Music to Wreck on Friday

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Oh noes! We're waking up!

Yo.

If you've been under a rock, like we have, you've missed some good stuff.

Wake up.

Here's the Jamal Song of the Week:

White Rabbits

Finally...I find out about a band BEFORE they come to town.

White Rabbits

Grog Shop
Saturday, May 30th

Broken Infinity

The Infinite Number of Sounds are no more... but they didn't go down without a fight.

Unlike the mobius strip of ‘everything’ that is or isn’t which has no end, another glimmer of hope has been extinguished by the gray rusted fist that is Cleveland.

I suppose Cleveland shouldn’t be blamed entirely. However, the Infinite Number of Sounds have tried their hardest to bring creativity and a community of artists of all media to the crowned city of defeatism. Given how far and deep the roots have spread…there shouldn’t be an end.

This band/recording company/society has done everything an independent could possibly do and then some. Marketing itself in every form possible, their tentacles have infiltrated so many avenues of exposure that a cephalopod’s eight appendages would never be enough.

Let alone carpet bombing every college radio station and printed media establishment with their press kits, or networking and collaborating with a multitude of other musicians. The masterful use of the Internet has been their greatest tool and one of benefit of study by any independent artist.

At one point INS’ own smart website was full of contacts to help wayward musician’s chart their course out of obscurity. But not after INS took the initial leaps with determination.

To further spread their wings across the Internet they created the Experimental Behavior forum, one that “gathered forward-thinking underdog musicians, artists, writers and performers” together (until a certain egotistical, schizophrenic mongoloid ruined it). In its heyday there was a whole mass of creatives counter-balancing the Butt Rock and pretentious un-inspiring galleries that Cleveland is largely riddled with.

Infinite Number of Sounds brought to light many a Cleveland talent. Spoken word, themed dadaist salons, looped roots-rock, didgeridoos, musical saws, frying pan skull gongs, avant-garage IDM, Avant-chamber… which were all part of the same collective. Not limited just to Cleveland, they also brought ‘out-of-towner’s” to battle the land of classic rock with analog Drum’n’Bass and masked dudes who wanted to violate your pee-pee hole.

The guy’s here at Punch the Floor want to thank you personally for providing the many outlets of inspiration, the road trips to Columbus, the projected forgotten memories of our childhood, the amazing live analog breakbeats, the cerebral intelligence and the infectious melody of ‘The Modulator’.

We hope for all the best to Dave, Brent, Ron and Matt in their future endeavors. The course of INS may be finite, but the effects will certainly survive.

Go to infinitenumber.com to get the low down on their final shows.

*Update: Check the comments with an e-mail Brent sent me in response to the posting. The INS 'Company' will live on.

Where's The Band, I <3 XLR8R & P.O.S./Doomtree

Bouncin' to the Grog tonight to check out the "Where's The Band" tour, featuring:

Dustin Kensrue (Thrice)
Chris Conley (Saves The Day)
Matt Pryor (Get Up Kids)
Anthony Raneri (Bayside)

Solo acoustic performances! Should be a la rad.

XLR8R highlights:

First off, everyone reading this should immediately minimize this window (you can read the rest of the post later, you have time), and go to XLR8R's MP3 RSS Feed. They upload new stuff EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Also, I love XLR8R TV. Check out the most recent episode of "What You Talkin' Bout, Willits?" with Christopher Willits of SoundArts studio. This episode he talks about building your own pedals - it's cheaper, makes you smarter, and allows you to get more involved with the sound. I thought it was great...the world of music needs more people like that. Keeps the creativity fresh...like it's wrapped in plastic.

Shows to hunt down members of PTF:

P.O.S. & Doomtree / February 25th / Grog Shop
Don Caballero / February 28th / Grog Shop
These Arms Are Snakes / March 3rd / Grog Shop
Agnostic Front / April 3rd / Grog Shop
Diplo / April 18th / B-Side

We here promise to update the Events Calendar every week. I know, I know, many broken promises in the past - just know this: the soup is on, and it's gonna be tasty.

P.S. - image courtesy of The Leaf

Steppin' in what Prefuse73 is layin' down...

Prefuse73. I am def the biggest fan that I know. If you're a bigger fan, I need to meet you. Like, now. We need to talk. I own everything he's released and I'm feeling squinchy about the fact that his next release will be his last as the alias Prefuse73 (supposedly). It's titled, "Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian". Unfortunately, the website doesn't give a release date. It just says it's "on it's way", and out on Warp Records. The warm tingly part about this whole thing is that THIS MEANS HE WILL TOUR AND I'M SCREAMING WITH JOYFUL GLEE ON THE INSIDE.

He's set to do a world tour sometime in the Spring, and the PTF'ers won't be missing this one, fa sho.

If you need a refresher on some of his work...listen to some MP-Thrizzles on his MySpace page.

If anyone is in the Chicago area he'll be playing with RJD2 at Congress Theatre...if I could I would. It'll be the best show to hit Chicago this month, promise.

Guillermo Scott Herren, the dude behind Prefuse73. Also behind names such as Savath & Savalas and his new tag, Diamond Watch Wrists, with drummer Zach Hill.

All in all, I can't wait for the new cut, and you can count me for two at a Prefuse show cuz I'm already there.