CMJ 2012 Issue! - The Deli

Sat
10/20 noisy @ Delinquency
The Deli’s CMJ Shows ’12
1:00pm
FIGO
T
here’s a lot happening
on FIGO’s debut
album; from pure
dance to spiteful punk rock
and just about every degree
of fusion in-between, Put
It All In Black (released
in September) is not in
any way trying to pass for
coherent. It’s just there as
a sample of what the band
can do. Fact is, they’ve
been at it since 2006 – which means
plenty of time to try out different ways
of getting the crowds sweaty - so in
these eight tracks, amidst thick bass,
pounding beats and raucous vocals,
you’ll find a little of how they do it; and
that’s not en finesse. (Tracy Mamoun)
1:50pm
Bugs In The Dark
reeping down the back alleys of
the ’90s indie landscape, Bugs In
CThe Dark is a ticking time bomb,
unloading its discontent in its earliest
days in sounds from PJ Harvey on a
bad day to full blown rage à la Bikini
Kill. But Hang It On The Wall, released
last year, was, more menacing than
any uproar. The cadence was slower,
beat imperturbable, guitars exchanging
riffs in a courteous back and forth,
building up a truly heavy atmosphere.
An eerily calm setting for this trio,
quite possibly announcing the storm to
come. As Karen Rockower would roar
on “Paranoia,” we “don’t know [her] at
all.” (Tracy Mamoun)
2:40pm
Life Size Maps
I
EndAnd
n a year, Life Size Maps have made
some giant steps towards creating
a string indie pop identity of
their own. From Magnifier to Weird
Luck, they’d ventured into more ambitious
use of frantic noise bursts and
dissonant layers, trying new ways
to deconstruct a song. For Excavate,
they’ve taken an entirely new direction.
Channelling flows of swarming electronics
into the natural stream of each
track, they speed up and down a continuous
glowing tunnel. Far more coherent,
the record linearly works its way
through one single aesthetic
- finding in this exploration a
new dynamic to their sound.
(Tracy Mamoun)
3:30pm
EULA
I
f someone ever dared
Alyse Lamb and her
gang to take a stab
at something different,
Maurice Narcisse must have
been their answer. Kicking
off from their comfort zone
to some fuzzed-out punchy
bubble gum post-punk tangled up
in thick sticky basslines, the band
subtly drifts towards a soft side so
far untapped, surprisingly at ease on
every step of this decrescendo, which
led to the intimacy of a “Hollow Cave.”
There, voices are whispers; walls made
of cotton. It’s only one song - two at
most - but the conclusion to the record
unveiled a new dimension to this band
you once knew sour and vindictive.
(Tracy Mamoun)
4:20pm
The Everymen
omething in The Everymen’s
DNA, be it to do with the lads-
ratio or the New Jersey Sto-lady
air, probably a bit of both, means that
you’re never too far from the rough
energy of their debuts, however heartfelt
or slow the songs may get. And on
those fronts, ‘New Jersey Hardcore’
went all out. As they’ll show with a second
take on “Dance Only, Only Dance”
(from their first EP), if ‘NJHC’ is a big
step forward in terms of production,
their recipe hasn’t changed since day
The Everymen
one - a bit of grit, a whole lot of soul, a
sax and a couple o’ six packs for some
generous garage punk that’s only getting
tastier with age. (Tracy Mamoun)
5:10pm
EndAnd
W
1. Matt and Kim
2. A Place to Bury
Strangers
3. Swans
4. Gung Ho
5. Cult of Youth
6. Thurston Moore
7. Black Dice
8. Screaming Females
9. Japanther
10. Star Fucking Hipsters
Garage/Punk/Post Punk
Top 20
The Deli’s Web Buzz Charts
11. Fergus & Geronimo
12. Talk Normal
13. Oneida
14. Parts & Labor
15. The Terror Pigeon
Dance Rev
16. Wyldlife
17. Swearin’
18. EULA
19. Pterodactyl
20. Skaters
Check out our self-generating online charts:
thedelimagazine.com/charts
ith one album to their name,
a second in the making, and
already a sizeable fan base,
EndAnd are the outsiders to keep an
eye on. Thoughtfully split between polished
recordings and DIY methods, their
Adventures of Fi in Space cross the
paths of bands like Nirvana or Queens
of the Stone Age, finding on their way
this tricky balance between aesthetic
satisfaction, pop sensibility, and a dedication
to hard rocking. Pulling through
power chords and sharp-edged weirdness,
they’ve managed to reach some
unexplored confines of ’90s heritage,
off the beaten tracks, where everything
you thought you knew just suddenly
sounds a little peculiar. (Tracy Mamoun)
Interview: thedelimag.com/artists
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28 the deli Fall 2012