Words from one of my favorite songs of all time, off of "Songs To Fan The Flames of Discontent", by Refused. Will there ever be another band quite like Refused? I doubt it.
Too much rehashing, grinding, liquifying, molding, conforming, and twisting of the same crap music, over and over. I wonder if it will change anytime soon? Probably not....groups like Simple Plan and Papa Roach need to eat ya know. McBand makes McMusic for mucho McBling.
Wouldn't THAT be great. To go to a restaurant and order the food that represented the music you listen to. I think the FDA wouldn't approve of most of it though...even from both sides. Certain menu items being stale, moldy, and tasteless....others giving people super human powers, and stimulating brain waves.
I hope the Refused DVD is released soon, so I can feast on some hardcore goodness.
Monday, February 28, 2005
Friday, February 25, 2005
Snapcase is dead
Snapcase – Live @ the Sphere, Buffalo, N.Y. (januarytwentysecondtwothousandfive)
Well….Snapcase is dead. They themselves say so on the startup page of their website. http://www.snapcase.com/
The following is the final message from Snapcase. After which I will submit a terse review of the show.
Well….Snapcase is dead. They themselves say so on the startup page of their website. http://www.snapcase.com/
The following is the final message from Snapcase. After which I will submit a terse review of the show.
We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to anyone and everyone who has supported snapcase in any capacity whatsoever. Thank you for listening to our music, coming to our shows, and of course moshing the good mosh. It has definitely been an amazing journey these past fourteen years and there have been many changes throughout that time. However, one thing has always remained constant and that is our amazing fans and friends and families, without whom we would be nothing more than five guys making loud noise. you have made this emotional traversal of the better part of the last decade and a half worth every single second, some more excruciating than others. As those who were in attendance witnessed on January 22nd, the final performance was an energetic and emotional celebration of the death of the snapcase. Once again, thank you all.
......We are in the process of compiling a career retrospective DVD that will include the final performance in it's entirety as well historic footage, interviews, music videos, and other bonus features. We are currently looking for video submissions for this project so if you or anyone you know has any footage of snapcase or anything relating to snapcase that you believe to be relevant, please contact us to find out how you can send it in. All video formats accepted. Expect a summer release for the DVD. Email us at
info@snapcase.com.
......We've also added the final show "RIP" t-shirt design to our online store so if you wanted one and missed out at the last show or you were unable to make it to Buffalo on the 22nd, you're in luck. They're available here.
continue to snapcase.com
......We've also added the final show "RIP" t-shirt design to our online store so if you wanted one and missed out at the last show or you were unable to make it to Buffalo on the 22nd, you're in luck. They're available here.
continue to snapcase.com
LiveReview:
First off it looks like you will get to see the show if you didn’t catch it. Or re-experience the show if you were somewhat incapacitated, cough, cough…ahem…like me. Hey, it was my post-bachelor party. Anyways: “We are in the process of compiling a career retrospective DVD that will include the final performance in it's entirety”. That is awesome. I’ll probably see myself being squashed, beaten and hoisted into the air by my comrades for my first crowd surfing experience. At any rate I am sure it’ll be as embarrassing as me dancing at my friends wedding to Brainstorm’s “Popcorn”, in which I ended up spinning on my side on the ground like Curly (3 stooges fame, or Homer Simpson if you prefer), which is also on video. Of which my wife hasn’t seen yet thankfully.
From what I recall, the show totally Rawked. I’ll leave it up to the other PTF contributor who took me to the show to give the specifics. But they played a bunch of songs. (I just read that…well, duh they did) Old and new but not all of their “Hits” I think they just played what they wanted to. They had past member’s come out on stage for a few songs too. The whole set was hard hitting and full of their trademark intensity. The intensity that they poured out every time they played.
Snapcase closed.
I saw Squarepusher on the TV on the Radio
It’s been a while since I have bought some CD’s. So on a recent purchase spree I decided to choose a couple from my wish list in which I had seen the acts live. Sort of to rekindle the imagery of shows past. Now I present two album reviews: TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes & Squarepusher – Ultravisitor. I will preface the album reviews with the live reviews, in which I submitted to other information mediums before Punch The Floor came into it’s present existence.
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Squarepusher – Live 4.7.04, Ultravisitor (Warp Records)
Live review at the Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio (April Seventh Twothousandfour)
(original review found at: http://www.experimentalbehavior.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=638&highlight=squarepusher)
· Three letters WOW. Mr. Jenkinson brought all that I expected and more. I have live recordings and know all about his live tweaking & bass playing. But to SEE it was incredible. He played a bunch off of his new record "Ultravisitor" (which I highly recommend((edit: of course I didn’t buy it yet))) and to my extreme delight (edit: edited due to incompetence) closed out his encore with "come on my selector". The concert was at the Wexner Center for the Arts on the OSU campus. This place was awesome and the sound was the best I have ever heard for a live venue. Kenny Muhammad opened http://www.humanorchestra.com/ He calls himself the Human Orchestra and he lived up to it. I was in awe the whole time he performed. Just a microphone and his mouth. He is the best human beatbox I have ever heard. He was all over the place as far as genres were concerned. Mixing up some soul then flipping over to house. No lack of hip-hop of course and his Jungle rendition blew me away. Then to top it all off he re-mixed Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express, I was turned into a giddy little schoolgirl.
Album review, Ultravisitor (Warp Records)
· Squarepusher is perhaps the greatest musical genius of our current time. Even if you don’t particularly care for his music, one cannot deny that he is a master of drill & bass, a master of the bass guitar, a pretty awesome drummer and a solid fluent practitioner of jazzerificosity. He is a master composer that is living in our very own time loop. His latest release has cultivated all the awesomeness of his prior releases and has constructed a cohesive arrangement. Where prior albums would tend to focus on one aspect of his proficiency, Ultravisitor visits Tom’s own intrinsic influences and gives a synapses in the form of new original music. Squarepusher is on my list of “Artists that can do me no wrong” in the sense that I would like anything that he would put out. So if he decided to record an album of mosquito farts I would still buy it. I command you to buy this record or download it on Warp records very own www.bleep.com There is a bunch of other awesome stuff on there too from lots of neato labels other than Warp.
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TV on the Radio – Live 3.27.04, Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes (Touch & Go Records)
Live review at the Grog Shop, Cleveland Hts, Ohio (March twentyseventh Twothousandfour) (original review found at: http://www.pulsarmail.com/show_article.php?p=31P0E946R4896N89H&r=136066)
· As 5 hipsters waltzed onto the stage the air turned from rage to a state of contemplation. Something different was certainly about to happen. Different is an understatement considering a guitarist with a 7'-4" diameter afro and beard to match standing in front of you. Their style is uniquely their own. Guitars providing beds of expansive sound mixed with beats of hinted jazz, funk, hop and even country were all led by soulful swooning. There was no absence of Rawk though and they brought that in at just the right times. As an encore all the members switched instruments and seemingly started an improv number, which morphed into another of their repertoire. A very different journey that proved not to disappoint.
Album review, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch & Go Records)
· It took me a second spin to really appreciate this disc. Maybe because of all the hype that was floating around this release. After I shelved my skepticism I found myself really digging the music. The focus is definitely on the vocals and lending to a minimalistic array of guitars and loops. The highlight of the record is “staring at the sun”. The chorus lead vocals are stirring. I can see where some critics draw Peter Gabriel similarities, since he too sang over his own voice to get the chorus effect. But that’s where similarities end. Tunde Adebimpe is much more prolific and sounds more natural. It’s just pleasant to listen to. Just like my live review above, all the songs serpentine between different genre influences. They bring a familiarity to new songs that you have never heard before.
I recommend playing this disc if you are looking for a soundtrack for a reflection and winding down session. TV on the Radio is a new band in all sense of the word. They’re seemingly adding new members every couple of months. The results from the growth and exploration of their music will only get better. To top it all off they are on the same label that the greatest band in the galaxy, Man…or ASTRO-Man?, has had releases on.
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Squarepusher – Live 4.7.04, Ultravisitor (Warp Records)
Live review at the Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio (April Seventh Twothousandfour)
(original review found at: http://www.experimentalbehavior.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=638&highlight=squarepusher)
· Three letters WOW. Mr. Jenkinson brought all that I expected and more. I have live recordings and know all about his live tweaking & bass playing. But to SEE it was incredible. He played a bunch off of his new record "Ultravisitor" (which I highly recommend((edit: of course I didn’t buy it yet))) and to my extreme delight (edit: edited due to incompetence) closed out his encore with "come on my selector". The concert was at the Wexner Center for the Arts on the OSU campus. This place was awesome and the sound was the best I have ever heard for a live venue. Kenny Muhammad opened http://www.humanorchestra.com/ He calls himself the Human Orchestra and he lived up to it. I was in awe the whole time he performed. Just a microphone and his mouth. He is the best human beatbox I have ever heard. He was all over the place as far as genres were concerned. Mixing up some soul then flipping over to house. No lack of hip-hop of course and his Jungle rendition blew me away. Then to top it all off he re-mixed Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express, I was turned into a giddy little schoolgirl.
Album review, Ultravisitor (Warp Records)
· Squarepusher is perhaps the greatest musical genius of our current time. Even if you don’t particularly care for his music, one cannot deny that he is a master of drill & bass, a master of the bass guitar, a pretty awesome drummer and a solid fluent practitioner of jazzerificosity. He is a master composer that is living in our very own time loop. His latest release has cultivated all the awesomeness of his prior releases and has constructed a cohesive arrangement. Where prior albums would tend to focus on one aspect of his proficiency, Ultravisitor visits Tom’s own intrinsic influences and gives a synapses in the form of new original music. Squarepusher is on my list of “Artists that can do me no wrong” in the sense that I would like anything that he would put out. So if he decided to record an album of mosquito farts I would still buy it. I command you to buy this record or download it on Warp records very own www.bleep.com There is a bunch of other awesome stuff on there too from lots of neato labels other than Warp.
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TV on the Radio – Live 3.27.04, Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes (Touch & Go Records)
Live review at the Grog Shop, Cleveland Hts, Ohio (March twentyseventh Twothousandfour) (original review found at: http://www.pulsarmail.com/show_article.php?p=31P0E946R4896N89H&r=136066)
· As 5 hipsters waltzed onto the stage the air turned from rage to a state of contemplation. Something different was certainly about to happen. Different is an understatement considering a guitarist with a 7'-4" diameter afro and beard to match standing in front of you. Their style is uniquely their own. Guitars providing beds of expansive sound mixed with beats of hinted jazz, funk, hop and even country were all led by soulful swooning. There was no absence of Rawk though and they brought that in at just the right times. As an encore all the members switched instruments and seemingly started an improv number, which morphed into another of their repertoire. A very different journey that proved not to disappoint.
Album review, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch & Go Records)
· It took me a second spin to really appreciate this disc. Maybe because of all the hype that was floating around this release. After I shelved my skepticism I found myself really digging the music. The focus is definitely on the vocals and lending to a minimalistic array of guitars and loops. The highlight of the record is “staring at the sun”. The chorus lead vocals are stirring. I can see where some critics draw Peter Gabriel similarities, since he too sang over his own voice to get the chorus effect. But that’s where similarities end. Tunde Adebimpe is much more prolific and sounds more natural. It’s just pleasant to listen to. Just like my live review above, all the songs serpentine between different genre influences. They bring a familiarity to new songs that you have never heard before.
I recommend playing this disc if you are looking for a soundtrack for a reflection and winding down session. TV on the Radio is a new band in all sense of the word. They’re seemingly adding new members every couple of months. The results from the growth and exploration of their music will only get better. To top it all off they are on the same label that the greatest band in the galaxy, Man…or ASTRO-Man?, has had releases on.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Oh snap dragon!
Just picked up a few more...thanks to a friend. He easily knows more about DnB/Jungle/Techno than any human in Ohio. Someday he'll grace us with a post, or a review of some sort. Hopefully the guy/girl that knows more than him isn't reading this.
Here's what I added:
Death Cab For Cutie --> "The Photo Album" --> I seriously don't think it's possible for DCFC to put out a bad album. If it happened, the earth would probably start rotating in the other direction. This one is good...I highly recommend it to anyone. Related....when I first started listening to these guys a few years ago, I had my doubts about the vocals. Lyrics were always very good, but it took a while for me to really enjoy Ben Gibbard on vocals - he's got a different sound. Reminds me of a storyteller. Needless to say, I'm a huge fan of all of his efforts, and am a tremendous fan of the musicianship alongside Ben - Jason McGerr - sweet sassafrass, those are some fresh beats! - I need to find you next time I'm in Seattle and take a lesson. What a clean sound overall...
Klute --> 'Breakbeat Science Exercise 003' --> completely mixed by Klute. As soon as I stopped projectile vomiting with excitement over this great, great mix...I focused my eyes and turned up the jam. This one is very good; the best DnB album I've heard in 2005.
Klute --> 'Lie, Cheat & Steal / You Should Be Ashamed' --> A 2-CD set....with "Lie" being the better of the two in my humble opinion. Klute consistently puts out good stuff, and he's always been high on my DnB list.
The Faint --> 'Wet From Birth' --> I've only listened to this 2 or 3 times....need to listen more before I have anything to say. I really liked 'Danse Macabre' though...so there ya go Faintists...got some props from me.
Were in the Wide Wide World of Sports is the Snapcase "Last Show Review"?? I believe two of them were in order for this blog...one from me and one from another individual.
Here's what I added:
Death Cab For Cutie --> "The Photo Album" --> I seriously don't think it's possible for DCFC to put out a bad album. If it happened, the earth would probably start rotating in the other direction. This one is good...I highly recommend it to anyone. Related....when I first started listening to these guys a few years ago, I had my doubts about the vocals. Lyrics were always very good, but it took a while for me to really enjoy Ben Gibbard on vocals - he's got a different sound. Reminds me of a storyteller. Needless to say, I'm a huge fan of all of his efforts, and am a tremendous fan of the musicianship alongside Ben - Jason McGerr - sweet sassafrass, those are some fresh beats! - I need to find you next time I'm in Seattle and take a lesson. What a clean sound overall...
Klute --> 'Breakbeat Science Exercise 003' --> completely mixed by Klute. As soon as I stopped projectile vomiting with excitement over this great, great mix...I focused my eyes and turned up the jam. This one is very good; the best DnB album I've heard in 2005.
Klute --> 'Lie, Cheat & Steal / You Should Be Ashamed' --> A 2-CD set....with "Lie" being the better of the two in my humble opinion. Klute consistently puts out good stuff, and he's always been high on my DnB list.
The Faint --> 'Wet From Birth' --> I've only listened to this 2 or 3 times....need to listen more before I have anything to say. I really liked 'Danse Macabre' though...so there ya go Faintists...got some props from me.
Were in the Wide Wide World of Sports is the Snapcase "Last Show Review"?? I believe two of them were in order for this blog...one from me and one from another individual.
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Bella Lea will enter Ohio in February...
You've read correctly. And now you can verify! --> www.bellalea.com
They'll be at The Lime Spider in Akron on Monday, Feb. 21st. A Cleveland crew will be making a trek down...
They're playing at Case a few days later, but it's students only. Students only? Come on! What does Case know about Maura Davis and Bella Lea?! I thought the essentials for Case livelihood were a 12 inch beard and a good monitor tan?
I apologize to the countless viewers waiting for the Snapcase Final Show review, as well as 'Far --> Where Are They Now?' post. Soon my peoples, very soon.
Also saw that Shonen Knife is coming to town in March. D-Money should be beaming over that one!
Another post coming very soon....get your reading glasses out.
They'll be at The Lime Spider in Akron on Monday, Feb. 21st. A Cleveland crew will be making a trek down...
They're playing at Case a few days later, but it's students only. Students only? Come on! What does Case know about Maura Davis and Bella Lea?! I thought the essentials for Case livelihood were a 12 inch beard and a good monitor tan?
I apologize to the countless viewers waiting for the Snapcase Final Show review, as well as 'Far --> Where Are They Now?' post. Soon my peoples, very soon.
Also saw that Shonen Knife is coming to town in March. D-Money should be beaming over that one!
Another post coming very soon....get your reading glasses out.
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