The United Sons of Toil are a band from Madison WI. It's noisy Midwestern math rock delivered by populist theoreticians. The Sons are a collective deeply rooted in the grinding noise and math rock that bubbled up from the Midwest during the mid '90s. This is not suggest that the Sons are a retro band in any sense, simply that the hoarse vocals, guitar damage, starts and stops, and sometimes-convoluted arrangements and time signatures hark back to a time when labels like Touch and Go, AmRep, and Dischord lorded over the indie-rock landscape.
The Sons are Bill Borowski (The Arge, Atalanta, Knuckeldrager) and Russell Hall (P'elvis, Pound WI). Jason Jensen is our new drummer and Chad Burnett (Houndrunner, Colony of Watts, Moggs) is our ex-drummer.
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Press
"...a harsh, big-sounding math-rock album obsessed with imperialism, exploitation,
and genocide. ...it hovers, shudders, and wrangles massive volume with such
precision..." -- The Onion
"...a more aggressive Unwound, giving a sort of mathy post-punk vibe with some hints
of chaos thanks to a seemingly heavy influence from the Touch and Go noise-rock
movement. Guitarist Russell Hall wields distortion like Neil Young gone
post-hardcore." -- Scene Point Blank
"...stemming together various aspects of the past mid-western math-rock elite and
the fleshed out noise-rock style of Unwound." -- Built On A Weak Spot
"Mixing Dillinger Four attitude with some elements of Refused and early At the
Drive-In..." -- Decoy Music
"Explosive, violent and for the most part terrifically precise... This tough,
neo-noise rock harks back to a superannuated Rust Belt world of drop forges and
blast furnaces with every angry, chopping chord and sharp, pile-driving beat. ...a
fascination with the cerebral aggression of
old-school noise stars like Big Black and Tar is obvious, but there's also more than
a hint of breathless '80s hardcore here. Looking for a musical analog of your
favorite Howard Zinn tome? This is it." -- Isthmus
no it was a joke... they're all good friends of ours. I just laughed out loud about how you had them listed. It was funny, and a pretty lowbrow joke, so I hope I don't have to explain why it's funny. -b
THE ZEBRAS VINYL IS HERE!!!<br />300 hand numbered copies of the LP have been pressed and the official release shows are all booked (see below). PLUS RIGHT NOW i have a small batch ready to be ordered online to the quick fans that do not want to wait! you want it now? go here www.sectorfiverecords.com<br /><br />RELEASE SHOWS!!!!!!<br />april 16th @ the frequency - madison, WI<br /><br />april 24th @ blind pig - ann arbor, MI<br /><br />april 25th @ ronny's - chicago, IL<br /><br />may 1st @ borg ward - milwaukee, WI<br /><br />may 22nd @ tba - kalamazoo, MI<br /><br />may 23rd @ brass rail - fort wayne, IN<br /><br />may 24th @ mad maggies - elgin, IL<br /><br />may 25th @ tba - dubuque, IA
2nd worst december snow in wi history....anyway isn't it funny we get mentioned in the onion for a show we can't make. We will make it up to you guys. We are trying to save the health of our vehicle to make it through a March tour. Friday saw a healthy dose of cancellations in Milwaukee too.
We are very very very very very very very very very sorry we couldn't make the trip. We haven't bailed on a show in many years - but this one seemed doomed for us. We'll try again later...
That's right. After nearly 5 years of gallery shows, alternate venue art shows, rock shows and hundreds of screen printed gig posters FIRECRACKER finally throws in the towel. But... Like everything else we've done, we're going out with a BANG! We are gonna throw one last killer Art/Rock event. Friday December 12th FIRECRACKER will once again, not only, fill the INFERNO NITE CLUB with new artwork from Madison and Milwaukee, but great music from both places and beyond.
Heres the line-up:
Pat mAcdonald http://www. myspace. com/patmacdonald patmacfuckingdonald. com
melaniejane http://www. myspace. com/themelaniejanemusic www. melaniejane. com
Dear August http://www. myspace. com/dearaugust www. dearaugust. com
Slim Reaper & His Dim Peepers
and a special surprise performance from the ROBOMANONEMANBAND http://www. myspace. com/robomanband
Where? INFERNO NITE CLUB ? 1718 Commercial Ave. ? Madison, WI www. clubinferno. com
When? FRIDAY ? DEC. 12 ? 9PM
How Much? $5 but that will getcha a free limited edition poster and into a great show. Not to mention help us get the bands a little gas money.
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