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I played Wolf Eyes (a tape of a track from 'Dread') for two friends who haven't heard much noise before. We had just smoked a lot of pot. One of them was unable to move and commented that he felt like monkeys were beating his skull in. It was pretty funny.

Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 14:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

the "dread" cd is 'on' bulb. the "dread" lp is 'on' american tapes+hanson, according to the back of it anyway. more interestingly and less pedantically, the LP is being reissued soon for vinylists.

your null fame (yournullfame), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 17:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

PEDANT ALERT: The CD I have has all three labels listed on the back.

hstencil, Tuesday, 18 March 2003 17:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

i have THE LP, damn you! THE ORIGINAL VINYL! MY CRED = UNASSAILABLE.

incidentally, anyone who uses soulseek should look for the live 11.15.01 video and audio by wolf eyes, it's fucking great. as are the two CDRs ("half dogs" aka olson mix and untitled aka dilloway mix) i've seen around.

your null fame (yournullfame), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 17:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

they're on tour:

03/19 Boise, ID
03/20 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
03/21 Olympia, WA @ No Exit
03/22 Portland, OR @ Nocturnal
03/23 OFF
03/24 Eugene, OR @ John Henry's Club
03/25 Sacramento, CA @ Espresso Metro
03/26 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
03/27 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock
03/28 Oakland, CA @ Rockland
03/29 Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
03/30 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
03/31 Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture
04/01 OFF
04/02 OFF
04/03 Kansas City, MO @ Your Face
04/04 St. Louis, MO @ LNAC
04/05 Murfreesboro, TN @ Red Rose Coffee House & Bistro
04/06 Lexington, KY @ Artsplace
04/15 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
04/17 Chicago, IL @ Fireside Bowl
04/18 Evanston, IL @ Nevin's Live
04/19 St. Paul, MN @ Macalester College

JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 18:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

may i re-emphasize my earlier point (see first response in this thread):

SEE THEM LIVE.

(although I am bummed they played 5 shows in SF in 2001, only 3 this year. :-\ )

gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 18:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

i'll be at the bottom of the hill show. yes i will

JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 18:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

buy Uglied: www.geocities.com/berriesaswell

roger adultery (roger adultery), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 19:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

They are not playing NYC, unfortunately.

hstencil, Tuesday, 18 March 2003 19:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

they need to come east-coastal. i missed them this past summer at oops.

marcg (marcg), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 19:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

yeah, if they had made it to the east coast with caroliner, it would've been a wet dream.

your null fame (yournullfame), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 20:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

just saw this today

http://sfbg.com/37/25/art_music_wolf.html

marcg (marcg), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 19:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

The show I saw of Oops! last summer kinda sucked (well, Wolf Eyes did.) I saw them a bit earlier at The Candle Factory in Providence (with Danse Asshole and Prurient) and they rocked the fuckin house, though.

Dread roolz. Slicer is less intense but also roolz.

Ian Johnson, Thursday, 20 March 2003 02:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

the show last night was i.n.t.e.n.s.e.

JasonD (JasonD), Friday, 28 March 2003 07:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

Most revived thread ever?

donut bitch (donut), Friday, 28 March 2003 09:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

two months pass...
revive! cos i've been listening to dread & the drumm/dilloway cassette a lot recently, and i've noticed some new (?) tapes on slsk recently (droll vol 12, dead at hemlock sf 3-27-03 etc). so what else is good?

toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 04:45 (twenty years ago) link

i stand by the wolf eyes "half dogs" and s/t cdrs - one mixed by dilloway, one by olson. and fucking MUGGER kicks your fucking ass.

your null fame (yournullfame), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 05:24 (twenty years ago) link

"Dread" is fucking classic! even if only for "burn your house down". I haven't seen them live and it woun't happen any time soon, i'm depressed :(

Jrvision (visionjr), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 08:14 (twenty years ago) link

toby,
i was at that hemlock show, very different from the other 4 shows i've seen. the lights were on, dilloway and olson were laughing almost the whole show. very good, i'll look for it on slsk. the dolphins next to me were eeping in delight!

j0hn dwy3r was next to me talking loudly the entire show about (!!!) himself (!!!) imagine that gee whiz.

gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 15:48 (twenty years ago) link

Dread is a fucking classic album.

Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 15:51 (twenty years ago) link

Wolf Eyes need to get they fool asses back down to Providence--we haven't seen 'em even remotely nearby since Oops! The Tour.

That said, Mugger rules, Dread rules, Slicer is pretty good, and they eat my fucking face live. Today, on my record shopping binge, I might pick up the split LP with Crack: We Are Rock if they still have it at Armageddon.

Ian Johnson, Tuesday, 10 June 2003 15:52 (twenty years ago) link

(is there a Faxed Head thread?)

Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 16:02 (twenty years ago) link

Wolf Eyes needs to get they punk asses to the UK. Does anyone like their earlier stuff like the s/t cd on Bulb?

JW if you're searching for old hardcore threads to revive then look hard for the one where Aaron Dilloway himself comes and puts the smackdown on some ILM guy it's funny.

ss, Tuesday, 10 June 2003 16:05 (twenty years ago) link

I didn't cast revive thread, this time.

Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 16:07 (twenty years ago) link

search: "strangled in filth". runs a wide spectrum. might be my fav....

marcg (marcg), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 16:10 (twenty years ago) link

faxed head thread?

gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 17:35 (twenty years ago) link

Wolf Eyes needs to get they punk asses to the UK. Does anyone like their earlier stuff like the s/t cd on Bulb?

yes. though it really does seem like john olson joining made them the machine they are today.

JW if you're searching for old hardcore threads to revive then look hard for the one where Aaron Dilloway himself comes and puts the smackdown on some ILM guy it's funny.

the one where he criticizes someone for not listening to to live and shave in LA 'correctly'? that wasn't funny, it was sad.

your null fame (yournullfame), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 23:36 (twenty years ago) link

yeah, shit like that just reminds me of why i tried to get as far away from hardcore as possible when i left college

jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 23:42 (twenty years ago) link

shit like that just reminds me of you, jess.

(damn I'm mean today)

hstencil, Wednesday, 11 June 2003 04:08 (twenty years ago) link

old dog, new tricks, etc.

jess (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 04:20 (twenty years ago) link

i saw wolf eyes at a house party in k-town. they just made loud noise.

chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 04:25 (twenty years ago) link

Has anybody heard the Mugger thing? I saw Aaron Dilloway last night, but didn't have any money to buy any records from him (he was fucking fantastic, btw).

hstencil, Sunday, 22 June 2003 17:01 (twenty years ago) link

i thought it was fucking hilarious

ssean, Sunday, 22 June 2003 17:04 (twenty years ago) link

the show or the record?

hstencil, Sunday, 22 June 2003 17:09 (twenty years ago) link

haha no the thread where aaron dilloway gets all cry-baby about to live and shave. 'mugger' is a monster not to be laughed at!

ssean, Sunday, 22 June 2003 17:14 (twenty years ago) link

uh, okay, I don't remember the thread, but that's cool. TLASILA rules too, btw.

hstencil, Sunday, 22 June 2003 17:17 (twenty years ago) link

when did mugger actually come out btw? i have it on bulb and it says 2003 but i'm not sure if that just refers to the reissue. it was def made before 'dread' right?

ssean, Sunday, 22 June 2003 17:19 (twenty years ago) link

the copy I saw last night said "recorded in March 2003."

hstencil, Sunday, 22 June 2003 17:27 (twenty years ago) link

haha yes the link to the aaron dilloway interjection to TLASILA thread thus:
to live & shave in L.A. what are they up to?
note my weakness and confusion. i was practically homeless roundabout then!
wolf eyes? dead hills ok. dread poo.

bob snoom, Sunday, 22 June 2003 17:46 (twenty years ago) link

YOU ARE COMPLETELY INSANE, MR. BOB SNOOM. Dread is great, just got finished listening to it.

hstencil, Sunday, 22 June 2003 17:47 (twenty years ago) link

oh dear...

bob snoom, Sunday, 22 June 2003 17:50 (twenty years ago) link

DUDE!< /mock indignation>

Seriously, though, I think Dread is great (as do a lot of others here, apparently). What about it do you not like?

hstencil, Sunday, 22 June 2003 17:54 (twenty years ago) link

well i just slung it on to see - it's not really bas per se it just takes ages of dicking around before the tunes DO anything. to me they are conjuring a "fischerspooner for daytime drinkers" vibe right now

bob snoom, Sunday, 22 June 2003 18:26 (twenty years ago) link

bas=bad

bob snoom, Sunday, 22 June 2003 18:27 (twenty years ago) link

'dead hills' is better

ssean, Sunday, 22 June 2003 18:27 (twenty years ago) link

Dread feels like an LP. Dead Hills feels like an EP.

Dead Hills and Black Dice - Lost Valley came out around the same time and would have made a good split.

Jon Williams (ex machina), Sunday, 22 June 2003 19:03 (twenty years ago) link

jon williams have you heard 'creature', black dice's new song yet? what do you think?

ssean, Sunday, 22 June 2003 19:07 (twenty years ago) link

no, I haven't where do I get this? What is it for?

Jon Williams (ex machina), Sunday, 22 June 2003 19:16 (twenty years ago) link

i think it's coming out on dfa backed with that eYe remix no? i got it off slsk

ssean, Sunday, 22 June 2003 19:24 (twenty years ago) link

The EyE mix didn't impress me

Jon Williams (ex machina), Sunday, 22 June 2003 19:27 (twenty years ago) link

yeah, these guys were pretty much one of the best things going until Aaron Dilloway left. Human Animal was the last thing he worked on and it's a total decline from there imo.

circa1916, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 03:42 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah new one is dope in a Slicer way at points

Raymond Cummings, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 04:02 (eleven years ago) link

xxp - holy shit! that is my sometime bandmate's website! </pvmic>

You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 04:57 (eleven years ago) link

anybody seen them recently? any good?

Crackle Box, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 10:50 (ten years ago) link

seven months pass...

Saw them at Netil House last night...hahahahah they are SO SO SO CAMP live! I'd only ever seen Nate Young solo before and that was a really sombre, dark, slow set. This was him and John Olson wearing cut-off denim jackets and leather camps doing yr archetypal hype-macho stances for an hour. Louder than I thought was possible too. Their new guitarist dude is wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiild!

They were supported by Folkazoid (who would have been awesome if I was stoned and seventeen) and Porn (Thurston Moore and Bill Gould from Faith No More doing some kind of improv avant metal shit, was geat, Thurston spent the whole gig looking like he was about to blat every where. Ended with some crucial thrash shit) who were wicked.

Sad to not see a single ironic fist pump all night tho.

the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 09:20 (ten years ago) link

http://ajcdrift.com/admin/uploads/ajcrocketbunny_bbpp5.jpg

but seriously, that sounds like an awesome gig.

JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link

Dwight, this record by Porn is ace: http://www.discogs.com/Porn-Experiments-In-Feedback/release/509042

I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link

The Dale Crover Porn is a different Porn, isn't it?

JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:49 (ten years ago) link

tbh I've never been quite sure, and they are tricky to search for online! I thought they're all part of the same collective-type-thing though?

I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link

Yeah I suppose that's possible, I just always thought of the Dale Crover version first. This new line-up sounds great too.

JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link

regardless, Experiments in Feedback is great, particularly the final track which is 15min long and is a loop of a particularly nasty bit of feedback. Far out!

I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 16:03 (ten years ago) link

one year passes...

http://www.thefader.com/2015/10/22/wolf-eyes-i-am-a-problem-mind-in-pieces

new one's pretty cool! some straight up (relatively speaking) rock songs on this. rotted out stooges and spacemen 3 jams.

made me revisit "No Answer: Lower Floors" which didn't connect at the time. appreciating it this time around.

circa1916, Sunday, 25 October 2015 04:29 (eight years ago) link

and yeah, last time i saw them (2 years ago?) i didn't know how to take 'em. as mentioned above, it was pretty camp. like cartoon dystopian splatter punk rockin' out. don't know how they were in the glory days, but the previous time i saw them (6 years ago?) they were pretty straight n0ize dude noodlin'.

circa1916, Sunday, 25 October 2015 04:38 (eight years ago) link

one month passes...

New album's real good

Their takeover of the Third Man instagram account was awesome

Capitalism Is A Death Cult And Science Is A Whore (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 28 November 2015 04:27 (eight years ago) link

five months pass...

http://i.imgur.com/wBIgycW.jpg

circa1916, Friday, 13 May 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link

ten months pass...

New WOLF EYES

Undertow

Mostly not Tool covers

It's like funeral doom played with broken synthesizers and brass and a guitar that just can't

four months pass...

https://wolf-eyes.bandcamp.com/album/no-hate

StanM, Thursday, 17 August 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link

Nice!

The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 17 August 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link

For a noise group they really seem to want everyone to know they're not shitheads, I love it.

The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 17 August 2017 23:37 (six years ago) link

two years pass...

related to Wolf Eyes, Dilloway made a playlist of his favorite "weird" Smithsonian Folkways records, and it's really amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMKUNfG8UYdeJsZLnfcu0ZKrKgwlk1Utn

Also available on Spotify and Apple Music.

blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Sunday, 2 August 2020 13:50 (three years ago) link

three years pass...

“My whole life” from their last album caught me recently, great stuff.

ꙮ (map), Saturday, 4 November 2023 22:57 (five months ago) link


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