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Fck Buttons - Street Horrrsing

Fck Buttons - Ribs Out Fck Buttons Tour Dates 02/16/08/08 Audio Brighton 02/28/08 Auntie Annies Belfast 02/29/08 Whelans Dublin 03/01/08 Ping Pong Club Cork 03/14/08 SXSW Austin, TX 03/15/08 SXSW Austin, TX 03/16/08 SXSW Austin, TX 03/18/08 The Casbah Hamilton, ON[1] 03/19/08 Starlight LungeWaterloo,ON[1] 03/20/08 Lee’s Palace Toronto, ON[1] 03/21/08 Lee’s Palace Toronto, ON[1] 03/22/08 Babylon Ottawa, ON[1] 03/23/08 La Tulipe Montreal, PQ[1] 03/24/08 Strafford Room Durham, NH[1] 03/25/08 Iron Horse Northampton, MA[1] 03/26/08 Paradise Boston, MA[1] 03/27/08 Williamsbg Brooklyn, NY[1] 03/28/08 Bowery Ballroom NY, NY[1] 03/29/08 Johnny Brenda’s Philly, PA[1] 03/30/08 Rock&Roll Hotel Wash, DC[1] 03/31/08 Satellite Ballroom Charlottesville, VA[1] 04/01/08 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC[1] 04/02/08 40 Watt Club Athens, GA[1] 04/03/08 Common Grounds Gainesville, FL[1] 04/04/08 The Social Orlando, FL[1] 04/05/08 Culture Room Fort Lauderdale, FL[1] 04/06/08 Crowbar Tampa, Florida[1] 04/07/08 Club Downunder Tallahassee, FL[1] 04/08/08 Mercy Lounge Nashville, Tennessee[1] 04/09/08 Wexner Ctr Columbus, OH[1] 04/10/08 Illini Union Courtyard Café Urbana, IL[1] 04/11/08 Empty Bottle Chicago, IL[1] 04/12/08 Triple Rock Club Minneapolis, MN[1] 04/13/08 Royal Albert Arms Winnipeg, MB[1] 04/14/08 Amigos Saskatoon, SK[1] 04/15/08 Starlite Room Edmonton,AB[1] 04/16/08 Grand Theatre Calgary, AB[1] 04/18/08 Biltmore Cabaret (two shows) Vancouver, BC[1] 04/19/08 Sugar Victoria, BC[1] 04/20/08 Chop Suey Seattle, WA[1] 04/21/08 Doug Fir Portland, OR[1] 04/23/08 The Independent San Francisco, CA[1] 04/24/08 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA[1] 04/25/08 Plush Tucson, AZ[1] 04/26/08 Club 101 El Paso, TX[1] 04/27/08 Emo’s Austin, TX[1] 04/28/08 Palladium Loft Dallas, TX[1] 04/29/08 Continental Tulsa, OK[1] 04/29/08 Record Bar Kansas City, MI[1] 05/01/08 Billiken Club St. Louis, MI[1] 05/02/08 Waldron Auditorium Bloomington, IN[1] 05/03/08 Oberlin College Oberlin, OH[1] 05/04/08 Big Orbit’s Soundlab Buffalo, NY[1] 05/09/08 ATP vs Pitchfork Camber Sands 05/29/08 Primavera Barcelona [1] with Caribou

Fuck Buttons was conceived by Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power in the winter of 2004, Bristol UK

- From the Press Release

That’s probably enough history to go on for now…

With a twinkling intro giving way to deep electric humming, Fuck Buttons opens their album, “Street Horrrsing” as a dreamy, drone-y fairly pleasant headache. The screeching lyrics behind “Ribs Out”, the second track, complement nicely, chattering like a construction site of monkeys working on a deadline. (The songs flow seamlessly from track to track more in the style of a long DJ set. I like that, and helps make an already jarring album slightly less so.) The beats and synth-rythym build over the course of the 6 song album, alternating anxiously in complexity and depth. More than a cursory listen wakes the listener to the subtle magic these two are shooting for, and if not totally successful, they make a damn fine go of it.

If there are monkeys in hell, (and I have no reason to believe there aren’t,) this is the noise they make while tearing off your arms. Seriously.

The album continues to build in much the same way, vacillating between, A). causing the listener extreme levels of uncomfortable heart/bowel clenching and, B). trying to draw the listener in against his or her will. Personally, I like that sense of “Why am I doing this to myself?” Kind of like repeatedly hitting your ear with a wooden soup spoon until it bleeds.

The album on the whole, while maybe not terribly accessible, simultaneously reinforces and blurs the the line between organic-trance and industrial-dance. Hardly a casual listen, it’s an album worth having because let’s face it, sometimes we all need a good punch in the head.

-Mattison

 02/15/2008 08:36:34  Mattison my♥posts fuckbuttons.co.uk myspace.com

Jupiter One

Jupiter One - Fire Away Jupiter One On Tour 01/24/08BOWERY BALLROOM New York 01/25/08 IOTA, Arlington VA 02/05/08 Peabody’s, OH[1] 02/06/08 Howard’s Club, OH[1] 02/07/08 Eastern Kentucky University[1] 02/08/08 Salottos Lexington, KY[1] 02/09/08 Brillo Box, PA 02/12/08 Uptown Bar Minneapolis, MN[1] 02/13/08 Upfront & Co., Marquette, MI [1] 02/14/08 Upfront & Co. Marquette, MI[1] 02/15/08 Cubby Bear Chicago, IL[1] 02/17/08 NACA Nationals Private College Showcase St. Louis, MO 02/19/08 The Basement Nashville, TN[1] 03/25/08 APCA Nationals Private College Showcase Atlanta, GA 04/16/08 Monmouth College, NJ 04/17/08 Upfront & Co., Marquette MI 04/24/08 NorthWest College, WY 04/29/08 University of ID 05/31/08 Herndon Festival, VA [1] NUTS AND GUM TOUR ’08!

And so it begins. Jupiter One's self-titled album leaps from a rhythmic, pulsing (if slightly ethereal) intro into what sounds like the kind of album you want to listen to driving with the top down. It's more than that, though. It's the kind of album that engages you to listen and smile along. Sure, the lyrics don't always meet the occasion, but they always rise to meet the road-song perfectly. And anything lacking in word-play is more than made up for in song-smithing. These guys can sure craft an album. And they have. The songs transition in a very relaxing way, and there's hardly a jarring moment bouncing from kicky pop-thing to low-key kicky pop-thing.

The same fucking bastards

Jupiter One is:

• K Ishibashi – vocals, guitar, violin
• Zac Colwell – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Mocha – vocals, keyboards, violin
• David Heilman – drums

Gary Numan vocal-styling with super-synth touches, (never too much or too little,) make for a fascinating 11 song album. Musically, Alan Parsons, rhythmically, Pink Floyd. Sometimes. It's weird. Maybe like The Smith's with a smile. But it's great. I think that. It's newwwww. Or old-new. If the Eighties are "old". God help me.

They also get the coveted "Rhyming "Vagina" with Anything" award, if only because they tried.

"Fire Away" is the ninth song, I remark it here because it's on the stereo as I’m writing this now. I like it. It's important to mention that.

A more creative fellow might look this kind of thing up, but I believe in minimal research, so…

Wiki Says of Jupiter One:

Jupiter One is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Inspired by a wide range of influences, they create indie pop songs, with a grounding in new wave vintage synth sounds. One of their tracks, "Countdown", has been featured in the video game Madden NFL 08, while "Platform Moon" was used in a commercial for Mazda outside of the US. Their debut album was released by Cordless Recordings.

K Ishibashi and Zac Colwell are the founding members of the group. Other members are K's wife Mocha, a Japanese-born keyboardist/violinist, and drummer Dave Heilman.

If I played Madden, I’d have known that. Good for them.

I never liked the endings.

When the album fades away, it's a bit like forgetting a great conversation where you hardly got a word in; all the bits you want to remember, and all the bits you're apt to forget.

This is a lovely album, from top to bottom. Find it, add it to your collection, and tell some folks.

-Mattison

 01/24/2008 00:00:49  Mattison my♥posts www.jupiterone.com myspace.com