skinny wolves
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Skinny Wolves Club
XBXRX
(USA, Kill Rock Stars, 5RC, Polyvinyl)
Ten Past Seven
Retards
Party Weirdo
w/ Skinny Wolves & Guest Djs
Thursday 28th September
The Hub, Temple Bar, Dublin
9 - 2.30am / Tickets 12e
About xBxRx
Love them or hate them, you'll never forget them. Over the years XBXRX's style of joyous musical assault has been championed by many major figures in underground rock, having opened on tours with admirers such as Sonic Youth, Peaches, Unwound, Mr. Quintron, Deerhoof and Q and Not U as well as having worked with accomplished producers like Steve Albini, Ian MacKaye, Vern Rumsey, Don Zientara and Tim Kerr. XBXRX mates a post-hardcore guitar onslaught with articulate experimentation and intense, cathartic vocals to create a relentlessly modern rock music that is as chilling as it is invigorating.
The legend of the chaotic phenomenon known as XBXRX began back in '98 with a group of southern-bred kids aged 13 to 15. Fuelled by explosive adolescent energy and brimming with rebellion against the complacency of their conservative hometown, the youths hit the studio soon after, tracking their initial sides before heading off in the first of almost 30 separate tours. That initial east coast jaunt threw down a gauntlet for standards of high energy performance: blazing from town to town in a van stolen outright from the bass player's mother; leaving a smouldering pile of decimated guitars, drums and keyboards in the wake; and racking up a kamikaze-like tally of hospital visits, broken limbs, concussions and general mayhem - all in the hyper-compressed duration of 8 minutes!!! No stage could contain the blisteringly positive frenzy of XBXRX! Love them or hate them, you'll never forget them. The band has blinded their audiences with racks of colourful flashing lights, bombarded them with balloons and even abandoned the stage to incite dance riots and group hugs in an attempt to make the XBXRX experience something much more than just another show. The band has always sought to erase their individual identities and considers itself a flexible entity whose sum total is greater than the parts.
In addition to their debut full-length 2000 release "Gop Ist Minee" (5RC/Tapes Records), XBXRX has steadily issued a stunning series of seven inches on labels like GSL, Narnack and others around the world in order to compliment their non-stop touring. Through sheer word of mouth alone the band was able to sell almost 10,000 copies of "Gop", many of them out of the back of the van after yet another typically insane, smouldering performance. The live show is "...totally nuts ..." says Mike McGuirk, San Francisco Bay Guardian.
On the new full-length XBXRX record "Sixth In Sixes" the band reveals newly-found musical growth and maturity over the course of 18 succinct and varied tracks. The lyrics and concept of the album deal implicitly with the decline of civilisation as predicted by the arcane theory of sixth extinction . . . the beautiful but annihilating hand of Mother Nature is neigh and the group heralds an apocalyptic vision of distinct power that will surprise new and old fans alike. XBXRX mates a post-hardcore guitar onslaught with articulate experimentation and intense, cathartic vocals to create a relentlessly modern rock music that is as chilling as it is invigorating. Produced by the band in tandem with noise-rock cult hero Weasel Walter (knob twister behind records by Arab On Radar, The Coachwhips, Burmese and The Flying Luttenbachers), XBXRX has stepped vastly forward in fidelity revealing a finely-grained, articulate and emotional wall of sound.
MORE INFO & MUSIC HERE
www.skinnywolves.com/club.htm & www.myspace.com/skinnywolves
XBXRX
(USA, Kill Rock Stars, 5RC, Polyvinyl)
Ten Past Seven
Retards
Party Weirdo
w/ Skinny Wolves & Guest Djs
Thursday 28th September
The Hub, Temple Bar, Dublin
9 - 2.30am / Tickets 12e
About xBxRx
Love them or hate them, you'll never forget them. Over the years XBXRX's style of joyous musical assault has been championed by many major figures in underground rock, having opened on tours with admirers such as Sonic Youth, Peaches, Unwound, Mr. Quintron, Deerhoof and Q and Not U as well as having worked with accomplished producers like Steve Albini, Ian MacKaye, Vern Rumsey, Don Zientara and Tim Kerr. XBXRX mates a post-hardcore guitar onslaught with articulate experimentation and intense, cathartic vocals to create a relentlessly modern rock music that is as chilling as it is invigorating.
The legend of the chaotic phenomenon known as XBXRX began back in '98 with a group of southern-bred kids aged 13 to 15. Fuelled by explosive adolescent energy and brimming with rebellion against the complacency of their conservative hometown, the youths hit the studio soon after, tracking their initial sides before heading off in the first of almost 30 separate tours. That initial east coast jaunt threw down a gauntlet for standards of high energy performance: blazing from town to town in a van stolen outright from the bass player's mother; leaving a smouldering pile of decimated guitars, drums and keyboards in the wake; and racking up a kamikaze-like tally of hospital visits, broken limbs, concussions and general mayhem - all in the hyper-compressed duration of 8 minutes!!! No stage could contain the blisteringly positive frenzy of XBXRX! Love them or hate them, you'll never forget them. The band has blinded their audiences with racks of colourful flashing lights, bombarded them with balloons and even abandoned the stage to incite dance riots and group hugs in an attempt to make the XBXRX experience something much more than just another show. The band has always sought to erase their individual identities and considers itself a flexible entity whose sum total is greater than the parts.
In addition to their debut full-length 2000 release "Gop Ist Minee" (5RC/Tapes Records), XBXRX has steadily issued a stunning series of seven inches on labels like GSL, Narnack and others around the world in order to compliment their non-stop touring. Through sheer word of mouth alone the band was able to sell almost 10,000 copies of "Gop", many of them out of the back of the van after yet another typically insane, smouldering performance. The live show is "...totally nuts ..." says Mike McGuirk, San Francisco Bay Guardian.
On the new full-length XBXRX record "Sixth In Sixes" the band reveals newly-found musical growth and maturity over the course of 18 succinct and varied tracks. The lyrics and concept of the album deal implicitly with the decline of civilisation as predicted by the arcane theory of sixth extinction . . . the beautiful but annihilating hand of Mother Nature is neigh and the group heralds an apocalyptic vision of distinct power that will surprise new and old fans alike. XBXRX mates a post-hardcore guitar onslaught with articulate experimentation and intense, cathartic vocals to create a relentlessly modern rock music that is as chilling as it is invigorating. Produced by the band in tandem with noise-rock cult hero Weasel Walter (knob twister behind records by Arab On Radar, The Coachwhips, Burmese and The Flying Luttenbachers), XBXRX has stepped vastly forward in fidelity revealing a finely-grained, articulate and emotional wall of sound.
MORE INFO & MUSIC HERE
www.skinnywolves.com/club.htm & www.myspace.com/skinnywolves
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