helloooooo Baltimore,
I've been on the road with Face the Rail (CA) and then with Warning/Warning (France) for the past month. And now I'm in Texas for Thanksgiving. But always, I think about this great community and what exciting shit I can come up with for everyone to experience together.
So here's what I got next, a little short-notice but not too much so:
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 66
December 8 - Shoppers (NY), Aloners, Ecco, Big Mouth at Barclay House in Baltimore
Shoppers = Syracuse noise pop power trio, girls just wanna have fun and Josh just wanna beat the drums! third time in Baltimore and we all know third time's a charm. This band is quite excellent, maybe like if Sonic Youth was very fuckin noise.
Aloners = new pop-punk band with some familiar faces (from Lotus Fucker and Sick Fix) and some not
Ecco = sporadic movements of sporadic (sludge) music, from the Chaos Destroy crew
Big Mouth = new girls on the rock and roll block
all going down at Barclay House
on Thursday Dec 8
8 PM, $5
get ready for No Statik and Aghast in January, and then I'm working on something particularly cool in February......yeah, 2012 may be the end of the world but the world will go out on a positive note!!
-Kamikaze Dan
PS: thanks everyone that came out to my giant show last month, it was very appreciated. what a great night that was, I hope everyone had as much fun as me!!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
BEST SHOW OF THE FALL
Crew, let's just take a moment and pause and think about how fucking ill this show is:
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 64
November 11 - Religious War (OR), Warning/Warning (France), Face the Rail (CA), Nukkehammer (OH), Lotus Fucker, Sacrifidelis at Bell Foundry in Baltimore
I am mighty chuffed for this show. I think about it all the time. I put in a little bit of work to make everything line up properly and get everyone in the same place at the same time. So I hope everybody will show up and rage hard. This is a pretty flawless line-up from top to bottom:
Religious War (OR)
The most ill band of our times? Quite possibly. I think The Inmates are the only American band to be anywhere close in terms of being undeniably "ill". Basically this band defines 'Portland City Punk Rock'. Total insane maniacs playing depraved and rampaging hardcore punk. Simple formula executed perfectly by legendary personalities. These guys would go on to do Rotten Cadaver, Dead Section, the Corpse, they all kinda sound the same and they're all SO FUCKIN PERFECT. The Religious War LP and unreleased Rotten Cadaver LP are the best from this crew and are essential pieces of the American punk rock canon. I am frothing at the mouth to see this band, couldn't find any live footage but someone uploaded the LP so you can hear how fucking mindblowing it is. I guess you'll have to wait until the gig to see 'the Bartek shuffle'.
Warning//Warning (France)
Members of Gasmask Terror do noise punk a la Confuse, Gai, Swankys, etc, touring the US on their debut LP. Cool band, good sounds, good vibes/aesthetics. I am driving them on tour!
Nukkehammer (OH)
This is raw hardcore punk, crazed dual vocals, barbaric drums, ugly tones. Informed by Discharge, Anti-Cimex, Crow, Kaaos, etc, all the classics, yet not directly ripping off anyone, there are no gods so there is no worshipping. One of the most exciting bands currently in the scene. They are hardcore family, I released their 7", Lotus Fucker has brought them out to Baltimore/DC in the past so you should already know how damn good they are. We thought we should bring them here again. Freak music for freak people.
Face the Rail (CA)
One of those bands that you just can't help but love. Almost like the Adolescents playing twice as fast and mixed with some kind of mellow college rock arrangements and almost surfing guitar riffs at points.....hard to describe but they don't sound scattered, everything is fluid and natural. Just a great band all around. They won over tons of people on their recent continental US tour over the summer, we all decided "hey that was fun, let's do it again?" and so I'll take them on another short east coast tour. My hardcore family!!
also playing:
Lotus Fucker - only Baltimore show this fall
Sacrifidelis - new and maybe improved?
this is all FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11
at BELL FOUNDRY
beginning promptly at 8 PM......everybody knows that I run a tight ship so trust me when I say, if you stroll in at 9:30 you'll have missed half the show.
and this show should ostensibly be $9 because there's 4 touring bands, including 1 from another country and 1 that's traveling from OH specifically for this show (and the DC show the day after)......so please come prepared to donate!! even if you can't donate the whole $9, anything is appreciated!
See you there!!!
-Kamikaze Dan
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 64
November 11 - Religious War (OR), Warning/Warning (France), Face the Rail (CA), Nukkehammer (OH), Lotus Fucker, Sacrifidelis at Bell Foundry in Baltimore
I am mighty chuffed for this show. I think about it all the time. I put in a little bit of work to make everything line up properly and get everyone in the same place at the same time. So I hope everybody will show up and rage hard. This is a pretty flawless line-up from top to bottom:
The most ill band of our times? Quite possibly. I think The Inmates are the only American band to be anywhere close in terms of being undeniably "ill". Basically this band defines 'Portland City Punk Rock'. Total insane maniacs playing depraved and rampaging hardcore punk. Simple formula executed perfectly by legendary personalities. These guys would go on to do Rotten Cadaver, Dead Section, the Corpse, they all kinda sound the same and they're all SO FUCKIN PERFECT. The Religious War LP and unreleased Rotten Cadaver LP are the best from this crew and are essential pieces of the American punk rock canon. I am frothing at the mouth to see this band, couldn't find any live footage but someone uploaded the LP so you can hear how fucking mindblowing it is. I guess you'll have to wait until the gig to see 'the Bartek shuffle'.
Warning//Warning (France)
Members of Gasmask Terror do noise punk a la Confuse, Gai, Swankys, etc, touring the US on their debut LP. Cool band, good sounds, good vibes/aesthetics. I am driving them on tour!
Nukkehammer (OH)
This is raw hardcore punk, crazed dual vocals, barbaric drums, ugly tones. Informed by Discharge, Anti-Cimex, Crow, Kaaos, etc, all the classics, yet not directly ripping off anyone, there are no gods so there is no worshipping. One of the most exciting bands currently in the scene. They are hardcore family, I released their 7", Lotus Fucker has brought them out to Baltimore/DC in the past so you should already know how damn good they are. We thought we should bring them here again. Freak music for freak people.
Face the Rail (CA)
One of those bands that you just can't help but love. Almost like the Adolescents playing twice as fast and mixed with some kind of mellow college rock arrangements and almost surfing guitar riffs at points.....hard to describe but they don't sound scattered, everything is fluid and natural. Just a great band all around. They won over tons of people on their recent continental US tour over the summer, we all decided "hey that was fun, let's do it again?" and so I'll take them on another short east coast tour. My hardcore family!!
also playing:
Lotus Fucker - only Baltimore show this fall
Sacrifidelis - new and maybe improved?
this is all FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11
at BELL FOUNDRY
beginning promptly at 8 PM......everybody knows that I run a tight ship so trust me when I say, if you stroll in at 9:30 you'll have missed half the show.
and this show should ostensibly be $9 because there's 4 touring bands, including 1 from another country and 1 that's traveling from OH specifically for this show (and the DC show the day after)......so please come prepared to donate!! even if you can't donate the whole $9, anything is appreciated!
See you there!!!
-Kamikaze Dan
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
THIS SUNDAY - The Creamers + Dry Spell
hey crew,
This one is for all your melodic needs.
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 63
October 23 - the Creamers (TX), Dry Spell (VA), Endless Bummer, Aloners at Beat Kids House in Baltimore
The Creamers (TX)
Austin's premier garage unit. Lotus Fucker played with them at Chaos in Texas and I thought they were quite excellent.
Dry Spell (VA)
For all your USHC needs, take one of Richmond's many hyped bands that ape Black Flag, Minor Threat, etc etc......
Also playing:
Endless Bummer, Baltimore's bright young pop-punk goup
Aloners, my new pop-punk band!! It's me on drums, Joey (Dirty Wars) and Pat (Lotus Fucker, Sick Fix, State Violence) on guitar, and Kim on bass. It sounds like Leatherface a little bit, but slower and moodier. First Baltimore show!!
This goes down at Beat Kids House this coming Sunday, starts at 8:30 PM, and will be $6. Come out and hang.
-Kamikaze Dan
PS: let's not forget next month......
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 64
November 11 - Religious War (OR), Warning/Warning (France), Face the Rail (CA), Nukkehammer (OH), Lotus Fucker, Sacrifidelis at Bell Foundry in Baltimore
and next year.....all sorts of wild shit, if I have my druthers.....but I can tell you that No Statik (CA) is coming in early January and that'll be the first KILLER show of 2012.
This one is for all your melodic needs.
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 63
October 23 - the Creamers (TX), Dry Spell (VA), Endless Bummer, Aloners at Beat Kids House in Baltimore
The Creamers (TX)
Austin's premier garage unit. Lotus Fucker played with them at Chaos in Texas and I thought they were quite excellent.
Dry Spell (VA)
For all your USHC needs, take one of Richmond's many hyped bands that ape Black Flag, Minor Threat, etc etc......
Also playing:
Endless Bummer, Baltimore's bright young pop-punk goup
Aloners, my new pop-punk band!! It's me on drums, Joey (Dirty Wars) and Pat (Lotus Fucker, Sick Fix, State Violence) on guitar, and Kim on bass. It sounds like Leatherface a little bit, but slower and moodier. First Baltimore show!!
This goes down at Beat Kids House this coming Sunday, starts at 8:30 PM, and will be $6. Come out and hang.
-Kamikaze Dan
PS: let's not forget next month......
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 64
November 11 - Religious War (OR), Warning/Warning (France), Face the Rail (CA), Nukkehammer (OH), Lotus Fucker, Sacrifidelis at Bell Foundry in Baltimore
and next year.....all sorts of wild shit, if I have my druthers.....but I can tell you that No Statik (CA) is coming in early January and that'll be the first KILLER show of 2012.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
OCT 8+9: FILTH CITY FEST III
Reposting for Billy cause I'm not sure he can access this:
OCT 8TH
WAKE (GRINDY SHITS FROM CANADA)
DISASSEMBLE (FAST STUFF BY SAD KIDS - 1ST SHOW IN A RULL LONG TIME)
AT THE GRAVES (DOOM AS FUCK - EX-REVOLTA)
CASKET (PHILLY DEATH METAL)
STATEVIOLENCE (RULL FAST DC HARDCORE)
LAPSE (PISSED OFF DC FASTCORE)
JARHEAD FERTILIZER (HEAVY AS SHIT PV)
MELUNGEON (DOOM DOOM DOOM)
ENDLESS BUMMER (POP PUNK FOR YOU TO CIRCLE PIT TO)
OCT 9TH
THE BLACK TWILIGHT CIRCLE (GRIM AS FUCK):
DOLORVOTRE (GRIM AS FUCK)
ARIZMENDA (GRIM AS FUCK)
HAUNTING PRESENCE (GRIM AS FUCK)
VOLAHN (GRIM AS FUCK)
KALLATHON (GRIM AS FUCK)
KUXAN SUUM (GRIM AS FUCK)
SHATAAN (GRIM AS FUCK)
and
NEUTRON RATS (FAST AS SHIT)
THE LOTTERY (SLUDGE WITH SOME CELLLOZ)
$7-10 suggested donation ya herd?
at The Compound
I'm gonna go see Albany NY's Neutron Rats. I've had the luxury of seeing them and playing with them a great many times and they are very good rough and tough hardcore punk. I know they often get compared to mid-period Anti Cimex, maybe that's not too far off. All I know is that they do everything I want from a hardcore band: wild drumming, sick riffs, powerful songs, tight performances. Great band, excited to see them in Baltimore.
On my end, I'll make separate posts later, but this is what I got:
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 63
October 23 - the Creamers (TX), Dry Spell (VA), Endless Bummer, Aloners at TBA in Baltimore
for all your garage and pop-punk needs
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 64
November 11 - Religious War (OR), Warning/Warning (France), Face the Rail (CA), Nukkehammer (OH), Lotus Fucker, Sacrifidelis at Bell Foundry in Baltimore
this fall's essential/important/crucial show, not to be missed!!!!!! I am bursting with excitement over this one.
-Kamikaze Dan
OCT 8TH
WAKE (GRINDY SHITS FROM CANADA)
DISASSEMBLE (FAST STUFF BY SAD KIDS - 1ST SHOW IN A RULL LONG TIME)
AT THE GRAVES (DOOM AS FUCK - EX-REVOLTA)
CASKET (PHILLY DEATH METAL)
STATEVIOLENCE (RULL FAST DC HARDCORE)
LAPSE (PISSED OFF DC FASTCORE)
JARHEAD FERTILIZER (HEAVY AS SHIT PV)
MELUNGEON (DOOM DOOM DOOM)
ENDLESS BUMMER (POP PUNK FOR YOU TO CIRCLE PIT TO)
OCT 9TH
THE BLACK TWILIGHT CIRCLE (GRIM AS FUCK):
DOLORVOTRE (GRIM AS FUCK)
ARIZMENDA (GRIM AS FUCK)
HAUNTING PRESENCE (GRIM AS FUCK)
VOLAHN (GRIM AS FUCK)
KALLATHON (GRIM AS FUCK)
KUXAN SUUM (GRIM AS FUCK)
SHATAAN (GRIM AS FUCK)
and
NEUTRON RATS (FAST AS SHIT)
THE LOTTERY (SLUDGE WITH SOME CELLLOZ)
$7-10 suggested donation ya herd?
at The Compound
I'm gonna go see Albany NY's Neutron Rats. I've had the luxury of seeing them and playing with them a great many times and they are very good rough and tough hardcore punk. I know they often get compared to mid-period Anti Cimex, maybe that's not too far off. All I know is that they do everything I want from a hardcore band: wild drumming, sick riffs, powerful songs, tight performances. Great band, excited to see them in Baltimore.
On my end, I'll make separate posts later, but this is what I got:
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 63
October 23 - the Creamers (TX), Dry Spell (VA), Endless Bummer, Aloners at TBA in Baltimore
for all your garage and pop-punk needs
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 64
November 11 - Religious War (OR), Warning/Warning (France), Face the Rail (CA), Nukkehammer (OH), Lotus Fucker, Sacrifidelis at Bell Foundry in Baltimore
this fall's essential/important/crucial show, not to be missed!!!!!! I am bursting with excitement over this one.
-Kamikaze Dan
Monday, September 12, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
SEPTEMBER 29 - CROSS STITCHED EYES (ENGLAND) + LOST TRIBE (RVA)
Baltimore,
Summer show season is over, but there's still so much to look forward to! I would say my favorite bands we saw together this summer were Sete Star Sept (Japan) and See You in Hell (Czech Republic)! But maybe I'm just biased. It's been a good summer......and it'll be a good fall too!!
First up for me.....
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 59
Thursday, September 29 - Cross Stitched Eyes (England), Lost Tribe (VA), Accent Wall, Station at The Compound in Baltimore
Cross Stitched Eyes (England)
To qualify them as English is just a simplifier......they're 2 English, 1 German, and 1 American I believe? Members of Zygote, the Subhumans, Endrophobia, amongst others? Some records on Alternative Tentacles? Playing dark anarcho-punk with obvious nods to Rudimentary Peni and death rock. Super cool.
Lost Tribe (VA)
Hopefully you caught these guys with Germ Attak at Sidebar early in the summer! Or maybe even with Iceage at Golden West later in the summer? Solid band, your favorite Richmond faces playing goth punk. Looking forward to seeing them again.
Also, Accent Wall's going to play, they're one of my favorite local bands, and I think Station will too! Good deal!!
This show will be at new space The Compound, at 8:30 PM, and will be $7! To support an international touring band and their domestic partner.....not such a bad deal!
Other shits to look forward to this fall:
Neutron Rats (NY), the Creamers (TX), Face the Rail (CA), Religious War (OR) + Warning/Warning (France)........hell yeah!!
-Kamikaze Dan
Summer show season is over, but there's still so much to look forward to! I would say my favorite bands we saw together this summer were Sete Star Sept (Japan) and See You in Hell (Czech Republic)! But maybe I'm just biased. It's been a good summer......and it'll be a good fall too!!
First up for me.....
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 59
Thursday, September 29 - Cross Stitched Eyes (England), Lost Tribe (VA), Accent Wall, Station at The Compound in Baltimore
Cross Stitched Eyes (England)
To qualify them as English is just a simplifier......they're 2 English, 1 German, and 1 American I believe? Members of Zygote, the Subhumans, Endrophobia, amongst others? Some records on Alternative Tentacles? Playing dark anarcho-punk with obvious nods to Rudimentary Peni and death rock. Super cool.
Lost Tribe (VA)
Hopefully you caught these guys with Germ Attak at Sidebar early in the summer! Or maybe even with Iceage at Golden West later in the summer? Solid band, your favorite Richmond faces playing goth punk. Looking forward to seeing them again.
Also, Accent Wall's going to play, they're one of my favorite local bands, and I think Station will too! Good deal!!
This show will be at new space The Compound, at 8:30 PM, and will be $7! To support an international touring band and their domestic partner.....not such a bad deal!
Other shits to look forward to this fall:
Neutron Rats (NY), the Creamers (TX), Face the Rail (CA), Religious War (OR) + Warning/Warning (France)........hell yeah!!
-Kamikaze Dan
Monday, August 1, 2011
JAPANESE GRINDCORE AT BARCLAY, WEDNESDAY THE 17TH!!!!
Friendly Noise and Violence Vol. 57:
Wednesday, August 17 - Sete Star Sept (Japan), Penis Geyser (OH), Deceiver, Lotus Fucker, Gas Satori, +1? at Barclay House in Baltimore
Only for the true grinders, blasters, and destroyers of music. This is one I am really proud of. Been looking forward to it for awhile.
Sete Star Sept and Penis Geyser are my favorite current grind bands. They have completely rejuvenated my faith in grind as something relevant, powerful, and cool, and not just bad metal, juvenile antics, or an exercise in dismissing quality control. They have brought grind back to the place that made it appealing to me in the first place: proper musical destruction.
A good example of my feelings (I know plenty of people disagree with me) is my oft-rebuked dislike of Terrorizer, which is so often hailed as a grindcore legend but to me represents everything I DON'T like about grind. On a message board I frequent people seemed shocked, "the riffs! the phasing! the songs! the sounds!", but that's literally the last thing I want to hear from a grindcore record. I don't want riffs. I don't want songs. I don't want phasing. I just want people banging on stuff as fast as they can and yelling over it. I want musical destruction, ie the abandonment of our pre-conceptions about music, and the process of finding purity of expression through the physical expression of intense emotion. I want fuckin noise. If I want great songs with powerful riffs, I'll listen to Judgement. It's a totally different process and ideal, and I don't like it when grind aims for that...
Anyway, I am very excited to bring Sete Star Sept to the US for a 7-days US tour with Penis Geyser. And I am very excited to be releasing a Sete Star Sept/Penis Geyser split 7" later this year, a shame it couldn't be ready for tour but we all wait in anticipation for PG to make recordings they are pleased with, heh. And I am very excited to bring these two bands through Baltimore and book them a show that is simply divine. *so smug*
OK, so here we go, an all-killer no-filler line-up:
Sete Star Sept (Japan)
featuring the original drummer of Endless Blockade
touring on a new 10" released by my friend Derek, it is my favorite grind record of the past few years
Penis Geyser (OH)
Lotus Fucker did a split 7" and southern tour with them earlier this year. As a band and as individuals, I love them very dearly. They are one of the best live bands I have ever seen, as this video documents.
Deceiver
My favorite local band does one FINAL final show. A special one-off appearance for Sete Star Sept. I am really pleased cause I missed their show last year, LF was touring Canada, whoops.
Lotus Fucker
We play from time to time and we are noisy.
Gas Satori
Original Severna Park HardCore. pre-Chaos Destroy, pre-Lotus Fucker, pre-Kamikaze Noise. First show in maybe 6 years, by special personal request of Mikeal/Penis Geyser. Forgotten noisecore heroes unearthed from the graves of our brains. Their last show was a long time ago at my old house, House of Awesome Times, where they did a set of Dead Kennedys covers.....which, you know, was like 30 second blasts of grind with Mike hollering the song titles overtop. Genius. No clue what they're going to do this time, it'll be a surprise.
And hey, I want Marrow to play. Can someone tell them they should play? I sent Ren a message but he didn't respond. I've been in England so I can't just call them. But I'll call later this week when I get home.
This all goes down at Barclay House, Wednesday the 17th, 9 PM......I would expect each band to play 10 minutes MAX (Gas Satori and Penis Geyser will probably play 5 minutes or less each), and we are backlining, so please show up at a reasonable time, otherwise there is a high risk of missing bands. Also, this show is $7. Sete Star Sept is spending a lot of money to come to the other side of the planet to perform for us.....and we should show some gratitude and appreciation for how good they are.
See you there!!!!!! =)
-Kamikaze Dan
Wednesday, August 17 - Sete Star Sept (Japan), Penis Geyser (OH), Deceiver, Lotus Fucker, Gas Satori, +1? at Barclay House in Baltimore
Only for the true grinders, blasters, and destroyers of music. This is one I am really proud of. Been looking forward to it for awhile.
Sete Star Sept and Penis Geyser are my favorite current grind bands. They have completely rejuvenated my faith in grind as something relevant, powerful, and cool, and not just bad metal, juvenile antics, or an exercise in dismissing quality control. They have brought grind back to the place that made it appealing to me in the first place: proper musical destruction.
A good example of my feelings (I know plenty of people disagree with me) is my oft-rebuked dislike of Terrorizer, which is so often hailed as a grindcore legend but to me represents everything I DON'T like about grind. On a message board I frequent people seemed shocked, "the riffs! the phasing! the songs! the sounds!", but that's literally the last thing I want to hear from a grindcore record. I don't want riffs. I don't want songs. I don't want phasing. I just want people banging on stuff as fast as they can and yelling over it. I want musical destruction, ie the abandonment of our pre-conceptions about music, and the process of finding purity of expression through the physical expression of intense emotion. I want fuckin noise. If I want great songs with powerful riffs, I'll listen to Judgement. It's a totally different process and ideal, and I don't like it when grind aims for that...
Anyway, I am very excited to bring Sete Star Sept to the US for a 7-days US tour with Penis Geyser. And I am very excited to be releasing a Sete Star Sept/Penis Geyser split 7" later this year, a shame it couldn't be ready for tour but we all wait in anticipation for PG to make recordings they are pleased with, heh. And I am very excited to bring these two bands through Baltimore and book them a show that is simply divine. *so smug*
OK, so here we go, an all-killer no-filler line-up:
Sete Star Sept (Japan)
featuring the original drummer of Endless Blockade
touring on a new 10" released by my friend Derek, it is my favorite grind record of the past few years
Penis Geyser (OH)
Lotus Fucker did a split 7" and southern tour with them earlier this year. As a band and as individuals, I love them very dearly. They are one of the best live bands I have ever seen, as this video documents.
Deceiver
My favorite local band does one FINAL final show. A special one-off appearance for Sete Star Sept. I am really pleased cause I missed their show last year, LF was touring Canada, whoops.
Lotus Fucker
We play from time to time and we are noisy.
Gas Satori
Original Severna Park HardCore. pre-Chaos Destroy, pre-Lotus Fucker, pre-Kamikaze Noise. First show in maybe 6 years, by special personal request of Mikeal/Penis Geyser. Forgotten noisecore heroes unearthed from the graves of our brains. Their last show was a long time ago at my old house, House of Awesome Times, where they did a set of Dead Kennedys covers.....which, you know, was like 30 second blasts of grind with Mike hollering the song titles overtop. Genius. No clue what they're going to do this time, it'll be a surprise.
And hey, I want Marrow to play. Can someone tell them they should play? I sent Ren a message but he didn't respond. I've been in England so I can't just call them. But I'll call later this week when I get home.
This all goes down at Barclay House, Wednesday the 17th, 9 PM......I would expect each band to play 10 minutes MAX (Gas Satori and Penis Geyser will probably play 5 minutes or less each), and we are backlining, so please show up at a reasonable time, otherwise there is a high risk of missing bands. Also, this show is $7. Sete Star Sept is spending a lot of money to come to the other side of the planet to perform for us.....and we should show some gratitude and appreciation for how good they are.
See you there!!!!!! =)
-Kamikaze Dan
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