talk normal , nombre probablemente inspirado en el tema de laurie anderson , nace en brooklyn, nueva york, del gusto por la oscuridad post-punk, la exploración noise, el minimalismo no wave y la estética arty de dos amigas, sarah register y andrya ambro, que componen, tocan y graban juntas desde 2007. batería, guitarra, voces y ruidos. ritmos repetitivos, sin ser monótonos, y sonido extremo, sin dejar de ser pop. grabaron su único álbum en 2009, "sugarland", pero este año se han puesto las pilas y ya tienen dos 7" [...]
I recently heard that Parts & Labor are going on an "extended hiatus". Here is their statement regarding the hiatus... Dear friends, This January, Parts & Labor turns 10 years old. We're planning a string of celebratory shows, in which we play selected material from all of our full length albums, leading up to a big 10th anniversary blow out on February 24th, 2012. Following these performances, we're going to take an extended hiatus. We feel incredibly fortunate having had a decade of amazing experiences — making records and new [...]
It's almost CMJ time, so here's a mix featuring just a few of the bands that are playing (official and unofficial) shows during this year's CMJ . Listen. Melting (mp3) by Hunters Moneybags (mp3) by Mr. Dream Constant Future (mp3) by Parts & Labor In A Strangeland (mp3) by Talk Normal Clips (mp3) by [...]
Weekend and Talk Normal at the Crocodile, Seattle | 26 September 2011 I'm not sure why this show was booked at the Crocodile. With only a handful of people showing up to see Weekend and Talk Normal, someone had to lose money. This show would have been much better for all in involved in a smaller place like the Comet, Lo-Fi, or Sunset. At any of those places, it would have seemed like enough people showed up to see them. At [...]
After opening for Spencer Krug's Moonface at Mercury Lounge earlier in the night, EMA crossed the Williamsburg Bridge and headlined the Glasslands Gallery around midnight, following opening sets by Talk Normal and Able Hearts. She's great - magnetic, powerful, completely winning on her songs caked in broken, grungy torment, just as she was at Pitchfork last weekend . As noted on Twitter , "Next level EMA fans will one day request bootlegs/transcriptions of her intersong monologues. Tonight's topics: Tool, Cancers." (As replied by our friends at L Mag and Mr. John Norris , Mercury's topics [...]
Talk Normal Three they-keep-predicting-days-and- days-of-rain-and-it-keeps-on-n ot-raining reasons to shine those shoes and head over to the Empty Bottle tonight... 1. It's Monday. It's free. You like at least one of those things. Brooklyn's Talk Normal aim to make your Monday night better especially if you like some minimalistic jazzy discordant noise. Art rock? Sure, why not, we can call it that. It's creepy and pretty much does as it pleases. 2. Also hailing from Brooklyn is [...]
Noah and Rick of YVETTE sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of the q and also a series. q: What is the last song you (really) heard? n: A while back I happened on Tristan Perich 's 1-Bit Symphony . It's a battery, a microchip, a couple switches, a volume knob, and a headphone jack simply wired together and mounted in a jewel case. The idea of it is pretty wild - that you can participate in [...]
Andrya of Talk Normal sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of the q and also a series. q: What is the last song you (really) heard? a: The Tides of Manaunaun by Henry Cowell . He's a piano man; early 20th century. It's like an earthquake with the most rewarding melodies on top. Deep stuff. Streamable: The Tides of Manaunaun (youtube) q: What is your [...]
Marcia and Ted of ANTIMAGIC sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of the q and also a series. q: What is the last song you (really) heard? m: You Got Lucky (youtube) by Tom Petty . t: "Same Old Scene" by Roxy Music , from their much-maligned Flesh & Blood album from 1980. It's serves as the opening and closing music of the film Times Square also from 1980. Total ear candy perfection, but still kinda weird. [...]
Warner Bros. Or at least we are the first batch of acts officially announced on Tuesday for this year's NXNE festival, running June 16 through 19 around Toronto. It's certainly not all of them, but there's some moderate to big names in there and perhaps most key, the headliners for the free shows at Yonge-Dundas Square that have become the centrepiece of the fest have been revealed. While there's no one quite of the stature of last year's Saturday night marquee of Iggy & The Stooges , New [...]
This is a pretty rad video from Talk Normal. It starts off pretty slow but really gets going after the first minute. Sort of like when you give your dog a "5 Hour Energy". Just kidding, I have never given my dog an energy drink. I don't think dogs OR humans should drink that crap. It's bad crap man!
Click here to view the embedded video. Buke and Gass make music much bigger than they appear. Homemade instruments are only the beginning of the story. Their "dizzying two-guitar polyrhythms" are joined by insistent percussion and vocals that have earned them comparisons to the Dirty Projectors. Now might be the time to catch them at a small venue. Their 2010 release, Reposte , was listed among NPR's top 50 of the year . The above video gives a little taste of the power [...]
Buke & Gass Three one-fantasy-season-has-come-to -a-bitter-end-and-another-hing es-on-young-Danny-Woodhead's-f eet reasons to bundle the fuck up and head to the Bottle this frigid evening... 1. Brooklyn's - Ugh - Buke & Gass are named after their homemade instruments that are basically a modified 6-string baritone ukulele (yep) and a guitar/bass hybrid (yep again). The thing is, for all this cleverness, they stick to writing some straight forward rock tunes. Never one to give Brooklyn props, I will give these kids some for bringing the Brooklyn overly-clever clever thought process without drenching their songs in [...]
Sara Magenheimer and Eben Portnoy are WOOM . The duo is following up their debut album, Muu's Way with a free remix EP on Ba Da Bing Records . The Muu's Way Remixed EP will be available for download next Tuesday via eMusic . We are super excited to have the first track from said EP to hit the internets. Here is BJ Warshaw (of Parts & Labor fame) remixing under his solo proj moniker Shooting Spires . This quite literally destroys. Listen. Downloadable: The Hunt (Shooting [...]
Sonic Youth at Celebrate Brooklyn! (07/31/10) Photo : Chris Becker It is clear that Sonic Youth has painstakingly honed their live show over the years, yet it sounded anything but rehearsed. The songs, while instantly recognizable due to their oft-overlooked hooks and off-kilter but catchy melodies, vary significantly from the album versions. The most notable difference, however, is the drums. On record, Steve Shelley's drumbeats are often subsumed behind Moore and Renaldo's dense guitar squall. Whether due to mistake or design, the drums pounded [...]
Oh Sonic Youth. Right up there with George Clooney, they are the poster children for aging gracefully. How many other bands can you think of that play seriously kick-ass live shows, actually make meaningful music contributions, and were one of the most influential bands of all time some twenty-five years ago? The guitar gods rocked the faces off of an incredibly packed Prospect Park bandshell. There were people still trying to get in even as they were playing their last few songs. The band is a monument to practice. When you do something for a long time, you learn to [...]
Free Sonic Youth! Free Sonic Youth! Sonic Youth at Irving Plaza in 2001 was the first concert I ever went to. I was a very innocent 15. I went with my older brother and sister, and a drunk girl passed out in front of me. My only complaint about the show was everyone was just standing around instead of getting into it. All of those impressions seem hilariously funny now, and I'm excited that this FREE show tomorrow will be my first time seeing the tock and roll legends since. If you've never had a chance to catch them before [...]
Talk Normal will make you sit up and pay attention. Drummer Andrya Ambro and bassist/guitarist Sarah Register have an uncanny knack for mixing melodic minimalism with dark, distorted noise to create a sound not quite no-wave and entirely their own. You could call it noise-rock, but the necessary caveat would be the amount of space the Brooklyn duo allows into their raw sound, bringing gravity and clarity to each musical choice they make. Having met in college as music production majors, it's no surprise that Register and Ambryo share a keen ear for balance that allows them to experiment on [...]
Talk Normal will make you sit up and pay attention. Drummer Andrya Ambro and bassist/guitarist Sarah Register have an uncanny knack for mixing melodic minimalism with dark, distorted noise to create a sound not quite no-wave and entirely their own. You could call it noise-rock, but the necessary caveat would be the amount of space the Brooklyn duo allows into their raw sound, bringing gravity and clarity to each musical choice they make. Having met in college as music production majors, it's no surprise that Register and Ambryo share a keen ear for balance that allows them to experiment on [...]
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