Monday, December 27, 2010

Suck Is Happiness music video



"Suck Is Happiness" from the album "March To The Sea"

Director: Emily Pelstring

Monday, December 20, 2010

Catholic For Rent music video



We tried making a music video for AIDS Wolf but it all went to shit.

"Catholic For Rent" from the album "March To The Sea"

Production Credits:

Production Company: Exploding Motor Car
Director: Brett Long and Winston Hacking
Producer: Winston Hacking
Editor: Brett Long
Assistant Editor: Adrienne Crossman
Camera: Winston Hacking, Brett Long, Adrienne Crossman
Puppet Builders: Shira Haberman, Anna Beikmanis, Yukiko Hara, Brett Long, Martin MacPherson, Winston Hacking
Production Design: Winston Hacking
Sound Design: Andrew Zukerman
Puppet Voices: Andrew Zukerman, Winston Hacking, Martin MacPherson and Brett Long
Production Assistants: Matt King, Adrienne Crossman, Martin MacPherson
Puppeteers: Brett Long, Winston Hacking, Martin MacPherson, Adrienne Crossman

Special Thanks:
AIDS Wolf
100 Sided Die Studio Co-op
Ben Jackson
Matt King
Shira Haberman
Martin MacPherson
Anna Beikmanis
Yukiko Hara
Andrew Zukerman

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

AW at Dub Narcotic

Little interview conducted by Calvin Johnson. This was recorded during day 4 of our session at Dub Narcotic in Olympia WA... new jams to come out soon.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

A-Dubs tube

Now that we are in the studio recording for a couple of days, here are some videos from some our past shows on this tour--- watch them and it's just like we are playing in your bedroom/living room/whatever

In San Diego



In Phoenix



In Atlanta



In Richmond



In Pawtucket





In Montreal

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Typical

Sums it up. Eating dinner in the club's basement.

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Orange Coax

Freaturing Bobby the Big JAy McNeely of Dallas!

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Yannick!!!!

Pees in a field:
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in a hottub:

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Wolf tour van playlists

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Wolf Van Playlist

Sightings - City of Straw
Puffy Areolas - In the Army 1981
Ornette Coleman - Dancing in Your Head
Ornette Coleman - Skies of America
Alterity Problem - Alterity Problem
US Girls - Go Grey
Couch - Glass Brothers
Howard Shore - Crash OST
Booker Little - Out Front
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Bird of Fire
James Brown - The Payback
Nuclear Death - Bride of Insect
Fairport Convention - Leige and Leif
Wolfgang Voigt - Freiland Klaviermusik
Thelonius Monk - Monk's Dream
The Magic Band - Strictly Personal Outtakes
Jefferson Airplane - Live At Monterey Pop 1967

March To The Sea tour - a report

As we are accomplishing the first third of our March To The Sea tour, and are having our first day off in Phoenix, we already have a whole lot of tour stories to tell--- and this one tour is particularly rich in stories.

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After our stint in the South, here we are arriving in Austin. Once our gear loaded up and everything, we were having a little hangout with some of our local friends, an imposing guy with a giant beard approached me and requested the permission to do a poem about our band. I complied, and the next thing I know, he his amongst us on the stage reading his piece right before we go on. It really set up the mood of the evening, and the show went pretty amazingly, with the crowd being very responsive to our new material.

The poet in question is Thax Douglas and is a fixture of the Austin art scene--- even right before we met him, our friend Brian Maclaskey pointed him to us as 'The Poet'. Thax even has a documentary on him online. Here is the poem he wrote:

AIDS Wolf

Sinewy giraffe
neck
throwing you
off guard with its
grotesquerie
violates an entire
city out of
nothing while you
were dreaming
out snails of
glamour creeping
up and down
that luxuriously
long esophagus -
you just
have enough time
to live in that
city for one
lifetime before
you make up and
the rope tricle
city collapses
into something for
you to walk on

9/26/10
12:00 - 12:05 am
Mohawk


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Thax told me after the show that we made him think of Xenakis's work, which is quite a compliment.


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For those of you wondering where we are at with this tour, here are the dates that are coming up:

9/30/10 San Diego, Ca @ Pink Elephant w/ White Hills // 21+ *FREE SHOW*
10/01/10 Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell w/ xbxrx , LA Dies , Audacity// All Ages
10/02/10 Woodland, CA @ Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom w/ Ganglians , Fresh & Onlys , Wounded Lion // All Ages
10/03/10 San Francisco, CA @ El Rio w/ Zulus , no babies , BoysIVMen // 21+
/////////Secret Shit in Olympia/////
10/08/10 Portland,OR @ Backspace Cafe w/ Child Abuse , Terraform , Hotface // All Ages
10/09/10 Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge w/ Wet Paint, Gape Attack, Mountainss/// All Ages
10/10/10 Vancouver,BC @ Astoria w/ Nu Sensae , Shearing Pinx , Myths // 19+
10/11/10 Missoula,MT @ Zootown Arts W/ Cassandra , Fag Rag // All Ages
10/13/10 Minneapolis,MN @ 7th Street Entry w/ Gay Beast & D.Rider // 21+
10/14/10 Iowa City , IA @ Town Called White Lightning w/ D Rider
10/15/10 Kalamazoo,MI @ The Strut w/ D.Rider , Spykes //18+
10/16/10 Chicago,IL Hideout w/ D.Rider , Bad Drugs // 21+
10/17/10 Columbus,OH @ Bat Chapters w/ D.Rider //All Ages
10/18/10 Detroit, Larger House w/ D.Rider , Divorce Party // 21+
10/19/10 Cleveland,OH @ Now That's Class w/ D.Rider, Clan of The Cave Bear // 21+
10/20/10 Fredonia , NY @ BJ's w/ D.Rider
10/21/10 Philadelphia , PA , @ The Ox // All Ages
10/22/10 TBA
10/23/10 Brooklyn , NY @ The Knitting Factory w/ Ty Segal , Turbo Fruits , Pujol , Heavy Cream (Panache CMJ showcase) // All Ages
10/24/10 Easthampton, MA @Flywheel //All Ages

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

March To The Sea

New AIDS Wolf album. Last studio release of the band as a quartet. Includes 6 new AW compositions, and a cover of Very Friendly, originally written by Throbbing Gristle.

Out now for pre-order on Skin Graft Records.


Out in store on September 14 2010.

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Side A:

1-Teaching To Suffer

2-Family Romance

3-Wet Winds

4-Catholic For Rent

5-Suck Is Happiness

6-Cake On August 1st

Side B:

7- Very Friendly

Recorded by David Bryant in The Pines, Montreal, Quebec, August 2009. Mastered by Weasel Walter. Very Friendly written by Throbbing Gristle and mixed by Weasel Walter.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Very Friendly

This is a new remix 12" of our version of 'Very Friendly' by Throbbing Gristle from our new album March To The Sea, made with an all-star cast!
Out now for pre-order on Lovepump United Records


Out in store on September 15 2010.

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Side A:
1- Very Friendly (Weasel Walter Remix)
2- Very Friendly (John Olson Remix)
3- Very Friendly (Jason Forrest Remix)

Side B:
4- Very Friendly (Emeralds Remix)
5- Very Friendly (Nautical Almanac Remix)


Written by Throbbing Gristle. Recorded by David Bryant in The Pines, Montreal, Quebec, August 2009. Mixed by Weasel Walter. Mastered by Josh Bonati.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

AIDS Wolf garage sale

Sunday July 11
1pm untill 6pm
The One Hundred Sided Die
5334 avenue De Gaspé, suite1202
Montreal, QC

++NO HOLDS , RESERVES , DIBS OR WHATEVER ON ANYTHING.++
++SUNDAY 1-6 ONLY - NO EXCEPTIONS++
++NO SHIPPING - PICK UP ONLY++
We all live far from our studio and don't have the time to go back and forth to sell this stuff. If you wanna call dibs then show up on time w/ cash. Thanks for understanding.

Yes this is the time of the year when you look at your place and want to clear up to allow yourself more breathing space; or I guess this is the response to the infinite quest for emptiness. We looked around the practice space and decided to sever with items that had been waiting for way too long to be played on. We really want to get rid of those items, and they are priced to sell. CASH AND CARRY or reasonable trades. Here is the list.

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Cherry Red Epiphone SG 125$
Mid 90's Korean Epiphone SG. Replaced one of the tuning pegs/machine heads. Era specific Corpusse and Neoist stickers behind the saddle. Killer axe. Was my kubelka guitar throughout the glory years.  The neck's a bit to big for my new medieval jazz posture but is likely perfect for you. Brian from Mouthus uses the exact same guit. Was recently Belloughed so you know its all slick, tuned and feeling good.

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Ibanez PZ47 25$
So you got a new SG knockoff and have been asked to join Chrome? Hold it there player, those dudes aren't letting you anywhere near the jam room w/out some phase to run your shit through. This little guy IS the Chrome pedal. Ibanez might has well just called it The Chrome. Also, used it on a draino recording this last weekend so the nutiness is still fresh within it. Willing to trade for an on/off pedal or some similar thing. Reason for selling: I quite Chrome.

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MPC2000: 325$
The most aggressive sampler ever made. Entire hip hop classics were made using only this machine. You've seen pictures of Pete Rock n CL Smooth in the studio and all they have is this guy and some speakers. This is also famously the drums in the live Wolf Eyes rig. Heaviest sounding sampler ever kills me to sell it. The monitor is a bit faded but still fine. Remember this is a computer. Comes with the Zip Drive, Operating System disc, Solena sample set (Bowie's string synth). Plus its got the idividual outs for each sample track...BOOM!

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Modified and presently not working Realistic Disco Mixer 5$
If you are into some industrial espionage this the prototype of the Kozzmophone. The channels are hard wired to a cross patch/feedback set up and there's a whole bunch of attenuation controls i built into the thing in order to reign the crazyness in. Long loved part of my Thames rig. Won't turn on but the power supply is likely blown. Never put batteries into it. Cool project for someone.  Sounds great through a phase.

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Trashed MXR Bluebox.5$
Made no sense asa a guitar pedal makes less sense now after I had a go at it. But seriously put  a 9v in it and jack it into a space echo while running your fingers across the solder points on the back of the circuit board and you ARE the electronics dude in Hawkwind.

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2 Boss pedals. Both shaky. Both work. 6 each 10 for both...

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Ampeg B-25b

Yes. The vintage 1969 piece from the original Ampeg factory in New Jersey. Basically the successor of the Portaflex amp. 60 watts of terror. The speaker cabinet is from a more recent make, but is all original Ampeg stuff. No mods. The two 15 inch speakers are original and in perfect condition. Amazing guitar amp. Great preamp too look at the output jack in the back. Also jack for extra speaker. I plugged it on a SVT cab before and it sounds like 10 times itself. Brigeable channels too. How does it sound? Well check out the bass groove in the beginning of 'Some Sexual Drawings' on The Lovvers LP. There was not even a distortion there. You can totally get that 'JSBX' sound with this guy. A previous owner spraypainted the grill cloth silver. Works just fine, might need a tube replacement and a little clean up/checkup since it almost did not move in 8 years.
$350

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Traynor Group One VC

Guitar amp, with this 'parametric eq' which is basically an imbedded fuzz kinda thing. Very good preamp. Great tremolo and reverb unit. 50watts at 4 ohms. Not even touched since I got it. From the late '70s or early '80s, very little got made of those. One or two of the pots may skratch here and there, totally fixable.
$50

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Didgeridoo

Never played this guy since Chris quit AW. Makes you sound like an Aussie. When you play it you grow a front pocket. Hand painted or something.
$5

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Hondo 'Custom Special 6000' bass

Gibson explorer knockoff, but way thicker and metal looking. It's 'Custom Special' too. It has 6000 of something as well. God, it's A HONDO BASS!!! Recently ovehauled and cleaned up by yours truly.
$20

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Peavey Strat knockoff

Exactly that. Re-stringed funny.
$25

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Musima Classical Accoustic 3/4 Guitar

Some german brand of guitar. This is the first instrument I ever had besides a Yamaha recorder! Right handed or left handed, it's your choice. Obtained when there was a music store downtown St-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Buy this and own a piece of history.
$10

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Epiphone accoustic-electric (broken headstock)

Hours of fun for a novice luthier. Broken in some drunken stupor at the 100-Sided Die. Otherwise a decent guitar.
$5, maybe free if you are nice.

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Electro-Voice Mixer

It works. That's it. Pots and knobs may/will skratch here and there, probably just needs a good clean up, decent board for a jam space.
$20

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Random shells

Two 22 inchers or something and a 15 inch tom.
Bass drums: $5 each
Tom: $15

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Snare shell

The mechanics work, I just didn't bother replacing the skins. Either a LP percussions or a Westbury, I can't tell the difference, i know you won't either. Ok shape. Maybe you can get the two 14 skins with it.
$10

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Random skins

Two 14", a 12", a 20" bass drum, a 18" bass drum.
Used: free. New: $2. Free rubber muffler for the 20".

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Random broken cymbals

You think I hit hard? Well this is the proof. Twenty or so random sizes of broken cymbals. Mostly hi-hats and rides, also some crashes too.
$1 each, leave with the whole shebang for $5.

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Small baby kit floor tom

Cute. Missing one log screw, i know you can find that at a music store. Broken butt skin, the other one works.
$2

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Random drum hardware

$2 a piece and less.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Current bands that rule, pt1

Mayyors



We played that show too. It was the most awesome setting. The people living in the compound were super nice and allowed us to stay there the whole SXSW 2009.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Split 7' w/ Satanized , out now on Badmater

This came out a few weeks ago and is going pretty fast.
Mailorder from Badmaster if you wanna grip one or get one from us at our upcoming Toronto/Ottawa/Montreal gigs. We don't have many copies though so act quick if you want one.

Split 7" with our palz Satanized , on Badmaster. Shouts out to Evan for the best sandwich hookup in Philly.

Yannick and I did the art did the art and screenprinted 'em inside 'n out. 4 colours out , 1 in. The vinyl is the colour of rotting meat.



Front Cover


^Back Cover.


^Insides. (silver ink.)

You can buy it here for 4.50$.




Here's what Badmater says about it w/ collector stats :

BM0021 - Aids Wolf / Satanized Split 7" -- Out Now

Limited to 500 marbled pink 7"es. Two un-released AIDS Wolf tracks & one long Satanized cut, housed in a 5 color silk screened jacket, inside and out, by Seripop.

Wholesalers and distros email badmasterrecords(at)gmail(dot)com for pricing.


Side A. AW- 1. Tango Fatal 2. In And Under The Snow | Side B. STNZD- Hope Is Lack of Information

AIDS Wolf (Montreal) and Satanized (Philadelphia) have joined forces to create a musical document of startling ugliness. The first of two Aids Wolf songs brings to mind a modern Harry Pussy piece or what it might sound like if 3 people with shotgun wounds to the gut were thrown in a pitch black room and left to scamper around looking for an exit that does not exist. (haha, who writes this shit?) The second is classic AIDS Wolf, that could have easily landed on their Cities of Glass LP (**Chloe's note : it actually was recorded during the same session so there ya go!**). The Satanized side sounds like a 24 hour shift at a steel mill turned mental institution that only employs the criminally insane. Lots of blood everywhere on this one. Brutal sonic violence. Satanized produce a truly great recording that captures everything that makes this band so awe-inspiring in a live setting. This 7" will leave you holding your lover a little bit closer at night and questioning the morality of bringing a child into this uncaring world. There are some sounds that you can't unhear... and why would you?

Philadelphia Weekly blogged about it here
And
This is Book's Music blogged about it here.

Enjoy!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

We are 3

Like I mentioned a few months back , we are now a trio.


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(Photo by David Waldman )

This is AIDS Wolf part 2.We've been holed up in our jam space at the 100 Sided Die since Pop Montreal , figuring out our new rig and adding and substracting gear.

All our old songs are retired. We have an entire new set , and a new rig. Most of what you think you know about us is wrong.


We're now playing our first shows with our new set-up and new jams. Like when we started playing out almost 7 years ago , our first gigs where people can preview the new band will be Toronto , Ottawa and Montreal. NEW ERA OF BRUTALITY.

We hope that you can make it.

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Thursday Feb 11th 2010::
Toronto Ontario
Burn Down the Capital Presents --

AIDS Wolf
Mouthus
Disguises
DJ Random

10$ @ The Garrison - 1197 Dundas St. West
Advance tix @ Rotate This and Soundscapes

Doors @ 9pm
RSVP on Facebook
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Friday Feb 12 2010::
Ottawa Ontario

---house party // respect the space---

AIDS Wolf
Mouthus
More TBA


@ Random House - 854 Bronson Ave.
doors @ 8pm
RSVP on Facebook


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Saturday Feb 13 2010::
Montreal , Quebec

Blue Skies Turn Black & Pirates of The Lachine Canal present::

AIDS Wolf
Mouthus
Velvet Chrome



10$ @ Casa Del Popolo - 4873 St-Laurent
doors @ 9pm

RSVP on Facebook

Buy tickets online You can also get tix at Casa , Cheap Thrills and maybe some other places.

Please note Casa is a small capacity room , it is STRONGLY encouraged to buy advance tickets or show up EARLY. Thank you.

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We will NOT be playing any other gigs till June.
We WILL be doing a proper coast-to-coast US tour in the fall.

xo