“The compositions are absorbing, contrasting despair with ferocious force… Valdes claims to want to move in the direction of pure instrumentalism.” –FAME Reviews
“Not giving a shit what people think is the attitude here and I love it!”
–Scope
“There is a side to 'Stainglass' that could catapult them up to heavy rotation on rock stations…. The band lays it all on the line for 'God of Hunger' and succeeds on all counts; aside from ending the album perfectly, The Empty Mirror has made it virtually impossible for anyone that has picked up this album to forgo the next.” -NeuFutur Magazine
"A five song collection that defies genre and goes for the gut . Musicianship rules the day with Ante Ruich’s assault on the bass, Bill Kim's frenzied drumming and Valdes’ innate ability to let feelings of isolation and tension ring out of just six strings as his voice – at times a gentle Syd Barrett-like purr and at others a feral scream – careens above the madness." -Rockwired
“Exploding raw talent… These guys are so close to their epiphany that it hurts.... The quartet is nihilistic, and that's a damn good thing—someone's finally admitting to the mindlessness of it all.”
-FAME Reviews
“Exactly what the title suggests . . . overwhelming… once the electric guitars kick in, there is nothing but beautiful noise. A band to keep an eye on in the future.”
-Skope Entertainment
“The band will go anywhere it damn well pleases. The fuzzy guitars will remind listeners of Sonic Youth, The Replacements, and Pere Ubu while the anguished vocals will imprint themselves indelibly in the minds and hearts of anyone that is lucky enough to listen in…. Figure out a way to see what just may be the next big thing in rock music. Make it a point to pick up Overwhelm if you have any desire of hearing one of the best albums released in the last few years…. The Empty Mirror create a blueprint for future rock bands of all stripes to follow.”
-NeuFutur Magazine
“The Empty Mirror's garage-rock opera tells us what our country is by looking at its hypothetical destruction…a scene of destruction and disorder a la Breughel… invokes an intense sense of confusion by acknowledging elements of contemporary American life--democracy, desire, television, the economy, war--without disrupting the play of images with an unequivocal judgment.”
-Indie Music Stop
“Sounds like it was recorded in a gas station restroom. Probably was. Named after a movie about Hitler.”
-Crave
Big High and Pandacon do up New Years Eve 2009 -> 2010 at Nectar Lounge with Laser and SMoke show, and Ball Drop! Happy New Years everybody! adv tix: http://www.ticketweb.com Other Shows this week; Kick the Grinch no cover Ari, Doria, Martin, Thomas, and more Seamonster Lounge 12/26 10pm Michael Shrieve's Spellbinder Featuring; Ari Joshua Tost Lounge 12/28 9pm
Hey whats going on? Thanks so much for stoppin by!
WE have great news! The epic release of our premiere album is scheduled for the end of this year!!!!! Be sure to stay tuned! We Hope you have a merry Christmas!!
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Introducing THE SINISTER SURGEONS featuring members of; The Screaming Trees, Big High, and Mctuff (barrett, ari, van, and joe) at the Seamonster this Saturday October 10th no cover! 21+ 9:30 till close
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, as we get ready for our monthlong tour of the Great Northwest! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Look for us in Washington, Oregon and California between October 15 and November 15, when our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
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BIG HIGH performs live @ the High Dive in fremont this Friday! Check it out!
Here's a review of the band from the infamous Dennis Cook of Jambase.com: A touch too punchy to make the morning offerings, I stumbled in and got WOKE THE FUCK UP by Big High, a local hard rock ensemble and friends to Flowmotion that struck a first impression akin to my first mind-blowing Drunk Horse gig. Like Oakland's steel-plated punk-boogie juggernaut, Big High aren't screwing around and it wasn't a whole tune before I was shaking like a madman close to the stage. Killer tunes, a crazy tight band and a lead singer (Mesa on "vocal flyfishing") possessed of a fathomless bottom and high reachin' top end plus a leaping, fiercely engaging stage presence, and well Big High sorta rocked my widdle world. It's serious heavy muscle that puts a lil' anger and sex in your bloodstream, culminating in a frighteningly good cover of The Who's "Baba O'Riley" delivered in Dr. John style feather masks for no good reason except to be delightfully weird. If you're feeling Clutch, Parlor Mob or just dig quality hard rock you're missing out if you don't get to know Big High. At the end of their set I bellowed, quite uncontrollably, "We're awake now, motherfuckers!" Meant it, too. -- Dennis Cook--www.jambase.com www.myspace.com/bighighmusic BIG HIGH is also on facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/BIG-HIGH/134022157365?ref=nf High Dive www.highdiveseattle.com 513 N 36th St # G Seattle, WA 98103-8693 (206) 632-0212 &
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