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USX
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MARION, North Carolina
United States

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Member Since11/25/2006
Band Websitewww.uschristmas.net
Band MembersB.J. Graves - Drums, Drums, Drums - Nate Hall - Guitars, Words, Amps, Voice - Josh Holt - Bass, Guitar - Matt Johnson - Theremin, Synth, Guitars - Chris Thomas - Bass, Guitar - Justin Whitlow -Drums, Synth
InfluencesAmerican and British rock music. Guitars. Nick Cave. Big Amps. Women. Classic American country, bluegrass and gospel. Bob Dylan. Neil Young. Neurosis. Swans. Slayer. T-Model Ford. Evan Williams. SRV. Townes Van Zandt. ZZ Top. The Band. Cream. Jimi Hendrix. Johnny Winter. Junior Kimbrough. RL Burnside. Popcorn Sutton.
Sounds LikeAll the cool parts of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"
Record LabelNEUROT RECORDINGS, R.A.I.G. Records Russia, NOMASS
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 17 2009 8:00P
Snug Harbor with K LLoyd/Kirk Fisher Charlotte, North Carolina
Jul 30 2009 8:00P
New French Bar with Ga’an Asheville, North Carolina
Oct 25 2010 8:00P
Stroker’s Self Gratification Lounge w/ SAVIOURS!!!!! Stumptown

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   About USX
From the New York Times, August 2008 *********************************A band from North Carolina, U.S. Christmas plays slow, loud, echoey and powerful psychedelic rock, reducing things to the essence of power chords and groove: even the guitar solos, such as they are, become sublimated within the fuzz and the unruly yelling of the singer, Nate Hall. But the music is really distinguished by the sounds of old synthesizers — bubbly, oscillating noises pushed up to the surface of the mix. These sounds worm their way through “Eat the Low Dogs” (Neurot), the band’s fourth album; it’s deeply interior music, stretched out to the length it deserves.**************** Eat the Low Dogs review from Scenepointblank.com ********************* Eat the Low Dogs is a beautifully dark and medicating record that fewer ears will hear than it deserves. It rocks, laments and hollers from the mountainous region of Marion, North Carolina with an enduring gloom that feels archaic and steadfast throughout. The old-timer influences are vast, but U.S. Christmas' old/new merged sound is unified and deliberate: Hawkwind, Neil Young and slow-burn sludge metal such as Neurosis or Isis with their amps to eleven all play a role in U.S. Christmas' composite sound which is less sinister as it is somber. The muddling of genres results in a drug-addled state of alternating between southern rock, psych outbursts and old-fashioned country. A grim sincerity permeates the album's core and the drawn-out hymns recall a southern fried Pageninetynine at their most fleshed out, downtrodden and helpless. Eat the Low Dogs is the blues for a generation of misfit types with social problems, from a handful of miscreants with those same problems. The content running through the lot of songs on Eat the Low Dogs is despair, loss and abject paranoia about life, love and hate. As a whole the album is devastatingly cathartic in the dreariest sense, and if taken as a whole has a cleansing affect. Significantly though, and contrary to most albums of this ilk it envelops you rather than drowns you in its downs. Eat the Low Dogs song's works more like extravagant southern rock dirges rather than a drone which leaves you expecting a payoff that never arrives. As the layers unfurl, you will find yourself in a hedge maze of sound that is uneasy to escape and easy to lose yourself in. Eat the Low Dogs is cohesive and intelligent without sounding choppy or overbearing, on their third album U.S. Christmas have hit pay dirt for the loners. “In The Light of All Time” sets the stage for the entire record, beginning with a repetitive, solemn guitar tone that waxes through the entire four minutes while Nate Hall's gravel-throated vocals dither in front of the music from processing and pedals. After four minutes, the first aural onslaught begins with “The Scalphunters” which makes apparent that U.S. Christmas are less a restrained band as one who is capable of both soft tickling and hard hits to the face, sometimes simultaneously. “Say Sister” is the point of no return, a nine minute song that epitomizes the sound of the record; it builds and churns along the deranged path of psych and art-metal, with whirring Theremin and keyboards as the song's underbelly. Six minutes in, a slow crawl is followed by a fervent three-minute breakdown of psychedelic cacophony—the payoff always arrives. With three songs stretching the eight minute mark, the band is patient and calculated in their ways of toiling through songs, yet the delivery is brutal.”Silent Tongue” follows the same path of despair and lasts for ten grueling minutes, Hall peppers the song with a deviant repeater in his declaration “fifteen bottles of gasoline will be there for me / when I cut out your silent tongue” Each song on Eat the Low Dogs is beguiling, interesting and memorable—even unavoidably catchy for the macabre. It feels complete with inspirations spanning throughout the entire record, and even an instrumental in the mid section (“The Light and Trails”) that cuts the record in half. It's also book ended by “Pray to The Sky” which is a variation of the first song with different vocals, that ends the record on an even bleaker note than it began—fitting. Eat the Low Dogs is a sleeper that hopefully will find the right sets of ears; it should be a beacon of soft light in the minds of sludge lovers, ex-psychedelics and people who enjoy a voyage through forlorn dirges that are as murky as they are somber. It is honest and escapes classification while feeling consistent throughout. U.S. Christmas has created a long-playing set of dreary songs that won't drain you but rather cauterize any open wounds; it's a detox system for the loner, medication for the malefactor and prescribed music for the passionately low.

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eric





Jul 16 2009 3:03 PM

thanks for the add, come to wisconsin sometime if you can.
Morais do Motown





Jul 16 2009 2:05 AM

sweet-ass show at roadburn. cheers
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Jul 14 2009 2:58 AM

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Jul 13 2009 4:14 PM

I still get chills down my spine when remembering the Roadburn gig. Great music, greater feeling.
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Jul 13 2009 3:06 PM

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Wraith Manger





Jul 11 2009 7:10 AM

thank you guys for the Chattanooga set.
i truly enjoyed it.
let's definitely hook up again soon.
B
owlfood





Jul 9 2009 12:54 AM

so many moments of clarity captured investing in your sound.

absolutely
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so much love...
franski





Jul 8 2009 11:15 AM

thx for the add!
cheers!

-f
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Jul 6 2009 11:20 PM

USX is one of 38 bands/musicians featured in the July music issue of WNC magazine!
Matt Jones





Jul 6 2009 1:59 AM

Thank you for your support. It is much appreciated. I hope you enjoy my music. Have a good one.
al8er





Jul 5 2009 6:09 PM

Hey, welcome and thanks for the add, glad to be your friend.
Hope you took some time to check out some of my sounds and I really hope you're having a great weekend...
Ipsisimus





Jul 5 2009 7:48 AM

THANKS FOR THE ADD & GREETINGS FROM MEXICO...!!!
Brightstar





Jul 3 2009 4:49 PM

Can I come sing songs with you guys!!!??? :)
For fun!!!
I need the lowdown too :)
The lowlands low!
Shannon
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Jul 2 2009 3:49 PM

We're giving away a free copy of our song "Only In Your Mind" to all of our fans!
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Jul 1 2009 5:12 PM

THANKS FOR ADDING BLACKEYED DEMPSEYS!

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Erica





Jun 30 2009 7:17 PM

Hi,Thanks for the add!Really like to listen to your songs,awesome!Grts.and good luck,Erica.
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Jun 30 2009 4:54 PM

Nate, this is Seth(Green Eggs). Is the Snug Harbor show still gonna happen? I'm gonna come if it is.
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Jun 30 2009 12:09 PM

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Jun 30 2009 12:14 AM

Hope to see you guys near Arizona soon!
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Jun 29 2009 4:01 PM

come to MIAMI!
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Jun 26 2009 8:01 PM

Hey - Thanks for the friendship!  Music links us all together.  There are wars taking place in every country in the world.  Some are just more obvious.  Check out my new video "Simpler Time".  Reach out and make a difference and the ripple will be felt around the world.  It has to come from within each of us.  The alternative is unacceptable.  Music can make a difference.  Keep reaching out.

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Brightstar





Jun 26 2009 4:51 PM

Thanks dudes for the add. Tanner and I have been working hard on a new demo for my project! Hope to see y'all soon. Either a Tundras show or Brightstar show in fall.
Hope you are all great.
Cheers
Shan
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Jun 24 2009 11:24 AM

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Jun 22 2009 6:50 AM

killer sounds...thanks for adding guys
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