Monday, August 04, 2008
get ready for the future, it is murder
The Stumps played the other night.
We played with The Aesthetics, who do and did rule hard. They are fronted by Matt Middleton (the also-amazing Crude); Matt recently posted a review of the show on his blog:
We hardly ever get reviewed, so to get a review like this is fucking terrific.
(photo by Robyn; there're more here.)
We played with The Aesthetics, who do and did rule hard. They are fronted by Matt Middleton (the also-amazing Crude); Matt recently posted a review of the show on his blog:
the Stumps performance was ideal for the headline act, and even more so - they were mind-blowing...a whirlwind. Loosely their sound is Heavy psyche - with that crazed amphetaminized guitar sheen,,with that unpredictable improv shock, like Eye they were vortex music but with a chunky post-rock approach. 'Twas evokation music. 'Don't mess with shit you don't understand man..' ..Visuals played a very strong part : behind them was the film 'God Damn Religion' by Sun City Girls' Sir Richard Bishop : a flick-thru/slide-gallery/fast-paced compendium of static full colour images gleaned from the dusty annals of ancient religion, both east and west - hells, devils, demons, hindu hells, tibetan hells, torment, christ's torment: a real bias t'wards the dark side methinks. All up a mad soiree.. I am now a Stumps fan.
We hardly ever get reviewed, so to get a review like this is fucking terrific.
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It was a good night.
The Aesthetics were awse too. From memory, I described them as if three aliens came to Earth and formed a band after studying earth people's "rock" an "roll" music. They figured they'd need an earthling frontman, so they kidnapped a disgruntled 55-year-old accountant and zapped him through their youth-o-tron and made him write songs and play them, despite having no previous experience.
I want them to come back soon.
The Aesthetics were awse too. From memory, I described them as if three aliens came to Earth and formed a band after studying earth people's "rock" an "roll" music. They figured they'd need an earthling frontman, so they kidnapped a disgruntled 55-year-old accountant and zapped him through their youth-o-tron and made him write songs and play them, despite having no previous experience.
I want them to come back soon.
What was with all those men being fucking weird to me that night? Alastair, Campbell, Jonathan etc etc... Despite that, I had a brilliantly fun time. Fuck, what a night, eh. The Stumps were the most vicious and psychedelic I'd ever seen them - really, really excellent.
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