Dizzy Storm

Reviews... couple of nice album/live reviews on the forthcoming SKELETONS On our last excursion to Good Records, our friend C.J. convinced us to buy Skeletons and The Kings Of All Cities' Lucas by describing it as "Albert Ayler meets Prince." The Skeletons collective (who released Git in 2005) have also drawn comparisons to Can, Sonic Youth, and Boyz II Men (seriously). The LP cover is about the ugliest thing I've ever seen, and it comes pressed on a hideous gray vinyl. All that aside, we've listened to this, the disjointed, beautiful album opener, maybe 100 times over the last couple of days (give or take). It sort of meanders aimlessly along for the first 2 minutes, but all of those seemingly ridiculous comparisons begin to make sense after that. gorillavsbear... i saw Skeletons for the first time a few weeks ago. Big smiles, big hair, big glasses, big songs. When they began playing, it sounded nothing like the record. Live, Skeletons (4 of them) are the hero of Bonaroo, and then a tropicalia version of the Locust, and then Sun Ra and Orthrelm and Phish and Animal Collective and Tzadik and Ipecac all at once...indyweeklyblogs.com "Lucas" is a concept album of sorts about a phantasmagorical land ruled by a king who fixes the crooked smiles of his subjects but that's not important right now. What you need to know is that Brooklyn-based Skeletons leader Matt Mehlan and his co-conspirators the Kings of All Cities have assembled a very fine orchestrated left-field technicolour pop album. Instead of losing the run of itself in such an ambitious pursuit (like the sometimes claustrophobically cloying arrangements of Sufjan Stevens) "Lucas" is founded on the infectious Valhallic voodoo grooves of Moondog with traces of Sun Ra's skronk action and captures both the joyous communal campfire vibe of Animal Collective and the kaleidoscopic junkyard aesthetic of Neutral Milk Hotel. The albums centerpiece "Fake Tits" is a widescreen production with wild eyed polyrhythms and features the agreeable sentiments "It's not that hard to disappear, flush your phone down the toilet, find your way out the window, throw your wallet in the river." This album was conceived on a long drive through Midwestern America and upon surrendering to its woozy charms you'll realize that you're definitely not in Kansas anymore junkmedia.

couple of nice album/live reviews on the forthcoming SKELETONS On our last excursion to Good Records, our friend C.J. convinced us to buy Skeletons and The Kings Of All Cities' Lucas by describing it as "Albert Ayler meets Prince." The Skeletons collective (who released Git in 2005) have also drawn comparisons to Can, Sonic Youth, and Boyz II Men (seriously). The LP cover is about the ugliest thing I've ever seen, and it comes pressed on a hideous gray vinyl. All that aside, we've listened to this, the disjointed, beautiful album opener, maybe 100 times over the last couple of days (give or take). It sort of meanders aimlessly along for the first 2 minutes, but all of those seemingly ridiculous comparisons begin to make sense after that. gorillavsbear... i saw Skeletons for the first time a few weeks ago. Big smiles, big hair, big glasses, big songs. When they began playing, it sounded nothing like the record. Live, Skeletons (4 of them) are the hero of Bonaroo, and then a tropicalia version of the Locust, and then Sun Ra and Orthrelm and Phish and Animal Collective and Tzadik and Ipecac all at once...indyweeklyblogs.com "Lucas" is a concept album of sorts about a phantasmagorical land ruled by a king who fixes the crooked smiles of his subjects but that's not important right now. What you need to know is that Brooklyn-based Skeletons leader Matt Mehlan and his co-conspirators the Kings of All Cities have assembled a very fine orchestrated left-field technicolour pop album. Instead of losing the run of itself in such an ambitious pursuit (like the sometimes claustrophobically cloying arrangements of Sufjan Stevens) "Lucas" is founded on the infectious Valhallic voodoo grooves of Moondog with traces of Sun Ra's skronk action and captures both the joyous communal campfire vibe of Animal Collective and the kaleidoscopic junkyard aesthetic of Neutral Milk Hotel. The albums centerpiece "Fake Tits" is a widescreen production with wild eyed polyrhythms and features the agreeable sentiments "It's not that hard to disappear, flush your phone down the toilet, find your way out the window, throw your wallet in the river." This album was conceived on a long drive through Midwestern America and upon surrendering to its woozy charms you'll realize that you're definitely not in Kansas anymore junkmedia.org

...as we did with Lightning Bolt a few years back (wow was it that long ago?!) the MONOTONIX gig at Transition Extreme on SAT 10TH MAY will be filmed, streamed live on the internet and archived for future viewing... this will all be possible with the help of the guys at 360tv @ Peacock Visual Arts 360TV : Phone : 01224 639539 and for all you skaters/bmxers...this gig will also be allowing a late skate/bmx session from 8pm in the park...entry 5...whilst the band are playing...(obviously certain areas not accessible) and you guys will be filmed too more details to follow... so... 5 for entry to the show for everyone, if you're a gig-goer or a skater/bmxer (dont worry we will have 'safe' standing area on the park!) ...more details to follow

...as we did with Lightning Bolt a few years back (wow was it that long ago?!) the MONOTONIX gig at Transition Extreme will be filmed, streamed live on the internet and archived for future viewing... this will all be possible with the help of the guys at 360tv @ Peacock Visual Arts 360TV : Phone : 01224 639539 and for all you skaters/bmxers...this gig will also be allowing a late skate/bmx session from 8pm in the park...entry 5...whilst the band are playing...(obviously certain areas not accessible) and you guys will be filmed too more details to follow... so... 5 for entry to the show for everyone, if you're a gig-goer or a skater/bmxer (dont worry we will have 'safe' standing area on the park!) ...more details to follow

tried listening again but i dont think there is that option? anyway...did you play any Skeletons & the Kings of All Cities or Found?!!

oh yes

some straight outta SXSW 2008 Monotonix clips!!! YouTube - Monotonix @ FXFY SXSW March 15, 2008 Typewriter Museum YouTube - Monotonix @ FXFY SXSW March 15, 2008 Typewriter Museum

some straight outta SXSW 2008 Monotonix clips!!! YouTube - Monotonix @ FXFY SXSW March 15, 2008 Typewriter Museum YouTube - Monotonix @ FXFY SXSW March 15, 2008 Typewriter Museum

some straight outta SXSW 2008 Monotonix clips!!! YouTube - Monotonix @ FXFY SXSW March 15, 2008 Typewriter Museum YouTube - Monotonix @ FXFY SXSW March 15, 2008 Typewriter Museum

soooo.....is everyone gonna be in glasgow for the mighty triptych line up or out seeing Hot Club de Paris on this night?!!

ive been getting my recent printing done (incl Enablers/Felix Kubin posters and our group listings leaflet) at Iceberg Arts...its a new social enterprise set up by the Cyrenians...full print shop facility...can do posters/fliers/leaflets...whatever you want... colour/b & w/double sided........and they dont charge VAT!!!! based in a wee building on summer street, next to Cyrenians cheaper than repro/thistle/wherever...and connected to a charity 01224 622027...speak to graeme

great...same night at my Triptych/Skeletons/Found night at the Tunnels

MONOTONIX gig to be streamed live on internet ...as we did with Lightning Bolt a few years back (wow was it that long ago?!) the MONOTONIX gig at Transition Extreme will be filmed, streamed live on the internet and archived for future viewing... this will all be possible with the help of the guys at 360tv @ Peacock Visual Arts 360TV : Phone : 01224 639539 and for all you skaters/bmxers...this gig will also be allowing a late skate/bmx session from 8pm in the park...entry 5...whilst the band are playing...(obviously certain areas not accessible) and you guys will be filmed too more details to follow... so... 5 for entry to the show for everyone, if you're a gig-goer or a skater/bmxer (dont worry we will have 'safe' standing area on the park!) ...more details to follow

...as we did with Lightning Bolt a few years back (wow was it that long ago?!) the MONOTONIX gig at Transition Extreme will be filmed, streamed live on the internet and archived for future viewing... this will all be possible with the help of the guys at 360tv @ Peacock Visual Arts 360TV : Phone : 01224 639539 and for all you skaters/bmxers...this gig will also be allowing a late skate/bmx session from 8pm in the park...entry 5...whilst the band are playing...(obviously certain areas not accessible) and you guys will be filmed too more details to follow... so... 5 for entry to the show for everyone, if you're a gig-goer or a skater/bmxer (dont worry we will have 'safe' standing area on the park!) ...more details to follow

err... *hopefully* o_O trying to sort something but it is the same night as Caribou and the other possibility was the 23rd which is same night as Stars of the Lid etc ...difficult one

Monotonix are a punk trio from Tel Aviv, featuring guitar (Yonatan), drums (Ran) and vocals (Ami). They formed in November 2005, set up on the floor of the club with the audience, and the party began. But the party usually got too wild, the power got cut, the cops were called and Monotonix were banned from playing again almost everywhere. Before long, they were looking for good places to play outside of Israel and they were delighted to find that there were more rock and roll party places outside of Israel than inside! after going down a storm in the US, Monotonix are hitting European shores from May 8th this year, touring with Silver Jews ....and we are very chuffed to announce that we've managed to secure them for Aberdeen on a day off from the Silver Jews tour... and will be puting them on in a very different kind of setting With a lead singer who has the presence like that of Eugene Htz and David Yow, a guitarist who plays the rhythm, the lead, and the bass lines all at once, and a stand-up drummer who doesnt stop no matter what piece of his kit is pulled away from him and hoisted above the crowd, Monotonix just might be one of the most exciting live bands playing today. Inflightatnight.com MySpace.com - Monotonix - Tel Aviv - Garage / Progressive / Concrete - www.myspace.com/monotonix press If you didnt enjoy yourself at this one, kids, youre deeply fucked." - S.F Weekly "Since the times that Fugazi, Unwound, and Les Savy Fav have left me speechless from their sonic force and physical fearlessness, I have not been as floored by a band as I was watching this bass-less trio unfold." - Seattle Weekly "The most slept-on power trio in underground rock." - New York Sun "Total rock performance art energy." - Chunklet.com "Of all the bands I saw these last four daysRahim, Big Sleep, We Are Lightning, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Les Savy Fav, Ghostface Killah, Rakim, Clockcleaner, CX Kidtronik, the Rub DJs, the Teeth, Black Lips, Fucked Up, Apples, This Moment in Black History, Those Peabodies, Chin Up Chin Up, the Walkmen, Matt and Kim, Bonde do Role, C-Rayz Walz, Attractive and Popular, that one band whose name I forgot, that other band whose name escapes me, those six bands whose name is on the tip of my tongue, Archie Bell, Deerhunter, the Ponys, Danava, the Gossip, Erase Errata - Monotonix put on the best live show" - Philadelphia Weekly (SXSW 2007 Review) testimonials- "You can't possibly put on paper how much energy this band has live. Ami Shalev, the band's singer was, at his highest point, hanging from a steel rafter roughly twenty feet above my head... and at his lowest had his head burried into a knocked over fifty galon trash bin, still singing. They're a straight-forward, crunchy, loud, rock band. Don't let that fool you though... this band is incredibly powerful. You cannot possibly fully appreciate them until you see it live. To be honest, it was the best show I've seen in a long time." "This was performance as performance art and rock as confrontation. No matter where you stood in the sharp divide (I bought a T-shirt if you're wondering), you wouldn't soon forget seeing Monotonix live." "When the lead singer burst on to stage, we weren't really sure it was the lead singer. It could've been some fan. Or, I don't know, a vagrant. Within 30 seconds he had lept the security fence and into the audience, where he spent most of the performance. I don't think I've spent that much time looking behind me at a show. he turned the crowd entranced. The end of the show brought it all together. They pulled down the drums, the guitar, and everything came into the audience. we all played till the end."

didnt realise they'd played aberdeen already...when was that?

another awesome poster design...thanks chris

ahhhh its you who's doing this show...i was wondering who was! nice one...will be there chris from TDTY designed my logos and some of the awesome posters for my gigs btw

MySpace.com - Skeletons & the Kings of all Cities - QUEENS, New York - Pop - www.myspace.com/skeletonsandthegirlfacedboys MySpace.com - FOUND - Edinburgh, UK - Pop / Electronica / Experimental - www.myspace.com/foundtheband

aaaaanyway, nuff bout the awesome Monotonix for the mo....THIS IS THE NEXT DiZZY SToRM SHOW...yee haa....cant wait to see those skeletons.... i know a few folk gonna be heading to glasgow for the mighty lineup that day but i'll think this will be quite a nice little affair in Tunnel 2...can only cram 150 folk in there...but that'll do nicely well looking forward to it (ooh that image below is supposed to be clearer and flash like a strobe...ah well...i'll replace it)

Monotonix have played in America, Europe and Israel with: Queens of the Stone Age / Silver Jews / Ted Leo & The Pharmacists / Calvin Johnson / Oneida / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / The Thermals / Health / Kimya Dawson / Federation X / Bill Callahan (Smog) / Old Time Relijun / Japanther / Green Milk from the Planet Orange / Genghis Tron / XBXRX / Yip Yip / Torche / The Rosebuds and more. "2008?" you ask.... - APRIL 22nd: "Body Language" (recorded in San Francisco by Tim Green) comes out worldwide on Drag City. - FEBRUARY-APRIL: U.S & Canada Tour (shows with Gutter Twins, RTX, Health, Old Time Relijun, Call Me Lightning, Genghis Tron, Fatal Flying Guilioteens, Dark Meat and more) - MAY-JUNE: Europe & U.K Tour - JUNE: RTX/Monotonix split 7" out on Volcom. (erm we wont be doing this at the skatepark!! ^^^^)

review in the Guardian... (thanks andy!)

Monotonix are a punk trio from Tel Aviv, featuring guitar (Yonatan), drums (Ran) and vocals (Ami). They formed in November 2005, set up on the floor of the club with the audience, and the party began. But the party usually got too wild, the power got cut, the cops were called and Monotonix were banned from playing again almost everywhere. Before long, they were looking for good places to play outside of Israel and they were delighted to find that there were more rock and roll party places outside of Israel than inside! after going down a storm in the US, Monotonix are hitting European shores from May 8th this year, touring with Silver Jews ....and we are very chuffed to announce that we've managed to secure them for Aberdeen on a day off from the Silver Jews tour... and will be puting them on in a very different kind of setting With a lead singer who has the presence like that of Eugene Htz and David Yow, a guitarist who plays the rhythm, the lead, and the bass lines all at once, and a stand-up drummer who doesnt stop no matter what piece of his kit is pulled away from him and hoisted above the crowd, Monotonix just might be one of the most exciting live bands playing today. Inflightatnight.com MySpace.com - Monotonix - Tel Aviv - Garage / Progressive / Concrete - www.myspace.com/monotonix press If you didnt enjoy yourself at this one, kids, youre deeply fucked." - S.F Weekly "Since the times that Fugazi, Unwound, and Les Savy Fav have left me speechless from their sonic force and physical fearlessness, I have not been as floored by a band as I was watching this bass-less trio unfold." - Seattle Weekly "The most slept-on power trio in underground rock." - New York Sun "Total rock performance art energy." - Chunklet.com "Of all the bands I saw these last four daysRahim, Big Sleep, We Are Lightning, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Les Savy Fav, Ghostface Killah, Rakim, Clockcleaner, CX Kidtronik, the Rub DJs, the Teeth, Black Lips, Fucked Up, Apples, This Moment in Black History, Those Peabodies, Chin Up Chin Up, the Walkmen, Matt and Kim, Bonde do Role, C-Rayz Walz, Attractive and Popular, that one band whose name I forgot, that other band whose name escapes me, those six bands whose name is on the tip of my tongue, Archie Bell, Deerhunter, the Ponys, Danava, the Gossip, Erase Errata - Monotonix put on the best live show" - Philadelphia Weekly (SXSW 2007 Review) testimonials- "You can't possibly put on paper how much energy this band has live. Ami Shalev, the band's singer was, at his highest point, hanging from a steel rafter roughly twenty feet above my head... and at his lowest had his head burried into a knocked over fifty galon trash bin, still singing. They're a straight-forward, crunchy, loud, rock band. Don't let that fool you though... this band is incredibly powerful. You cannot possibly fully appreciate them until you see it live. To be honest, it was the best show I've seen in a long time." "This was performance as performance art and rock as confrontation. No matter where you stood in the sharp divide (I bought a T-shirt if you're wondering), you wouldn't soon forget seeing Monotonix live." "When the lead singer burst on to stage, we weren't really sure it was the lead singer. It could've been some fan. Or, I don't know, a vagrant. Within 30 seconds he had lept the security fence and into the audience, where he spent most of the performance. I don't think I've spent that much time looking behind me at a show. he turned the crowd entranced. The end of the show brought it all together. They pulled down the drums, the guitar, and everything came into the audience. we all played till the end." ...more details to follow.......