For a ‘holiday’, and a Sunday, I was pretty pleased with the turnout at Ponytail this weekend. Holocene isn’t a hard place to fill, and this was proof that if there’s reason enough, people will make the effort to come out. Ponytail was much more than enough reason. Molly Seigel was in full form, doing her best zombie impression while shouting incoherent lyrics into the microphone. Prior to their set someone told me they had read Ponytail originally wanted to sound like Lightning Bolt. With this in mind, the similarities were impossible to avoid. While drummer Jeremy Hyman may not have the chops like Brian Chippendale, or the charisma, he comes off as more of a Boredoms like beat instigator which serves to propel the very Lightning Bolt-like guitar work by Ken Seeno.
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Posted By David Hutchinson
Another day, another release by the Boredoms in their Super Roots Series. Today we have Super Roots 10, which has officially sold out in Japan, the only place it was pressed. As there have been no press statements by Thrill Jockey, or any indication that this release will see the light of day beyond way over priced E-bay auctions, here it is all for you.
Boredoms – Super Roots 10
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Despite having a number of remixes this actually flows like a really decent little album. Certainly more acessible than one might normally consider Boredoms, but hey Lindstrom tends to have that effect on songs. And, finally we can forgive Altz for the terrible Max Motion EP.
Tracklist after the jump:
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Posted By David Hutchinson
