| Open City / Birth of Cruel, the |
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| Album: | Birth of Cruel, the | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Open City | Added: | Jan 2004 | |
| Label: | Thin Wrist | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-02-16 | Pull Date: | 2004-04-19 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 11 | Mar 21 | Mar 7 | Feb 22 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 16, 2004: | Umami Jazz Program Assembly Language | 4. | May 11, 2004: | Lick My Moody Guitar Show Fetch and Squabble | |
| 2. | Nov 16, 2004: | Lick my moody guitar show Assembly Language | 5. | Apr 06, 2004: | Lick My Moody Guitar Show Assembly Language | |
| 3. | Jun 15, 2004: | Umami Jazz Program Assembly Language | 6. | Mar 16, 2004: | Lick my moody guitar show Fetch and Squabble |
| Album Review |
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| The Bawd Of Euphony Reviewed 2004-01-23 | ||
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OPEN CITY - Birth of the Cruel (thin wrist) Open City are a trio from Los Angeles and their music is a definite reaction to the superficial, blandness that is bulk the LA music scene. They consist of 2 electric guitars and percussion but they play these instruments like they were guilded by a distance race of alien musicians. Their music is an unconventional, melodically void Ð but emotionally charged exploration in improvisation that falls somewhere between free jazz and rock improv. Some of the best modern improv I have heard in a long time. PLAY!!! ÐtHE bAWD of eUPHONY *1-(13:15) Drum fills and guitars turn into a ferocious onslaught of sound. Goes through many movements. These don't sound like your daddy's guitars, these guitars Burn and shimmer, drums pulse. HOT SHIT! *2-(11:20) Minimal percussion and guitar tweeking builds up with unsetteling swells. 3-(20:00) 10 sec of silence. Weird drony bells begin and guitars echo the drone. Most of song stays in a minimal feel but towards the end chaos brews and becomes explosive once again. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Assembly Language | 2. | Fetch and Squabble | |||
| 3. | A Valley Forge | |||||