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THE VACANT LOTS
Minimalist / Psychedelic / Trance

THE NEXT WAVE MUST COME



BURLINGTON, Vermont
United States

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Last Login:  12/1/2009
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Member Since6/25/2008
Band Websitewww.thevacantlots.com
Band MembersJared Artaud..........   Guitars, Vocals
Brian Macfadyen....   Percussion

to email us...contact@thevacantlots.com

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Influences

the sitar, the guitar, the Native American drum, the drone
 
&
Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger 
Rolling Stones, High Tide And Green Grass 
Albert Ayler Quintet, Slug's Saloon 
Love, Da Capo 
Spectrum, War Sucks 
William S Burroughs, Interzone 
Iggy & The Stooges, California Bleeding 
John Coltrane, My Favorite Things 
The Vandelles, Del Black Aloha
Roy Orbison, There Is Only One 
The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators 
Trad Gras Och Stenar, Gardet 
Brian Jonestown Massacre, Give It Back!
The Black Angels, Directions To See A Ghost 
Fats Domino, Sings Million Dollar Hits
Screen Vinyl Image, Interceptors
Galaxie 500, Today
Koushik, Out My Window
Tom Verlaine, Words From The Front
Velvet Underground, White Light/White Heat
Sonic Youth, Confusion Is Sex 
The Warlocks, Phoenix
Jesus And Mary Chain, Psychocandy
The Shangri-Las, Leader Of The Pack
Echo And The Bunneymen, Crocodiles
Suicide, Suicide
Barbacoa, Barbacoa
The Doors, The Doors 
Spiritualized, Pure Phase
The Shirelles, Tonight's The Night
Hubert Selby Jr, Last Exit To Brooklyn  
Another Side of Bob Dylan
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Dec 31 2009 7:30P
Southpaw with Dean & Britta Brooklyn, New York

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   About THE VACANT LOTS


I moved to Burlington, Vermont after leaving California and disillusioned with my Institution I dropped out of school.  My only possessions at the time consisted of a suitcase filled with books, clothes and records, an electric guitar and a bag filled with scattered writings.  Lyric poetry which would turn into songs.  I formed The Vacant Lots in the summer of 2008 after meeting Brian who was then 15 & absolutely mesmeric on the drums.  It was his powerful singular drumming style and my fascination with Native American drumming that led us to experiment with standing up the drums to play them live.  This gave us a deeper, heavier sound more akin to the heart-beat rhythm I was looking for that inspired the backbeat on the first 2 Vacant Lots albums.  As for the electric guitar tone I wanted to express something deeper and darker so I turned to the raga & drone (sitar, tanpura and tabla) to provide the necessary inspiration, and of course, Chuck Berry.  The duality was set in place. 

                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                 Jared Artaud













THE NEXT WAVE MUST COME


They had lived by night after the flood after the wilderness before they learned to weep.  A rhythm generates coagulating into prose. Hands abused by work, minds abused by time.  Deep memories are cast from the terrible shore.  Less black the dark of night than the eyes of fate.  The hour of my sad twilight has come with the immense weight of time situated on the screen.  Close-up.  Black & white.  Fades…. exiled from love.  The scale of things juxtaposed with the (primary source of religion) existence of death.  What internal equilibrium?  when you/re dead upon the seashore after you/re thrown into existence.  The meaning of the word & our genealogy to be created & recreated endlessly.  Reinvented if necessary.  Salvation thru art.  Man awaits daily pardon.  Man's eternal dwelling place lies in his deceit.  But the oracle has come in endless streams of vomit & filled w/ a sensation of grief & boredom.  When you are far removed & distant like a planet. Now detached & disillusioned like the night & unable to discern the melancholy which penetrates the heart.  The Spirit moved.  Endless cattle w/ faces worn.  The need for survival.  Death instinct.  The senses (useless) dull.  The herd need somebody to follow?  Remember we bathed ourselves (in moonlight).  Remember we closed our eyes (at dawn).  Now seamless curtains torn & laced in moonlight at dawn.  We end up sleeping next to bodies we will never really know.  Despite the nights alone & the days on fire the end of superstitions.  Uncertainty is just another way of being inefficient.  I want to reenter life.  Out of the tomb & into the womb.  8 times.  We have arrested our senses & enslaved our attention.  Will we never find ourselves again?  Extend the voice.  Liberation is the key. The broken universe has draped over us the new dawn.  No longer a tomb for a bed.









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Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor

Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor



Nov 28 2009 9:36 PM

cool thanks man,

that record was kind of a comp of the first few years of the band so its kind of all over the place- thanks for listening hopefully we can hook up after the first of the year

take care!
The Westons

The Westons



Nov 28 2009 9:07 PM

whats up guys?  liking the new video a lot.  See you guys are opening for dean and britta...very cool, gonna try to make it out to the show on nye.  we'd like to head up to vermont sometime to play a show if you're interested?

scott
Hannah

Hannah Bean



Nov 28 2009 3:29 PM

great new video!
Jean

Jean Bligh



Nov 25 2009 2:49 PM

thanks for your acceptance ,I'm glad to be your friend
Hannah

Hannah Bean



Nov 24 2009 10:58 PM

My Pleasure
Nuggies

Nuggies



Nov 24 2009 10:28 AM

Hopefully soon.  I gotta save up money for some live equipment and working on an actual live show, but be sure to look out for some new releases in 2010
My Stars*

My Stars*



Nov 22 2009 8:42 PM

Super cool!
My Stars*

My Stars*



Nov 22 2009 4:34 PM

Is that a Vox "Teardrop" guitar in your profile pic??
The Sunday Reeds

The Sunday Reeds



Nov 22 2009 3:37 PM

Hey, just listening to your tracks....'Walk of God' is really cool.

Romana
Stargazer

Stargazer



Nov 22 2009 3:37 PM

exctremely cool tunes guys... i believe i could fly! thanks for the add. space regards, martin/sg!




Lady Godiva

Lady Godiva



Nov 22 2009 3:37 PM

Nope, I didn't get your message. My connection is being really bad these days, maybe that's why?
Resend it if you don't mind
Peace
Colyn

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just jay

just jay



Nov 21 2009 6:14 AM

yeah yeah.
sounds good. let me know then when the Burlington show is.
whenever it is.
heres a link to my photos to check them out.
look at them.
Warm War

Warm War



Nov 20 2009 3:16 PM

new song up
from the greatest band in the world
... The Lovebirds
(formerly known as Warm War)
((and still known as Warm War))
THEATRE METAMORPHOSIS

THEATRE METAMORPHOSIS



Nov 16 2009 6:52 PM

HI !



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Dean & Britta

Dean & Britta



Nov 14 2009 3:46 PM

Any chance you can open for us on NY's Eve in Brooklyn? Its a really early show. Opener (you?) would go on at 7:30p.m. We go on at 8:30p.m. I sent you a message already but haven't heard back. Let us know ASAP or send email to deanandbritta@gmail.com
Amy

Amy



Nov 14 2009 3:46 PM

a transcendent performance last night at the cafe
come back to montpeculiar and howl with the river
Welfare Mothers

Welfare Mothers



Nov 14 2009 3:46 PM

We dig The Vacant Lots
(here is the lost LSD member, haha)
See you sometimes !

Love
Love
Love
Crucial Times

Crucial Times



Nov 14 2009 3:46 PM

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sparrow

Country Girl



Nov 12 2009 4:19 PM


young boys

young boys



Nov 11 2009 10:54 PM

i just checked my inbox and there is nothing there. what did it say?
young boys

young boys



Nov 11 2009 8:08 PM

the put your head on the floor video is fucking rad! lets play another show soon.
Caroline O’Connor

Caroline O’Connor



Nov 10 2009 4:24 AM

Thanks Jared...you guys rocked as well!
ALDOUS WEIL

ALDOUS WEIL



Nov 5 2009 5:17 PM

hi ;)

our first recording "Mexico city blues" will be heard this evening at 8pm (Brussels hours) at our myspace. other songs will be available very soon!

good vibes here :)

see you
THEATRE METAMORPHOSIS

THEATRE METAMORPHOSIS



Nov 5 2009 3:51 PM

MERCI POUR L'AJOUT

A BIENTOT



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