I ripped the CD if you need a digital copy, sleeve
― van smack, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
doing it now, but thanks.
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
man "Fist Family" is some continuous pummeling action
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah no kidding. The last track is a killer and so epic.
― van smack, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
that, "Plain of Jars" -- which is my current favorite
It almost sounds like a Velvet Underground song.
― van smack, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 22:30 (fourteen years ago) link
loving the jazzy breaks at the end of "Serrated Edges".
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
press release said US dates are booked, but I haven't seen any (and there aren't any on the Drag City site)
Looks they are also playing Flywheel in Easthampton, MA on September 6th
www.flywheelarts.org
― bananasfosterchild, Thursday, 20 May 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
got the LP. godlke
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 23 May 2010 06:25 (fourteen years ago) link
holy christ is this great. yeah 'Plain of Jars' is like up there with Butterfield 'East/West', Quicksilver 'The Fool', Hendrix 'Third Stone' .. all the other epics
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 23 May 2010 06:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Man Oh Man does this record ever deliver.
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 23 May 2010 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, been listening to this a lot -- if you think you might like it, you will!
― tylerw, Sunday, 23 May 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Loved these guys live in Glasgow last night; they were really raging & having fun with it...
http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/s6/v6/p619863638-3.jpg
http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v17/p237940090-3.jpg
http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/s7/v8/p917028930-3.jpg
― krakow, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 11:59 (fourteen years ago) link
due to complete memory failure i only got to this in time to see the second half. it cleansed my head.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 12:59 (fourteen years ago) link
So mad I will miss the NYC date.
― 99 anna hay-uff jussa woan' do (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
great pics as always, krakow!
yeah, this fuckin' ruled - nearest thing i cld compare it to was keith moon sitting in w/ crazy horse or something... loved how HEAVY it was
altho' i was a bit bummed out by the pretty sparse attendance, the lack of jostling and chattering really let me get deep fried in the music - and i was only woken from my reverie by david k33nan shouting "unbelievable" behind me.
this youtube clip doesn't really do em justice, but still
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JakvyyNmo4A
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
and i was only woken from my reverie by david k33nan shouting "unbelievable" behind me.
hahaha
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i kept thinking keith moon too.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
corsano looks like a 14 year old next to Bishop, haha
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
really hope I get to see these guys soon
my only complaint about this album is that it is not a double album.
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Hoping there's tickets left for Cardiff tomorrow night. Hope I can find someone to go with me.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Agreed. It's too short!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 21:04 (fourteen years ago) link
bishop looks like an old bay area rocker in that 3rd photo krakow
― kumar the bavarian, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
^^ so true
― 69, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Picking up the vinyl tomorrow - my local shop now has it in stock. Can't wait.
Like the photos, Krakow!
― Duke, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, great pics!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
So beautiful. Seeing these fellows in two days time at Brighton's shittest venue. Dammit, I am up for this thing.
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Finally got this today. On 3rd listen already and fucking love it.
My very first reaction was: this is like Haino/Tatsuya's "New Rap"! (which is, naturally, a Good Thing). It is, in some ways, but it's also more than that, of course (e.g. the fine closer).
And yeah, where's the download code or whatever?! I'll have to dl this elsewhere for out and about.
― Duke, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 22:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Bought it off amazon MP3 last night. Listening now for the first time. Damn.
\m/ O_O \m/
― Yes! Yes! Hammerheads! (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 3 June 2010 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
It's a fine thing.
― Duke, Thursday, 3 June 2010 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
!... fist family...!
― Yes! Yes! Hammerheads! (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 3 June 2010 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Serrated Edges and Plain Of Jars are the most Sun City Girls-like on here. What Corsano is doing on Plains And Jars is classic Charlie Gocher (RIP).
― Yes! Yes! Hammerheads! (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 3 June 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Listened to this today.. loving it.
― ian, Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
fyi:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RangdaRangda is the demon queen of the leyaks in Bali, according to traditional Balinese mythology. Terrifying to behold, the child-eating Rangda leads an army of evil witches against the leader of the forces of good - Barong.
― ian, Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Just walked back in through the door after seeing these people. They don't hold back live! Corsano was particularly impressive.
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 21:00 (2 days ago)
Did you go? It banged hard imo... I love how with this venue there are always ppl walking past the windows behind where the bands play and peering in with a 'what the christ is happening in there' look
― taqsim for Gaffney (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:50 (fourteen years ago) link
― Yes! Yes! Hammerheads! (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 3 June 2010 21:38
YES
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
― taqsim for Gaffney (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 3 June 2010 22:50 (Yesterday) Bookmark
No I didn't due to a few reasons - working late, wife couldn't get the baby to sleep, no-one to go with. I did think about walking over later but by the time I was ready it was half 9 and I didn't think it was worth it. Gutted though.
― nate woolls, Friday, 4 June 2010 08:56 (fourteen years ago) link
There's also an old SCG track called 'My Dinner With Rangda'. And I THINK she is one of the faces shown on the back cover of Sumatran Electric Chair.
― Yes! Yes! Hammerheads! (Jon Lewis), Friday, 4 June 2010 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
The same week I got this record I checked out a DVD from the library I work at that was a transfer from an old VHS called "Bali: Isle of Temples" and it talked about Rangda.Also some nice footage of the monkey chant, which is even more impressive visually than it is sonically. Also has some nice folk singing about the sea and rice farming.It's actually a beautiful film.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 4 June 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
this thing never fucking stops ... album of the year
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 5 June 2010 08:58 (fourteen years ago) link
got the vinyl today, finally! loving sarcophagi at the moment
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I bought the MP3 version so I have no liners to consult-- who did the awesome cover art?
― Blog is a concept by which we measure our pain (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
cover painting by steve quenell
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
finally got this!
daaaaaaaaaamn these dudes are goin' in.
i swear corsano has 12 arms.
great great album
― the reverend dr. william wiggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
US TOUR 20108/27- Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory w/ Major Stars8/28 - New York, NY @ Cake Shop w/ Major Stars8/29 - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa w/ Major Stars8/30 - Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar w/ Major Stars8/31 - Albany, NY @ Cannonball Factory w/ Major Stars9/1 - Providence @ As2209/2 - Easthampton, MA @ Flywheel w/ Major Stars9/3 - Philadelphia, PA @ M Room w/ Major Stars9/4 - Washington, DC @ The Velvet Lounge w/ Major Stars9/5 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks9/6 - Columbus, OH @ The Summit9/7 - Detroit, MI @ CAID9/8 - Kalamazoo, MI @ The Strutt9/9 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Arbor Vitae Loft9/10 - Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle9/11 - Bloomington, IN @ Russian Recording9/12 - Lexington, KY @ Boomslang Festival9/13 - Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light9/14 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Nightlight 9/15 - Baltimore, MD @ Golden West Cafe--
― tylerw, Friday, 6 August 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
;_; because they're not playing anywhere near me ...
― tylerw, Friday, 6 August 2010 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Come to Texas goddangit.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, 6 August 2010 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
:D for me tbh
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:57 (thirteen years ago) link
this record is so fukkin good
― dolores lol'reared-him (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 6 August 2010 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link