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Post by petrolino on Nov 29, 2019 23:45:30 GMT
Madder Rose ("Rose Madder")
There was a small crack in the ceiling in 1993 when the alternative rock scene was still on reshuffle following the global success of Nirvana's album 'Nevermind' (1991). Into the void stepped several exciting new artists, including mercurial multi-instrumentalist Mary Lorson. Her first recording outfit was appropriately named Madder Rose (two years later came Stephen King's mythological novel 'Rose Madder') and they skirted the edges of sanity beneath a heavy cloak of refinery.
Based in New York City, New York, Madder Rose consisted of Lorson on guitar, multi-instrumentalist Billy Cote, bassists Matt Verta-Ray and Chris Giammalvo, percussionist Brian Doherty and drummer Johnny Kick. Madder Rose released four longplayers in the 1990s. This year they returned with their fifth, 'To Be Beautiful' (2019), following a twenty year hiatus.
"If you strive for a certain kind of legitimacy, you will eventually come face-to-face with the devil."
- Madder Rose
Matt Verta-Ray, Johnny Kick, Mary Lorson & Billy Cote
Mary Lorson and Billy Cote have worked together in various guises over the years, composing music scores for theatre, television and film (Lorson's also written music to accompany literature).
'Drop A Bomb' - 'UltraAnxiety'
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Lorson and Cote toured with Tanya Donelly in the mid-1990s, following the break-up of two of the bands she'd played in, Throwing Muses and Belly. When they were approached to contribute to the tribute album 'Hot Hands : A Tribute To Throwing Muses & Kristin Hersh' (2003), Lorson suggested performing one of the songs Donelly had written during her time with the Muses (typically, Donelly submitted a couple of tracks on each record). The result was a surprisingly epic interpretation of the rhythmic chant 'Honeychain', on which they were accompanied by Kathy Ziegler (of Madder Rose's New York contemporaries Donna The Buffalo).
"Billy Cote and I really enjoy the freedom of the instrumental format, since there is no requirement to 'get to the chorus' or stick to the songwriting roadmap."
- Mary Lorson
Tanya Donelly, Mary Lorson & Billy Cote
'Honeychain' - Mary Lorson, Billy Cote & Kathy Ziegler / 'On The Outside' - Saint Low
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Lorson's other bands include folk travellers Saint Low and jazz crawlers the Piano Creeps (an artstic collaboration with Cote). Both retain the essential drive that characterises much of Lorson's work, marking her out as one of the key alternative rock artists of the 1990s. Lorson's also a poet, screenwriter and author. And a new release from Madder Rose serves as a reminder of what the music world's been missing in their absence.
Jennie Stearns, Kathy Ziegler, Kim Caso & Mary Lorson
'Dig A Hole' - The Piano Creeps
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Post by petrolino on Dec 1, 2019 0:32:12 GMT
The Royal Family (Trux Galore)
'The Banana Question'
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Pussy Galore
Bob Bert (Sonic Youth) / Julia Cafritz (Free Kitten) / Neil Michael Hagerty (Royal Trux) / Cristina Martinez (Boss Hog) /
Tom Rafferty (Jet Boys Of NW) / Tom Smith (Peach Of Immortality) / Jon Spencer (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) / Kurt Wolf (Boss Hog) /
Dave Hair / John Hammill / Peter Hayes
'Song At The End Of The Side'
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Royal Trux
Robbie Armstrong (The Supernaturals) / Dan Brown (Gloryhole) / Neil Hagerty (Pussy Galore) / Jennifer Herrema (Black Bananas) / Chris Pyle (The Fenwicks)
'Jet Pet'
'Up The Sleeve'
'Cleveland'
'Map Of The City'
'Don't Try Too Hard'
'Stevie'
'Waterpark'
'Deep Country Sorcerer'
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Boss Hog
Bob Bert / Mark Boyce / Santiago Durango / Kurt Hoffman / Jens Jurgensen / Cristina Martinez / Charlie Ondras /
Hollis Queens / Pete Shore /Jon Spencer /Jerry Teel / Jim Thirlwell / Kurt Wolf
'Domestic'
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Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Judah Bauer (The Thrown Ups) / Thermos Malling (Doo Rag) / Russell Simins (Crunt) / Jon Spencer (Pussy Galore)
'Afro'
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Heavy Trash
Jon Spencer (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) / Matt Verta-Ray (Madder Rose)
Sam Baker / Simon Chardiet
'Walking Bum'
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Howling Hex
Charles Ballas / Pete Denton / Neil Hagerty / Eric Van Leuven / Lynn Madison / July McClure
'Activity Risks'
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Free Kitten
Julia Cafritz (Action Swingers) / Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) / Mark Ibold (Pavement) / Yoshimi Boredom (Boredoms)
'The Poet'
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Till next time ...
'Shadow Of The Wasp'
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Post by petrolino on Jun 26, 2020 22:09:10 GMT
Pavement (Sidewalk)
Stephen Malkmus – Guitar \ Scott 'Spiral Stairs' Kannberg – Guitar Mark Ibold – Bass / Bob Nastanovich – Synthesisers & Percussion Steve West – Drums | Gary Young – Drums | Jason Turner – Drums
'Home'
'In The Mouth A Desert'
'Fight This Generation'
'Embassy Row'
'Sinister Purpose'
'The Hexx'
'Carrot Rope'
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Post by nogbad on Jun 27, 2020 13:44:54 GMT
I find these artists too dull to have an opinion on, heroically terrible in a way only smackheads can achieve, and irritating on record but surprisingly good live respectively.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 27, 2020 18:46:35 GMT
I find these artists too dull to have an opinion on, heroically terrible in a way only smackheads can achieve, and irritating on record but surprisingly good live respectively. That sounds like an opinion but I could be wrong.
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Post by nogbad on Jun 28, 2020 9:07:35 GMT
I find these artists too dull to have an opinion on, heroically terrible in a way only smackheads can achieve, and irritating on record but surprisingly good live respectively. That sounds like an opinion but I could be wrong. Dammit! I knew I should have attempted to use semi-colons, but didn't want to risk public humiliation (particularly as I'm a proofreader and really ought to have mastered them by now). So that should have read - I find these artists too dull to have an opinion on; heroically terrible in a way only smackheads can achieve; and irritating on record but surprisingly good live respectively. Which may or may not be clearer, the second clause refers to Royal Trux. I've seen both Pussy Galore and Boss Hog live, and enjoyed them as events rather than as music, so perhaps RT might have been worth seeing in a similar light.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 28, 2020 13:34:07 GMT
That sounds like an opinion but I could be wrong. Dammit! I knew I should have attempted to use semi-colons, but didn't want to risk public humiliation (particularly as I'm a proofreader and really ought to have mastered them by now). So that should have read - I find these artists too dull to have an opinion on; heroically terrible in a way only smackheads can achieve; and irritating on record but surprisingly good live respectively. Which may or may not be clearer, the second clause refers to Royal Trux. I've seen both Pussy Galore and Boss Hog live, and enjoyed them as events rather than as music, so perhaps RT might have been worth seeing in a similar light. When I saw the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion live he kept shouting, "Bluuuuuuuuuuuuueeeees" into his microphone, I loved it.
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Post by nogbad on Jun 29, 2020 14:29:17 GMT
Dammit! I knew I should have attempted to use semi-colons, but didn't want to risk public humiliation (particularly as I'm a proofreader and really ought to have mastered them by now). So that should have read - I find these artists too dull to have an opinion on; heroically terrible in a way only smackheads can achieve; and irritating on record but surprisingly good live respectively. Which may or may not be clearer, the second clause refers to Royal Trux. I've seen both Pussy Galore and Boss Hog live, and enjoyed them as events rather than as music, so perhaps RT might have been worth seeing in a similar light. When I saw the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion live he kept shouting, "Bluuuuuuuuuuuuueeeees" into his microphone, I loved it. I'll say one thing for Jon, he's very good at shouting. Singing, not so much.
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