I'm listening to their debut album Psychic Psummer and am liking this A LOT. They sound very much like Can. Its just under 30 minutes. I want to hear more from them. Anyone else liking this?
― van smack, Thursday, 20 August 2009 23:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah i dig this a lot, the butthash EP is great too
― you! me! posting! (electricsound), Thursday, 20 August 2009 23:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
there's also a static caravan 45 which i'm yet to hear due to broken turntable
― you! me! posting! (electricsound), Thursday, 20 August 2009 23:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
i still cant find their 1st album Hunt Like Devil anywhere. Terrific band.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 20 August 2009 23:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
both sides of butthash are on last.fm in full: http://www.last.fm/music/Cave/Cave+-+Butthash
― you! me! posting! (electricsound), Thursday, 20 August 2009 23:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
I want the opener "Gamm" to go on forever
― van smack, Thursday, 20 August 2009 23:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
Okay found their myspace. Here's what they have released so far
CAVE "Psychic Psummer" LP/CD/Cassette on Important Records 2009CAVE Made In Malaysia 7" on Important Records 2009CAVE/Skarekrau Radio split Jams Cassette 2009CAVE The Ride 7" on Static Caravan from UK 2009CAVE "Raw Vibes vol.1" Cassette 2008CAVE Butthash 7" on Trensmat Records from Ireland 2008CAVE/California Raisins split 10" on Permanent Records 2008CAVE 12" "Hunt Like Devil/Jamz" Double EP on Permanent Records 2008CAVE "Jamz EP" Cassette 2006CAVE "Hunt Like Devil EP" cd-r 2006
― van smack, Thursday, 20 August 2009 23:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Hey wow, I used to be in this band. I played synth onHunt Like Devil, it shouldn't be too hard for the intrepid googler to find, I imagine. New 12" is already recorded. Dudes are going on a Euro tour, as well.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 21 August 2009 15:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://sickness-abounds.blogspot.com/2008/10/cave-hunt-like-devil-ep-jamz-ep.html
I think that Vinyl copies of it are sold out, but the place to check would be Permanent Records or the myspace page http://www.myspace.com/realreelproWrite them a message, I'm sure they will get back to you. They may have some copies of it still, not sure. They probably don't have any of the singles anymore.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 21 August 2009 15:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
wherever i read that they're like trans am ripping off a different set of stuff, that was otm.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 21 August 2009 15:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
The keyboard player quit and they filled the void with Jeremy Freeze (from Jerusalem and the Starbaskets) on guitar. Played in town on Friday night and completely tore it down to the ground. Jeremy provides super solid rhythm guitar action and it basically makes Cave sound extremely dense. They are in Europe now, playing Madrid tomorrow night. Do see them if you can.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 28 September 2009 14:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
aQ tracked me down a cd/lp of Hunt Like Devil hopefully it might be here by the end of the week. It's bizarre that the UK press isn't available in the UK at all, no distro can get it, they must all have been sent to the US.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 28 September 2009 14:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
That is weird. I haven't ever seen or heard the UK pressed one. Did Rocket do it?
― Trip Maker, Monday, 28 September 2009 14:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
no idea, wont know til it arrives.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 28 September 2009 14:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.rocketrecordings.com/ it cant be rocket.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 28 September 2009 14:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
its on permanent records and a wee bit of paper inside it says 2nd edition.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 October 2009 12:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
Weird. Well, hope you like it! It's probably the last record I'll ever play on.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 1 October 2009 14:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh i heard the mp3s when it came out, its just taken me all this time to track it down!! aQ have been looking for it for me for well over a year. Monorailmusic couldnt get me one either, and russell who works in there, couldn't even get one for himself. Im just glad i finally got one!You should make another record man!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 October 2009 14:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
Anything could happen. Thanks.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 1 October 2009 14:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
Rough Trade got pretty much all the 2nd version of the 1st Cave. It's here for anyone still looking.
It is fucking great. I Pazz'n'Jopped it.
― CosMc (Raw Patrick), Thursday, 1 October 2009 15:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
damn i coulda saved cash
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 1 October 2009 15:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
£18 with shipping it cost from aQ :(
Damn.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 1 October 2009 15:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
The first record is great, and has been an undying household/ipod favorite for a year or two now. The centerpiece track off the Hunt Like Devil side -- called Hunt Like Devil, in which the guy says "Hunt Like Devil" a bunch -- stands head and shoulders above anything else on it, but is so damn good that I don't care that the rest is just okay. Maybe the single best post-kraut stoner/space hybrid jam I've ever heard, by anyone, ever.
Loved that double EP so much that I've since picked up almost all of their other stuff, most of it criminally overpriced (hooray for $8 singles). Hunt Like Devil remains the pinnacle by a good margin, though it's all pretty decent if yr into the sound. Psychic Psummer has yet to fully grab me.
― That's not just me saying that, that's the Pentagon. (contenderizer), Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
FWIW they'll probably never do anything with Important again.The band has nothing to do with the prices of the records. If you see them on tour, everything is reasonably priced. It's a sore point for the dudes in the band that the record costs 18 dollars in some stores.Glad people are digging the jams.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
I don't get Important as a label. Their only unifying aesthetic criteria seems to be "underground importance" as filtered through OTM trend-hopping, so at least the name fits, but how the fuck do they get away with charging a billion dollars for shit? And how is the transparent pretension of the whole thing not universally repulsive?
― That's not just me saying that, that's the Pentagon. (contenderizer), Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
Was more dismissive than necessary in prev post. Psychic Psummer deserves more than "pretty decent", even if it ain't my favorite Cave.
― That's not just me saying that, that's the Pentagon. (contenderizer), Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
Just ordered from the rough trade store. Thanks for the heads up!
― van smack, Friday, 2 October 2009 00:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
how weird, saw this thread, checked out their stuff and liked it, and now all of a sudden they're playing here next week. might be fun yes?
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 10 October 2009 21:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
holy shit, did not know about Jeremy joining...brilliant decision
― got that candy zing (Tape Store), Saturday, 10 October 2009 23:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
nice cover of "Negativland" from Neu! I guess this is from last night or the night before.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 17:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
this looks like fun!
― got that candy zing (Tape Store), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 17:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yes.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 17:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
Just got Raw Vibes vol 2. So far so good! The end of "Bobby's Hash" is terrific.
― van smack, Friday, 20 November 2009 15:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
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― van smack, Friday, 20 November 2009 15:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
Oh for shit's sake..
Driving up to Chicago to see their last show of the year at the Hideout tomorrow night. Cacaw (ex-Coughs) are playing, too. They are great, too.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 20 November 2009 15:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
A new EP "Pure Moods" coming in May on Drag City..!
― van smack, Saturday, 24 April 2010 20:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol, these guys are playing a head shop in my area this summer.
― tylerw, Saturday, 24 April 2010 20:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
Loving "Brigitte's Trip (White Light/White Jazz)"
Can't wait to pick this up next week.
― a streaker named desire (van smack), Friday, 14 May 2010 01:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
was late on psycic psummer but that would've been a guaranteed top 20 of 2009, at least. bummed they're not hitting up more of NE during their summer tour.
― Bastards of Young Dro, Friday, 14 May 2010 04:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
liking pure moods a lot -- this is the first i've heard them, i think.
― tylerw, Friday, 14 May 2010 13:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
sounds a LOT like Oneida. This is not a complaint.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 14 May 2010 14:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
Also got onto this album pretty late but really dig it - the last track is a thing of beauty, like Jackie Mittoo produced by Conny Plank or uh something
― xylyl syzygy (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 14 May 2010 14:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
oops, sorry, "this album" = Psychic Psummer, didn't even know there was a new one but I am super-excited for that now! thank you ILM
It's a new ep, no?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 14 May 2010 14:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
yes, 3 songs, about 20 minutes
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 14 May 2010 14:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
Ah, I thought from the price on Rough Trade it was a cheap LP rather than an expensive EP. And apparently Norman Records have sold out of them despite them only arriving yesterday. Time to shop around...
― xylyl syzygy (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 14 May 2010 15:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
love CAVE
― Tape Store, Friday, 14 May 2010 17:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
good stuff
― am0n, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 16:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
if this band is like oneida i will like cave
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 16:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
saw these guys last night in Denver -- hollly shit, they were good. would highly recommend them to anyone. kind of worried their records are going to start sounding limp in comparison!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 22:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
Gonna see them at pitchfork lol
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 22:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
These guys are pretty directly up my alley, loving the Pure Moods EP right now.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 18:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
They were definitely a nice surprise at Pitchfork.
― maciej recognizing trill, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 18:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
pure moods still killing it -- definitely one of my favorite things from this year. live set over yonder: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/CAVE/Live_at_WFMU_on_Talks_Cheap_Aug_16_2010
― tylerw, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 22:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
they were great when I saw em at the bank in baltimore
― the tune is space, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 22:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah i pretty much wanted to follow them on tour after seeing them last summer.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 22:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
new one! NEVERENDLESS. Just got the promo from Drag City -- more of the same, but that is exactly what i want. Some long jamzzz.
― tylerw, Thursday, 7 July 2011 14:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
great title
― mizzell, Thursday, 7 July 2011 15:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
already "this is the best" is the perfect distillation of what these guys do. 14 minutes of unrelenting awesomeness.
― tylerw, Thursday, 7 July 2011 15:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Think they are planning to go to Australia next year. I'm surprise there are already promos for the new one, don't think it's coming out til the fall?
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 7 July 2011 15:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, i was surprised too. comes out sept. 20.
― tylerw, Thursday, 7 July 2011 15:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Really excited for new CAVE!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 7 July 2011 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Think they are planning to go to Australia next year
ooh i like the sound of this
― thee o shi (electricsound), Thursday, 7 July 2011 23:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
my little review of the new one here: http://ow.ly/6bToa really loving it, annoyed that they seem to have tour dates scheduled in every US city except mine.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Try living in Mid Missouri (oh, but they are def playing here)Their last show in town was in the basement DIY space and it fucking COOKED.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh and your writeup is sweet. OTM.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Their last show in town was in the basement DIY space and it fucking COOKED.is this their thing, playing nontraditional venues? the denver show they played was a totally random head shop/record store/art space that i'd never heard of before and haven't heard of since. god, it was so good.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
It is sometimes their thing, not always. They've all got a lot of experience with touring and playing rock shows. Sometimes a non-traditional space is just more attractive.Sometimes, getting paid is.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
they may have been paid in weed at the show i saw.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is awesomehttp://vimeo.com/29128356
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 22 September 2011 18:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
sweet!
― tylerw, Thursday, 22 September 2011 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
is this their thing, playing nontraditional venues?
lol, the record release show for the new albumw as played on a flatbed truck driving down Milwaukee Avenue here in Chicago. Really wanted to go, but wasn't able to do so.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 22 September 2011 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Check that link I just posted
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 22 September 2011 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
ah, didn't click the link, most videos on vimeo won't play at work
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 22 September 2011 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
this makes me want to drive up to baltimore to see them.
― skip, Thursday, 22 September 2011 19:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
as noted upthread, they were pretty godlike for me when i saw 'em last year.
― tylerw, Thursday, 22 September 2011 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
that video is great -- there are lots of recognizable places, but the parts i like best are the anonymous intersections.
― some lady (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 September 2011 20:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
saw these dudes last night they were pretty cool
― flopson, Thursday, 22 September 2011 23:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
they hit up the local npr station today apparentlyhttp://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/2011-10-14/grooving-some-caves-neverendless-jams-93151
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Friday, 14 October 2011 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
The rhythmic orchestration of the rock band Cave typically unwinds slowly but steadily over lengthy songs. They are often called "roller-rinkin’ rock for the next generation."
Confused about what that phrase means? The band sat down with Eight Forty-Eight to explain what exactly roller-rinkin' rock is and why they are not your typical jammers
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Friday, 14 October 2011 18:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gonna see them tonight. So stoked.Cooper insists that they are a funk band now. Hafta laugh.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 14 October 2011 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm going tomorrow night, will report back on level of funk.
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Friday, 14 October 2011 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
annoyed that they seem to have tour dates scheduled in every US city except mine.this, still. jealous you guys are seeing them.
― tylerw, Friday, 14 October 2011 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not to rub it in, but I'm gonna get to see them twice on this tour!Which is cool and all, but the fact that I can't you know BE IN THE BAND and actually go on tour still kind of stings.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 14 October 2011 22:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
crash the stage! "i'm back in the band!!"
― tylerw, Friday, 14 October 2011 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
I get to every now and again. It's the long hours in the van with the dudes that I really crave though.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 14 October 2011 22:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
And they are playing tonight and tomorrow with ANOTHER band that I used to be in.It's going to be really great to be in the same room with so many good friends.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 14 October 2011 22:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
so psyched, they're playing in Denver next week! at the very same mysterious head shop as last year.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 17:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hey, all right.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 17:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Playing in my town on Friday night!
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 17:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
they played for free on monday but i didn't go because i saw that show a few weeks ago
― Yasmine Teeth (La Lechera), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol, well that was a bummer. drove an hour down to denver for this show, sat through two opening acts. then, they announce that THREE more bands are going to play at the club next door, and everyone should go watch those. Wait around, wait around, wait around, and it's 1:15am on a Sunday night and i'm literally falling asleep on my feet. last opening act still going strong. i guess i'm getting old or something, but i can't wait until 2am for a band to play! yeesh.
― tylerw, Monday, 14 November 2011 15:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
jeez, is that a regular mysterious head shop procedure? driving back home in a few minutes, gonna blast the album once more.
― willem, Monday, 14 November 2011 15:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha i don't know, they played at a reasonable hour the last time! i'm all for playing alternative venues and whatever, but this just got kind of silly.
― tylerw, Monday, 14 November 2011 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bummer city. Sorry to hear that.They did a cover of DJ Funk's "XTC" on Friday night, it was amazing.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 14 November 2011 15:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sorry to hear that tyler, but that would have been annoying to me too. I'm not sure I'd have even made it as late as you did on a Sunday night.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 14 November 2011 17:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
just got word that my friend stuck it out. they went on 1:45-ish. "it was awesome," he said.
― tylerw, Monday, 14 November 2011 17:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
That is way too late. I'm sure it wasn't the band's decision.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 14 November 2011 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah we talked to one of the dudes who put the show together and he was like "i don't think cave will ever play here again."
― tylerw, Monday, 14 November 2011 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hah, as they shouldn't. Shitty shitty thing to do to a band and the audience.
― grandavis, Monday, 14 November 2011 20:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
i do think they got a lot of free weed though, so ...
― tylerw, Monday, 14 November 2011 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
They described the place to me as less a head shop, more a speak easy. It sounded a lot like this "record store" that operated in my town called "K3v1n's World" that really seemed like a front for the proprietor to get underage kids drunk. Did you get some BBQ, at least?
― Trip Maker, Monday, 14 November 2011 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
i missed the bbq! it must be more of a clubhouse kinda place than an actual place of business. though there is a sign out front now! they actually had a pretty awesome cooler full of microbrews.night wasn't a total loss, got to hang out w/ some friends, drink a few beers. just hope cave plays somewhere slightly better organized next time!
― tylerw, Monday, 14 November 2011 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cooper says there will be a Bitchin Bajas sounds and visuals event happening at the Music Box in Chicago "in weeks." Didn't see anything on their website, don't know the exact date. New LP+DVD later in the year.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 6 January 2012 02:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
in TWO weeks jesus
― Trip Maker, Friday, 6 January 2012 02:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
OoooOoooo!! Thanks for posting, will read the emails from the music box now. Last one announced an appearance by Crispin Glover.
― La Lechera, Friday, 6 January 2012 02:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
From Drag City email:
Drag City and the Music Box are crossing streams for a one night only screening of Dragonslayer, the award winning documentary from director Tristan Patterson and executive producer Christine Vachon. That’s a whole lotta trouble makers right there. But we couldn’t just slap a couple of moving images on the wall and be like, “Hey! Show up to this shit#!” So we’re gonna make an event of it: On January 18th the folks at Rodan in Wicker Park are letting us squat their place and throw a party from 7-10pm with some semi-talented people making music while we preview the film. Then the night of the screening Bitchin’ Bajas will perform with visual artist Olivia Wyatt as people gather in their seats. The organ player reduced to dust! Plus, since the dee-slayer is a certain shade of rock and roll, Mayor Daley will jam some tunes before the curtain opens on what may very well be the best documentary about skateboarding or the suburbs ever. To add just one more thing to make this event unforgettable, the director of the film, Tristan Patterson, will be answering questions via Skype after the movie is over.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 January 2012 03:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
That sounds like fun. I'm glad Mayor Daley is still a going concern.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 6 January 2012 03:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm making the trip up to Chicago tomorrow with the Columbia, MO, band (Hott Lunch) that is opening for Cave at the Empty Bottle tomorrow night. My dear old friend,Jeremy, is back in the band; the dirty rotten milk man has moved on. Should be an interesting time. Free if you RSVP!
There's a ton of Bitchin Bajas action in the works, too. The quadrophonic presentation of the latest film and music collaboration with Olivia Wyatt was really great.
Gonna be a good weekend.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Heeeey I'm going to that show and so are some other ilxors!
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Awesome! Sunday is Cooper's birthday. Really looking forward to seeing my old friends. It would be cool to meet some ilxors, too.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh man i really wish i could go to this show, but we've had some pretty bad news at home that will keep me in this weekend. have fun for me though!
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes i should be at this show too with my (very occasional ilxor) wife
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 April 2012 16:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
wish i was going to be at this show. jealous :'(
― tylerw, Friday, 20 April 2012 16:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
tell the band i'm still mad about my last denver experience with them. gahhh!
― tylerw, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Permanent Records putting out a comp of pre-Cave (and every other Columbia band) the Pows for Record Store Day. Only 100 copies, which is not very many, but the one song i heard was cool. you got any other info Trip?
― mizzell, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
WTF? I am probably on that thing. Holy shit. That was a project Cooper was working on years ago that I thought he gave up on.I don't have any info. Wish I did!
Tyler: They told me all about that Denver show. That weird head shop morphed into something even seedier in the time between their two gigs there.Said they would never play that place again.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha, yeah, there were definitely some bad vibes that second time around! i'm not really mad, just bummed i didn't get to see them. they can play at my house next time, i am a cool guy.
― tylerw, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh I see, it's a Pows comp. Ha ha, it's sweet how much Liz and Lance love the Pows.The main songwriter from that band, Zach (also of HEATER), is living in Vermont on going to Carpentry school.He hasn't given up on rock, but who knows when or how he'll make his next move.I think the record Permanent is releasing is the very first Pows session from when Rex and Zach were maybe 15.
xp I knew you weren't really mad, Tyler.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
The project I was referring to previously was a comp of a bunch of area bands that would have featured the (extremely rough) demo recordings of MOST HIGH, the best band that I was ever in, which feature Dan and Jeremy (now of Cave) and a dude named Drew who lives in Portland now and plays in a group called Loose Values.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't have any info. Wish I did!
the last permanent records email had a long description of it - i'll ilx-mail it to you!
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
or actually, just check it out here: http://www.permanentrecordschicago.com/news.php
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cool, thanks, Z_
― Trip Maker, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
i never even saw the pows play, i only saw the cover show that lance + liz did in Maude Vintage that one time in como
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Man, they really were good. They were just kids. That description is kind of cryptic in that Lance never says what is actually on it.I guess it's probably selections from both Pows records, maybe some Saber Tooth, maybe something from that first recording session?Curious.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
does lance write those descriptions, or liz? liz wrote me an incredible letter of recommendation to help get me into grad school. i'll always owe her big time for that?
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
sorry, that was supposed to be a period, not a question.
Well, it says "Liz and I learned all the songs on their first album and ..." so Lance definitely wrote that one.I am sure Liz writes stuff, too. They are amazing people and it is super encouraging to see how successful they've become.I mean, who would have though that an opening an independent record store in Chicago at the time they did would be a successful move?
― Trip Maker, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was somewhat skeptical as well. i wished them the best but at the time they started there were just waaaaaves of articles about the impending death of the music retail business because of the ubiquity of downloading. of course, what they have going for them is that they're both completely awesome.
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
sorry i missed you trip maker, me and my wife had gone to hide out in the front room for the first band and i guess we missed our chance. your friends' band was awesome.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
It was a fun night, I pretty much stayed in the background. I'm sure another opportunity will arise.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 23 April 2012 15:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Good show? I actually was going to end up trying to go Saturday, but my son came down with a 103 degree temp Saturday afternoon.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
first band was pretty awful, hott lunch and cave were fantastic
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^ agreed!! afraid i frazzled cooper at the merch table, but i have enjoyed the record i coerced him into selling me
they are now p much a band i will always see if i can because they're always interesting (exception made for big festivals, which are not my bag)
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Those Bitchin Bajas records were delivered to Cooper at the Bottle that night.You are the first person to have purchased one.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 23 April 2012 15:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
He was gonna charge me $12 but I had a 20 and he had a 5 so I just took the 5 as change. Blood money!
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
CAVE and Wume (WUME? haven't heard them yet but was recommended to me by a record store employee) are playing * in my neighborhood* two days after my birthday* at 5pm
Thank you, cosmos!
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 19 July 2012 22:15 (10 months ago) Permalink
Wume is almost the name of the town where Faust lived/recorded
― mizzell, Friday, 20 July 2012 00:58 (10 months ago) Permalink
So this show was really good! Wume had a weird setup with the synths and drums facing each other and then a sax player over on the side. A few problems with executing the extended jams, but they show a lot of promise. Sad they forgot their records, I would have bought one. Looking forward to hearing what they do in the future for sure.
Cave were the same as they always are -- tight and forward-moving. You can see me scratching my shoulder in the venue's fb cover image though! https://www.facebook.com/experimentalsoundstudio
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Monday, 27 August 2012 18:41 (8 months ago) Permalink
for now at least
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Monday, 27 August 2012 18:43 (8 months ago) Permalink
cool...these guys have anything new coming out? guess it hasn't been that long since the last LP, but ...
― tylerw, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:54 (8 months ago) Permalink
I love a day show. Never heard of Wume. The Cave sets in my town last weekend were fun, it was nice to hear a new song and some reworked older material. The event on the Missouri River was kind of disappointing. Isis from the Source family dug it, though.
There are plans for future releases but I think it may take some time. I think that there may be more Bitchin Bajas stuff available before the new Cave stuff. Oh, someone in Chicago has started up a flexi label (flexi-discs like you used to get in cereal boxes or whatever) and Cave is going to do one of those. I think there will only be a couple hundred copies. I am sure the track will be included on another release. It's a good track, includes a flute solo.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:59 (8 months ago) Permalink
it was really fun to see them play in a small garden setting though -- cicada noises between songs and whatnot
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:00 (8 months ago) Permalink
And it isn't that Cave was disappointing at the River gig, just that the event itself was kind of a drag for the volunteers and talent.Don't really want to elaborate beyond that.
xpost that sounds like fun.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:01 (8 months ago) Permalink
And it isn't that Cave was disappointing at the River gig, just that the event itself was kind of a drag for the volunteers and talent.
aw man, bummerz.
saw these dudes like two years ago, still one of the best shows i've seen in a looooong time.
― Mr. Que, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:04 (8 months ago) Permalink
Haven't been able to catch them before, but psyched to see them at a house-show here in Indianapolis in a couple weeks.
Yes. House. Show.
― dronestreet, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:15 (8 months ago) Permalink
ps you can listen to some wume here if you want http://wumeworld.net/music/
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:16 (8 months ago) Permalink
http://loudlooppress.com/media/watch-cave-groove-on-giant-system/
― tylerw, Thursday, 30 August 2012 22:26 (8 months ago) Permalink
The flexi is neat! Cool art and great sound. It's a Rotted Tooth release: http://rottedtoothrecordings.com/Looks like Wume has worked with Rotted Tooth. I think one of the guys from Wume has been adding parts to Cave recordings, like the flute on the flexi track. ooh Running has, too. Those guys are great. Check this hilarious tour diary from when Running went out with CAVE last yearhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/73922812/Cave-Running-Tour-Journal-Fall-2011
I like this video made by a guy from/with the Chicago Film Archives:http://vimeo.com/48320861
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 20 September 2012 23:03 (8 months ago) Permalink
I meant that running has worked with Rotted Tooth, not added to Cave recordings. Garbledy.
tour diary is lol
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 September 2012 23:11 (8 months ago) Permalink
Saw 'em last Friday and it was predictably great. Such a great band.
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 21 September 2012 06:39 (8 months ago) Permalink
haw that chicago film archives vid is awesome/insane
― tylerw, Friday, 21 September 2012 15:11 (8 months ago) Permalink
man, i don't know if i can support a record label with that namebut i do think wume are one to watchdilemmas...
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 21 September 2012 15:23 (8 months ago) Permalink
lol at As bad as it got out there on the road with Cave we learned a fewvaluable lessons that are sure to stick with us for years to come.Similar to the way scars stick with you after severe cigarette burnshave been inflicted on you, or the way $7,438 of credit debt will stickwith you because you let Cave talk you into out bidding a guy fromMacau on EBay for a signed copy of the new Lou Reed and MetallicaCD Lulu that turned out to be fake anyway.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 September 2012 15:31 (8 months ago) Permalink
Oh yeah! They were listening to Lulu really deliberately, one new song a day.They figured that was the only way they would get through it.lol at Lechera's reaction to Rotted tooth.That film archives video uses a brand new recording.Jeremy Freeze from Jerusalem and the Starbaskets is playing guitar in CAVE right now.He's gone out on tour with them before, but these new tracks are the first time he's recorded with them.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 21 September 2012 16:15 (8 months ago) Permalink
oh cool, i didn't know that! is he on that recording posted just above (the vimeo)? that song is awesome. the visuals are great too.
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Friday, 21 September 2012 16:26 (8 months ago) Permalink
yes, he is. He's on the flexi, too.They are in Europe RIGHT NOWhttp://www.dragcity.com/artists/cave
― Trip Maker, Friday, 21 September 2012 16:27 (8 months ago) Permalink
Oh wait, I just remembered that I saw Jeruselem and the Starbaskets when they opened for CAVE and they were great!
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 21 September 2012 16:27 (8 months ago) Permalink
^i love all their records
― upset and upsetting (electricsound), Saturday, 22 September 2012 00:01 (8 months ago) Permalink
Steeple in the Sky ftw
― did drake invent yolo (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 24 September 2012 01:31 (7 months ago) Permalink
Jerusalem and CAVE are "home" for the holiday, they each did a set last night. Both sounded amazing. After touring Europe, CAVE is just tight as hell. They sounded like fucking Deep Purple or something. I was blown away.
― Trip Maker, Sunday, 25 November 2012 19:00 (5 months ago) Permalink
Jerusalem played Steeple and it ruled. They played a bunch of old songs.Kim was feeling under the weather, though, so they cut their planned hour-long set short.
― Trip Maker, Sunday, 25 November 2012 19:02 (5 months ago) Permalink
They sounded like fucking Deep Purple or something.sounds awesome. listening pure moods right now -- kind of think it might be my favorite thing ... ever?
― tylerw, Thursday, 29 November 2012 23:14 (5 months ago) Permalink
I missed EVERY LAST ONE of their many recent local shows, but I do plan to make a special trip to buy the latest Bitchin Bajas EP. I'd even be a booster. I recommend "Jelly" to fans of slow warm droney atmospheric music with a faint hint of melody. https://soundcloud.com/bitchin-bajas/
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Friday, 1 March 2013 14:50 (2 months ago) Permalink
hmmm yeah this bitchin bajas stuff is bitchin! what is the connect betw. cave and these guys again?
― tylerw, Friday, 1 March 2013 16:16 (2 months ago) Permalink
cooper crain iirc?
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Friday, 1 March 2013 16:21 (2 months ago) Permalink
still totally disgusted by rotted tooth btw. what's with these guys and nomenclature? i do like the name of the new ep though ;)
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Friday, 1 March 2013 16:22 (2 months ago) Permalink
"jelly" is definitely some excellent terry riley kinda stuff.
― tylerw, Friday, 1 March 2013 16:28 (2 months ago) Permalink
totally -- if i'm not going crazy, they seem to be getting incrementally more melodic, so i hope they reach (and stay at) a comfortable balance of drone and melody. on an appealing trajectory, but i haven't heard the new one yet. their sound is always warm, that hasn't changed.
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Friday, 1 March 2013 16:53 (2 months ago) Permalink
ok now i'm down a bitchin bajas rabbit hole. new favorite band!
― tylerw, Friday, 1 March 2013 17:43 (2 months ago) Permalink
yay! my work here is done.
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Friday, 1 March 2013 18:34 (2 months ago) Permalink
look what i got over the weekend! (not a ceiling fan)
went to the store for the special green version, it's pretty
the sound is what i expected EXCEPT each track gets progressively more and more layered (to the point of busyness occasionally but usually evens out) and ends with a midtempo jam that lends itself to dancing, more like a cave song but through an 80s electropop filter. kinda weird! i like it.
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Monday, 4 March 2013 14:03 (2 months ago) Permalink
Actually, the dance jam at the end of one of the title track isn't 80s, more Neu. Either way, I like it. Wish I had gone to at least ONE of those shows, but OH WELL.
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Monday, 4 March 2013 14:26 (2 months ago) Permalink
Bajas just played a local gig last week! BB started as Cooper's solo gig, but has since expanded to a three piece. There is already another album in the can and lots of stuff in progress, too, I think. I heard some of the new Cave record-in-progress, too, and I'm really excited about it.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 4 March 2013 14:57 (2 months ago) Permalink
bajas may tour dates FYIbitchitronics coming to a town near you
Bitchin Bajas May tour dates:
9 - Indianpolis, IN @ House
10 - Columbus, OH @ Double Happiness
11 - Pittsburgh, PA @ 6119
12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Little Berlin
16 - Portland, ME @ tba
17 - Boston, MA @ Video Underground
18 - Brooklyn, NY @ Body Actualized
19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Body Actualized * Cosmic Yoga
23 - Lafayette, IN @ tba
24 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 6 May 2013 20:50 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
wtf is cosmic yoga?!
pretty much what their new album sounds like! i got a promo and i was blasting it -- my wife asked "are you doing yoga up there?"
― tylerw, Monday, 6 May 2013 20:52 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
cave or bitchies?
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 6 May 2013 21:00 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
bitchin bajas new one
― tylerw, Monday, 6 May 2013 21:01 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah, it's really good! the end of each song gets a little fast for yoga, or at least my kind of yoga. more like groovy dance party!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 6 May 2013 21:03 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Every Sunday we host a Cosmic Yoga party. These parties involve a more relaxed and casual yoga class accompanied by live music, performed by various artists and bands. After yoga, our chefs create raw/living foods dinner which are provided at affordable and reasonable prices
― mizzell, Monday, 6 May 2013 21:04 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
here's the info on the new one, in inimitable drag city style
Bitchin Bajas are back, baby! Their new album Bitchitronics, out July 16, 2013 on Drag City, is ready with the quickness we expect from the Chicago-based band - which is funny, since their area of expertise and mastery is in the area of synthetic ephemeral sonic languidity known more instinctively, inclusively (and let's face it, irresponsibly) as drone music. Put it this way - they make slow music at a fast pace. Bitchitronics is their first realized record as a trio.
Since their first appearance way back in 2010, Bitchin Bajas approach has been simple - unfold tones via synth and keyboard, allowing micro-frequencies to press against each other in a way that pleases the ear, the mind and the soul. From record to record (three albums, a split 7" and a split 12", a cassette and an 12"EP), their process is redefined by confronting the technologies of formative and outmoded machines, sliding into different quadrants of the ambient/post-organic/electronic/and drone universe each time around. Thus, the experience of slipping inside their music seems so singular and pure, like floating naked in a sensory deprivation tank. Just us and our minds and the music. Simple, right? But other things occur underneath...
For Bitchitronics, the concept was: use tape techniques to create and then solve problems - loops and edits were there to make things fun and the music great in the style of experimental tape pioneers upon whose shoulders the Bajas play. Mission bitchin' accomplished! Recording was mostly done in, all over and around a house in Fennville, MI with three tape machines reeling in the sounds - sometimes, in addition to sounds that have never seen the light of day, you're also hearing the sound of the light of day on the tape (or when they recorded at night, evening stars). Two 1/4" tape machines were utilized to make loops and execute the Bitchitronics sound system, one of which discreetly captured the combined sounds of the loops with live playing. Once done, it was back to HQ where edits of the 1/4" recordings were utilized to create larger tapestries on the 2-track master tape.
You want to use the Bitchitronics method for yourself? That's how it's done! Taking the long path to realize this album makes for some heavenly music indeed.
― tylerw, Monday, 6 May 2013 21:06 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
that sounds maximum fruitywould stretch/breathe under those conditions...maybe?
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 6 May 2013 21:09 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
first song is called "transcendence" last song is called "turiya"...
― tylerw, Monday, 6 May 2013 21:11 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
oh ok i haven't heard it yet because i'm not on the promo circuitlooking forward to it!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 6 May 2013 21:11 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
it's great -- first tune is heavy on the no pussyfooting/frippertronics vibes.
― tylerw, Monday, 6 May 2013 21:12 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
They've been huffing Alice Coltrane.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 6 May 2013 21:13 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
― tylerw, Monday, 6 May 2013 21:16 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
that sounds greatlove alice!!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 6 May 2013 21:19 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
dude djing at our last show played some bajas, it made everyone's ears perk up.. must have been something from krausened as i didn't know it
― groovy replacement (electricsound), Monday, 6 May 2013 22:27 (2 weeks ago) Permalink