Out of that dystopian musical hotbed; Olympia, WA, Unwound played some fierce post rock/noise you can dig. Repetition is from 1996, you can definitely hear the Sonic Youth/Fugazi/June of 44 vibes happening. I saw them bitd when I lived in S.F. Ator may have as well? The rhythm section is rockin, and if you think chicks can't play drums check this disc out. There is even a dub sounding track. On some tracks the guitar and bass seem to fighting for the spotlight, there are some interesting bass lines to be heard. Kill Rock Stars put this out. Rock is not dead, you may just have to dig in the archives to find a gem or two!
3 comments:
we've got to figure out WWALT Blog version 2.0 where you can click on the picture and hear music. Do they have YouTube for MP3s?
ah.... Unwound.... so much potential, but i always felt like they hit a plateau and just couldnt take it to the next level. still, they are a 90s indie band that i revisit from time to time. saw them a number of times in SF, including once opening up for Fugazi at the now defunct Trocadero over in the SOMA district
btw, good idea Don.... one possibility would be to link to youtube video clips or any other random mp3 floating around out there on the ether, so you can click on the pic and open either a video or sound clip
I know that chick drummer, sort of. Sara is from Bloomington IN, my old College music scene haunt. She did some time in my friend Bill Zink's band The Belgian Waffles.
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