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Growing is a drone music/ambient music band formed in Olympia, Washington, and now currently based in Brooklyn, New York. The group was founded in 2001 by Kevin Doria (electric bass guitar), Joe Denardo (electric guitar), and Zack Carlson (drums). Carslon left following their first album, and the band has continued as a duo since then. They play slow, instrumental rock with elements of noise and ambient music.
Their live shows are known for being very loud, playing straight through their set without break or pause; the bassist generally plays with his back to the audience, and the guitarist generally plays seated on a chair, much like members of kindred spirits Spacemen 3 did. They have released albums on labels such as Kranky, Animal Disguise, Archive, Megablade/Troubleman, and they are currently on The Social Registry.
As reported by The Social Registry, Growing have both a 7inch record and a full length schedule to debut at the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008.
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1 Equipment and Technique
2 Discography
3 Total Life
4 External links
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[edit] Equipment and Technique
Joe is left-handed and Kevin is right-handed. In recent concerts, both Doria and Denardo use pairs of amplifiers for true-stereo guitar setups. In several interviews, members of Growing have described their preference for using stomp-boxes and other hardware rather than laptop computers (which have become a predominant tool among electronic musics) for sampling and sound manipulation. In addition to floor pedals, both Doria and Denardo process their guitars through instruments and effects not traditionally designed or marketed for guitar. These include touch pads and rhythm boxes, which allow extensive hands-on control, so that guitar loops/and or samples may be manipulated in the style of an electronic synthesizer.
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ANNODOMINI (cassette) - Demo under the name 1000 AD
Modern Practical Incantations (video) - self-released
Fear of Life/Death (cassette) - self-released
Five Patterns (cassette) - self-released
Dry Drunk On Woman (7"/CDr) - Megablade/ Nail In The Coffin. Later repressed on CDr by Nail in the Coffin.
Five Patterns & Fear Of Life/Death (Cassette) - Animal Disguise reissue of both self-released tapes in one package.
Above/ Below Sea Level (double cassette) - Animal Disguise (2 cassettes meant to be played simultaneously on separate stereos; limited edition.)
Secrets And Sounds compilation (CD) - Animal Disguise
The Sky's Run Into The Sea (2003) (CD/LP) - Kranky
The Soul Of The Rainbow And The Harmony Of Light (2004) (CD/LP) Kranky/ Animal Disguise
Early Stages (CD-R) "Bootleg" release/ demo of early Soul Of The Rainbow material.[citation needed]
Growing/ Mark Evan Burden split (CD/LP) - Zum
Live (2005) (CD/2XLP) - Archive. Later pressed on 2xLP by Conspiracy Records
His Return (CD/LP) - Megablade
BBC Session (cassette) - Self Released. Later re released in the Live Series tapes.
Live Series I (cassette) - Tapeblade
Live Series II (cassette) - Tapeblade
Live Series III (cassette) - Tapeblade
Live Series IV (cassette) - Tapeblade
Live Series V (cassette) - Tapeblade
Color Wheel (2006) (CD/LP) - Megablade
Vision Swim (2007) - Megablade/ Troubleman
The Social Club Nº 8 (7") - The Social Registry
Lateral (LP/CD) - The Social Registry
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Total Life is Doria's side-project. In 2005, he released his first album on Animal Disguise, which was limited to 150 copies and is now sold out. The cassette was reissued on vinyl in early 2007 in a series of 500. Total Life is expected to release a new album on The Social Registry.
[edit] External links
Official band website
Animal Disguise website
Growing band
My only comments are low-fi may be understating it a little. Pitchfork gives the new album an 8.4 and is recommending it.
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Times New Viking is a lo-fi indie rock band based out of Columbus, Ohio. The line up consists of guitarist Jared Phillips, drummer Adam Elliott, and Beth Murphy on keyboards. Murphy and Elliott share vocal duties. They are currently signed to Matador Records and were formerly signed to Siltbreeze Records. They have released three records: 2005's Dig Yourself, 2007's Present the Paisley Reich, and 2008's Rip It Off. They are notable for their loud, rough sound.
[edit] Discography
Dig Yourself (2005)
Present the Paisley Reich (2007)
Rip It Off (January 22, 2008)
[edit] External links
Official sitenot available at the moment
MySpace page
Times New Viking
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The Mae Shi are an experimental punk band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2002.[1]
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1 History
2 Discography
2.1 Album
2.2 Compilations
2.3 Singles, EPs
2.4 DVDs
2.5 Videos
3 References
4 External links
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The band was formed by Tim Byron and Ezra Buchla, who had known each other for years, having spent time growing up in the Los Angeles suburb of Claremont together -- Jeff Byron and Buchla were classmates at Claremont High School and close friends.[2] Originally, Tim played guitar, Buchla played a collection of 30-year-old Buchla modules and sang, and varying drummers accompanied them. When Jeff graduated from college, he joined the band on guitar and Tim moved to bass. After a few months of practicing together, the three met Brad Breeck, who was studying at the California Institute of Arts with Buchla and had performed versions of John Zorn's "strategy game piece" Cobra in an ensemble led by Buchla. (The ensemble also featured future Mae Shi drummer Corey Fogel).
The band began performing live in 2003. More shows throughout Los Angeles followed, and the band gained a reputation for its high-energy performances. Soon after, they released their first EP, To Hit Armor Class Zero, on the label Byron runs, Join Or Die. They embarked on a tour in the summer of 2003, playing shows on the West coast. In Olympia, WA, they met Kill Rock Stars/5RC founder Slim Moon, with whom they kept in touch after the show.[2]
Through the fall of 2003 and winter of 2004, they worked on their debut LP, recording songs in their living rooms and bedrooms using borrowed gear. They sent a CD-R of the record to Moon in April 2004, and one week later in an Instant Messenger conversation, he offered to release it on Kill Rock Stars' sister label 5 Rue Christine.[citation needed] Terrorbird was released in July 2004, and the band embarked on a 31-day, 32-show tour to promote it, without using a booking agent. The band offered to play any birthday party, wedding, or bar mitzvah for $100.[citation needed] The band played with bands such as Fat Day and Rapider Than Horsepower. To promote their first LP to say thanks to their mostly-Los Angeles-based fanbase, they released The Mae Shi 2004 Mixtape. The 70-minute tape collects their favorite parts from their favorite 2000 songs.
In 2005, they released an EP (titled Heartbeeps for the U.S. version released by 5RC and Go Zbra by Swedish label Deleted Art), and a split LP with Rapider Than Horsepower called Do Not Ignore the Potential on Narshardaa in Europe (released in January 2006 on Strictly Amateur Films in the U.S).[1] They embarked on a five-week tour of Europe in May 2005 with the band Rapider Then Horsepower. Upon returning to the US in June 2005, they were named "best punk/hardcore band" in the LA Weekly's 2005 Music Awards.
In October 2005, they embarked on another US tour. Corey Fogel, who joined the band in the middle of their European tour as a mid-tour replacement for Brad Breeck when he suffered a family emergency, joined the band full-time as drummer. Breeck now plays guitar, keyboards and drums. To help fund the tour, they released two limited edition CD-Rs, I and II.
Their debut DVD, Lock The Skull, Load The Gun, was released in April 2006 on 5RC. It combined 32 music videos made by friends and fans with an hour-long tour documentary chronicling their Celebration Tour. In July 2006, it was announced that Buchla had left the band approximately two months before. Fogel has also since left the band. Both departing members are now members of Gowns. Breeck has returned to playing the drums. It was announced in September/October 2006 that Jonathan Gray had joined the band as singer/guitarist.
Although the band decided to not play outside of their LA home after their Fall 2005 tour, they participated in a small two week East Coast tour in August 2007 with Yea Big + Kid Static. On the tour, the band offered two limited edition CD-Rs, "III" (which was mostly comprised of HLLLYH outtakes) and "IIII", along with a limited release of HLLLYH on cassette.
On December 2, 2007 mid-show, the band debuted Bill Gray and Marcus Savino in their live line up to replace bassist Tim Byron and drummer Brad Breeck, who will continue on with the The Mae Shi, but not tour with them. With their new line up, they are to embark on a 4 day tour with The Germs in late December 2007 and will fly to the UK for a two week tour in January/February 2008 to support HLLLYH.
Their next release, HLLLYH, is slated to be released on the label Moshi Moshi (UK) and Team Shi (America) on February 11, 2008. They are already working on a new EP featuring all six current members of The Mae Shi.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Album
Terrorbird (2004)
Heartbeeps (2005)
Do Not Ignore The Potential (split LP with Rapider Than Horsepower) (2006)
HLLLYH (2008)
[edit] Compilations
I (CD-R) (2005)
II (CD-R) (2005)
III (CD-R) (August 2007)
IIII (CD-R) (August 2007)
[edit] Singles, EPs
To Hit Armor Class Zero (2003)
Heartbeeps / Go Zbra (2005)
Run To Your Grave 7"" (2008)
[edit] DVDs
Lock The Skull, Load The Gun (2006)
The Mae Shi
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No Age are an experimental rock duo based in Los Angeles, currently signed to the independent label Sub Pop.
No Age formed in December 2005 out of the ashes of hardcore punk band Wives and played their first proper show at Downtown Los Angeles venue The Smell in April 2006. The band have recorded a number of EP's which were collected together to form the album Weirdo Rippers, which was released by FatCat Records in 2007. The album received positive reviews in the music press and the band have since signed to the prominent Seattle-based label Sub Pop. There were the focus of an article by Sasha Frere-Jones on the LA punk scene in the November 19th, 2007 issue of The New Yorker. (Frere-Jones, Sasha. Let It Rip. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.)
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[edit] Albums
Weirdo Rippers (FatCat Records) - 2007
Ranked #12 on Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums on 2007Ranked #8 on Drowned In Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2007
Nouns (Sub Pop Records) - May 6, 2008
[edit] External links
No Age at FatCat Records
No Age at MySpace
No Age Live In Philadelphia
no age
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What was once Silkworm has become Bottomless Pit. The following is the wikipedia information on Silkworm. Here is a link to Pitchfork and a review of their new album Hammer of the Gods.
Silkworm was an indie rock band active from 1987 to 2005.
The members were Tim Midgett, Joel RL Phelps, Andy Cohen, and Michael Dahlquist. Phelps left the band in 1994. Matt Kadane of Bedhead and The New Year played keyboards on Italian Platinum and It'll Be Cool. Dahlquist was killed in July of 2005 when his car was struck by another car traveling at high speed. Midgett and Cohen went on to form Bottomless Pit.
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1 Discography
1.1 Albums
1.2 Singles and EPs
2 External links
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[edit] Albums
L'ajre (1992, Temporary Freedom)
In the West (1994, C/Z)
Libertine (1994, El Recordo)
Firewater (1996, Matador Records)
Developer (1997, Matador Records)
Even A Blind Chicken Finds A Kernel Now And Then: 1990-1994 (1998, Matador Records)
Blueblood (1998, Touch & Go Records)
Lifestyle (2000, Touch & Go Records)
Italian Platinum (2002, Touch & Go Records)
It'll Be Cool (2004, Touch & Go Records)
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"Slipstream" b/w "Inside Outside" 7" (Punchdrunk, 1991)
"The Chain" b/w "Our Secret" 7" (Temporary Freedom, 1992)
"Violet" b/w "Around A Light" 7" (Blatant, 1993)
His Absence Is A Blessing 12" EP (Stampede, 1993)
"In The Bleak Midwinter" b/w Engine Kid's "The Little Drummer Boy" (split Christmas single, C/Z, 1993)
"Into The Woods" b/w "Incaduce California" 7" (Rockamundo, 1993)
"Couldn't You Wait" b/w "The Grand Tour" 7" (Matador, 1995)
"The Marco Collins Session" 7"/CD EP
"Quicksand" b/w "On The Road, One More Time" 7" (My Pal God, 1996)
"Never Met A Man I Didn't Like" b/w "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" 7" (Matador 1997)
"The Other Side" b/w "I Must Pianner", "I Must Prepare" 7" (Moneyshot, 1998)
You Are Dignified CD EP (12XU, 2003)
Chokes! CD EP (12XU, 2006)
[edit] External links
Official web site
An Idiot To Not Appreciate Your Time: The Songs Of Silkworm (tribute album - 2006)
"Couldn't You Wait: The Story of Silkworm" Documentary Website
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