Cringe.com/pilation
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WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S - NOVEMBER 9-10 CRINGE.COM COMPILATION CD SUPPORT SHOWS
UPDATED November 8, 2001: The Altered Statesman had to drop off the bill due to an induced birth on Friday. Blitz's 2001 Local Stuff Rumble winners, Test Planet, quickly stepped up to fill in.
CRINGE.COM hosts a weekend at Bernie's supporting the Cringe.com/pilation v2.0 CD on Friday, November 9 and Saturday, November 10 at Bernie's/The Distillery. These are the last shows in support of volume 2 until its Spring 2002 release date:
Friday, November 9, 2001
at Bernie's/The Distillery
Di Di Mao
Test Planet
The Stepford Five
Saturday, November 10, 2001
at Bernie's/The Distillery
Go Evol Shiki!
Ruby Vileos (from Cincinnati)
Soda Vs Pop
ABOUT THE BANDS
Di Di Mao (Columbus)
http://didi-mao.tripod.com/
These 3 ladies and 1 boy can rawk and make pretty noise, sometimes simultaneously. I'm sure there's some credit due to Jane's Addiction and grrl art rawk in general.
Test Planet (Columbus)
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/222/test_planet.html
Test Planet kinda fits into that indie art pop space occupied by the likes of th Smashing Pumpkins, Jane's Addiction, John Lennon, XTC, the Cure and Radiohead. Plus they just won this year's th Blitz Local Stuff Rumble (http://www.theblitz.com/rumble.htm)!
The Stepford Five (Columbus)
http://www.stepfordfive.com/
Their recent release reveals an edgier, moodier side with their Afghan Whigs roots showing. Wait! Shhh. Anyone else hear the Church's "Under the Milky Way?" as sung by J. Mascis?
Go Evol Shiki! (Columbus)
http://www.goevolshiki.com/
I don't know if they're more Portished, Jesus and the Mary Chain, 4AD or rock guys with a few keyboards, but they've evolved yet again into something energetic yet moody. Electronic, yet human. Thoughtful, yet danceable. Dark, yet fun.
Ruby Vileos (Cincinnati)
http://www.rubyvileos.com/
Admittedly, I'm totally enamoured and intrigued by singer Ali Edwards' voice - easily my favorite Ohio vocalist. With members of the Ass Ponys and Snaggletooth, their open, spacious, if not slightly slanted, pop makes it easy to imagine Bjork or the Sugarcubes being from the sliver by the river rather than the great land of ice.
Soda vs. Pop (Columbus)
http://www.sodavspop.com/
Think indie boy rock in the realm of Tiara, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill and maybe even a bit of the Smiths.
ABOUT THE COMPILATION SERIES
Each compilation in this series aims to expose local and regional bands and fans to each other. The Cringe.com/pilation v2.0 CD has a tentative release date of Spring 2002. The following artists and bands are lined-up for the CD and support shows: Altered Statesmen, Behemoth, Bloody Matt Dillons, Bob City, Di Di Mao, F**Bomb, Flipping Hades, Geraldine, Go Evol Shiki!, Moviola, Orchestraville, Rosavelt, Ruby Vileos, Salt Horse, Soda Vs. Pop, The Stepford 5, Stonevelvet, Brad Swiniarski and The Vincents.
Vouchers will be available at each Cringe.com/pilation v2.0 support show. Patrons will be able to redeem a voucher for a free copy of volume 2 at its Spring 2002 release show.
Cringe.com released the first volume of its Cringe.com/pilation series on September 29, 2001. It is currently available at http://store.cringe.com/, Used Kid's Records, Magnolia Thunderpussy and through the bands on volume 1.
We here at Cringe.com lovingly, but with tongue firmly in cheek, refer to "cringe" as the ever elusive Columbus sound (Seattle already took "grunge"), going so far as to adopt "The Columbus Sound" as a slogan on volume 1 and the entire site. Any interpretation of this slogan should be taken with a grain of salt and a couple aspirin.
Look for further information, links and online press kits at http://www.cringe.com/pilation/ as future shows approach and details are ironed out.
Cringe.com is an online zine covering the OSU/Short North area music scene. The zine started in 1995 as a poll of Live Shows subscribers. Live Shows was established in 1990 as an online calendar of OSU/Short North area music and dance events. Both are available on the World-Wide Web at http://www.cringe.com/.
As always, feel free to contact us any way ya can ...
Have fun,
Joel Treadway
P.O. Box 10276
Columbus, Ohio 43201
Phone: (614) 421-7589
info@cringe.com
http://www.cringe.com/pilation/
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