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?
Warehouse shows
Originally posted by Lou Reed: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.
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?
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.
Sat Oct 9 at the
Warehouse Next Door
$7 â?¢ 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.
Warehouse Next Door
$7 â?¢ Doors at 9:00
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
IQU + Zykos + Stamens 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.
Tonight!
Monday, October 11
$6, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9:30
Bible of the Devil (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.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 â??industry buzzword #25,â? 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.
Monday, October 11
$6, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9:30
Bible of the Devil (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.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 â??industry buzzword #25,â? 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)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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.
What's the word on this Growing/Orthrelm collaboration in November?
it looks like friday november 26, but it's not 100%.
parker & lily is cancelled tonight, as lily's mother passed away. the whole show is called off.
Wednesday, October 13
$6, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9:15
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Wives + Navies + A Day in Black and White
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Wives - 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 - 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 - 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.
$6, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9:15
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Wives + Navies + A Day in Black and White
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Wives - 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 - 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 - 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.
Garage Rock Extravaganzaaa!
October 14th - TONIGHT!
at the Warehouse Next Door
Doors at 8:30PM â?¢ $8
Featuring Kill Rock Stars recording rockers:
THE MAKERS
along with The Spoils of NW, The Saviours, and The ShakeDowns!
www.warehousetheater.com
www.spoilsofnw.com
www.thesaviours.com
www.shakedowns.com
www.themakersrock.com
October 14th - TONIGHT!
at the Warehouse Next Door
Doors at 8:30PM â?¢ $8
Featuring Kill Rock Stars recording rockers:
THE MAKERS
along with The Spoils of NW, The Saviours, and The ShakeDowns!
www.warehousetheater.com
www.spoilsofnw.com
www.thesaviours.com
www.shakedowns.com
www.themakersrock.com
TOMORROW! FRIDAY 10/15! 9:00 doors!
++++++++++++++++++++++++
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.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
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!
++++++BARR++++++
"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/
++++++1999++++++
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/
++++++BOBBY BIRDMAN++++++
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/
++++++THE CREEPING NOBODIES++++++
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/
++++++PERFECT PANTHER++++++
John Dugan, formally of CHISEL and countless of other bands, new band!
++++++++++++++++++++++++
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.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
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!
++++++BARR++++++
"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/
++++++1999++++++
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/
++++++BOBBY BIRDMAN++++++
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/
++++++THE CREEPING NOBODIES++++++
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/
++++++PERFECT PANTHER++++++
John Dugan, formally of CHISEL and countless of other bands, new band!
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?
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 (DC)
10pm: The Transgressors (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)
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 (DC)
10pm: The Transgressors (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)
*koff*last vegas on sunday nite*koff*
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.
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.
$6 and all ages.
Paik (instrumental shoegaze/psych trio from Detroit, on Strange Attractors and Clairecords)
Laco$te (French rap male/female duo from LA)
Gemini (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.
Doors open at 8:30, the show starts at 9:15.
$6 and all ages.
Paik (instrumental shoegaze/psych trio from Detroit, on Strange Attractors and Clairecords)
Laco$te (French rap male/female duo from LA)
Gemini (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.
Originally posted by chimbly sweep: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.
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.
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!!
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!!