Le tout jeune label SixSixSixties Records s'unit au plus expérimenté Clan Destine Records ( lire ) pour extirper de l'ombre et réunir - le temps d'un split vinyle 123, en pre-order par ici - la cold wave minimaliste des Texans d' Asss à la noirceur délétère professée par Monika Krol aka Meddicine . Force est de constater que les recettes d'antan apportent toujours leur lot de merveilles délicieusement incongrues, tant l'instrumentation, plus que parcimonieuse (batterie et synthétiseur), couplée à l'intensité de la voix d'Alex Smith, évoque sur [...]
Mind-blowing cold wave attacks here by Portland, Oregon-based duo ASSS and London resident Monika Krol aka Meddicine who've joint their dark forces for this awe-inspiring split 12 inch which is gonna drop mid-July via ClanDestine and SixSixSixties Records . Both tracks rely on very reduced and mechanical drum patterns and razor-sharp synth lines, yet while ASSS keep it as cold and restrained as possible, in particular regarding the vocals that are clearly very much true-to-the-letter early 80s kraut-informed, Krol takes things on a slightly more aggressive and jittery level. If these [...]
It's time again to look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the June 2010 Mix and find out. Downloadables: Awake but Not Aware (mp3) by Girls in the Eighties Pollution Shampoo (mp3) by Coyote Clean Up Bury Me In Smoke (mp3) by Burnt Ones Asleep Forever (mp3) by Tan Dollar [...]
It's time for the next installment of the Best Downloadables series. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page or download any of the tracks at your leisure. Listen. Downloadables: DIE SLOW ( NITE JEWEL RMX) (mp3) by HEALTH Dead Youth (mp3) by The Sundelles Little Brown Haired Girls (mp3) by Frankie Rose and the Outs [...]
Label: UHU Tapes Color: White Insert: Black, with drawings by Brace Paine of Gossip Quantity: 30 Replayability: 7/10 At first I didn't notice it. Printed in tiny blue ink at the top of ASSS' Stay at Home tape is a number: 28. It might be a lucky number. Or maybe it's the age of ASSS' Sean Sumler or Alex Smith. Maybe it's totally random. But most likely, the number is a signifier: this tape is rare, one of a kind. Or one of [...]
As promised, this is ASSS . Downloadable: Sleep Alone (mp3) ASSS hail from PDX, and as you can probably tell from the mp3 above they mix swirling and droning electronics with some heavy percussion. I recently heard this type if music described as drums 'n' drone. That pretty much says it. The band has put out a number of songs mainly on limited edition cassettes. Reportedly, they are on the verge of recording an long player. Our expectations are high. ASSS has [...]
As promised, this is ASSS . Downloadable: Sleep Alone (mp3) ASSS hail from PDX, and as you can probably tell from the mp3 above they mix swirling and droning electronics with some heavy percussion. I recently heard this type if music described as drums 'n' drone. That pretty much says it. The band has put out a number of songs mainly on limited edition cassettes. Reportedly, they are on the verge of recording an long player. Our expectations are high. ASSS has [...]
Here are some videos I shot a few Fridays ago (3/19) of goofy garage girls Butts at the Black Lodge on Eastlake. The first one- "Alcohol"-is my favorite of their silly, short burst party punk: "Oh alcohol! Is pretty fuckin' awesome!" Slays me every time. "Hung Over" and "Dollar Bills" are also included. You can watch one more for "We're Butts" over on my YouTube channel . The daffy duo is Rachel Ratner and Shannon Perry : the former an integral cog in local favorites Partman Parthorse who's now the resident riff [...]
Dec 26, 2009, 7:14pm
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The 24 hour count down can officially start for FMLY FEST . On December 27 and 28 at the new chill spot, 5011, FMLY wants to combine minds with everyone we've jammed with over time and toss as many new names into the mix as we can. Together, let's write the last pages of this decade's influence on us. Fuck yeah! BRING A SLEEPING BAG IF YOU WANNA SPEND THE NIGHT! special acoustic sets in the early am, and um...roscoe's chicken & waffles is down the street. the quick deets: 10 [...]
Dec 19, 2009, 5:07pm Fmly
It's time for the FMLY to come together. We're nearing the end of the aughts and to put Thanksgiving to shame we'd love to embrace all of the kind folks, awesome jams and unique experiences we've shared together. We'd like to throw a real FMLY festival coming from the heart. If you have a zine, graphic design firm, tutoring biz, circuit bending club, bike co-op, vegan bakery, or just a love for all things respectful and communal then hit us back. If you have a band, art form, musical endeavor, journal, film, new sex position, installation that you'd [...]
ASSS Listening to this, I expect some kind of portal to the spirit world to open up and suck everyone in, leaving only dust. Either that, or the scene from King Kong where the tribe have King Kong tied up and they're dancing round him. ASSS - Take Us ( mp3 )
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