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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

tenderizor invites you to touch the sword

behold-- tenderizor's grisly wail from the albuquerque abaddon. lucky us, we get a preview of the title track from their soon-to-be-released album, "touch the sword," and it bleeds, and it shrieks, and it slashes at all that is sacred. that is to say, damn, it feels really fucking good. touch it. touch the sword.

tenderizor is about as close to a supergroup that can be scratched out of the dirt around here, including kris kerby (sabertooth cavity) on drums, steve hammond (leeches of lore) screaming his mutherfucking lungs out, brothers mike and pat day (both fando) on lead guitars, and pillar of the arts underworld, raven chacon (dog shit taco, black guys, KILT, and many more), also on lead guitar. the cover art is by 505 favorite son, mike giant.

tenderizor will cap off a quick tour around the west with the official album release (tour dates below). you can order the album from the record label, sicksicksick distro. "touch the sword," in all its 12 inches of glory, drops on saturday, march 26th, at burt's tiki lounge. go.

tenderizor west coast touroar:
3.10.11   flagstaff, az   the big house
3.11.11   reno, nv the road house
3.12.11   portland, or plan b
3.13.11 portland, or reed college
3.14.11   arcata, ca the alibi
3.15.11   oakland, ca the stork club
3.16.11   la, ca   f-haus
3.17.11   san diego, ca (somewhere)
3.18.11   phoenix, az    tribe house
3.19.11   tucson, az (somewhere)
3.26.11 albuquerque, nm burt's tiki lounge

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

small engine 1.14.2011

ink drawing by christoph knerr

it was cold but not bitter, and hoodied kids crowded la calaca, aka small engine, the new metamedia psychedelic playpen en el barrio barelas. it's “experimental,” you guys (i.e., no heat). reclusive illustrator christoph knerr [1] had a rare show, presenting a new series of caligo drawings. along with the exhibition, "creatures in little big spaces," were musical performances from great white buffalo, shoulder voices, and leeches of lore.

knerr is author of the mess explosion comics, and also illustrated the cover of leeches of lore’s latest album, “attack the future,” (released on cassette in 2010 by sicksicksick distro). knerr’s art is also seen on show posters, mini-comics, and other paraphernalia for boris and the saltlicks, fast heart mart, and the saltine ramblers.

leeches of lore "attack the future" ink and color pen by christoph knerr

wee pen-and- ink devils and other creatures look like they’re from one of the more sinister texts off the guttenberg press. each dark drawing, roughly 2"x2," is consumed with equal passion for purgatorial fantasy and the rational laws of perspective. strange to see something so painstakingly simple and handmade. these are not our ways anymore.

[ missed great white buffalo, sorry ]

behind a small armory of star stained, once-pink stuffed animals, shoulder voices traced over old love wounds with multi-conscious rock that was, like the pile of teddy bears at their feet, fuzzy and wrought. there were pink unicorn rim shot jokes aplenty. wearing red-on-red little-boy’s brontosaurus t-shirt and glittery cummerbund, little bobby wondered in a racked croon: “you are so -->sensitive <-- why can’t you be more?” exactly. i couldn’t agree with you more.

next, leeches of lore began their set by ripping the guts out of “cougar v. bear.” leeches representing the new mexico real, what with the science fiction and the porch-setting country crashing into holy fucking metal murder. that’s how we roll. leeches of lore is one of the best bands playing —check them out.

[1] that’s pronounced “kuh-nehr,” as in “kuh-nerrd.” he’s german, and that’s how they say it.

small engine

albuquerque, nm