UPSILON ACRUX + TWIN (ex-The Need/Kicking Giant))
plan...@gmail.com
Saturday, October 13
Velvet Lounge
915 U St NW WDC
http://www.velvetloungedc.com
202-463-3213
$8, 18+, doors at 9pm
UPSILON ACRUX (brutal prog from LA, Cuneiform/Planaria)
TWIN (post-punk/progressive homocore from NYC, formerly King Cobra, ex-
The Need/Kicking Giant)
Opines (mem. of Barkitecture)
Always (solonoise from Australia)
Upsilon Acrux
http://www.meszlermedia.com/upsilonacrux/
http://www.myspace.com/upsilonacrux
Los Angeles-! based Upsilon Acrux is among the best of the young bands
(The Flying Luttenbachers, Hella, Ahleuchatistas) transforming punk
rock's landscape, reinvigorating punk's physically powerful,
aggressive and speed-driven sound by infusing it with a compositional
intensity and technical prowess long associated with various forms of
metal (speedcore, technical metal, thrash) and progressive rock. In
Upsilon Acrux's hands, this sonic fusion results in an explosive new
music that is both exhilarating and abstract. While the band cites an
encyclopedic array of influences -- everything from progressive and
math rock (Henry Cow, King Crimson, Magma, Univers Zero, The Muffins,
The Ruins, The Flying Luttenbachers, Zappa, Don Caballero); Krautrock
(Faust, Neu!, Kraftwerk); metal and death metal (Morbid Angel,
Necrophagist, Meshuggah, Frederick Thordendal's Special Defects); the
energy and spirituality of jazz and free jazz (John Coltrane, Ornette
Coleman and The Mahavishnu Orchestra); and more (This Heat, Nels
Cline) -- and proclaims "any version of Magma" as its "favorite rock
band ever" -- its music is not derivative of, nor directly comparable
to, any one band -- or any pre-established genre. An abstract tapestry
of complex and hyperkinetic instrumental sound, Upsilon Acrux's music
is composed of disparate elements, dissonance and unexpected time
changes daringly interwoven with, and/or punctuated by, beautiful and
accessible melodies.
The band's fifth album, Galapagos Momentum (Cuneiform Records)
features 41 minutes of aggressive, intricate, athletic and composed
post-punk instrumental rock contained on 10 tracks. It should attract
listeners from across the broad spectrum of "non-slacker" music --
fans of everything from punk rock to classical minimalism, death metal
to Neu!, Captain Beefheart to The Flying Luttenbachers, King Crimson
to Koenjihyakkei, Magma to Orthrelm, Don Caballero to Mahavishnu
Orchestra, and Ruins to Hella and Ahleuchatistas.
TWIN
http://www.wearetwin.com/
http://www.myspace.com/wearetwin
TWIN (formerly known as King Cobra, who released records on Kill Rock
Stars and Troubleman), from Olympia WA, is the most recent art-band
project of seminal Riot Grrl artist/musician Rachel Carns (ex-The Need/
Kicking Giant). Carns rose to fame in the late '90s in Olympia's
nationally recognized feminist/queer/punk scene working with Miranda
July, Radio Sloan and Chainsaw Records. She gained the attention of
Time Magazine and was selected as part of Salon.com's Real Life Rock
Top 10 in 2000. Her recent project, TWIN, has been described as
"lesbian math rock," "homo-core," and "post-punk progressive."