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by crustcake gerf (NYC)
After that Meshuggah video, I really needed something 'meat n potatoes' or 'bread and butter' or 'just a straight up fucking rock song with a straight up no-bullshit video.' Or whatever.
I'm gonna really go out on a limb here... and assume that crustcake readers are familiar with Quicksand, but just in case here are the vitals:
- ex-Gorilla Biscuits guitarist Walter Schreifels - New York City - post-hardcore - fucking awesome - sadly broken up since 1998
Well, it's here... The music video that was soooo important that it was preceded by a trailer. The video for Meshuggah's "Bleed."
From our point of view, it's pretty simple: "Bleed" fucking rips and Meshuggah, well they're Meshuggah, but we have no idea what the hell is going on in this video. Though we're pretty sure that whatever it is, it's deep, man.
Meshuggah - "Bleed":
Meshuggah released obZen on March 10th. The Swedish time-twisters will be playing a string of shows in Europe this summer, make the jump for the details. Meshuggah - 2008 Euro Dates (more to be announced):
Jun 20, VK - Brussels, Belgium Jun 21, 013 - Tilburg, Holland Jun 22, Hellfest - Clisson, France Jun 24, Salzhaus - Winterthur, Switzerland Jun 25, Roxy - Prague, Czech Rep. Jun 27, Club Vaudeville - Lindau, Germany Jun 28, Gods of Metal - Bologna, Italy Jun 30, Palasport - Bolzano, Italy Jul 4, With Full Force - Leipzig, Germany Jul 5, Metalcamp - Maribor, Slovenia
Every Wednesday, your hosts each post a suitably stale video clip that we think needs to be revisited. Click here for more Crusty Clips. Got a clip you think we should post? Send it to crustcake@gmail.com.
by beatmasterspeech (LA)
I like what Cult of Luna has been doing on recent albums; I mean it's obvious they are developing their sound. But a part of me misses the raw dirtiness of the first two records, my favorite being The Beyond. That entire record just sounds mean and nasty compared to both releases since.
Cult of Luna - "The Watchtower":
Bring back that dirty bass tone!
The band has posted the title track from their forthcoming album, Eternal Kingdom, on their MySpace page. Sounds like if I want the rawness and dirtiness of their earlier stuff I'll just have to listen to, you know, their earlier stuff...
Download: Cult of Luna - "The Watchtower" [MP3] Listen: Cult of Luna [MySpace] Buy: Cult of Luna - The Beyond[Amazon]
Every Wednesday, your hosts each post a suitably stale video clip that we think needs to be revisited. Click here for more Crusty Clips. Got a clip you think we should post? Send it to crustcake@gmail.com. This week, we're introducing the latest addition to team crustcake, theseseans. Theseseans has already been writing up a storm, and in the future you can expect from him some seven-inch reviews, clever commentary, and general all-around shenanigans.
by theseseans
When Genghis Tron's recent release Board Up The House came out on Relapse, collective drooling ensued from the metal community. We actually haven't stopped drooling, as the album just gets better with each listen. For this week's Crusty Clip I decided to bring everyone's attention back to another artist who managed to mix heavy music with electronica and not have it... you know... suck.
Aphex Twin: "Come To Daddy":
Listen: Aphex Twin [MySpace] Buy: Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy[Amazon]
After "the," "black" is probably the most popular word choice for band names: Black Sabbath, The Black Angels, Black Cobra, The Black Dahlia Murder, Black Flag, godspeed you! black emperor, Black Betty, Book of Black Earth, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Mountain, and on and on...
Black Mountain recently played a show at Glasslands in Brooklyn, and Pitchfork.TV was there to film it.
Black Mountain is currently on tour (dates after the jump) and their latest album, In The Future, is out now on Jagjaguwar. Black Mountain - 2008 Dates:
05/14/08 Glasgow, UK - Stereo 05/15/08 Leeds, UK - The Cockpit 05/16/08 Bristol, UK - Trinity 05/17/08 Brighton, UK - Mojo Stage @ The Great Escape Festival 05/18/08 London, UK - Scala 05/20/08 Paris, France - La Maroquinerie 05/21/08 Poitiers, France - Confort Moderne 05/24/08 Tours, France - Festival Acuard de Tours 05/26/08 Rome, Italy - Init Club 05/27/08 Ravenna, Italy - Bronson Club 05/28/08 Verona, Italy - Interzona 05/29/08 Dudingen, Switzerland - Kilbi Festival 05/30/08 Munchen, Germany - 59:1 05/31/08 Berlin, Germany - Festsaal Kreuzberg 06/01/08 Leipzig, Germany - UT Connewitz 06/02/08 Bielefeld, Germany - Forum 06/04/08 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Melkweg 06/27/08 Tromoya, Norway - Hove Festival 07/18/08 Dawson, Yukon - Dawson City Music Festival 07/19/08 Dawson, Yukon - Dawson City Music Festival 07/26/08 Vancouver, BC - Pemberton Festival 08/15/08 Brecon Beacons, UK - Green Man Festival 08/22/08 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
Download: Black Mountain - "Tyrants" [MP3] Listen: Black Mountain [MySpace] Buy: Black Mountain - In the Future[Amazon]
Pelican's City of Echoes never gained much traction around here, and, to be honest, we had nearly forgotten about it completely. So it was a pleasant surprise when we fired up our Google Reader this morning to see that Headbangers Blog had posted a new video for the song "Dead Between the Walls." Maybe it's high time to revisit City of Echoes...
Pelican - "Dead Between the Walls":
Or maybe we'll just stick with Australasia and The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw. And the epic EP version of "March Into the Sea."
The Chicago post-metallers are on tour now with Thrice and Circa Survive. Dates after the jump. Pelican, Thrice, Circa Survive - 2008 Dates:
May 13, 2008 Buffalo, NY Club Infinity May 14, 2008 Pittsburgh, PA Club Zoo May 15, 2008 Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargos May 16, 2008 Chicago, IL Metro May 17, 2008 Chicago, IL Metro May 18, 2008 Milwaukee, WI Rave May 20, 2008 Denver, CO Ogden May 21, 2008 Salt Lake City, UT May 23, 2008 Seattle, WA Showbox Sodo May 24, 2008 Portland, OR Roseland Theater May 25, 2008 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore May 26, 2008 Bakersfield, CA Golden State Hall (no Thrice) May 27, 2008 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues May 28, 2008 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues May 29, 2008 Hollywood, CA Avalon May 30, 2008 Hollywood, CA Avalon
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