Can we please let Bygones be ... Bygones ?
by chuck bell By the End of Tonight were about as unconventional as a rock outfit could be, which is probably the reason that they spent the entirety of their brief career in relative obscurity. BTEOT formed in Alvin, TX in 2003 as a four-piece instrumental group, consisting of Stefan Mach and Josh Smith on guitars, James Templeton on bass, and Jeff Wilson on drums. Wilson opted to play a toddler's drum set in lieu of a standard kit, most likely for the extremely tight "pop" [...]
By the End of Tonight can only be described as an all out barrage of odd time signatures and guitar riffs. The band is so tight it's as if they're incapable of being any other way, and they're as capable of blowing minds as they are melting hearts with their passionate brand of instrumental rock. Common sense would say that putting this band on a split with Tera Melos, a group that rivals BTEOT in complexity and intensity, would cause some kind of black hole or time rift--ending all life on Earth. But this split has [...]

All of us, every one that has ever played in a band where we were not the lyricist has experienced it. It's a whips Sunday afternoon, and we're sitting enjoying the day – outside perhaps – strumming the strings or plucking a few notes here and there. Daydreaming about a person or a memory or a thing or a history yet to be written; and out of it emerges a riff. And from the riff, a progression, and from the progression, an entire song. My lord, how hilarious, just the thought of Robin or the love [...]

By The End of Tonight - Uncontrollable (mp3) By The End of Tonight - Setting Sail (mp3) By The End of Tonight - Philthy Collins (mp3) "By the End of Tonight are a four piece instrumental/hard rock band from Alvin, Texas, formed in 2003 by Stefan Mach (Guitar), Josh Smith (Guitar, Keyboards), James Templeton (Bass, Percussion), Jeff Wilson (Drums, Xylophone). In 2006, Brett Taylor replaced Josh Smith as the band's guitarist. They have toured with such bands as Tera Melos, Anathallo, Sleeping People, Buxton, and [...]
The Gunslinger. Were there ever a more celebrated icon than you? In boots and belts of leather, your ever step is captured by the gaze of Sergio Leone; lead in copper shafts on your waist, no girl in your heart, Ennio Morricone in your ear. You are the hero with a thousand faces, for whom there is no sleep at night - only the darkness that hides your enemies. You know nothing of the world of Marty Robbins. Your hands are steady. Your eyes are steel. You pick up the controller, plastic with [...]

Earlier this year, each member of By The End of Tonight released a solo EP, no doubt in tribute to the Melvins, whose individual 7"s will, for now until eternity, clog the dwindling half-shelf of single releases available at the SoundWaves on Montrose. Each of these gems, issued by Temporary Residence Limited , was pressed on one of those hilarious little 3" CDs that will never work in your car stereo, iMac or other suction-induction cd loading mechanism. We start our week of reviews by looking at the My Mom Caught Me in [...]

Tera Melos is back again this year, now teaming up with Texas-based aggro-instrumental rockers By the End of Tonight for a split EP, Complex Full of Phantoms . These guys just can't be stopped, giving us even more schizophrenic insanity and lacing their crushingly complex math-riffage with sporadic vocals and a bit more dreamlike, ambient electronica this time around. We're so ready for another full-length, guys. But, until then... the EP comes out in early November on Temporary Residence. Listen: Download: [...]

Tera Melos is back again this year, now teaming up with Texas-based aggro-instrumental rockers By the End of Tonight for a split EP, Complex Full of Phantoms . These guys just can't be stopped, giving us even more schizophrenic insanity and lacing their crushingly complex math-riffage with sporadic vocals and a bit more dreamlike, ambient electronica this time around. We're so ready for another full-length, guys. But, until then... the EP comes out in early November on Temporary Residence. Listen: Download: [...]
Let's take a second and count up all the By The End of Tonight releases that are sitting in our 'to review' pile. 1) Their split 7" with O Pioneers!!! 2)The Gunslinger EP 3) My Mom Caught me in my Room Beat Boxin' ep 4)He's Home with Bones that Grow the Way They're Supposed to EP 5)The Imaginary EP. Granted, we've subsequently learned that the final four EPs, which were released on those 3"
Monday: By the End of Tonight @ Cake Shop 7pm $5 Personally I'm still recovering from After the Jump Fest, but for those of you a little more intrepid than I am I'd suggest checking out By the End of Tonight at the Cake Shop this evening. The band is hard charging, full of energy, and absolutely explode when they get on stage. If that's not enough to get you hooked, it's only $5 and you may just discover your new favorite band. By the End of Tonight - "When It [...]
A. Wmfu Beware of the blog has an old song about New Jersey HERE . B. Aquarium Drunkard has Gillian Welch covering Radiohead HERE . C. GVB has Midlake on the Interface HERE . D. And it don't stop has a classic hip hop batter Cold Crush Brothers vs. Fantastic Romantic 5 from 81 HERE . E. Check out Pullhear Rubeye, featuring members of Animal Collective: Pullhair Rubeye - Sis Around the Sandmill . F. Anyone interested in seeing [...]
Acid Mothers Temple : "Track 1" [mp3] from Have You Seen The Other Side Of The Sky? An Albatross : "Let's Get On With It" [mp3] from Blessphemy (of the Peace Beast Feast Giver and the Bear Warp Kumite) By the End of Tonight : "Thou Art That" [mp3] from My Mother Caught Me Beat-Boxin' Envy : "Further Ahead of Warp" [mp3] from Insomniac Doze [...]