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    OMG are supposedly playing like ten minutes from my house on their way to SXSW. the kids here are flipping a shit, i will probably check them out just to see them, dont they basically never play shows?
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    they play ocasionally, but very rarely... i think they might be the last band i've loved but not seen yet.

    lucky git ;)
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    and they are playing the art gallery that has local hardcore/indie/fringe shows, 200 people cap. :)
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      CommentAuthorARES
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2008
     (618.44)
    When? I might have to drive to Arizona for that. Or maybe not that far:

    Tour news, dates/venues not confirmed

    Furthest I've driven for a show was about 500 miles, to see Hammers of Misfortune in some tiny bar (Bottom of the Hill, SF). It was worth it.
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      CommentAuthorjoe.distort
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2008 edited
     (618.45)
    ok, i checked with the guy that is booking it, and i guess its not 100% yet. im sure there will be a cali date if there is a phx date. didnt wanna mislead anyone-im more excited for converge, genghis tron, red chord and baroness the next month, so i would be ok if it doesnt end up happening though.


    also: i have driven to la many times to see power violence bands that play like 20 minute sets. foolish? maybe. totally fucking rad fun? definitely.
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    Baroness are touring the UK in feb, i can't fucking wait. especially as it's with Kylesa and Taint...

    And i once travelled the country following Mahumodo and Eden Maine on tour, not having places to sleep and not even knowing how far away places were was a bit silly, but i wouldn't take it back for anything.

    some shows are just worth the effort...
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      CommentAuthorARES
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2008
     (618.47)
    @joe.distort:

    I missed out seeing Genghis Tron not once, but twice when they were out here. Stupid, stupid me. Converge make my head explode. Which is fine.

    Oh yes, have you heard Watchmaker? I'm assuming yes, just checking. Talk about a huge torrent of anger/release.
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      CommentAuthorjoe.distort
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2008 edited
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    kylesa is def a live band for me, i never really like their recordings, but i have seen them like 5 times. so powerful live, especially with the two drummers now! cool people too. ironically for this convo, last time i saw kylesa was with GT.
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    @offtandiscord

    Really? My band supported Eden Maine at their farewell gig at the luminare.
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    well then you're either in optimist club, they don't sleep or the band i didn't know!

    in which case you're brilliant 'cause all the bands that night were.

    I are mates with the maine lot, they're all up to interesting things now...
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    @Offtandiscord

    We'd be the band you didn't know. I remember 'this morning after' (or something) was another band - I think there were five or four bands that night. But we are these bastiches. That was a good night. We stole beer from the fridge when Eden Maine were having a "private moment". They weren't best pleased, I believe.
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    ah yeah, TMA played too, this mourning after i believe they're called...

    and no, optimist club didn't play, nor did they don't sleep now i think of it! i'm getting it confused with another gig i saw there where it was a bands last performance together...

    i suck.
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    I suck too (for a price). Worry not, sweet discord.
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    Good choices with Pelican and ISIS. I've been fans for a loooong time and saw them both last year.

    Some suggestions for "post rock"
    Mellow stuff
    The Autumn Offering (like a cross between Godspeed and Pelican)
    Final - Electronic soundscapes by Justin Broaderick
    Expo '70 - Cool drone band (I think he's a one-piece now)
    Russian Circles
    Red Sparrowes

    A little (or a lot) heavier
    Young Souvenir's America, they mix a southern rock vibe with the massive instrumental rock vibe
    Knut - post rock outfit from Switzerland that can sometimes be crushingly heavy
    Jesu - one of the best groups...on the planet
    Year of No Light - -amazing group from France, long heavy songs with occasional screaming vocals

    Really really heavy
    Neurosis - they pretty much started this, mixing stoner sludge metal with atmospheric elements. Amazing live band as well. One of the best ever.
    SunnO)))--two-piece drone apocalyptic sludge rock soundscapes and probably the heaviest band on the planet. I don't say that lightly, I've been exploring the heavy stuff for 22 years. I caught them live in Seattle last October and actually left 2/3rds of the way through because my ribcage was rattling.
    • CommentAuthorrossh
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2008
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    I think a lot of the aspects of this sort of music are also found in some more modern black metal, which seems to have sort of backed into shoegaze somewhere in its development. You get similar walls of sound, very repetitive riffs with melodies sort of buried in the noise. The vocals can be off-putting to a lot of people, but really is best thought of as another instrument - especially when the vocals are in Swedish or something like that, it becomes more of an atmospheric element than anything else. Bands like Wolves in the Throne Room seem to have been getting some exposure beyond the black metal community I think very much because of the similarities with music in the 'post-rock' space. Still, there's a level of traditionalism that keeps it somewhat ghettoized - people have a hard time getting past the vocals or some of the other 'metal' aspects of it, even though there are otherwise a lot of structural similarities with other bands discussed here.
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      CommentAuthorJaredRules
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2008
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    SunnO))) walks a very fine line between awesome and rediculous. That being said, i love them.
    Had to miss them the last few times they played here (seattle)
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    SunnO))) walks a very fine line

    seriously, they are one of the most extreme cases of "love em or hate em" that i can think of. last time they played here it was a total joke, 2 open chords being strummed for 50 minutes. i guess its just not my deal.
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    but boris and earth were good, right?
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    Boris are playing in Cargo at the end of feb btw.
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    ooooo. May have to see that...

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