The Birth of Art
September 24, 2009 at 11:08 am
I sprinted two blocks from my vehicle’s perch above the roaring Schuylkill River into the dry refuge of the Church just in time for Uzeda. Though they looked like your parents (even your parents’ parents- these Sicilians have been kicking it off-time rhythms and angular guitar style for the better part of two decades), Uzeda, in a verb, rocked. The drummer played the part of straight man, slamming out serious halting rhythms, while the bassist never once let his smile slip. He was the cheeriest Sicilian I’ve ever seen at the Church. The singer stood and shook with every howl, punctuating many words with some punches to the sky. Their guitarist spent as much time ripping shards of guitar noises from his aluminum axe as he did with mouth wide open in mock roar. Though they performed a bit of long set, Uzeda won over a crowd hungry for a rare Shellac appearance. September 3, 2009.
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” Note on indie sound. No.1. ”
01. Nina Nastasia - The Same Day
The Blackened Air (Touch & Go Records, 2002)
02. Sonic Youth - Rain on Tin
St Murray St. (2002)
03. Uzeda - I’m Getting Older
Waters (Touch & Go Records, 1993)
04. Shellac - The Admiral
At Action Park (Touch & Go Records, 1994)
05. The Jesus Lizard - The Art Of Self-Defense
Liar (Touch & Go Records, 1992)
06. Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution
Yield (1998)
07. Pearl Jam - Black
Benaroya Hall: October 22nd 2003 (Ten Club, 2004)
note: The Grand side of Indie. This series of list is about my oversize wish, to listen to a genre as it was created by group of musician and make a note of it as it happens. Of course I and most of us can’t be anywhere near the place where people work and first create the sound. So next best thing is sitting down, listening and making note. Maybe somebody else can make something out of the little information.
Remember around the time when you wish somebody give you a pointer where to begin with rock? Well, this is my way of compiling notes, maybe leading to a ‘best of’ series for favorite post punk rock. I always thought there is something grand in them. Images created by the technicians, visionary, avant-garde and artists. These names has the aura of minor deity in my universe. They create sound that seems to not only make me obsessed, but affecting a key artists and sound around them. So here is a bigger than previous attempt to explore indie rock sound, starting with post-punk. These albums make up the basic sound of what I post.Anyway, it’s fall, time for more serious project. Moving forward, trying to find the soul and future sound of indie rock.
image: bartvandamme
see also: This Is Indie Rock/Sweet No.1 Wiki: Sonic Youth, Pearl Jam, Shellac, Uzeda.
