AZ Conni am Mittwoch den 06.12.2006
| dicktator presents: made out of babies (swe) + thema 11 (cz)  - There s something taunting and downright intimidating about the sophomore album by Made Out of Babies that befits its title, Coward. Like that well-worn catcall, it s every bit a menacing challenge. And, by all rights and means we should be intimidated by this NYC quartet that looks like a composite of every schoolboy/schoolgirl crush and sounds like a ferocious hybrid of PJ Harvey, Jesus Lizard, Babes In Toyland and Big Black. On stage, caterwauling front-woman Julie Christmas paces the floor, yelping with a bewitching intensity that defies her charming beauty and (occasionally) cherubic whispers. Meanwhile, towering guitarist Brendan Tobin coolly strangulates leaden sheets of guitar strata from his battered six-string, bassist Cooper lunges in time as his instrument rumbles and slithers around Matthew Egan s relentlessly churning rhythms and blood-splattering drum fills. There s no rock machismo in the sounds of Made Out of Babies, which just might be what makes it so unsettling and unique. Instead, the group bears a mysteriously unified all-out visual and aural aesthetic assault reminiscent of mid-period Black Flag. And yet, there s a certain curious glamour to MOoB that gives it a monolithic appeal. Thema Eleven was born during the late 90´s in the middle of nowhere (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic). The current line-up is: D11 on vocals and 6 strings, M11 on 5 strings, Toasted11 on vocals and 4 strings and Hawro11 with no strings attached. Besides Czech Republic, T11 are playing all across the Europe (Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, France, Holland, Belgium, Russia, etc.), sharing stages with the likes of Kylesa, Tragedy, Orchid, Unsane, Victims, Amanda Woodward, Remains of the Day, Yage, Extreme Noise Terror, Rotten Sound, Himsa, etc. Thema Eleven builds on massive sound walls and soft-loud dynamics. Think of Isis without metal, some other similarities: Buried Inside, Lvmen dark moody grooves accompanied by meandering walls of guitar noise. Towards desolation, against petit-bourgeois ethics. Crawling on bellies from the void of nothingness, keeping on until choking the last breath. If you want Thema Eleven to crawl into your town, all we need is vegan food, sleeping place and road expenditures. - |
Beginn: 22:00 Uhr
Location: AZ Conni www.azconni.de
Adresse: Rudolf-Leonhard-Straße 39, 01097 Dresden
