Tonstartssbandht + Run DMT, coming to a dive near you (and me! Denver baby) ...
CRAZY Tonstartssbandht interview with Weird Canada; you’ve got to listen to this (text version HERE)
Eola – “Famished Heads” MP3/download
It’s been awhile since I’ve thrown down a Tonstartssbandht-related post — which is ironic for a few reasons, not the least of which being my total obsession with them — but here we GOOOOO man, a new album by Edwin White, half of T-startssbandht, under the guise Eola.
Anyone sorta thinking “areola”? No? Just me …
Lord’s Jam is Eola’s debut (on Does Are/Culture Dealer) and it has that charm I’ve come to expect from the White brothers, albeit in more collage-oriented form, with synths and chants dominating the day. The unrequited synth worship you can’t avoid these days isn’t really a trademark of Eola, however, thank Christ.
No, Eola are much too busy “wow”ing you with their Mouth Sounds to let anything else interfere on any more than a part-time basis. I picked up a Tonstartssbandht tape recently — hell if I can remember the name; it’s not the Parson Sound one though — that was also more drone-oriented like this, and while I hope White solo and White-with-bro don’t forget about their amazing roots (“Konig,” “Sarajevo Preadub,” “Subtropic Gleme Rock”), this new direction is just as exciting/spine-prickling.
I’ve got this addiction to Dolphins Into The Future, Tonstartssbandht, Locrian, Neptune and a few others that’s starting to interfere with my ability to listen to new bands. As a newspaper editor recently said to me on an unrelated topic (if you must know, the wild circulation growth of his publication and the attendant pains), “That’s a good problem to have.”
But I promise I won’t stop plumbing the depths for ya. Just don’t stop reading, brah. Practical matters of the Lord’s Jam detailed below …
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side a , recorded mar-april 2010 in orlando, florida & new york, ny
side b , recorded feb 6, 2009 in brooklyn, ny
all songs by Edwin White
solo tape from 1/2 of Tonstartssbandht
sometimes available on cassette from Culture Dealer (Run DMT), or CDRs from Does Are
catch Tonstartssbandht on tour with RUN DMT this july and august all over the US and Canada
see myspace for a list of shows
www.myspace.com/tonstartssbandht
