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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Tonight Tonight in Music: GMK, Peoples, Wildcat Choir

Posted by on Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:00 AM

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GMK, Peoples, Philly Alto, R.O.B., State of the Artist, DJ Evil Twinz

(Nectar) One of my favorite local hiphop releases this year is GMK's Songs for Bloggers (post-racial hiphop in its Seattle form), and one of my favorite reviews of a local hiphop recording is Larry Mizell's critique of Song for Bloggers. Mizell writes: "GMK's own halting, abbreviated flow is a study in rap minimalism, conjuring opaque visuals about blog templates, Robot Chicken, and unfulfilling LDRs (is there another kind?) in a funky, less-is-more manner." That there is beautiful writing. As for GMK's "Games Play" off Songs for Bloggers, it's one of the most beautiful works of hiphop made in this city. GMK's art shows great promise. CHARLES MUDEDE See also My Philosophy, page 41.

Speaker Speaker, Branden Daniel & Everybody Gets Laid, Cold Cold Ground, Wildcat Choir

(Comet) Wildcat Choir are the latest effort from Erik Baldwin, former guitarist for the defunct (and excellent) Pleasureboaters and coconspirator of the Beats, Man. This newest project is more frayed blues-punk than the spastic, thrash-rock of Pleasureboaters, and the aesthetic is a great deal more menacing than the Beats, Man. Think guitar-and-drum duos like Immortal Lee County Killers or a darker, scrappier version of the Black Keys for a starting point. The rough takes available on the internets demonstrate thick, slow-burning guitar riffs and lumbering drum work (both good things). Do yourself a favor and get to this show early enough to see them. GRANT BRISSEY

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Wow, I saw them but thought they sounded so much like grunge, especially like Alice and Chains or Nirvana. They were ok but so 90s. I didn't hear the Black Keys at all.
Posted by virginia mason on July 16, 2009 at 1:15 AM

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