Monday 10.15.07: BORIS and DAMON & NAOMI with KURIHARA @ Echoplex

Boris
The past 12 months have been increasingly kind to louder and more challenging artists, but even if Sunn0))) hadn’t droned onto discerning hipsters’ iPods, it’s not difficult to imagine the awesomeness of Pink– a supremely well-paced rock’n'roll album that’s quickly winning over even long-suffering metalphobes– helping these Japanese veterans leap-frog indie kids into a New York Times Arts & Leisure mention. If you don’t believe me, sneak a listen to the spaced-out seven-minute opener, which manages to combine the best elements of classic British shoegaze and Sigur Rós with bliss-out metal faves Jesu and Isis. Just don’t bank on the rest of the album to follow in its footsteps. After all, the three folks behind it– guitarist Wata, bassist/vocalist Takeshi, and drumming vocalist Atsuo– are the same atom-smashers who nicked their named from a Melvins song, operate the Walmart-friendly Fangs Anal Satan record label, and downshift from blown-out Motörhead to Earth on a dime. They’ve collaborated thrice with Merzbow, worshipped amplifiers with multitasking experimental rock legend Keiji Haino, and chilled with noise legend Masonna. Put simply, they’re too restless (and ambitious) to fixate on a single style. - Pitchfork

and:
Damon & Naomi with Kurihara
Oren Ambarchi

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

7pm / $15 adv, $17 dos / all ages