The Deaf CD Release
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Thank the lord that the music industry's long winter of discontent (aka Thanksgiving through New Year's, a time during which almost no CDs come out) is at an end, and we can once again welcome with open arms new releases, both local and national. I've been having a hard time getting my head out of 2006: The introspection and evaluation that come along with making year-end lists led me back into listening to old favorites like Hendrix and T. Rex, but This Bunny Bites, the new album by The Deaf, might be just the thing to put an end to my thus far breach-born experience of 2007. Leadoff track, "Into the Fire," rumbles out of the gates on Jack Kalyuzhny's single-stroke tom rolls and the storm of bass and guitar whipped up by Steph and David Safar, but the magic happens when it all congeals around the yawning gap that makes room for Safar's exclamatory (and Blur-esque) "Whoo!" It's all the chorus the tune needs. "Chim Cham" is either a reference to a dance step or a "Mr. Show" sketch, and either way, it sets the pattern for songs that were probably named before they had lyrics, sounding more like good, hair-trigger concepts than the result of careful consideration—"Let's Go," "Fuck That Shit," "Shiv" and "Get 'Er Done" being prime examples. In all fairness, this isn't music about subtlety and nuance; it's about rawness and blunt objects. End to end, it's the kind of slightly sludgy post-punk that slots itself in tightly behind locals like The Soviettes and that band's offshoot, Awesome Snakes, and national acts like Queens of the Stone Age. Plus, they got a mention in the 2006 edition of the Best American Non-Required Reading as having one of the Best New American Band Names. Take that, America. With The Blind Shake, Maps of Norway and His Mischief. 9 p.m. $5. 21+. Corner of University and Snelling Aves., St. Paul. 651-647-0486. STEVE McPHERSON
Hey! oh not much is new...just livin and workin in good ole minneapolis. Im thinkin of checking out your show at the triple rock! is steph still in the band?
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Oh yeah! I needed to be. I also need to come see you, and oh yeah. You also need to come spell at the Drunken Spelling Bee! This Saturday, 6:30-9pm. 331 Club in Nordeast!
Hi there The Deaf first of all we'd like to say thanks for being our myspace pal. We wanted to make sure you knew the reason incase we suddenly vanish off of your friends list. The movement we've started for indie artists has grown significantly and consumes all of our time these days. We seldom sign into our myspace account and this is making several people believe that we are ignoring them. We are not ignoring anyone, we wanted everyone to know that. What we're doing has become so busy we just don't have the time for myspace any longer, so in all honesty we are probably going to just close our myspace account.
Many people wanted to use us in the future so if you were one of those people make sure you bookmark the link below so that in the event that we do close our myspace account you won't lose contact with us. I wish you the best of luck in your music career. Thanks again for being our myspace pal.
We have also built a pretty big music community which you are welcome to join if you want to meet new artists like yourself!
Spring is seeing Signaturetone in full swing with a slew of great local and out of town acts coming in. If you’re thinking about recording, now’s the time to take those tax rebates and stimulus checks and invest in a quality disc. We’ll make make you look good at the merch table and for record labels - ask about our great spring and summer rates. We’re also excited to offer some great deals on live recording. Find out how we can deliver a great fully mixed and mastered disc of your next show for a terrific price!
New additions to our mighty gear list include the API 2500 stereo compressor, which gives us a complete API signal chain of pre’s, eq’s, compressors, console, and mastering compressor! Our vintage blackface Urei LA-3A and LA-4 also have arrived and are smoothing records out as we speak. We’ve also acquired a Roccaforte Custom 18 head, a Fender Princeton '64 blackface, and a Soldano 4x12, an insanely punchy cabinet. Guitar players be notified – we’ve got toys! And for kids of all ages, our 6000+ game arcade machine has been installed and is distracting us to no end as well.
Attn: bands - this is an open invite to anyone to come take a look at our new studio digs! Chances are I'll have a beer and some tunes for you to chill to while you check out our huge gear collection and 1100 sq ft drum tracking room. We're here for you guys, let's make some kick ass music just in time for the spring barbeque season.
Also, I just renovated my samples, now featuring the remixed latest by southern rockslaves Bastard Saint and a great new Radiohead meets Leonard Cohen track by my new band The Sextons. Check in here for some big stuff coming from sex rock heroes 20 Dollar Love and the supergrinders A Second From The Surface in the very near future. In addition, the studio just acquired a new Diezel Einstein and man does it smoke - Mesa and 5150s beware…
