whatever that meanz

This weekend, we'll be playing a stacked festival in downtown Richmond, right next to Third Street Diner. Philip's PURE MUSIC EXPERIENCE, should run from the afternoon until after last call. We're supposed to play after midnight Friday night to close out the first night of the EXPERIENCE. It's also allegedly the end of the world according to some Christian flim-flammers. Anyway, we're playing with a bunch of our friends, a couple bands feature Caves Caverns dudes, and a handful of young art freaks, rappers and some chillwave triangle babes probably, whatever that meanz.

DIG IT.

DATES: MAY 20th, 21st
TIME: DOORS OPEN AT 1PM EACH DAY
LOCATION: http://www.referenceartgallery.com/
PRICE$$ -NO MORE PRESALE TICKETS - 5 DOLLARS AT THE DOOR(MANDATORY DONATION) FOR THE WHOLE FEST


~~MAY 20th~~

Flesh Control (LEO rules, like white high-gravity Masonna)
Flossed In Paradise
Le Sphinxx
Miranda
Dylan Languell (Twilight Memories homie, played sax with us at 100th show may include members of Caves Caverns for this set)
Gage
Three Brained Robot
Teen Dreams (Rhythm Bandit/Witchmond excitable teen's new dream)
sanka
Whoarfrost
The Magick Report
Headmolt (a gift every time, space funeral power electronic cosmic dream no sleep)
Flute
ROY G BIV
Positivland
Caves Caverns (will probably be drunk)


~~MAY 21st~~

Cat Sex
Mutwawa (two best dudes)
Symbols & Pencils
Michele Seippel
Tungs
Ami Dang (with Kate Levitt)
Narwhalz (Of Sound) (as "scene" on Judge Judy)
MAS Y MAS
ahnnu
Lil Ugly Mane (Couch Heaven gripping)
Nidra
The Eurotics (punx)
Bermuda Triangles (Tony Lynch from Caves Caverns on drums, Triumph of The Bill)
Les La Britanica
Lost Tribe (JK from Caves Caverns on goth synth/smoke machine, best new band of the last year in Richmond, Joy Division/Amebix/Christian Death)

Schwarz DJ SET + TBA

CCHEECKK THE WEBBSITEE:: http://www.pmexperience.tk/

open up the gate

Kawabata Makoto & Pikachu and Muguguymen made us all happy the other night.

LAST MINUTE SHOW AT SPROUT IN RICHMOND TODAY

last minute freaky show at Sprout today, tuesday, May 17. 9:30 PM

GA'AN (ex-COUGHS, FIELDED) - Chicago synth-space-prog, far out tripped out heavy prog, with a lady singer who kills like Bjork or Zola Jesus.

MUTWAWA (Suppression/Head Molt/Bermuda Triangles) - throbbing beats and nauseous electronic manipulation, noise veterans in the house percolator

YARDWORK - ragged sonic youth/wipers noisy punk, ex-SAIL/MANNEQUIN

KAWABATA/PIKACHU at STRANGE MATTER

Kawabata Makoto & Pikachu from Acid Mothers Temple/Afrirampo at Strange Matter

Longtime experimental & psychedelic musicians from Japan, Kawabata Makoto from Acid Mothers Temple and Pikachu from Afrirampo (as well as past collaborations with Acid Mothers Temple) will be playing at Strange Matter, a late show starting at 10:00 PM. Kawabata Makoto is known for his wild hair and even wilder space-melting acid rock guitar playing in Acid Mothers Temple, almost exaggerations of dripping psychedelia and the far out sounds of Krautrock, before that with heavy burners Mainliner. Pikachu previously played in the all lady duo Afrirampo, who were as much a catchy all girl garage punk as a psychotic Japanese noise rock experiment with screams that recall their Osaka freakout brethren the Boredoms.

Now, together on this tour, the duo plays an expansive psychedelic sort of no wave play a sort of psychedelic no wave that ascends from tribal drumming and Pikachu chanting to the hot insane guitar playing one expects from Kawabata. Pikachu quit the Acid Mother’s Afrirampo collaboration to study percussion in Africa and the girl is all over the place all while also singing. Videos of recent show Pikachu descending upon the crowd in flurry of drumming and far out singing and Kawabata Makoto steadily shredding long slabs of psychedelia building up to exciting sweaty psych-punk climax.

Worth it to catch a couple of Japan’s established experimental rockers in a freeform duo, anyone who’s seen Acid Mother’s Temple has an idea of how its going to go down. Dig the Kawabata Makoto & Pikachu duo at Strange Matter, Sunday May 15^th, with Mugu Guymen, Caves Caverns, Head Molt, and Articulate Chewbecca (Adam Smith + Dylan Rhythm Bandit krautsplosion)

A recent recording of the duo is available for free here, http://soundcloud.com/riotseason/pikacyu-makoto-birth-star