December 2011
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COS: Reviews Boris' "New Album"
To call Boris prolific is an understatement. New Album is their third album this year, and that’s not counting the Merzbow collaboration, Klatter. Although Boris is most commonly associated with metal of the drone and sludge varieties, they have been mixing it up ever since their 1996 debut, Absolutego, never being the same experimental metal band twice. In the case of New Album, Boris has...
November 2011
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LA Weekly Show Pick for 11/28/11 at The...
Russian Circles, Deafheaven, Marriages Doors 7:30pm At the Troubadour
However interesting its instrumentation, rock & roll traditionally achieves its most intimate connection through vocals, which makes sans-singing rockers like this Chicago group brave indeed. Like all effective mouthless outfits, this adventurous trio sees their dearth of words as more gift than curse, allowing...
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Exclaim CA! Tera Melos Perform "Aped" / "Trident...
In accordance with requests from fans, the Exclaim! TV crew brings you a second edit from Tera Melos’ performance of “Aped” from their 2010 album Patagonian Rats. So for those who wish to listen to the performance without interruption, check out the performance of “Aped,” re-edited without the interview portion above. Also included below is their performance...
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Seattle Weekly: Concert Reviews Russian Circles...
For the crowd at Neumos, this show was a tough one: a progressive instrumental metal outfit; an experimental, wacked-out electronic act; and a black metal screamfest comprised the bill. Do you go heavy and slam dance? or rave out? or kind of morph throughout the night? It was a tough call, and most people decided not to make that decision, choosing to stand back and quietly appreciate...
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LA WEEKLY: Interview Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender...
See also: Teri Gender Bender is the Most Volatile Woman in Rock
This week’s feature story is about Teri Gender Bender — neé Teri Suarez — of Le Butcherettes. Let’s just say she has no intentions of going quietly. She drenches herself in blood, she screams, she thrashes her guitar, and, oh yeah, she pees onstage. Meanwhile, the wild, melodic rock from her...
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Our Stage Exclusive Q&A: Zechs Marquise Reveals...
At its core, Zechs Marquise is about exploration. Specifically outer space exploration. As previously detailed in the 8/24 edition of Riffs, Rants, & Rumors, the band has close familial ties with the progressive rock band The Mars Volta—they even share a keyboardist. However, with the recent release of their latest work Getting Paid, the band demonstrates that they have taken steps towards...
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LA Weekly Feature: Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender...
“You love me, you love me and now you wanna kill me!” wails Teri Gender Bender of the band Le Butcherettes, as her long hair rocks violently back and forth. She leans back, farther and farther, until she falls over, still slashing at her electric guitar.
To the violent beat of the next song, “Dress Off,” she tumbles backward off the Troubadour stage and into the...
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And So I Watch You From Afar // Live from Paris
And So I Watch You From Afar perform BEAUTIFULUNIVERSEMASTERCHAMPION from the album Gangs live at Point Ephemere on 04 October 2011 Paris.
And So I Watch You From Afar perform Search:Party:Animal from the album Gangs, live at Point Ephemere October 4, 2011 in Paris.
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The Aquarian Review: And So I Watch You From Afar...
In A Word: Spectacular Northern Ireland’s instrumental math rock quartet And So I Watch You From Afar are back with their second studio album, Gangs. Right from the start the bouncy yet powerful guitar riffs in “BEAUTIFULUNIVERSEMASTERCHAMPION” amps up the album’s energy. With noisy, and grungy guitars matched with heart-racing drums “Gang (Starting Never Stopping) picks up where the first...
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Boris Announce Australian Tour - March 2012
Most recently seen on our shores in 2010 playing two sold out shows at Sydney’s Vivid Festival, Japanese quartet Boris will be returning to Australia to visit the entire east coast in March, 2012.
BORIS AUSTRALIAN TOUR - MARCH 2012
Thursday March 22 - The Metro, Sydney handsometours.com; Metro Box Office or (02) 9550 3666; ticketek.com.au
Friday March 23 - The HiFi, Brisbane ...
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Greg Burns, Emma Ruth Rundle & Dave Clifford of...
Marriages , a new band made up of Greg Burns (Red Sparowes) Emma Ruth Rundle & Dave Clifford ( Red Sparowes & The Nocturnes ). They will be playing their debut shows with Russian Circles and Deafheaven on 11/28 in Los Angeles at the Troubadour and on 11/29 in San Diego at The Casbah. We can’t wait to hear what they have been cooking up together. So come early, they will be...
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And So I Watch You From Afar - December Shows in...
And So I Watch You From Afar will be playing a few shows at the end of December to ring out the old, and bring in the new, including a New Years Eve show at Roisin Dubh in Galway. AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR - December 2011 Dec 28 - Celtic Clubhouse - Castlebar, IE Dec 29 - The Crane Lane Theater - Cork, IE Dec 30 - Forum - Waterford, IE Dec 31 - Roisin Dubh - Galway, IE
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The Onion's AV CLUB Review of Boris' - New Album /...
In a move that’s as scrambled and paradoxical as its music, Boris is unleashing New Album—which came out in the group’s native Japan early this year—after the U.S. release of Heavy Rocks and Attention Please, the pair of albums that originally followed it. The convoluted chronology makes a weird sort of sense. New Album exists as most Boris albums do: in a dimension of its...
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ME & LP feat Good Old War "Bonnie Says" at The...
This show was so much fun! Here is a video of the last song Me & LP played called “Bonnie Says” with a little help from their friends and the headliners Good Old War at their Sold Out Troubadour show in Los Angeles on November 19, 2011. Damn, Jason Cupp plays a mean tambourine
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10/10 Review for Adebisi Shank Live at Electric...
Adebisi Shank - Gig Review - Electric Picnic 2011
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Hypnotic, electrifying performance from a very talented trio!
Adebisi Shank, what a name…what a band! I had the good fortune to be in the right place at the right time at this year’s Electric Picnic to catch these lads in action and action it is! The sound that this band of three achieves is incredible. The whole...
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More Choices & NEW Albums Added to our 5 CDS for...
Sargent House and Rodriguez Lopez Productions are offering a very wide selection of both brand new and older titles from a bunch of our artists - JUST ADDED the new albums from Hella, Zechs Marquise, And So I Watch You From Afar, and a classic old EP from Days Away, to the list of CDs included. Pick any 5 for just $25 - now that’s a sweet deal. CLICK HERE TO GO TO 5 FOR 25$ - *...
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Happy Birthday Dave Davison
This video of Dave Davison was shot on the very first day I ever met him. It is the very first Glassroom session and sparked the idea to keep making these Sessions. Since then Dave has come back and done so many others, just this past week with Good Old War, ones in his band Maps & Atlases and perfoming songs from his Cast Spells EP. I can’t fathom my life without Dave Davison and his...
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NEWS: Boris Release "New Album" For Black Friday /...
On November 25 for Record Store Day’s Black Friday series, Sargent House will issue the latest record from Japanese trio Boris, New Album. A full release will follow on December 6. That’s the album art, above. Hear the “Best New Track” “Spoon” here. - Pitchfork News PRE-Orders for the 2x LP Vinyl and CD and special Bundles are now HERE
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CGak Remixes - Lisa Papineau's "Out For A Swim"
Cgak at it again, check out the Remix / video of Lisa Papineau’s Out for a Swim. - plagarized the video made by Sven van der Hart. This track is also on the Don’t Sleep Remix album HERE
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Exclaim CA! Tera Melos Perform "Aped" and Get...
Experimental rockers, Tera Melos, stopped by the Bloorcourt neighbourhood while they were in Toronto to treat us to a couple songs from their Exclaim!-approved 2010 album, Patagonian Rats. Above, watch Tera Melos perform “Aped” while they fill us in on the songwriting process and some of the ideas that are floating around regarding future releases. Be sure to watch Tera...
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CGak Remixes - Adebisi Shank's "Genki Shank"
Adebisi Shank gets remixed by Cgak - Check out more of his remixes of a load of Sargent House bands on the Don’t Sleep Remix album here
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MTV Iggy: Reviews Boris' "New Album"
Madness is the Method
The latest entry in the annals of ungoogleability is the new album from Japanese experimental rockers Boris. Called New Album, it contains several reworkings of songs from the last two Boris albums, titled Heavy Rocks and Attention Please, also released this year. New Album is convenient if you missed the first two. Now, you can get the CliffsNotes version in one handy...
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RX Bandits Daytrotter Session
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When Matthew Embree sings, “She lives without emotion/It makes me better, but only for the night,” on the song, “Only For The Night,” the RX Bandits lead singer couldn’t be speaking any more directly about the way he is. He couldn’t have been speaking more poignantly about the way his band of 16 years is. Each and...
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Exclaim CA! Tera Melos In Studio "Kelley"
“When we heard Sacramento, California psychedelic genre destroyers, Tera Melos, were in town we invited them to stop by and play a couple songs. The dimly lit Theatre of Human Health was the perfect environment for the guys to perform “Kelley” off their Exclaim! approved album, Patagonian Rats, with their freaky life-size Freddy hanging in the background.Keep an eye out for an...
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And So I Watch You From Afar Audio Interview w/...
Here’s an interview ASIWYFA’s Chris Wee and Johnny Adger did with the British Council, where they look back over the history of the band, the state of the scene in Belfast, their touring experiences this year and what the future holds.
Show 534 - And So I Watch You From Afar - Tea & Tunes by British Council
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Rolling Stone Featured DL of Boris' "Flare" from...
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Drowned In Sound (UK) Reviews Russian Circles...
They seem to have a passion for Europe, these Russian Circles. Their last album, 2009’s Geneva, while undeniably accomplished, was named after only the second-most-populous city in Switzerland, while latest effort Empros is seemingly named after a Greek news site.
What we can learn from this (aside from never to use Google to help write the opening paragraph of a review) is that the band have...
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Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes talks to...
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COS: Live Review: Boris at Hollywood’s El Rey...
Even by their tireless standards (they’ve released 17 albums in 15 years), 2011 has been a very busy year for Japanese noise-rockers Boris, with the release of three albums and a supporting world tour. Of the three albums the band has dropped this year, two dipped into Isn’t Anything-era My Bloody Valentine noise-pop, mostly eschewing the heavy psychedelic drone of their extensive...
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Guitar World Interview with Mike Sullivan of...
“Once it gets too fancy, I started losing the groove,” says guitarist Mike Sullivan of Russian Circles’ deceptively dense music.
Indeed the Chicago-based post-rock band are capable of creating intricately layered pieces of music, often from simple, intertwining melodies that when combined are capable of creating harsh soundscapes, vast acoustic caverns and everything in...
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BLIZZARD OF OZ : Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Le...
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Trio will be touring in Australia with Le Butcherettes. Omar will be pulling double duty also playing Bass in Le Butcherettes. These shows will be amazing. Make sure to get Tickets they are moving fast!
OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ / LE BUTCHERETTES - OZ TOUR 2011 Dec 09 - Canberra, AU @ UNI Bar Dec 10 - Sydney, AU @ Manning Bar Dec 11 - Brisbane, AU @ The Zoo Dec 12 -...
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The Onion's AV CLUB Review of Russian Circles'...
Russian Circles Empros
In its ongoing attempt to render heavy metal lighter than air, the instrumental trio Russian Circles has made some giant leaps upward—the most recent being 2009’s gorgeous Geneva, an album that emulsified Godflesh and Godspeed You! Black Emperor into a thick yet atmospheric protoplasm. It’s taken two years for Russian Circles to follow up with Empros, and it deviates from...
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Le Butcherettes to open for Iggy & The Stooges -...
Le Butcherettes will be opening the three re-scheduled west coast Iggy & The Stooges shows before heading off to Australia to tour with Omar Rodriguez Lopez Trio. IGGY & THE STOOGES / LE BUTCHERETTES 12/01 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Palladium !! 12/04 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield !! 12/06 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield !! !! w/ Iggy & The Stooges
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Zechs Marquise Tour Starts Tomorrow 11/15
Zechs Marquise perform “Getting Paid” from their new album of the same name while in Los Angeles for a Terroreyes.TV Session. The band will take their live show out on the road starting tomorrow 11/15 with some headlining dates and then joining up with Thursday, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster and our very own Native. If you haven’t heard their new album yet, what are you...
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Headline of the Future: Nick Reinhart of Tera...
Photo proof that our own Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos is a dead ringer for the late great Steve Jobs circa 1980’s and he’s down to act so Hollywood let’s just save your casting agents the trouble and do this.
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Tastemakers Review: And So I Watch You From Afar's...
And So I Watch You From Afar Gangs
Instrumental music is a delicate art, and one that is perhaps not given the attention it deserves in rock, where the concept of a front man is so alluring. There’s something to be said for the aura of the Robert Plants of today, but it’s far too easy to back up the argument that any artist without a vocalist doesn’t have the cultural appeal to make it ...
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Premier Guitar Review: Russian Circles "Empros"
Empros is the album Russian Circles have been striving to concoct since the band’s inception seven years ago. On the three previous releases, the instrumental, post-rock juggernauts honed their craft of incrementally building, charismatic, Kraken-summoning riffs from start to finish. But with this fourth release, the Chicago-originated power trio used the right amount of ingredients from its...
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Rock A Rolla Featured Interview w/ Brian Cook of...
Russian Circles feature interview in Rock A Rolla Magazine Issue #34. (click images to enlarge)
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MTV Iggy: Review / And So I Watch You From Afar's...
Expanding Minds Without A Word
Belfast trio And So I Watch You From Afar’s post-rock deserves respect from fans of uncompromising and intellectually challenging music. But it may also grab the ears of a few listeners who had previously clung to the verse-chorus-verse shallows, in particular because it doesn’t cling to the expected tropes of its own micro-genre.
The group draws on rock’s...
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LA Weekly Feature: How Boris Fucks With Their Fans...
Boris plays the El Rey Theatre tomorrow night, Saturday, November 12. The Japanese experimental rock group has carved out a dedicated fan base by constantly switching things up. Stoner rock, lurching doom metal, psychedelic pop, and noise-drone are just a few genres they’ve explored since forming in the mid-’90s. As with The Melvins, it’s very hard to recommend one of their...
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Pitchfork Review: Russian Circles "Empros"
A balancing act on a cosmic scale, Empros — the fourth LP from mostly instrumental Chicago trio Russian Circles— marries light to dark, order to chaos. Empros swings from the exceedingly beautiful to the punishingly physical in seconds flat. Every note on Empros is its right place, every surface scraped-up just so; a recent Decibel writeup found bassist Brian Cook claiming...
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MTV Iggy: Exclusive Slideshow: A Walk With Le...
Click Here to See Full Slideshow You may know Le Butcherettes frontwoman Teri Gender Bender as the surrealist hellion in the bloody apron with murder in her eyes. We love the Mexican singer and guitar player’s maniacal stage persona, but we were thrilled to see a softer, more elegant side to the artist during this exclusive photo shoot at an abandoned bunker an hour outside of Los...
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UNIVISION: Get to know Teri Gender Bender of Le...
Le Butcherettes took over Santos Party House in New York on November 1, kicking off a month-long headlining stint through the east coast before they embark on a December tour opening up for Iggy & The Stooges. On board for all the dates are Lia Braswell on drums and The Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on bass, who also produced and played bass on Sin Sin Sin, the band’s debut...
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Listen to Good Old War’s interview and performance...
Helen Leicht recently brought local trio Good Old War into the studio for an interview and performance on the Philly Local Hour. The band has a new album coming out next year on Sargent House and will perform at a New Year’s Eve show at the TLA for the end of 2011. Helen talked to Keith, Dan, and Tim about how the band was formed, what their writing process is like, how they lean on each...
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Impose Magazine Review: And So I Watch You From...
It’s a safe assumption going in that this is some kind of “anti-concept” album. The second full-length from ASIWYFA presents its songs in a thoroughly confusing manner, in part due to the band dumping 22 songs written over the course of a year following the first album. They proceeded to record Gangs in two months with new material- talk about heading from one extreme to another. At eight...
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