YOU'RE BUILDING A GHOST TOWN

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8461054.post-74727520683069625182008-04-27T14:29:00.006-04:002008-05-19T16:06:47.104-04:00YOU'RE BUILDING A GHOST TOWN<img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-1.jpg"> <img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-2.jpg"> <img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-3.jpg"> <img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-4.jpg"> <img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-6.jpg"> <img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-7.jpg"> <img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-9.jpg"> <img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-10.jpg"> <img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-11.jpg"> <img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-12.jpg"> <img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-13.jpg"> <img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-14.jpg"> <img src="http://www.suckapants.com/BLOG/monotonixdba/monotonixdba-15.jpg"> (Monotonix, When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth, Double Dagger, and Power Douglas at Death By Audio this past weekend) The Monotonix show was pretty fun. I was really curious to see what the TV On The Radio/Dragons Of Zynth collaboration, Power Douglas, would be like. Besides not featuring members from either band at all, it was kind of noisy, jangly, but more than anything it seemed to be a cathartic exercise for two of the members. About midway through their set the bass player grabbed a mic and ranted about the miscarriage of justice (or <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/25/sean.bell.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText" target="_blank">abortion</a>, if you will) that was the recent Sean Bell verdict. After that it got more chaotic, with him falling into the crowd, and eventually smashing his bass and throwing himself into the drums/drummer. The tension in the room was almost palpable, although it didn't seemed to have anything to do with the crowd. It was more just two extremely expressive and unabashed performers exercising demons and not giving a damn what anyone thought. <IMG SRC="http://suckapants.com/divider.gif" WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="2" BORDER="0"> MP3: Double Dagger has been getting some press love just very recently, but these guys have been killing it for a long time. I remember back when they started and most (if not all) of their songs were about <a href="http://posttypography.com/" target="_blank">graphic design</a>. If you haven't caught them before, and you appreciate something with teeth, don't miss them next time. And if you wear glasses and don't like people messing with them, you might want to put them away during the set. Just sayin'. • Double Dagger - <a href="http://www.suckapants.com/Music/DoubleDagger-LuxuryCondosForThePoor.mp3" target="_blank">Luxury Condos For The Poor</a> • Double Dagger - <a href="http://www.suckapants.com/Music/DoubleDagger-FormFunction.mp3" target="_blank">Form Function</a> A band's place in <a href="http://www.myspace.com/doubledaggersucks" target="_blank">myspace</a>.sucka pantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110231785133448579noreply@blogger.com