8th July 2010

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Datus - Tanyas
Vitiate (Limbic Systems)

Vitiate, the newest EP from Datus, is a collage of heavy textures. Electronic squeals, polyrythmic drums in which a serious Tony Allen influence can be discerned, and thick loads of fuzz all knotted together during six songs of complex noise and power. Datus previously put out three cool EP’s, each of its own sort of theme, and this time, it’s as if they’ve dropped each element that previously would have been it’s own EP into a pressure cooker, focusing and fusing these parts together to create some sort of powerful monster of sound.

High points for me included the strange beehive of tremendous noise that is “Tanyas” as well as the masterful drumming on “Cuckold.” But really, it’s one of those “you have to listen to it all the way through to get the full effect” things, so just set aside 25 minutes of yer time and kick back. Get melted. Y’know.

Pick up Vitiate when it drops July 23rd. You’ll be happy you did. And remind me to remind you about Datus’ August 2nd show in Brooklyn.

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15th December 2009

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The Back C.C.’s - Stop Me

The Back C.C.’s are a garage punk group comin’ out of Brooklyn and pulling out the kind of low-fidelity, high-energy music that listeners of the Mummies and Teengenerate will really dig.  I dropped a line to these dudes, and asked them a few questions.  Check it out!

(picture via Brooklyn Vegan; hope they don’t mind)

First, make up your own genre.  What kind of music do you guys play?

Rock n’ Roll

How did you get started playing music?

Church Choir.

What keeps you going?

My Girlfriend, Mary Jane.

Who influenced you guys (musically and/or philosophically), and can you describe how?

The Mummies, The Gories.  They are Lo-Fi.

What are your favorite records of all time?

Thee Borders,  50’s and 60’s.

What are your favorite records of the past year?

Thee Borders, The Manikins ( from Sweden).
Who are your favorite under-rated musicians?

Thee Borders, The Back C.C.’s

When you guys opened up for the Mummies last summer, you really tore shit up (and so did the Mummies).  Do you have any crazy performance stories?

*There was an Atlantic Records Hip Hop show. We opened up. Gibby Haynes from The Butthole Surfers comes and introduced us. There was only 2 hundred Hip Hop People. We played punk rock songs and Gibby was gone before we were done. Nice.
*After a show in Detroit. An old lady who has 2 grown sons and the other a 40 years old prostitute with meth mouth approached and offered us rubber sex. Mmm„, Detroit Rock City, Baby I’m coming back„,.

Can you tell me about any new records you might be working on?

We’re working on an album earlier next year.

Can I get an mp3 to post on the blog to show people what you guys sound like?

No Problem. “Stop Me”.

Check it.

Thanks to the Back C.C.’s for taking the time to answer my questions.  If ya got the chance, check them out, they put on a super fuzzy, super fast, super loud show, and they’re cool dudes!

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