Guillemots: Not like any other pop
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- Guillemots: Not like any other pop
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- The Catskills: Music of the mountains
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Guillemots: Not like any other pop
Telegraph.co.uk – Jan 3, 2008
I am not sure how the neighbours might feel but fortunately for the band there don’t seem to be any. I suspect that this forbidding old industrial building was chosen more for isolation than comfort. Upstairs in an echoing concrete chamber the four piece are supposed to be rehearsing their new single Get ver It but somehow it is mutating from a joyous Motownish dance groove into a cross between death metal and free jazz. The genres are not particularly compatible which only seems to encourage the musicians to new heights of improvisational invention. Singer and multi-instrumentalist Fyfe Dangerfield breaks off from the cacophony to show me around. “It used to be a synagogue then an art gallery” he says. “The landlord did us a deal on it… Prokofiev said there’s no greater art than writing a three-minute tune that everyone can whistle. The Rite f Spring and River Deep Mountain High they’re all great. ” He formed Guillemots in 2002 (“I wanted a band who had the spirit of free jazz but played pop”) and wrote most of the songs for their debut. “People knew I was on a bit of a mission and let me lead it. ” The creative dynamic has shifted with the new album where songs are credited to the whole ensemble. “It’s more interesting when you’re playing with other people you bounce off what someone else is doing.
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Charleston Post Courier – Jan 3, 2008
The truth is the young quartet is a surprisingly talented and creative act. ICBINB’s song structures is well thought out and the poppy breeze of surf rock is given some punch with a West Coast feel (think of Dead Kennedys). The band’s music is given some culture with its incorporation of a violinist a move that might be unexpected. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better will perform Friday night at The Map Room 1650 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. with Sons of Young and Ryan Carducci… net for information. Harlotshio-based death-metal quartet Harlots have been quite busy since forming in 2002. Yet somehow between member changes the recording of six records (including EPs and splits) and three labels Harlots has found time to tour the country numerous times spreading its fiery onslaught of growling shredding and pounding to the masses. The band’s merciless metal has already built a name for itself as some of the hardest and most progressive in the Midwest. Now Harlots is looking to conquer new territory with its performance Sunday at The Village Tavern 1055 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. As Eden Burns and Destro also will perform.
The Catskills: Music of the mountains
Belfast Telegraph – Jan 3, 2008
The Silent League are continuing this musical mountain legacy. To get to the Shawangunk mountain ridge near the Coxkill River known round here as "The Gunks" you need to drive up the mountain from New Paltz a little college town in the foothills. The main street slopes down a hill to a small metal bridge that straddles a river. Beyond are miles and miles of corn fields and looming in the distance are the Catskills. Your ears pop as you drive up the mountain road past rugged rocky terrain blanketed by dense forest. Here you’ll find places such as Sparkling Ridge and Frog Hollow and a large number with "kill" in the name: Wallkill Fishkill Platterkill Dwaarkill – and Catskill. Kill it turns out is the Dutch word for stream… "But they also needed to keep pieces of their old life their old civilisation and their old music. These people were isolated in these small mountain communities so there are these unique forms of music up here. " Before he formed The Silent League Justin made music with his brother Jason in the pretty country town of Poughkeepsie just across the Hudson river. "That’s how we got to meet the Mercury Rev guys" he says. "Everyone was making music around there. When we were growing up we heard a lot of stuff from The Band and stuff coming out of Bearsville Studio near Bethel and it was a major inspiration. " Bearsville Studios was opened in 1969 by Bob Dylan’s manager Albert Grossman.
Recommended Music: Free week at Emo’s
Austin 360 – Austin 360 (subscription) – Jan 3, 2008
Tuesday:The pop rock of Kissinger the Midgetmen and more is in the lounge. Pack of Wolves and the Roller are among those bringing heavy sounds to the inside stage. Austin metal-core stars At All Cost are on the outside stage with other bands. Wednesday: Australian Cattle God Records showcases its bands on both the inside and outside stages while Translations Peel and others play the lounge. 10: The final night of free week features Rubble Dazzling King Solomon and Cavedweller inside; Ringo Deathstarr My Education the Boxing Lesson Horse + Donkey and the Story f in the lounge; and Crash Gallery LAX the Laughing Death is Not a Joyride and Snafu Kitties outside… Wednesday: Australian Cattle God Records showcases its bands on both the inside and outside stages while Translations Peel and others play the lounge. 10: The final night of free week features Rubble Dazzling King Solomon and Cavedweller inside; Ringo Deathstarr My Education the Boxing Lesson Horse + Donkey and the Story f in the lounge; and Crash Gallery LAX the Laughing Death is Not a Joyride and Snafu Kitties outside.
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Austin 360 – Austin 360 (subscription) – Jan 3, 2008
Tuesday: The pop rock of Kissinger the Midgetmen and more is in the lounge. Pack of Wolves and the Roller are among those bringing heavy sounds to the inside stage. Austin metal-core stars At All Cost are on the outside stage with other bands. Wednesday: Australian Cattle God Records showcases its bands on both the inside and outside stages while Translations Peel and others play the lounge. Thursday: The final night of free week features Rubble Dazzling King Solomon and Cavedweller inside; Ringo Deathstarr My Education the Boxing Lesson Horse + Donkey and the Story f in the lounge; and Crash Gallery LAX the Laughing Death is Not a Joyride and Snafu Kitties outside.