Warehouse shows

* 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.

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

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 Adrienneâ??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 Daronâ??s label, (the Music Fellowship), did their own artwork, and had a strict â??anywhere, anytimeâ? live show ethic.

In December of 1999, the band all moved to Aaronâ??s home-state, Connecticut, and by late 2001, theyâ??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

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

Thursday November 4th at The Warehouse Next Door

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8:30 doors â?¢ 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?

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!)

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

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

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.

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

"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 donâ??t have a fuckinâ?? 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 donâ??t notice. Thatâ??s whatâ??s good about â??em, see, they let you breathe a little. In a world where thereâ??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 letâ??s you figure some shit out on your own. Thatâ??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, â??Caught Between Worldsâ? is not a stoner rock record, oh no. Itâ??s a surf record. If you could surf in mud." (Sleazegrinder)


King Valley

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

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)

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

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

Try this for the oncoming cold…

Did anyone catch Viva Voce at the warehouse? I totally spaced the show :(

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).

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!

Originally posted by vervelike:
Did anyone catch Viva Voce at the warehouse? I totally spaced the show :(

Dammit!!! I've forgotten all about it!

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.

TONIGHT AT THE WAREHOUSE NEXT DOOR
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11 â?¢ 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.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://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.absolutelykosher.com/

MEDICATIONS + AQUARIUM + SENTAI
SUN November 14
Doors at 830


Any thoughts on Medications or Sentai? I may head over for this one.

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

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.

Proceeds from the event go directly to help maintain and expand Alkem's services.

6:00pm - Artists

Matt Sesow

"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

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

Dana Ellyn documents world events (both good and bad) and her reactions (both positive and negative) through her paintings.

Carolina Mayorga

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 â?? Bands

Shortstack

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

3/5 of Canyon (Berodt/Bryson/DeBorja)

DCIC

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 bandâ??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

EBSK

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

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 Floridaâ??s house band.

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