Warehouse shows

great rock show tomorrow at the warehouse! terminal lovers are from cleveland and represent that city's fine heritage of sloppy-ass decadent rock 'n' roll in the vein of the dead boys and rocket from the tombs.


friday, june 25th @ the warehouse next door (1021 7th St. NW Washington DC)
all ages, $7, Warehouse Theater

Thee Snuff Project
"…Opening for Rocket From the Tombs was the seriously seedy Thee Snuff Project. The local outfit smashed through a set of ragged bursts of noise, taking the traditional guitar-bass-drums-vocalist and injecting it with a bad attitude, some intoxication and smart songs. Fifteen years ago, the band would have been on the AmRep label. In the decidedly un-rock District, it stands out as unaffected by trends and content to make a racket."
– The Washington Times

Terminal Lovers
Cleveland's premier psychedelic rock out-fit featuring the all star cast of Dave Cintron-guitar / vocals (DIMBULB & THE DOWNSIDE SPECIAL), Chris Smith-guitar (KEELHAUL), Steve Mehlman-drums (PERE UBU), Don Depew-bass (BREAKER, COBRA VERDE & GUIDED BY VOICES), and Scott Pickering-drums / percussion (SPEAKER/CRANKER, PRISONSHAKE & MY DAD IS DEAD)).

ME VS. THE MONSTER
Hailing from Northern Virginia, Me Vs. the Monster brings a collosal dynamic rollercoaster to your ears with some of the catchiest rock and roll around these parts. Their sound is somewhat reminiscent of what would be a mix of At the Drive In, Refused, and Blue Cheer. This is their record release show, and with a very developed, unique sound and the stir surrounding them, they have a very bright future ahead of them.

'80s rap bitches? B-52's bastard daughters? Burgerphilia?
Nymphomania? Sci fi horror disco? Ghost Boobs? Freedom
Toast? Duos? Trios? Four-os?

ALL THAT AND MORE at WAREHOUSE NEXT DOOR
tooooooonite! nite night nite!

ITS……..

11:15 GRAVY TRAIN!!!! (Kill Rock Stars)
10:15 FRENCH TOAST
09:15 THE VANASHING (GSL)
08:45 LIPSTICK PICKUPS
08:30 Doors Open (Come Early!)

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Warehouse Next Door
1017 7th St. NW.

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$8. TONIGHT JULY 7th WEDNESDAY

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www.rapbitches.com
www.frenchtoastdc.com
www.thevanishing.com
www.lipstickpickups.com

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With one more ! than !!!, Gravy Train!!!! prepares its assault on the nation's capital. Describing themselves as, alternately, "'80s rap bitches" and the "B-52's bastard daughters," the Oakland, Calif., musicians offer up frantic bubblegum pop fortified mainly by Casio beats and smart, if often unsavory, imagery. Founding member and songwriter Chunx explores such topics as her crappy love life and her "frightening split affliction of burgerphilia/ nymphomania" with frank lyrics and attitude to spare. In the song "Ghost Boobs," a woman laments her post-diet shrunken breasts: "Gazoyngas a plenty, back pains she had many!/For such knockers hooters funbags boys were not even ready…/It was a fad diet, she had to try it/Chrissy Snow looked pretty hot, so Thighmaster? Just buy it!" Bandmate Funx provides accompanying keyboards and vocals, while Hunx and Junx kick in with harmonies and NC-17-rated dance moves. Come on, ride the train when the band plays with French Toast and The V! anishing at the Warehouse Next Door, 1017 7th St. NW. $8. (202) 783-3933. (Anne Marson- Washington City Paper)

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San Francisco's self-described "sci fi horror disco" trio THE VANISHING consists of former members of SUBTONIX (singer/ guitarist/saxaphonist Jessie), THE KNIVES (Jessie & drummer Brian), Kill Rock Stars' recording artists THE LIES (keyboardist Sadie), and ZONETECH (Brian). The band formed when Jessie and Brian departed THE KNIVES in order to start something "a bit dancier". Upon recruiting Sadie, THE VANISHING released their debut 10" in Cochon Records in July 2002. After recording the split EP with LOST SOUNDS (Cochon Records), the band set about preparing tracks for their debut full-length release, 2003's "Songs for Psychotic Children". Sadie decided to leave the band prior to the album's release, in order to concentrate on her main project, THE HUSBANDS (with Sara Reed, also from THE LIES, and a revolving group of guest drummers). She was replaced by Billy from ZONETECH on keyboards, as well as bass.

gravy train is the kind of thing that could be very good in a bad way or very bad in a good way. i'll be there.

next big show at the warehouse will be growing (kranky records) on 7/14. i've got a whole bunch of stoner and psych coming up in august and september.

at the warehouse next door, 9pm, $7

11pm: growing (kranky records)
10pm: the wind-up bird (the music fellowship)
9pm: harm stryker (from richmond, electronic noise duo)

growing are a duo (sometimes a trio) who play guitar-based heavy drone in the vein of earth 2 and sunno))), perhaps a "metal" stars of the lid or flying saucer attack. they play with film projections, so it should be a highly psychedelicized set.

the wind-up bird is part of the music fellowship, which includes bands such as landing, yume bitsu, paik, surface of eceon, etc. it is the brainchild of joseph grimm, who will be performing solo, though he often has a partner to augment the sound. the wind-up bird is mostly electronic/laptop-based, but he coaxes some amazing post-rock sounds out of the computer, sounding more like tortoise than aphex twin or something like that.

harm stryker are a completely electronic duo, though one of them plays a theremin and uses heavily processed vocals. they are very drony and spacy and will kick off the show with a short, trippy set of noise.

Ok, I've just gotta say something. snailhook, I am always mystified by all the bands you talk about, as I have never heard of a one of them. I mean, I run a music web-site (when not searching for a new job) for cryin out loud. I read and write about a tons of bands, many of whom the masses have never or barely heard of. Yet, 98% of the bands you mentioned, and seem to have known and liked for a while, I've never heard of. Is it cause of their genres? Am I the only one on the board who feels this way? I'm just not sure if I don't know shit about music, or you're just a freak. ;)

I'll bet you don't know 98% of my music, either. :)

Or for that matter, 98% of Flawd's music.

Heck, maybe not ever 98% of Guiny's music.

Originally posted by redsock:
Ok, I've just gotta say something. snailhook, I am always mystified by all the bands you talk about, as I have never heard of a one of them. I mean, I run a music web-site (when not searching for a new job) for cryin out loud. I read and write about a tons of bands, many of whom the masses have never or barely heard of. Yet, 98% of the bands you mentioned, and seem to have known and liked for a while, I've never heard of. Is it cause of their genres? Am I the only one on the board who feels this way? I'm just not sure if I don't know shit about music, or you're just a freak. ;)

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I'll bet you don't know 98% of my music, either. :)

Or for that matter, 98% of Flawd's music.

Heck, maybe not ever 98% of Guiny's music.

Nah, I may not like a lot of it, or even have heard a good bit of it, but i'll at least know of the bands or artists.

I understand your point, redsock, and I agree. A lot of snailhook's bands are so far out of my genres that they don't even show up in ezines or music mags. I've been amazed numerous times myself. He's got compadres in Thirsty and Walkie (?) though…

I've heard of most of the bands Rhett or Guiny mention (flawed not so much), but usually just know of them, haven't listened to them.

Snailhook is a deliberate obscurist?

Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
I understand your point, redsock, and I agree. A lot of snailhook's bands are so far out of my genres that they don't even show up in ezines or music mags. I've been amazed numerous times myself. He's got compadres in Thirsty and Walkie (?) though…

I've heard of most of the bands Rhett or Guiny mention (flawed not so much), but usually just know of them, haven't listened to them.

I'm not trying to paint it negatively, just want to be sure i'm not the only one lost in a sea of band names. Yeah, I think the 'real' indie boys on the board (walkie, thirtsy, nkotbie) have a lot more in common with our friend snailhook.

the truth is, and i am not saying this to be a dick or anything, that most of the bands discussed on this board just are not very obscure compared to a lot of other music forums

I can buy that. Atter all, this is the 9:30 Club chatboard, the most eclectic AND mainstream oriented music club in the area.

Originally posted by pollard:
the truth is, and i am not saying this to be a dick or anything, that most of the bands discussed on this board just are not very obscure compared to a lot of other music forums

Originally posted by redsock:

Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
I understand your point, redsock, and I agree. A lot of snailhook's bands are so far out of my genres that they don't even show up in ezines or music mags. I've been amazed numerous times myself. He's got compadres in Thirsty and Walkie (?) though…

I've heard of most of the bands Rhett or Guiny mention (flawed not so much), but usually just know of them, haven't listened to them.

I'm not trying to paint it negatively, just want to be sure i'm not the only one lost in a sea of band names. Yeah, I think the 'real' indie boys on the board (walkie, thirtsy, nkotbie) have a lot more in common with our friend snailhook.

thanks for the props, boss!

Originally posted by redsock:
I'm not trying to paint it negatively, just want to be sure i'm not the only one lost in a sea of band names.

I'm not either – I think it's cool as shit. It'd be boring if we all liked the same stuff, and there's tons of stuff I listen to now I never would have (a la The National, Snow Patrol, Cooper Temple Clause, going to the Secret Machines show Thursday…).

In the realm of things, the 9:30 forum majority is 'mainstream alternative' (please, let's not get into a terminology discussion – I just mean that compared to the general population, we listen to music most folks have never heard of). I know about way more bands than just about anyone I know out in life, but on the board, I know nothing (yes, go ahead, say that in your best Sgt Schultz voice). Still, snailhook and the boys seem on the edge of alternative. And, of course, Pollard knows about everything, but has faily discerning taste nonetheless. ;)

Pollard, wouldn't you say, though, that most other boards are more specific to a genre (and hence get much deeper into a genre's roster), and this is pretty much a generalist forum?

Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:

Originally posted by redsock:
I'm not trying to paint it negatively, just want to be sure i'm not the only one lost in a sea of band names.

I'm not either – I think it's cool as shit. It'd be boring if we all liked the same stuff, and there's tons of stuff I listen to now I never would have (a la The National, Snow Patrol, Cooper Temple Clause, going to the Secret Machines show Thursday…).

In the realm of things, the 9:30 forum majority is 'mainstream alternative' (please, let's not get into a terminology discussion – I just mean that compared to the general population, we listen to music most folks have never heard of). I know about way more bands than just about anyone I know out in life, but on the board, I know nothing (yes, go ahead, say that in your best Sgt Schultz voice). Still, snailhook and the boys seem on the edge of alternative. And, of course, Pollard knows about everything, but has faily discerning taste nonetheless. ;)

Pollard, wouldn't you say, though, that most other boards are more specific to a genre (and hence get much deeper into a genre's roster), and this is pretty much a generalist forum?

i don't think this board is general at all, how many discussion of hip hop have there beem, and I don't count the Beastie Boys

wow, i'm very flattered.

let me just say that i am not into obscure bands for obscurity's sake. some of my favorite bands, for years, have been (and will always be) black sabbath, the doors, led zeppelin, pink floyd, creedence clearwater revival, the byrds, the stones, sonic youth, yo la tengo, the supremes, neil young, and the smiths. hardly obscure.

however, i am a music nerd (and a film nerd, too…i can talk about obscure foreign directors all night, but i won't go there). i think there are great bands/musicians in all genres and subgenres, though i do think the best music tends to exist in the underground. i would like to see these bands get more fans, because many of them can appeal to more folks. on the other hand, some of the music that i like is so abstract, atonal, and discordant that it will always appeal to a select few. still, a few is better than none.

the funny thing is, i have 104 posts here and have barely mentioned a smidgeon of my collection, and what's out there. i would never be so arrogant to suggest that i know everything; the beauty of music in the 21st century is that there are so many albums and artists and the access to them, so that it's easy to learn about new and exciting stuff every day.

what really sucks is the fact that i have two jobs and can't really listen to music for at least 40 hours a week.

and yes, this forum is pretty general. i am on other boards that are more genre-specific. i like to hop around boards because i get tired/bored of being on just one. i like this one because i work at the 930 and book at the warehouse and it is a large part of my local music community. i think it is very important to be involved in the community, especially by communication.

that said, if i turn just one person on to something they might not normally know, i've done my job :)

and here's the write-up for growing from the city paper…

Tonight is Olympia, Wa's metal drone band, GROWING, playing with the politically
and socially motivated electronic experimental noise venture, HARM STRYKER, and
the electroacoustic drone psych of THE WIND-UP BIRD.
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Tonight! Wednesday! July 14th!
at the Warehouse Next Door
1017 7th St. NW
$7 / 8:30 doors / 9:00 music
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It's hard to figure out whether Growing is a metal band without a drummer or a
New Age band with a metal edge. The pedigree of this Olympia, Wash., duo
definitely indicates the former: Guitarist Joe Denardo and bassist Kevin Doria
(pictured somewhere in the crowd) are ex-members of hardcore act Black Man White
Man Dead Man and doom act 1000 AD, respectively. And Growing's 2003 debut, The
Sky's Run Into the Sea, is chock-full of grim atmosphere: The album's thick,
distorted chords crawl so slowly at times that they turn and churn into pure
drone. But the duo is fond of more than just the blackened noise pumped out by
its drum-free peers Earth and Sunn O))). Sky's guitars often mimic bagpipesâ??even
harpsichordsâ??and the band flat-out hijacks the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" on
"Cutting, Opening, Swimming." To confuse matters further, Growing's upcoming
double album, The Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light (the title of
which comes from a late-19th-century essay on the rela!
tionship between color and sound), more or less dispenses with the Hessian
riffs, dwelling only on their benign aftermath. Thrown in a mix with the ambient
likes of Fripp & Eno or just about any album on Kranky (Growing's label), Soul's
shimmering waves of synthlike guitars and cymbal swells fit in just fine.
Growing plays with Harm Stryker at 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, at the Warehouse
Next Door, 1017 7th St. NW. $7. (202) 783-3933. (Brent Burton - washington city
paper)
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The Wind-Up Bird's lineage points to hardcore (Jerome's Dream) and post rock
(33.3), but where they end up is pretty far removed from either. With a rare
clarity, Whips combines lush and airy drone (a la Stars of the Lid), violin,
trumpet, trombone, layered voices, and computerized bleeps, bloops, and
manipulations.

Based on a message left on an answering machine (which is manipulated on the 4th
track), the song titles, if put together, say "Sorry that I've become this
monster. I love you a lot." After taking this static-y sample of an answering
machine and manipulating it into a hardly intelligible garble set in a maelstrom
of noise, the clouds part and clear tones pulse beneath a mournful violin line.

Not only does this album deconstruct its songs and melodies into lyrical
textures on par with the best of ambient music, but it's also brimming with
activity. Different textures, melodies, and instruments slide in and out of the
mix, adding their little piece to the massive puzzle.

Generally reminiscent of the mood Labradford conjures, The Wind-Up Bird aren't
so easily categorized. The use of acoustic instruments, with no treatment
alongside the laptop and looped guitar lines, makes this an unusual amalgam of
tones, giving the moody music plenty of depths to fully submerge.

sean hammond, FakeJazz.com
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Harm Stryker is a politically and socially motivated electronic experimental
noise venture. The intention behind Harm Stryker is to help increase awareness
for different radical issues that deserve attention through various forms of
independent media. We believe that in order to provoke action against
oppression there must be a strong enough feeling of dissent towards the
oppressor. In order for this to happen, people must feel educated and empowered
to make a change. Harm Stryker intends to fuel the revolutionary flame by
providing an outlet for radical ideas through literature, art, and experimental
music that encourage people to take matters into their own hands. While we
realize that some direct action tactics are not for everyone, Harm Stryker
supports creative alternatives that help increase awareness as well. Some of
these ideas involve art, music, wheat pasting, screen-printing, event
organizing, etc.

Harm Stryker is based on the actions of individuals, not the dictations of
authority figures. each person is independent, connected only through the use
of the Harm Stryker tag. Those who act for the idea of Harm Stryker do so by
their own decision, and are advised of the Harm Strykers guidelines below:

Harm Stryker Guidelines:

* avoid causing physical harm to any living being.
* choose your battles wisely. consider what you hope to affect, and insure that
it is a worthy cause.
* do not vandalize for pointless recreation.
* fight corporations, not the people working for them.
* be conscious of your environment and avoid its destruction.
* Harm Stryker is about making informed decisions. educate yourself.
* make your assertions into facts supported by solid evidence.
* express your opinion to us often!!!


Harm Stryker will not tolerate hate, racism, sexism, or homophobia. We stand
beside those who fight capitalism and work for a better living wage in local
communities and foreign countries. We understand and support those who struggle
to save our forest and animals from extinction. It is crucial that we all stand
together and fight these injustices as one. Harm Stryker's goal is not to
compete with other groups, but to contribute to their cause and stand in
solidarity with them as they combat various social, environmental, and political
issues in a non-violent manner.

Originally posted by snailhook:
at the warehouse next door, 9pm, $7

11pm: growing (kranky records)
10pm: the wind-up bird (the music fellowship)
9pm: harm stryker (from richmond, electronic noise duo)

growing are a duo (sometimes a trio) who play guitar-based heavy drone in the vein of earth 2 and sunno))), perhaps a "metal" stars of the lid or flying saucer attack. they play with film projections, so it should be a highly psychedelicized set.

the wind-up bird is part of the music fellowship, which includes bands such as landing, yume bitsu, paik, surface of eceon, etc. it is the brainchild of joseph grimm, who will be performing solo, though he often has a partner to augment the sound. the wind-up bird is mostly electronic/laptop-based, but he coaxes some amazing post-rock sounds out of the computer, sounding more like tortoise than aphex twin or something like that.

harm stryker are a completely electronic duo, though one of them plays a theremin and uses heavily processed vocals. they are very drony and spacy and will kick off the show with a short, trippy set of noise.

This makes me want to see The Wind-Up Bird. All of those bands, except for Tortoise. Tortoise are too cold Fusion Jazzy for my taste. All the rest have me very interested.

BTW, have you heard Paik's new CD yet? It's on my 'to buy' list for my next order. If so, what direction have they taken? I'm anxious to hear it. Also plan on ordering the new ones from Bark Psychosis and The Telescopes. Also The Meeting Places. Might add in something from LKRWM, The Legendary Pink Dots, Douglas Heart, Guitaro or so many others I need to reconsider. Trying to scrape up some money. :(

jaguar, if you're referring to paik's "the orson fader", i know that one. if you're referring to the one they've been working on, "satin black", i have no idea. is it out yet?

i love paik and have seen them twice. a lot of my band's improvs actually end up sounding a lot like paik. i've already talked to them about playing in DC whenever they go on tour again. i saw 'em at terrastock in 2002 and at william & mary with windy & carl last year.

are you familiar with landing? i had them play my house in november. i think you'd like them…they sound like a psychedelic/shoegazer low.

Originally posted by snailhook:


are you familiar with landing? i had them play my house in november. i think you'd like them…they sound like a psychedelic/shoegazer low.

I received the "Sphere" CD in the mail over the weekend. For space-rock, it's pretty good.