Underdog and Hub City Stopmers live. hXc legends in the House again!

Underdog, Hub City Stompers, Inhuman, Billy Club Sandwich, Staring Problem
July 12, 2010 6:00 PM
ALL AGES
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also - OTHER MUSIC (15 East 4th St, Manhattan) and BROOKLYN MONSTER FACTORY (493 7th Avenue, Brooklyn)

UNDERDOG
Formed in the mid-80’s when being hardcore was synonymous with squats and bruises, Underdog have long been a universal favorite of the scene, representing a holistic sound that incorporated classic rock influences into an aggressive foundation. The songwriting duo that propels them is Richie Brikenhead and Russ “Wheeler” Iglay, on vocal and bass guitar duties respectively, who have employed a rotating cast of guitarists and drummers in proprietary punk rock fashion. Their 1989 record The Vanishing Pointremains a golden moment in Hardcore history, fusing New York street smarts, blistering hardcore as well as the reggae influences explored by their contemporaries (Bad Brains et al). Underdog will be making history once again at Santos Party House, celebrating the release of their newest album Matchless on June 12.

HUB CITY STOMPERS
There is no force of nature that could compare to the Hub City Stompers’ army of instruments, the ripping guitars, machinegun drums and booming horns. Formed in the earlier part of the oughts, HCS fancy themselves as having “romanced ska’s rotted corpse, playing for the love of the music rather than the popularity of it….” Snide, cheeky lyrics and reggae rhythms lend a conscious vibe, allowing them to address the modern realities that surround them with a brutally honest attitude.

INHUMAN
Fast, dark and hard as hell, Inhuman has been providing unadulterated hardcore to Brooklyn for fifteen years. With releases on I Scream and A-F Records, and a roster that includes former members of Agnostic Front, these guys maintain loyalty and credibility in numerous underground circles. They are distinguished for their varied sense of melody and their conscious lyrics, all punk rock calls to arms.

BILLY CLUB SANDWICH
Billy Club Sandwich is all about the great taste of relentless brutality. Their sound, simply put, is pile-drivingly fast riffage with no frills. They represent Westchester and the Bronx, where their juggernaut style saturates the fledgling scenes, and their unforgettable stage presence has made them legend. They have shared the stage with the likes of Harley’s War, Killing Time, and Sworn Enemy, twice gracing the stage at the Super Bowl of Hardcore.

Nader Sadek's B'doun O'mr/Ageless tomorrow with members of Morbid Angel, Cryptopsy and Behold... The Arctopus

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On November 21, 2009 at 9pm, Santos Party House will proudly present, “B'doun O'mr (Ageless)” the new performance work by Nader Sadek.

In “Ageless,” a hyperbolic amalgamation of long-haired death metal musicians and a fully-veiled Middle Eastern woman is created when near mythical characters of an “extreme” nature merge. Ostensibly dark and menacing, these figures will be blended into one image. The hair covering the faces of each character functions as a replacement for the veil/mask. In the middle of an installation of conceptually-loaded objects, the five characters will perform a sonic composition. These elements create an atmosphere of hostility, reflecting and rejecting the supposed political dichotomy of East versus West. Objects found in the earlier stages of the artist’s series are thus transformed: The mashrabeya (ornate wooden lattice) that was employed to delineate private and public space in a previous performance held at the SculptureCenter is now deconstructed and returned to its basic natural shape—a glossy black tree trunk.

Given the imagined ideology of these combined cultures—now manifested in an independent figure—the goal of this creation is to bring these worlds back to Nature, to a fundamentally primitive existence, which is admittedly unachievable. The art objects used in the performance will stand free of apparent meaning, in a gesture that seeks to suspend the purported need for clearly defining this new environment and challenges art world conventions. With ambiguity defining much of the performance and an inherent tension surfacing as a spatial push and pull between the unrestrained subject (the artist and band members) and the spectator (the viewer), notions of objectification and turmoil will lead to ultimate transcendence.

Born in Cairo, Nader Sadek is an emerging conceptual artist based in New York. His installations and performances aim to blur configurations of private and public, while exorcising the holy and profane and evoking ritualistic restraint and impulsive aggression. He has exhibited in the US and abroad and has toured with some of the most influential death metal musicians in the world, having contributed original installations and costumes to Mayhem and Sunn O))). His previous works have been reviewed by the Village Voice, The Guardian, The Herald Tribune and the New Yorker.

The musicians that will accompany Sadek in his performance will include Steve Tucker, formerly of Morbid Angel, Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy and Mike Lerner of Behold...the Arctopus. For more information visit http://www.santospartyhouse.com and http://www.nadersadek.com

Valient Thorr and Red Fang melt away faces tomorrow night!

VALIENT THORR, RED FANG and CHILDREN live!
October 17, 2009 7:00 PM 18+
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VALIENT THORR
The unfortunate stereotype that plagues Venusian extra-terrestrials is that they lack any sense of groove. However, when Valient Thorr landed in 2001, all that changed and pretty quickly, as their space-age riffs became the standard in psychedelic metal. Alien in-jokes aside, Valient Thorr do serve up a helping of fringe worldview with good old fashioned political dissent, including barbs aimed at predatory capitalism and modern day warfare, not to mention the underlying culture of conformity and oppression. Their deft riffs and solos, pounding percussion and soulful vocal recall the early metal structure laid by the likes of Thin Lizzy through the lens of current-day brutality a la Arch Enemy or Mastodon.

While their most hardcore followers, or Thorriors, have created their own culture based on cult fandom, the balanced sound of Valient Thorr has inevitably crept into the mainstream. They are Warped Tour staples and have also shared the stage with the likes of Motörhead, Joan Jett, Andrew W.K., NOFX, AFI, and Eagles of Death Metal . The video games Guitar Hero II, Need For Speed: Carbon and Skate all boast Valient Thorr tunes on their soundtracks. Their 2008 album Immortalizer (Volcom Entertainment) was produced by Jack Endino (Nirvana, Mudhoney, Soundgarden, High On Fire) and, according to Indyweek.com, features the band sounding “exactly like it should right now.” 7:00PM on November 17 at Santos Party House are the coordinates for when Valient Thorr will be transcending time and space.
Valien Thorr Homepage
Video for Valient Thorr’s “Tomorrow Police”

RED FANG
Marrying ornate psychedelia with doomsayer metal until they have crystallized into something beyond awesome, Red Fang is the breath of fresh air that so many scenes are desperately needing. Their wide canvas of heavy sound has landed them live spots alongside the likes of Kylesa, Early Mann and Wizard Smoke.
Red Fang on Myspace


Tickets available at:
OTHER MUSIC
15 East 4th St
New York, NY 10003