Animal Law : February 08

02.08.08 @AV Aerie


02.17.08 @ Empty Bottle Ver 1:


Ver 2:

Hideous Beast

February 08

Animal Law:
Feb 8 @ AV Aerie
Feb 17 @ Empty Bottle


I <3 presets:
Feb 19 @ Empty Bottle (tentative)
Feb 21 Conversations at the Edge @ Gene Siskel Film Center


Crank Satori:
Locrian "Plague Journal (Ruins of Morning)" CDr
A massive roaring wall of doom drone...
First Crank Satori release in 4 years. Mastering is finished,
goes to press this week.
New site & store up by the end of the month.


Maximum Magnetics:
New cassettes by Brent Gutzeit, Youth of the Beast, and Sexual Freedom.
New site & store up by the end of the month.


Enemy:
Feb 23: Chris Connelly
Feb 29: Justice Yeldham . Panicsville . Is . Miracle Worker

Graeve/Hannum/Soliday Trio Photos

12.14.07 @Enemy
all photos by Gutzeit

Magic Missile

2008 -

Jason Soliday - guitar & electronics
Jon Satrom - video & electronics
Geoff Guy - guitar & electronics


2005 - 2007

Jon Satrom - organ & electronics
Jason Soliday - guitar



photo by: Ben Syverson

zeropoint

Robb Drinkwater - Electronics
Jason Soliday - Electronics


Audio:
zeropoint_06112001.mp3
zeropoint_07010101.mp3
zeropoint_07010102.mp3

Jason Soliday & Mark Solotroff

2006 - Present

Jason Soliday - Electronics, Organ, Bowed Cymbals
Mark Solotroff - Vocals and Feedback


Discography:

Soliday/Solotroff
2x5" cdr Whitechapel Records 2007

gunshop

1997 - 2003

Joe Mason - Circuit-bent Electronics
Jason Soliday - Circuit-bent Electronics

Discography:


V/A
Masters of the Scene
cd Nihilist 2003


gunshop
The Mechanics Always Have A Part Left Over
cdr Absurd 2002


gunshop
'/N0
cd CIP 2001


gunshop
this helps radar, really
cdr Boxmedia 2000

Photos from 01.08.08 Animal Law show

photos by Lori

More at Mark's Flickr page

Animal Law Tonight!

Churned up so much heavy shit into the air last night at practice that I woke up with black lung... Serious coughing jag today... good thing ya don't need lungs to play bass...

Looks like Mark is psyching himself up with some Discharge... Over here it's all Gallhammer and Coffins...

Got a mention on Gapers Block:
Of sharks, bongs, and deep fryers
"Must be something in the air...it's a weird one, isn't it? Like the skies are boiling or something. Who's ever heard of 60 degree weather at the start of January?! Like an omen, or a harbinger or something. Something's coming...

Yes, Mr. Narrator, something IS coming. Two somethings, in fact. On a random Tuesday (January 8), with a strangely tepid moisture in the air, you have your choice to two completely incredible concerting opportunities.

Over at Ronny's (2101 N. California), you can thrill to a world of punk/metal extremities, as four of Chicago's finest get your fist to pumpin'. From the furious crust/grind velocity of Al-Thawra to bleak punk noise from the Daily Void, to the bowel-loosening thunder of Bongripper and Animal Law, rest assured that no distortion pedal shall remain unstomped."

and of course, the details:

Tuesday January 8, 2008

Time: 9:00 PM
Cost: $6.00 (poster says $7.00, but it's $6.00)
21+

Ronny's
2101 N. California
Chicago, Illinois
60647
773.278.7170
http://www.myspace.com/ronnysbar

with:

Animal Law
http://www.myspace.com/animallaw

The Daily Void
http://www.myspace.com/dailyvoid

Al-Thawra
http://www.myspace.com/althawra

Bongripper
http://www.myspace.com/bongripper

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Animal Law
Animal Law is what happens when five guys who primarily operate within the experimental, noise, and avant-garde rock scenes (Geoff Guy of Sexual Freedom, ex-Gays in the Military; Blake Edwards of Vertonen, Crippled Insectual; Dylan Posa, ex-Cheer Accident, ex-The Flying Luttenbachers, ex-Bobby Conn; Jason Soliday of I Love Presets, Coeurl, Gunshop, Mora; and Mark Solotroff of BLOODYMINDED, The Fortieth Day, ex-Intrinsic Action), combine forces to play some form of laboriously slow, heavy metal dirge. While the band may cringe at the use of comparisons, references have already been made to (early) Swans, Khanate, Bauhaus, Harvey Milk, The Goslings, My Bloody Valentine, Flipper, Saccharine Trust, Einsturzende Neubauten, etc.

The Daily Void
The Daily Void have been culled from the disbanded Functional Blackouts, who over the relatively short while they were performing, created a dense aura around themselves: playing house shows throughout the Mid-West and the like. With the demise of the FBs, Dr. Filth and cohorts sought to continue their legacy of disheveled punk with a slight evolution. The sound of DV is obviously in some way tied to the FBs, but not as fulfilling. It’s still punk and the music still attempts to relate a bleak future through each tune. There is a tangible difference. The same propulsion is present. The band is fast, sloppy and rugged but the sense of experimentation and lack of care is missing. Even their name points to a perception of life that may not result in maximum effort. Where as each FBs’ release moved forward in some way, adding a new layer of post-punk nihilism and noise, this initial release from the Daily Void seems like a step back to a more basic and primordial time. The music is still balls out punk, but doesn’t maintain the urgency that the Functional Blackouts were able to bring to the fore. Identification Code's 11 songs stem from the darkest corners of the human mind, turning it's feeble imagination against itself in a cacophony dread-inducing noise. In doing so, they also form the basis of one of the most exciting punk albums in years and one that's ridiculously difficult to explain in text. The Daily Void's sound can be best described as the ultimate balancing act. Every element of their being is teetering recklessly on the edge between polar opposites and as soon as you get an idea of which side a particular song will plummet into, the balance is readdressed by a violent swing to the other. Imagine, if you will, taking every Rudimentary Peni record ever released, pulling the best bits on each album and then condensing it into one LP and you start to get an idea of what this record sounds like: Absolutely fucking brilliant.

Al-Thawra
A powerful, multi-ethnic Chicago band that combines the crusty punk, grindcore, and hardcore styles of Assuck, Aus-Rotten, Crass, Doom, Discharge, Filth of Mankind, Gauze, Hellshock, Misery, Napalm Death, Nausea, etc., with the Arabic strains of Rachid Taha, Farid Al-Atrache, Munir Bashir, Abdel Halim Hafez, etc. The group also found inspiration in the cult industrial/experimental project, Muslimgauze, as a final touch. Al-Thawra and its members have already received international coverage in articles about taqwacore in such publications as Rolling Stone, The Guardian (U.K.), and Newsweek, for their participation in this emerging global scene.

Bongripper
The heaviest thing to hit Chicago since Oprah. Bongripper plays down-tuned jams so thick it's like trying to shit concrete. The combination of earth-shattering riffs and psychedelic atmospheres will remind you of the time that you dropped acid while listening to your old Black Sabbath records. You know, the time Miles Davis and Tommy Iommi have turned into goats and are sacrificing your soul to Luficer. Sounds something like that.

Medium Time Lapse

That was a damn fine way to start the year...


video by Michael Hartman

More Medium @ Enemy