July 26, 2007
Ahleuchatistas, this Weekend
A band that creates its monkier by atom-smashing the name of a Charlie Parker tune and combining it with the term "Zapatista" is a band after my own heart. And Ahleuchatistas lives up to its name: it's half jazz, half hardcore. Conveniently, they'll be in town on the days when we are *not* having our "Sporty" B-B-Q, that is tomorrow and Sunday. See this wee review from Exclaim! if you have a knack for reading music-geek speak:
"Oh my God. These guys reinstated my love for double-kick bass drums, that’s for sure. The Ahleuchatistas are a band of math/thrash/prog/punk whatchamacallits from North Carolina that have distinct political spins (check out 'Remember Rumsfeld At Abu Ghraib' as a flash back to Mingus’s 'Remember Rockefeller At Attica') and a frantic, powerful delivery. The music definitely has its feet in the Ruins (minus the dizzyingly hilarious vocals), as well as Fantômas and the Ex but takes off from there with sheer inventiveness and fearless precision. Songs like 'Sometimes There’s A Buggy' and 'Before The Law' shift away from the relentless prog/math acrobatics into pools of free improv and reflection, while 'Shell in Ogoniland' and 'Maybe Orange' happily pummel you with under two-minute assaults. This CD also includes a rather dark rec room trio of vids, which are kind of neat and makes one see the attraction of this band live. This is happy, jumping around music!"
And a more straightforward descrip, per their label, Cuneiform Records:
Ahleuchatistas has received great reviews nationally and internationally for their last album “What You Will”. They have also been invited to play at such festivals and South By Southwest, MAC Rock, and the International Jazz Festival in Austria (impressive for an experimental rock band).
The band’s concerts in Missouri:
Friday, July 27th 2007
The Scallywag
805 Francis Street
Saint Joseph, MO 64501-1915
www.myspace.com/thescallywagmusic
Sunday, July 29th 2007
8 pm, All Ages, and $5.00
LEMP Neighborhood Arts Center
3301 Lemp Ave
St. Louis, MO 63118
For Information: 314.771.1096
www.lemp-arts.org
See you there ...