melodies that sound like no other band out there. "Sight and Seen" is perhaps my favorite song on the disc, with its extremely heavy yet intensely melodic riffs that are nothing short of mesmerizing. Everything about this disc is flawless, the drumming is so damn crushing and heavy but very technical as well showing off a ton of prowess behind the kit, while the bass nails everything down with a deafening low end that can't be matched. Henry Wilson's vocals are sort of a melodic shout that fall into place perfectly within each song and couldn't suit the music better. I'm just stumbling over words for this one, just a fantastic album from start to finish, and I'm damn glad they re-did the song "Changing of the Seasons" from their old demos for this one (it's the last track, but renamed) as that song is an absolute monster, with one of the most thundering riffs I've ever heard. This disc will definitely be in my top 10 this year. I highly recommend Dove to all fans of sludge, doom, and loud riff-driven music. This album contains some of the best riffs I've heard all year and is just a shining example of just how punishing, yet melodic, an album can be. - www.daredevil.de (http://www.daredevil.de)
Meatjack (At A Loss Records, www.meatjack.com) (http://www.meatjack.com))
Founded by brothers Brian and Jason Daniloski, this hardworking, Baltimore, MD-based band has been constantly releasing material and touring since 1993. After a deluge of releases on 7-inch vinyl and compilations, MEATJACK found a home with At A Loss Recordings in 1999 and released their first full length CD, "Trust." A split CD and 10-inch vinyl record with Prank Records artists Damad followed in 2000. Also in 2000, infamous filmmaker John Waters used the MEATJACK song "Upstart" (from Trust) in his motion picture "Cecil B. Demented"; the song appeared on the soundtrack along with songs by The Locust, Moby, and Liberace (no kidding!!!).
In Spring 2003, MEATJACK proudly welcomed their new drummer, Charlie Baum, and the group is now working harder than ever. In addition to releasing their new full length CD "Days of Fire" in the fall of 2003, the band's current plans are to tour extensively and continue to record.
"Days of Fire" is MEATJACK's most fully realized release to date. Listeners encounter the band melding a well-crafted melodic sensibility with their traditional storm of sonic pummeling. Dense and multi-layered, the 10 new songs invoke a rollercoaster ride of aural energy, ranging from the all-out riff rock of "Sleep," to the dark and foreboding title track, from the III-era Zepplinesque acoustic instrumental "Blue," the manic ".45," to the ethereal monolith that is "Crawl." Renowned artist Stephen Kasner provides his otherworldly art as the perfect compliment to MEATJACK's music. - www.meatjack.com (http://www.meatjack.com)
Swarm of the Lotus (At A Loss Records) http://www.atalossrecordings.com/bandssotl.htm (http://www.atalossrecordings.com/bandssotl.htm)
Spawned in the fall of 1998, SOTL has smothered their hometown of Baltimore in their self-proclaimed "A-Bomb Rock." Comprised of four members, Jon-John (drums), Chris (guitar/vocals), Dave (bass), and Pete (guitar/vocals), they are a force to be reckoned with. With over-the-top everything and 1000% adrenaline, they batter the listener into sensory overload. An emotional whirlwind, stretching from an absolutely crushing wall of sound, to the most suttle and serene musical soundscapes. Cacophonous yet tender, claustrophobic yet wide open. With a new guitarist and a tour in October, Swarm of the Lotus is vamped to carry their brutality wherever they venture.
Trephine (www.trephinemd.com)
"Trephine (MD) is a heavy prog band...they have a dark and threatening sound, not dissimilar to Anekdoten or "Red"-era Crimson. To add to the musical dexterity on offer, and to inch up the psychotic meter a tad, they add some film samples...they have a super-over-the-top stage presentation, wearing bizarre mask and the like." - Ray Dorsey - Chaos Realm Vol.2 Issue 1
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Do you know if any members of Noothgrush are still alive and if so, are they still making music?
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i believe all of noothgrush are still alive, but i think, sadly, that they are not playing music anymore, at least in a band. i could be wrong...information is hard to attain with that band.
do you have the split with corrupted? corrupted are amazing.
are you familiar with leechmilk? we have the drummer's new band, withered, coming on 9/26. they play epic, angry, noisy sludge. totally fits in with stuff like dove and cavity and noothgrush.
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how much is tomorrow's show? i'll be there, but may leave after enon
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$8. it will probably sell out.
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is there a way to get advance tickets? or just show up early
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no advance tickets. just show up early. the doors will be open at 9.
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really? I was told that several or a couple members of the band either committed suicide or died of some drug overdose or something. Not too sure on details myself.
Corrupted are amazing indeed. I only know OF leechmilk because they are (or were?) on tee pee records which is home to some bands I'm a big fan of like sleep, high on fire, nebula, hermano, and atomic bitchwax. But I havent picked up that split they put out. I guess I will now though. But I dont think I can make it to the show. Being in Richmond for school will keep me from going to too many shows in the dc area. I think Im seeing Converge with Cave In at the alley katz that day anyways. A friend let me hear the advance of the new album, You Fail Me. Its INCREDIBLE.
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converge are awesome. "jane doe" is one of the heaviest records i've ever heard. converge are actually playing on 9/26 at the ottobar with cave in.
leechmilk definitely fit in alongside corrupted, noothgrush, his hero is gone, tragedy, church of misery, dystopia, grief, and depressing, crushing, slow sludge in general.
you like tee pee? we've got black nasa on 9/20 with durga temple, who sound like the melvins, black flag, and flipper. also, bible of the devil and lamont on 10/11, both of whom sound like they could be on tee pee.
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Merck Records tour!
Machine Drum (http://www.machinedrum.net) (FL)
Gel-Sol (http://www.gel-sol.com) (DC)
Eustachian (http://www.eustachian.com)
The Deep Element (http://www.thedeepelement.com)
Monday, August 23
Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th Street NW, Washington DC
$7, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9pm
Machine Drum
Machine Drum is this guy named Travis Stewart. He launched the Merck label as stylized glitch but smacking it down to a layman's level with some venous melody. Machine Drum, to paraphrase Travis, is his party music. It's a party accentuated by mutant drum patterns, MCs freed in the digital world to slip up and double back on their rhymes, and the occasional body massage. His first release as Machine Drum, Now You Know , was a defining moment. Mr. Stewart became a competitor to the glitch-hop throne that Prefuse 73 occupies. His second release, Half The Battle , was a more focused affair, still cutting beats from jazz records, but laying down a smoother atmosphere. It includes remixes from Brothmostates, Proem, Esem, Tim "Koala Man" Koch, and others. Intelligent, but smart enough to not take himself that seriously, Half The Battle and Now You Know are intricately laced releases that you can chew on for a while before all their layers of connected musicianship come together, but they??re also fun, melodic, and a little moving.
"Intricately laid IDMania from Mr. Travis from the South... A very impressive display of tag-team melody/rhythm programming (esp. given the ridiculously outmoded MOD construction environment used within; akin to carving Mount Rushmore w/a toothpick). Above average use of harmonic material; gives the tracks the illusion of 'music'. Quite good." -- Hrvatski.
"With so many contenders competing for the spotlight, it's easy to overlook the smaller players. But Machine Drum, a dark horse on Miami's tiny Merck label, is where I'd place my chips. Now You Know is perhaps the most promising and accomplished album born yet from the marriage of IDM and hip-hop, and it comes from an artist with only one other song to his name, a gem called "Izzy Rael" from Merck's Squadron compilation last year." - Malcom Seymour III for
Pitchforkmedia
"It took some time, but Mr. Drum??s debut album Now You Know fast became a bit of a classic, overthrowing the likes of Push Button Objects and Mr. Herren from the hiphoptronica throne. This long awaited new 6 tracker features new Machine Drum material, alongside remixes from MD regulars Proem, Brothomstates, and Ilkae." - boomkat.com
RIYD: Prefuse 73, Boards of Canada, Dabyre, MF Doom, Tina Yothers
Gel-Sol
"IDM, ambient, and cut-up, freeform jazz. Gel-Sol turned in an entire album that was well conceived and cleverly put together. Nice original sounds, ice-cold pads, and lost transmission-style samples fill this disc...Damn good music, and clean well-done production. I could see this being big with the ambient IDM lovers of the world." ?? Innerloop Magazine
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So how was Enon/El Guapo?
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awesome. however, the doors didn't open until like 10. and i got there early on snailhook's advice. ;)
enon are really fan friendly, i noticed toko talking with several fans, and she even translated my tshirt for me
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lest anyone think we're unprofessional, the doors only opened late because one of the bands arrived late and wanted to do a soundcheck. i've never seen the warehouse that full. we sold out during enon's set.
it was definitely the best el guapo set i've seen. josh blair of orthrelm was the drummer, which made them exponentially better than usual.
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more psych-folk at the warehouse, plus the last white flight show in DC before jacob and daniel head to california, and the debut of horses!
Black Forest/Black Sea (http://www.secreteye.org/b/)
The Big Huge (http://www.thebighuge.com)
White Flight
Horses
Wednesday, August 25
Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th Street NW, Washington DC
$6, all ages
doors open at 8:30, show at 9pm
Black Forest/Black Sea (Providence)
Black Forest/Black Sea is the duo of Jeffrey Alexander and Miriam Goldberg. They formed the band in April of 2003 in Providence, RI where both currently live and work. Miriam primarily plays cello and sings, while Jeffrey primarily plays guitar, although both also employ various electronics, omnichord, live sampling tools, strumstick, and whatever they can get their hands on. Since forming, BF/BS have toured extensively, travelling around the US for six weeks in the summer of 2003 and in Europe for three and a half months in winter and spring of 2004.
BF/BS have toured with Fursaxa, Christiina Carter (of Scorces, Charalambides), Gravenhurst, and in Poland with the Magic Carpathian Project. They have also collaborated on recordings with Kemialliset Ystavat, Christina Carter, Glenn Donaldson (of the Jewelled Antler Collective), Gravenhurst, and German psych-folk duo Fit and Limo.
Before forming this new project, both Jeffrey and Miriam were members of the acid-folk group Iditarod. The Iditarod (BlueSanct / Secretly Canadian, Elsie and Jack, Time-Lag, and Camera Obscura labels) toured extensively in the USA, Canada, and Europe over the past six years and have been featured repeatedly in magazines like the Wire, Broken Face, Mojo, Rockerilla, Copper Press, Magnet, Dream Magazine, Ptolemaic Terrascope, and Rolling Stone. They performed at the 5th Terrastock Festival in Boston, where a 5x7" box set was released featuring the Iditarod, Sonic Youth, Bardo Pond, Stone Breath, and Charalambides. Jeffrey also operated the Magic Eye Singles record label and he currently runs the Secret Eye record label.
The Big Huge (Baltimore)
Brought up on American folk and British psychedelic pop music, The Big Huge wears its influence on its sleeve, while being sure not to recreate the past. After the split of Sonna, a Baltimore-based ambient instrumental group, The Big Huge (Drew Nelson) decided to revert back to his love of acoustic instrumentation. After a few solo shows, he decided to recruit a fellow Baltimore-based musician, Michael Lambright, to help with accordion, ukelele, glockenspiel, and banjo. After a year of shows in Baltimore and the east coast, Drew and Michael began recording their first LP, Crown Your Head With Flowers, Crown Your Heart With Joy. Recorded by Chris Freeland and Drew in Chris?? parents?? living room, the record has a summer vibe with lyrics harking back to a time of Welsh communes during the summer of love.
Recommended for fans of The Incredible String Band, Donovan, Vashti Bunyan, etc.
White Flight (DC)
Daniel Martin-McCormick and Jacob Long from Black Eyes doing improvised experimental noise, this will be their last show on the east coast for quite some time
Horses (DC)
The debut of Hugh, Mike, and Dan of Black Eyes, with Fiona from Et At It
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Okay, so The Big Huge were excellent. Two guys, one on accordion and ukelele and the other on vocals, guitar, banjo, and other stringed instruments. I caught some hints of Nick Drake.
Unfortunately, I had to leave before Black Sea. I caught the tail end of White Flight and thought they sucked, hard. What I saw and heard were two guys stroking their egos and being "experimental." Fuck that.
Originally posted by snailhook:
more psych-folk at the warehouse, plus the last white flight show in DC before jacob and daniel head to california, and the debut of horses!
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shit I meant to go for Horses...how were they?
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I missed Horses, they were on first. I got their near the end of the set for White Flight, who were on second.
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What I saw and heard were two guys stroking their egos and being "experimental." Fuck that.
what you call "stroking ego," i call "exploring sound." i know that this type of music isn't for everybody, but i thought daniel and jacob did an admirable job of creating new sounds and textures. they certainly aren't free jazz masters, but they are taking the influence of derek bailey, AMM, and han bennink and filtering it through a post-punk, post-modern approach. i enjoyed their set.
horses played four songs, for 10 minutes. they sounded exactly like what you think they would: like the black eyes with et at it-style staccato melodies. hugh screamed, and mike and dan played two drum kits simultaneously. it was good but not much of a digression from black eyes.
the big huge were great and played one of my favorite folk ballads, "willie o' winsbury." black forest/black sea were also phenomenal, alternating between abstract psychedelic noise and pretty folk songs with female vocals. william schaff, who did the artwork for GYBE's "lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven," was on tour with them and projected slides of his artwork while they played. his artwork is stunning and melancholy.
all the hipsters who came out to see the black eyes side projects and left before the last two bands were fools. so much for being open-minded.
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august 28th: internal void/king valley/wretched/the larrys
i don't have time to write lengthy descriptions or find reviews and press to post for these bands, because all you need to know is that internal void are one of the best doom metal bands in the country, and this is their record release party.
dave sherman of spirit caravan and earthride will be making his debut on bass for king valley, and wretched are another long-running maryland doom band. the larrys are a punk band from frederick in the vein of black flag and early '80s hardcore.
it's $8 and all ages.
doors are at 8:30, and the show is at 9.
12pm: internal void
11pm: king valley
10pm: wretched
9pm: the larrys
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Agreed, that place cleared out didn't it! White Flight just didn't do it for me.
Originally posted by snailhook:
all the hipsters who came out to see the black eyes side projects and left before the last two bands were fools. so much for being open-minded.
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i can see you not digging white flight...i don't think most people can really get into that kind of stuff. i'm glad you stayed for the big huge.
i know staying up late on weekdays is tough, and i don't mind so much if people leave because they have to get up for that 9 to 5. it's the people who come only to see the "hip" band(s) and then leave without giving the unknowns a fair chance. this happens at the black cat, too.
it seems as if people's attention spans are shorter than ever.
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Also, I've noticed lately that the new 'hip' thing in DC to do is to hit a couple different venues in one night.
I just don't get that. Sure, there are times when you really want to see 2 different bands and you have to choose between venues and watch that if the clock moves just right, you can sometimes squeeze both in. And then there are always cool barrooms and DJs to support before, after, or instead of a show. It just seems to me that there are too many people lately who have a thing about cramming shows in on one night. That's just way too maddening for me. Besides, generally I want to see all of the bands, not just some of one. In my mind, it's even crazier when driving or metroing is involved. The 9:30 Club, DC9 and The Velvet Lounge are a whole lot more navigable in a night. It's all of those others plus trying to find a freaking parking space that really get me.
Reminds me of all those people who think it's cool to hit as many New Year's parties as possible and end up spending more time, including the stroke of midnight, on the road. Pick one or two and settle in and enjoy it for all it has to offer.
I noticed that a lot of people missed Alcian Blue last weekend. What was confussing about that night was that the entire crowd seemed to really enjoy the later bands yet half vacated before or during Alcian Blue. Fools. The only logical thing that really made a lot of sense to me was that they wanted to squeeze in another venue for the night. Maybe a few were there for Drone Dimension instead of Alcian Blue but I can't help but think that most knew of Alcian Blue a whole lot more than Drone Dimension. Odd but good night.
You know, I think the trend that I was just noting above, in most cases, portrays the real difference between a 'scenester' and someone who is truly there for the music.
<Gets ready for poseur attack.>
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Clavius Productions presents:
Black Ox Orkestar (Montreal)
(The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope (DC)
Relay (Philly)
Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th Street NW
Washington, DC
$8, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9
Black Ox Orkestar (http://www.cstrecords.com/html/blackox.html)
featuring Thierry Amar from Godspeed You! Black Emperor and A Silver Mt. Zion
Black Ox Orkestar is a Montreal-based quartet that formed in 1999 to play European Jewish folk music. Filtering traditional klezmer tunes through a sensibility shaped by indie rock and free jazz, Black Ox infuses these pieces with a highly original approach to arrangement, freely borrowing from Turkish, Balkan, and Greek folk idioms along the way. The band strikes a perfect balance between faithfulness to sources and extrapolation from contemporary influences, offering a challenge (both musically and lyrically) to modern Jewish poltical orthodoxies along the way.
The first time I ever heard Klezmer music was courtesy of the New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, one of the more interesting of the unexpected ethnic and cultural combinations that make that city so unexpected and interesting. The All Stars played rollicking, clarinet-heavy tunes that incorporated New Orleans-style brass-band and hip-hoppish rhythms into the (to my ears) exotic and exciting minor key exhortations of traditional Jewish music. They were also one hell of a party band.
Black Ox Orkestar are nobody's idea of a party group. Ver Tanzt offers a few uptempo tracks, like "Kalarash", to put a spring in your step, but most of them play out like a particularly serious GY!BE-offshoot band doing their level best to reexamine a classic musical form in a respectful, yet questioning and ever-so-slightly po-mo light. (And if you take a look at Black Ox Orkestar's membership roster, you'll see that that's a fairly accurate assessment.)
Given all of that baggage, Ver Tanzt offers much that is enjoyable. Most of the best moments come during its instrumentals, like "Skocne", which might as well be the soundtrack to an unrealized film about a young boy creeping expectantly through darkening, fairy-tale woods. "Cretan Song", too, is highly evocative: a swirling thing composed of equal parts hypnotic bows and plucked-string dervishes, it's a life-filled dance. -Splendid E-zine
(The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope (http://www.thesoundsofkaleidoscope.com)
The debut release by DC '60s power trio featuring two former members of The Ropers. The fellows are getting a new sound out of that '60s-influenced groovy guitar-pop thing. These are (the sounds of) kaleidoscope: guitars in red, bass in blue, bleeding into purple, drums in black and white, together they paint a tale the way a lonely schizophrenic tells stories to his friends. Songs jut like trees out of the soundscape - not simply trees, but treehouses, inhabitable space. Vocals meander in and out of the spectrum giving clues to a proper interpretation. Still, none is forthcoming; the songs flee. Catchy numbers can be caught but slyly avoid adding up, preferring to attend a giddy picnic beyond the grasp of consciousnes, where 1+1+1 equals something inexplicable, a glimpse of beautiful form: kaleidoscope. These are their sounds. With a wink to the past and a nod to the future, these sounds are now. Close your eyes and have a look. -Tonevendor
(The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope excel at producing that whirling, swirling D.C. (okay, mid-Atlantic, maybe even all the way up to Boston) indie sound. With ex-members of The Ropers and The Still joining founder Damien Taylor, and Lilys Kurt Heasley lending a helping hand, how could they not? Your toes are gonna be tapping in no time. I guarantee it. -3hive
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TOMORROW! SATURDAY! SEPT 4th!!!
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SHOPLIFTING (kill rock stars, x-chromatics)
HOTT BEAT
NAVIES
HITS
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8:30 at the Warehouse Nextdoor!
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Somewhere in a New York City pawnshop, recently stolen instruments belonging to Shoplifting are collecting dust, completely unaware of the irony of their situation. Best-case scenario: The band's equipment spends a little time sharing shelf space with the similarly missing gear of Engine Down, Pretty Girls Make Graves, and Xiu Xiu before being returned to its rightful owners. Worst-case scenario: Michelle Nolan's white-on-purple Fender Jazz Bass winds up in the slap-popping hands of a white-boy funk ensemble, and Devin Welch's prized '60s Hagstrom becomes the lead guitar for a suburban high-school nü-metal band. Either way, the Seattle quartet keeps touring, performing its West Coast version of clanging, no-wave-revival rock on whatever instruments the members can to borrow for the evening. Show some compassion by bringing your vintage Stratocaster (and leaving your Ibanez at home) when Shoplifting plays with Hott
Beat, Navies, and Hits at 8:30 p.m. at the Warehouse Next Door. 1017 7th St. NW. $7. (202) 783-3933. (Matt Borlik-Wash City Paper)
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tonight at the warehouse:
11pm: thee snuff project (DC)
10pm: the gris gris (LA, birdman records)
9pm: the cuts (LA, birdman records)
$8, doors at 8:30pm, all ages
the gris gris
The place is Oakland-ish, California and the medicine-fueled dream has ended. The waking moments of young Greg Ashley find the psychedelic troubadour and guitar hero creating a new, exciting sound quartet:
The Gris Gris have arrived. A child is born, created out of the embers of all the distortion blissed-out feedback the devil birthed in Texas circa 1967. Roller coasting from the surreal goodness of Ashley's Medicine Fuck Dream to Can-flavored head-bobbing environments, to that particular corner of garage rock that testified to the Detroit losers in the guise of BACK FROM THE GRAVE and NUGGETS compilations…the Gris Gris' debut on Birmdan is a rock and roll ride that will save some and rattle the rest. The live show is breathtaking as Ashley screams with his guitar over one of the most solid, undulating rhythm sections ever put together.
With his solo debut album on Birdman, Medicine Fuck Dream, the world of Houston-turned-Oakland psych master Greg Ashley was entered and the seeds were planted. Like fellow Texan-bred Roky Erickson and Mayo Thompson, infused with a little Syd Barret and Skip Spence (and maybe even a little Jeff Mangum from Neutral Milk Hotel), Ashley creates atmospheric pop meanderings that are filled with sentimental purpose and dark fuzzy edges. On par with the workings of the mightily enigmatic Brother JT, Ashley recorded his solo album all himself, played it all himself, and sang it all himself, except for one song by his friend John.
Now with a full band, Greg Ashley's world explodes and curious vacationers everywhere can take the trip directly into the center of his mind this summer with THE GRIS GRIS -- 40 minutes and 16 seconds of truly organic psychedelic BLISS.
Greg Ashley's quartet, THE GRIS GRIS, debut with their first self-titled full-length on Birdman Records August 9th, 2004.
My record-collecting friend Jake told me recently that he's boycotting one of his favorite New York City record stores. The store and Jake had a deep love affair—the owner even kept a cache of records behind the counter just for Jake, nerd love letters waiting to be unwrapped. But lately this stockpile, containing mostly new garage rock, had burned him too many times, and now it was just easier to walk right by the store than to tell the owner, "Dude, I'm over reverb-damaged college kids with bangs." This sad story is made sadder still by the existence of the Gris Gris—the finest example of psych-rock since psych-rock entered a Texas mental hospital. Sure, the Bay Area band's new self-titled album delivers the sort of late-'60s ventriloquism the genre's nostalgists demand—all hazy atmospherics and sonic dive bombs—but it adds indelible melodies you won't forget. Think of Galaxie 500 blotter paper when the Gris Gris plays with the Cuts and Thee Snuff Project at 8:30 p.m. at the Warehouse Next Door, 1017 7th St. NW. $8. (202) 783-3933. (Jason Cherkis)
the cuts
Modern day psychedelia — coming right at you with lightning speed. The Cuts' self-titled LP is finally available on everyone's favorite digital format! Several years ago rock scribe and all around tastemaker Mark Murman released this album on vinyl on his superb Rock'n'Roll Blitzkrieg label. The Cuts had already released a single for Lookout Records that displayed a straight-ahead punk/garage/rock'n'roll style ala DMZ or the Real Kids (and no one currently alive on Earth does not absolutely adore DMZ and the Real Kids), but by the time they recorded their first full length they had already moved on to a more psychedelic sound (by way of late '70s NYC). Did someone say "13th Floor Elevators meets Television"? The Cuts stand apart from any contemporary garage rock purveyors. Tough as nails, neurotic, simplistic, big, deep, catchy and devastating all at the same time. Genuine decathlon scorch.
"Set free after one EP and left to their own devices, The Cuts retreated to a muddy woods where they stumbled across Sky Saxon declaring himself as their own personal Yoda. Taking what they needed and ignoring his cosmic declarations they wandered back to the bright streets.… This ain't the fake 'look at my white belt” garage rock. It's dirty fuzz invented the day before psychedelic rock (the war and LSD terror, not the flowers-and-weed scene). Even when they sound like they wannna have a good time, you're waiting for someone to sneak up from behind and stick a knife in your back.” - Smashin' Transistors
thee snuff project
"...This DC-based crew has one goal: to make rock and roll. All other things be damned, The Snuff Project has too much attitude to care about anything else, but not enough to make this fact painfully obvious. It's this attitude that drives their debut as well as their live show. With plenty of swagger and noise, Dyin' Ain't Much of A Livin' refuses to be ignored... Every Snuff Project song rages at an exhausting one hundred and ten percent, and after a full serving you'll either find yourself ready to strip, drink, fight or pass out. And that's what rock is all about isn't it? Their heroes would be proud, but this band probably wouldn't give a fuck."
—— SUP
"It's been quite awhile since we've heard a blast of rock with as much force and presence as this DC quartet. You could say these guys know how to be sloppy inside the lines - meaning that they know how to be tight and loose at the same time, and in the best of ways... ferocity and swagger in equal measure."
—— Time Out New York
"This four-piece throws their influences like The Stooges, The MC5, even a bit of 'Nuggets' style garage rock - into a trash barrel and lights it up with a blowtorch. When singer Scott Taylor screams 'don’t forget the cocaine' in 'A Little Strange' - you know better not to show up empty-handed at the next house party."
—— EarCandy
"...Opening for Rocket From the Tombs was the seriously seedy Thee Snuff Project. The local outfit smashed through a set of ragged bursts of noise, taking the traditional guitar-bass-drums-vocalist and injecting it with a bad attitude, some intoxication and smart songs. Fifteen years ago, the band would have been on the AmRep label. In the decidedly un-rock District, it stands out as unaffected by trends and content to make a racket."
—— The Washington Times
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Saturday, September 11
Warehouse Next Door
$7, all ages
doors at 9pm, show at 10pm
10pm: the plums (NoVA instrumental psych-pop)
11pm: nitroseed (mem. of earthride, ex-spirit caravan, from MD)
12am: darediablo (southern records, from NYC)
Darediablo (http://www.darediablo.com)
In some ways, the generational disfiguration of rock and roll was inevitable -- since its murky birth, rock has borrowed, appropriated, subverted, and redispatched tiny bits and pieces of a million different (and varied) subcultures. The sloppy-but-beautiful result of all this mashing is sorta impossible to define with any degree of authority or clarity (really, watch VH1 for five minutes and see) but rock's intangible, ass-kicking essence still rambles on in the eternally damned souls and pointed index/pinky fingers of contemporary outfits like NYC's blaring, 70s-inspired Darediablo. Even if you've been shamelessly devil-horning to How the West Was Won all summer, Feeding Frenzy, Darediablo's oozing Southern Records debut, is a thick enough slab of instrumental rock to earn some vigorous head-thrashing and volume-topping of its own.
Darediablo have distilled rock and roll to an alarmingly pure state (never fretting over peripheral shit like lyrics, vocalists, or a fourth member) and they deliver their throbbing, gimmick-free sprawl without a single weepy apology or power-ballad-for-the-ladies. Hammond and Rhodes organs, guitars, and drums kick out the jams trio-style (keyboards at the front), and their muscular output sounds about as authentically rockist as possible in 2003 -- although, like any group of honest rockers, Darediablo owe a few nods to their blues/jazz/funk brethren (especially groove-heavy outfits like The Meters).
And much like label-and-city mates Ui, Darediablo have nailed down blunt New York jabbing. Feeding Frenzy's thrusts are unrelenting: Jake Garcia's thick, angular riffing may evoke lots of fond (if repressed) Deep Purple memories, and all three have chops-y tendencies that could be considered sorta prog. But Feeding Frenzy is more of a beer-in-plastic-cups party than a studied meditation, and the music is jumpy enough to get anyone dancing -- even if all your moves are preemptively restricted to fist-pumping and head-bobbing.
"The Hornet" shows off the band's raw, throwback power: mercilessly self-assured, the track opens with some heavy, distorted guitar play, until organs pulse in and stake claim of the melody. Chad Royce's drums push hard, Garcia solos nimbly, and keyboardist Matt Holford dutifully keeps shit in check; everywhere, kids in black t-shirts and ill-fitting jeans bite their lips and grimace happily. The big, crunchy guitar opening (and subsequent recession) happens a lot on Feeding Frenzy -- "Dark Horse" sees Garcia's pounds fall away to some comparably benign organ jamming, while "Slide Rule" comfortably intertwines guitar and keyboard. Darediablo can be a little trickier than they seem on paper, though: the instrumentation here is clever enough to satiate those who regularly storm through Guitar magazine, and their approach is varied enough (from heavy to relaxed to curiously harmonious) to keep casual listeners poised and curious.
They've got kind of a ridiculous name, a semi-hilarious album title, and a photograph of a silvery fish popsicle on the red-checked cover of their record, but Darediablo still nobly transcend every other meatheaded hard rock cliché by consistently pushing out thick, unadorned, intellectual rock and roll -- complete with compelling grooves, unremitting force, and lots of opportunities for bookshelf-shaking blasts.
-Amanda Petrusich (Pitchforkmedia)
Nitroseed (instrumental stoner/math metal from MD)
Featuring Gary Isom on drums (ex-Spirit Caravan/Pentagram/Iron Man) and Rob Hampshire on bass (of Earthride, ex-Unorthodox)
Nitroseed is an all instrumental band churning out one wicked doom drenched blues groove after another...these guys consist of members of Earthride, now I know that there is a lot of different bands that these Earthride and Internal Void guys are involved in, like Pentagram and War Injun, so forgive me if I don`t know who else is in this band...
Anyhow, these guys are right along the lines of your basic trucking down the freeway riff rock band, but without vocals. Most of the songs are medium tempo rockers, with fuzzed out guitars and bass, lots of wah wah pedal on both and little riff leads. Just basic sort of progressive hard rock stuff. Reminds me of some of the Southern sludge that comes out of the south, Clearlight would be the obvious comparison, but Nitroseed isn`t quite the same as Clearlight other than the fact that they are both instrumental bands.
All the songs on this CD do have a ton of parts and without the vocals do a good job on their own keeping the mind occupied. Good riffs, good tight rhythm section and enough doom grooves to keep any individual happy.
I dig this demo, and rumours have it that eventually one of these cats will step up to the mic, until then just enjoy the heavy path that these guys plow...If you like DC area rock, you will certainly dig this. Definitely along the same lines as Spirit Caravan or Earthride. -- StonerRock.com
The Plums (instrumental psych-pop from northern Virginia)
Plums are a collection of aging audio dissenters from Lord Arlington, VA. They play repetitive, instrumental rock-et-roll in the tradition of Pell
Mell, the Clean, and the Fall. Wait, do the Fall have a singer? Plums aren't sure. Comprised of drummer Many Spaceships (ex-John Howard, current
of Hat City Intuitive and SpanOrb), guitarist MWHamilton (ex-Freakbaby), multimedian PJ Brownlee (SpanOrb, Dang Gang Collective) and bassist Marc Masters (n/a), Plums are one of the few bands they know that practice once a
week in a basement. Plums are currently at work on their debut album, tenatively titled Watching Babies to Make Music to Watch Babies To (It's Now
or Later), or John from Occupied Westover.
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time for some assaultive drones and challenging noise. all electronics!
Sunday, September 19
Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th St NW
Washington DC
$7, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9
As part of the Sonic Circuits Festival:
Nautical Almanac (http://www.heresee.com/nauticallink.htm) (Baltimore)
VV (http://www.v---v.net/) (NYC)
Ting Ting Jahe (http://www.broadcastatic.com/) (Richmond)
Caution Curves (DC)
Nautical Almanac
"Spliced from the same mutant gene pool as soundscrape engineers Wolf Eyes and even sharing the occasional member in James "Twig" Harper, Nautical Almanac traffic a weirder psychedelic extremity via even more abstract gadgets. Recently transplanted from the midwest to Baltimore, Harper and partner Carly Ptak have set up their own private alternate dimension in the city where Poe died. From their base at the self-named Tarantula Hill, the pair helms the HereSee record label, hosts gigs by fellow traveling fuzzniks and, of course, commits their own cracked frequencies to tape. Rooting for the Microbes (Load) is the latest report on the duo??s DIY voltage tests." (Dusted)
This is what they have to say about themselves:
"The future is a vast apoorcalyspe turning the earth into a beautiful wasteland of rewired ideolgys, hacked and reconstituted technologys tword a nomadic existance. Either your with us or against us. Don't fight with the reformers, it just prolongs the cycle of human evolution, you are here+now for a reason, feed the flames so the melting pots will boil and the shit will rise to the top. Now scrape the scum off and look at it closely, shove wires in it and listen to how it sounds. This is what Nautical Alamanac brings to the table at the mostly blindfolded bofoon dinner party called 'modern culture'. Armed, with, piles, of, wires, cables, homemade, electronixs, 1,000, filtering, oscillators, runing, thru, metal, detectors, pumped, fists, of, pure, psychic, abilty.... they are crawling into your crummy city and connecting those cultural dots and then smashign them in one herky-jerky swoop."
VV
I want to make something real. I want to give something huge (for selfish reasons). The process goes a little something like this: one simple concept begets a list, which begets a new relationship between the elements of the list::: as individual components converse and resonate (through input, contemplation, connect-the-dots), they move beyond a solitary (isolated) position. The list grows bigger, more dense. It begins to take on different form : I use elements of time, environment, light, motion, sound in order to lay the foundation for something to occur. Many of these elements are given to me, either in the archetecture of the spaces I work in, or in library research tangents , talks with heather, wandering ? A visceral conversation results, as does new visceral knowledge (the knowledge of physically experiencing something). I create points of re-orientation (as to recognize moments in time, this moment, awkward as it may be, as beautiful as it may be?). For me, some of the most incredible moments I've had have been when I've been able to stop and let myself experience the present ( I try to remember I'm alive: stop now to breath in carbon stained air deep, lovely twitching eye-lid muscle, ground floor) Down to the nitty-gritty: my work exists now (some conclusions sound ridiculously simple). I often find myself coming full circle (spiral) in my endeavors: starting with a simple (common, plain) element, I investigate, learn, create and find connections, then wind up back with the simple element again, but this time with so much more than I initially imagined (vast layers, roots and teeth). I see creation as a natural part of the communication process. I build or inhabit environments with the use of sound, movement, human interactions, and found objects (natural and manufactured) as an active participant in a communication cycle between myself and the world.
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Hey, snailhook. Do you have any info on Saturday's show (9/18)? I am probably going with a friend. She said the bands are good but I would like to know a little more. You working that night?
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kurosawa, i'll be going to baltimore for the hampden fest and then to the talking head to see mono and fly pan am. i didn't book saturday's show, but i can tell you about a couple of the bands.
ahleuchatistas are a leftist trio from north carolina who play instrumental math-rock. think don caballero but not as good. i saw them a few months ago at the warehouse, and they were decent, but a bit too proggy, even for me. the drummer plays with rototoms, which is generally bad news.
rue the day is basically post-hardcore, kind of screamo. they aren't bad, either, but nothing too special.
i am not familiar with the other two bands. the show will probably cost $5 or $6.
the two best shows on the 18th are in baltimore: the one i mentioned above, and dead meadow and oneida at the ottobar.
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Ergh. That doesn't sound so great. This is what I get for agreeing to go to a show without first investigating the bands.
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My picks for that day are Two If By Sea and The Fleshtones at the Hampden Fest and Mono at The Talking Head.
Too bad that I refuse to go to The Talking Head area of Baltimore at night by myself. I value my life and personal property a little too much.
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Soooo...any chance you're goign to bring Oneida to DC? Cuz I'm bummed I'll be at a wedding that night.
Originally posted by snailhook:
the two best shows on the 18th are in baltimore: the one i mentioned above, and dead meadow and oneida at the ottobar.
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I'm at a wedding too, and I would have LOVED the hampden fest.... :(
Enjoy...
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Did somebody say WOLF EYES on Halloween?
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tonight! stoner rock at the warehouse...
black nasa (meteor city, featuring chris koznik of atomic bitchwax)
assrockers
durga temple
$7, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9
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what's the parking situation like around that venue?
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black nasa had to cancel due to van problems. the show will go on tonight with assrockers and durga temple, and will now be only $5.
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freddy, the parking situation is fine during the week. you can usually find parking around the washington convention center.
during the weekend, it's a bit tougher.
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belated, i know, but... i caught the show saturday night and it was great fun-- bands that didn't take themselves at all seriously, made decent music (that mathrock band was actually quite good) and friendly folks.
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are the chinese stars still scheduled for the 6th of october? there's somewhere else i have to be that evening but i'm hoping to get out in time for their set...hopefully, they'll go on later in the night.
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joz, i'm glad you asked...sadly, chinese stars bailed out on their tour with gogogoairheart, so they will not be playing that night. it'll still be a great show, but i was really looking forward to seeing them.
in case you're curious, year future is sonny from GSL/the VSS/angel hair's new band.
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snailhook, what time do you recommend getting to the warehouse tonight to avoid getting shut out?
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tonight (wed sept 22)
at the warehouse next door
all ages, $7, 8:30 doors
CALVIN JOHNSON
MT. EERIE (Microphones)
WOELV
the above artists need no description. well, i think woelv is the dude from old time relijun.
the show will most likely sell out, so get there around 8 if you really want to make sure you get in. there's no way to tell, as we don't pre-sell tickets.
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microphones: a solo set or w/backing band?
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thanks for the info snail. bummer about the chinese stars...was one of the few shows i was really looking forward to next month. glad i asked instead of busting my ass to get over to the warehouse that night.
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freddy, i'm not 100% sure, but the microphones will probably be just phil elvrum with an electric guitar. calvin johnson and woelv may accompany him on some songs.
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Thursday, September 23
$5, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9:15
Ostinato (Exile on Mainstream/Southern Records, featuring Dave Hennessy of The Hidden Hand)
The Mensa Select (Richmond)
The Mother's Anger (NYC via Israel, guitar/drums duo produced by Michael Davis of MC5)
Ostinato (http://www.ostinatoproject.com/)
Atmospheric post-punk, like a hybrid of Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Unwound, and The Shipping News
My pop always told me to look it up if I didn't know what it meant. In Ostinato's case, though, you glean more of their sound if you look at the context within which the term is usually employed: namely, classical, instrumental art music.
But don't go to sleep on me yet. Ostinato rock's harder than Beethoven could have even if he'd had a Roland instead of a harpsichord, or whatever kind of proto piano he'd supposed to have had. Yes, even harder than the temporally transplanted Beethoven in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. ( Or was that Mozart? whatever). But this is instrumental music, and patterns of sound are its bag. Sure, guitarist Dave Hennessy sings, but the vocals get buried in the mix and don't hit your ears so much as collect like mist on your windshield on a foggy night. Like their more well known music kin, Mogwai, and my Bloody Valentine, the voice is just another instrument, another piece of sound.
All of which begs the question, what is this music about? Unlike the more classical minded, real rock fans like to have some associations to hang on our music. Art for Arts sake'll get you a boot in the face, or at least written off as art rock wankers. We are a practical bunch. What can I do with the music?
That's the upshot to Ostinato's classical Rock: you can go places with it. You have to; if you don't mad lib your way through it, you don't have the lyrically preprogrammed sentiments (i.e. I am in Love, I want to be in Love, I wish he/she loved me, why does nobody love me, i am so lonely etc, etc,.) to fall back on. Sometimes we need a rock star to speak the words we feel in side. Sometimes, though, we just need a soundtrack to our own movies.
This soundtrack's all sharp uphill angles and calm, echo-heavy revelry. Hennessy's schizo guitar goes from thumping metal chords to languorous atmospherics in the blink of an eye?? its at its best when its doing a little bit of both. If it is putting your head in the clouds, Jeremy Ramirez's narcotically head bobbing bass and Mathew Clark's soliddly restrained drumming keep your feet on the ground.
Or at least bouncing up and down. Their live energy's has got the heft to submerge the cereberal whithin the physical?? the wall of sound can push you over, to, But then again, its all kinda paint-by-number if it doesn't make you move. --Mike Parisi
The Mensa Select (http://www.orphaned.net/orphaned/old.html)
Richmond math-rock/post-punk quartet; think June of 44 and Slint
The Mother's Anger (http://www.onewayheart.com/main.html)
Debut album out in September on Dionysus Records, produced by Mike Davis from the MC5; guitar/drums noise-rock
THE MOTHERS ANGER is a two-piece band from Israel that sounds like a five piece band from Detroit. Could this be because the debut full-length by drummer/vocalist Jimi and guitarist/vocalist Stitch was produced by bassist Michael Davis of legendary Detroit rockers the MC5? You read that right, a two-piece band in which the guitarist tunes a few strings to play the bass and guitar parts simultaneously, and enters the studio with a producer who happens to be a famous bass player (and also plays on a track!). THE MOTHERS ANGER tours in traditional Wandering Jew fashion: two guys, an old gutted out van, some cool vintage equipment, and a burning desire to rock your world. Think NIRVANA meets BLACK SABBATH at a STOOGES Fun House rent party and brace yourself for some of the most full-bodied, raw guts and emotion, dead-ahead rock and roll this side of Jerusalem. Cover art by Seattle based cartoon art hero Jim Blanchard makes this release by THE MOTHERS ANGER grab the eyes as well as the ears.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
tonight (wed sept 22)
at the warehouse next door
all ages, $7, 8:30 doors
CALVIN JOHNSON
MT. EERIE (Microphones)
WOELV
the above artists need no description. well, i think woelv is the dude from old time relijun.
the show will most likely sell out, so get there around 8 if you really want to make sure you get in. there's no way to tell, as we don't pre-sell tickets.
a little research reveals Woelv is actually a French Canadian woman named Geneviève
http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?Band_Id=6919 (http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?Band_Id=6919)
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thanks, pollard...we had head a long time ago that CJ and mt eerie were going to tour with the OTR dude, hence why i thought that.
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Calvin Johnson needs to shorten his story telling and let them have the AC on but I thought the show overall was really good, Woelv was surprisingly good
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yeah, no shit! i got out of work at 10 and rushed to the warehouse, hoping i wasn't too late. i walked in and it was stuffy and i was like "what happened to the AC?" apparently, calvin likes people to be uncomfortable.
i caught the last 10-15 minutes of his set, which was ok but nothing special. i have a feeling i missed the better part of his set. woelv was good, sort of like a french-canadian cat power. the microphones (well, phil elvrum) were excellent. nobody plays chord progressions like that guy, and just when you're really deep into the song, he ends it. he's also one awkwardly funny dude.
pollard, i was the guy in the helium shirt who told people to stand up during woelv's set. cuz i'm a show nazi.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
pollard, i was the guy in the helium shirt who told people to stand up during woelv's set. cuz i'm a show nazi.
ok, I thought that might be you, I was the guy in the gbv shirt (surprise!)
I completely agree about the Cat Power comparison with Woelv, except if it was Cat Power she would have never made it through a song
sounds like you missed the half hour long Calvin Johnson story about his van wreck
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Sunday, September 26th
all ages, $5
doors at 8:30, show at 9
Withered (http://www.withered.net) (ex-Social Infestation, ex-Leechmilk, from Georgia)
mp3: http://www.kickyride.com/withered/fearandpain.mp3 (http://www.kickyride.com/withered/fearandpain.mp3)
Drugs of Faith (http://drugsoffaith.cjb.net) (Reptilian Records, ex-Enemy Soil)
mp3: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/chuck78/dof/thefalsewar.mp3 (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/chuck78/dof/thefalsewar.mp3)
Vog (http://www.whereisvog.com)
The Tenth Key
Withered
Withered was formed in the early summer of 2003 in Atlanta, GA. Chris and Mike, founding and current members of the grindcore/crust punk band Social Infestation, wanted to explore extreme music and create something with black metal overtones and dramatic guitar melodies while still clinging to their punk and grind roots. They needed an unrelenting percussion force to accomplish this so they called upon longtime friend and accomplished drummer, Wes Kever (ex- Puaka Balava). The three-piece began to write and discovered what kind of band Withered was going to become. After a few songs they realized it was time to find the bassist that could fill out Withered's sound and audibly obliterate their listeners. They called upon Greg Hess, the former bassist for Leechmilk (RIP). He was known for pummeling his instrument and his menacing sludgy background helped shape what would become Withered as it is today. Withered has been touring and stirring up a frenzy in the eastern US supporting bands like Mastodon and Exhumed. They spent the first half of 2004 completing their 5 song EP "Order Born From Chaos" (soon to be released) with producer Michael Green (Light Pupil Dilate). They have released 3 of the songs on a demo CD which has been gaining tremendous momentum and praise. Songs like "The Fear and Pain That Cripples Me" are an unrelenting force of grind and metal while the almost-nine-minute epic "Like Locusts" embraces the darkest attributes of life with lulling guitar melodies, majestic riffage, and blistering verses. this is just a sign of everything that's to come from Withered as they are a establishing a new standard for heavy music as we know it.
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Thursday, September 30
$10, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9:15
Nik Turner (of Hawkwind!) w/ Spaceseed, featuring the Solar Fire Light Show
Cerberus Shoal (from Maine, Temporary Residence)
Cat Time (prog-punk noise rock from Detroit)
Come out and see the legendary Nik Turner, who plays lots of '70s Hawkwind gems and still kicks a lot of ass. The Solar Fire Light Show will take you back to the glory days of liquid light shows. Openers Cerberus Shoal will tweak those with their bent take on tribal commune acid folk, and Cat Time will kick off the evening with a dose of Ruins-esque prog-punk. Not to be missed!
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And tonight, that is, Wed 9/29, Circle Takes the Square plays some good old screamy mathy punky goodness. i'll be there.
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a little more info for tonight's psych blowout...
Nik Turner (http://www.nikturner.com) (of Hawkwind!) w/ Spaceseed, featuring the Solar Fire Light Show
Nik Turner has been blaring his psychedelic sax (and flute) for well over 30 years now, most notably in space-rock pioneers Hawkwind and '80s post-punk politicos Inner City Unit. He's continued to push the envelope and plays with an energy betraying his 64 years. For this tour, Turner's supported by Atlanta's Spaceseed, including DC's own Sam Lohman and John Stanton (from Cash Slave Clique). Expect invigorated versions of "Master of the Universe," "Brainstorm," and "Silver Machine," among many other Hawkwind gems.
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The Solar Fire Lightshow (http://www.Strange-Trips.com) is a 3D Psychedelic Lightshow featuring 35mm slides of space scenes, stars, swirling kaleidoscopic colors, oil wheels, moire`s, black lights, strobes, smoke and moonflower effects. It's an extra-sensory overload and a lush, psychedelic feast for the eyes.
No two shows are ever the same!
The Solar Fire Lightshow has provided lighting for many acts from all over the world. In Feburary of 2000 we were invited to New Zealand and Australia to provide visual stimulation for the Hawkwind audiences who attended Hawkwind's first ever down under tour!
The Solar Fire Lightshow can provide a stunning visual backdrop for almost any musical act and is proud to have worked with the following fine bands: Hawkwind - Ozric Tentacles - Gong - Daevid Allen - Alien Planetscapes - F/i - Porcupine Tree - Architectural Metaphor - Chrome - Helios Creed - Nucleon - Quarkspace - and many, many others!
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Cerberus Shoal (http://www.cerberusshoal.com) (from Portland ME, Temporary Residence Records)
Formed in the early 90s, this six piece collective has steadily gained a name for themselves as one of the most interesting and original bands coming out of the North American indie scene today. On this, their 9th full length release, Claiming the Knoblessone incorporates everything from spoken word, accordion, abstract electronics and even toy piano into something approaching post-rock, industrial, improv, cabaret and indie. And like Frank Sinatra, Cerberus Shoal most certainly do it their way.
Alternating between something resembling The B52s jamming with Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa attempting half-finished Yes covers, we begin our journey with "Apatrides". This starts off as a lovely ambient piece and ends up sounding something like The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow performing in a student play before returning to its lovely ambience. (Olli Siebelt)
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Cat Time (http://www.10eastern.com/cattime.html)
Michigan sextet playing quirky, spazzy prog
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Warehouse Arts Fest
http://www.warehouseartsfest.org/ (http://www.warehouseartsfest.org/)
Oct 1-10
[The part that got my attention]:
October 6, 8:00 pm
Films that Rock! Burn to Shine & Lovitt Transmissions
Burn to Shine is a film that takes place on one day in a house that no
longer exists. Filmmakers Brendan Canty and Christoph Green used the house
to film Q and Not U, Medications, Garland of Hours, French Toast, Ted Leo,
Weird War, The Evens, and Bob Mould playing their music live in the living
room. Very simple and beautiful.
Lovitt Transmissions: Volume One DVD is Lovitt~Rs first foray into
documenting the label~Rs history from a visual and sonic perspective.
Composed of interviews, live performances, and tour footage captured from
1994 to 2003 by friends, fans, bands, and a professional production team,
the DVD tells the story of one of the east coast~Rs most influential,
community-based record labels.
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i think these look good, too:
Tuesday October 5, 7:00 pm
Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi) reads from his new book, The Memory Theater Burned. Damon Krukowski is the co-founder and editor of Exact Change, and founding member of Galaxie 500. He currently records with Naomi Yang as Damon and Naomi. He will read from his book of prose poetry, ??The Memory Theater Burned.? In
these lines, Damon Krukowski often attempts to state the obvious. But truth is elusive, and Krukowski??s poems also bear the record of the difficulties he encountered in its pursuit. Plus excerpts from Don??t Let Our Youth Go To Waste -
a comprehensive visual document spanning the history of Galaxie 500.
Co-sponsored by Olsson's Books and Records and Plexi Film.
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Tuesday, October 5
Frog Eyes + Portions Toll
FROG EYES is Disjointed, Evasive, Haunting, Melodramatic, Dissonant, Anguished, Ominous and Highly Recommended. Carey Mercer is by far the most consistently interesting Canadian songwriter. Locals PORTIONS TOLL (members of Metropolitan and The Plums) rocks.
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Wednsday, October 6
Year Future + GoGoGo Airheart
YEAR FUTURE takes post-hardcore ethics and applies them to give post-punk a makeover. Aggravated tempos and buzzing guitars touch equally on Public Image Ltd. and Joy Division as The Locust. GOGOGO AIRHEART combine the diverse
territories of disco, post-punk and the art-rock glam classicism of The Stooges in a stunning display of slippery funk bass lines, jagged guitar cuts, scathing vocals and polyrhythmic drumming.
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Saturday, October 9
IQU + Zykos + Stamen and Pistils
The Olympia, WA lo-fi electronic trio IQU (pronounced ee-koo) mixes drum-n-bass
with the immediacy of lo-fi and punk. ZYKOS - wall of sound arrangements - brighter synth and keys - bigger hooks - dynamic sound - more calm amidst the chaos - cohesive without sacrificing intensity. STAMEN AND PISTILS allude to an
ongoing collusion between bedroom hip-hop and dirty indie pop, by blending crunchy, lo-fi sounds and unconventional pop songwriting.
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October calendar, since we're in the process of revamping the website:
10/5: Frog Eyes (Absolutely Kosher)/Portions Toll (members of Metropolitan and The Plums)
10/6: Gogogoairheart (GSL)/Year Future (GSL, ex-Angel Hair/The VSS)
10/9: IQU (K Records)/Zykos/Stamen & Pistils
10/10: Zea (from Holland)/Persil/Dan Deacon
10/11: Bible of the Devil (from Chicago, Dead Teenager Records)/The Little White Pills (featuring Gary Isom of Spirit Caravan and Nitroseed)
10/12: Parker & Lily/Brandon Butler
10/13: Wives (from LA)/Navies/A Day In Black And White (Level Plane Rec.)
10/14: The Makers (Kill Rock Stars/Sub Pop)/The Shakedowns
10/15: The Creeping Nobodies (from Canada)/Perfect Panther (ex-Chisel)/Barr/Bobby Birdman/1999
10/16: The Bloodthirsty Lovers (ex-Grifters/Dambuilders)/The Transgressors (alt-country from Austin)/Shortstack
10/17: Eugene & Niko from Oxbow (acoustic, legendary Birthday Party-esque band from SF, Neurot/SST)/Dixie Witch (Small Stone, from Texas)/Meatjack (from Baltimore, At A Loss Rec.)/Amplified Heat (Arclight Rec., from Texas)/The Last Vegas (Get Hip Rec., from Chicago)
10/19: Paik (Detroit space rock instrumental trio)/Lacoste (Fremch rap duo from LA)/Gemini (experimental dance duo from Chicago)
10/21: Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower
10/22-23: The 20 Buck Spin Festival
10/22: Internal Void/Unorthodox/Wretched/Valkyrie
10/23: Dragon Green/5ive/Rebreather/Beaten Back To Pure/Nitroseed/War Injun/The Wayward/Vog
10/31: Karate (Southern Rec.)/Chris Brokaw (ex-Come/Codeine) (early show)
10/31: Wolf Eyes (Sub Pop)/Rubber O Cement (late show)
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Originally posted by snailhook:
10/19: Paik (Detroit space rock instrumental trio)/Lacoste (Fremch rap duo from LA)/Gemini (experimental dance duo from Chicago)
Can't wait to see Paik!
Highly recommended!
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what happened to Mirah on 10/12?
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they decided to play the first unitarian church in philly instead of the warehouse. i'm bummed about it, since i really wanted to see mirah at the warehouse, but thems the breaks. hopefully next time.
parker & lily are supposed to be pretty good, but i opted to work camper van beethoven instead.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
they decided to play the first unitarian church in philly instead of the warehouse. i'm bummed about it, since i really wanted to see mirah at the warehouse, but thems the breaks. hopefully next time.
parker & lily are supposed to be pretty good, but i opted to work camper van beethoven instead.
that is too bad, I have seen parker and lily once, they were really awful in my opinion, they opened for cinerama at the Black Cat
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TONIGHT! OCTOBER 5th
part of the Warehouse Arts Festival
1017-1021 7th St NW DC
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in the next door space
8:30 ? $7.00
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FROG EYES (Absolutly Kosher Records)
PORTIONS TOLL
MERIDETH BRAGG
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in the cafe/theater
7:00 ? FREE
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DAMON KRUKOWSKI (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi)
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FROG EYES is Disjointed, Evasive, Haunting, Melodramatic, Dissonant, Anguished,
Ominous and Highly Recommended. Carey Mercer is by far the most consistently
interesting Canadian songwriter.
PORTIONS TOLL are the four-limbed pursuit of John M (Metropolitan) and Marc M
(Plums). Employing a variety of instruments and a wealth of stimulants, PORTIONS
TOLL play semi-improvised, super-sloppified noise-folk-rock. They are enamored
of the work of Devendra Banhart, Animal Collective, American Analog Set, Tower
Recordings, and Vincent Gallo, though they cannot be held legally responsible
for their inability to sound like any of those.
MEREDITH BRAGG is like a beam of sunlight piercing through the clouds directly
into my heart, filling me with love. Meredith himself is soothing me and ONLY ME
with each of his songs. He's telling me that everything is going to be okay.
Even though he is not finger-tapping, everything is going to be just fine.
DAMON KRUKOWSKI (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi) reads from his new book, The Memory
Theater Burned. Damon Krukowski is the co-founder and editor of Exact Change, a
Surrealist press located in Boston. A founding member of Galaxie 500, he
currently records with Naomi Yang as Damon and Naomi. He will read from his book
of prose poetry, "The Memory Theater Burned." In these lines, Damon Krukowski
often attempts to state the obvious. But truth is elusive, and Krukowski's poems
also bear the record of the difficulties he encountered in its pursuit.
Co-sponsored by Olsson©?s Books and Records
Plus, excerpts from DON'T LET OUR YOUTH GO TO WASTE Galaxie 500: 1987 - 1991
DON'T LET OUR YOUTH GO TO WASTE is a comprehensive visual document spanning the
history of GALAXIE 500. A compendium of all their music videos, a TV appearance,
and an archive of over 40 songs performed live.
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Hey snailhook, we are trying to include the Warehouse on our calendar, but wihtout any sort of listing, it is near impossible. I know the website sucks, but do you all have an e-mail you send out? I thought Bags used to get one. Just trying to help bring you all some love.
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http://planariainc.com/mailinglist.html (http://planariainc.com/mailinglist.html)
You still don't usually get a lot of advanced warning though.
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TONIGHT! OCTOBER 6th
part of the Warehouse Arts Festival
1017-1021 7th St NW DC
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in the next door space
9:00 Doors
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YEAR FUTURE
> (GSL Records, ex. VSS, Angel Hair, Dead & Gone)
GOGOGO AIRHEART
> (GSL Records)
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in the cafe/theater
8:00 $5
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Films that Rock!
BURN TO SHINE
LOVITT TRANSMISSION
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YEAR FUTURE is a Los Angeles-based quartet comprised of vocalist Sonny Kay (THE VSS, ANGEL HAIR), guitarist Rockey Crane (DEAD AND GONE, CREEPS ON CANDY), bassist Sam Ott (THE FUCKING ANGELS), and drummer Jim Andersen (THE PATTERN, BLACKFORK, TALK IS POISON). All four members spent years living in Oakland/Berkeley before one-by-one winding up in L.A. and starting YEAR FUTURE in early 2003. The band have been compared to everything from BAUHAUS and TUXEDO MOON to the NATION OF ULYSSES and LAUGHING HYENAS.
GOGOGO AIRHEART combine the diverse territories of disco, post-punk and the art-rock glam classicism of The Stooges in a stunning display of slippery funk bass lines, jagged guitar cuts, scathing vocals and polyrhythmic drumming.
BURN TO SHINE is a film that takes place on one day in a house that no longer exists. Filmmakers Brendan Canty and Christoph Green used the house to film Q and Not U, Medications, Garland of Hours, French Toast, Ted Leo, Weird War, The Evens, and Bob Mould playing their music live in the living room. Very simple and beautiful. Features the destruction of one pretty nice house. 45 min.
LOVITT TRANSMISSION: Volume One DVD is Lovitt's first foray into documenting the label's history from a visual and sonic perspective. Composed of interviews, live performances, and tour footage captured from 1994 to 2003 by friends, fans,
bands, and a professional production team, the DVD tells the story of one of the east coast's most influential, community-based record labels. 45 min
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Great show last night, snail. I thought both bands were pretty good, and it was really a shame that the crowd wasn't bigger.
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Originally posted by snailhook:
BURN TO SHINE is a film that takes place on one day in a house that no longer exists. Filmmakers Brendan Canty and Christoph Green used the house to film Q and Not U, Medications, Garland of Hours, French Toast, Ted Leo, Weird War, The Evens, and Bob Mould playing their music live in the living room. Very simple and beautiful. Features the destruction of one pretty nice house. 45 min.
This movie was really nice. Brendan was there to introduce it. They told each band to show up at the top of each hour, plug in and play exactly one song. No interviews or talking at all. Just the songs performed in an otherwise empty living room. The footage of the house being destroyed is pretty effective.
They're now doing the same thing in different cites. The Chicago one is done. They want to try to put one out every 4-6 months.
I highly recommed seeing it, if you get the chance.
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Not to be ignorant, but is the Warehouse near the 9:30? I'm not from D.C. and can't find where it's located. Wolf Eyes on Halloween, right?
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http://www.warehousetheater.com/ (http://www.warehousetheater.com/)
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Originally posted by Lou Reed:
Not to be ignorant, but is the Warehouse near the 9:30? I'm not from D.C. and can't find where it's located. Wolf Eyes on Halloween, right?
It is about a dozen (or so) blocks away from the 9:30 Club. It's near the corner of 7th Street and New York Avenue (NW) right across the street from the big honking new convention center.
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Great show last night, snail. I thought both bands were pretty good, and it was really a shame that the crowd wasn't bigger.
yeah, chimbly, it was a damn good show. gogogoairheart are one of my favorite live bands, and i don't understand how people go batshit crazy for franz ferdinand and !!! when gogogo are far superior, IMO. the crowd size wasn't too meager, as it was a wednesday night, the black keys and cuts were at the 9:30, and there were no local bands on the bill. year future impressed me as well.
wolf eyes are on halloween with rubber o cement, who are led by a guy from the legendary noise/psych/outsider band caroliner. this is a show not be missed.
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Sat Oct 9 at the
Warehouse Next Door
$7 ? Doors at 9:00
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IQU + Zykos + Stamens and Pistils
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The Olympia, WA lo-fi electronic trio IQU (pronounced ee-koo) mixes drum-n-bass with the immediacy of lo-fi and punk.
ZYKOS - wall of sound arrangements - brighter synth and keys - bigger hooks- dynamic sound - more calm amidst the chaos - cohesive without sacrificing intensity.
STAMEN AND PISTILS allude to an ongoing collusion between bedroom hip-hop and dirty indie pop, by blending crunchy, lo-fi sounds and unconventional
pop songwriting.
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Tonight!
Monday, October 11
$6, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9:30
Bible of the Devil (http://www.bibleofthedevil.com) (from Chicago, Dead Teenager Rec.)
The Little White Pills (featuring Gary Isom and Johnny Wretched)
Anyone who lives in the DC area who appreciates tight, kick-ass rock 'n' roll should check this one out. Bible of the Devil's singer sounds like Bon Scott, sings like Phil Lynott at times, the twin guitars are straight out of the NWOBHM/Maiden/Priest/UFO school, and the rhythm section is straight-up, no frills Motorhead/Zeke. With songs titles like "Born in Jail" and "Ball Deep, Mountain High," you can't lose.
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Tight Empire is the fourth release by Chicago dirt bags, Bible of the Devil, and their first for Dead Teenager records (Speedealer, Zeke, Players Club). I can't say enough about this band.
Bible of the Devil really fuckin' bring it. These guys are the hardest working band in Chicago, and for what its worth, they are one of my favorites. Their sound is classic: Marshall stacks cranked all the way, bowel-moving bass, and tight speedball drumming. They have pushed out three self-released and self-produced records before this one, all raw and trashy, but this time they out did themselves. They teamed up with Chicago studio-head Mike Lust to record Tight Empire and put in a lot of effort and put away a lot of booze and came out with an amazing record.
BOTD dominate with dual guitar harmonies and relentless energy and write epic pummelers about barbiturates, Iron Maiden, killin', drinkin', and just being plain ol' scumbags. The guitar combo of Mark Hoffman and Nate Perry are a power-force comparable to the greats: Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham, Buck Dharma and Allan Lanier, Bruce Franklin and Frank Wartell, and KK Downing and Glenn Tipton. Seriously. The band covets the same classic rock ethic that so many others try to achieve, but that haven't existed since Slash met Izzy. I don't want to make this sound like they are some kind of rock revivalists or are here to save rock and roll or ??industry buzzword #25,? but Bible of the Devil play like they are gearing up to tour with Richie Blackmore's Rainbow way back in '75.
Tight Empire has already made my best of 2004 list (have I got my head too far up their asses, yet?). Highly recommended for fans of Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, early Aerosmith, Slade, Rainbow and AC/DC. (Velcro Lewis, Stonerrock.com)
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The Little White Pills will be making their debut DC appearance featuring Gary Isom of Spirit Caravan and Nitroseed and Johnny Wretched (of Wretched). They're less stoner rock than just plain old trash-punk with a metal edge. Think Black Flag, The Dead Boys, and The Ramones.
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What's the word on this Growing/Orthrelm collaboration in November?
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it looks like friday november 26, but it's not 100%.
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parker & lily is cancelled tonight, as lily's mother passed away. the whole show is called off.
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Wednesday, October 13
$6, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9:15
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Wives (http://www.coldsweat.org) - Wedded to bastard fury and volume, the hyper-intelligent and incredibly impatient Los Angeles trio Wives delivers intense, bombastic rhythms. Noisy discordant guitar frenzy underlines and pierces through a vehement shouted and spoken narrative. Songs slow down just to wind back up into break neck speeds, furiously paving new directions. Wives' driving force is a reckoning to develop something organic and original. Combined influential nods and musical elements of past greats like Rapeman, Bastro, Black Flag and the Minutemen are mixed with the contemporary likeness of Lightning Bolt, The Locust, Arab On Radar, or even early Black Dice --all seen through an early 80's Dischord filter via Government Issue, Teen Idles or Skewbald. Wives are touring in support of their new LP/CD on Cold Sweat Records entitled "Erect the Youth Problem."
Navies (http://www.naviesband.org) - DC-based trio whose sound is influenced by both the heavy rhythmic textures of punk/post-punk music (The Ex, Gang of Four, Pere Ubu), American and European art and psych rock from the 1960s and 1970s (Captain Beefheart, This Heat, Parson Sound), as well as aspects of noise, free music and dub.
A Day In Black And White (http://www.level-plane.com) - This DC-area three piece picks up where bands like recently defunct Level-Plane Alumni City of Caterpillar left off with their dynamic and epic post-rock-inspired hardcore. Citing influence ranging from Converge to Godspeed You Black Emperor!, ADIBAW propel the songs on their debut full length album "My Heroes Have Always Killed Cowboys" from soft to loud via murderous drumming, dark guitar/bass interplay, and neck snapping crescendos, while still leaving room for memorable hooks and dramatic, intelligent lyrics.
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Garage Rock Extravaganzaaa!
October 14th - TONIGHT!
at the Warehouse Next Door
Doors at 8:30PM ? $8
Featuring Kill Rock Stars recording rockers:
THE MAKERS
along with The Spoils of NW, The Saviours, and The ShakeDowns!
www.warehousetheater.com (http://www.warehousetheater.com)
www.spoilsofnw.com (http://www.spoilsofnw.com)
www.thesaviours.com (http://www.thesaviours.com)
www.shakedowns.com (http://www.shakedowns.com)
www.themakersrock.com (http://www.themakersrock.com)
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TOMORROW! FRIDAY 10/15! 9:00 doors!
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the return of Toronto's THE CREEPING NOBODIES,
John Dugan's new band, PERFECT PANTHER
and The Totally Epic Dudes Tour featuring
BARR, 1999 (E*ROCK of Audio Dregs!),
and the return of BOBBY BIRDMAN.
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sounds like a lot of bands? FEAR NOT! as the total set time for the 3 epic
dudes is a seamless 45min. with no downtime or setup time between acts!
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"This one guy I know does public speaking about humans/animals. He has beats
(rhythmic) and shit to say it's not a sound you've heard before. You know what I
mean? like his afformentioned counterparts, BARR's sound is made up of media but
not married to it. It's kind of trippy but it could move you." -I.V. (Japanther)
BARR (Brendan Fowler) has toured with The Quails, Tracy+The Plastics, and
snowsuit (steve from xbxrx). He has a record coming out in January with JD
Samson (of Le Tigre) and Sarah Shapiro, recorded as New England Roses; and will
be appearing on the upcoming Animal Collective Compilation from Paw Tracks.
Barr's new Album, "what would the second BARR" came out in June on
Tapes/DoggPony Records, along side a split 7" with SF's Lil Pocketknife.
http://www.audiodregs.com/totallyepictour/ (http://www.audiodregs.com/totallyepictour/)
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This will be a condensed one-man version of 1999, which is E*Rock (Audio Dregs)
vocals+machines to replace the live band members.
The new band is with dudes Josh from Point Line Plane (Skin Graft) on bass and
Charlie Panther from The Planet The on guitar. The focus is on powerful,
life-affirming, hit songs. http://www.audiodregs.com/totallyepictour/ (http://www.audiodregs.com/totallyepictour/)
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Future Crooner, Bobby Birdman (Rob Kieswetter) lays his golden voice upon
pillows softly synthed, handy clapped, crunked up, hummed, hollered, chopped,
strummed and sung-a-long. Come together, transform dancefloor, basement or beach
blanket. "You brought a laptop to the beach?"
"Yeah, but I might not use it."
Bobby Birdman has released two full length albums, "Let Me In" and "Born Free
Forever" (HUSH Records) and 2 EP's, "Exhausted, The Cost Of" and "Heart Caves"
(States Rights Records) and has toured in North America and Europe with the
likes of YACHT, The Lucky Dragons, Little Wings, Calvin Johnson, The
Microphones/Mt. Eerie, The Wrist and Pistols, The Blow, VVRSSNN and
Thanksgiving. http://www.audiodregs.com/totallyepictour/ (http://www.audiodregs.com/totallyepictour/)
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This is an ecstastic cacophony. This is a glorious contradiction in terms.
Humanity is a complex proposition. Music can offer all this, and more... Exalted
regards, The Creeping Nobodies. http://www.thecreepingnobodies.com/ (http://www.thecreepingnobodies.com/)
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John Dugan, formally of CHISEL and countless of other bands, new band!
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bro, what was the guarentee for Growing when they plaed over the summer and this time round if you don't mind. A friend of mine is trying to book them for a house show at Wesleyan and the booking agent is asking for $500 guarentee, is that the usual or is my friend getting dicked because he's an inexperience college kid?
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Saturday, October 16
doors at 9:30, show at 10
$7, all ages
12am: The Bloodthirsty Lovers (from Memphis, featuring Dave Shouse of the Grifters/Those Bastard Souls and Kevin March of the Dambuilders/Guided By Voices)
11pm: Shortstack (http://www.fattruckersunion.com/shortstack) (DC)
10pm: The Transgressors (http://www.thetransgressors.com) (alt-country from Austin)
The Bloodthirsty Lovers
Bloodthirsty Lovers began as a solo project in 2001 -- named after a pulp novel from the '50s. This time around, Dave Shouse (vocals, electric & acoustic rhythm guitars, piano, synthesizers, samples) is joined by Steve Selvidge (lead & rhythm guitars, acoustic 6 & 12 string, organ, drums, bass, percussion loops, tone generators, background vocals). Steve is a cornerstone of the Memphis music scene (Big Ass Truck) and son of legendary Sid Selvidge. The two teamed up in the spring of 2003 for the creative construction of "The Delicate Seam," collaborating on 4 of the 8 songs on the album.
"Dave Shouse has taken his significant songwriting skills to a far more interesting place with Bloodthirsty Lovers. Shades of Swervedriver, Flaming Lips, and even the Beach Boys can be heard through Shouse's rack of guitars and the keys and sampler that space and stretch out the sounds behind pop hooks." (New York Press)
"Immersive glitch pop that sounds like the bastard love child of CEX and U2...spacious and melodic...strikingly original and stunningly beautiful. The entire record has a feel of a dream of flying, floating through clouds and gorgeous scenery in a murky, sleepy haze." (Skyscraper)
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*koff*last vegas on sunday nite*koff*
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stoopid question-- but is there a list i can get on or something to get these band descriptions for warehouse shows? it's sorta odd relying on the 930 board for this stuff.
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Planaria (http://planariainc.com/mailinglist.html)
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Tonight! An all-out post-modern psychedelic extravaganza, from instrumental wall-of-sound shoegaze to French rap to experimental dance noise. Don't question, just be there.
Doors open at 8:30, the show starts at 9:15.
$6 and all ages.
Paik (http://www.beyonderrecords.com) (instrumental shoegaze/psych trio from Detroit, on Strange Attractors and Clairecords)
Laco$te (http://www.eurotrashforever.com) (French rap male/female duo from LA)
Gemini (http://www.totalgymcru.com) (experimental dance noise duo from Chicago)
Paik
" Corridors is the type of album that any fan of space rock should be dying over. The guitars are fuzzy and loud, the drums are repetitive, and the bass lines are trance inducing. Listening to Paik is akin to listening to Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Kinski, Yume Bitsu, and Tristeza duke it out in a battle royale. None of these bands wins out. Instead, they are thrown into a giant blender and mixed together, forming a wonderful ambient rock opus.
In all seriousness, Paik has gotten the formula right. Everything sounds so huge and resounding (I think the song "Strange Familiar" sets a new benchmark for hugeness). The only thing that could keep any fan of the genre from totally loving these guys is the fact that they don't have a vocalist. I must admit that at first I was thrown off by the lack of vocals because in every other band that sounds anything like this, there are wispy vocals leading me out into the ether. Eventually I came around to the realization that the lack of vocals make the songs more interesting because everything takes on an added weight when there is no singing to subconsciously latch onto." (Fakejazz)
"Paik are a Detroit, MI three-piece whose brand of instrumental build and bliss fits in between plenty of the post rock crowd, employing a heavy handed use of repetitive guitar lines, ambience, and noise. This single, recorded between their first and second albums, provides a quick glimpse into the ever stunning world of Paik.
The opener, "Spacer" (later rerecorded for the Corridors album), is quite possibly Paik's finest moment. This perfectly captures Paik at its strongest. The guitar line slowly builds on itself, progressing and distorting more and more as the melody gains momentum, and is doused in layers of noise.
"Stunned Champ" is a more upbeat, melodic song. Weaving around a few melodies, it abruptly dives into a distorted release, reminiscent of Mogwai's schtick and done with just as much style and sense of purpose.
Hovercraft with Neil Halstead instead of Campbell 2000? Stuart Braithwaite with Bright? Paik's style may be easily recognizable, but it's all their own." (Fakejazz)
Laco$te
We are Laco$te, French rap group from Los Angeles, wow! We are rap, short songs, sometime more electronic, sometime more old school beats, but first we are party music. We are 1/2 boy from Belgium, 1/2 girl from K-Town. We like play with many great noise and rock bands. Sometime we have slide projections, and many costume change in 20 minutes. So now I ask you, who is #1 French rap in L.A.?
We rap about historical eurotrash, like the Baron Von Gloeden, who partied with priests and took photos of half nude adolescents. Which is also Mlle's ambition. And we rap about universal theme like maternal love, filial love, milkmen, and K-town girls. The K-town girls (les filles coreenes) is actually very popular song for us; especially the lines "Elle roule sa benz sur Olympic Boulevard, Ca crache les dollars, Ca crache les dollars..." Everyone who go to Los Angeles understand that.
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
stoopid question-- but is there a list i can get on or something to get these band descriptions for warehouse shows? it's sorta odd relying on the 930 board for this stuff.
But as an FYI, you don't get it any sooner than it's posted here. The emails tend to go out the day, maybe a couple days, before the band usually. NOT that I'm complaining; I LOVE the descriptions -- really, really helpful.
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Hello. This is Count Duct Tapula. Did you hear the news? We are having TWO SEPARATE shows on Holloweeeeeen Nite!
At 7:00 we have KARATE and CHRIS BROKAW. I know you know who Karate is but do you know that Chris Brokaw was in Codeine, Come, Consonant, The New Year, Pullman, and played on a GG Allin record? YES! GG Allin!!!! How Halloween is that?!?!?!?!?
Then... at 10:30 we have Sub Pop's WOLF EYES and friends, RUBBER O CEMENT! This is almost too perfect... WOLF EYES ON HALLOWEEN!
MORE INFO TO COME LATER THIS WEEK!!
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* chris brokaw has really improved his acoustic playing and singing over the past few years. he's been one of the most underrated musicians in indie rock for the past decade. rubber o cement features someone from the legendary outsider psych/noise collective caroliner. and wolf eyes is indeed one of the most intense bands you'll ever see.
DETAILS FOR HALLOWEEN SHOW(s)
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EARLY SHOW ($7) DOORS: 7:00
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> CHRIS BROWKAW (8:00)
> KARATE (9:00)
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LATE SHOW ($8) DOORS: 10:30
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> RUBBER O CEMENT (11:00)
> WOLF EYES (12 MIDNIGHT)
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CHRIS BROKAW was in Codeine, Come, Consonant, The New Year, Pullman, and played on a GG Allin record? YES! GG Allin!!!!
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WOLF EYES
Much has been made of how downright scary a Wolf Eyes show can be (think pummeling industrial noise, a la Throbbing Gristle, aligned with the
confrontational aesthetics of hardcore). We'd admit what an exagerration that is, but it's actually an understatement. Hell, just ask band member John Olson, who split his skull open with a giant medieval mace, last July while on the
Sonic Youth tour. Come for the music, stay for the bloodshed. Just remember to bring some earplugs. On Sub Pop Records.
"I was just kinda like, 'Oh whatever.' But it just kept bleedin' and like my equipment and everything just was covered in blood, and I was kinda startin' to freak out, 'cause Thurston [Moore] and all the roadies kept tossin' me towels
and they just kept gettin' covered up with blood. So like after the first song, I pull over Nate [Young] and I'm like, 'Man, do you think I'm alright?' And he looks at the cut and he's kinda quiet, and he's like, 'It looks cool, man, just
keep jammin'."
Keep jamming? After being smacked upside the skull with a spiked, medieval mace? That's mad; stupid really. Not in the name of rock, apparently. Because that's exactly what John Olson did at a Wolf Eyes show this past summer, while opening for Sonic Youth. Said gash bled on until the end of the set and required five staples and a heavy dose of anathesia as the night wound down in a hospital wing. Why he decided to swing a MACE around in the first place is a mystery to begin with. But hey, Wolf Eyes has never really adhered to the rules of logical
behavior. Live, the trio is truly terrifying, a sight to stare at whether or not you dig the music: all too often battering, slapping and hammering their own bodies as much as whatever instrument is in harm's way. On record, their metal machine music lends itself to the grisliest of metaphors: a blood-spattered killing spree, a sputtering lawn mower caught in the midst of cutting through flesh and bone, someone trying desperately to tune a TV or transistor radio. Visceral doesn't even begin to describe such fetishistic, gleeful noise. Let's just say Wolf Eyes is harder than any hardcore band you'll ever see, and heavier than the heaviest of metal.
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RUBBER O CEMENT is as avant-garde as the above, with the added allure of a profoundly-surreal stage show. Often dressed in cardboard, foil and foam, they fire off splotchy patches of noise and horror movie effects. Not surprisingly, their records were once packaged along with a Clive Barker comic book.
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Come celebrate or lament with us after the election. Perhaps we will have a little bit more pride in our country, or maybe we will want to party Jim Jones-style. Regardless, Landing's tranquility will guide us into inner peace and shower us with beauty.
Clavius Productions presents:
Wednesday, November 3
Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th St NW, Washington DC
$7, 9pm, all ages
Landing (CT, on K Records, Strange Attractors)
anti:clockwise (NYC, Parallelism, member of Tono-Bungay)
Kohoutek (DC improv psych)
Landing (http://www.landingsite.net)
Landing are a group of friends that met in Provo, Utah in 1998, where most of them were attending college. After playing together for a year, Aaron and Adrienne asked Dick (formerly in the post-rock band Perth Amboy), and Daron (of the avant-rock band Forty Nine Hudson) to join what at that time was just a home recording project. Dick started played bass, even though he was a guitar player and Daron played drums, although he was a bassist. They started to put on house shows at Aaron and Adrienne??s home (dubbed the Manbeard Towne), toured the country in their beat up van, recorded and released some cassettes on their own label, Treat Lane Tapes, and the Centrefuge EP on Daron??s label, (the Music Fellowship), did their own artwork, and had a strict ??anywhere, anytime? live show ethic.
In December of 1999, the band all moved to Aaron??s home-state, Connecticut, and by late 2001, they??d recorded and released their first two albums; Circuit (Music Fellowship) and Oceanless (Strange Attractors Audio House). Eventually, they founded a studio called Hi Mid Recording and began a stretch of recording activity that ranged in sound from improvised ambient music, to intricate, vocal rich songs, including a split tour CD with Windy & Carl (Music Fellowship), their third full length, Seasons , (Ba Da Bing!), a Tour 2002 EP (Vast Arc Hues), the Fade In/Fade Out EP (Strange Attractors), and New Found Land , and a three-way split CD with Yellow6 and Rothko (Music Fellowship).
By late 2002 Landing had toured five more times (once with the incredible Windy & Carl), were featured in the Ptolemaic Terrascope, played at Terrastock 5, and were asked to join the K records family. In January 2003, Aaron, Adrienne, Dick and Daron finished recording Passages Through , their fourth full-length album. It will be released in June 2003 on K Records.
"Ten years ago, if one heard the term shoegazer, it evoked images of bands lost in the moment of their music (and pondering their own footwear). After the originals like Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine, a second tier of bands started allowing their pop-based melodies to hover leisurely before finally coming to rest. Connecticut-based outfit Landing embody this aesthetic, directly channeling the gauzy guitar sound of the period's champions, but taking a left turn at Dearborn, Michigan, and the fluid drone mantras of that town's Windy and Carl. Landing meditate on the repetition of these guitar swells and drones, burying the melody until it is often all but non-existent. By drawing this line in the sand between them and their forebears, Landing sets up their melodic songs to stand out, with harmonies and vocal incantations woven into their music's fabric. Their story is of modern psychedelic music fans that started making music themselves, in a direct emulation of their heroes." (PopMatters)
"On previous albums, Landing has offered up everything from clean intertwining guitars to long curtains of unimpeded sound sculpture. Each release has had its own feel, usually focusing on one side of the band's abilities or the other. Passages Through , Landing's fourth full-length, is an attempt to incorporate all sides into a flowing tapestry of songs. This release marks the fullness of Landing as friends and collaborators. Songs such as "Wings of Light", "To See You", "It Is Shining", "Breathing", and "Tell Myself" were written as a band and recorded live to tape with few overdubs, each band member adding his or her own distinct touch. Instruments were switched without ego and all thoughts were geared to the music, regardless of genre or classification. Passages Through does not fit easily into any one category, be it "space-gaze", "drone" or "post rock". This is the sound of four great friends playing music that comes from their hearts. Sometimes, the music sprawls out like vast oceans. At other times, the songs are clean and filled with heartfelt sentiment. Never before have Adrienne and Aaron dared to be heard so clearly, but the result is well worth the risk. Landing's first release on K records is a rebirth of sorts. The songs are clear and the tryyps are deep. This is Landing in 3D." (Tonevendor)
anti:clockwise (http://www.tensionheadache.org/anticlockwise.htm)
The solo project of Brooklyn's Robert Dennis, who plays guitar in improv/psych band Tono-Bungay (Twisted Village Records). anti:clockwise has been described as "solo/improv/ambient/with-garage-damage/and turntable audio collage", and based on listening to Rewatching (Parallelism), I'd say that captures the essence. Live, Dennis plays guitar and turntables and the direction the pieces take are unpredictable and spontaneous, veering from dub to noise to mellow, ambient tones.
"Collage is also the operative key for Tono-Bungay member Robert Dennis, in his solo guise of Anti: Clockwise. His new recording, Rewatching (Parallelism), is a trio of lengthy dense electronic improvisations that have more in common with early 80's British industrial music (think Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire) than with contemporary electronic strains. Dennis conjures up a shuddering load of post-media overkill and saturation; the buzz of late-night television, overheard snatches of music and conversation, wriggling electric guitar runs and a low-tech buzzing undercurrent all combine to make a work which strikes the solar plexus like a dull thud. If this is the sound of the city, then perhaps a vacation is in order."
Kohoutek
Improvised psychedelia via guitar/bass/percussion, inspired by the likes of Can/Amon Duul 2/Krautrock, Bardo Pond, Dead C, Sun Ra/Art Ensemble/free jazz, Sonic Youth, MBV/shoegaze, drone, etc. Textures and mood over technical proficiency.
Upcoming shows:
11/7: Stinking Lizaveta/Gypsy Hands Belly Dancers/Chamisa Mesa @ Warehouse Next Door
11/20: EB&SK/Kohoutek/DCIC/Sarah Azzara/Shortstack/Revival @ Warehouse
11/21: Greg Davis (Kranky)/Signer/Ariel Pink @ Warehouse
11/26: Growing (Kranky)/Orthrelm @ Warehouse
12/2: The Eternals (Thrill Jockey/Aesthetics)/Ovo @ Warehouse
12/5: Dierker/Cherry/Makihara Trio/DCIC @ 611 Florida
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Thursday November 4th at The Warehouse Next Door
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8:30 doors ? Show starts around 9:00
Please get there early!
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WRANGLER BRUTES (Kill Rock Stars. mems. of Skull Kontrol, Monorchid, Glass
Candy, Born Against, Skull Kontrol, Universal Order of Armageddon, Young
Pioneers, Men's Recovery Project)
RAH BRAS (Lovitt Records)
PARTYLINE (mems. of Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, Deep Lust, Hottbeat.
partylinedc.com)
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To understand L.A. thrash act Wrangler Brutes, one first needs to understand the
band's stiff devotion to obscure El Cajon funk-punk legends White Shit. While on
tour with Monorchid in 1996, guitarist Andy Coronado discovered the battered
Fender Resonator of White Shit's Zack Zagunis at a yard sale. To this day, the
guitar is his prized (and sometimes sole) possession. Three years later,
Coronado moved to Los Angeles to form the short lived Death Drugz with Cundo
Murad and was shocked to discover that Murad owned the 5-string Ibanez of White
Shit bassist Carl Morales.
"That was a strange moment," Coronado explains, "when we realized we had half
the instruments used on the [White Shit's debut] 'Black Balls' album. Especially
since those guys disappeared [to join the LDS Church in the mid-80's], it's
like.. this all we have left."
The two wrote songs steadily through 2001, incorporating former Born Against /
Men's Recovery Project frontman Sam McPheeters in the spring of 2002. "When I
showed up for our first practice, I was wearing a W.S. button I'd made at work,"
McPheeters says. "Those guys stared at me like they'd seen a ghost. We still
laugh about that."
Former UOA / Skull Kontrol / Attak Destruction drummer Brooks Headley was
recruited for the effort later that year, bringing with him the Remo rack and
floor toms of White Shit drummer Teri Pastuszka. "It's got that Pastuszka
whump," Headley explains, beaming. "I had to bully some guy on eBay, but what
the hey."
The chain of coincidence came full circle this spring when the band recorded
their full length LP "Zulu" at Steve Albini's Electric Studios in Chicago. When
taping overdubs on the title track, Coronado spotted a familiar marking on the
back of the studio's vintage Traynor tube amp; the same inverted storm trooper
bolts carved into the headstock of his own guitar. "There's no doubt in my mind
that Zack Zagunis once owned that amplifier. It's as if we're being channeled to
honor them."
"It's uncanny," adds the 6' 3" McPheeters. "Eerie, even."
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Skull Kontrol rocked. When did they break up?
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skull kontrol broke up a while ago, maybe in 2000 or early 2001. they were short-lived, unfortunately. the monorchid were awesome, too.
more warehouse shows coming up:
11/05
FAX ARCANA
PAUL MICHEL (SOLO ACOUSTIC)
11/07
STINKING LIZAVETA (At A Loss, Tolotta)
GYPSY HANDS BELLY DANCERS (yes, real belly dancers)
KING VALLEY (x. Spirit Caravan)
CHAMISA MESA
11/09
THE ADVANTAGE (Nintendo Cover Band With Members of HELLA)
THE RUDE STAIRCASE
GO TO SLEEP
11/11
ARBOURETUM (Mems. of Anomoanon • Bonnie Prince Billy)
COYOTE (Birdman Records)
BOTTOM OF THE HUDSON (Absolutely Kosher)
11/12
THE SHAKEDOWNS
THE SPINTO BAND
THE SAFES
THE BULLET PARADE
11/13
DAS OATH (Dim Mak)
THE RITES
11/14
MEDICATIONS (Record Release Party)
AQUARIUM
SENTAI
11/15
MARATHON
11/18
BABY TEETH (Mems. of Bobby Conn’s Glass Gypsies)
11/20
A BENEFIT FOR ALKEM.ORG
SHORTSTACK
REVIVAL
SARAH AZZARA
DCIC
EB&SK
KOHOUTEK
11/21
GREG DAVIS (Carpark/Kranky Records)
SINGER (Carpark Records)
ARIEL PINK (Animal Collective's Paw Tracks)
11/23
THE BLOW (K. Records)
YACHT (mems. of Devendra Banhart, The Badger King, Microphones, Mirah, Little
Wings)
DEAR NORA
STAMEN & PISTILS
11/24
BIG BUSINESS (Hydrahead Records. x. The Whip, Murder City Devils, Dead Low Tide,
Karp, Tight Bros. From Way Back When)
11/26
GROWING (Kranky Records)
ORTHRELM
11/27
ME VS. THE MONSTER (NoVA math rock)
DEAN LEE & THE TRASHTOWN MENACE (NoVA psychobilly)
THE ALMIGHTY FLYING MACHINE (NC noise rock)
12/02
THE ETERNALS (Thrill Jockey, x. Tranchmouth)
OVO
12/03
ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY (Relapse Records)
THE BROUGHT LOW (Tee Pee Records)
RPG
12/04
ECCO BOOMERS
12/05
TWO IF BY SEA
OXFORD COLLAPSE
12/07
THE WAYWARD (x. Carrion)
12/10
THE PARLOR SCOUTS
12/11
NEW ELECTRIC
NAVIES
YUKON
NEW FLESH
12/17
FILTHY ROTTEN SEX MACHINE (Tommy Carr of Black Market Baby)
EARTHRIDE
WOOLY MAMMOTH
12/18
THE ROUTINEERS (Record Release party!)
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Thirsty, isn't that your friend's band on Sunday night? Are you going? It's no Meow Mix, but still...
Originally posted by snailhook:
11/07
STINKING LIZAVETA (At A Loss, Tolotta)
GYPSY HANDS BELLY DANCERS (yes, real belly dancers)
KING VALLEY (x. Spirit Caravan)
CHAMISA MESA
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I'm all over this gig! Thanks for pointing it out to the board. Personally, I didn't think anyone would have any interest.
I don't think anything will equal their Meow Mix gig.
Originally posted by nkotbie:
Thirsty, isn't that your friend's band on Sunday night? Are you going? It's no Meow Mix, but still...
CHAMISA MESA
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i asked chamisa mesa to play with stinking liz after finding out they were playing with them in brooklyn. they sound like a good match to me. sunday night will be really fun: stinking liz, belly dancers, king valley (a straight-up stoner rock band with good musicianship), and chamisa mesa. i hope it works out well. i put a lot of thought into this one.
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Sunday, November 7
Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th St NW, Washington DC
$7, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9:00
Stinking Lizaveta (from Philly, At A Loss/Tolotta/Southern Rec.)
Gypsy Hands Belly Dancers (real belly dancers from Philly!!!)
King Valley (stoner/doom rawk from MD, ex-Spirit Caravan/All Night, mem. of Earthride)
Chamisa Mesa (NYC guitar/drums noise rock duo in the vein of Load/Skin Graft)
Stinking Lizaveta (http://www.stinkinglizaveta.com)
"Is there any other band that's SO GOOD live that I would actually plan a trip somewhere thousands of miles away almost entirely on the basis of getting to see 'em play? 'Cause that's what I'm doing for Halloween -- flying to New Orleans, which would be fun anyways but is gonna be extra-awesome 'cause this Philly-based, all-instrumental power trio will be tearing down the house at Checkpoint Charlie's on the edge of the French Quarter, as they apparently do every Halloween. And as if to pile on the excitement, what shows up at Aquarius this week but a brand new Stinking Lizaveta opus? Yay! Their fourth album finds 'em doing what they do best, adhering to their math rock + jazz + exotic flourishes + sheer rock and roll exuberance formula, with perhaps a little bit more stoner rock added to the equation this time around. Imagine an instrumental Spirit Caravan melded with The Fucking Champs and Gone...something like that. Heavy, sinuous, emotive, grandiose, intimate, anguished, epic, melodic, HEAVY. It's not a perfect album, though -- the drum sound could be better (or at least the drums could be not so loud) sez Andee, and it suffers as all Stinking Lizaveta records do in comparison to their spectacular live performances. Basically, they are SUCH a good live band that it's just hard for them to ever make an album that's nearly as good as they are in person. I love their records, but they really don't compare to the band on stage. Their intense playing, telepathic interplay, and sheer energy are all there...but not as much as you get live. That they're such a formidable proposition live works against their recordings in another way: they probably just assume that if they just go in the studio and kick ass like they do on stage, they'll make the best album ever. Of course, it's not quite that easy. Still, Caught Between Worlds is worlds above almost everything else in the post/math/instro/stoner rock realm... Recommended -- get this and also don't miss 'em if you get the chance, they're on tour right now!" (Aquarius Records)
"I just realized something. Umm, you know Stinking Lizaveta already, right? They are a 6 legged, 4 balled power trio who sound like they live in a hollowed out tree in the petrified forest, but are actually from Philadelphia. Or thereabouts, I don??t have a fuckin?? map. They play trippy stoner-jazz with a heavy-devy chunka-chunka beat and a guitar that floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee bloated on cough syrup. Sometimes they have vocals, but even when they do, you don??t notice. That??s what??s good about ??em, see, they let you breathe a little. In a world where there??s always somebody screeching at you with their cockamamie theories about whatever, it is quite refreshing to hear a band that just GROOVES and flits around making crazy vapor trails and let??s you figure some shit out on your own. That??s how I figured out that if this CD was on vinyl and you played it on 45 RPM by accident, Stinking Lizaveta would sound just like the Ventures. Therefore, ??Caught Between Worlds? is not a stoner rock record, oh no. It??s a surf record. If you could surf in mud." (Sleazegrinder)
King Valley (http://www.kingvalleymusic.com)
A few years ago the band Clutch called to ask guitarist Greg Clark to mix "Live at the Googolplex" for them.
While mixing the record, Clutch drummer Jean Paul Gaster and Greg took breaks and began writing a few songs of their own. During the sessions, they recruited Rod Smith from The 69 Band to play bass and record with them on a three song recording.
Once Clutch's mixing sessions were finished, Greg was referred to drummer Tommy Carr, formerly of Black Market Baby. For several months they wrote together and soon added bassist Guy Lane.
Next up was to find a singer to front the newly formed King Valley. After countless auditions, in walked TC and that's when the magic started to happen.
For the next two years, King Valley spent countless hours writing and playing live - all the while forming the unique King Valley sound. They played with bands such as Clutch, Orange Goblin, Alabama ThunderPussy, Budgie, Black Nasa, Stinking Lizaveta, and the list goes on.
In early summer 2004, King Valley decided they needed a change in drummers, and Tommy was replaced with drummer Steven "Neckbone" Harrell, formally of the band All Night. Things were definitely starting to look up!
Soon after, bassist Guy Lane made a tough decision and decided he need to go and spend time with his ailing father in Idaho. So the search began for a new bassist. After discussing it for a few weeks, it was decided that David Sherman, formerly of Spirit Caravan, would take over on bass.
With the addition of Neckbone and Sherman as the new rhythm section, King Valley is ready to come at you like a TON OF BRICKS falling from outer space! So be on the lookout - King Valley will soon be playing in your town!
Chamisa Mesa (http://www.chamisamesa.com)
harmolodic improv gravel & symphonic action micro marvels for your pleasure and entertainment fractal anthems or anathemas listen and decide compared to Lightning Bolt, Black Dice, usaisamonster, that kind of thing
Mike Dillon: 6 strung strum & drang (Charlie Haden, Maroon, The Furious)
Angus Forbes: combinatorial striker (i.e. drums) (Disfarmer, Iceburn Collective, Red Soda)
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TUESDAY, NOV 9th
at The Warehouse Next Door
8:30 Doors / All Ages
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show will start ON TIME (meaning around 9:15ish)
so please get there early and help us get out of the late show rut!
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THE ADVANTAGE (Kill Rock Stars/5RC. Nintendo cover band featuring mems. of
Hella)
THE RUDE STAIRCASE (local 8-12 piece orchestral manic controlled montage of
heck)
GO TO SLEEP (local sub-sonic hermits of hibernation)
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GO TO SLEEP are local sub-sonic hermits of hibernation with vast highs and creamy middles. Members of Black Eyes, Like Language, Horses, Navies, etc
THE RUDE STAIRCASE are a bizarro dissonant orchestra marching band gone totally wrong...which is a good thing...an 8-12 piece orchestral manic controlled montage of heck
THE ADVANTAGE
Members of Hella plug into Nintendo nostalgia, by recreating 8-bit cartridge classics from Super Mario Brothers, Double Dragon and Castelvania. Forget shouting ''Free Bird.'' Try ''Duck Hunt!''. Women say this first Advantage record is without a doubt the most fucking shitting shit on god's fuckin' earf.
KillRockStars/R5C
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Man, I'd love to make it out to this. I just hope this on-coming cold doesn't derail me.
Originally posted by snailhook:
TUESDAY, NOV 9th
at The Warehouse Next Door
8:30 Doors / All Ages
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show will start ON TIME (meaning around 9:15ish)
so please get there early and help us get out of the late show rut!
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THE ADVANTAGE (Kill Rock Stars/5RC. Nintendo cover band featuring mems. of
Hella)
THE RUDE STAIRCASE (local 8-12 piece orchestral manic controlled montage of
heck)
GO TO SLEEP (local sub-sonic hermits of hibernation)
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GO TO SLEEP are local sub-sonic hermits of hibernation with vast highs and creamy middles. Members of Black Eyes, Like Language, Horses, Navies, etc
THE RUDE STAIRCASE are a bizarro dissonant orchestra marching band gone totally wrong...which is a good thing...an 8-12 piece orchestral manic controlled montage of heck
THE ADVANTAGE
Members of Hella plug into Nintendo nostalgia, by recreating 8-bit cartridge classics from Super Mario Brothers, Double Dragon and Castelvania. Forget shouting ''Free Bird.'' Try ''Duck Hunt!''. Women say this first Advantage record is without a doubt the most fucking shitting shit on god's fuckin' earf.
KillRockStars/R5C
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Try this (http://www.airbornehealth.com/) for the oncoming cold...
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Did anyone catch Viva Voce at the warehouse? I totally spaced the show :(
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another great show, snail... i really like all three bands, and they were all interesting and entertaining in their own special way.
it was a shame, though, that The Rude Staircase couldn't fit all their band members on stage. Sucked especially for that sax player stuck in the dark offstage left and the bassist who was stuck in the way of anyone trying to get to the bathrooms... but their music was original and fun.
The Advantage was super. I never realized the artistry of Nintendo songs until hearing them without the games flashing in front of my face. Wrapping the show with the Goonies was awesome, and it was refreshing to finally be in an audience of people who danced. I would see 'em again. (Though they should cut each song down a little-- it did get a bit repetitive).
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Let me just say that Stinking Lizaveta was excellent on Sunday. That was a clever bill you put together Snailhook. Oh yeh, get Chamisa Mesa back here!
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Originally posted by vervelike:
Did anyone catch Viva Voce at the warehouse? I totally spaced the show :(
Dammit!!! I've forgotten all about it!
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Originally posted by vervelike:
Did anyone catch Viva Voce at the warehouse? I totally spaced the show :(
I would have liked to have seen them too but, alas, broke and stuck in that wasteland otherwise known as Baltimore.
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TONIGHT AT THE WAREHOUSE NEXT DOOR
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11 ? 8:30 Doors
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ARBOURETUM (mems of Bonnie "Prince" Billy & The Anomoanon)
COYOTE (Birdman Records, x-Excelsior & Holy Fallout)
BOTTOM OF THE HUDSON (Absolutely Kosher)
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ARBOURETUM
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Arbouretum is a band that was started in late 2002 in Baltimore Maryland.They play a loose, expansive, and often hypnotic style of music that could easily be confused with "psychedelic rock". Affiliated Bands: Bonnie "Prince" Billy, The Anomoanon, Cass McCombs, Birdland, Love Life, etc.
http://www.arbouretum.com/ (http://www.arbouretum.com/)
http://www.boxtreerecords.com/ (http://www.boxtreerecords.com/)
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COYOTE
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Coyote formed when members of The Holy Fallout, Excelsior and The Rabble Rousers convened in a West Philadelphia basement. Meaning: the heart of the Philadelphia music scene thrown into one super-group is releasing their debut, and you are
there. The driving pianos, screaming vocals, and fuzzed-out champion guitar leads produce a unique sound that is ready to be unleashed. They have been compared to The Black Heart Procession, The Doors and the VSS/Slaves. By pulling from a multitude of musical influences, Coyote creates a sometimes haunting, sometimes sonic sound that allows the listener to take joy from pain. With lyrics that often portray un-nerving situations, Coyote immediately grab your
attention. The piano-driven melodies invite the audience inside their frenzied spirit.
http://birdmanrecords.com (http://birdmanrecords.com)
http://www.coyotetheband.com/ (http://www.coyotetheband.com/)
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BOTTOM OF THE HUDSON
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Hey, speaking of Sgt. Pepper, these soggy Bottom boys love that Beatle solo-tone, which they bring to The Beach Boys on "Eagle Eye" and to the
countrified work of the Rolling Stones on "Omaha Ray" (which owes its soul to "Factory Girl"). Can you say 1960s? Waiter, this gravy is wavy! But wait! Simon often earns the title of Bedroom Bowie, especially on the excellent "Motorcade"!
But wait! Simon often sounds like a Virginian ambassador for New Zealand's Tall Dwarfs and Peter Jeffries. Who doesn't love when patriots cop redcoat accents? Hi, Liars! Hi, Mr. Pollard (did you serve as a consultant on "Pockets", with its you-esque lyric, "The fact of the matter is, my friend, they sold you to the
wind king"?)! The intro to the babyfat "Shoop" crosses the line of Barlow-homage by looping its "behind-the-scenes" self-deprecatus. Meanwhile, "Red Election", despite Polara-caliber lyrics and vox, explodes into skree worthy of Rollerskate Skinny and the late, great Jellyfish Kiss. Even devotees of pawn-shop drum machines must admit that this act is a chunk of studio time away from shedding its everyband veneer. Pity their versatility for being cast into a world in which an "album" is burdened with being considered a coherent statement rather than an audio diary of the last few years' divergent strains.
http://www.bottomofthehudson.com/ (http://www.bottomofthehudson.com/)
http://www.absolutelykosher.com/ (http://www.absolutelykosher.com/)
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MEDICATIONS + AQUARIUM + SENTAI
SUN November 14
Doors at 830
Any thoughts on Medications or Sentai? I may head over for this one.
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The Alkem Foundation invites you to join us at the Warehouse Next Door for live music and art
Saturday November 20, 2004 -- 1021 7th St. NW, Washington, DC - $8
Alkem.org (http://www.alkem.org/warehouse.html)
Alkem is hosting its first event to showcase the many talented artists that make up the local Alkem community.
Please join us to enjoy the diverse artistic talents of local musicians, artists and more that all work together to build this grass roots DIY endeavor.
Meet and learn more about our community supported foundation by visiting our website www.alkem.org. (http://www.alkem.org.)
Proceeds from the event go directly to help maintain and expand Alkem's services.
6:00pm - Artists
Matt Sesow (http://sesow.alkem.org)
"Matt Sesow's nightmarish portraits possess a voracious brutality that hits the eyes like sand, but embed in the heart with unexpected wonder" -- (Timothy Cahill, Albany New York Times Union, 2004)
"Sesow's explosively colored and powerfully composed expressionist paintings in this exhibition are broad brushed self-portraits with a compellingly dramatic tension that draws in the viewer. Both 'Setting Sail' and 'Out of Water' capture on canvas and board doubling figures, expressions, and markings -- on the first -- and a powerful head complete with a characteristic Sesow trauma scar marker on the second..." -- (Tony Harvey... regarding Sesow paintings at 'Holy H2O' AVAM show, Intowner magazine, Washington DC, Oct. 2004)
Jess Feury (http://feury.alkem.org)
Jess Feury is a DC-based artist and practicing art therapist. She founded the B Side art collective -- a grassroots effort created to further exposure of the arts in the DC area. Jess collaborates with local DC venues to present one-night mixed-media art shows and DJ nights as an alternative to gallery exhibitions. Jess currently integrates her love for fine art with clothing design to create multi-fibered artwork and artistic clothing.
Dana Ellyn (http://www.alkem.org/danaellynart/)
Dana Ellyn documents world events (both good and bad) and her reactions (both positive and negative) through her paintings.
Carolina Mayorga (http://carolinamayorga.alkem.org)
Social issues related to my culture have always been the theme of my art: My culture related to Catholic rituals, the political situation of my native Colombia, issues of migration as a response to my bi-cultural experience of living in Colombia and the United States, and most recently, my perspective on the current global war that has shaped the beginning of the 21st Century.
Derek Morton (of Mikroknytes and Techclub_DC)
8:00pm ?? Bands
Shortstack (http://www.fattruckersunion.com)
Shortstack play Doom Country -- a lonesome demented version of old school hillbilly country & western blues dragged through the rockabilly swampland of Washington DC. Their songs are best likened to a runaway train, speeding mercilessly around the bend to meet the devil or death, whatever comes first. Although the music is firmly rooted in the present, the band strives to uphold an important element in traditional country music: to meditate the more despairing aspects of life. (Planaria Recordings)
Revival (http://canyonrock.alkem.org)
3/5 of Canyon (Berodt/Bryson/DeBorja)
DCIC (http://dcic.alkem.org)
Mysticism abounds when the DC Improvisers Collective (DCIC) holds a musical séance. The performers delve into remote realms, conjuring up inventive music with sorcerous cunning. This searching association of experimental artists affords its members the opportunity for open-ended exploration in various-sized group scenarios.
On this recording, the DCIC features four free spirits. Mike Sebastian awakens the ghosts of music present and future through his fierce woodwind flights; Jon Ozment offers weighty acoustic and electric piano brews; Mark Merella executes jarring percussive resonance; and Jonathan Matis adds bracing stimuli through his guitar. Electronics play an important role as well, with Ozment, Merella, and Matis each negotiating the amplified terrain for special effects.
The program, as could be expected from the band??s name, is fully improvised. These instant composers thrive on the spontaneity of the moment, allowing their innate sense of adventure to dictate the direction the music takes. It goes off in multiple streams of consciousness that slide into hallucinatory states, often through alternating pairings that fold into full quartet activity. (All About Jazz)
Sarah Azzara (http://www.sarahazzara.com)
EBSK (http://ebsk.alkem.org)
EBSK, a duo consisting of Eric Bruns (Clarinet, Bass Guitar) and John Rickman (Casio SK-1s, Casio SK-5s), are based in Washington D.C. and have been bridging the indie-rock underground and the electronic listening crowd with their live shows up and down the east coast. Combining structured melody with a touch of sonic improvisation, the EBSK sound merges the aesthetics of ambient music with the potency of psychedelic free-rock.
Kohoutek (http://www.claviusproductions.org)
Improvised psychedelia via guitar/bass/percussion, inspired by the likes of Can/Amon Duul 2/Krautrock, Bardo Pond, Dead C, Sun Ra/Art Ensemble/free jazz, Sonic Youth, MBV/shoegaze, drone, etc. Textures and mood over technical proficiency. 611 Florida??s house band.
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Sunday, November 21
Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th St NW, Washington DC
$7, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9:00
Greg Davis (Carpark, Kranky, Staalplaat, from Chicago)
Signer (Carpark, from New Zealand)
Ariel Pink (Paw Tracks, from LA)
Greg Davis (http://gdavis.dyndns.org)
Greg Davis has made recorded appearances on numerous singles and compilations, played around the world, and is best known for his two albums on the Carpark label: "Arbor" and "Curling Pond Woods." Those two albums, as impressive and well-received as they are, don't tell the whole story of Davis' omnivorous interest in music (he studied composition and jazz studies at DePaul University and composition at the New England Conservatory of Music) and considerable abilities. "Somnia" collects drone-oriented material Davis has been working on over the last two or three years with the final track, "Mirages (version 2)" being a recording from spring 2004 using a schaaf pnch card music box and computer. Each track features a single instrument (bowed psaltery, acoustic guitar, harmonica, Fender Rhodes, Magnus chord organ) played by Davis and then filtered through a computer. The tones that come out of the process bear little immediate resemblance to the instrument of origin, taking on extended and diffuse forms of their own.
"In skilled hands, the music comes off as a perfect fusion of silicon and psilocybin inspiration." (Dave Segal, Portland Mercury)
"He's grown nimble enough in his approach to pull out the computer and make it sound like anything but." (Andy Beta, Pitchfork)
Signer (http://www.carparkrecords.com/signer.html)
In 2002, we called it Nu-Indie. That pissed people off (who knew?). At the time, New Zealand's Bevan Smith successfully married the digital and analog worlds with Signer's "Low Light Dreams." Now the honeymoon is over and this couple is in it for the long haul. No longer are the two distinct; they have become one. Bevan spent some time listening to his favorite indie slow-jams (Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, "Laughingstock"-era Talk Talk) and decided he should make the first proper fuzzed-out pop gem of the 21st century. Signer's "The New Face of Smiling" chews on all of Bevan's experience in indie bands and electronica and spits them back out into something brand new yet somehow familiar. Those with a sens eof humor can call it "Nu-Gazing."
Singer has played with Dntel, Pan-American, Nudge, Radian, Tagaki Masakatsu, and Chessie.
Ariel Pink (http://www.paw-tracks.com)
After years of recording in relative seclusion in the hills of Los Angeles, Ariel Pink (the first non-Animal Collective member on the Paw Tracks roster) makes his official Paw Tracks debut with "The Doldrums." Originally a handmade CD-R release a couple years back, "The Doldrums" by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti was discovered by the Animal Collective during one of their west coast tours and became an immediate favorite.
Recording at home with a guitar, bass, keyboard, and 8-track (the drum sounds are all unbelievably created with his mouth), Ariel Pink blends Lite FM and warped lo-fi pop into something beautiful and confusing, yet highly addictive.
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TOMORROW at the Warehouse Next Door / Nov. 23 / Tuesday
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All ages • $7 • Doors: 8:30 • This show will start on time!
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THE BLOW
.........[Khaela Maricich / K Records]
YACHT
.........[Play(s/ed) in: Devendra Banhart, Little Wings, The Microphones /
.........Mount Eerie, ((VVRSSNN)), Mirah, etc]
DEAR NORA
.........[pastoral folksy pop]
STAMEN & PISTILS
.........[DC Favs. bedroom hip-hop meets dirty indie pop]
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DC Locals STAMEN & PISTILS have an exciting show tomorrow with west coast kids
KATY DAVIDSON of DEAR NORA, YACHT and THE BLOW in DC at the Warehouse Next Door.
Katy Davidson will be playing her beautiful pastoral folksy pop. YACHT, freshly
back from Europe touring as Devendra Banhart’s drummer, delivering his brand of
laptop pop. Even if you think you don’t know him, you know his work. Jona has
played in/with/for/on some pretty brilliant records by the likes of Microphones,
Mirah, ((VVRRSSNN)), Devendra Banhart, Dear Nora, The Badger King, Bobby
Birdman, Little Wing, The Blow and others. Speaking of THE BLOW, Khaela is of
course playing this show as well, and we are all quite excited for this shithot
line up. She’s supporting her new release, Poor Aim: Love Songs, which
consequently, features YACHT all over it playing a bunch of instruments and
making beats.
STAMEN & PISTILS: http://www.echelonproductions.com/snp (http://www.echelonproductions.com/snp)
THE BLOW: http://www.thetouchmefeeling.com (http://www.thetouchmefeeling.com)
YACHT: http://www.teamyacht.com (http://www.teamyacht.com)
DEAR NORA: http://www.dearnoramusic.com (http://www.dearnoramusic.com)
K RECORDS: http://www.krecs.com (http://www.krecs.com)
View the Flyer here: http://www.echelonproductions.com/snpflyer3.jpg (http://www.echelonproductions.com/snpflyer3.jpg)
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THE BLOW Khaela Maricich – after spending the past several years lovingly
crafting pop songs of naive complexity under the assumed names The Blow (K
Records) and Get The Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano- has joined forces with
States Rights Records recording artist Jona Bechtolt (Y.A.C.H.T, The Badger
King) to craft her most realized work to date - Poor Aim: Love Songs. As the
premier co-release of Slender Means Society and States Rights Records
collaborative Pregnancy Series, the EP is a laser-focused re-evaluation of the
Blow’s already celebrated vision; her stuttered, minimalist pop tones-undulating
synths, languid bass ambiance, and longing lyrics delivered in post coital hush-
married with Bechtolt’s crystalline, progressively adept production
sensibilities. The product is unlike any other in Maricich’s uncompromising
discography – a dramatic leap of sonic and conceptual clarity that maintains
Maricich’s indelibly singular voice. A concept record loosely unified in fa!
ilings – songs about failed love, and conversely, love songs that fell short-
Poor Aim explores love’s yearnings, deceptions, addictions, and ultimately, its
complacency.
With that in mind, however, it’s important to approach Poor Aim as, first and
foremost, a commanding pop statement – or “hit factory” as we’re affectionately
calling it – with songs after song glorious song of striking dance floor
brilliance. A rapid-fire RIL assault certain to blow-up the play lists of iPod
DJs nationwide. Give it a spin-we is sure you’ll agree
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STAMEN & PISTILS allude to an ongoing collusion between bedroom hip-hop and
dirty indie pop, by blending crunchy, lo-fi sounds and unconventional pop
songwriting. Lazy harmonies, chunky beats and flittering electronics, married to
mellow acoustic guitar strums and fuzzy melodies.
Folky, DSP love songs sung out over broken instruments, dusty, old scratchy
records, amd mangled audio mulch. Found sounds, a box of old letters, the dawn
sun peeking through the mini-blinds. A warm pillow, and a series of endless
run-on sentences to describe the lot.
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TONIGHT WEDNESDAY NOV. 24th
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Hydrahead Records'
....BIG BUSINESS....
featuring members of The Whip, Karp, Tight Bros. From Way Back When, Murder City
Devils, Dead Low Tide, and Broadcast Oblivion
and the dirty sludge metal band from the crusty depths of the south featuring
ex-members of Damad.... its....
....KYLESA....
!!!!!
its way too pumelling so we are keeping it at 2 bands....
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FRIDAY! NOVEMBER 26
Warehouse Next Door
9:30 Doors / $7
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Yes. Hi. David Flogger here...A.K.A. the Slunkin' Intern at the Warehouse Next Door Booking Office. I'm taking over while Nick P. is on incense & peppermint leave. He usually sends out these emails with worthless, boring, and pointless band bios that no one even reads...right??? So i'll keep them short and to the point since you all have to catch a plane or train to your family in
Colorado and you probably won't even be in town anyways for this show. So, crap, here we go... all praise...
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Playing separate sets as well as combining forces...it's:
...ORTHRELM & GROWING...
opening the night will be Baltimore's
...HUMAN HOST...
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ORTHRELM (Troubleman) http://www.millionraces.com/ (http://www.millionraces.com/)
this fuk'd up shit is fuk'd up...mick has 13 fingers and a 3 string guitar and josh uses his glasses as drumsticks... but his drums are all bass drums made out of fluids. featuring members of Stones and ex. Hatebreed, Thinner...oh duh...and ABCS, El Guapo, Crom Tech, Octis, Quix*o*tic, etc.
GROWING (Kranky Records) http://www.growingsound.com/ (http://www.growingsound.com/)
also fuk'd up fuk'd up shit like a new age doom metal band blissing out to Fripp or Eno. they played here once before and it was fuk'd up...like Enya...
ORTHRELM & GROWING COLLABORATION
i cant fuk'n imagine this fuk'd up fuk'd up shit...together?!?!? at once we
shall say "oh my LORD!"
HUMAN HOST
speaking of fuk'd up shit, this Pysch/Hardcore band's live shows are always different and range from Noisy Rock Explosions to Pyschedelic Chamber/Opera Music...for real?!?! gawd damn dogg! whaaaaa whaaaaa i KAN'T TAKE IT!!!!! they
played here once before and it was fuk'd up...like Dr Dre and Ween playing punk...remember the simpleness of grunge...
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THURSDAY DECEMBER 2nd
at the Warehouse Next Door
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RTX
....featuring J.H. from Royal Trux &
....P.L. from A Perfect Circle, Zwan, Papa M
....Drag City Records
THE CHILDE BALLADS
....featuring S.L. of Jonathan Fire*Eater
OVO
....from Italy
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RTX (http://www.truxrox.com/)
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Why did you choose to name your new band ??RTX?? Doesn??t it remind too much to Royal Trux? Was that your aim?
"uuuhh well...it is my band & i was 1/2 of royal trux sooo....yeah maybe it might remind you of royal trux...i took the letters RTX and gave Neil the OYALU."
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THE CHILDE BALLADS
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Sometime after 1612, Shakespeare retired from the stage and returned to his home in Stratford. He drew up his will in January of 1616, which included his famous bequest to his wife of his "second best bed." He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried two days later at Stratford Church.
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OVO (http://www.barlamuerte.com/english/ovo/)
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A lifestyle project, so. Or the last frontier of DIY, or the maximum freedom level. OVO have released records/collaborations/and tours with KK Null (legendary guitarist of Zeni Geva and collaborator of John Zorn, Mike Patton,
Steve Albini, Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke, Otomo Yoshihide, Masonna, Merzbow,
Hanatarash), COCK EPS, Rollerball, and Phi Phenomena.
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How big is the Warehouse? Does it hold as many people as the 930 club?
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Nowhere near. Think more Black Cat backstage.
Originally posted by andyrichter:
How big is the Warehouse? Does it hold as many people as the 930 club?
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Originally posted by econo:
Nowhere near. Think more Black Cat backstage.
Then divide it in half.
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Got it. So more like 150, 200 capacity.
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we're bigger than the velvet lounge, but slightly smaller than DC9. roughly the same size as black cat backstage. i usually cut off at 120, but we've been known to squeeze upwards of 150 in there. any more than that and it becomes a fire hazard. hope that helps!
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how many shows have sold out?
I've only been to one that sold out (Majority Rule in April)
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great stoner/boogie rock show tonight with richmond's alabama thunderpussy (relapse records) and RPG, and NYC's the brought low (tee pee records). i guarantee you will not see a better rawk show all year. that is, if you appreciate real rock 'n' roll and not major label fabricated faux garage.
AT THE WAREHOUSE NEXT DOOR
1017 7th St. NW
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TONIGHT FRIDAY the 3rd
.....ALABAMA THUDER PUSSY
.....THE BROUGHT LOW
.....RPG
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SUNDAY the 5th
.....TWO IF BY SEA
.....OXFORD COLLAPSE
.....THE POSITIONS
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ALABAMA THUDER PUSSY
Named after a rogue venereal disease that broke out in the southernmost of Southern states, Alabama Thunder Pussy...OK, I made some of that up. The members of ATP are not from Alabama, but, rather, hail from the sort-of-Southern Richmond, Va. The embattled outfit has weathered a label failure and several lineup shuffles, the latest of which involved new-guy vocalist Johnny Weils
replacing co-founder Johnny Throckmorton. One of the highest-selling bands on the Man's Ruin label upon its folding, ATP has remained prolific, releasing five albums since 1998 and building a respectable following. The band's crunchy country metal can be many things ?? thoughtfully instrumental, bludgeoning, antagonistic, and even occasionally yearning ?? but it will never be confused with the neutered division of roots rock à la Antler or My Morning Jacket. ATP's hardscrabble anger makes a m?re suitable bedfellow for the rural transgression of dirtball haters Antiseen and Rancid Vat??with more metal, taller riffage, and '70s Southern-rock indebtedness, natch. Alabama Thunder Pussy plays with the Brought Low and RPG at 10 p.m. at the Warehouse Next Door, 1017 7th St. NW. $8. (202) 783-3933. (Andrew Earles - Washington City Paper)
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OXFORD COLLAPSE
For some people, the fact that a band sounds like James doesn't even register on the things-important-in-life-o-meter. And they're right: It's those kindergarten values ?? knowing to share your toys, be quiet at nap time, and not invade another country whenever you feel like it ?? that are important. Remember these things should you go see Brooklyn's much-lauded (Sounds like New Order! Sounds like Gang of Four!) Oxford Collapse. Be thinking that the members of that band are probably really nice fellas who are trying their best to make "eccentric" music
that isn't a horribly recorded retread of a retread. Stay positive ?? it's what your kindergarten teacher would want you to do. The Oxford Collapse plays with Two If by Sea and the Positions at 8:30 p.m. at the Warehouse Next Door, 1017 7th St. NW. $6. (202) 783-3933. (Mike Kanin - Washington City Paper)
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http://www.twoifbysea.org (http://www.twoifbysea.org)
http://www.oxfordcollapse.com (http://www.oxfordcollapse.com)
http://www.the-positions.com (http://www.the-positions.com)
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Come to the Warehouse on Wednesday for a night of exceptional acoustic fingerpicking and balladry with Jack Rose, The Big Huge, and Micah Blue Smaldone. As if that isn't enough, DC's Dead Meadow will be performing a special acoustic set.
Clavius Productions (http://www.claviusproductions.org) presents:
Wednesday, January 5
Warehouse Next Door (http://www.warehousetheater.com)
1021 7th St NW
9pm, $7, all ages
Jack Rose (http://www.klang.org) (from Philly, member of Pelt, VHF/Eclipse Records)
The Big Huge (http://www.thebighuge.com) (from Baltimore, Magic Eye Rec., ex-Sonna)
Micah Blue Smaldone (http://www.northeastindie.com/micah/) (from Maine)
and Dead Meadow (http://www.deadmeadow.com) acoustic!
Jack Rose
Jack Rose is -- without exaggeration -- one of the premier fingerpickers on this revolving chunk of dirt called Earth. From delta blues and bluegrass to Hindustani raga drone and avant-garde composition, Jack's songs touch upon numerous cultures, eras, and moods, culminating in an overarching statement of personal expression. His ability and melodic sensibilities completely belie his thirty-something years.
RIYL: John Fahey, Robbie Basho, Sandy Bull, Mississippi John Hurt, etc.
The Big Huge
Brought up on American folk and British psychedelic pop music, The Big Huge wears its influence on its sleeve, while being sure not to recreate the past. After the split of Sonna, a Baltimore-based ambient instrumental group, The Big Huge (Drew Nelson) decided to revert back to his love of acoustic instrumentation. After a few solo shows, he decided to recruit a fellow Baltimore-based musician, Michael Lambright, to help with accordion, ukelele, glockenspiel, and banjo. After a year of shows in Baltimore and the east coast, Drew and Michael began recording their first LP, Crown Your Head With Flowers, Crown Your Heart With Joy. Recorded by Chris Freeland and Drew in Chris?? parents?? living room, the record has a summer vibe with lyrics harking back to a time of Welsh communes during the summer of love.
RIYL: early Incredible String Band, Donovan, Vashti Bunyan, etc.
Micah Blue Smaldone
"As the pale sun wanes in the horizon, you snap open a frosty bottle of Doc Walton??s World??s Best Sarsaparilla, knock back the brim of your straw hat, and contentedly listen as Micah Blue Smaldone??s sweet vocals spill out of your phonograph. His gentle, almost preternatural acoustic guitar pickings and racially ambiguous voice recalls the halcyon, radio days of early America ?? a time of great depression framed, however, by the desire to always ??keep on the sunny side.? The distant crickets make a marvelous accompanying symphony for Smaldone??s simple balladry, as if he realized that he needed nothing but his voice and a guitar and nature would take care of the rest. You wipe the sweat from your brow and pull out your whittling stick. Time to get down to some serious business.
This is time-traveling music, songs that angle a mood from a past long forgotten. Smaldone weaves loose thread tapestries of fishermen, repentant cheating hearts, ice cream socialists, and sweet, sunny days that make you want to take off your hat, look up at that old, burning hole in the sky, and whistle, ??Wooooweeee, it shore is a hot one!? Timeless, good-natured tunes like ??Some Sweet Day? and ??Old Dog Blues? are interspersed with the instrumental ??Pine Needle Rag? and ??Blind Boy Rag,? the latter showing off Smaldone??s impressive banjo-picking chops. Land sakes! The man even covers Webb Pierce??s classic ??In the Jailhouse Now,? dealing with the police??s notion to ??lock up all the Reds and burn their books.? Rife with satirical (if not slightly dated) wit and a sincerity for authenticity, Some Sweet Day is intended to make us all feel nostalgic for a time very few (or none) of us actually remember." (Delusions of Adequacy)
RIYL: Blind Blake, Big Bill Broonzy, Ralph Stanley, bluegrass, ragtime
Upcoming Clavius events:
1/8: Birchville Cat Motel/Mikroknytes/Howard Stelzer/Donna Parker @ 611 Florida
1/11: Yowie (Skin Graft Rec.)/Hand Fed Babies/Yes, Collapse @ Warehouse
1/17: Genghis Tron (Crucial Blast Rec.) @ Warehouse
2/12: phonography symposium @ 611 Florida
2/26: Unearthly Trance/Wake Up On Fire/Vog @ Warehouse (w/ Detournement)
3/1: Microwaves @ Warehouse
3/26: Harris Newman (Strange Attractors) @ 611 Florida
4/12: Mono (from Japan, Temporary Residence)/Eluvium @ Warehouse
4/17: David Gross Quartet (free jazz from Boston) @ 611 Florida
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get your spazz-rock and electro-industrial on...
Tuesday, January 11
doors at 8:30, show at 9:15
$6, all ages
Yowie (http://www.skingraftrecords.com/bandhtmlpages/yowie.html) (from St. Louis, Skin Graft Rec.)
Hand Fed Babies (Hugh from Black Eyes)
Yes, Collapse (from Dayton Ohio, Epicene Sound Systems)
Yowie
Three years in the making, Cryptooology, Yowie's debut album, is an album at war. Yowie, a dual-guitar and drums trio from St. Louis, have been stunning audiences with their incomparable barrage of sonic kung fu. They accelerate the progressive-rock rhythmic sensibilities of Ruins and Magma and mutate them with the shriekier side of Big Black and Slayer. The band incorporates many variations in time signature, tempo, and tuning, to create a virtual audio maze, but no matter how complex things get their compositions remain cohesive and compelling.
Earlier this year, with their debut album still being recorded, the strength of Yowie's live show alone garnered them a nomination in The Riverfront Times' 2004 St. Louis Music Awards, alongside local acts as diverse as Nelly and Chuck Berry to Jay Farrar and Chingy. The Yowie has yet to be found in Australia, but can be found touring the U.S. in support of Cyptooology this year and into 2005. The band has already forged a strong Midwest following based solely on their astounding live shows, performing with the likes of: Cheer-Accident, The Frogs, Wesley Willis, The Chinese Stars, The Flying Luttenbachers, and X27, to name a few.
"The accepted term for the music of bands such as Yowie is "math rock," presumably because it's precisely rendered and, for all its clamor, kind of nerdy. The seven instrumentals on the St. Louis trio's 30-minute debut album, Cryptooology, twist, jab and squawk, but they're never as violent as the illustrations on the cover, which depict dinosaurs fighting giant humanoids and other schoolboy fantasies of nature at war. (The band is named for an Australian cousin of Bigfoot.) On such choppy compositions as "Trina," "Tara" and "Towanda" -- yes, you do detect a pattern -- Jeremiah Wonsewitz and Jim Hagerty's guitars lunge at each other, while Shawn "Defenestrator" O'Connor's drums keep not one but a plethora of beats. As in free jazz, any of the instruments can be central, and none is limited by anything other than its (and its player's) technical range. The results are vivid, if a bit exhausting. There are no grooves or motifs, let alone melodies, to anchor the music. That disorientation is just what Yowie intends, of course. The only gentle passage on the disc, which comes during "Talisha," turns out to be an album-ending feint." (Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post)
Yes, Collapse
Methadrone and Yes, Collapse offer up a double 3? CDR on Epicene Sound Replica, in a hand painted, American Tapes-esque DVD case. Methadrone??s sound meanders falling into locked-groove, broken-record style repetition only to decay back into more squiggles and throbs. His sounds are constantly at war with each other. One squeal rises to the top only to be defeated a few seconds later by a crunching pulse rising from the bottom of the pile. Yes, Collapse gives us three songs that sound as if they could be a death march signaling the coming of the apocalypse. The most strikingly noticeable element of Yes, Collapse??s compositions is the presence of a beat which serves as a foundation for the vile lurching static, and haunting organ that lays over top. In some ways this music is reminiscent of Mammal, but seems to be a bit more informed by Throbbing Gristle. This double CDr may just be the perfect soundtrack, for the neo-dark-ages. (Indieworkshop)
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epic psych/hardcore like godspeed you black emperor meets neurosis...
Friday, January 14
Warehouse Next Door
1021 7th St NW
Washington, DC
9pm, $8, all ages
ENVY (http://www.sonzairecords.com/envy.html)
Since 1992, Envy has become a dominant band in the independent hard-core scene in Japan. Their music, through their own evolution, encompasses a sound where intensity and beauty coexists. A band that truly has their own sound. They have recorded a number of singles and albums in Japan as well as released split albums with bands like This Machine Kills, Endeavor, Six Pence, and Yaphet Kotto. Since their beginning, Envy has toured all throughout Japan, including playing with Mogwai and Isis on their most recent Japan tours. In '97 and twice in 2000, they toured in Asia playing to audiences in Hong Kong, China, and Korea. In '98 and 2001, Envy toured Europe. In March, 2004 Envy toured the UK including a performance at the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival. With the help of Rock Action and Mogwai, Envy has been received well in countries all over the world. They are one of the leading independent Japanese bands and widely considered to be one of the best live bands around.
Members:
Tetsuya Fukagawa - Vocal, Sequencer
Nobukata Kawai - Guitar
Masahiro Tobita - Guitar Manabu Nakagawa - Bass
Dairoku Seki - Drums
MALADY (http://www.themaladys.com)
Using punk and hardcore as a foundation, these ex-members of City Of Caterpillar and Pg. 99 have stretched their creative muscles to incorporate a wide variety of influences across many musical genres. While retaining the intensity and dark atmospheres of their former projects, the group uses the verse/chorus structure of pop songs. The result is catchy and noisy, allowed to grow in form, vary in repetition, and leave space for moments of beauty. Malady has wasted no time since the break-ups of their previous projects in late 2003. Work on Malady’s first full-length began in Feburary 2004 and was completed in May. Since then, the band has been touring almost non-stop, including a full US tour which coincided with the release of their debut LP for Level Plane Records.
Malady is:
Chris Taylor - Vocals
Jeff Kane - Guitar
Jonathan Moore - Guitar
Kevin Longendyke - Bass/Vocals
Johnny Ward - Drums
HARAM
New band featuring members of Majority Rule and Pg. 99
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This show will be great. I listen to Envy's "A Dead Sinking Story" cd pretty often. I've only heard/read positive reviews of Malady's shows.. have yet to see anything on Haram though. But, I'm not too worried.. if it's at all in the tradition of pg. 99 or majority rule.. i'll buy whatever they have at the merch table. please buhleeve it
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Okay did envy just play.. or did they fuckin PLAY??! Way to make a US debut man.
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if you're bored tonight and want to check out something different, tonight would be a good show to do so...
Monday, January 17
9pm, $5, all ages
Genghis Tron (from Poughkeepsie, NY, on Crucial Blast Rec.)
Fax Arcana
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Genghis Tron
Cloak of Love is the debut EP from Poughkeepsie-based trio Genghis Tron, a virulent pop mutation that seamlessly binds acrobatic shred and machine gun blastbeats to soaring synth-pop and electronic melodies. With surreal lyrical visions that fall somewhere between the abstraction of modern metalcore and the sugary anthems of electropop, and a ridiculous fusion of formerly disparate genre stylings, these five songs are infectious sonic beatings that we've been unable to crowbar out of our collective craniums. Imagine Painkiller hijacking Erasure's dance synth hits...or Brutal Truth and Afrika Bambaata in a vicious nightclub brawl with Depeche Mode. Or something along those lines.
"Now this is some seriously crazed shit. Imagine Public Image Ltd., early Beastie Boys, Depeche Mode, Funkadelic, and Brutal Truth all battling for supremacy in a studio cluttered with leftover fragments of pop, industrial, dance music, grindcore, and anything else that happens to be lying around...This is the sound of musicians with a severe tendency toward attention deficit disorder, five songs of cut 'n' paste mayhem that is genuinely diabolical in its ability to combine catchy, even (oh, the terror!) danceable beats and swell, swell melodies with the unnerving sound of asylum inmates turning over all the hospital beds and electroencephalograph machines, then setting them on fire and bolting from the building while throwing grenades...Truly one of the strangest releases on America's heaviest label. It should be interesting to see how they pull this off live..." (Dead Angel)
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JENS LEKMAN w/The Impossible Shapes
02/13 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber
02/16 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
Snailhook, any chance of booking these Secretly Canadian guys?
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Think....
The High Dials.
(Can't tell you anymore now.)