okay maybe it's a little immature to say you are "against" something and then still participate in it, even in an unofficial capacity. But the SXSW overlords did not see fit to let us have a "real" showcase so we took it into out own hands in the good company of Russell at DOMY books, Jim Smith from OlFactory Records and the Smell, KXLU, and Aquarius Records (not to mention our East Coast friends at Cinders setting up shop down the street at Okay Mountain). We're having a noon to 6 pm show on Thursday March 18th for free with the following bands: Abe Vigoda, Broken Water, Christina Carter, Eternal Tapestry, High Castle, John Bellows, Moment Trigger, Total Abuse, and Weird Weeds. Check out the Last.fm event link here for sounds of the performers and we'll see you there. I will also be playing shows with KIT on saturday March 20th
Also Pitchfork today rated Strange Gods with a 7 score
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13777-strange-gods/
more to come:
Friday January 22 :
Neon Hates You / Smell Anniversary Fest
Robin Williams On Fire
Mincemeat Or Tenspeed
Realicide
Simo Soo (from Australia)
at The Smell, Los Angeles
Jan 26
21 Grand, Oakland
Club Sandwich presents
Nero's Day At Disneyland
Hawnay Troof
Mincemeat Or Tenspeed
Teengirl Fantasy
January 28th
The Stud Bar, San Francisco
Strip Mall Seizures
High Castle
Mincemeat Or Tenspeed
Zoo
21+
January 29th
Funcastle, Sacramento - 2309 L St.
Nero's Day At Disneyland
Mincemeat Or Tenspeed
Mucky The Ducky
early 8-10 pm show
Jan 30th
830 58th St, Oakland
Realicide
Mincemeat Or Tenspeed
Swanifant
Birth
"The new High Castle 12" EP is pretty brutal throughout, metal and HC tinged, but it still finds these weird little spazzy, jazzy grooves in spots. Maybe it's art rock? Whatever you want to call it, it's geting some turntable time, and with a song titled 'Are Fixed Gear Tricksters the New Rollerbladers?' I think you get an idea where they stand. It's on Zum Records, and I think it's the band's debut." -THRASHER
Mincemeat Or Tenspeed "Strange Gods" available now
Hey, "Strange Gods" is available through Revolver USA now for retail stores, and also in our mailorder. Dave Harms is playing a homecoming show at Space 1026 in Philadelphia on October 3rd. Also you can catch Mincemeat Or Tenspeed and Social Junk on the remainder of their tour here...
9.29 Columbus, OH - Skylab
9.30 Baltimore, MD- The Bank
10.01 Bard College
10.03 Philadelphia, PA - Space 1026
What a mega two weeks it's been. I played some shows in NY with Common Eider King Eider, playing with Bird Show and U.S. Girls, Jack Rose, and Tom Carter, played in a duo with Warren Ng (This Invitation), had a blast in Philly with Ben Peterson and Mincemeat or Tenspeed and Social Junk. There was a total SF/Brooklyn expat show at Silent Barn with Eats Tapes, Child Abuse, MNDR, and new friends from Chicago Ga'an. To top it off, me and 199 other guitarists (and 16 bassists) played in Rhys Chatham's "Crimson Grail" for free outdoors at Lincoln Center.
Well. it's back to the grind for us! But it's not really a chore when you're working on projects that are as exciting as our next two releases - Core of the Coalman's Box of the Last Help (zum027) is a viola-loop extravaganza conjuring up Steve Reich and Tony Conrad - old school meets new. Also just cemented and hopefully done in time for his tour with Social Junk, David Harms aka Mincemeat Or Tenspeed is co-releasing his first manufactured CD (as opposed to the 12"s and CDRs he's already got out in the world) Stange Gods with us (zum028). We're also still working out what The Urxed is gonna do with us, but in the mean time Rob Barber has put out some tracks on Chris Duncan's Hot and Cold zine's final issue.
Of course, the ink is not even dried on the glowing screens that have been pumping up High Castle's debut 12" You're On Your Own Way (zum026), which has gotten praise from Pitchfork, Impose, and Built On A Weak Spot. Here's the Pitchfork review, which gave it more points than the new Jay-Z (7): High Castle's debut EP is an exercise in brevity-- one side, seven songs, and 12 minutes worth of tribal, frantic post-punk. Keeping things short allows the California trio to pound away without risking tedium, more often than not leaving you wanting more. And despite the band's love of repetition, they pack a decent bit of variety into tiny spaces. "Filth" is literally crammed, with different lyrics howled by two overlapping vocalists, so the words actually take longer to read on paper than they do to sing. What exactly the group is singing about isn't clear, but it's something ugly-- dogs ruling the earth, trash piled to the sun, filth which "accumulates disease of squalor." The meaning may lie more in the sound than the sense, as the band's mash of Lightning Bolt speed, Boredoms dementia, and Black Eyes shout make it all seem like a pretty big emergency. Maybe that's why they're in such a hurry to get things over with, but "Filth"'s spilling energy also suggests High Castle have a lot more of these blasts in store. - Marc Masters
