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      Monotonix (photo Wyldman)     On day two of the Offset Festival, Wild Palms get things off to a good start with their dark and brooding surf music. It sounds just dandy this Sunday lunchtime. I am also taken with the gentle beauty of The Rifle Volunteer, who are kindly and beardy and feature the plaintive falsetto of Adam Symonds. The Rifle Volunteer (photo...
Matt Bigland from the mighty Dinosaur Pile Up takes his turn to give us his take on the top 10 (err, well.. 9) acts of 2009. 1. Well I discovered Torche this year, and they’re the only band in a long while that have totally blown my brain wide open. Like the melvins but more driving. Kicking drums, really heavy, neanderthal vocal harmonies. Amazing. Torche Myspace 2....
We’ve been going on about them all year - now the mighty Pulled Apart By Horses take turns to tell us what rings their collective bells. 1 - Future Of The Left So the second FOTL album was released this year and we got to go on tour with them in the UK and abroad a few times and to be quite honest I genuinely think these guys are the tightest, loudest and kick ass rock bunch...
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Our friend and photographer Pooneh Ghana caught Friday night’s Monotonix/Strange Boys show in Austin at Red 7. Pooneh offers up this brief but all encompassing review: "Some girl up front totally busted her face open, and Monotonix played part of their set up in a tree…Strange Boys were awesome as well!" Photos of the insanity after the jump… mp3: the strange boys...
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Who: The Raveonettes vs. Monotonix Times: 6:00pm vs. 6:30pm Hometown: New York, NY vs. Tel Aviv, Israel Thoughts: Truth be told I have never really listened to either of these bands nor have I seen them live. What I can tell you about them is that I know Monotonix have a reputation for a truly insane show and I’ve never heard anything, good or bad, about The Raveonettes and their stage show...
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