Warehouse shows

[thirsty moore]

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.

[walkman]

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.

[thirsty moore]

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.

[snailhook]

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.

[Bags]

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

[redsock]

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.

[walkman]

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.

[thirsty moore]

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...

[Bags]

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 Caf�?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

[Bags]

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)

[Bags]

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
 www.lesanglesmorts.org
 www.ghosttofalco.com
 www.thecreepingnobodies.com
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[Bombay Chutney]

MUSIC - The SHAKEDOWNS + BANANA FISH ZERO
 SAT May 1
 Doors at 9
 
 Any thoughts on these bands?

[godsshoeshine]

i like the no smoking rule at the warehouse. and yes, that's all i have to add

[Random Citizen]

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.
 

[walkman]

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.