White Mice - Ganjahovahdose CD Review / Show at Death by Audio on Jan. 15th

Providence, RI noise rock wackos are back in down next Friday night (Jan. 15th) for a show at Death By Audio with Liturgy and Little Women.

White Mice's latest release is Ganjahovahdose (20 Buck Spin) which came out last October. On this release, the band sticks to their tried and true formula of combining groove-oriented noise rock with an adolescent sense of humor that ranges from religious blasphemy to an obsession with cheese.

White Mice are one of those bands that your friends will never understand. The band performs in bloody mouse costumes and the new disc contains songs entitled "Placenta The Crotchtower", "The Shroud of Urine" and The Crapture". This alone should tell you a lot about the band's toilet-humor based outlook on life.



Ganjahovahdose is a sticky, sludgy mess that comes on like the inbred bastard child of the Butthole Surfers and The Jesus Lizard. This is loud, rumbling noise rock that careens off in multiple directions and production values be damned. The vocals are completely buried in the mix and range from black metal growls to tortured (likely) drug-induced yammering. What adds to the fun is that between the songs, there are snippets of dialogue and crazed sounds bites. One example of this is the 911 tape of the Michigan cop who called for emergency assistance because he thought he was dead from eating pot brownies.

The funny thing is that, beneath all this cacaphony and noise, there are some solid bass/drums melodic grooves that make it hard to get these songs out of your head.

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White Mice

French Miami Play Death By Audio Tonight, Aug. 28th (Art-Punk)

DOWNLOAD: French Miami - "Science Fiction" (Live on WOXY.com)
DOWNLOAD: French Miami - "Goddamn Best"

San Francisco art-punk trio French Miami are in town for a show at Death by Audio tonight. The band is touring behind their debut CD (which was recently re-released by Take Root Records). Rolling Stone described the disc as "skull-collapsing post-punk, wiry (and Wire-y) guitars twitching over steady chugging rhythms."

Tonight's show is with True Womanhood, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt and Santino Santino. Death by Audio is located at 49 S. 2nd Street in Williamsburg.

French Miami - Live at SxSW


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French Miami

Coyote Eyes Plays Death By Audio on Wednesday, March 4th

I just got home after a VERY long series of business meetings in Montreal these past two weeks. I was checking my mail before going to sleep and Coyote Eyes' demo "Yellow Red" really caught my ear.

Coyote Eyes is a fairly new band out of Brooklyn who have played only four shows thus far. The band's next show is at Death By Audio on Wednesday, March 4th. Also on the bill are Katie Eastburn (from Young People), Willy Weird and Buke and Gass.

For once in my life, I don't have an immediate comparison for Coyote Eyes' sound. While the band's sound falls somewhat into the shoegazer "indie-rock" category, the band has a unique take on the genre's sound. Check out "Yellow Red", which is streaming on Coyote Eyes' MySpace profile and the live videos below and you will get a solid sense of the band's sound.

Coyote Eyes - Live @ Vanishing Point 1-15-09


Coyote Eyes - "Jade Pagoda" Live @ Vanishing Point 1-15-09