The Yoots are a punk band playing in Riverside tonight with my friends Liquid so I gave their EP "Bad Acid" a listen. It's okay. I like this kind of garage-punk generally but I didn't get too hyped at any point throughout this EP. The coolest song as called "Real Life Sucks." The first couple songs had a 70s drunk-punk throwback vibe that directly reminded me of Kirby and The Hell raisers, but the last 2 songs, which were the best, were like a more melodic version of The Dictators, with shades of 80's Ramones as well.
The Yoots are okay, if nothing new. I feel like I might like them better if I was plastered.
Yoots.bandcamp.com
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
INTERVIEW: DR Records/The Pocket Rockets/Ancient Animals June 1st 2013
A few months ago I went up to LA with Crisis Arm because they were playing Day 2 of the awkwardly-named Three-Dee Fest, being hosted by DR Records and KXLU at the LA ArtShare. Bands that we saw that day included Aftergloam, The Aquadolls, Cat King, and and Dona Nicha.
I had never been to the space before, and in between bands I walked around to check things out. Some of the rooms were theatres, some appeared to be classrooms, and on the upper floors were apartments with individually-painted and decorated doors. It appeared to be a multi-use facility and I was curious to find out how they operated, so I got a few words in with Lyndon, Chris, Andy,and Dan - a few of whom play in the Pocket Rockets, a few of whom perform as Ancient Animals, and all of whom are involved with DR Records.
This is a transcript of the conversation we had out on the sidewalk out the space. I don’t distinguish between the different voices because they all kinda talked at once and I’m not familiar enough with these dudes to tell who is who on the recording. It took me way too long to transcribe this but finally it has been done.
IAN: What’s up, my name’s Ian, I’m with The Dial Collective down in Murrieta.I just wanted to get a quick perspective [on the LA Art Share] because we had never been up here and were impressed with everything. When did you guys all start doing things at this space?
DR:: The first time we had a show here was probably for FMLY Fest, in 2012. It was The Fort who put that together, up there by skid row. They got closed down since then but they had shows similar to this, and we got Avi Buffalo to play, which is really cool. He’s a cool dude.
IAN: How often do you guys have events here?
DR: Out here in downtown, probably like once a month or every two months, but we have shows regularly out in East LA, like all the time.
IAN: Where do you have events out there?
DR: At our houses, at parties
IAN: So do you guys have like a collective? What is DR Records?
DR: What we’re trying to do is have everything recorded, so everything is for free download, just to have music out there. [We put on] live shows, you have an EP we’ll put it out, whatever you know.
IAN: So when you do things downtown like this, is it usually [this type of festival format] with alot of bands at once?
DR: Most of the time it is...We try to get alot of bands because alot of times we book bands that are known, so we try to get other bands that we want to see, or bands that we want to play with, so that everyone gets exposure. It’s like a unity thing....Maybe we’ll get a band who’s only been playing for like a year and has only really played like backyards, and we’ll put’em with a band like Avi Buffalo or like Hindu Pirates because we like them
IAN: So [this space] is like, an art gallery as well? I noticed it says “Residences” [on the street-facing wall] What exactly is this space?
DR: Its a lot more than a ‘space’, it’s a non-profit organization art share and apartment complex [The residences] are actually why we have to stop the noise at 12...They get alot of their lease money from those people up there. They (the LA Art Share) try to make everything pay for itself which is what we want to try to do as well.
DR: Its a lot more than a ‘space’, it’s a non-profit organization art share and apartment complex [The residences] are actually why we have to stop the noise at 12...They get alot of their lease money from those people up there. They (the LA Art Share) try to make everything pay for itself which is what we want to try to do as well.
IAN: I’ll just end it with this one: at our space down in Murrieta it’s like really important that we don’t have drinking etc; you guys haven’t had police intervention here or anything?
DR: Not really...They drive by but we have our foam-cup policy and no bottles policy...Especially too since it’s in Downtown, and its BYOB, only the older people can get beer, people who are of-age, so you don’t have kids coming in with it...They [the cops] have bigger things to worry about here.
IAN: Okay my last question just to wrap things up is, what’s your favorite breakfast food?
Lyndon: A waffle / peanut butter and jelly
Lyndon: A waffle / peanut butter and jelly
Chris: Some sunnyside-up eggs
Andy: I really don’t eat breakfast but when I do I eat chocolate parsons (?)
Dan: All-American Breakfast : Bacon eggs toast and fuckin...french toast
Chris: And hash browns! Homefries!
Chris: And hash browns! Homefries!
Dan: Total staple American breakfast
IAN: Okay so DR Records, is that the best thing to contact you guys through?
DR: Yeah thats the name of a street that we all lived on and we all record out of and have shows on...Downey Road
IAN: Where’s that at?
DR: East LA...When you’re driving on the 65 towards San Diego you’ll see “Now Entering East LA” and after that you’ll see Downey Road. The first exit is Downey Road.
IAN: Well I will send you this when I get it all transcribed but thank you for having this event! This has been very cool!
DR: Thanks!
DR Records: http://drrecords1.bandcamp.com/
The Pocket Rockets : https://www.facebook.com/TPROfficial
Ancient Animals: https://www.facebook.com/ancientanim
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
SHOW REVIEW: Death Crisis/Bridgejumper/Moxiebeat/DVT/Braineater @ The Dial -- July 20th 2013
I started my day at work, getting 4 1/2 hours of overtime pay but longing to do something outside. When I finally got out of the call center I texted several friends to see what was good but not a whole lot was going on. David and Jason went to Austin's for a little BBQ, but I didn't have a guaranteed ride to the show afterward were I to get dropped off. Plus, my brother Forrest was making delicious pizza with his handmade dough so I wanted to wait for that. He somehow got like really good at cooking recently it's cool.
While waiting I went on a short walk on the trail next to my house to abate my feeling of constantly being confined to my cubicle or my room. I just HAD to be outside for a little bit.Upon returning to my house, however, I came across a semi-rotted cat skull that still had fur along the jawline. The fur was white and grey, the kind my missing cat Michael Jackson had. Something about the pattern of the colors told me these were the remains of a different cat, but that might just be hopeless wishful thinking. The signs point to the worst. Poor baby.
After munching down a pretty hefty piece of spinach and pepper pizza I told KP to come get me.When we arrived at the warehouse the first band, called Braineater, was already playing so we went inside. As I crossed the thin crowd the singer guy was imploring people to start moshing, which is a major pet peeve of mine, but the lead guitarist came back came back with some self-deprecating humor ("maybe we're just not very good") that evened things out. Braineater is yet another throwback death-thrash band like the many Riff Haus regulars in the SoCal scene right now. The whole band is pretty good at flipping their metalhead hair in circles like they were from the 80s; that should tell you all you need to know right there. The drummer was playing so fast at times that he seemed to fly off course, but the power with which he was hitting those things more than made up for it. They're fundamentally a speed/thrash metal band but they excel at incorporating death metal tinges in their songs, particularly slower rhythmic passages like Suffocation pioneered. In fact the highlight of their set was when they 'pretended to care about the bassist,' who did main vocals for a song that blended very adept blast beats and other black metal-esque elements into the mix. Partway through the set the main frontman put down his guitar and they did a pretty cool cover of "Police Truck" by the Dead Kennedys. Always cool to see bands cover something outside of their immediate genre. Unfortunately, the microphone kept cutting in and out during their set - a constant problem with the current P.A.at The Dial - and it was clear that the band was upset about that. Overall Braineater was a pretty dope band, especially for playing a style as beaten-to-death as thrash metal is.
After the set we went out to the front table area so KP could smoke. He's been trying to quit the habit using an e-cigarette, but he's still partaking in the real deal fairly often so I don't know how well that's going. The topic at the table was the relatively new Dial membership card system. Navis remarked that some people thought it was cool they get a Dial or Not Punk pin upon signing up, while others feel like, "this is a $2 pin." I can kinda see both sides.
Next band up was DVT, which is short for 'Devastation,' but I will never call them that out of deference for the classic German death metal band that has had that name for like 30 years. Like, how are you gonna name your band without doing a quick Google search to see if its taken? This isn't the damn 80s anymore when there could be 2 Agent Oranges and 2 Anthraxes playing different styles of music in different countries without knowing the other existed. Even if it was a relatively unknown or up-and-coming band who had the same name that would be a bit of a problem (fuck The Gravities from Minneapolis, I don't even need to hear a song from them to know that I hate that band...fucking 'ies' at the end of the name, that's fucking ridiculous, learn to spell you same-band-name-as-mine-but-spelled-differently bastards) but having the same name as a prominent, legendary band, that's just a straight-up faux pas.The kids in DVT have been in metal bands before and follow the current scene too, they should know better. Jus saying.
Beyond the name DVT is an okay band, although clearly confused as to what they want to be. Right out of the gate, they transitioned from a dub intro to a DRI-style fastcore song to an Unseen-style street punk song. Later in the set was a song that sounded nearly exactly like the song "All Fall Down" by Good Riddance (which vocalist Maui started off by fist-pumping and attempting to start an "OI!" chant - ugh) and a pop-punk/ska song without any trace of the grit they seem to be going for in the rest of their songs. Theoretically, all these style are all part of the same basic family and shouldn't clash too hard, but something about DVT's approach seems jumbled and almost insecure, like they can't decide who they are. The strongest song of their set was called "Cancerous," another fastcore song that the lead guitarist did screechy vocals for and which ended in a pretty convincing breakdown. They also threw in a capable S.O.D. cover at the end of their set which elicited a 3-person mosh. On the whole, DVT is alright when they're going for the fast/skate/Cali-core sound, but they fall back on anthemic street-punk vibes more often than not (the drummer had a goddamn Global Threat T-shirt on) and that's just not my bag.
Again I went outside and chatted with the table people in between sets. Navis was relating that he had dropped his phone directly into a glass of wine the night prior and was currently experiencing the problems associated with such a problem. I definitely understood the predicament, as I myself have gone through probably 30 phones in the last 5 years, at least 2 of which fell victim to my jubilant sprints into the Pacific Ocean during beach trips. Electronics are a bunch of bullshit anyway. If they're gonna be all weird when we go to the beach I guess they were never really my friends in the first place.
Moxiebeat was next up. I very much enjoy this band. A couple of the dudes, the main guitarist and the bassist at least, used to be in the band Dogs Of Ire, a Riverside-based hardcore band from the mid-2000s whom I discovered during my senior year in high school. I had written to Ethospine Records (which I believe they operate) at some point in 2005 requesting a catalog or a sampler CD or something, and in response they sent me the full-length gatefold CD release of Dogs Of Ire's album "Sterile Thoughts From The First World." At the time my experience with 'hardcore' music was pretty limited to 80s or 90s stuff, or the metal that people called hardcore in the early part of the 2000s, so the stuff on that DOI CD really threw me for a loop. I had heard Converge and Botch and stuff like that before so the concept of 'experimental hardcore' wasn't entirely new to me, but their stuff was so much more cerebral than other stuff I had heard to that point.
It's been 8 years since then and Moxiebeat embodies much of what I had loved about DOI.The first time I streamed their track "Art of the City," I couldn't put my finger on what exactly it was reminding me of but it was something specific, and then when I learned the DOI connection it all came together. The very unique style of art-core that band played has carried over to Moxiebeat, if maybe a bit more amplified in a very literal sense. Moxiebeat is fucking LOUD. I had never worn earplugs at The Dial before (probably should have when Whirr and Nothing played) but I opted for them on this occasion. Both guitarists and the bassist do vocals that crash in and out of each other at seemingly unpredictable intervals, adding to a sense of paranoia but not necessarily incongruity. There are 'atmospheric' guitar elements strewn throughout the songs as well as in the between-song interludes, but its not distracting or overwhelming. There's not an overriding focus put on the pedalwork, instead the flourishes become meaningful additions to the song. Also refreshing is the prominence of the bass guitar in the mix and the interesting things being done in that realm; many bands, heavier bands in particular, don't make a very clear distinction between "bass parts" and "guitar parts played on the bass" but Moxiebeat utilizes the instrument as an entity of its own. (Random tidbit: For whatever reason the bass guy has his microphone set up at like, chest-level, so he crouches down to scream. It's kinda funny-looking.) Overall this is a very good, unique-sounding band that I imagine are effortlessly capturing what many other contemporary bands are aiming for and not quite achieving.
When their set ended I went to the warehouse lobby and looked through a little distro box of vinyl records that was on the merch table. KP came up and looked at stuff as well, coming across a 7" by some band called Retard Strength that had an image of Mike Tyson yelling over his fallen opponent. That gave us both a good laugh. I also came across a split 7" featuring the band Los Sobrios Emputados, a Los Crudos-type Mexican-pride punk-core band whose demo CD I got in the mail years ago and never heard of again. The dude sitting next to the merch table, who turned out to be the vocalist for Death Crisis, remarked that they had recently toured with them or something, and I just thought it was cool that they had done stuff past that initial demo. Some bands never do.
Bridgejumper was the next band, a heavy hardcore band with chalky, chuggy full chords and lots of stoner/sludge-style repetition. They have a female vocalist, which was not immediately obvious when I listened to their EP beforehand. They were pretty cool but didn't really do much for me, featuring nary a fast part and relying far too heavily on riffs that are cool the first 4 times but aren't nearly as dope when repeated for 12 measures. The final song in their very short set started with a pensive From Ashes Rise-style intro part that went way too long. Their ride cymbal sounded like a hi-hat.
There was a group of 4 or 5 bro-core looking dudes who came inside only for Bridgejumper, looking like they were about to start moshing, but they never moshed. I think they left before Bridgejumper's short-ass set was even finished. It's like, whats the point in even coming out to the show? Similarly, most if not all of the thrash kids from the first two bands and their crews had left by the end of Bridgejumper. It's a bit disappointing when the 'local support' leaves well before the out-of-town headlining bands have even played, taking all their friends with them, especially when there are constantly cries about the local scene sucking or whatever. Like, don't bitch about people not coming out to your shows when you yourself don't stick around to watch the groups you play with. It's karma.
Death Crisis was the last band of the night and its a shame nobody stayed for their set because they kicked ass. The drummer used to be in Life Crisis, a mid-2000s punk-core band I had a 7" record from when I was a kid. Apparently they had always joked that their next band would be called Death Crisis, and this is that joke manifested. These dudes are a bit older and play 80s-style thrash-core to a T. It seemed straight from 1982. The singer was like a combination of Keith Morris and Robert Plant, intense and snotty yet still somehow cosmic with the whole thing. Their songs were short and to-the-point, reminding me of stuff like Articles Of Faith or Scream; "Secrets and Lies" was almost like a "Pick Your King" outtake, with a cool Raw Power-esque guitar-slide part to boot. Another song had cool single-string spooky-riffs almost like Dr. Know or even The Misfits. It was a pretty short set but this type of punk is best in short bursts anyway. I think Moxiebeat's odd loudness scared all those thrashers from the first half of the show away, but they probably would have enjoyed Death Crisis had they stuck around.
After the show was over KP and I helped coil up the cords and cables and I went and bought that Retard Strength 7" from Death Crisis's distro. I don't know why I felt so compelled to give them $2 for a 7" of some band I had never heard before when I don't even own a record player of my own anymore, but I was fucking sold on that album art. We listened to it a few days later and it turned out that it was a split 7"; Retard Strength was on one side and the other side was CFL, which stands for Concrete Facelift. Those bands have way cooler names than songs, I'll just leave it at that.
While waiting I went on a short walk on the trail next to my house to abate my feeling of constantly being confined to my cubicle or my room. I just HAD to be outside for a little bit.Upon returning to my house, however, I came across a semi-rotted cat skull that still had fur along the jawline. The fur was white and grey, the kind my missing cat Michael Jackson had. Something about the pattern of the colors told me these were the remains of a different cat, but that might just be hopeless wishful thinking. The signs point to the worst. Poor baby.
After munching down a pretty hefty piece of spinach and pepper pizza I told KP to come get me.When we arrived at the warehouse the first band, called Braineater, was already playing so we went inside. As I crossed the thin crowd the singer guy was imploring people to start moshing, which is a major pet peeve of mine, but the lead guitarist came back came back with some self-deprecating humor ("maybe we're just not very good") that evened things out. Braineater is yet another throwback death-thrash band like the many Riff Haus regulars in the SoCal scene right now. The whole band is pretty good at flipping their metalhead hair in circles like they were from the 80s; that should tell you all you need to know right there. The drummer was playing so fast at times that he seemed to fly off course, but the power with which he was hitting those things more than made up for it. They're fundamentally a speed/thrash metal band but they excel at incorporating death metal tinges in their songs, particularly slower rhythmic passages like Suffocation pioneered. In fact the highlight of their set was when they 'pretended to care about the bassist,' who did main vocals for a song that blended very adept blast beats and other black metal-esque elements into the mix. Partway through the set the main frontman put down his guitar and they did a pretty cool cover of "Police Truck" by the Dead Kennedys. Always cool to see bands cover something outside of their immediate genre. Unfortunately, the microphone kept cutting in and out during their set - a constant problem with the current P.A.at The Dial - and it was clear that the band was upset about that. Overall Braineater was a pretty dope band, especially for playing a style as beaten-to-death as thrash metal is.
After the set we went out to the front table area so KP could smoke. He's been trying to quit the habit using an e-cigarette, but he's still partaking in the real deal fairly often so I don't know how well that's going. The topic at the table was the relatively new Dial membership card system. Navis remarked that some people thought it was cool they get a Dial or Not Punk pin upon signing up, while others feel like, "this is a $2 pin." I can kinda see both sides.
Next band up was DVT, which is short for 'Devastation,' but I will never call them that out of deference for the classic German death metal band that has had that name for like 30 years. Like, how are you gonna name your band without doing a quick Google search to see if its taken? This isn't the damn 80s anymore when there could be 2 Agent Oranges and 2 Anthraxes playing different styles of music in different countries without knowing the other existed. Even if it was a relatively unknown or up-and-coming band who had the same name that would be a bit of a problem (fuck The Gravities from Minneapolis, I don't even need to hear a song from them to know that I hate that band...fucking 'ies' at the end of the name, that's fucking ridiculous, learn to spell you same-band-name-as-mine-but-spelled-differently bastards) but having the same name as a prominent, legendary band, that's just a straight-up faux pas.The kids in DVT have been in metal bands before and follow the current scene too, they should know better. Jus saying.
Beyond the name DVT is an okay band, although clearly confused as to what they want to be. Right out of the gate, they transitioned from a dub intro to a DRI-style fastcore song to an Unseen-style street punk song. Later in the set was a song that sounded nearly exactly like the song "All Fall Down" by Good Riddance (which vocalist Maui started off by fist-pumping and attempting to start an "OI!" chant - ugh) and a pop-punk/ska song without any trace of the grit they seem to be going for in the rest of their songs. Theoretically, all these style are all part of the same basic family and shouldn't clash too hard, but something about DVT's approach seems jumbled and almost insecure, like they can't decide who they are. The strongest song of their set was called "Cancerous," another fastcore song that the lead guitarist did screechy vocals for and which ended in a pretty convincing breakdown. They also threw in a capable S.O.D. cover at the end of their set which elicited a 3-person mosh. On the whole, DVT is alright when they're going for the fast/skate/Cali-core sound, but they fall back on anthemic street-punk vibes more often than not (the drummer had a goddamn Global Threat T-shirt on) and that's just not my bag.
Again I went outside and chatted with the table people in between sets. Navis was relating that he had dropped his phone directly into a glass of wine the night prior and was currently experiencing the problems associated with such a problem. I definitely understood the predicament, as I myself have gone through probably 30 phones in the last 5 years, at least 2 of which fell victim to my jubilant sprints into the Pacific Ocean during beach trips. Electronics are a bunch of bullshit anyway. If they're gonna be all weird when we go to the beach I guess they were never really my friends in the first place.
Moxiebeat was next up. I very much enjoy this band. A couple of the dudes, the main guitarist and the bassist at least, used to be in the band Dogs Of Ire, a Riverside-based hardcore band from the mid-2000s whom I discovered during my senior year in high school. I had written to Ethospine Records (which I believe they operate) at some point in 2005 requesting a catalog or a sampler CD or something, and in response they sent me the full-length gatefold CD release of Dogs Of Ire's album "Sterile Thoughts From The First World." At the time my experience with 'hardcore' music was pretty limited to 80s or 90s stuff, or the metal that people called hardcore in the early part of the 2000s, so the stuff on that DOI CD really threw me for a loop. I had heard Converge and Botch and stuff like that before so the concept of 'experimental hardcore' wasn't entirely new to me, but their stuff was so much more cerebral than other stuff I had heard to that point.
It's been 8 years since then and Moxiebeat embodies much of what I had loved about DOI.The first time I streamed their track "Art of the City," I couldn't put my finger on what exactly it was reminding me of but it was something specific, and then when I learned the DOI connection it all came together. The very unique style of art-core that band played has carried over to Moxiebeat, if maybe a bit more amplified in a very literal sense. Moxiebeat is fucking LOUD. I had never worn earplugs at The Dial before (probably should have when Whirr and Nothing played) but I opted for them on this occasion. Both guitarists and the bassist do vocals that crash in and out of each other at seemingly unpredictable intervals, adding to a sense of paranoia but not necessarily incongruity. There are 'atmospheric' guitar elements strewn throughout the songs as well as in the between-song interludes, but its not distracting or overwhelming. There's not an overriding focus put on the pedalwork, instead the flourishes become meaningful additions to the song. Also refreshing is the prominence of the bass guitar in the mix and the interesting things being done in that realm; many bands, heavier bands in particular, don't make a very clear distinction between "bass parts" and "guitar parts played on the bass" but Moxiebeat utilizes the instrument as an entity of its own. (Random tidbit: For whatever reason the bass guy has his microphone set up at like, chest-level, so he crouches down to scream. It's kinda funny-looking.) Overall this is a very good, unique-sounding band that I imagine are effortlessly capturing what many other contemporary bands are aiming for and not quite achieving.
When their set ended I went to the warehouse lobby and looked through a little distro box of vinyl records that was on the merch table. KP came up and looked at stuff as well, coming across a 7" by some band called Retard Strength that had an image of Mike Tyson yelling over his fallen opponent. That gave us both a good laugh. I also came across a split 7" featuring the band Los Sobrios Emputados, a Los Crudos-type Mexican-pride punk-core band whose demo CD I got in the mail years ago and never heard of again. The dude sitting next to the merch table, who turned out to be the vocalist for Death Crisis, remarked that they had recently toured with them or something, and I just thought it was cool that they had done stuff past that initial demo. Some bands never do.
Bridgejumper was the next band, a heavy hardcore band with chalky, chuggy full chords and lots of stoner/sludge-style repetition. They have a female vocalist, which was not immediately obvious when I listened to their EP beforehand. They were pretty cool but didn't really do much for me, featuring nary a fast part and relying far too heavily on riffs that are cool the first 4 times but aren't nearly as dope when repeated for 12 measures. The final song in their very short set started with a pensive From Ashes Rise-style intro part that went way too long. Their ride cymbal sounded like a hi-hat.
There was a group of 4 or 5 bro-core looking dudes who came inside only for Bridgejumper, looking like they were about to start moshing, but they never moshed. I think they left before Bridgejumper's short-ass set was even finished. It's like, whats the point in even coming out to the show? Similarly, most if not all of the thrash kids from the first two bands and their crews had left by the end of Bridgejumper. It's a bit disappointing when the 'local support' leaves well before the out-of-town headlining bands have even played, taking all their friends with them, especially when there are constantly cries about the local scene sucking or whatever. Like, don't bitch about people not coming out to your shows when you yourself don't stick around to watch the groups you play with. It's karma.
After the show was over KP and I helped coil up the cords and cables and I went and bought that Retard Strength 7" from Death Crisis's distro. I don't know why I felt so compelled to give them $2 for a 7" of some band I had never heard before when I don't even own a record player of my own anymore, but I was fucking sold on that album art. We listened to it a few days later and it turned out that it was a split 7"; Retard Strength was on one side and the other side was CFL, which stands for Concrete Facelift. Those bands have way cooler names than songs, I'll just leave it at that.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Playlist for July 2013
This is a list of all the albums, EPs, and demos that I listened to in their entirety during the month of July 2013. Afterward are my notes and a list of the live performances I saw during that time period.
7/2/13
Defiance, Ohio - "The Calling" EP
The Garden - "Everything is Perfect"
7/9/13
Brandon Thomas de la Cruz - "Common Miracles"
7/15/13
Fugazi - "Steady Diet of Nothing"
7/17/13
Dragons - "Feelings"
7/18/13
Moxiebeat - S/T EP
Bridgejumper - S/T EP
7/19/13
Death Crisis - S/T EP
Death Crisis/Same-Sex Dictator - split EP
7/21/13
Waxahatchee - "Cerulean Salt"
Antwon - "Fantasy Beds" mixtape
Retard Strength/Concrete Facelift - split 7"
7/22/13
The Underachievers - "Indigoism"
7/23/13
Fear Of Men - "Early Fragments"
Owen Hart - "Earth Control"
Lemuria - "The Distance Is So Big"
Metz - S/T
7/24/13
Pional - "Last House On The Left" EP
Guards - S/T EP
Mikal Cronin - "Gone" 7"
Prince - "Sign O' The Times" 2CD
Spazzkid - "Desire"
The Orwells - "Remember When"
7/25/13
Chelsea Wolfe - "Prayer for the Unborn" EP
Crystal Antlers - "Two-Way Mirror"
Foxygen - "We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic"
Joyce Manor - "Constant Headache"
7/26/13
Cerce/Stresscase - split EP
Mr. Fisher & The Hospitality - "Stay Safe"
7/27/13
Eleanor Friedberger - "Last Summer"
Glasser - "Ring"
Delorean - "Transatlantic KK" EP
Mac Demarco - "Rock and Roll Nightclub" EP
7/28/13
Omar Souleyman - "Rima" EP
Touche Amore - "...To The Beat Of A Dead Horse"
Title Fight - "Floral Green"
Poolside - "Pacific Standard Time"
Rotting Out - "Street Prowl"
Nosaj Thing - "Home"
7/29/13
Baroness - "Yellow & Green" 2CD
7/30/13
Dan Deacon - "America"
Final Last Words - "Normal" EP
Count To Four - "Between Two Cities"
Classixx - "Hanging Gardens"
7/31/13
Jonathan Richman - "I, Jonathan"
The Pretenders - "Greatest Hits"
NOTES:
- The Underachievers are some of the best hip hop I've heard in a good long while
- Its a damn shame that Owen Hart/Earth Control's show at The Dial got cancelled because that album fucking RIPS
- "Sign O The Times" really didn't need to be a double album it probably could have been shaved down to a much more powerful listen without some of the junk on there.
- I don't like The Orwells, I don't dislike The Orwells, The Orwells are just straight-up unexceptional
- God I love The Pretenders
LIVE PERFORMANCES:
7/5/13 - Ethan Harvey/(end of the summer) @ The Dial Open Mic
7/6/13 - Streetlight Fire/The Ill Motion/Third World Labor Force/The Nobles @ The Dial
7/11/13 - The Dead Shakes/Kids In Heat/(The Gravitys)/The Dead Cats @ The Dial
7/14/13 - Save The Swim Team/Survay Says!/Kill The Bats/Heart Like War/(The Gravitys) @ The Dial
7/17/13 - The Frights/Dragons/Sinbad @ The Dial
7/20/13 - Death Crisis/Bridgejumper/Moxiebeat/DVT/Braineater @ The Dial
7/22/13 - Black Mask/Young And Heartless/Into The Open Earth/Controllers @ The Dial
7/27/13 - Homewrecker/Illustrations/Stresscase/Higher Learning/Hands That Mold @ The Dial
7/2/13
Defiance, Ohio - "The Calling" EP
The Garden - "Everything is Perfect"
7/9/13
Brandon Thomas de la Cruz - "Common Miracles"
7/15/13
Fugazi - "Steady Diet of Nothing"
7/17/13
Dragons - "Feelings"
7/18/13
Moxiebeat - S/T EP
Bridgejumper - S/T EP
7/19/13
Death Crisis - S/T EP
Death Crisis/Same-Sex Dictator - split EP
7/21/13
Waxahatchee - "Cerulean Salt"
Antwon - "Fantasy Beds" mixtape
Retard Strength/Concrete Facelift - split 7"
7/22/13
The Underachievers - "Indigoism"
7/23/13
Fear Of Men - "Early Fragments"
Owen Hart - "Earth Control"
Lemuria - "The Distance Is So Big"
Metz - S/T
7/24/13
Pional - "Last House On The Left" EP
Guards - S/T EP
Mikal Cronin - "Gone" 7"
Prince - "Sign O' The Times" 2CD
Spazzkid - "Desire"
The Orwells - "Remember When"
7/25/13
Chelsea Wolfe - "Prayer for the Unborn" EP
Crystal Antlers - "Two-Way Mirror"
Foxygen - "We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic"
Joyce Manor - "Constant Headache"
7/26/13
Cerce/Stresscase - split EP
Mr. Fisher & The Hospitality - "Stay Safe"
7/27/13
Eleanor Friedberger - "Last Summer"
Glasser - "Ring"
Delorean - "Transatlantic KK" EP
Mac Demarco - "Rock and Roll Nightclub" EP
7/28/13
Omar Souleyman - "Rima" EP
Touche Amore - "...To The Beat Of A Dead Horse"
Title Fight - "Floral Green"
Poolside - "Pacific Standard Time"
Rotting Out - "Street Prowl"
Nosaj Thing - "Home"
7/29/13
Baroness - "Yellow & Green" 2CD
7/30/13
Dan Deacon - "America"
Final Last Words - "Normal" EP
Count To Four - "Between Two Cities"
Classixx - "Hanging Gardens"
7/31/13
Jonathan Richman - "I, Jonathan"
The Pretenders - "Greatest Hits"
NOTES:
- The Underachievers are some of the best hip hop I've heard in a good long while
- Its a damn shame that Owen Hart/Earth Control's show at The Dial got cancelled because that album fucking RIPS
- "Sign O The Times" really didn't need to be a double album it probably could have been shaved down to a much more powerful listen without some of the junk on there.
- I don't like The Orwells, I don't dislike The Orwells, The Orwells are just straight-up unexceptional
- God I love The Pretenders
LIVE PERFORMANCES:
7/5/13 - Ethan Harvey/(end of the summer) @ The Dial Open Mic
7/6/13 - Streetlight Fire/The Ill Motion/Third World Labor Force/The Nobles @ The Dial
7/11/13 - The Dead Shakes/Kids In Heat/(The Gravitys)/The Dead Cats @ The Dial
7/14/13 - Save The Swim Team/Survay Says!/Kill The Bats/Heart Like War/(The Gravitys) @ The Dial
7/17/13 - The Frights/Dragons/Sinbad @ The Dial
7/20/13 - Death Crisis/Bridgejumper/Moxiebeat/DVT/Braineater @ The Dial
7/22/13 - Black Mask/Young And Heartless/Into The Open Earth/Controllers @ The Dial
7/27/13 - Homewrecker/Illustrations/Stresscase/Higher Learning/Hands That Mold @ The Dial
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