the band CAVE

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?

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!

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.

in TWO weeks jesus

OoooOoooo!! Thanks for posting, will read the emails from the music box now. Last one announced an appearance by Crispin Glover.

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.

That sounds like fun. I'm glad Mayor Daley is still a going concern.

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.

Heeeey I'm going to that show and so are some other ilxors!

Awesome! Sunday is Cooper's birthday. Really looking forward to seeing my old friends. It would be cool to meet some ilxors, too.

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!

yes i should be at this show too with my (very occasional ilxor) wife

wish i was going to be at this show. jealous :'(

tell the band i'm still mad about my last denver experience with them. gahhh!

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

or actually, just check it out here: http://www.permanentrecordschicago.com/news.php

Cool, thanks, Z_

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

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.

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?

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?

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.

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.

It was a fun night, I pretty much stayed in the background. I'm sure another opportunity will arise.

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.

first band was pretty awful, hott lunch and cave were fantastic

^^ 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)

Those Bitchin Bajas records were delivered to Cooper at the Bottle that night.
You are the first person to have purchased one.

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!

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!

Wume is almost the name of the town where Faust lived/recorded

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

for now at least

cool...these guys have anything new coming out? guess it hasn't been that long since the last LP, but ...

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.

it was really fun to see them play in a small garden setting though -- cicada noises between songs and whatnot

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.

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.

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.

ps you can listen to some wume here if you want http://wumeworld.net/music/

http://loudlooppress.com/media/watch-cave-groove-on-giant-system/

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 year
http://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

I meant that running has worked with Rotted Tooth, not added to Cave recordings. Garbledy.

tour diary is lol