SATURDAY JUL 08, 2017
Illegal Drugs
Illegal Drugs is a three piece that formed in fall of 2014. Since then the band has cultivated a loyal Atlanta fan base, and a reputation for loud, energetic shows. Listening to Illegal Drugs, an audience is quickly captivated by the riff-driven hard rock sounds of the four piece. John Robinson's visceral delivery of catchy guitar leads and vocal hooks shroud the songwriter's cerebral intent to produce catchy, anthemic songs. The energetic, sometimes reckless guitar playing of Joe Hardwick is intrinsically matched with Shane Patrick's forceful, deliberate drum beats and the heavy growl of Tom O'Neill's bass lines. The Atlanta based group is fundamentally rock and roll with influences including post-punk, grunge, and goth-rock. Borrowing from many points on the rock spectrum, Illegal Drugs are at once relentlessly fierce and light heartedly danceable. Their first full length album is due to be released in early October 2016.
Illegal Drugs is a three piece that formed in fall of 2014. Since then the band has cultivated a loyal Atlanta fan base, and a reputation for loud, energetic shows. Listening to Illegal Drugs, an audience is quickly captivated by the riff-driven hard rock sounds of the four piece. John Robinson's visceral delivery of catchy guitar leads and vocal hooks shroud the songwriter's cerebral intent to produce catchy, anthemic songs. The energetic, sometimes reckless guitar playing of Joe Hardwick is intrinsically matched with Shane Patrick's forceful, deliberate drum beats and the heavy growl of Tom O'Neill's bass lines. The Atlanta based group is fundamentally rock and roll with influences including post-punk, grunge, and goth-rock. Borrowing from many points on the rock spectrum, Illegal Drugs are at once relentlessly fierce and light heartedly danceable. Their first full length album is due to be released in early October 2016.
NAARC
FORMED IN JULY 2016 BY I. CONE M. MCCALVIN AND M.P. KEENAN JR. THEIR MUSIC IS CREATED, RECORDED AND PERFORMED ON A MIXTURE OF NEW AND VINTAGE ELECTRONIC HARDWARE. THEIR FIRST RECORD LOAM WAS RECORDED AT END OF NOVEMBER 2016 IN ATLANTA, GA WHERE THEY RESIDE. LOAM WAS MASTERED BY J. HATSTAT IN ATHENS, GA.
FORMED IN JULY 2016 BY I. CONE M. MCCALVIN AND M.P. KEENAN JR. THEIR MUSIC IS CREATED, RECORDED AND PERFORMED ON A MIXTURE OF NEW AND VINTAGE ELECTRONIC HARDWARE. THEIR FIRST RECORD LOAM WAS RECORDED AT END OF NOVEMBER 2016 IN ATLANTA, GA WHERE THEY RESIDE. LOAM WAS MASTERED BY J. HATSTAT IN ATHENS, GA.
Multicult
An abrasive but cerebral album, Position Remote is Multicult’s fourth overall, but the band’s first full length on Reptilian This Baltimore trio featuring former members of Triac and Fight Amp is a thinking person’s noise rock unit for those whose cognitive abilities exceed that of even the normal deep thinker– this is noise rock for the quantum physics set, the supercollider crowd. And while some of Multicult’s contemporaries seek low end bombast and distortion at any cost – often to cover up for musical deficiencies elsewhere, Multicult steers clear of any rumbling murk in favor of a legible, caustic assault, as tight and efficient as it is wild, sort of a Big Black meets Unsane skronk, boasting rhythmic chops rarely seen this side of a Jesus Lizard album. With the songs anchored by Jake Cregger’s Rolex-precise drumming, and Rebecca Burchette’s insistent, driving bass, Nick Skrobisz is free to starch the world with slashing guitar dissonance and tone not unlike a block of machined aluminum pressed to an industrial lathe. Having scattered EP’s and albums across various labels (Learning Curve, Amplified Noise, Sleeping Giant Glossolalia), and shared stages with contemporaries like Cutthroats 9, UXO, Grasshopper Lies Heavy, and Power Take-Off, Multicult is among the most innovative bands working the noise resurgence. Position Remote is a bold step forward, the sonic Higgs Boson particle fans have sought for years.
An abrasive but cerebral album, Position Remote is Multicult’s fourth overall, but the band’s first full length on Reptilian This Baltimore trio featuring former members of Triac and Fight Amp is a thinking person’s noise rock unit for those whose cognitive abilities exceed that of even the normal deep thinker– this is noise rock for the quantum physics set, the supercollider crowd. And while some of Multicult’s contemporaries seek low end bombast and distortion at any cost – often to cover up for musical deficiencies elsewhere, Multicult steers clear of any rumbling murk in favor of a legible, caustic assault, as tight and efficient as it is wild, sort of a Big Black meets Unsane skronk, boasting rhythmic chops rarely seen this side of a Jesus Lizard album. With the songs anchored by Jake Cregger’s Rolex-precise drumming, and Rebecca Burchette’s insistent, driving bass, Nick Skrobisz is free to starch the world with slashing guitar dissonance and tone not unlike a block of machined aluminum pressed to an industrial lathe. Having scattered EP’s and albums across various labels (Learning Curve, Amplified Noise, Sleeping Giant Glossolalia), and shared stages with contemporaries like Cutthroats 9, UXO, Grasshopper Lies Heavy, and Power Take-Off, Multicult is among the most innovative bands working the noise resurgence. Position Remote is a bold step forward, the sonic Higgs Boson particle fans have sought for years.
Vincas
Athens, Georgia is rich with an ever-evolving and burgeoning undeground music scene and the self released "Blood Bleeds" LP by Vincas is further proof of the stellar things happening in the American South. Vincas deal in scuzzed out psychedelic punk fireballs in the broad shouldered tradition of The Scientists, The Gun Club and the art damaged frenzied space rock of The Telescopes and High Rise. They've upped the feedback squalor, infused a hefty rhythmic pulse with a muscular dexterity and topped it off with an Alan Vega snarl. "Blood Bleeds" rams full speed ahead with a surly debauched swamp-groove psych-raunch that is always welcome to our ears." - Permanent Records
Athens, Georgia is rich with an ever-evolving and burgeoning undeground music scene and the self released "Blood Bleeds" LP by Vincas is further proof of the stellar things happening in the American South. Vincas deal in scuzzed out psychedelic punk fireballs in the broad shouldered tradition of The Scientists, The Gun Club and the art damaged frenzied space rock of The Telescopes and High Rise. They've upped the feedback squalor, infused a hefty rhythmic pulse with a muscular dexterity and topped it off with an Alan Vega snarl. "Blood Bleeds" rams full speed ahead with a surly debauched swamp-groove psych-raunch that is always welcome to our ears." - Permanent Records