Tuesday, May 12, 2009

quest for quintana roo




Yet another band I like but know bugger all about!






The Birds Are Spies, They Report To The Trees



The Birds Are Spies, They Report To The Trees is a Norwegian Emo band, featuring members of Catena Collapse.



BEST DEMO EVER?



Kill The Man Who Questions




Kill the Man Who Questions was a punk rock band from Philadelphia, PA (USA). The group played its first show in October 1996 and its final show about 20 blocks west in 2002, having released a full-length album and several seven-inches, touring the U.S. and Europe in between.







ZEGOTA





Zegota is an anarchist hardcore punk band originally from Greensboro, North Carolina, formed around 1996-1997. The name alludes to Żegota (the polish word for ‘unity’), or The Council to Aid the Jews, a Catholic group from Poland, which saved the lives of many European Jews during the Holocaust. Their albums have been released on a diverse list of labels, such as CrimethInc, Stonehenge and Amor y Lucha. They have released 4 (5, including the demo) records this far, they are:- A demo tape (199?)- Movement in the Music LP/CD (1999) - Namaste CD (2001) - Reclaim! LP/CD (2004) - Self-Titled 7” (2005)The members are currently engaged in lots of things which have nothing to do with playing music, but they are planning on beginning work on another album in 2007. The band is currently based in Stockholm, Sweden, and Greensboro, North Carolina, and Durham.





RECLAIM



WHAT PRICE, WONDERLAND?





WPW? are a post-punk band from Warwickshire, UK, but nowadays, are spread between Nottingham, Studley and London. Been going in some form since 2002. Influenced by: 80s/early 90s Emocore, 80s Hardcore, Indie Rock, post punk… etc…





Thirty With A Wink



The Hal Al Shedad





Atlanta trio The Hal Al Shedad blends sheer unbridled chaos with thoughtful introspection, revealing a remarkable artistic depth that goes beyond simple hardcore fury. While taking plenty of cues from such truly angry bands as The Monorchid and Unwound, The Hal Al Shedad also goes on arty Sonic Youth-style tangents, and sometimes even explores the dreamy side of indie rock in the manner of Seam’s early records. It’s an electrifying combination that will make your every neck hair stand on end. The threesome has released a seven-inch, “Running and Falling,” and a pair of LPs, their 1997 self-titled debut and 1999’s Textures of Tomorrow, featuring “Machine Gun” and “Walking Blind Dancing.” While The Hal Al Shedad offers plenty of guitar pyrotechnics and vocal anguish, it’s their ability to create tension by inserting rambling, oddly peaceful interludes between the moments of fury that makes them such a mature and complex talent.





S/T



SWITCHBLADE





In the cold winter of 1997 turning to 1998, Switchblade slowly took form as a quartet with 2 bassplayers who both screamed their lungs out. A 7” and a few extra songs for a split 7” were recorded with Fireside´s mastermind Pelle Gunnerfelt (Fireside, Hives, Breach) in the spring of 1998.In March 1999 Switchblade recorded their groundbreaking and very well received 10”. This time with a newly recruited 2:nd bassplayer/singer. The 10” was recorded by Breach´s mastermind Anders Ekström. The 10” turned out very chaotic and fast in tempo. A few months later a few more songs were recorded by Anders Ekström and those songs ended up as the split 7”´s with Cult of Luna and The Jam Session. Then in late 1999 Switchblade took the decision to go on as a three-piece.During 2000 and 2001, switchblade recorded 2 albums together once again with Breach´s Anders Ekström turning the knobs. Switchblade toured both Sweden (with Cult of Luna) and Europe (twice) in support of the albums.Then in March 2003, Switchblade recorded their third selftitled full length album. The album was a 6 song, 47 minute sonic journey that ranged from subtle ambient soundscapes to monotonous, dark, instrumental passages to full on stoner flirting, yet epic heaviness. All with just sparse use of vocals. Previously having had some problems in truly capturing their sound and dynamics on tape, Switchblade turned to Carl Wikman at EAR Studios who is known for his big and true to nature sounding recordings. The album turned out to be the most powerful and focused material so far, and showcased a huge leap forward in the never ending evolution of Switchblade�s sound and songwriting. The album received great reveiws both in Europe and in the US, where the album was released by Jake Banon´s (CONVERGE) Deathwish/Icarus imprint. A 4 week European tour in support of the album took place in early 2004 and a shorter tour took place in the summer of 2004 based around an apperance at the legendary Ieper Festival in Belgium.In May 2004 Switchblade wanted to try out some new song ideas and approaches so they packed the gear and headed down to the Mission Hall studio located in the countryside in the south of Sweden. The weekend worth of recording together with Mattias Oldén from LOGH resulted in a 2 track 7” with guestvocals and guitar, on one of the songs, by Mathias Friberg of LOGH. The 2 songs showed, by far, the most dynamic Switchblade material to that date.Come late summer of 2005, Switchblade packed up their gear and headed down to Mission Hall Studio once again. Having felt so relaxed and enjoyed working with Mathias Oldén, the choice was easy when picking a studio for the recording of the fourth selftitled Switchblade album. The 43+ minutes album consists of 2 long tracks and sees the band more dynamic than ever before. Insted of a constant wall of sound and riffing, every riff and every tone get alot of space and time to “breathe”. To add further bleakness, beauty and depth to the album there´s guestvocals by “E” of swedish blackmetal band WATAIN and once again, guestvocals and guitar by Mattias Friberg of LOGH.The tempo of the songs has slowed down for each release and the vocals has taken a more subtle place in the music and more instrumental passages has been brought forward to create a very dark and almost instrumental soundtrack to the apocalypse.Switchblade are currently working on their 5th seftitled album to be recorded in the autumn of 2008.





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