Yo Ho Ho...
How's stuff? We're cooking along into June now & got some out of town
shows lined up for summer, but as far as this crazy town's concerned-
looks like Old Towne Pub is the place. We just can't seem to stay away
from that sweet lil hole. We're playing there TONITE with some
friend bands and plan to pack the place for some freaky-cool times &
beer. Come out already! It will RAWK & then you can go back to life as
usual with some spring in your thing.
Yarrrr!!!!!!
-Obedient Waves
We've never been able to quite pin down exactly how the The Hunter Gracchus are going to play on any given occasion, which is a wonderful thing. A shifting unit with Syed Kamran Ali, Fiona Marshall and Jon Marshall at the core, they have recently settled into a fairly stable unit of six, but it's hard to know how long that'll last. Still, while it does, it's producing all manner of magical and highly unexpected performances. The one captured here was recorded at the band's practice room cum gig space, Fagin's Hideout/The Furniture Makers and is a less blistering freakout than some of their recent output, preferring to quietly explore every nook of tonal space. It simmers rather than erupts and, the longer you become immersed in it, the less aware you become of the passage of time. It's a recording that feels like it should go on forever and, when it does come to a close, the silence is shocking. In a time when it's all too easy for a group of improvisers to just go full-tilt in some euphoric pursuit, the Hunter Gracchus provides us with a glowing alternative that draws us slowly in and drowns our senses. This is truly awesome.
Peeesseye I Woke Up and Drank a Bottle of Cheap Kojak CDR
Peeesseye made the scene at Dylan Nyoukis's Colour Out of Space festival last summer and hopped over to Manchester to play a show at the Town Hall Tavern, the recording of which forms the content of this incredible slab of dense droning harmonium, scraping, buzzing, subtly soloing guitar and pulse-free, scatter-drumming. We can't recommend this enough.
This beautiful super-heavyweight LP, which comes packaged in a sweet full-colour sleeve reunites the UK's premier free drummer Alex Neilson, who's played, amongst others, with Motor Ghost, Directing Hand, Trembling Bells, Tight Meat Duo, Josephine Foster, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Jandek, MV&EE, Richard Youngs, Baby Dee and Alastair Galbraith, with Nmperign member Greg Kelley, whose reinvention of the trumpet is as crucial now as Anthony Braxton's reinvention of the sax was 30 years ago. A screeching, soaring, scattergun array of noises come maniacally out of Greg's horn, unlike anything we've ever heard and, with the addition of random stabs of electronics, he successfully straddles no wave, concrete and free jazz in a way that makes those genres seem like trite pigeonholes.
MDComps mas que una banda, es un proyecto iniciado por musicos y artistas que han estado en bandas como Samhain, Tiger Army, Dag Nasty, Son Of Sam, Chain Of Strenght, Inside Out, Drive Like Jehu, Mad Parade, The VSS, Year Future, GSL (disquera) y otras, con el noble proposito crear una nueva consciencia social tocando compilaciones completas de covers punk rock/hardcore oldschool, todo a beneficio de la comunidad. Esta vez vienen a Mexicali. Hay que darles una buena bienvenida y de paso apoyar a una buena causa.
Revisen sus paginas, lean de que se trata el asunto, haganse sus amigos!
Ojala veamos por alla a todos aquellos que buscan el cambio, a los que creen en formar lazos y en fomentar el apoyo intercultural de la gente y a todos los que disfrutan del buen punk... no se lo pueden perder!!
HOPE YOU KIDSCAN ARE COMIN TO CHECK IT OUT TOMORROW
WE GOT MIKE WATT DJ'n
A RARE L.A. EVENT - WORTH IT'S WEIGHT IN DEUTSCHMARKS
--SCHEDULE-- 8:00 PM - doors (Ja, there is a bar) 8:45 PM - curation of Berlin short films dating from 1977-2007 10 PM - intermission 10:30 PM - the U.S. debut of Burke Roberts’ latest film, SOME OF AN EQUATION.
-----WINNER OF BEST FOREIGN SHORT at THE 10TH ANNUAL LA BOCA DEL LOBO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in MADRID, SPAIN---------------
-Followed by a selection of Philipp Virus' short narratives and videos - including the debut of his new uncut ALEC EMPIRE video: ON FIRE - And lastly: the twisted films of MIRON ZOWNIR until midnight.
---then stay to drink, dance and vomit existential reflection on the evenings line up until 2 AM •SPECIAL GUEST DJ MIKE WATT, and live VJ imagery by PHILLIP VIRUS and MICHAEL ALLEN