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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. editor@thestranger.com (The Stranger Editor) webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Best Song Ever (This Week): The Clark Sisters' "Overdose of the Holy Ghost" http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/24/best-song-ever-this-week-the-clark-sisters-overdose-of-the-holy-ghost http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/24/best-song-ever-this-week-the-clark-sisters-overdose-of-the-holy-ghost Dave Segal <p><a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/Clark+Sisters%2C+The">The Clark Sisters</a>’ <strong>“Overdose of the Holy Ghost”</strong> provides the title of a new compilation of ’70s and ’80s gospel curated by <a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/David+Hill+%285%29">David Hill</a> of the <strong>Ballistic Brothers</strong> and <strong>Nuphonic Records</strong>. It’s the best track on the collection (which <a href="http://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/">Z Records</a> released April 30), which includes contributions from <strong>Shirley Caesar, Sharon Johnson, Norman Weeks & the Revelation</strong>s, and <strong>Elbernita “Twinkie” Clark</strong> (Twinkie!). If you like your <strong>Jesustastic</strong> music inspired by <strong>disco</strong> and <strong>boogie</strong>, then <em><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Overdose-Of-The-Holy-Ghost-The-Sound-Of-Gospel-Through-The-Disco-And-Boogie-Eras/release/4466431">Overdose of the Holy Ghost</a></em> might just be your bible. However, this agnostic dabbler likes his gospel a bit more gritty and brimstoned—check out <a href="http://www.numerogroup.com/catalog_detail.php?uid=00262">Numero Group</a>’s <em>Good God!</em> comps for examples. Is that such a sin?</p> <p><em>Buuuut</em>, how about those Clark Sisters? Their “Overdose of the Holy Ghost” track sounds like a cross between <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iYyokBIbHQ">L.T.D.’s “(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again”</a>—one of the most inspirational songs ever— and a slowed-down <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImI78s638hQ">“Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)” by Parliament</a>. Plus, a vocal inflection reminiscent of <strong>Lyn Collins</strong>' in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHn48b7iWF0">"Think (About It)."</a> In other words, very dope. Believe it! </p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vPulmVOany4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/24/best-song-ever-this-week-the-clark-sisters-overdose-of-the-holy-ghost#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16865539&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> BSE (TW) http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/24/best-song-ever-this-week-the-clark-sisters-overdose-of-the-holy-ghost?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16865539&id=comments 0 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:06:32 -0700 The Stranger Vast Times : Panabrite's Mysteries of the Deep Mix http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/24/synths-and-sighs-panabrites-mysteries-of-the-deep-mix http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/24/synths-and-sighs-panabrites-mysteries-of-the-deep-mix Dave Segal <p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F92563281"></iframe></p> <p>Seattle synthesizer sorcerer <a href="http://panabrite.bandcamp.com/">Panabrite</a> (<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=7874594">Norm Chambers</a>) is also a highly knowledgeable collector/selector in his domain of electronic/ambient/drone music. Below is another of his excellent <em><a href="https://soundcloud.com/mysteriesofthedeep/panabrite-xiii#play">Mysteries of the Deep</a></em> mixes (now in its 13th edition), which highlights the intriguing work of a lot of superior but way-below-the-radar composers/producers. </p> <p>Chambers elaborates: "A collection of some of my favorite current artists, people whose work really stands out in an <strong>endless ocean of synth and drone</strong>. I also included one of my upcoming tracks, an edit from a longform piece coming later this summer, since I feel it fit the overall mood and tone of the other tracks."</p> <p><small>Panabrite released his <em><a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/its-a-noble-gas-panabrites-xenon-district">Xenon District</a></em> cassette May 21 on <a href="http://vcorecordings.bandcamp.com/album/vco-013-xenon-district">VCO Recordings</a>.</small></p> <p><em>Mysteries Of The Deep, Chapter XIII. Physical Continuum</em> Tracklist:<br /><blockquote>N Chambers - Descent Overture<br />Piotr Kurek - Goddess Eye<br />Samantha Glass - Return to the Sky pt.3<br />Günter Schlienz - Presentation Two - Tape echo & Modular synthesizer<br />Bastian Void - Rotating Wave Display<br />Bitchin Bajas - Water 2<br />Giant Claw - Radiation Poisoning<br />Three Legged Race - Locked Eyes<br />Jan Jelinek - Jackdaw<br />Piotr Kurek - Becoming Light<br />Günter Schlienz - Presentation Five - Spring Reverb, Phaser & Modular Synthesizer<br />Brette Naucke - Rilea<br />Koen Holtkamp - Hoosick</p></blockquote> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/24/synths-and-sighs-panabrites-mysteries-of-the-deep-mix#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16863750&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Mix http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/24/synths-and-sighs-panabrites-mysteries-of-the-deep-mix?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16863750&id=comments 0 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:49:40 -0700 The Stranger Dragging An Ox Through Water: A "Folk Freak of Nature" http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/24/dragging-an-ox-through-water-a-folk-freak-of-nature http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/24/dragging-an-ox-through-water-a-folk-freak-of-nature Dave Segal <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=1214663/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://dragginganox.bandcamp.com/album/theyre-gonna-send-me-to-the-dead-mumford-pencil-box-factory">Theyre Gonna Send Me To The Dead Mumford Pencil Box Factory by Dragging an Ox through Water</a></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16818142">Cairo</a>) Brian Mumford's <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dragginganoxthroughwater/">Dragging an Ox Through Water</a> is not your little brother's Americana outfit. The Portland folk freak of nature sounds like he's more enamored of Arthur Russell than Gram Parsons, as he upends rustic folk-rock tropes with unexpected structural fissures and injects textural oddities that blast away the form's ho-hum-iness. He also sings like a bedridden Tim Rutili (of Califone), which may be a taste you can acquire. <a href="soundcloud.com/marcusprice‎">Marcus Price</a> makes unpredictable, disorienting electronic music that obeys no allegiance to any scenes or conventions, which is why he's one of my favorites in the region. <strong>Huge Rock</strong> is a new collab between the Numbs and Secret Colors, which portends strange and wonderful things.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/24/dragging-an-ox-through-water-a-folk-freak-of-nature#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16845716&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Portland Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/24/dragging-an-ox-through-water-a-folk-freak-of-nature?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16845716&id=comments 0 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:35:49 -0700 The Stranger Hella Elegiac: Boards of Canada's "Reach for the Dead" http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/23/hella-elegiac-boards-of-canadas-reach-for-the-dead http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/23/hella-elegiac-boards-of-canadas-reach-for-the-dead Dave Segal <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2jTg-q6Drt0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>Here's a preview of the second-most-hyped electronic-music album of 2013, <a href="http://www.boardsofcanada.com/">Boards of Canada</a>'s <em>Tomorrow's Harvest</em> (out June 11 on <a href="http://warp.net/">Warp</a>). <strong>"Reach for the Dead"</strong> is one of BOC's darker and starker tracks; it's seriously elegiac yet strangely uplifting. Not a departure for the Scottish duo, really, but more of a refinement of their melancholic-drift mode. Overall, its sublime introversion is the antithesis of the vibe projected on 2013's most-hyped electronic-music album, <em>Random Access Memories</em>—which I've played twice now and have no desire to listen to again.</p> <p><em>Tomorrow's Harvest</em> tracklist:</p> <blockquote><p>01. Gemini<br />02. Reach For The Dead<br />03. White Cyclosa<br />04. Jacquard Causeway<br />05. Telepath<br />06. Cold Earth<br />07. Transmisiones Ferox<br />08. Sick Times<br />09. Collapse<br />10. Palace Posy<br />11. Split Your Infinities<br />12. Uritual<br />13. Nothing Is Real<br />14. Sundown<br />15. New Seeds<br />16. Come To Dust<br />17. Semena Mertvykh</p></blockquote> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/23/hella-elegiac-boards-of-canadas-reach-for-the-dead#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16856740&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Song Video http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/23/hella-elegiac-boards-of-canadas-reach-for-the-dead?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16856740&id=comments 1 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:59:34 -0700 The Stranger New Weather: Like Stereolab If They Were Sponsored By NASA http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/23/new-weather-like-stereolab-if-they-were-sponsored-by-nasa http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/23/new-weather-like-stereolab-if-they-were-sponsored-by-nasa Dave Segal <p><a href="http://www.butterscotchrecords.net/new-weather-self-titled/"><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:262px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/24f4/1369337673-weather-records2.jpg" alt="weather-records2.jpg" title="" width="250" height="251" /></div></a>(<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16844501">Comet</a>) Tonight, <strong>New Weather</strong>—consisting of the Midget's guitarists/keyboardists/vocalists Amber Rossino and Sean Curley, plus Tomory Dodge—will be road-testing some material from their new self-titled full-length (out October 22 on Brooklyn's Butterscotch Records and mastered by Dave Fridmann). The prevalent mood here is <strong>deep, hypnotic, and exploratory</strong>—imagine Stereolab if they were sponsored by NASA or Italian horror-film masters Goblin if they were more monomaniacally aerodynamic. <em>New Weather</em>'s destined to be one of the most enthralling releases out of our city this year. The rest of the lineup consists of some of the most inspired local acts working right now. Let's just say that <strong>this bill is stacked</strong> with more goodness than a tower of Moogs.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/23/new-weather-like-stereolab-if-they-were-sponsored-by-nasa#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16845585&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight 206 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/23/new-weather-like-stereolab-if-they-were-sponsored-by-nasa?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16845585&id=comments 0 New Weather: Like Stereolab If They Were Sponsored By NASA Thu, 23 May 2013 13:36:00 -0700 The Stranger Grouper, Noveller, Jacaszek, Others to Play Substrata 1.3 July 18-21 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/23/grouper-noveller-jacaszek-others-to-play-substrata-13-july-18-21 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/23/grouper-noveller-jacaszek-others-to-play-substrata-13-july-18-21 Dave Segal <p><a href="http://www.substratafestival.com/">Substrata 1.3</a>—the third annual festival of minimalist/ambient/drone music organized by <a href="http://irisarri.org/">Rafael Anton Irisarri</a>—will take place July 18-21 at <a href="http://chapelspace.blogspot.com/">Chapel Performance Space</a>. As in past years, tickets are limited, so if you're interested in going, act quickly [see ticket info after the jump]. </p> <p>This year's international lineup looks very interesting and features some artists who've never played Seattle. "Expect a seamless blend of <strong>minimalist, electroacoustic, drone, ambient, experimental, and neoclassical</strong> styles, all representing different shades of what is a very diverse global artistic community," Irisarri said in a press release.</p> <p>In addition to the expanded schedule of three nighttime concerts, Substrata will host two free daytime events— which are open to the general public—Sat. July 20. Information for these events will be posted in the coming weeks, when the showcase time slots are announced.</p> <p>You can check out a mix of tracks by past and future Substrata performers below.</p> <blockquote><p>2013 LINE-UP<br />JACASZEK (Gdansk, PL)<br />GROUPER (Portland, OR)<br />CHRISTINA VANTZOU (Brussels, BE)<br />KIM CASCONE (San Francisco, CA)<br />NOVELLER (Brooklyn, NYC)<br />YAGYA (Reykjavik, IS)<br />ETHERNET (Portland, OR)<br />THE SIGHT BELOW (Seattle, WA)<br />KEN CAMDEN (Chicago, IL)<br />SEAN CURLEY (Seattle, WA)</p></blockquote> <p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F86430289"></iframe></p> <p>TICKETING INFO<br />You can purchase tickets securely with a credit card or PayPal account<br />here on our <a href="http://www.substratafestival.com/">website</a>.<br />Please note: All tickets for the event are pre-sale only. Substrata<br />tickets are LTD edition – the last two editions have all sold-out.<br /><strong>There will be no tickets at the door</strong> – Please do not arrive without a<br />ticket.<br />Price: <strong>$35 per day or $65 for all three-days</strong>. As with previous years,<br />tickets for the field trip workshop are sold separately.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/23/grouper-noveller-jacaszek-others-to-play-substrata-13-july-18-21#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16853539&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Upcoming http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/23/grouper-noveller-jacaszek-others-to-play-substrata-13-july-18-21?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16853539&id=comments 0 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:11:52 -0700 The Stranger Radio Soulwax Moves at 500 Guitar Riffs an Hour http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/22/radio-soulwax-moves-at-500-guitar-riffs-an-hour http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/22/radio-soulwax-moves-at-500-guitar-riffs-an-hour Dave Segal <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/26113014" width="500" height="500" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></div></p> <p><a href="http://www.2manydjs.com/radio/">Radio Soulwax</a> compiled 500 guitar riffs in an ADD-friendly, hour-long montage of iconic chug and shreddage*. It's a pretty incredible piece of painstaking stitchwork. Wallow in the nostalgia and/or get turned on to new (old) shit. Either way, you can't lose—unless you just plain hate rock. </p> <p><small>*I know it's a year old, but I missed it. You may have, too.</small></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/22/radio-soulwax-moves-at-500-guitar-riffs-an-hour#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16844486&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> History Video Mix http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/22/radio-soulwax-moves-at-500-guitar-riffs-an-hour?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16844486&id=comments 2 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:55:33 -0700 The Stranger Data Breaker: Teebs, Thundercat, Michael Mayer, DJ Chloe, Magic Mountain High http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/22/data-breaker-teebs-thundercat-michael-mayer-dj-chloe-magic-mountain-high http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/22/data-breaker-teebs-thundercat-michael-mayer-dj-chloe-magic-mountain-high Dave Segal <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:312px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/74f2/1369240974-data-thundercat-570.jpg" alt="THUNDERCAT" title="THUNDERCAT" width="300" height="158" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">THUNDERCAT</li></ul></div><u>WEDNESDAY 5/22</u></p> <p><strong>WHOLE LOTTA BRAINFEEDING GOIN' ON WITH FLYING LOTUS, THUNDERCAT, TEEBS</strong></p> <p>About 19 million words have been written about <strong>post-astral-jazz-hop</strong> producer <strong>Flying Lotus</strong>, including some by <em>The Stranger</em>'s Charles Mudede, in this issue's Stranger Suggests. If you don't love FlyLo's music by now, seek help. Let's focus on billmates/fellow LA studio rats <strong>Teebs</strong> and <strong>Thundercat</strong>, both of whom record for Mr. Lotus's Brainfeeder label. The former makes delicately beautiful electronic music imbued with the DNA of both <strong>underground hiphop</strong> and <strong>shoegaze rock</strong>. Back in 2010, I wrote that Teebs's emotionally resonant output falls somewhere between that of <strong>Boards of Canada</strong> and <strong>Nobody</strong>, and I'm sticking to that. Thundercat (Steve Bruner) is a first-call session bassist who can get as <strong>fluttery and rococo</strong> as jazz-fusion giants Jaco Pastorius or Stan Clarke when the mood strikes, but he also can program calculus-level rhythms and sing some gangbuster falsetto. Thundercat's new album, <em>Apocalypse</em>, takes electronic music into some seriously <strong>proggy and frou-frou</strong> territory. Fuck being hard; Thundercat is complicated. <em>Showbox Sodo, 9 pm, $26.50 adv/$28 DOS, all ages.</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=16835232"><u>Continue reading »</u></a></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/22/data-breaker-teebs-thundercat-michael-mayer-dj-chloe-magic-mountain-high#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16843691&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/22/data-breaker-teebs-thundercat-michael-mayer-dj-chloe-magic-mountain-high?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16843691&id=comments 0 Data Breaker: Teebs, Thundercat, Michael Mayer, DJ Chloe, Magic Mountain High THUNDERCAT Wed, 22 May 2013 09:47:00 -0700 The Stranger Letters to the Postal Service http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/letters-to-the-postal-service/Content?oid=16837542 http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/letters-to-the-postal-service/Content?oid=16837542 Dave Segal Letters to the Postal Service by Dave Segal <style>div#articleRight{display:none;}</style> <style>div#communityScroller{display:none;}</style> <img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/82d7/Feature-dave-CLICK.jpg"> <img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/1c37/feature-megan-570.jpg"> <img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/b457/feature-schmader-CLICK.jpg"> <img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/efa9/feature-anna-570.jpg"> <img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/08a7/feature-emilyNew-570.jpg"> <img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/6389/feature-card-570.jpg"> <img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/4915/feature-bjc-CLICK.jpg"> <p><i>The Postal Service celebrated the 10-year anniversary of their album </i>Give Up<i> by rereleasing it. They’ll be playing Sasquatch! on Monday.</i></p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/letters-to-the-postal-service/Content?oid=16837542#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16837542&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Features/Feature http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/letters-to-the-postal-service/Content?oid=16837542&show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16837542&id=comments 2 Letters to the Postal Service Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0700 The Stranger Letters to the Postal Service /seattle/letters-to-the-postal-service/Content?oid=16837542 /seattle/letters-to-the-postal-service/Content?oid=16837542 Dave Segal Letters to the Postal Service by Dave Segal <p>[ <a href="/seattle/letters-to-the-postal-service/Content?oid=16837542#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16843750&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Music/Feature /seattle/letters-to-the-postal-service/Content?oid=16837542&show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16843750&id=comments 0 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0700 The Stranger Greetings from Tim Buckley: Bad Dad, Good Music, Extraordinary Cheekbones http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/greetings-from-tim-buckley-bad-dad-good-music-extraordinary-cheekbones/Content?oid=16856008 http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/greetings-from-tim-buckley-bad-dad-good-music-extraordinary-cheekbones/Content?oid=16856008 Dave Segal <em>Greetings from Tim Buckley</em>: Bad Dad, Good Music, Extraordinary Cheekbones by Dave Segal <p><span id="dropcap">T</span>im Buckley’s prodigious musical gifts bloomed in inverse proportion to his paternal instincts. The legendary folk-jazz singer wrote some of the most beautiful songs ever and sang like a demonic angel. But—unfortunately for his son Jeff, also an inordinately talented vocalist/composer—Tim couldn’t father worth a damn (he reputedly saw his child only twice). “My wife hates my music” seems to be his rationale to cheat.</p> <p><em>Greetings from Tim Buckley</em> revolves around the conflict the ignored offspring feels about performing at a tribute concert in Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s Church for his absentee pa, who died at 28 of an accidental drug overdose. (Jeff died at 30 while swimming fully clothed in Memphis’s Wolf River.) Light on dramatic tension, the film toggles between Jeff’s preparation for the 1991 event—and the attendant mixed feelings toward his father’s legacy—and Tim’s musical and sexual conquests circa 1966, the year Jeff was born.</p> <p>The extraordinarily cheekboned Penn Badgley portrays Jeff as a tormented artiste who broods cutely. He adequately approximates Buckley’s soaring, ululating vocal style, and at the climactic concert, he aces two Tim songs—“I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain” and “Phantasmagoria in Two”—with the makeshift band, including Jeff’s real-life musical partner, Gary Lucas. The show concludes with Jeff owning the tenderly gorgeous ballad “Once I Was” solo. Thus, Jeff Buckley’s career was launched.</p> <p>The budding-romance side plot between Jeff and tribute-concert factotum Allie (Imogen Poots) adds little to the real meat of Greetings: the immortal compellingness of Tim Buckley’s songs—even in the film’s rearranged versions of them. (For a more thorough homage to Tim’s music, see the 2007 doc <em>My Fleeting House</em>.) <img src="/images/rec_star.gif" width="10" height="10" alt="recommended" border= ";0"" /></p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/greetings-from-tim-buckley-bad-dad-good-music-extraordinary-cheekbones/Content?oid=16856008#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16856008&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Film/Feature http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/greetings-from-tim-buckley-bad-dad-good-music-extraordinary-cheekbones/Content?oid=16856008&show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16856008&id=comments 0 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0700 The Stranger Data Breaker http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=16835232 http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=16835232 Dave Segal Teebs, Thundercat, Michael Mayer, DJ Chloe, Magic Mountain High by Dave Segal <div align="left" class="innerhead">WEDNESDAY 5/22</div> <p><b>WHOLE LOTTA BRAINFEEDING GOIN' ON WITH FLYING LOTUS, THUNDERCAT, TEEBS</b></p> <p>About 19 million words have been written about <b>post-astral-jazz-hop</b> producer <b>Flying Lotus</b>, including some by <i>The Stranger</i>'s Charles Mudede, in this issue's Stranger Suggests. If you don't love FlyLo's music by now, seek help. Let's focus on billmates/fellow LA studio rats <b>Teebs</b> and <b>Thundercat</b>, both of whom record for Mr. Lotus's Brainfeeder label. The former makes delicately beautiful electronic music imbued with the DNA of both <b>underground hiphop</b> and <b>shoegaze rock</b>. Back in 2010, I wrote that Teebs's emotionally resonant output falls somewhere between that of <b>Boards of Canada</b> and <b>Nobody</b>, and I'm sticking to that. Thundercat (Steve Bruner) is a first-call session bassist who can get as <b>fluttery and rococo</b> as jazz-fusion giants Jaco Pastorius or Stan Clarke when the mood strikes, but he also can program calculus-level rhythms and sing some gangbuster falsetto. Thundercat's new album, <i>Apocalypse</i>, takes electronic music into some seriously <b>proggy and frou-frou</b> territory. Fuck being hard; Thundercat is complicated. <i>Showbox Sodo, 9 pm, $26.50 adv/$28 DOS, all ages.</i></p> <p><b>MINIMAL-TECHNO NIRVANA WITH 
MICHAEL MAYER AND CHLOE HARRIS</b></p> <p><b>Cody Morrison</b> and <b>Jeremy Grant</b>'s weekly Wednesday night at <b>Shelter</b> has left <b>Q Nightclub</b> and relocated to the basement milieu of <b>Barboza</b>. The downsize in dance-floor real estate is a shame, but no need to mope when you have a boss like Kompakt Records cofounder <b>Michael Mayer</b> headlining your inaugural night in a new space. Mayer's <i>Immer</i> mixes have been key, vastly influential documents of <b>melodic, minimal techno</b>, but live, Mayer's been known to break out of his trademark cool-browed steez and get hot and tropical. He will <b>control your soul</b> for as long as he's on the decks. Seattle DJ/producer <b>Chloe Harris</b> coruns the experimental-electronic label Further Records and creates a rugged, challenging strain of left-field techno under the name <b>Raica</b>. Her tastes and skills as a DJ are wide-ranging and impeccable, too. <i>Barboza, 9 pm, $10, 21+.</i></p> <div align="left" class="innerhead">FRIDAY 5/24</div> <p><b>MAGIC MOUNTAIN HIGH'S PEAK-TIME TECHNO</b></p> <p><b>Magic Mountain High</b>—the supergroup of Germany's Move D and the Netherlands' Juju & Jordash—live up to that lofty nomenclature. These veteran producers are masters of the subtle buildup and the <b>soul-inflating melody</b> while keeping the beats stealthily propulsive. This is Juju & Jordash's first appearance in Seattle, and if you consider yourself a connoisseur of <b>interesting, intelligent dance music</b>, you'll be there, with leg muscles already stretched. With <b>Joe Bellingham</b>. <i>1927 Events, 9 pm, $12 adv, 21+.</i></p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=16835232#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16835232&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Music/Data Breaker http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=16835232&show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16835232&id=comments 0 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0700 The Stranger Robot Quadrotors Are Forever: Crazy James Bond Theme Rendition http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/21/robot-quadrotors-are-forever-crazy-james-bond-theme-rendition http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/21/robot-quadrotors-are-forever-crazy-james-bond-theme-rendition Dave Segal <p>This robot-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrotor">quadrotor</a>-operated rendition of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii1tc493bZM">James Bond theme</a> popped onto YouTube in 2012, but you may have missed it. It's one of the best things ever to be uploaded onto that site. Wonder what <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jan/31/john-barry-obituary">John Barry</a>'s estate thinks of this...</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_sUeGC-8dyk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/21/robot-quadrotors-are-forever-crazy-james-bond-theme-rendition#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16835313&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> ??!! Video Film http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/21/robot-quadrotors-are-forever-crazy-james-bond-theme-rendition?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16835313&id=comments 0 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:53:42 -0700 The Stranger Secret Colors' "King" Should Rule Your Summer http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/21/secret-colors-king-should-rule-your-summer http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/21/secret-colors-king-should-rule-your-summer Dave Segal <p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F80402760"></iframe></p> <p>Seattle starsailor <a href="http://secretcolorsmusic.bandcamp.com/">Secret Colors</a> (aka <strong>Matt Lawson</strong>) offers a preview of his forthcoming album, <em>Days Off</em> (out June 11 on Brooklyn's Group Tightener label). <a href="https://soundcloud.com/group-tightener/secret-colors-king">"King"</a> starts out sounding like the sort of introverted, sprocketly IDM that pushed a lot of geeks' button in the late '90s, before aqua-blue watercolor keyboards and a methodical quasi-funk beats enter earshot and elevate proceedings to a blissful flotation state. This is the soundtrack to your first (and last) reverie of the summer.</p> <p>Secret Colors' album-release show happens June 14 at <strong>Cairo</strong>. Press release after the jump.</p> <p>Brooklyn-based label Group Tightener announce the second album release from Seattle’s Secret Colors. Days Off is out June 11.<br /> <br />Matt Lawson, bka Secret Colors, has spent the last few years occupying a shimmering space of soft-focus ambient guitar improvisation, creating thick songs that contract and breathe like they have a life of their own. It's often gorgeous, and always natural, the aural equivalent of breathing. A Secret Colors record feels like life.<br /> <br />For his new album, Days Off, Lawson—burned out on guitars, burned out on his improvisational methods—got a cheap Yamaha keyboard and started composing his own pieces of electronic music. While Lawson is using primitive elements to construct these pieces, there's still a sense of density and well-worn love in each of them, like they were meticulously stitched together and just a little frayed.<br /> <br />Days Off, as a title, has a double meaning. The songs were written on Lawson's days off from work, but there's more to it than that. "In a more abstract way I was thinking about 'days off' meaning days or time spent in some kind of alternate state. Like time off from reality." Lawson succeeded, because the album feels like a world worth hanging around in.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/21/secret-colors-king-should-rule-your-summer#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16833074&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Album Song 206 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/21/secret-colors-king-should-rule-your-summer?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16833074&id=comments 0 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:17:45 -0700 The Stranger Best Show Promo Video of the Year (So Far) http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/best-show-promo-video-of-the-year-so-far http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/best-show-promo-video-of-the-year-so-far Dave Segal <p><a href="http://thebismarck.bandcamp.com/">The Bismarck</a>, <strong>SEMINARS</strong>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wakozo">KOZO</a> have a show coming up at the <a href="http://www.jewelboxtheater.com/calendar.html">Rendezvous</a> Friday May 31. To alert you to this momentous occasion, somebody in SEMINARS scripted a video to that infamous movie, <em>Der Untergang</em> (2004), which has been the basis for a series of thigh-slappingly funny <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/downfall-hitler-reacts">"Hitler Reacts To" parodies</a>. Bonus: Shots fired at <em>The Stranger</em>. </p> <p>Tip: <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/chris-jury/Author?oid=13184522">Chris Jury</a></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LZ52bOhI2-0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/best-show-promo-video-of-the-year-so-far#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822748&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Upcoming Video 206 http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/best-show-promo-video-of-the-year-so-far?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16822748&id=comments 1 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:09:56 -0700 The Stranger Black Moth Super Rainbow http://www.thestranger.com/suggests/16666942/black-moth-super-rainbow http://www.thestranger.com/suggests/16666942/black-moth-super-rainbow Dave Segal Let Black Moth Super Rainbow cover you with their psychedelic alien sparkle! by Dave Segal <p>No sound makes it through Black Moth Super Rainbow mastermind Tobacco’s studio without undergoing <b>elaborate warpage and applications of alien sparkle</b>. The Pittsburgh band’s albums ooze both a blissful naiveté —the vocals sound like a 9-year-old’s sighing wonderment—and subtle sinisterness. BMSR suck the <b>LSD-laced juice</b> out of “Strawberry Fields Forever” and spew out a much stranger strain of pastoral psychedelia. Their latest album, Cobra Juicy, refines the textural weirdness into <b>tight globules of oddly catchy tuneage</b> and dusted beats. (<em><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/neumos/Location?oid=24256">Neumos</a>, 925 E Pike St, neumos.com, 8 pm, $15 adv, 21+</em>)</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/suggests/16666942/black-moth-super-rainbow#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16666942&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Suggests/Music http://www.thestranger.com/suggests/16666942/black-moth-super-rainbow?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16666942&id=comments 0 Black Moth Super Rainbow Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:00 -0700 The Stranger Technoir: Maria Goetz's Knightriders Podcast http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/technoir-maria-goetzs-knightriders-podcast http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/technoir-maria-goetzs-knightriders-podcast Dave Segal <p>Seattle techno label <a href="http://krecordings.com/">Knightriders</a> offers another excellent techno podcast from <a href="http://www.mariagoetz.com/">Maria Goetz</a>, a producer who'll be releasing her <em>Neuronal</em> EP in late June through KR. Feel the deepness and darkness of this hour-long mix. </p> <p><iframe width="480" height="480" src="//www.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FKRecordings%2Fknightriders-podcast-i-004-maria-goetz-may-2013-mix%2F&embed_uuid=57766abb-7d34-4cf2-8872-97bc0d77ed92&stylecolor=&embed_type=widget_standard" frameborder="0"></iframe><div style="clear:both; height:3px; width:472px;"></div><p style="display:block; font-size:12px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin:0; padding: 3px 4px; color:#02a0c7; width:472px;"><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/KRecordings/knightriders-podcast-i-004-maria-goetz-may-2013-mix/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=resource_link" target="_blank" style="color:#02a0c7; font-weight:bold;">Knightriders PODCAST I 004 - Maria Goetz May 2013 Mix</a><span> by </span><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/KRecordings/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=profile_link" target="_blank" style="color:#02a0c7; font-weight:bold;">Knightriders</a><span> on </span><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=homepage_link" target="_blank" style="color:#02a0c7; font-weight:bold;"> Mixcloud</a><br /><div style="clear:both; height:3px;"></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/technoir-maria-goetzs-knightriders-podcast#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16795966&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Mix http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/20/technoir-maria-goetzs-knightriders-podcast?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16795966&id=comments 0 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:08:27 -0700 The Stranger Have a Cosy Moment with Kinski http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/have-a-cosy-moment-with-kinski http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/have-a-cosy-moment-with-kinski Dave Segal <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=4232936247/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://killrockstars.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-moments-2">Cosy Moments by Kinski</a></iframe></p> <p>(<a href="http://admin.thestranger.com/seattle/Event?event=16547514">Columbia City Theater</a>) <a href="http://kinski.net/kinski/">Kinski</a>'s musical trajectory can be viewed as a long, gradual descent from their first few albums' spacey rambling to their post–<em>Don't Climb on and Take the Holy Water</em> output, which plowed a beefier, more torqued, <strong>earthbound groove</strong>. The Seattle quartet recently released their Kill Rock Stars debut, <em>Cosy Moments</em>, six years after their last full-length. In some ways, it's their most accessible work to date, featuring more of guitarist Chris Martin's pleasantly flat vocals than previously and greater emphasis on <strong>speedy punk-rock ramalama</strong>. Earlier tendencies to ramble—albeit interestingly—have largely been scaled back to more concise, structured songwriting, and Kinski have come through with some of their catchiest songs ("Throw It Up," "A Little Ticker Tape Never Hurt Anybody," "Conflict Free Diamonds"). They've always killed live, and now Kinski have a bunch of <strong>brilliant new tunes</strong> to drop on you—including my new favorite, the blissed-out "We Think She's a Nurse."</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/have-a-cosy-moment-with-kinski#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16772476&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/18/have-a-cosy-moment-with-kinski?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16772476&id=comments 0 Have a Cosy Moment with Kinski Shane Williams Sat, 18 May 2013 10:29:00 -0700 The Stranger Data Breaker: Beat Connection, John Templeton, Randy Jones, White Rainbow http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/data-breaker-beat-connection-john-templeton-randy-jones-white-rainbow http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/data-breaker-beat-connection-john-templeton-randy-jones-white-rainbow Dave Segal <p><iframe width="100%" height="160" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F2292307"></iframe></p> <p><u>FRIDAY 5/17</u></p> <p><strong>BEAT CONNECTION, ONUINU, AND PAINTED PALMS AIRBRUSH THE DANCE FLOOR</strong></p> <p>Seattle trio <strong>Beat Connection</strong> make <strong>shimmery electronic pop</strong> that's always ready to hit the beach or the pool. It's a bit too airbrushed and air-conditioned for my ears, but I'm way out of Beat Connection's tenderoni target demo (14 to 22). They're perfectly matched with Bay Area duo <strong>Painted Palms</strong>, who emit <em>Merriweather Post Pavilion</em>–era Animal Collective vibes, and <strong>Onuinu</strong> (Portland producer Dorian Duvall), whose 2012 album <em>Mirror Gazer </em>moves in the lush, neo-R&B-gaze territory of Toro Y Moi, but with more rhythmic ballast. <em>Neumos, 8 pm, $15, all ages.</em></p> <p><u><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=16766165">Continue reading »</a></u></p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/data-breaker-beat-connection-john-templeton-randy-jones-white-rainbow?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16779485&id=comments 0 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:00 -0700 The Stranger Butcher Billy's Superheroic, Post-Punk Cartunes http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/butcher-billys-superheroic-post-punk-cartunes http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/butcher-billys-superheroic-post-punk-cartunes Dave Segal <p>Brazilian illustrator <a href="http://www.behance.net/butcherbilly">Butcher Billy</a> has a series of <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-Post-Punk-New-Wave-Super-Friends-by-Butcher-Billy/8688795">drawings</a> featuring post-punk and new-wave icons recontextualized as superheroes. The set includes <strong>Morrissey, Siouxsie Sioux, John Lydon, Ian Curtis, Devo, Robert Smith</strong>, and <strong>Billy Idol</strong> recast as comic-book characters you probably read about as a youth. Gawk at the well-wrought pictures <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-Post-Punk-New-Wave-Super-Friends-by-Butcher-Billy/8688795">here</a>.</p> <p>Dunno about you, but this seems to me like a very <a href="http://www.derekerdman.com/">Derek Erdman</a>iacal project.</p> <p>Tip: <a href="https://twitter.com/ptgrw">Jason Pettigrew</a></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/butcher-billys-superheroic-post-punk-cartunes#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16791371&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Art ??!! History http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/17/butcher-billys-superheroic-post-punk-cartunes?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16791371&id=comments 1 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:47:48 -0700 The Stranger Heir to the Drone: Hair and Space Museum at Electric Tea Garden http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/heir-to-the-drone-hair-and-space-museum-at-electric-tea-garden http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/heir-to-the-drone-hair-and-space-museum-at-electric-tea-garden Dave Segal <p>I somehow forgot to mention this earlier, but listen up. Seattle duo <a href="http://hairandspacemuseum.com/">Hair and Space Museum</a>—Midday Veil members <strong>Emily Pothast</strong> and <strong>David Golightly</strong>—do a rare live performance tonight for <strong>free</strong> at <strong>Electric Tea Garden</strong>. HASM have impressed at past shows with profound, celestial synth drones and stoned chants that turn whatever space their music happens to be infiltrating into a planetarium.</p> <p>Also on the bill: <a href="http://www.swahilinoise.com/">XUA</a>, <a href="http://bathparty.bandcamp.com/">Bath Party</a>, and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/nightspac3#play">Nightspace</a>. This is a <a href="http://nosleepseattle.com/">No Sleep</a> production. More info <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/134513403384181/">here</a>.</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ddwfk52XCAM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/heir-to-the-drone-hair-and-space-museum-at-electric-tea-garden#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16787457&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/heir-to-the-drone-hair-and-space-museum-at-electric-tea-garden?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16787457&id=comments 0 Thu, 16 May 2013 17:41:29 -0700 The Stranger Yod Damn!: Stream The Source Family Soundtrack http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/yod-damn-stream-the-source-family-soundtrack http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/yod-damn-stream-the-source-family-soundtrack Dave Segal <p><em><a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/05/15/free-stream-the-source-family.html">The Source Family</a></em> documents the <em>echt</em>-'70s California hippie cult of the same name led by the savvy businessman/power-mad guru/charismatic dirty old man <strong>James Baker/Father Yod</strong>. It's a warts-and-all portrait of beautiful young folks looking for guidance during a tumultuous time in American history (aren't they all?), and 6'4" ex-military man Papa Yod was seemingly typecast for this role. Some of the fruits of this cult were the voluminous recordings (ca. 1973-74) of the in-mansion groups <a href="http://www.yahowha13.com/">Ya Ho Wa 13</a>, <strong>Father Yod & the Spirit of 76</strong>, and <strong>Children of the Sixth Root Race</strong>. </p> <p>You can hear some of their output on the soundtrack for <em>The Source Family</em>, which will be released by <a href="http://www.dragcity.com/products/the-source-family">Drag City</a> on May 21. Some of it is primo hippy-jam sweetness, some of it sounds like outtakes from <em>Hair</em> and <em>Jesus Christ Superstar</em>. For longhair, communal psych action, I prefer <a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/Amon+D%C3%BC%C3%BCl">Amon Düül I </a>and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapshash_and_the_Coloured_Coat">Hapshash and the Coloured Coat</a>, but <em>The Source Family</em> is a mostly endearing time capsule of a band shaped by exceptionally peculiar circumstances. </p> <p>Check out the trailer for <em><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/MovieTimes?film=13577369">The Source Family</a></em> and the press release after the jump. (Unfortunately, the documentary just ended its run at SIFF Uptown Cinema.)</p> <p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F92020294&show_artwork=false"></iframe></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/58953915?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=f5f7f7" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></div></p> <p>The Source Family documentary is this season's art-house go-to cinematic experience - everybody's talkin', but we can't hear a word they're saying! That's cause Drag City Films, while proud of the promotion and distribution of it's latest film, is the younger child, the baby, if you will, in the Drag City family - and since the elder child is about the records, we're hustling hard this week to get copies of The Source Family Original Soundtrack into the hands and eventually ears of a fascinated nation! In case you don't know the underground legend already or haven't seen the film yet - for the last couple decades, the cult around The Source Family cult has enjoyed the music of Ya Ho Wa 13, whose nine albums with Father were a major part of their story. Recorded during an eleven-month span during 1973 and '74, these albums continue to fascinate listeners to this day. The Original Soundtrack album pulls plums and cherries from these freakish fruit trees of The Source Family, whose album releases from the 1970s are an indication of how weird the world can be even when it isn't trying.</p> <p>Some of the most awesome jams from their privately-pressed classics are represented here, along with a brace of previously unreleased song chosen to include the widest variety of Source Family members, revealing the talents of many not previously showcased. And so, in addition to Ya Ho Wa 13 members Djin, Sunflower and Octavius, we also hear the contributions of a whole host of peripheral members - as well as the omnipotent Yahowa himself, Father Yod. Their music ranges from soulful to spiritual to shamanistic, with Father fronting the band on journeys through inner and outer psychosis and bliss.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/yod-damn-stream-the-source-family-soundtrack#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16786292&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Album Film http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/yod-damn-stream-the-source-family-soundtrack?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16786292&id=comments 0 Thu, 16 May 2013 14:35:57 -0700 The Stranger Access This Random Daft Punk Memory http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/access-this-random-daft-punk-memory http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/access-this-random-daft-punk-memory Dave Segal <p>With hype for <strong>Daft Punk</strong>’s <em>Random Access Memories</em>* <a href="http://stereogum.com/1348092/daft-punk-random-access-memories-comment-party/top-stories/lead-story/">spiking</a>, now may be a good time to reflect on a live performance from the French duo’s early days—just for stark contrast’s sake. </p> <p>This 1996 clip from Wisconsin’s <strong>Even Furthur</strong> festival reveals a unit working with a much rawer, rougher, and ravetastic palette of sounds than heard on Daft Punk’s post <em>Homework</em> releases. Between you and me, I prefer this side of <strong>Thomas Bangalter</strong> and <strong>Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo</strong>’s oeuvre. It’s unlikely they’ll ever return to this acidic, gritty, meth-y style, but you never know. When you get as big and rich as Daft Punk, you can pretty much do whatever the hell you please (see <strong>the Beatles, Radiohead, Steven Soderbergh</strong>). </p> <p>Tip: <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=14462558">Jayson Kochan</a>/<a href="https://soundcloud.com/air-port">Airport</a></p> <p><small>*I’m waiting until the hubbub over <em>RAM</em> subsides before listening to it. I think that will yield a more measured analysis. That's how irrational I am.</small></p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SQxqGZUAzOY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/access-this-random-daft-punk-memory#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16784244&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> History Video http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/16/access-this-random-daft-punk-memory?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16784244&id=comments 0 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:25:29 -0700 The Stranger Braxton/Palmer's Deep House Music From... Olympia?! http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/braxtonpalmers-deep-house-music-from-olympia http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/braxtonpalmers-deep-house-music-from-olympia Dave Segal <p>When you think of <strong>Olympia</strong> (which you do more often than you'd like to admit), your mind probably doesn't light upon house music. No, it's more likely you envision that <a href="http://krecs.com/">K Records</a> shield logo and <a href="http://krecs.com/artists/calvin-johnson/">Calvin Johnson</a>'s unsmiling mug. But <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/BraxtonPalmer/273603416102674?ref=stream">Braxton/Palmer</a> (aka <strong>Sonny Thomas</strong>) is that one lonely soul cranking out quality house choons from Washington's capital. One example is <strong>"Creeper, Pt. 1,"</strong> a soulful, slinky, after-midnight seducer. Sounds way more like NYC than PNW. (You can check out the slower, less bumping <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ceremony/braxton-palmer-creeper-part-ii">"Creeper, Pt. 2"</a> after the jump, along with the press release.) </p> <p><small><a href="https://soundcloud.com/braxtonpalmer#play">Braxton/Palmer</a>'s <em>Creeper</em> EP came out yesterday via <a href="http://www.ceremonyrecordings.com/news/introducing-braxtonpalmer-first-single-creeper-pt-2-premieres-at-gorilla-vs-bearthe-line-of-best-fit-creeper-out-may-14-2013/">Ceremony Recordings</a>. </small></p> <p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F92024302"></iframe></p> <p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F88191737"></iframe></p> <p>Braxton/Palmer comes from an unlikely place. It might even be the last place you’d expect to find someone like producer/DJ Sonny Thomas with Olympia, Washington being the home of K Records, the beginnings of Sleater-Kinney & Bikini Kill, and the place where Kurt Cobain wrote significant parts of Nevermind. But in today’s hyper-paced, digital age sound travels like never before and with an already fledgling dance scene growing in the Pacific Northwest, namely Seattle, enters Braxton/Palmer.</p> <p>After moving west from Ohio, Thomas became enamored in 80′s new wave and synth pop which lead to his eventual discovery of house, techno, juke, and acid — all sounds that eventually structured the make up of Braxton/Palmer. Initially started as a production project in Olympia around 2011, Sonny Thomas hatched Braxton/Palmer with the intent on contributing to the rapidly escalating electronic dance community in the south puget sound. Since then, the Braxton/Palmer Soundcloud page has been steadily updated with an impressive selection of emotionally driven house cuts firmly set in the midnight hours and neon soaked, DIY warehouse nights that are a staple of UK dance culture and rapidly popping up across America today.</p> <p>Ceremony’s first offering from Braxton/Palmer is the release of single “Creeper (Part I)” and it’s companion track “Creeper (Part II)”. Two cuts steeped in late 80s house, while also indebted to 90s r’n'b, that perfectly introduces Braxton/Palmer worldwide while at the same time capturing those early feelings we felt when initially hearing the project: dance music with a rough air about it and soul at its core.</p> <p>Braxton/Palmer<br />Creeper<br />Released March 14, 2013</p> <p>Tracklist:<br />Creeper, Pt. 1<br />Creeper, Pt. 2<br />Creeper, Pt. 1 (Solar Year Remix)<br />Creeper, Pt. 2 (Prism House Remix)</p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/braxtonpalmers-deep-house-music-from-olympia#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16772975&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Song http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/braxtonpalmers-deep-house-music-from-olympia?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16772975&id=comments 0 Wed, 15 May 2013 14:25:42 -0700 The Stranger Brute Transcendence: MTNS Bring the Noise to the Summit http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/brute-transcendence-mtns-bring-the-noise-to-the-summit http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/brute-transcendence-mtns-bring-the-noise-to-the-summit Dave Segal <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f43d/1368635289-music-feature-570.jpg" alt="Daniel Enders, a Satan Donkey, and Austin Hund." title="Daniel Enders, a Satan Donkey, and Austin Hund." width="500" height="351" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O </li><li class="imageCaption">Daniel Enders, a Satan Donkey, and Austin Hund.</li></ul></div></p> <p><small><em><strong>MTNS</strong> play the <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/black-lodge/Location?oid=659969">Black Lodge</a> TONIGHT with Black Pus and the Numbs!</em></small></p> <p>For their big Debacle Fest matinee performance at the Highline on May 4, Seattle duo MTNS are barefoot and wearing silk slips like it's no big deal. Slender Austin Hund ignites a bass dirge that ripples pant legs. Burly Daniel Enders coaxes crackles from a light theremin, then grabs his drumsticks and stands on his stool in order to beat on the venue's ceiling pipes. Eventually he sits down at his kit and attacks it with feral grace, his face distorted into a demonic grimace.</p> <p>MTNS then launch into a wild, methodical growl and stomp. The twosome's portentous noise rock unexpectedly accelerates with mad energy, revealing roots in speed metal and no-wave. Enders drops a stick twice in 10 seconds, but no matter. The apocalyptic tone's been established.</p> <p>As the set progresses, Hund makes his bass corkscrew and spasm in strange contortions and squeal like a pig (see: <em>Deliverance</em>), with a predilection for ratcheting up the tension to infernal degrees. But MTNS are about more than just speed and power. Their last song of the set—and the finale of their excellent new album, <em>All Songs Are Spells</em>—"Hut on a High Peak," shows that they're capable of writing a moving, majestic melody. Marked by an ascending recorder motif, it's one of the best songs by a Seattle band this year.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/brute-transcendence/Content?oid=16765354">Continue reading >></a></p> Loud Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/brute-transcendence-mtns-bring-the-noise-to-the-summit?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16771007&id=comments 0 Brute Transcendence: <em>MTNS Bring the Noise to the Summit</em> Daniel Enders, a Satan Donkey, and Austin Hund. Kelly O Wed, 15 May 2013 11:58:40 -0700 The Stranger Brute Transcendence: MTNS Bring the Noise to the Summit http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/15/brute-transcendence-mtns-bring-the-noise-to-the-summit http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/15/brute-transcendence-mtns-bring-the-noise-to-the-summit Dave Segal <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f43d/1368635289-music-feature-570.jpg" alt="Daniel Enders, a Satan Donkey, and Austin Hund." title="Daniel Enders, a Satan Donkey, and Austin Hund." width="500" height="351" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O </li><li class="imageCaption">Daniel Enders, a Satan Donkey, and Austin Hund.</li></ul></div></p> <p><small><em><strong>MTNS</strong> play the <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/black-lodge/Location?oid=659969">Black Lodge</a> TONIGHT with Black Pus and the Numbs!</em></small></p> <p>For their big Debacle Fest matinee performance at the Highline on May 4, Seattle duo MTNS are barefoot and wearing silk slips like it's no big deal. Slender Austin Hund ignites a bass dirge that ripples pant legs. Burly Daniel Enders coaxes crackles from a light theremin, then grabs his drumsticks and stands on his stool in order to beat on the venue's ceiling pipes. Eventually he sits down at his kit and attacks it with feral grace, his face distorted into a demonic grimace.</p> <p>MTNS then launch into a wild, methodical growl and stomp. The twosome's portentous noise rock unexpectedly accelerates with mad energy, revealing roots in speed metal and no-wave. Enders drops a stick twice in 10 seconds, but no matter. The apocalyptic tone's been established.</p> <p>As the set progresses, Hund makes his bass corkscrew and spasm in strange contortions and squeal like a pig (see: <em>Deliverance</em>), with a predilection for ratcheting up the tension to infernal degrees. But MTNS are about more than just speed and power. Their last song of the set—and the finale of their excellent new album, <em>All Songs Are Spells</em>—"Hut on a High Peak," shows that they're capable of writing a moving, majestic melody. Marked by an ascending recorder motif, it's one of the best songs by a Seattle band this year.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/brute-transcendence/Content?oid=16765354">Continue reading >></a></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/15/brute-transcendence-mtns-bring-the-noise-to-the-summit#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16771476&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Music http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/15/brute-transcendence-mtns-bring-the-noise-to-the-summit?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16771476&id=comments 1 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:56:00 -0700 The Stranger I'll Give You a Break, Pt. 57: Jeremy & The Satyrs' "The First Time I Saw You Baby (With Your Pretty Green Eyes)" http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/ill-give-you-a-break-pt-57-jeremy-and-the-satyrs-the-first-time-i-saw-you-baby-with-your-pretty-green-eyes http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/ill-give-you-a-break-pt-57-jeremy-and-the-satyrs-the-first-time-i-saw-you-baby-with-your-pretty-green-eyes Dave Segal <p><small>[<strong>I’ll Give You a Break</strong> is a sporadic series of posts highlighting obscure (and not so obscure) breakbeats in unlikely places, so that they may be sampled by producers or just enjoyed for their own geeky purposes. NB: Don’t forget to clear all samples through the proper channels (cough).]</small></p> <p>Jeremy & the Satyrs were led by jazz-fusion flautist supreme <a href="http://www.jeremysteig.info/">Jeremy Steig</a>, probably best known for <strong>the Beastie Boys</strong> sampling his tune <strong>“Howlin’ for Judy”</strong> on their track <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neawPHsSep0">“Sure Shot.”</a> (Steig is quoted on <a href="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=1869#.UZO-z4JqN-U">allaboutjazz.com</a>: "I made more money from that sample than from any of my records. It saved my life at the time.") </p> <p>Before he embarked on an artistically fruitful solo career, Steig cut an album full of excellent, electrified blues rock with the Satyrs in 1968, titled simply <em><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Jeremy-The-Satyrs-Jeremy-The-Satyrs/release/2970381">Jeremy & the Satyrs</a></em>. Perhaps the highlight from that record is <strong>“The First Time I Saw You Baby (With the Pretty Green Eyes).”</strong> The bit from 0:16-0:19 is so functionally and vigorously funky it’s a wonder <strong>DJ Premier</strong> or <strong>Pete Rock</strong> never used it. Well, their oversight is your gain. You're welcome.</p> <p><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="420" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qvfUxUJHH4M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/ill-give-you-a-break-pt-57-jeremy-and-the-satyrs-the-first-time-i-saw-you-baby-with-your-pretty-green-eyes#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16771227&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tip http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/15/ill-give-you-a-break-pt-57-jeremy-and-the-satyrs-the-first-time-i-saw-you-baby-with-your-pretty-green-eyes?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16771227&id=comments 0 Wed, 15 May 2013 10:23:37 -0700 The Stranger Brute Transcendence http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/brute-transcendence/Content?oid=16765354 http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/brute-transcendence/Content?oid=16765354 Dave Segal MTNS Are on the Verge of Peaking by Dave Segal <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=919966812/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://mountainss.bandcamp.com/album/all-songs-are-spells">All Songs Are Spells by MTNS</a></iframe></p> <p><span class="dropcap">F</span>or their big Debacle Fest matinee performance at the Highline on May 4, Seattle duo MTNS are barefoot and wearing silk slips like it's no big deal. Slender Austin Hund ignites a bass dirge that ripples pant legs. Burly Daniel Enders coaxes crackles from a light theremin, then grabs his drumsticks and stands on his stool in order to beat on the venue's ceiling pipes. Eventually he sits down at his kit and attacks it with feral grace, his face distorted into a demonic grimace.</p> <p>MTNS then launch into a wild, methodical growl and stomp. The twosome's portentous noise rock unexpectedly accelerates with mad energy, revealing roots in speed metal and no-wave. Enders drops a stick twice in 10 seconds, but no matter. The apocalyptic tone's been established.</p> <p>As the set progresses, Hund makes his bass corkscrew and spasm in strange contortions and squeal like a pig (see: <em>Deliverance</em>), with a predilection for ratcheting up the tension to infernal degrees. But MTNS are about more than just speed and power. Their last song of the set—and the finale of their excellent new album, <em>All Songs Are Spells</em>—"Hut on a High Peak," shows that they're capable of writing a moving, majestic melody. Marked by an ascending recorder motif, it's one of the best songs by a Seattle band this year.</p> <p>"I've had that melody in my head for like two years," Hund says in an interview at Enders's temporary dwelling in the Central District. "It was the song I would sing when I lived out in Bellingham, drunk and walking home. So it's very dear to me. I figured it out on the bass and recorded it on a recorder and tricked everybody into thinking I can actually play a flute."</p> <p>MTNS first kaboomed into my consciousness outside of Vermillion gallery during last year's Capitol Hill Block Party—they had set up, guerrilla-style, on 11th Avenue, and they soon attracted a sizable crowd of hardcore fans and curious passersby. Wild-haired, unkempt-bearded Enders wore only gray briefs and a cat mask, his moobs trembling with each bludgeoning drum-slap. People dug the music hard.</p> <p>"Playing in the street is something I always wanted to do," Enders says. "We thought we were going to be arrested, but it turned out we drew a crowd. At one point in a video somebody shot, there's a cop nodding his head to the music. The security guards came out and took photos. It was totally unexpected. I thought we were going to piss a bunch of people off. "</p> <p>Once again, Capitol Hill Block Party has passed on MTNS, but they <em>will</em> be playing the Comet Tavern's annual Cock Block Party (sponsored by local label Good to Die) on the Sunday of the fest.</p> <p>Playing out is a habit MTNS can't break. They live—and almost die—for the stage. Their recent 45-day national tour included lots of weird encounters with police in South Carolina, New York City, and Arizona. In the latter case, after a tense, confusing situation during which the band and crew had to eat 15 grams of hash to avoid getting busted, a cop posted something creepily cheerful on the band's Facebook page. "We charmed them, and they had no idea how stoned we were," says Enders. On top of these things were some serious aches and pains, as well as plenty of asses rocked and minds blown.</p> <p>"I was hurt a lot on this tour," Enders says. "Every night we were playing, I was like, 'OW, OW.' But I found it within myself to keep on going. I already want to go back out and do it again."</p> <p>Hund played with an abscess on his index finger, after stabbing himself with a utility knife while dealing with a faulty cord in Georgia. "I didn't keep [my finger] clean. It got really big and turned into an abscess. I played on it for two weeks afterward. We were in Kentucky, and I called my dad. 'I don't have insurance, and my finger's really big and swollen. Now it's getting red and spreading down my finger.' He said, 'Go to the emergency room!' 'Damn it, I knew you were going to say that. Okay, Pa.' I didn't want to Django Reinhardt myself, so..."</p> <p>Enders counters, "That would've been cool. You could've gotten a new sound."</p> <p>The drummer elaborates further on the toll the tour took. "I had extreme pain in my elbow; I could barely bend it. Something happened to my toe. My feet were all bruised on the heel... Austin dislocated my knee when he dove on me in Detroit, but it popped right back in. Maybe this is a bad thing, but I always feel the most content when I leave the stage bloody."</p> <p>That attitude typifies MTNS' hell-bent approach to music. It also reflects their reckless disregard for decorum and convention in sound and appearance. But as extreme and punishing as MTNS' music is, they're incredibly nice, cheerful guys. "We do have to apologize a lot of the time for being so loud," Hund says. "We've gotten a little quieter. We try to be gentle lovers when we can. But sometimes things can get rough."</p> <p>MTNS' tumultuous sound has origins in Hund's upbringing: His parents met in college at jazz choir in Soundsation, an Edmonds Community College group. Hund played in concert band at Snohomish High because that was the only way a student could get into jazz band. He played guitar in that setting and then got into punk, combining punk's anarchic attitude with fluent jazz chops. Snohomish classmate Enders was also a punk kid, but he had his horizons expanded by a skateboarding video in which he heard the Locust, which led him to discover other molten speed-freak noisicians like Melt-Banana and Lightning Bolt. "It was the best feeling I ever had, the first time I saw Shoplifting," Enders recalls. "It blew me away. Then I got to see Lightning Bolt and a bunch of other bands. I just decided, 'I want to play music like this.' "</p> <p>With <em>All Songs Are Spells</em> and an eventful cross-country tour behind them, MTNS plan to engage in more frequent collaborations. In mid-May they'll be playing a 45-minute experimental set along with Monogamy Party in the streets of Pioneer Square, based on a piece written by Saint Genet's Ryan Mitchell. Also on the agenda for MTNS are improv pieces with bass clarinetist Arrington de Dionyso, works for installations, and incorporating more visuals, costumes, and performative aspects into their own shows.</p> <p>But no matter what, the bond that Enders and Hund have forged will remain their focus. They're addicted to the high-energy combustibility that only results when they get together.</p> <p>"We're really into the idea of experimenting," Enders says. "We're starting to work on a new record, so we're trying to cut back on playing out. But it's so hard because our favorite thing to do is play a live show. The new stuff we're writing is going to be more and more cohesive and concise, but staying just as intense and noisy. 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It's a bit too airbrushed and air-conditioned for my ears, but I'm way out of Beat Connection's tenderoni target demo (14 to 22). They're perfectly matched with Bay Area duo <b>Painted Palms</b>, who emit <i>Merriweather Post Pavilion</i>–era Animal Collective vibes, and <b>Onuinu</b> (Portland producer Dorian Duvall), whose 2012 album <i>Mirror Gazer</i> moves in the lush, neo-R&B-gaze territory of Toro Y Moi, but with more rhythmic ballast. <i>Neumos, 8 pm, $15, all ages.</i></p> <div align="left" class="innerhead">SATURDAY 5/18</div> <p><b>IN THE DEEP MNML-TEKNO ZONE WITH JOHN TEMPLETON AND RANDY JONES</b></p> <p>You should implicitly trust the hard-livin' DJs and promoters behind <b>SpaceRock Saturdays</b> to stack their lineups with selectors who can get you into the deepest zones with the most efficiency. Tonight, Denver's <b>John Templeton</b> and Seattle's <b>Randy Jones</b> top the bill, and that means high times are guaranteed. I'm listening to Templeton's recent <b><i>Blank Code</i></b> <b>podcast 095</b> now, and it's turning a sunny Thursday afternoon into the wee-hours Sunday of a <b>hazy, strange, minimal-techno</b> situation in my headphones. (Note to editor: This is partially why my copy's late.) Randy Jones, you should know by now, is a <b>goddamn treasure</b> to Seattle and the world's electronic-music community. Why, you have the gall to ask? For his custom-built synthesizers (go to <a href="http://madronalabs.com/">madronalabs.com</a> and be dazzled), for his <b>soulful house</b> productions as <b>Caro</b>, and for his always fascinating, far-ranging DJ sets featuring records most disc jockeys overlook or just don't have the brazen good sense to spin. With <b>Roddimus</b>, <b>Ctrl_Alt_Dlt</b>, and <b>Eugene Fauntleroy</b>. <i>Electric Tea Garden, 10 pm–5 am, $5 
before midnight/$10 after, 21+.</i></p> <div align="left" class="innerhead">SATURDAY 5/18</div> <p><b>CHILL AND TRILL TO WHITE RAINBOW AND AIRPORT</b></p> <p><b>White Rainbow</b> (prolific synth magus Adam Forkner) may have moved from Portland to LA, but he just can't resist the lure of Seattle's tiniest, DIY-iest venue, Cairo. He returns to the site of many a ripping White Rainbow gig, fortified with <b>ultra-vivid ambient funk</b> tracks to keep fans of the chill and trill happy. <b>Airport</b> (Jayson Kochan, who sunlights as Midday Veil's bassist) is spearheading Seattle's <b>cosmic stadium disco</b> movement. When Daft Punk next hit Seattle, Airport should open for them. Seriously. With <b>USF</b>. <i>Cairo, 8 pm, $5, all ages.</i></p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=16766165#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16766165&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Music/Data Breaker http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=16766165&show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16766165&id=comments 0 Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 -0700 The Stranger Get Hooked at OCnotes' Alive With Pleasure! Release Party http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/get-hooked-at-ocnotes-alive-with-pleasure-release-party http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/get-hooked-at-ocnotes-alive-with-pleasure-release-party Dave Segal <p>(<a href="http://thelofi.net/">Lo-Fi Performance Gallery</a>) It appears that notoriously prolific Seattle producer <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alienbootybass?group_id=0&filter=2">OCnotes</a> is not moving to Portland (for now). Good. That means we can enjoy the release of his new <em>Alive with Pleasure!</em> EP (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/carepackagemusic?fref=ts">Care Package</a>) in the welcoming confines of Lo-Fi, the city's finest incubator of avant hiphop. This is Otis Calvin's take on trap music, and he imbues those gritty street sounds with the sort of <strong>jittery rhythmic verve</strong> and <strong>outré melodiousness</strong> for which he's renowned. Four more jewels in OCnotes' heavy crown. With <strong>WD4D, Jason Justice, Ohmega Watts, Introcut, absoluteMadman</strong>, and <strong>Suntonio Bandanez</strong>. (<a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=16699692">9 pm, $5/women free before 11 pm, 21+.</a>)</p> <p><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=2917266091/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://carepackage.bandcamp.com/album/alive-with-pleasure">Alive WIth Pleasure by OCnotes</a></iframe></p> <p>[ <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/get-hooked-at-ocnotes-alive-with-pleasure-release-party#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16765274&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Tonight http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/05/14/get-hooked-at-ocnotes-alive-with-pleasure-release-party?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16765274&id=comments 0 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:03:59 -0700 The Stranger