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
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 (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
!... fist family...!
― 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
thank you for west coast shows
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Friday, 6 August 2010 23:21 (thirteen years ago) link
dude theyre comin
― 69, Friday, 6 August 2010 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw Chris Corsano play with Mick Flower last weekend and he is the most incredible drummer. You could stand and watch him transfixed for the entire set. He is inspirational. Get to the front to see.
― kraudive, Friday, 6 August 2010 23:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Will wait for the west I guess.
Richard Bishop is playing next monday night at the showbox fwiw
― van smack, Saturday, 7 August 2010 03:07 (thirteen years ago) link
showbox market, headlining?
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 7 August 2010 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Bonnie Prince Billy with SRB opening. At the market
― van smack, Saturday, 7 August 2010 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
great poster. don't think any ilxors are cool enough to live in the hudson river valley, but i thought i'd post it anyway.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs283.snc4/40490_139816969389361_105798069457918_174824_5886273_n.jpg
― scott seward, Sunday, 15 August 2010 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
I bought this solely based on everything that I read on this thread.
Having never heard any of the people involved, this has been mind-blowing (three listens today). It's not my usual bag but holy shit, this is sublime. Chris Corsano's drumming alone is worth checking this out. Then there's the dueling guitars. WOW.
Absolutely essential. Thanks everyone.
― Wally P. Doyle, Friday, 20 August 2010 05:51 (thirteen years ago) link
That poster is fantastic.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Friday, 20 August 2010 05:59 (thirteen years ago) link
saw these guys last night, great show
also, as was mentioned somewhere upthread, Chris Corsano is really incredible to watch, was mostly just watching him drum for pretty much the whole set.
― peter in montreal, Monday, 30 August 2010 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
this was mighty good
― hold me, thrill me, kiss me, lil b (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 30 August 2010 13:42 (thirteen years ago) link
does their stuff have structure or is it sort of jammy? trying to figure out if i would enjoy.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 30 August 2010 14:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Little bit of both
― Trip Maker, Monday, 30 August 2010 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
dope poster upthread
throw this record on the increasingly large pile of 2010 releases i haven't bought yet but hope to eventually get around to
― markers, Monday, 30 August 2010 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Whiney spotted front and center at the Knitting Factory show. 'Twas a tremendous one.
― FRESH MEAT (MFB), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link
decided to see chicago showexcited
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link
does anyone want to buy an ticket from me for the chicago show? webmail with contact info if you're interested. my companion changed his mind. you don't have to sit with/talk to me btw.
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Friday, 10 September 2010 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
This was one of the best shows I have ever seen.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 13 September 2010 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a shame no one wanted my ticket. show was 100% hypnotic.
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Monday, 13 September 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
pissed I missed em when they came through
f'kn work
I did get a recording of it tho
― (e_3) (Edward III), Monday, 13 September 2010 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
leonardo?
― Fetchboy, Monday, 13 September 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
aight
― (e_3) (Edward III), Monday, 13 September 2010 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
pls
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Monday, 13 September 2010 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
all set
― (e_3) (Edward III), Monday, 13 September 2010 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks! really hoping there's a show in my neck of the woods, but i'm not holding my breath.
― tylerw, Monday, 13 September 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I missed the DC show (and still need to check out the album based on the above raves and my prior familiarity with Bishop)
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 September 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks edIII!
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 13 September 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i put the album on grooveshark because i searched for it there to listen to it at work and i couldn't find it
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Monday, 13 September 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Is there really not an SF or Oakland show? Seems hard to believe.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 13 September 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm on the fence about tomorrow's knoxville show, but this thread's convincing me...
― mte, Monday, 13 September 2010 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
go go go go go ... they were great
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 13 September 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
GO. Especially at a venue like the Pilot Light - you can get up pretty close. They're so good, you want to see the set three times just so you can watch a different dude each time.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
They're so good, you want to see the set three times just so you can watch a different dude each time.
otm
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link