Magik Markers have delivered nothing but total weird confusion since their nascent days as Hartford, CT.'s only real rock n roll animal. Through sporadic touring and constant relocation they've developed into one of USA's most harrowing and mesmerizing live noise units since mid-period Germs. Full length LP, a special edition zine from slow toe publications with Byron Coley, Matthew Wascovich, and Thurston Moore and more...
$16.00 ppd
SOLD OUT
Dredd Foole - A Long, Losing Battle With Eloquence and Intimance, LP
7 songs of studio-recorded solo Dredd Foole on vocals and acoustic guitar, in a totally different vein than the last Dredd Foole & the Din record with Pelt & Thurston Moore. No reverb, no din, just a heap of great Dredd songery. This comes on the heels of the mammoth Smallflowers Press Dredd Foole interview. Full color cover art by Kim Gordon.
Loren Mazzacane Connors-Christina Carter - Meditations on the Ascension of Blind Joe Death, Vol. One, LP
Mail 4-track guitar-piano collaborations by Loren Mazzacane Connors and Christina Carter (Scorces/Charalambides), done in memory of John Fahey. First in a proposed Ecstatic Yod LP series of duos done in honor of Fahey, each with different personnel. Color cover with handsome artwork by the handsome Conrad Capistran. Cover is in the style of Tom Weller's earlier versions of Vol 1-3 Fahey albums...
Trio from Sheffield, England of slide guitar/vocals, upright bass & drums. Cover art by Billy Childish, liner notes by Mick Farren (Deviants). Bee-stung guitar, vocals dug up in some gravel pit, Chicken Legs Weaver create some of the most feverishly destroyed R'n'B in recent memory.
Reissue of Matt Valentine (Tower Recordings, MV/EE Medicine Show) cassette orig. released on Polyamory in 1998. Glorious Group Therapy was conceived at the apex of the first wave of MV's magical powers, a harmony of acid folk honey, free blues exploration and citybilly terrestrial paradise. Originally released under the name Matthew Dell (like Blind Joe Death or Guitar Roberts) and beautifully resurrected here by Ecstatic Yod with 4 bonus tracks, it becomes a garden of maximum arousal and remains one of Valentines best political poems...
Edition of 500, with silkscreened covers (w/ double exposed back cover having a faint image of the front cover rubbed off on the back). Gang Wizard hoots, makes noise, observes, yowls. Give a walrus a stack of Dead C, Pere Ubu, and Fushitsusha CD's, an amplifier that feeds back the moment it is turned on, and convince it to mate with a leaky beanbag, and you are not far from the Gang Wizard experience. Their lack of social skills is almost complete: they are capable of asking in a slurred voice: Would you like to do a split 7-inch? Gang Wizard's live show is ludicrous, occasionally brilliant, and usually painful for all concerned...
Notekillers existed way beyond the fringe during the halcyon no wave era of 77/81. Hitching up from Philly they played a few critical gigs in NYC, most notably on a bill with the then scorching Glen Branca ensemble. Their signature was instrumental guitar hyper-core, charged and super shifting.
Dead Machines is the Ypsilanti lovecore of Tovah O'Rourke (Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice, Golden Calves Money Band) and John Olson (Wolf Eyes, Sweepers, Violent Ramp). Human Brain Wasting Syndrome is two sides of sick-bliss junk machine improv counterplaying a feminized Black Vomit vibe with a gonad butter dish of bohunk.
Mouthus is Brian Sullivan and Nate Nelson of Brooklyn and they absolutely destroy. Super psyche-snarled feedback and overload squall w/ hep sick-wave edge. A brain-gouged cross of Manowar head implosion and New York dustbomb detonation. Total surf skum blooze drone. Zen buzz cover art by Nate.
"hey estatic people,
i put out a cd of the magik markers gig in tienen (the bloody one). people would almost forget the music ruled too!
included is the cover art, i well sent you a copy of the cd very soon...
maybe you could tell the world on your fine website. thank you!!!
For those that dared to touch the rock(zeke excluded) dehydration headaches popped like hot oil in a wok on Tuesday morning as the valley recovered from monday night's flywheel sweatdown. Hundreds of pounds of water weight shed during the swampy onlslaught of wooden wand, thurston+kim+steve, afri rampo, and lightnin bolt.
afri rampo said it best: "take me to snow mountain"
Also, a late show announcement for tonight at Flywheel: WEDS, JULY 20 8pm $2
"Due to a confluence of human and technical difficulties, Sara Jaffe (of Erase
Errata) failed to get added to our web calendar, but she is indeed joining
tonight's stellar event - a reading by Punk Planet columnists and zinesters
Jessica Hopper (Hit It or Quit It) and Al Burain (Burn Collector).
And.. Another sweet review of the Mouthus record..
July 19, 2005 Autonomous is sporting another freak out this friday 7/22: the Montague Bookmill Bunwinkies + Erik Amlee + Raccoo-oo-oon
440 Greenfield Rd, Montague MA 413.367.9206 8:00PM, $7
July 15, 2005 Ron has issued this press release about the upcoming SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN + MAGIK MARKERS tour in August/September. We're hoping to add a special area to this site specifically to track this tour- words, pics, vid, the works. You know.. Stay tuned..
The Autonomous Battleship Collective is behind this beautiful mess:
"and if that don't light your wick from both ends, the Shine-ola/Battleship Gang present a heathen hootenanny on Saturday, late afternoon into the evening hours up in North Amherst...it's a house party scene, hairy and real...some heavy talent on display in an informal setting, maybe even a keg or two...bring a dish to share and let's let it all hang out...scheduled to appear (with others being added by the day): Nick Castro and In Gowan Ring on their Spry on the Horse of Smog tour...Ray Morin...Pewt'r Trust (Josh Burkett, Ron Schneiderman, Willy Lane)...Coyote...Milo Jones...Zeke Fiddler...Bunwinkies...and who knows what else?"
Wickermania! a House Party Hoot...61 Market Hill Rd in North Amherst (near Puffers Pond), starting around 4pm...recommended donation $7, or $5 with a potluck contribution.
July 14, 2005
Rick Meyers did this sweet poster for the flywheel show on Monday. Check out more of Rick's work, it's rad.
July 11, 2005
Lots of shows this week: Dino/Markers at Pearl street Tuesday, Central Park Thursday and Boston on Friday
George has some sort of sickness involving japan, comedy and video games over at Flywheel on Thursday MV and Crew hit the unitarian meeting house on Thursday
and fuck, LIGHTNING BOLT come to flywheel on monday.
Also, pick up a copy of comes with a smile and read an entertaining interview with mascis...
July 7, 2005
Here is a nice live review of corsano/flaherty at the Bookmill
Support the albanytroycorridor(ATC) and pick up this show next week: AKRON FAMILY
~"psychedelic/bluegrass/comedy" from brooklyn on young god records SIR RICHARD BISHOP
~fleet fingered guitarist for the sun city girls sparkling on his own, can you dig it MV/EE & THE BUMMER ROAD
~matt valentine, erika elder, samara lubelski and friends travel the spaceways, rare! GRAIN & THE GESTALT
~albany freak duo, drums, horns, guitar, all swapped, shredded and ripped LINCOLN MONEY SHOT
~albany's finest, expect to be blown away
MONDAY JULY 11TH AT 9 PM SHARP
FUZE BOX 12 CENTRAL AVE ALBANY NY 12210 518-432-4472
July 5, 2005
Team America. Fuck yeah. Hope everyone made it through julyfourth in one piece. Thanks to many round these parts for sponsoring the leisure arts on what was a spectacular weekend of weather, vibation and comtemplation: can you still eat an oxyegnated burger if it's buick brown? Is Gobblehoof really going to reunite? what do YOUR hands smell like? uh... anyway...
Scott has put together a nice 2-day festival in Buffalo, NY this weekend @ Soundlab on July 9th and 10th called "Tonight Lets All Make Love In Buffalo". I for one can attest to the fact that making love in upstate new york is a good thing. So check it out.
Masters of TAM and Black Helicopter have gone to the plant. Look for some audio previews soon....
July 1, 2005 Greg Egebeen (say his last name real fast) got some life affirming footage of the Markers at Tonic last week. New band members, new outfits, same loving fist up your ass.[Greg also does a worthy video show that you should check]
"Mind Slime features work by 8 artists plagued by monsters, childhood landscapes, and imagined, distorted and at times paranoid, environments..."
June 29, 2005
The notekillers are coming to the Hook: "The reconstituted and rejuvenated Notekillers return with their singular stew of furious art rock, improvisational derring-do and compositional "what the?" essence. If you hear anyone lamenting about how all the old punk bands are coming back to make bank, defuse the situation by uttering this band's name."
The Hook on Saturday, July 2 Ill Ease, 12am Notekillers 11pm
June 28, 2005
"I didn't want to overstay my welcome with the Buddhists and their internet." -Chris Corsano 6/26/05
June 27, 2005
West coast action: Total Shutdown
Coughs (chicago)
White Mice (providence)
Octis
12 Galaxies on mission st. between 22nd & 21st, All Ages, 9pm $7
Buy the Total Shutdown Live album on Ecstatic Yod from Paul...
June 27, 2005 Some beautiful pics of the Markers at Tonic on Friday night by stefano giovannini as well as some amazing portrait stuff of the band. CRazy heat had Elisa resembling cybil sheperd in the last picture show(pretty sure pete could pull off Jeff Bridges as well). Word has it Boston + Brattleboro kict too.
June 23, 2005
Bill T Miller roct these shots from TT's last night of markers, sunburn, growing, and comets.
June 22, 2005
Comets on Fire jacked through the curious solstice last night leaving the band dumbfounded and sweaty and riff heads rejoicing. Apologies to Franklins mint and Growing for late arrival due to migrain explosion - sweetness was reported. For those that missed the show, catch them tonight along with sunburn and the markers at TT's in Boston.
June 21, 2005
More details on the Markers show from MV:
"cowboys/cowgirls of the mind,
like grounation day we should keep going toward the light and vibration, apply concept to solstice living and boogie to the common ground this thursday for a solar dance, as above listed below:"
MAGIK MARKERS
MV/EE & THE BUMMER ROAD
SOIL SING THROUGH ME
THURSDAY JUNE 23 2005 @ 8:30 pm
COMMON GROUND ELIOT STREET BRATTLEBORO VT
June 20, 2005 The Magik Markers just added a local show to this east coast swing up at the common ground in brattleboro on thursday June 23 at around 8 pm or so(total guess.) Thank Ron and MV for getting that together...
Also thank George and the flywheel for helping to make that markers show happen. unfortunately they too have a sweet lineup that night: NECKING new york, dual electronics, fresh off spending a year on Korean TV???? ANGEL DUST features R.Francisco from M Ax Noi Mach, Nate Knifestorm and more... Like coming down off Angel Dust, but different. south philly gets dirty. TOOKIE SHERMAN west philly weirdness DAN MURPHY in between sets, w.philly freakout? we'll see! SECRET NAME? TRIO Three dudes, three basses, lots of pedals and wires. features, bill nace (vampire belt, x04), donny shaw (fat worm of error, offal), george w myers (grey skull, etc.)
and another one if your in the city:
JUNE 18 8:00pm at Tonic
Queens + Thurston Moore + Simon Finn
June 13, 2005
Elisa just made another perfect update to the markers site that you may want to check out. One spectacular highlight is this letter that her dad wrote to cousin barbara(does anyone NOT have a cousin barbara?) after the NYU show(If anyone has any vid of that show, please get in touch for inclusion in upcoming markers DVD. thanks)
June 10, 2005
Some nice documentation by TM and MV has resulted in this little 8 minute vid of Le Weekend 05. Included are MV+EE, Wally Shoup Trio, Paul Flaherty + Chris Corsano, Kousokuya, The Dream Aktion Unit, Mirror/Dash, and Dredd Foole + The Din.
with Photographs by Richard Kern, Tabitha Haggerty, Rob von Furth, Christina Birrer, Alice Taylor, David Markey,
David Rose, Sarah Carmody, Tetsuro Sato, Pablo Ravaz-zani, Leah Horsley, Chris Morret, Martin Goebel, Chris Touchton, Martin Schoeller, Peter Norrman
and Stefano Giovaninni. The first 100 copies include a zine by Thurston Moore.
June 9, 2005
Very hot last minute show announcement from Apostasty: "we've arranged this LAST MINUTE show to host GHQ, the formitable, "electrical power" trio out of NYC. Marcia Bassett (double leopards, shackamaxon, hototogisu, etc.), Peter Nolan (magik markers, virgin eye blood brothers, creeping jesus, etc.) and Steve Mysterious (every band unimagined). You've got to see it to believe it, but this group is known to operate above the astral plain and assorted other areas of psychadelic imagery. Opening up for this behemoth will be the reclusive Jeremy Pisani, a.k.a. Red Favorite. One human against three? Indeed! Though rarely, Pisani delivers his package of music-express with the might of several armies..."
THIS FRIDAY, June 10th, 8pm
@ 153 Russell St, Hadley
-GHQ
-Red Favorite
-???more???
June 8, 2005
Happened upon this little road flic shot in '90 or so and thought some might enjoy the especially crushing bowie emo sounds contained therein (8 MB Quicktime)...
June 6, 2005 mom really dug troy as western mass joined the jason martin show for the evening. man, mom, monkeys. fun like olson has. not to mention dancing with sweet betty at arties to al green only to find out that sunburn is playing the joint next week? huh? special thanks to jason and neil for scoring my vid experience like they'd seen it before. moments to share: chuck mangione tape loop during improv to video, greyskull's floor tom volleyball, duck's hot and bothered emo glam, trebville's kitchen table core, evrev's big bad wolf pimpin femdom turntabalism, and duck devouring twin double cheeseburgers at denny's. fuckin yum.
May 31, 2005
Vid from Scotland is on the way. In the meantime, couple of interesting shows of note in the Albany-Troy cooridor (ATC):
June 3, 2005 at Wow Cool Troy, New York 51 3rd Street
Trebville Exchange (Sharon Cheslow & Neil from Fat Worm of Error)
Scarcity of Tanks (w/ vid by kesin featuring matt and jessi believer)
Evolution Revolution (Jason Martin freaks)
Grey Skull (W. Mass sickies)
July 11th at the fuse box (12 central ave. albany, ny) 9pm. 7$.
Akron/Family
Sir Richard Bishop
Grain&theGestalt/LincolnMoneyShot [lovefest]
May 27, 2005
Here is a nice taste of Sunburned Hand of the Man live at the Wilder Cats thing back in January. First you swing the 45 lb skeleton around like a helicopter THEN you make out with it. They make it look so easy. (7 MB quicktime)
Hope mom is enjoying scotland...
May 26, 2005
Just want to take a moment to welcome canadian good guy and christina carter collaborator Andrew MacGregor to the ecstatic valley. Andrew will be filling some big shoes across town at the YOD space and looks forward to making all your record freak dreams come true. Additionally, Andrew was a finalist in the 2003 All-Japan National Music Competition and has studied shakuhachi for about 20 years. He first heard the sound of the shakuhachi on a 70's rock and roll recording by Leon Russell, and was captivated by its strong sound and the depth of feeling it conveyed... More>
May 25, 2005
a special night at CBGB FRIDAY JUNE 3 9:00 $10: THE THREE GUNAS IN HISTORY (9:30pm)
appearing w/ EARLY MAN 12:30 FIRE IN THE KITCHEN 11:30 ENDLESS BOOGIE 10:30 NEG-FI 9:00
TGIH is a new project featuring d1st on guitar & laptop, legendary drummer/poet William Hooker (Moore/Ranaldo, Wm Parker, DJ Spooky), and violinist/madman Tom Chiu (Flux Quartet, Ornette Coleman).
May 24, 2005
As expected, Victoriaville was joyous and bob t vid'd it. not sure if he left with the tapes but if he sends it our way, we'll post asap:
"victo fest - friday - braxton has intense press conference in hotel - after spending 20
minutes on each question where he goes way off on tri-axioms and jazz history
metatheoretics. coley asks last question: "is it true you cleaned out the wolf eyes merch
table at a swedish festival last year?" -- braxton leaps up and says wolf eyes are the new
universe and ..." MORE >
Bring mom to victoriaville quebec canada on saturday night for just a stupid line up and stay thru sunday to catch brotzmann(us weaklings will catch brotzmann here tonight.)
May 23, 2005 SCARCITY OF TANKS is rocking some east coast dates with an interesting assortment of acts including Metalux, Evolution Revolution,Grey Skull, Dan Friel, Total Life, Casey Block, Trebville Exchange and more:
June 3, 2005 at Wow Cool Troy, New York
June 4th, 2005 at Flight of the Buffalo, Brooklyn, New York
June 5, 2005 at Cake Shop - New York, New York
June 6, 2005 at Eat Records, Brooklyn, New York Check here for details
Bring mom to victoriaville quebec canada on saturday night for just a stupid line up and stay thru sunday to catch brotzmann(us weaklings will catch brotzmann here tonight.)
Bring mom to victoriaville quebec canada on saturday night for just a stupid line up and stay thru sunday to catch brotzmann(us weaklings will catch brotzmann here tonight.)
Once again Volcanic Tongue's David Keenan has
co-curated Le Weekend, Scotland's Vanguard
Experimental Music Festival. Volcanic Tongue artists
confirmed for this year include: Dredd Foole & The
Din, Matthew Valentine and Erika Elder, Dream Aktion
Unit (Thurston Moore, Paul Flaherty, Chris Corsano,
Matt Heyner), Mirror/Dash (Thurston Moore & Kim
Gordon), Wally Shoup Trio, Paul Flaherty & Chris
Corsano Duo, Mochizuki Harutaka, Suishou No Fune, and
a one-night only specially reformed performance from
the original line-up of Tokyo guitar monsters
Kousokuya.
Other artists appearing at the fest include Otomo
Yoshihide Septet, Deathprod and Gert Jan-Prins.
May 9, 2005
pete just sent along these slasher pics from a markers gig in Tienen, Belgium. lots of sticky, hairy blood. man.
May 6, 2005 More great press for the dredd foole record:
"... the undiluted Foole is ultimately a more rewarding experience a lingering glimpse of a man once thought merely eccentric, but now ostensibly on the precipice of becoming a bona fide American Master."
May 6, 2005
David First of the notekillers is getting intense with others...
Electronic Music Foundation Presents: HIP CHIPS MARATHON Curated by Hans Tammen @ Harvestworks
TONIC on May 7 (Sat), 2005, 6:30-11:00 pm
May 5, 2005
Friday night is a cool ride. Check out Meira O'reilly's(feathers, hampshire div 3) sound installation down at Open Space in the 'yoke at 7 PM and then rip on up to Amherst college for Deerhoof who go on some time after 10. Ask someone who ought to know about further details cause we ain't gottem.
May 4, 2005 The Markers are out torching yerp as we speak: "... that's what it's like out here on the road, one minute you're on top, one minute you're pond scum. We're playing banjo and buying fringe jackets and telling Mister Soul just where he can go, so don't worry we're strange and we don't change..."
Here is a live review of a show in Nottingham(pronounce it like a king.)
May 2, 2005 ecstatic peace night of words and music at the apollo:
Saturday, May 7 Byron Coley - The don reads from his muchly anticipated work in progress Andy Clausen - will be up from new york to read poetry Mirror Dash - coupla shiny locals work it out Janine Pommy Vega - also up from the city to read poetry Christina Carter - beautiful music fresh off tour click for more info
8pm at the apollo grill at eastworks $5 suggested donation
NOTE: This will go down in the left side room with full restaurant/bar access for all. feel free to go early and eat full on.
April 29, 2005
EVERYBODY LOVES CHRIS CORSANO. fact. can't you already feel the air leaving our valley's atmosphere? hard to breath isn't it? get your last gasps of cc flow before the boy hits the water:
Sunday, May 1st 8pm, $10
Montague Book Mill
directions: www.montaguebookmill.com
advance tickets (capacity is limited): (413) 367-9206
1st - Flaherty/Corsano Duo
2nd - Sir Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls)
This will be the release show for the first ever Flaherty/Corsano vinyl offering--"Last Eyes" on Ron Schneiderman's Records imprint.
Saturday, May 14th 9pm
Eagle's Nest
270 Pleasant St., Northampton, MA
21+ (sorry)
alphabetically, it's:
Fat Worm of Error
Head of Wantastiquet (Paul LaBrecque)
Vampire Belt
Wednesday May 18th 9 pm
P.A.s Lounge, Somerville Ave, Union Square, Somerville
Heathen Shame
Sunburned Hand of the Man
Vampire Belt
April 26, 2005
yo europe, check out our boys headed your way. RON SCHNEIDERMAN(sunburn, spirit of orr) will be heading over later this week with PAUL LABRECQUE(sunburn, lots of other stuff) in an altered form of THE OTHER METHOD. Joining them on the tour will be JOSHUA BURKETT for what I think is his first 'tour' since his days in BIMBO SHRINEHEADS (that would be around 1987):
APRIL 30 HASSELT BELGIUM
MAY 1 NIJMEGEN HOLLAND
MAY 2 DEUX ACREN BELGIUM
MAY 3 OPEN
MAY 4 KOLN GERMANY
MAY 5 PARIS FRANCE
April 22, 2005
interesting show up in Brat on Sunday 4/24 by the ABC and friends: Giuseppe Ielasi MV&EE Medicine Show Aether Myth'd (Ron
Schneiderman + Paul Labrecque) EKG at The Common Ground,
25 Elliot Street in downtown Brattleboro, VT (upstairs from Everyone's Books...)
8pm, suggested donation
Man, word is that MV&EE will have a special guest on harp and there is the slightest chance that ron and paul may have a special guest assault guitarist as well...
April 20, 2005 BOT 018 - X.0.4 - X.0.4 CDr - ltd to 150 copies
"On the wall a shadow of a beast with two backs, for starters X.0.4.
is the team of Bill Nace and John Truscinski. For a duo X.0.4. create
a devastating reckless vision that exceeds the sum of their parts... By the time it's
over you'll be wondering if someone just took a piss in your beer.
Packaged in massive silkscreened fold-out 7inch covers by Jelle
Crama. "
orders = http://www.freaksendfuture.com
mail = freaksendfuture@skynet.be
April 15, 2005
More rock digi visi for you from a beautiful night of love, passion, and volunteerism at the academy to benefit the Greenfield Center School.
Dredd Foole + MV, Cat Power, and Sonic Youth photos by kesin:
Huge buzz surrrounding "WITCH" - the latest mascis project that recently roared thru town like lemmy on a bender. Crazy talk of lawyers, signings, the works. Wonder if J will mention it tonight when dino junior reunites on Craig Ferguson.
Sweet Show:
The Schoolhouse, 30 West St. Hadley, MA. Gang Wizard, Feathers, Vampire Belt, Group Hug
8pm, $5 all ages
April 14, 2005
Patrick posted some nice images of NOISE AGAINST FASCiSM
sonic youth, cat power, and dredd foole will grace the stage at our valley's own Academy of Music tonight. Lots of well deserved posi press for dredd foole's latest solo effort- A Long, Losing Battle With Eloquence and Intimance including David Keenan's review in the April WIRE magazine. The man is on top of his game so get there early and prepare to be splayed.
April 13, 2005 Here are a slew of pics from the providence sonic youth/black helicopter show. Good times. Thanks.
April 12, 2005
Here is a swell review of the Magik Markers record. Go get abused by Elisa at NYU this week(she recently quelled rumors circulating of a corsano sub for nolan move so it should be the real deal.)
And check this out, another site of mine got HACKED for real on sunday. Somehow they rewrote my index.html file with this anti war sequence.
April 7, 2005 Black Helicopter is a rodent riddled dirge outfit composed of 4 wiley boston vets. subtle and chopsy licks wrapped around butch chunks of forceful movement. Otherwise known as framingham blues. They're opening the SY shows in Providence and Queens this weekend in preparation for their forthcoming full length release on ecstatic peace. Give love.
April 7, 2005 The Notekillers are posting their latest jams weekly. Sweet sweet mother internet.
April 6, 2005 Bill T has some more intimate show pics posted from last night of Bunnybrains(bloody nudity), DMBQ(severe facials), and LIGHTNING BOLT(lightning bolt)
April 5, 2005
Wow. For some reason, Apostasy really got their online shit together with a new site design chock full of fresh and tender offerings. Some new stuff, some old stuff but you can find it all now which is the right on part. And plenty of magik markers pics and tunes. Enjoy.
April 4, 2005
Matt posted some nice pics of the flywheel show from last week(X.O.4., Grey Skull, The Majik Markers, Prurient/Thurston Moore, Wolf Eyes)
April 1, 2005 Bunnybrains, Fat Worm of Error, Grey Skull
$5/Free for Hampshire students, @ Hampshire College Prescott Tavern, Amherst http://wonka.hampshire.edu/~amc
March 31, 2005 A sold out dose of Flywheel sickness graced the foot of mt tom with inspired sets by X.O.4(I'm told- sorry nace), GreySkull, Magik Markers, Thurston/Prurient, and WOLF EYES with a warm and moist crowd there to receive the love. Body slams, hairy fist pumps, and tons of sex in the back room.
March 29, 2005 Spencer is sporting an impressive selection of eastern seaboard road pics including the bookmill, yod space, eagles nest, providence and uh... no fun. Lots of em. Spencer shredded hearts and lobes in as many different collabs as corsano spreading the gospel of one certifiably bad 70's sitcom along the way. praise worthy indeed.
March 28, 2005
Thanks to the autonomous battleship collective for scene provision at the bookmill on Saturday - the red tones and wood smell were the perfect scotch after shrooms come down for those still shriveled from no fun(I'm told.) And the sound evolved accordingly: Paul's tones rang true like a coal miner on opium offering the perfect seque into a truly mystical College Girls Gone Wild route91 raga. Decaer Pinga followed with a strong and lungful ass stew.
College Girls Gone Wild m.valentine|e.elder|d.foole|t.moore (12 MB Quicktime)
Dacaer Pinga (12 MB Quicktime)
March 27, 2005
Bill T Miller is clearly out of his skull as he has in less than a week assembled an insane collection of images from NoFun. "Several Hundred" more to come...
March 25, 2005
The April issue of The Wire has some nice words for Mouthus and Dead Ma Cheans as did Indie Workshop:
"The sound of Mouthus is that of a muddy earth toned psychedelic fog swirl, descending upon your ears...it is safe to say if you'd enjoy a Sightings 45 played at 33, with the pitch adjust taken down to a 10, this is an album you should check out. Maybe a late entry for best of 2004."
March 24, 2005
Thanks to Jim for passing along this nice litle batch o' PICS from NO FUN and elsewhere. Mirror Dash, etc...
March 21, 2005
Nice press for NO FUN in the Village Voice:
Elisa Ambrogio: "I want a dark room where a little man tells me he can spin all the waste hours of my life into scratchy sounds little teenagers can goon to if you do it right."
March 18, 2005 NOHO NOFUN fuckin fuck. gnarly times indeed. bless the midwest, thanks for comin. nice work gettin em here sk and how the fuck did flaherty get up to the second floor with balls that big? they should be in a museum. surprised he can stay up on a ladder to paint. speaking of balls, mine tingled all night long. hope this makes your equipment sing too:
March 16, 2005 Some show info and general update from the Notekillers:
ASTERISK ART PROJECT on March 24th
the Nightingales the Notekillers
Tallboys
258 Johnson Ave @ Bushwick |
EastWilliamsburgIndustrialPark, Brooklyn
L to Montrose | 8PM | $7 | ALL AGES + booze | no phone
"Playing next month down in Philly w/ Gary Lucas' Gods & Monsters at a really beautiful new space called World Cafe Live. Think we're back to doing some live gigging after a bit of a pause - we have a batch of new stuff that's by far our best stuff yet. New segue material - more improv spaces - rockin' harder than ever..."
March 7, 2005
Check out the new sundries section of the markers website. Elisa will be updating it regulary so be sure to check back often.
March 4, 2005 Ehlers keeps the free jazz flowing over at eremite with a typically vivid release by the legendary scorcher peter brštzmann sharing headspace on this recording with han bennink. Few if any could have a title like still quite popular after all those years make perfect sense:
"the particular chemistry & poetry b/t these two old friends are still furiously alive; but the accumulation of experience & years by both artists brings new areas of consideration. this is brštzmann /bennink music formulated at once more carefully & more freely; every gesture here sounds earned, decisive, vital..."
Peter Brotzmann, William Parker, Hamid Drake (14 MB Quicktime)
March 2, 2005 Another starry night of red barness in the new happy wierd valley of misfit sounds. Son of Earth, Joshua, PG SIX shared in special ways setting the table for an aggresively bipolar Six Organs of Admittance
February 28, 2005
If you haven't checked out Volcanic Tongue - the sprawling scottish campus for devotees of global underground sonic art exploration presented by david keenan(the wire) and heather leigh murray, you should soon. Great thoughts and energy with a yod like amount of reviews.
February 27, 2005
Hampshire College Red Barn on Tuesday, March 1st 7pm $5
February 25, 2005
Check out the the autonomous battleship collective for details on a beautiful mix of local and interlocal shows at the Montague Bookmill in March.
February 24, 2005
Hey, that Magik Markers LP is coming out soon for real and it contains the best album photography ever. We're just waiting for one last critical part of the package to come in. Soon soon. We're also working on a DVD as we speak... What is TAM??
February 23, 2005
There's a show/gathering this Friday, February 25th at Paul & Val's
61 Federal St., Belchertown - "doors" at 7pm, "music" at 8pm.
not necessarily in this order:
Paul + Val + Dredd (LaBrecque + Webb + Foole)
Duck (Jessi Swenson + Matt Krefting)
Abby Drake-Meg Clixby-Bill Nace-Chris Corsano
February 22, 2005 We worked on this film project last year called Daytrip Maryanne - a piece that captures the collaboration between Maryanne Amacher and Thurston. The project is shelved but here is a micro site with some tasty video clips including a live bit of the tonic show last fall...
February 22, 2005 The Magik Markers have themselves a suuuuweet new website:
Dear Major Duders,
In addition to John Shaw's sweet-ass apostasy site there is now a Magik Markers site with some MP3's, movies and drawings. ÊThere are More to Comm. ÊThis site is made up of drawings by Pete and I and the fantastic interweb know-how of Derek Erdman. Thanks for the MOVIE Spencer Crispe.
Check that shit, hit me up!
Love, Elisa
ÊÊÊÊ
February 21, 2005 Beautiful sickness at the schoolhouse on saturday night as Vampire Belt(corsano, nace, thurston) found hardcore while Emil Beaulieau, John Wiese
and Jessica Rylan/Can't provided the perfect grey season soundtrack. Thanks.
February 18, 2005 Christoph Cox and John Shaw put on quite the spur o the moment happnin over at Hampshire last night with none other then Tony Conrad supported by a hellbent Mirror Dash and the underworldly Son of Earth. The final stroke was a punchy Chris Corsano/Tony Conrad duo improv set to be reckoned with.
son of earth, mirror dash, tony conrad, conrad/corsano (17 MB Quicktime)
February 17, 2005 Matthew Wascovich is busier than ever churning out the words and music at SLOW TOE PUBLICATIONS & RECORDS. Recent contributors include: Douglas Blazek, Byron Coley, Thurston Moore, Lee
Ranaldo, Elisa Ambrogio (Magik Markers), Mark Arm
(Mudhoney), Devendra Banhart, Edmund Berrigan, Todd
Colby, Steve Dalachinsky, Stefano Giovannini, Tim Kerr, Tom Kryss, Jesse McGuinness (The
Fuck Poplars), Pete Nolan (Magik Markers), Jean Smith
(Mecca Normal), Tara Burke (Fursaza), Sharon Cheslow,
Loren Connors, Tom Greenwood (JOMF), Jutta Koether,
Pete Mazich (Mike Watt & the Secondmen), Dylan Nyoukis
(Decaur Pinga), Wally Shoup, Leah Singer, Anselm
Berrigan, Donari Braxton, Jack Brewer (Saccharine
Trust), Mitchell Feldstein (Lungfish), Twig Harper
(Nautical Almanac), Maurizio Opalio (MCIAA), Roberto
Opalio (MCIAA), John Petkovic (Cobra Verde), Joe Tunis
(Pengo), Valerie Beth Webber and more.
February 12, 2005 Double Leopards, Mouthus, Excepter, Axolotl, bathTIME will be playing at the Hampshire Tavern
February 10, 2005 Thanks to Dave, Robin, Ron, and Cyril of Surefire for doing such a great job with this last batch of EP releases. As usual, they worked tirelessly to get this stuff out there. If you get to brat, look 'em up.
February 8, 2005 Check out some great photos of Emil Beaulieau, Sickness, John Wiese, Jessica Rylan, and Thurston Moore from the mass art show on February 5 by Bill T Miller.
February 2, 2005 Beautiful pics of the Magik Markers(+ one of Mirror/Dash) by
stefano giovannini:
January 26, 2005 Jessica Rylan/Can't will be playing a host of shows throughout the Northeast this February ask Jessica about drinking red wine with maryanne amacher at bard when you see her...
January 25, 2005 More from the Wilder Cats Benefit at the Red Barn by T.M.
January 23, 2005 Classic Flywheel entertainment for 5 bux at 8 PM
16 BITCH PILE-UP, FAT WORM OF ERROR, SON OF EARTH, VAMPIRE BELT, GREY SKULL NOTE: If you haven't given to Flywheel, please consider doing what you can now. They need the dough for rent..
January 20, 2005 Mouthus Review
"...mesmerizing ... establishes the scruffy NYC duo as the most combustible new-school heirs to Dead C's free-range soft-black feedback."--Pitchfork
January 20, 2005 Noise Against Fascism: BLACK CAT, WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY 20, 2005
WHAT IS IT? AN ANTI-INAUGURATION BALL. WE'RE PISSED OFF. WE WON'T BE SILENT. THE CLOWNS WHO'VE USURPED POWER ARE OFFAL. WE MUST CLEAN HOUSE SOMEHOW, AND WE MIGHT AS WELL BEGIN ON THE 20TH. WE HAVE WORDS, SOUNDS, GESTURES, MOVING IMAGES...Ê
January 19, 2005 The Magik Markers are shredding the east with The Believers this week:
"Elisa nearly started a riot last night here in Boston... I've never seen anything as dangerous as her..."
January 18, 2005 A message from The Notekillers: "In commemoration of our current ruler's re-coronation, We the Notekillin' People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Opposition, present our version of Jefferson Airplane's poli-sci-fi classic, House at Pooneil Corners (feat. Dasha)": http://www.notekillers.com/pooneil1.mp3 http://www.notekillers.com/pooneil2.mp3 (fcc friendly version)
January 17, 2005 Thanks to Gladtree and everyone that helped put the 13 hour long Wilder Cats Benefit together. Here is a taste...
January 15, 2005 Hampshire
College Red Barn, Amherst, MA Day-long concert/gathering to celebrate community and raise money for the people affected by the December fire in downtown Brattleboro, VT
w/Sunburned Hand of the Man, Dredd Foole, MV&EE,
Flaherty/Corsano, J Mascis, Thurston Moore + Heavy Peeps, Feathers,
Fat Worm of Error, The Opera Glove Sinks in the Sea, Aaron Rosenblum,
and many more!! CLICK
for details!
January 6, 2005 Check out the Apostasy site for a bunch of great shows in the next few weeks: Believers, Magik Markers, Mirror/Dash (Kim Gordon/Thurston Moore), Metalux, Flaherty/Corsano, Double Leopards, 16-Bitch Pileup, Monotract, Nautical Almanac, To Live And Shave In LA (w/ Andrew W.K. And Thurston Moore), Lightning Bolt and more...
December 29, 2004 Flywheel 8PM 5 bux BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL New Zealand drone master-rare appearance
DONNA PARKER Boston noise artist
HOWARD STELZER & CHRIS CORSANO Boston-tapes/Northampton-percussion
JASON LESCALLEET Maine - tapeloops
December 18, 2004 Tonic 8pm + 10pm WHITE OUT WITH JIM O'ROURKE & THURSTON MOORE "Outside agitators White Out join forces with frequent co-conspirators Jim O'Rourke & Thurston Moore for an evening of sonic reduction."
December 16, 2004 Magik Markers Tour Gallery Check out the rest of the Apostasy site while you're there...
December 16, 2004 Mutations and Mutilations "Drumsticks, coins, duct-tape, and willfully oblivious stringing are some of the ways in which I try to make my guitar do stuff," says Elisa Ambrogio, guitarist of Magik Markers...
December 16, 2004 Chris Corsano talks at length with Stewart Voegtlin "Some people kiss their primordial ass bye-bye via
strictly measured steps, others just go nutter to get there. And there are probably infinite
points in between..."
December 15, 2004 NICE WAR by Thurston Moore coming soon to the site as a web exclusive...
December 15, 2004 Magik Markers, I Trust My Guitar, LP release date set for January 17, 2005
December 15, 2004 Notekillers in the Voice ..."The Notekillers combine a precision that makes them conceptualize "microtones" and a recklessness that makes them try impossible grooves. In other words, this kicks."
December 15, 2004 Notekillers Live on WPRB 8 PM Recorded live at the station in October. WPRB from Princeton, New
Jersey. Operated by the students of Princeton University.
November 24, 2004 DOWNLOAD free poster size image from ecstatic peace show at tonic:
