MARQ KAYLOR Salad House

Enough about me, lets talk about Mr. Marq Kaylor (CexFucx, Thee Oregon Artificial Limb Co., Cells, Au, Rubella, Bunny, solo, Kinetic Harpoon, Htoo Trio, Ghost to Falco, Portland Bike Ensemble, etc etc) booked here as Hammer of Hathor, but Heather Vergotis was not able to play that night, so it ended up a solo performance. a mono recording. The pitch was not in the proper position, so the actual tape plays slow at normal speed, but I did my best to pitch it to what i remember based on the ride cymbal. I love his style. Not a lot of flash or pummeling rock tricks, just good sounds and lots of control. no flailing going on here. very disciplined and deliberate, building piece by piece, starting with one drum, and eventually revealing the full kit after much teasing. I haven't found this with most musicians, but he could hit one drum once, and if i were blindfolded, I would know from that one sound that it was him. That is exactly how distinct his style is.

a wav file
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qbevqz

Marq's band
http://www.myspace.com/hammerofhathor

BOOZER Punx Palace

10-30-09. Pretty much THE sketchiest show ever! The recording definitely matches. the power to the tape recorder was cut several times during the show, so all we have now are bits and peices, but it is worth it for the experience. I figure I have embarrassed other artists in some of these posts by uploading entire performances, mess-ups and all. Just to be fair, I suppose i shall have to embarrass myself too. that drunk guy singing on the last song is me. David Zeidman (cruiser) along with Mike Krochta (girls on da side) and Ryan (Dollar Menu) on this recording.

wav file of the show

http://www.sendspace.com/file/4ahxow

link to band site

http://www.myspace.com/sketchygravy

CARSON McWHIRTER Dunes

Carson at Dunes. 12 -16-09. Tape ran out on the last song. Oh well, I guess the end of this show was only to be experienced by those present. This guy and Joey Hyland have been truly an inspiration. So much intention goes into the stuff they do. What Carson does on the surface seems very drony, but if you are paying attention, you will find that this is totally composed, with phrases returning and with perplexing loops and contrapuntal rhythms. ok i'm done.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/tka3ja

MONTAUK The Know

For a long time this was my favoritest band. Skyler Stimson, Sharon Ermlich, J.B. Holland, and Mike Donnely. This was I Think '07, but i'm not sure. This is a sketch recording, but if you have seen this band, you know that this is a great show, with all the heart grabbing melodies you would expect from a Montauk show, and of course, inaudible vocals. You can hear people saying "I can't hear the vocals," and Skyler saying "good, you didn't want to, trust me."

here are the wav files.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/o5x4l1

GIRLS ON DA SIDE Sumner Love

Ah, the fun continues. GirlsOnDaSide. I love these guys. Let's just call this progressive reggae for lack of a better term. You might think you are on the sandy beach of a tropical island with gorgeous girls in bikinis dancing to the beat of a calypso band, when suddenly a feirce wind picks up and dark clouds form overhead as ice cold pellets of freezing rain begin to fall, stinging the skin. Then, without warning, you are thrown into the back seat of a Nash Rambler and driven over the rolling hills of a countryside to a house, where you are tied to a chair and forced to watch a series of short films, mostly clay-mation, an episode of woody woodpecker, and a weezer video. After all that, just as the needle is dropped onto the 4th Led Zeppelin LP, you wriggle your arms free and bolt out the door, running as if pursued by a hungry cat. You run until your legs can no longer move, and then collapse face down on the sandy beach of a tropical island while two bikini girls look down at you and start to giggle.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/m13ikl

CRUISER Green House

6-22-09. David Zeidman and Andy Weaver (Everybody etc.) load in to a dank basement, and squeeze their equipment into a corner. the headlining act wanted to cut to the quick, so they played before Cruiser and Why I Must Be Careful, and not only played an epic 45 minute set, but continued to engage in an ongoing free jam. you can hear them in the recording as Dave and Andy launch into their set. it is not long until they achieve absolute command of the party. Dave dropped a stick in one song, or maybe two, but they way he plays it off makes it all the more amazing. let's see.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/6azagz

note. trying out sendspace. scroll down to the bottom of the page for the download link, and ignore the plea for premium membership.

AS/SS Salad House

a very short set from Asss. two floor toms, a cymbal, some pedals and microphones seem to be their entire setup. wild, tribal beats and chanting over the top of an ocean of sludgy ambience. i don't know these guys very well at all, but i am certainly down with their shit. Alex Smith & Sean Sumler are their names and they have rad merch on their myspace.

7-17-09

here is the show in wav format

http://www.filefactory.com/file/a1hhdhb/n/asss.rar

AFTERNOON BROTHER Dekum Manor

here is Afternoon Brother again, same set as Someday's, but at a house party. the tape i used was pretty jacked (i had run out of unused tapes), but only in sections, and weirdly, seems to get crunchy in all the right places. these songs are so good, i felt it necessary to post both of the nearly identical shows played by Afternoon Brother. Jon Bafus, Michael Saalman, and Erik Woodard here. 10-10-07. prepare yourself. this is in my top 3 favorite recordings.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/a2d3bh5/n/afternoon_brother_dekum_manor.rar

+CNCTD Waypost

now we have +CNCTD. Tony Schatz (Sounds Like Fun, Rainbow Kittens With Wings, Mr. Frederick, Everybody) has his charming way of wooing his audience with his sexy movements, jingling chimes, and his catchy, memorable progressions. when i have seen him before, he had always used a loop pedal to simulate some kind of distorted choir of voices and guitars. this time there were no loops, only a soft delay. he will tell you most of his sound is from the tiny amp he plays through, but my favorite thing is when his acoustc voice overpowers the volume of the amp in loud parts. there is this joke that maybe there should be lyrics behind him with a bouncy ball. listen to this recording to find out why.

11-28-09

http://www.filefactory.com/file/a1hc2ag/n/plusconnected.rar

CHANT-OH'S Sumner Love

Zac Nelson again (whose your favorite son, god?, princess sweepstakes, prints, hexlove, trawler bycatch, chll pll, i am the arm, death worth living, falouah do you want me to keep going?) and Carson McWhirter (ent, airplane huh, everybody, holy smokes, hella, the advantage-i have had enough of band name listing, but there are many others) Carson i think practices more than anyone i know. 9 out of 10 times i pass his house, i can hear crazy musical notes drifting into the street. Zac is what i call a solid drummer, very attracted to chunky, precise, and slightly minimal but heavy beats, here is playing quite freely and ranging from light texturing to full speed craziness. one of my favorite things about this show is that it was set in Carson's bedroom with most of the audience either on his bed or right outside his window. my other favorite thing is that the electric organ lost connection with it's amplifier, revealing for a moment, the naked sound of the instrument.

here are the two wav files.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/a1g9d6c/n/chant_oh_s_at_sumner_love.rar

MARMITS Salad House

still my first love. infernal creatures take the stage and churn out a slightly creepy but very friendly wonderland, touring the spectrum of emotions, and definitely rocking hard. this recording captures an era. rugged, jagged, and yet graceful, like a gazelle.

check it.

7-17-09

1.messiah 2.go madd 3.swirlies with lester 4.cake filing 5.whodat? featuring raptatsic

http://www.filefactory.com/file/a22c4c2/n/marmits.rar

PREGNANT Ella St. Social Club

Daniel Trudeau and Michael Saalman in this performance. tight bros, these two are. Michael was in our last post as well, but here we have something distinctly different. a laptop, loop pedals, two guitars, vocals, and random other things that lay strewn about on the stage floor. i think the first cd's these two gave me years ago had ponderosa pine needles taped to an envelope which appeared to be made of green sweat pants and wire. now Daniel has a record on KDVS and you should get it, it is beautiful and the words he put in there resonate with me a great deal.

here is the whole live performance, as i heard it.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/a1g88db/n/pregnant_at_ella_st.rar

AFTERNOON BROTHER someday lounge

this band is good. really really good. if you're lucky, you may get a free drum lesson to boot. at this particular show the lesson was how to smooth out your roll (by practicing on a pillow) hosted by Jon Bafus (sholi, mucky the ducky). two guitars played by Michael Saalman (woman year, cozy), and Erik Woodard (los weeblos?, who's your favorite son, god?). these guys are all supershredders, but they reserve it very well in this recording, allowing minimal drones and sparse improv to texture a set of complex rhythms and melodies. hopefully these songs will make it to a vinyl record, but for now, check out this show.

recorded on 11-02-09

here is the wav file.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/a1g5hed/n/afternoon_b.rar

HEXLOVE Ella St. Social Club

here is our first post. Hexlove. if i were to write a bio about this guy, it would be a long read. let's just say that Zac Nelson is an artist. that is what he does. look at these photos taken in a Sacramento art gallery on my shitty camera and then listen to this recording. this guy is going to pop up in future posts, but i think it best for now that you just absorb this rad performance from a rad dude.

recorded on 11-23-09.

here is a link to the wav file.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/a1gg024/n/hexlove.rar

hell of stoopid

welcome, i have no idea how much time i spend doing this shit. i guess it's my calling to make these skeez recordings. this blog will be dedicated to cassette recordings of sick bands playing live. there will probably be other oddities as well. these cassettes are the source material for the compilation tapes i will be releasing shortly. my goal with this is to document these performances of what i consider to be great forward advances in the evolution of music. the equipment used includes 1 vestax mr300, 1 alesis compressor (used as a linear power booster), and 2 sure 545's. the digital conversion is with a 1/8" stereo mini plug into the back of an old compaq pc. once on the computer, i do nothing to them. they are wav files, not mp3. look. i think you should enjoy this free service, but buy me a bottle of red wine, and if you like these artists, find them and buy their records. word!
Ezra