Posts by Eric

Minor Break

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As is somewhat obvious by the lack of posting, things have been somewhat busy in the “real world” and as such I’ve taken to writing less and less about the things I see an hear. Typically I would write before work or at home, but I’ve started a new job and the new job requires, [...]

The Octopus Project @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 10/8/10

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all photos courtesy of the amazing Edwina Hay On Friday night (October 8, 2010), The Octopus Project played Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY. I wasn’t familiar with their brand of electronic psychedelica, having only really heard Hexadecagon thanks to their PR firm, the always-accommodating Big Hassle Media, who sent along word of their [...]

The Octopus Project – Hexadecagon

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Wet Gold – The Octopus Project from Zellner Bros. on Vimeo. Austin Texas’s Octopus Project’s most recent album / art project / sound collage Hexadecagon is flat out fucking amazing. George Gershwin meets Holy Fuck at a field party and a drug fueled grope session on someone’s sequencer breaks out. The touch points referenced by [...]

Teengirl Fantasy – ’7 AM’

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I’ve long been a fan of the Oberlin College duo, Teengirl Fantasy. I first saw them perform during the 2008 CMJ Music Festival in a community art center at 1 PM. Logan Takahashi and Nick Weiss were sitting on the ground with their keyboards in front of them and their eyes didn’t leave their instruments [...]

The Howlies coming back with Stunned!

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Stunned EP by Howlies The Howlies are set to follow up their 2009 debut album Trippin’ With Howlies with a slightly dirtier EP. Stunned sees them continue to evolve their combination of 1950s and 60s pazz and jop. Not quite dirty enough to be embraced by the garage punk set, but too old fashioned be [...]

The Ladies – ‘Six More Reasons to Hate The Ladies’

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Six More Reasons to Hate The Ladies is like waking up after a party to find that you’ve pissed the couch only to find out that you didn’t piss the couch, someone else did and you just slept in it. Scuzzy, dirty, filthy, snotty, bratty intentionally obnoxious and you fucking love it. (NSFW Cover after [...]

These Are Powers and Gatekeeper Free Show

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I really liked Gatekeeper’s album Optimus Maximus when I got a hold of it but have missed several opportunities to see them live due to scheduling or financial issues. Since I’m not booked for this night, I may try to make it out. I don’t particularly care for These Are Powers so I may dip [...]

“The German metal band Rammstein even sold a set of sex toys.”

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Rob Walker at NYT has an interesting article on the current encroachment of merchandise as income object for musicians rather than music. The thought of musician now having to add skills of being a curator of objets d’art in addition to booking, marketing, social media networking, and things that are no longer important; like being [...]