Tuesday, February 5, 2008

BLACK SHIPS OUT FEB 26

The new black ships rec will be out feb 26. the band will be playing some shows... it will look like this, but some dates can change ... the show with GALLOWS will kill!!!

06/02/2008 – Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Electriques w/ Cancer Bats, Gallows
09/02/2008 – St-Hyacinthe, QC @ Le Trash
29/02/2008 – Montreal, QC @ Black Dot
14/03/2008 – Allston, MA @ Wadzilla Mansion
15/03/2008 – Colchester, VT @ Wasted City
22/04/2008 – Trois-Rivieres, QC @ TBA w/ Lords
23/04/2008 – Quebec City, QC @ D’Agobert w/ Lords
24/04/2008 – Fredericton, NB @ Nicky Zee’s w/ Lords
25/04/2008 – Charlottown, PEI @ (early) 555 Queen St. N. w/ Lords
25/04/2008 – Charlottown, PEI @ Baba’s (late)
26/04/2008 – Halifax, NS @ the Pavilion (early) w/ Lords
26/04/2008 – Halifax, NS @ Gus’ Pub (late) w/ Lords
27/04/2008 – Sydney, NS @ TBA w/ Lords
28/04/2008 – Moncton, NB @ TBA w/ Lords
29/04/2008 – Rimouski, QC @ TBA w/ Lords
30/04/2008 – Sherbrooke, QC @ Bar le Magog w/ Lords
01/05/2008 – Montreal, QC @ Black Dot w/ Lords

More Improv Session reviews


NIGHTLIFE MONTREAL
The Discord of a Forgotten Sketch – Improv Session (New Romance for Kids)
noise-punk

The Discord of a Forgotten Sketch – Improv Session (New Romance for Kids)

The title of this new record says it all: a straight-off-the-floor, live, improvised spazz jam taping, bound to both confuse long-time fans of this Montreal boho-punk quartet and surely excite the curious and/or uninitiated. Improv Session throws any preconceptions to the wind, speeding full barrel into free-jazzbo yelp territory, dub attack grooves, underground rock shout heaviness, tilted rhythms, space noodlings and guitar tweeting calls. This is a brave and bold move by these local scene veterans that will hopefully inspire and push contemporaries into new creative realms, regardless of public sentiment. (SG) 3.7/5


EXCLAIM

The Discord of a Forgotten Sketch
Improv Session

By Sam Sutherland

Montreal’s spastic noisemakers the Discord of a Forgotten Sketch are getting weirder. While their debut was a Daughters-inspired blast of mathematic screamo, their second full-length was a strange mix of jazz breaks, animalistic vocal acrobatics and a good dose of extreme sonic heaviness. The even more far-out Improv Session is just what the name implies: a long single take of the band letting free their most chromatic tendencies. Comparable to Black Flag's instrumental experimentation with twelve-tone technique, this is aggressive music at its most avant-garde, pushing the boundaries of what kids in camo shorts and flat brim hats are willing to tolerate. The result, however, is compelling. At the hands of more indulgent musicians, this could have turned out very differently, but the band know how to craft a compelling piece of music, filling each movement here with equals parts jazz, grind and all-out noise. (New Romance For Kids)