Ironically, the only time I ever saw Bardo Pond was at a record instore, doing an acoustic set...
Great lists of sonic punishment there. I have tried to see Acid Mothers a few times, for plans only to fall through, and I've never seen Mogwai but know their legend. Personally, my ears suffered their first round of damage in my teens, seeing My Bloody Valentine together with Dinosaur Jr—I was actually in tears later in the night, and they didn't stop ringing for a week. Now they ring all day and night, but what a glorious noise it all was. Seeing MBV again in 2008 (with earplugs), I got giddy at the familiar feeling of my nose hairs vibrating to the air push of sonics.
Glad you gave the Boredoms song it's full eight minutes! It's a challenge, maybe (unless you love them like I do), but the way it shapes is a reward, because by this point in their career they had mastered their method as a band. And I love what a left turn that song takes!
This was a new one for me. I had no idea what I was in for as I listened to the entire 8+ min. The meditative drone that opens the song's first 3.5 minutes gives no clue to the head-punishing assault of white noise that follows.
Three of the loudest concerts I have ever seen were Bardo Pond, Acid Mothers Temple, and Mogwai. Bardo Pond, whose heavy drone psych can be a delicate, slow-burn groove but almost always explodes into a ferocious whig out of epic proportions.
I saw Japan's Acid Mothers Temple in 2001 and they were incredible. I think, back then, they were still a 20+ member band, but several were turned away from UK Customs. They not only physically filled the stage, but sonically, the room was suffocated by the sounds they created. I dragged two friends along, and needless to say they never went to another gig with me!
When I saw Mogwai, I think it was on their "Happy Songs" tour, and I knew very little about them. I was standing about midway back in the Brixton Academy. When they erupted into their guitar frenzy. I honestly thought the venue and my head, were going to blast off into outer space.
All three gigs may very well be the reason for the slight hearing impairment and minor tinnitus in my left ear! But all three concerts were also astonishing, and I loved them because I FELT them!
I had a similar experience just now listening to 'Super Are'.
The power of any art is that it can make its viewers and listeners think and feel entirely different things. I totally hear where you are coming from with this post! Cheers for sharing your words and Boredoms with us!
Ironically, the only time I ever saw Bardo Pond was at a record instore, doing an acoustic set...
Great lists of sonic punishment there. I have tried to see Acid Mothers a few times, for plans only to fall through, and I've never seen Mogwai but know their legend. Personally, my ears suffered their first round of damage in my teens, seeing My Bloody Valentine together with Dinosaur Jr—I was actually in tears later in the night, and they didn't stop ringing for a week. Now they ring all day and night, but what a glorious noise it all was. Seeing MBV again in 2008 (with earplugs), I got giddy at the familiar feeling of my nose hairs vibrating to the air push of sonics.
Glad you gave the Boredoms song it's full eight minutes! It's a challenge, maybe (unless you love them like I do), but the way it shapes is a reward, because by this point in their career they had mastered their method as a band. And I love what a left turn that song takes!
Music you can feel.
This was a new one for me. I had no idea what I was in for as I listened to the entire 8+ min. The meditative drone that opens the song's first 3.5 minutes gives no clue to the head-punishing assault of white noise that follows.
Three of the loudest concerts I have ever seen were Bardo Pond, Acid Mothers Temple, and Mogwai. Bardo Pond, whose heavy drone psych can be a delicate, slow-burn groove but almost always explodes into a ferocious whig out of epic proportions.
I saw Japan's Acid Mothers Temple in 2001 and they were incredible. I think, back then, they were still a 20+ member band, but several were turned away from UK Customs. They not only physically filled the stage, but sonically, the room was suffocated by the sounds they created. I dragged two friends along, and needless to say they never went to another gig with me!
When I saw Mogwai, I think it was on their "Happy Songs" tour, and I knew very little about them. I was standing about midway back in the Brixton Academy. When they erupted into their guitar frenzy. I honestly thought the venue and my head, were going to blast off into outer space.
All three gigs may very well be the reason for the slight hearing impairment and minor tinnitus in my left ear! But all three concerts were also astonishing, and I loved them because I FELT them!
I had a similar experience just now listening to 'Super Are'.
The power of any art is that it can make its viewers and listeners think and feel entirely different things. I totally hear where you are coming from with this post! Cheers for sharing your words and Boredoms with us!