cinema sounds#3 videos

saturday, september 13th, 2008

live scores performed at Burns Court Cinemas in Sarasota, Florida

banana montana


skiffle


haves&thirds


limplungs


then and than


$ugar $hock


videos by stead thomas

Here's Tyger Beat's set from Cinema Sounds (04/26/08). Everyone (Skeleton Warrior, Pharaoh Faucett, Math Cats, Stead and His Larson and La Fours) provided live scores to films playing on the big screen at Burns Court Cinema in Downtown Sarasota.

tyger beat - "e.t."


And here's a video of a collaboration between New College student Dorothy Dubrule and Jimmy Schaus from Skeleton Warrior. The piece is called "Flesh and Blood" and was choreographed/scored through an extended process of improvisational give and take: sounds were written in response to movements and vice versa. The clip is from New College's Spring Dance Tutorial performance.

dorothy dubrule and jimmy schaus - "flesh and blood"


Summer 2008. Galavanting across America: Tyger Beat, Skeleton Warrior/Hazmat, Russian Tsarlag/Wrash/Lazy Magnet, keep an eye on the show listings (lots of stuff in SRQ+TPA), Skeleton Warrior/Pharaoh Faucett split 7'' coming out any second now.

soft creatures

soft creatures live at international noise conference 2008


Soft Creatures is from Oakland, California, formerly Orlando, Florida. Soft Creatures is part of the every now and then What's Yr Damage? and a few years ago put out some CDs and tapes and zines under the alias BLACK LAKES. At INC there were two new Soft Creatures recordings available and both are real 4 am material. Haunting and melodic in a way slightly reminiscent of certain Tampa tropes, but definitely distinctly Soft Creatures, real foggy.

Here's one of my favorites from the split with Lesson Lesson Lessen Relearn. It's called "Cleaning House" and sounds like a nap.

cleaning house

For the Soft Creatures / Lesson Lesson Lessen Relearn split check out West Palm Beotch

For Soft Creatures check out the Soft Creatures MySpace

what's yr damage? live @ new college, february 4 2005

INC videos + bonus

darker florida live @ churchill's pub in miami 02/16/08


I missed their set and that video makes me wish I hadn't. Here's the Darker Florida website.

justice yeldham live @ churchill's pub in miami 02/16/08


Justice yeldham on Myspace.

In case you missed it, be sure to check out this mini-doc about INC 2008.

ALSO:

rene blanco performs with the curious hair @ churchill's 11/19/05


Rene Blanco dances with bands. Here are more of his videos.

animal vs. buddy rich 1978

NASA + funny farm / cooler ranch

nasa live @ international noise conference 2007


Get a copy of that NASA tape on Not Not Fun before its too late! NNF doesn't have anymore copies but a bunch of the distros they list do, so get going while the going is good to get going.

Here are some pictures (click for bigger) of the Skeleton Warrior estate we were telling you about a few posts back.

warrior cows


inside barn


shed

all pictures by dana bassett

Laundry Room Squelchers live @ Churchill's 2/5/08


Laundry Room Squelchers present
INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONFERENCE U.S. TOUR 2008

26 shows across the country, 15 minutes or less per act, no lap tops, no mixers, no droning.

INC @ Tampa
Wednesday, April 2nd
Flight19 (Union Train Station Baggage Claim)

Laundry Room Squelchers, Uh Oh Spades, My Left Uterus, Parts and Pieces of Past Ticiples, Ant Parade, LimpLungs, Then and Than, Haves&Thirds, The Uh, Gay Pairs, S2K, Fifi, Skeleton Warrior, emBard, T-Func, Pellitor, Pro Bro Gold, Tyger Beat, The Long Emergency, Pharaoh Faucett

Tampa folk keep it real in Miami:

throwback jam

skeleton warrior live @ club envy, "silence fest," sarasota fl, 2005


I always thought this video was shot by Andrew Chadwick but he stops the amp from falling at the end, so I don't know who's behind the camera. If you know, drop a line to rooflessrecords@gmail.com.

watch now

Here's an INC mini-doc recorded by New College student Scott Ross and alum Ricky Kelley for CurrentTV. It's only 4 minutes and 20 seconds but it covers a lot of ground and presents a rich perspective on the weekend. Nice work!

La Fours+more

polaroids by dana bassett

Debut recording from La Fours. Lone gunman shoots from the hip, the drum machine, the synth pedal. Dave from Space Manatee (SRQ) and Resi Noth(Bradenton) and Blak(bbq) presents 9 minutes of dynamic bedroom noise diddling.

download it here:
souljah bird, yo goin to the army



Hey, check out this next level Loop Retard (feat. Booga on boogie) video from INC:

live at international noise conference in miami 2/16/08


INC media trickle is starting to pick up. A New College student and an alum are putting the finishing touches on a 5 minute video mini-doc of this year's conference for CurrentTV. The clip is relatively short but packs a huge, well edited punch, schizophrenically blending interviews and live clips and doing the weekend great justice. They're sitting on a small mountain of footage and once the Current clip is finished will be working to get the best it online.

upcoming shows

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(the more info the better)
to rooflessrecords(a)gmail.com



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008
8 pm - Ham Center lobby @ New College of Florida

performing live
TYGER BEAT (pete + pete) (srq)
MATH CATS (wayne + garth) (srq)
TOTALLY MICHAEL (Jaxson) (Arkansas)
PHARAOH FAUCETT (JFK + Lee Harvey Oswald)
(SRQ/FLORIDA KEYS/ATL)
curated by claire k.

SATURDAY MARCH 8, 2008
8 pm - Four Winds Cafe @ New College of Florida

QUADRUPLE MAIN EVENT

performing live
$ugar $hock* (TPA/SRQ)
Ecstatic Sunshine (Baltimore)
Tom Smith (from To Live And Shave In L.A.)
Parts & Labor (Brooklyn)
curated by roofless

!!!! ltd. edition (120) posters @ show !!!!!
!!!! original art by new college alum masha falkov !!!!

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008
8 pm - Four Winds Cafe @ New College of Florida

performing live
Times New Viking (Columbus, Ohio)
Psychedelic Horseshit (Columbus, Ohio)
Math Cats (SRQ)
+ maybe 1 more?
curated by roofless

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2008
8 pm - Four Winds Cafe @ New College of Florida

miami invasion
The Down Home Southernaires** (305)
Raffa + Rainer (305)
Walter Maisel and Peter Repenning (NCF)
Call It Radar (305)
curated by roofless

*sugar shock live @ deep montrose in nashville, tn ?/6/07

video courtesy of youtube's triplerainbow

**the down home southernaires live @ 305 Fest 2004
the alley, miami

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the fas'ners / the würst - live @ sarasota succulent society

photo courtesy of stead thomas

Roofless Records 01

Live sets de The Fas'ners and The Würst from a house party on March 9, 2007. Tyger Beat, Space Manatee, Pharaoh Faucett and The Sharks also played. People crowd surfed in the living room + did everything they could to lose their minds. The whole night was recorded onto a one track tape recorder which was left on the table. The only band that wasn't recorded was Pharaoh Faucett and there was a reason. That same reason led to the tape being "lost" only to be found again because it wasn't lost in the first place.

Culled from these sessions is the last set from Tampa's THE FAS'NERS: pleasure in the future, ups and downs, swelling grand piano synthesizer music. 13 minutes 40 seconds. On the B-side is a 4 minute 53 second dirty dirge (and first set) from Sarasota's THE WÜRST: like being in the middle of a volcano in the middle of Jupiter in the middle of da Universe (wild, whipping synth + hheeaavvyy guitar) cover art by Allie Weiss. 99 of these tapes exist.

$3 in person (at shows, around Sarasota and Tampa, etc).

If you don't live in Sarasota / Tampa and are interested in buying one drop a line here: rooflessrecords(a)gmail.com

The release party at The Crystal Cathedral was off the chain. 5 bands were on the flyer; by the end of the night 10 had played and one or two had formed. Party favors were in abundance, including an endless supply (akin to Christ's miracle with the fish and loaves) of Sloppy Joes. Allie (Würst) played in her dog's cage on top of a table in the middle of the room. A strobe light was going as was some fake blood, everywhere. The whole scene had an Island of Dr. Moreau vibe going.

the würst live @ the crystal cathedral 1/25/08

psychedelic rendering of the würst courtesy of stead thomas


photo courtesy of cesar mantilla

Live @ Sarasota Succulent Society documents The Fas'ners farewell show, but Tampa's Pro Bro Gold (ex-Fas'ners) was on hand at the release party.

pro bro gold live @ the crystal cathedral 1/25/08

video courtesy of cesar mantilla

justin mosely: local hero

a missed connection
snn weatherman justin mosely:

current events

stead and his larson live @ the crystal cathedral ?/10/07


Stead and His Larson are a two piece party rock outfit specializing in covers and karaoke classics. The duo (Stead Thomas and his Larson, Nicky) (accidentally) broke out onto the Gulf Coast scene in the fall of 2007, quickly gaining notoriety amongst drunk friends, confused acquaintances and annoyed neighbors with now infamous (not to mention essential) covers of "That's What I Like About You" and "Breakfast At Tiffany's." The style is reminiscent of 70s dirge kings Flipper and recent sets have featured an unfuckwithable cover of the Eddie Murphy classic "Party All The Time."

The following videos were shot by Stead at Sarasota house party staple The Crystal Cathedral, which, incidentally, was where S&HL got their start.

mao dix live @ the crystal cathedral 01/19/08


Mao Dix is a Sarasota two-piece featuring members of Pharaoh Faucett. This was the first set of a long night at The Cathedral as well as the first from the Dix since Spring 07.

blonde god live @ the crystal cathedral 01/19/08


In the grand tradition of Tampa two-pieces this guitar and drum duo make me hear colors. What about you?

P.S. here's an actual video of Kyle Mack actually drinking actual urine for $50 outside of the Kites / Byron House pre-INC show at the New College Bikeshoppe on 02/12/08. What's your price?

INC 2008 pt. 1

The International Noise Conference celebrated its 5th year this past weekend with around 100 acts (15 minute sets) spanning 3 nights (and all day Saturday) at Miami, Florida's venerable dive bar weirdo mecca, Churchill's "Sort of English" Pub. Some of the best atypical rock musics from across the continental United States were on hand in seemingly never ending marathon style, and Justice Yeldham came all the way from Australia to smash his face with glass in front of hundreds of majorly spun yaps making time in Little Haiti.

As predicted, the west coast of Florida repped hard, particularly on the Friday night showcase curated by Tampa's Cephia's Treat.

pharaoh faucett (sarasota) live @ churchill's 02/15/08

photo courtesy of Cesar Mantilla

More INC media to come! For now, here's a video from Columbus, Ohio's Rage Against The Cage filmed during their set at the New College of Florida Bike Shoppe on their way to Miami:


video courtesy of Dana Bassett

With a deluge of tight bands comes a deluge of records, and tight new releases were in no short supply.

Orlando's NASA had copies of their phenomenal new Bummer Daze tape on L.A.'s Not Not Fun label and yeeesh is it a barn burner, a hog washer, one spicy metabolic "Hawkind but Florida" cassette.



Sorry to drop Hawkwind, but these polite, well-postured young men are most certainly in search of space (and we're not just talking about the band name). Not Not Fun called it "groovy" and they could have even gone as far as "funky." They also said "high on the highway" and there's little doubt they're talking about I-4 (whether they know it or not). This is a dynamic, for real rock recording, seductively winding, lush with reverb. The only bummer here is that college keeps this psych trio from going at it full time.

On the note of psych, way psyched to get ahold of some new Limplungs material in the form of a Cephia's Treat cassette entitled Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite. The tape gets low pretty early on and stays low late into the night, shifting from one sentimental, eerie cyborg lullaby to the next. Get a load of the super fly packaging:



Jumping from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic, West Palm Beotch Records was in full effect this weekend with a stack of stellar CD-Rs, attractively packaged and distributed practically for free (trades preferred). Head over to the website and download them all! The Shirts VS. Skinheads EP is a welcome little poke in the gut from 67% of Orlando's legendary What's Yr Damage? (who closed out INC's second night after being scheduled to play first) (on the note of "legendary," does anyone remember INC 2005 when Greg dove, inexplicably, into his drum set a 1/3 of the way into WYD?'s set, much to the chagrin of the rest of the band. Later, Damagers would admit Greg "needed to do his thing" and in recent times the act has been self-described by its perpetrator as an effort to "keep things interesting.")



Abilities features a handful of way fucked rapid fire fuzz nuggets and concludes with a meatier, more melodic jam with Jimmy from Skeleton Warrior on Moog.

Shows, records and full-blown Roofless website all to come soon.