Ya know if I was Johnny during this moment and had Diego snap his neck like some kind of demonic owl to look at me I would have legitimately pissed myself on the spot Jesus tap dancing Christ
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Ya know if I was Johnny during this moment and had Diego snap his neck like some kind of demonic owl to look at me I would have legitimately pissed myself on the spot Jesus tap dancing Christ
OOIOO performing at the Knitting Factory in NYC, 03/20/2007
OOIOO/Lightning Bolt—The Horizon Spirals/The Horizon Viral (Thrill Jockey)
Two leading purveyors of ecstatic, euphoric drumming rattle the walls on this split LP. Not exactly a collaboration, but more a juxtaposition of kindred spirits, OOIOO’s intricate, gamelan-infused sonic architectures sit alongside Lightning Bolt’s transcendent, giddy punk explosions. You can only imagine what would happen if they ever visited a studio at the same time; this album hints at eruptive, indomitable energies.
playlist 04.30.26
Squarepusher Kammerkonzert (Warp) OOIOO/ Lightning Bolt The Horizons Spiral / The Horizons Viral (Thrill Jockey) Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy Gillespie and The Double Six of Paris (Philips) taupe waxing / waning (Minority records S.R.O.) Tristan Murail performed by Argento Chamber Ensemble Winter Fragments (Aeon) Angine de Poitrine Vol 2 (Angine de Poitrine) Carl Stone & Asuma Imu Plastos (Room 40) sunn o))) sunn o))) (SubPop) Neurosis An undying love for a burning world (Neurot) Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch Blade Runner 2024 (ASG) Robert Poss + E-Clark Cornell - Kepler's Choice (No Sides records) Tim Parkinson General Election (Time With Records) My New Band Believe My New Band Believe (Rough Trade)
Yoshimi of OOIOO and the Boredoms
Photos by Terry Richardson
Sonic Youth - Drum Logos, Fukuoka, Japan, February 24, 2001
The endless #SonicSummer rolls on! This week we're back in Japan, as Sonic Youth was bringing the NYC Ghosts & Flowers era to a close. Once again, I'm struck by how absolutely sweet that LP's songs sound in a live setting — they really feel like living, breathing organisms, surging, swelling, transforming, transcending. The jammy sections of "Free City Rhymes" flow beautifully; the one-two punch of "Nevermind" and "Side2Side" is a kaleidoscopic trip; and the title track (here dedicated to the just-departed John Fahey) blossoms into a massive wall of scary/sublime noise, spirits rejoicing in sound.
The audience seems a little subdued — but maybe this is just a polite Japanese crowd. Thurston does lead them all into a rowdy chant for opening act OOIOO, however. Whatever, they're treated to a great show; the older selections are very nice indeed — check out the slide guitar that Jim O'Rourke adds to "Teenage Riot" or Lee's raging vocal on "Mote," a tune that is always welcome in setlists.
The encore features a rad exploration of "Lightnin'" ... who is that on the gloriously dubbed-out/delay-laden trumpet? Yoshimi?!! Maybe, I think she played trumpet on some old Boredoms records. If you were there let me know!
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