8 OUT OF 10 IN MAY ISSUE OF DECIBEL!!!
http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=292270
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"Suffocating left-field stoner sludge and noise. Filthy feedback drenched raw ambiance from deepest Chicago. Most of this delightful noise is instrumental although Andrea Jablonski does add some colour with her low in the mix vocals now and again. They're a two bass, one unrelenting drummer and a really edgy guitarist kind of band, they go to places that bands like Isis, Harvey Milk or Earth go to, but but but, far more loose colour thrown around here, they paint with far more freedom and imagination... and those itsy bitsy spider vocals running around give them so much character, Not afraid to take on an avant edge, touch on dark psychedelic freekouts with their cerebral bottom end soothing. They weave around doom and stoner sludge, they take it in to prog-jazz, they do it all with a subtle touch, a clever twist and turn, you can either sink right in to it, or just float on their surface and bang your head, both options are good, this is good, all is good. Good. –
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"Local outfit Rabid Rabbit recalls avante-garde sludgecore and drone bands like Isis and Earth, but the quartet is far more focused than both of these groups combined. Plus, RRs members know that just because their instruments are tuned down to C doesn't mean they can't toss in an unexpected insttrumental freakout or unrelenting drum assault courtesy of Mike Tsoulos ( ex the Dishes )..." The Onion
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"...it’s like the metal alternative to free jazz. Their jams are long, ominous, instinctual and intricate. The band’s live show is, in short, unpredictable..."
Evan Minsker Columbia Chronicle
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By a strange set of circumstances, the spacy, heavy strains of experimental doom have edged their way into tastemakers' iPods. Well, here's an act for cool art school kids and metalheads alike, one founded by a Chicago husband-and-wife team who thankfully have more to offer than endless drones and aimless feedback. With two bassists holding down the thick low end, Rabid Rabbit splits the difference between suffocating sludge and freaky rock n' roll madness, offering a hungover head trip for fans of everything from Sonic Youth to St. Vitus.
"The quartet's debut album benefits from diversity of tempo. The end-times righteousness of "Welcome to the World" kicks it off, crashing Mike Tsoulos' wild tribal drums against Gregg Prickett's virtuoso guitar with ever-building fury. Nine-minute slow jam "Spider" follows, Andrea Jablonski giving ominous overtones to "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" with a dry recitation of the nursery rhyme as she and fellow bassist Arman Mabry throb and thrum, Prickett alternately creaking and soloing with bluesy classic rock abandon.
The record's other five tracks move between these poles of powerful rock and contemplative creepiness, sometimes with Jablonski's minimalist vocals and sometimes without. The focus remains on hazy, enveloping atmosphere, felt equally in traditional doom instrumental "Ephedrine" and static-crispy rocker "Morse Code," which sounds like an older track by The Kills recorded on an especially foul day. The only downside is that it's currently a vinyl-only release, since analog cultists aren't the only ones who will appreciate it. Everyone else: be content with Rabid Rabbit's live shows, which from the recorded evidence are no doubt wonderfully, thunderously filthy affairs."
Jeff Pizek Chicago Daily Herald
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Critic's Choice RABID RABBIT
Interloper Records, a local label whose catalog includes a handful of vinyl releases by Pelican and Tusk, has picked up the self-titled full-length debut by the very heavy Chicago four-piece Rabid Rabbit. The band started as the duo of drummer Mike Tsoulos (formerly of Frontier and the Dishes) and his wife, bassist Andrea Jablonski (formerly of the Drapes and the Camaro Rouge), but these days it includes guitarist Gregg Prickett, who gives the music a jolt of psych-metal frenzy, and second bassist Arman Mabry (the drummer from the Camaro Rouge), who gives it an extra dose of brutal bowel-massaging bottom end. The album’s seven tracks display a nice variety of moods, from avant-jazzy badass to posthardcore badass to dreamy doom badass. (Badass is so a mood!)... Monica Kendrick Chicago Reader
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" This local metal quartet doesn’t need to have a record out to generate buzz—its bottom-heavy attack vibrates every loose bit of hardware in the room. Bassist Andrea Jablonski (formerly of the Camaro Rouge) and guitarist Gregg Prickett (a recent transplant from Dallas) play together with an unruly but intricate flow, like two buzz saws at a couple skate, and Mike Tsoulos, an alumnus of Frontier and the Dishes, adds solid but unpredictable drumming. Neither as ponderous as doom nor as geeky as tech metal, Rabid Rabbit has one foot in the garage and another in the art gallery—and a third on the pencil necks of the twerps who make aggro sound boring. " —Monica Kendrick CHICAGO READER
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5 december 2009 M.A.C.C. fest - Deerlijk (BE) 12 december 2009 Nederland Drie - Wateringen (NL) 9 january 2010 Nieuwjaarsbeuk - Alkmaar (NL) 30 january 2010 Metal Manifesto - Hoorn (NL) 20 february 2010 Wizzfest - Aalter (BE)
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