the Replacements, Dylan, the Clash, Steve Earle, The Stones, Bob Marley, Bowie, Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, the Kinks, and our underdog, overlooked and indescribably incredible friends from whom we've learned everything.
This New York trio that took their name from a line in a Rimbaud poem (impressive) took four years to follow up their EP with the LP, but they haven’t forgotten what they were up to. The Replacements influence they admitted to back then is still there, but it is less pronounced on
this unusually well produced self-released LP. Recorded in their basement, in a closing studio, and in a house outside Woodstock with no water, it is no wonder it took so long to finish! Co-producers Michael Tudor (Moby, John Cale) and Chris Feinstein make everything sound immediate and punchy, and aside from "Liar", the one faster rocker out of the Pleased to Meet Me playbook, Greatest Hurts is kind of like the dirtier tracks on the last two 'Mats LP's and the early Paul Westerberg LP's. But there are also spots of Rolling Stones ("Doesn't Work Right"), classic rock heavy riffing ("Rolling in the Wrong Direction"), Neil Young ("Dry Razor's Hand"), power pop ("Secret"), and oddball Flaming Lips or Wilco ("Bastard"). The band's heart, well encapsulated by the LP's title, will win you over too - especially on the Westerberg-ian acoustic ballad bawling of "DCIL" and the soulful standout closer, "You Were Right (Never Again)."
--The Big Takeover .56
Hey fellow humans,
PAS sends it kind regards your way and would like to invite you to our next performances in Brooklyn.
Thursday: 06/18/2009 10:00 PM - The Wreck Room-Bushwick, Brooklyn
940 Flushing Ave, (between Central Ave & Evergreen Ave)
Brooklyn, New York 11206
US
Cost:$5
Description:line-up: THURS JUNE 18: PAS (Post Abortion Stress) Womb Rippers Calves Ghoul Poon
Friday: 06/19/2009 08:00 PM - Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway
Brooklyn, New York
US
Cost:N/A
Description:PAS 10 PM The Invisible Hand 11 PM Others TBA
CYNew Music presents:
Magic Zorillo live at Public Assembly, Brooklyn NY
04/26/2009 08:00 PM - Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, New York 11211
US
Cost:$10
Description: Zilmrah /o.., Agents of Karma, Magic Zorillo, Nattahnam, Model Cities
Folks,
Happy holidays!
Magic Zorillo returns live at Public Assembly, Brooklyn, New York! This Sunday December 28th.
Please come and show your support! This is going to be a great mix of experimental music!
Description
12/28, back, 9 pm, $8
Experimental/ Improvisational Music Showcase:
"The New York Experimental Meet Up" presents some of the best up and coming experimental acts, including improvisational gurus NATTAHNAM, electronic, experimental, spacerock aliens, from the dark reaches of space, MAGIC ZORILLO, KAORU WATANABE TATSUYA NAKATANI DUET, contemporary Taiko drums, and THE INVISIBLE HAND, a collabortive improv of menacing talent featuring Zef Noise (ex-Psychic TV, Sweet Lizard Illtet), Ernest Anderson III (Slipstream Timetravel), Lawry Romani (ex-Splungent) and Tipsy Mishaps (ex-Sweet Lizard Illtet). Special secret guest performances to be announced. ..
Greetings and warm wishes.
PAS will be playing live at Otto's Shrunken Head this Friday October 3rd at 8pm. Please come and show your support. Also playing are Neud Photo, Bulldozer, and Bitter Grace.
Be well and best wishes.
Robert and PAS
Ah yes indeed...Rimbaud was my muse to some degree back in the day. The poem itself, I like to reference to his rather opposing preferences towards women... har har. >;^)
Shut up! Are you serious?! I absolutely luh-hu-huv that picture of Jim! It's one of my favorites. I'll check that guy out...sounds like an interesting character... ;-)
A Settembre presenterò la mia nuova "creatura" dedicata alla musica, www. themusiccenter. eu , che è già on-line in versione BETA. Mi farebbe piacere avere un tuo parere per cercare di migliorarlo più possibile prima del lancio di Settembre. Se vuoi, potrai attivare un tuo account per inserire concerti, CD, filmati, foto, biografia, news, ... Per saperne di più visita il mio MySpace o collegati al sito, cliccando sull'immagine qui in basso.
In September i will present my new site dedicated to music, www. themusiccenter. eu , which is already on-line version BETA. I would like to have your opinion to improve it first launched in September. If you want, you can activate an account and include concerts, CDs, movies, photos, biography, news, ... Learn more at my myspace or linked to the site, click image below.
I know that some how Clara Venus is behind the whole flooding Mississippi thing. I played the entire Greatest Hurts CD backwords, and I did not hear any messages that I could recognize. That only freightens me more. Cut the cryptic bullcrap, Venus. Your playing with my head!
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