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interlude on “Loves Got Nothing On Me,”
the band pushes musical boundaries
yolked with hard rock passion.
– Kelley Simms
Appearing: 4/1 at
Double Door, Chicago.
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SUNFLOWER BEAN
Human Ceremony
(Fat Possum)
Brooklyn New York’s Sunflower Bean
seem to revel in youthful, reckless abandon. The versatile trio have both the arrogance and the naivety to try whatever the
hell they want on Human Ceremony, their
long -playing debut. The music is drawn
from influences as diverse as '60s psychedelic (“2013”), Nuggets-infused rockers (“I
Was Home”), aggressive indie (“Come
On”) and even a hint of new wave
(“Creation Myth”). To their credit, the trio
seem quite adept bouncing from one genre
to the next without the slightest hint of
self-consciousness or fear. Throughout the
11 tracks, singer/bassist Julia Cumming,
singer/guitarist Nick Kivlen and drummer Jacob Faber make a glorious racket
together. There is little-or no-window
dressing on the songs which gives them
nowhere to hide, allowing the slinky, serpentine hooks to sink their talons into the
listener. The result is undistilled bliss, or,
at the very least, youthful panache.
– Curt Baran
Appearing: 3/3 at
Schubas, Chicago.
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Mosh: What’s next for COB? The band has
been together over 2 decades, what do you
hope to accomplish next?
Alexi Laiho: Just non-stop touring around the
globe until its time to start working on a new
album. COB doesn't take a lot of breaks, so
we'll keep busy as hell!
COB Appears 3/17 at Aragon Ballroom with
Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Havok.
MOSH-WORTHY: Lost Society Braindead
(Nuclear Blast), Holy Grail Times of Pride and
Peril (Prosthetic Records), The New Roses
Dead Man's Voice (Napalm Records).
MOSH-WORTHY…LIVE:
Helloween
(Concord Music Hall, 03/04), Black Tusk,
Holy Grail, The Black Swan (Reggies Rock
Club, 03/05), Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper,
Wrath, Iron Finger, Reign (Reggies Rock
Club, 03/30).
MENTION-WORTHY: Seattle experimental
prog metal band, Rhine, has just self-released
their ambitious sophomore album, An
Outsider, while Connecticut-based rock band
Crossing Rubicon, featuring ex-All That
Remains bassist Jeanne Sagan, has just
released its hard-rocking debut album, No
Less Than Everything.
march
2016
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