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WOLVES IN THE PELICAN TOMBS

March 31st, 2009

Filed under: SHOW REVIEWS — admin @ 9:56 am

Tombs, Wolves In The Throne Room, and Pelican

San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s

March 28th, 2009

What’s the point of going to a show if it sounds no louder than your home stereo? That’s what I was wondering as I sat smashed up in Slim’s with Corin, stuck behind people taller than us, and with a bar not worth trying to fight to get to. It was bad enough that we couldn’t see anything all night, and bad enough that we couldn’t push through the crowd to get a beer to nurse while we stared at the backs of people’s heads, but to not have our hair blown back by the sound was the final insult. I’m not a huge fan of Slim’s because of the reasons I mentioned, but it’s saving grace is it’s great sound system for it’s size. But if they aren’t utilizing it, if the sound isn’t being pushed through me, whybe smashed in unable to see anything.

It’s sort of a bummer, I know it’s not Slim’s fault. I’ve read about the troubles they are having with one vocal neighbor pissed about the volume (despite the venue having been there for twenty years). It’s a shitty situation. However, it affects the show enough that it makes you wonder what it is I’m paying for. I can’t see the band, and now I can’t really hear the band either. I hope they resolve this issue with their neighbor. Until then, I guess I’ll just sit at home with a few beers, the band’s record, and the volume upturned up. You know what reallykinda drove me nuts? The volume was low enough that people could talk without yelling. Which means I got to hear people’s conversations along with the music. Grrrrrrr.

Well, onto the bands. TOMBS were up first, doing their blend of fuzzy post-metal and crushing heavy riffs. The drummer was solid, too, dude had me headbanging to his beats through the whole set. I don’t know their material, so I don’t know how they compared to their albums, but I dug what I heard.

WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM were the band I was there to see, they are a favorite of mine. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve seen these guys now, and it doesn’t get old. This was the first time that it started to feel old, but by this point I was distracted by the low sound. This was a short set by the band, playing two songs off of their last LP, “Two Hunters”. A half hour later and the band was leaving the stage. After their recent sets of 45-60 minutes, this left me feeling a bit hanging, and I was really hoping to hear them play stuff from the new CD, “Black Cascade” that just came out. No dice. Still, I love me some Wolves, and a half hour is better than nothing. Get their new album, by the way, it’s wicked.

I was ready to leave a song or two into PELICAN’s set, as I wasn’t a big fan of the last CD at all, but seeing as I dig their older material, I wanted to see some of their set at least. Well, I wound up sticking around for just about their entire set, until I had to go and catch the BART back to Oakland. They opened up with “Concrete In Bliss”, a tune from City Of Echoes that I do dig, an then onto two new songs, including the title track to their upcoming EP on Southern Lord, “Ephameral”. Another City Of Echoes song followed, “Far From Fields”, and then it was on to another new song and then an EARTH cover! I was able to catch “Australasia” too, but as they were announcing their final song I had to split. Bummer, I was really digging them this whole night. The riffs were pretty rad, and now I’m curious to hear what they do next.

So that was the show. It was a good night, volume aside. I really hope Slim’s can resolve this issue.

So I didn’t bring my camera, no video this time, but I do have a rough sounding mp3 of their Earth cover recorded live at the show. Download it!

PELICAN - GEOMOTRY OF MURDER (EARTH COVER - LIVE)

LINKS

TOMBS

PELICAN

WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM

SLIM’S

SOUTHERN LORD RECORDS

RELAPSE RECORDS

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HUMMINGBIRD HOLOCAUST

March 28th, 2009

Filed under: Hummingbird Of Death — admin @ 12:34 pm

Morpheme, Population Reduction, Hummingbird Of Death, Voetsek, and Toxic Holocaust

Burnt Ramen, Richmond, CA

March 27th, 2009

2009 and still seeing shows at Burnt Ramen, yeah baby! This is one of my favorite spots to see shows, it’s a small warehouse without any rules, but these days it also seems like it is also without a soundperson or a stage manager. The show started late and ran late, with Toxic Holocaust starting close to midnight and I had to leave after just a couple songs! Damn my reliance on public transportation!

First band up was Morpheme I think they were called, sounded like Confuse worhip played by a bunch of young kids. Meh, decent songs and stage presence, but I wasn’t much in the mood I guess. They were followed by Population Reduction, another band I’m not too fond of but will at least watch play.

Hummingbird Of Death, from Boise, Idaho, took the stage next and the grind flowed like wine. I don’t know much about these guys at all, I just saw them for the first time the week prior at the 2009 Speed Trials, and picked up their cassette. Well, they shredded.

Voetsek came up next and brought the audience to life a bit, but it still didn’t do it for me. I’m not much of a fan of the band already, but when they are on I can appreciate them live. Well, they weren’t very on. Ben’s guitar tone was terrible, and his solos and leads all sounded really flat. They ended their set with a cover of Motley Crue’s “Live Wire”. Hmmm.

Throughout all this I smoked a bunch with some friends, had a couple root beers, and kept my eye on the time anxious to see Toxic at Burnt Ramen again. Alas it was cut short for me as I was without a ride that was staying for the whole show, and had to take off. So not much to report on their set.

So yeah, it wasn’t really much of a show for me to be stoked about. I’m glad I saw a couple Toxic songs, and Hummingbird were damn good again, but otherwise it was mostly a chance to smoke some weed with friends and catch up with people.

That was the show, big friggin’ deal! Sorry if my review sucks, but this is something new I want to try and everyone will just have to grow with me. I’m not a writer at all, obviously!

Here’s some videos that I recorded last night, enjoy!

HUMMINGBIRD OF DEATH

TOXIC HOLOCAUST

LINKS!

TOXIC HOLOCAUST
VOETSEK
HUMMINGBIRD OF DEATH
POPULATION REDUCTION

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I AM A IDIOT

March 26th, 2009

Filed under: Born Against — admin @ 7:48 am

I don’t know what’s up with today, but I’m pretty much doing everything wrong. Today I am truly a idiot. So I’m taking control of my life and setting it back on course with some god damned Born Against. Their music always manages to cheer me up. I don’t know why, I try not to analyze it too much, but god damn do I love me some sloppy, sarcastic Born Against. So here they are from a show I have no idea where at, no idea who shot it, but I do know it’s from March 6th 1993 and it’s wicked.

Enjoy.

Download it and leave comments and all that jazz.

BORN AGAINST

March 6th, 1993

DOWNLOAD THIS HERE (as a Quicktime movie)

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FIGHTS HAPPEN NEXT

March 22nd, 2009

Filed under: In Disgust — admin @ 9:19 am

Well, the 2009 Speed Trials are over, and SFN took the 1st place trophy, followed by Thousandswilldie with the 2nd place award, and In Disgust coming in third.

Here is In Disgust’s set from the show, doing all What Happens Next covers. It was pretty rad until the fight broke out between Jose and a Gilman security member. In Disgust did wind up coming back a few minutes later to finish their set, fuck yeah.

So here’s the show, fight and all, though I didn’t catch what exactly set it off. How many that a bunch of What Happens Next tunes would wind up leading to violence. Ah well.

DOWNLOAD THIS as a Quicktime movie!

69.05 MB

My brain is fried, I’m tired. I’m outta here, be there next year!

IN DISGUST

March 21st, 2009

Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman St

Recorded by HASHTHRASH

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BURIED ALIVE IN BRIGHTON

March 20th, 2009

Filed under: Buried Alive — admin @ 10:56 am

Keeping the HC rolling this week with an early performance of BURIED ALIVE, at this time a very new Buffalo hardcore band with ex Despair and Slugfest vocalist Scott Vogel. This was before any EPs or CDs were released, I remember buying a demo tape at the show (which I think I’ve since lost). The band broke up a couple years later and Scott joined a new band called Terror that I guess is doing pretty ok. I sorta stopped paying attention after this band, but I do have some Despair videos coming thank to an awesome submission I got! Fuck yeah I’ll upload some Despair!

Enjoy the video! Be warned though, the vocals cut out a bunch thanks to the crappy PA (or mic cords), typical of all the shows back then. Eh, fuck it.

Oh, and I taped this, but holy crap I got wicked, wicked, WICKED stoned before this, so if the camera work is a little silly, sorry.

BURIED ALIVE

October 8th, 1998

Brighton, New York @ Brighton Reform Church

Recorded by HASHTHRASH

Set: anyone know? I don’t have their stuff anymore.

HEY DOWNLOADERS, GET THIS VIDEO HERE AS A QUICKTIME FILE!!!

176.41 MB

Leave some comments if you dig it!

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AIN'T SICK OF IT YET!

March 18th, 2009

Filed under: Sick Of It All — admin @ 11:32 am

Today I bring you a live video of SICK OF IT ALL from Lawrence, Kansas in 1995. I don’t know a whole lot about this video, as I received it on a VHS tape years ago in trade, and not a whole lot about the band either. I listened to them on and off when roommates had their music, but I never bought their stuff myself. I came across this video while transferring my old VHS tapes to DVD and it rocked so hard I wound up watching it, and eventually watching it again, and now I gotta upload it. Guess I should track down some of their CDs too…

Well, if you dig the band, enjoy. If you are new to Sick Of It All, you should go and do yur hardcore homework! Read about them HERE and check them out on myspace HERE!

SICK OF IT ALL

August 1st, 1995

Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall

Recorded by: unknown, but thanks!

Set: unknown, can someone fill it in?

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NEUROSIS IN NEW YORK Part 2

March 16th, 2009

Filed under: Neurosis — admin @ 3:14 pm

Here’s the second half of the Neurosis set in New York City @ CBGB’s! Thanks to the original taper for capturing this great show!

NEUROSIS

October 22nd, 1995

New York City, NY @ CBGB’s

Part 2

Recorded by: unknown

Set:

Locust Star
Purify
Fires Of Purification

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NEUROSIS IN NEW YORK Part 1

March 13th, 2009

Filed under: Neurosis — admin @ 9:12 am

God fucking damn, Neurosis are one of the best! Here’s an incredible video that was sent to me a few years ago, Neurosis live at CBGB’s in New York City back in 1995. I saw Neurosis in New York City a year and a half later, while on acid, what an intense time!

So this is just something fanshot, so it sounds rough and tough, but probably not up to the standards that the band seems to demand. Hopefully I won’t be coming back here to remove this video, or waking up to an angry Scott Kelly on my doorstep! So watch this and appreciate it and all that. I’ll be uploading the second part to this next.

NEUROSIS

October 22nd, 1995

New York City, NY @ CBGB’s

Recorded by: unknown (but thanks!)

Set:

Through Silver And Blood
To Crawl Under One’s Skin
Lost
Rehumanize
Eye
Cold Ascending/Lexicon
Enemy Of The Sun

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BLOOD AND THUNDER

March 11th, 2009

Filed under: Mastodon — admin @ 10:34 am

No, MASTODON doesn’t play that song in this set, instead it describes how they sounded and performed at this show. They kill it. This is at the peak of the Remission era tours, a year prior to recording the follow up album Leviathan. They had it down and were on fire in every video I have from this year, and though this isn’t the best sounding video it does an honest job at capturing the band as they were then on what was clearly a really good night. In a small packed club ripping through a whole bunch of old songs, fuck it, it’s worth a little bit of muddy sound. If you dig the band, you might agree. If not, fuck it, I’ll have something else up soon enough!

Enjoy, and I’m sure you know Crack The Skye is a few weeks away from release, be sure to get it at your local independent record store on March 24th!

MASTODON

May 15th, 2003

New York City, NY @ CBGB’s

Recorded by: unknown, but thanks!

Set:

Crusher, Destroyer
Workhorse
Trampled Under Hoof
Shadows That Move
Welcoming War
Where Strides The Behemoth
Hail To Fire
Trainwreck
Battle At Sea
Mother Puncher
Ol’ Nessie
March Of The Fire Ants
Emerald (Thin Lizzy)

Go to MASTODONROCKS.COM too and uh, buy shit I guess. And go to CRACKTHESKYE.ORG to see some really cool shit like the making of the new album, some artwork, some music, lyrics, all that shit. DO IT NOW!!!

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THORNS OF LIFE METAL

March 8th, 2009

Filed under: Thorns Of Life — admin @ 9:48 am

I’m not gonna really write anything because I already done did all that in the previous Thorns entry. Here’s a second part of the Thorns show at Gilman in January 2009, 3 more songs for the hounds! Enjoy!

THORNS OF LIFE

January 31st, 2009

Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman St

Recorded by HASHTHRASH and MrsTHRASH

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