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snailhook

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Costumed Garage-thrash Noise-psych at 611 Florida, Thurs
« on: July 01, 2005, 05:20:00 pm »
This is a first-of-its-kind 611 Florida show: this time we will be rocking out with some trashy punk and bizarro noise. Off-the-wall to be sure, but a bit different than the usual folk-psych, free jazz, and electronics we usually host. Warning: this will be hot 'n' sweaty 'n' cramped, but don't let that scare you. Madness and insanity shall reign supreme, and the fridge will be stocked with cheap-ass beer!
 
 Thursday, July 7
 611 Florida Ave NW WDC
 $5 suggested donation
 8pm sharp!
 http://www.claviusproduction.org
 call 202-360-9739 for info
 BYOWhatever!
 
 The Peppermints (Pawtracks, from San Diego)
 S.T.R.E.E.T.S. (garage-thrash from Vancouver)
 E-Zee Tiger (costumed one-man band from the Bay Area)
 Le Flange Du Mal (costumed noise-psych quartet from the Bay Area, mem. of Subarachnoid Space)
 
 The Peppermints
 http://www.paw-tracks.com
 http://www.geocities.com/peppomiz
 
 The Peppermints have been bratting around the world since 1997. Born in Bonsall, California (world avocado capital), they soon slithered into San Diego, world capital of military bases and wet burritos. They slimed their way through the music-scene muck to become the queens and king of what they call "experimental barfy trash-rock," having brutalized many a town, blown out many a speaker, and blistered many an eardrum. Their sound has been compared at times to the likes of GG Allin, The Fall, Melt Banana, Joan Jett, The Coachwhips, The Soft Boys, Wire, and Noh Mercy, but critics have been flummoxed trying to define the Peppermints. Their first releases were cassettes on the Ivy Oh! imprint. Later, they put out a 7" on Pet Set Records, then an EP on Ivy Oh! and NGWTT. On April Fools' Day, 2003, out came Sweettooth Abortion (with guest appearances by members of Kill Me Tomorrow) on Pandacide Records. They have toured the west coast too many times to count, including a 2004 fall tour with the Hot Snakes, and have done the US at least three times that they can remember. One Peppermint has led another life in the band T Tauri. And the rest is yet to come...
 
 S.T.R.E.E.T.S.
 http://www.streetsrock.com
 
 A curb-grinding blast of sheer Vancouver hardcore from scene-slaying skate punks SKATING TOTALLY RULES EVERYTHING ELSE TOTALLY SUCKS. A shred-mashing sklash of pit-pouncing late-'80s-early-'90s-styled crossover hardcore thrash blazed in the spirit of D.R.I. and the Faction.
 
 The undisputed raging kings of the Vancouver punk underground (as opposed to the crappy mall rat punk overground scene) ready to take on the world. Crossover thrash reminiscent of C.O.C. or D.R.I. only with more periods: S.T.R.E.E.T.S.- that stands for, Skateboarding Totally Rules Everything Else Totally Sucks, bring back the familiar sounds of metallic punk to skateboarding. Features in Vice, Discorder, Terminal City, upcoming articles in Skate Canada and songs in various skate videos insure S.T.R.E.E.T.S. will be seen and heard everywhere this year. The CD contains 12 songs covering such important issues as partying, getting busted, and skating. These guys are definitely veterans enough to have been moshing in the '80s to learn their moves firsthand. Throwback crossover infinitely more enjoyable than most of what passes itself off as punk on these sheets week after week. Hysterically bad/great cover art too. Hit the S.T.R.E.E.T.S.!
 
 E-Zee Tiger
 http://www.kimosciotic.com/ezeetiger_press.htm
 
 San Francisco has spawned thousands of brainy music freaks but none more compelling than E-Zee Tiger (aka Anthony Petrovic). This one-man band is an experience that fans of Lightning Bolt, Friends Forever, and 25 Suaves should not miss. Surrounded by more equipment than most four-piece rock bands, Petrovic jumps sporadically from one instrument to another like a mad genius. Guitar loops, vocal samples, delayed noise, drum solos, whistles, bells, and magic buttons are punched together into one chaotic rocking song after another.
 
 Le Flange du Mal
 http://www.kimosciotic.com/flange_press.htm
 
 Le Flange du Mal began in September 2003 as a celebration of American ignorance. The original line-up of Chris Rolls (Zeigenbock Kopf, earwicker) and Chris Cones (Subarachnoid Space, earwicker) set out to encode its formula of drrty distorto-booty bass noise and odes to mind-controlled sex slavery on state-of-the-art blownout 4-track tape. These recordings eventually made the jump to the much vaunted "cdr" format with the mini-tour release of What Does Not Kill Me, I Hate.
 
 The brain-damaged duo quickly joined forces with Jason Stamberger (Crack W.A.R.) on keys and Liz Allbee (Murder Murder) on trumpet, keys, and vocals. Their first show was at the Hemlock Tavern on October 28 with Alarmist. Since then, they have played with such bands as Japanther, Not Breathing, BLK:JPN, 16 Bitch Pile-Up, Point Line Plane, Spector Protector, and Eats Tapes.
 
 Somewhere along the way, Stamberger began referring to Le Flange du Mal as a "synth-doom juggernaut." Some have referred to the sound as live IDM on glue. Still, others prefer unintelligible seizure-core. With the hyper-advanced compositional capabilities of Stamberger and Allbee, the four began forays into the outer unseen realms of noise-jazz and dance-metal.
 
 Upcoming 611 Florida shows:
 
 8/5: Double Leopards (Eclipse)/The Skaters/Earthen Sea/Insect Factory/Daniel Martin-McCormick
 
 8/19: Rake (reunion!)/Jana Hunter/Mouth of Leaves/Meadows/Lights

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Re: Costumed Garage-thrash Noise-psych at 611 Florida, Thurs
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2005, 04:46:00 pm »
go to this show!

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Re: Costumed Garage-thrash Noise-psych at 611 Florida, Thurs
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2005, 11:29:00 am »
bump, because big yawn needs some competition.

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Re: Costumed Garage-thrash Noise-psych at 611 Florida, Thurs
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2005, 12:29:00 pm »
I think I'm going to come out to this one. Sounds interesting

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Re: Costumed Garage-thrash Noise-psych at 611 Florida, Thurs
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2005, 11:46:00 am »
whoever didnt come out of their shell for this one missed outtttt. no way was there anything better going on in the city last night. e-zee tiger is like a one-man lightning bolt - insane! must be seen to be believed. but s.t.r.e.e.t.s?? those boys ruled hard! they absolutely slayed last night. the peppermints were pretty damn heavy too in their own way.. them and magik markers need to become friends.

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Re: Costumed Garage-thrash Noise-psych at 611 Florida, Thurs
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2005, 02:26:00 pm »
damn right it was a fun show. we've never had that much rocking out at the house yet. the peppermints reminded me of classic no-wave all-female band ut (though they have one dude). s.t.r.e.e.t.s. were totally metal, mixing skater thrash with early '80s NWOBHM like maiden and diamond head; it was great to see a green matamp half-stack in my living room. the one-man lightning bolt comparison of e-zee tiger is pretty apt, as he gets into similar chaotic noisy rhythms. le flange du mal kicked off the evening with a solid set of processed trumpet/synths/drums/deranged vocals. all four bands were fun and interesting and different, which makes for a perfect house show.
 
 the kitchen floor was sticky with cheap beer spills this morning. clean-up is gonna suck.

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Re: Costumed Garage-thrash Noise-psych at 611 Florida, Thurs
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2005, 04:51:00 pm »
UT!! what an awesome band... and what an awesome time to be living the late 70s were (in downtown manhattan at least). It's so good to see more and more bands coming out embracing that brief no wave era. I wasnt alive to have experienced it firsthand but I feel like a lot of the new bands (mouthus, sightings, magik markers, microwaves, etc) have given me a glimpse of what it must have been like to be around during that time. I think the people that are seeing these bands (with or without knowledge of no wave) are having the same response to it that kids must have been having when they first walked into a downtown club and heard the ungodly overtones coming from glenn branca's guitar or martin rev beating the shit out of his keyboard with his right hand. While I dont know if I've heard or seen anything matching those guys yet, it seems very possible that it might just be around the corner waiting to get discovered.