Snailhook...

Nora Keyes…

Originally posted by Jaguar:

You should also check out The Stevenson Ranch Davidians. Would love for Snail to book them! They just told me recently that they want to tour more but so far they haven't been able to get past the Mississippi River. Sparx will back me up on this band.

Definitely. Hopefully Darren from the Tyde or Rob from the Quarter After will bring them along next time they come this way. They're all from the same area and help each other out in the studio on occasion. Hell, they'd even make a great doublebill with the BJM if they could put up with Anton for the duration of a tour. They deserve to cross the mighty Mississippi.

Speaking of Rob C, the quarter after have some of their new stuff up at the committee site:

http://www.thecommitteetokeepmusicevil.com/

Gown
Evan Miller
Ilyas Ahmed

Snail, you should try to get Hammock. I bet they will play if you ask them nicely. Maybe for that special something on the DC side that you told me about. Generally speaking, that audience knows and loves Hammock.

Side note: Just break out the extra stools and chairs. ;)

Would love a full Hammock set.

Thee American Revolution (Robert Schneider/Bill Doss' supposedly heavy psych band) would be cool to see if you deem them worthy after catching them at Terrastock. I've no idea what they sound like; thinking it could go either way.

ok, i'll play along:

Big Blood? don't know them…
Visitations? i'm tight with time-lag, so if they ever tour this way, i'll book it.
Ex-Cocaine? i'm sure i'll get them if they come this way as well.
Religious Knives/Woods again (missed last summer's show due to being violently ill)? i'm really tight with religious knives; they will definitely be back in dc by the end of the year. don't know about woods, but that's likely at some point.
PG Six? good friend…will definitely be here by the end of the year.
Carlos Giffoni again? whenever carlos gets someone like merzbow or masonna to come to the states, he'll probably ask me to do a dc show.
Kemialliset Ystävät? kohoutek was supposed to play with them in baltimore at the end of this month, but the bill ended up being too full. their booker skipped on dc, but i tried to get them. maybe next time…
Theo Angell? i don't know theo personally but am a fan of hall of fame and am friends with samara lubelski. if theo wanted to play here, he's got a gig.
Brightblack Morning Light? i think they go through windish, so that means they'd be at the black cat or blowtel next time around. they were pretty good when i booked them with espers in 2006.
Alcest? don't know…
Anvil Salute? don't know…
Birchville Cat Motel? i know campbell really well and next time he's in the states, he'll probably play dc. BCM at 611 florida in january 2005 was amazing.
Black Forest/Black Sea? i'm tight with jeffrey alexander; in fact, kohoutek is playing with them in pittsburgh before we go to terrastock next month. since BF/BS is now in pittsburgh, i'm sure they'll come to dc soon.
Circulatory System? love these guys and know them ok, but i don't know if they have any plans to tour again.
Death Ambient? not familiar…
Fursaxa? tara's a good friend; in fact, i'm putting out a dvd of the 2nd free folk phantasmagory with her and jack rose and samara and tono-bungay and paul metzger. she'll be back here eventually.
Directing Hand? i love alex nielson and would love to get him here. i know the volcanic tongue folks, so my guess is they'll tell him to talk to me if he ever comes to the states.
Earthless? love 'em. i emailed them in ocotber when they were here for CMJ. they are interested in hitting dc next time they are on the east coast. that might be next year or longer than that, though. they don't get to tour often.
Voice of the Seven Woods? don't know…
Pocahaunted would be awesome too. yeah, that would be awesome. don't know her personally, but i think christina carter is close to her.
what about Wooden Shjips? definitely will be playing here if they want to. i talked to them at CMJ, too. kohoutek is playing on saturday at terrastock with them, so i'm sure there will be plenty of psych-geek bonding.
the features think i saw them at the 9:30 once, but i could be wrong. wasn't really my thing, though that's not to say i wouldn't book them.
the grip weeds have only heard of them.
the shazam don't know…
the witches or some other troy gregory project don't know…
two lone swordsmen these guys are still around? i'd book 'em.
the red button not familiar…
Oneida playing with them at terrastock, too. they go through kork, which means black cat or blowtel most likely, unless i convince them otherwise.
Human Bell i know dave and nathan well, and there are plans to do a human bell/ultimate vag dc show and maybe even mini-tour together. they'll be in dc soon.
Nora Keyes… she is excellent. saw her at arthur fest and the bank once. would definitely book her if she hits the east coast again.
The Stevenson Ranch Davidians would love to book them…
Gown is this the gown from california that's related to amps for christ or the gown from massachusetts that plays with thurston moore in the bark haze? i like them both; kohoutek played with the latter gown in amherst last year.
Evan Miller booked him once with rac-oo-oooo-ooo-oon. he's great.
Ilyas Ahmed don't know…
Hammock i'll book them if they can be convinced to play dc again. they seem really particular. could be a possibility for wallofsound fest.
Thee American Revolution (Robert Schneider/Bill Doss' supposedly heavy psych band) not a fan of schneider's apples material post-1997, and really not a fan of bill doss (the sunshine fix was pretty terrible at terrastock in 2002). i can't imagine this being "heavy psych". maybe it's decent psych-pop.

if you guys really want some of these bands to play here, email/myspace them and pass on my information. i can always use a little help…

Cool…thanks for going through each one.


Was referring to the Massachusetts Gown.

And I know Circulatory System do small low-key shows in GA once in a while; their last proper tour was in the fall of 2006 I think? They seem to finally be making progress towards the release of that new album though (new tracks on their myspace) so that may hopefully result in a lack of touring changing soon.

Thanks! I saw her at ArthurFest as well ;)

Originally posted by snailhook:
ok, i'll play along:

Nora Keyes… she is excellent. saw her at arthur fest and the bank once. would definitely book her if she hits the east coast again.

Originally posted by snailhook:
the sunshine fix was pretty terrible at terrastock in 2002

oy vey, they were horrible at the black cat as well playing with the glands, torturous

I heard Blind Melon has a new singer.

the features think i saw them at the 9:30 once, but i could be wrong. wasn't really my thing, though that's not to say i wouldn't book them.

Hailing from Nashville they are one of those bands that are a bit garage rock a bit power pop, de novo dahl's original keyboard player is now in the band

the grip weeds have only heard of them.

the shazam don't know…

both of these are not lame / rainbow quartz mainstays and Little Steven favs…
the grip weeds fall more in the psychedelic pop with folk leanings sound
the shazam fall in The Move/ Cheap trick power pop vein. at one point they had a bass rocked it on a 12 string bass

the witches or some other troy gregory project don't know…
Troy Gregory is best known as one of the bass player in the Dirtbombs at moment. He also did stints in Flotsam and Jetsam and Prong at one point.
The Witches was one of his project when he returned to Detroit and were a dark and heavy psych rock outfit. Saw him once in Detroit with a fun project called Troy Gregory and The Stepsisters.

two lone swordsmen these guys are still around? i'd book 'em.
Andrew Weatherall and co are doing this scuzzy blues vibe at the moment. A big departure from his electronic music root.


the red button not familiar…
Seriously doubt these guys even tour let alone do live dates. Kinda of a LA power pop super group, with a Beatles meets 60s garage rock sound. Was ranked by one set of power pop fans as the best album of last year.

thanks for the info, kosmo. i assumed the ones i didn't know were in the power-pop/garage-rock/psych vein, knowing your tastes. funny, when i saw "the shazam", i thought of the move album, which rules.

all of it sounds good, if you know any of these bands are touring, send 'em my way…

Did you book Eat Skull recently? I'm almost sure you did but if you didn't, I'd love to see them after hearing their album that came out on Siltbreeze not too long ago.


And speaking of Siltbreeze, Naked on the Vague would be great too.

actually not familiar with eat skull, but i'll book anything on siltbreeze. that label was my inspiration in the '90s, and i would love for tom lax to put out some kohoutek on siltbreeze. i contacted naked on the vague about doing a show in march but we couldn't work it out.

Eat Skull would be right up your alley.

From the label's site:

"Leave it to the English to embellish a term like "shit-gaze" and in doing so codify the current DIY threadbare scrape of Times New Viking, Psychedelic
Horseshit, and Tyvek. No surprise that the greatest shit-gazer of all time was none other than Samuel Coleridge, an avowed Brit who, plied full of laudanum,
would sit for hours and stare at his bowel movements, writing copious notes on their color, texture, etc. "Monday? Oh, stool journal, to where didst thine
weekend go?"

At any rate, it's hard to gauge how much mileage the Limeys can get with such a phrase, but cross your fingers it hangs around long enough for Eat Skull
to share in the odorous mirth. Call their genre whatever you want; Eat Skull will be ensconced in the stately pleasure-dome at Xanadu, waiting for the
checks to clear.

Biscuit crumbs and tea stains be damned, Eat Skull are a quartet hailing from Portland, Oregon, co-masterminded by Rob Enbom (former bushwacker in the ranks
of Hospitals and Hole Class) and another original Hospital, Rod Meyer (the greatest living genius of punk). Previous Eat Skull efforts include a cassette-only
EP and a pair of 7-inches, all of which might be out of print. Like their brethren and forebears, Eat Skull runs a post pattern deep beyond pop and punk.
They bring to the game an extrasensory appreciation of New Zealand's South Island Sound (Great Unwashed, Axemen), Cleveland art-damage skronk (Modern Art
Studio, X-X), and the wretched excess of forgotten Midwest hardcore (Stiff Legged Sheep, Chemotherapy). In other words, just what you need!

Pip, pip matey, rum, sodomy, chin up and all that. Sick to Death is sure to be a lock for many year-end bests or Tom Lax's (DJ) name isn't Kublai Khan."

eat skill is great

drunkdriver is the best new noise/shit/outsider/whatever band

homostupids as well

I took the liberty of contacting Oneida via MySpace:

08-23 - Washington, DC - The Black Cat

Rad.

Originally posted by snailhook:
Oneida playing with them at terrastock, too. they go through kork, which means black cat or blowtel most likely, unless i convince them otherwise.