In 1993, my first band Dyn@mutt went on its first tour. I believe we were excited that it was a multi-state tour, even though the total number of states were two: Texas and New Mexico. We toured with our friends in Seed. A star-studded lineup of two bands that nobody outside of Houston had [...]
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I saw Immortal this week. I may write something longer about Norwegians in greasepaint playing black metal at a later date, but Easter feels an odd day to discuss it. In lieu of that, here is some happy Sesame Street footage. ——– Okay, a bit more. The guys I saw Thursday night [...] HANDS UP WHO WANTS TO DIE? Or maybe it’s an exclamation point. It parses better as a question, but as spoken – shouted? sung? summoned? – by Nick Cave at the start of “Sonny’s Burning“, the opening song to the Birthday Party’s THE BAD SEED EP, it doesn’t sound like a question. It doesn’t [...] is now up at the Podomatic page. Google is not letting me upload images at the moment. Maybe later. In honor of #59, all the songs are 59 seconds or less; as a result, there’s over 100 of them, everything from hip-hop sketches to grindcore to studio outtakes to full-fledged (but very short) songs, [...] How did I get this far in life without realizing how pivotal The Jam were? Billy Bragg, The Buzzcocks, Gang of Four, Elvis Costello, The Ramones, The Clash, and the list goes on all the way to the Libertines – they all owe a massive debt to The Jam. I did not know [...] The Necks are a surprisingly underknown band of remarkable longevity with a dogged commitment to their unique sensibility, and on Friday I was fortunate enough to see them play in Auckland. They are a trio (piano/bass/drums, with some laptop assistance to throw in loops and such). They begin, quietly with an idea on [...] On Thursday I got a call asking if I wanted to go shoot the debut live performance of a friend of a friend’s band. Said band was a side project of a local punk band but was “gangsta rap”. As these were all white boys I took this as an ill omen and my [...] For once I will not bury the lead. I was lucky enough to experience a solo performance from Aaron of Tall Firs (his first, apparently) and it was an unexpected beautiful experience. Sounding about halfway between vintage Xpressway material (This Kind of Punishment, Alastair Galbraith) and A THOUSAND LEAVES-era Sonic Youth (one of my [...] 1. I had a dream the other night about seeing The Cowboy Junkies. Apparently they had fallen onto hard times, because their singer, Margo Timmins, was playing drums as well. She wasn’t playing well, either. She was doing two thing that I notice more often amongst bad female drummers than bad male drummers: first, [...] When I was in Michigan over Christmas, I had cause to go through a bunch of boxes of old shit. While I didn’t find I was looking for, I found all sorts of random old shit, including a list of the first 40 or so concerts I went to, including date, venue, opening act, [...] |
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