tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75815554494531704702024-03-13T02:43:03.982-07:00AIDS Wolfchloe lumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08634124808535327389noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-58788789884060553572012-03-22T21:18:00.011-07:002012-03-22T22:10:40.910-07:00On The End Of An Era<a href="http://deathbombarc.com/aidswolf/images/band/AW2011webres.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://deathbombarc.com/aidswolf/images/band/AW2011webres.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Ok Ok. So there we go. We officially broke up. Although we are doing some farewell shows in May. We are also having a short recording session scheduled before Alex goes back out west, to put the last tracks in the can. So expect a minor release somewhere soon.<br /><br />But yeah, it's time to move on. The three of us are having <a href="http://www.seripop.com">projects</a> that are getting more intense, and distance is a major factor undermining getting our shit together aesthetically, in order to keep drawing a continuity from previous works. Academia is getting more and more appealing, as both Chloe and me will start school soon, her finishing her undergrad and me applying for grad school.<br /><br />AIDS Wolf's framework is too complicated to be a part-time endeavour. Also, it is not the most sustainable business economically--- although we always 'broke even', it is getting harder and harder to do so, and with our giant van and gear, we recently could not stop comparing ourselves with other bands and feeling somewhat like dinosaurs...<br /><br />But that doesn't mean we will stop playing music. Alex is still fully active with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/drainolith">Drainolith</a>, Chloe and me will do the odd Hamborghinni thing, and who knows what happens next. Music has always been part of our collective praxis, and will be exploited one way or another by either of us.<br /><br /><br />This is an essay Chloe wrote pinning down our present state of mind way better than I could do. You should read it.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />So my band broke up and I’m having a lot of feelings about it. I’m going to try to make sense of those feelings here.<br /><br />My band is called <a href="http://www.aidswolf.net">AIDS Wolf</a> and we started as a 4 piece noise-rock band in Montreal in 2003. Over the years with line up changes and the growing sophistication of our own tastes we became a trio in 2009 and started calling ourselves either Formalist/Unknown Wave or Abstract Rock.<br /><br />When my beau and I started the band our expectations were pretty minimal. We’d already been in 2 bands together and each several bands before meeting. Him more of the garage and punk varieties and myself of the noise and industrial ones. We dropped out of university to do a major tour with one of our previous projects , to have one of our band-mates leave the day we got home. We’d already learned that relying on others for one’s creative pursuits was dicey even in the best circumstances. Besides, as Canadians we were geographically challenged on the touring side of things. We told ourselves AW would be a fun hobby and we’d play around locally and that would be that. But it wasn’t that. We started getting more involved and reaching out to American bands we liked to bring them up here and while accompanying them to play gigs across southern Ontario our fate became cemented, we become a touring band. A REAL band. The type of band we looked up to , the type of band we all went to see. It had previously had seemed so out of reach.<br /><br />In the early part of the 2000′s there was a swell of noise-rock , noise and no wave influenced bands doing it seriously , some of them managing to find actual audiences. From Youtube clips of our early gigs we started getting contacted by labels in 2005 , settling on Lovepump United & Skin Graft Records to co-release our debut album , The Lovvers Lp in January 06.At that point we started touring pretty much non-stop in Europe , the US , even doing a week of gigs in Israel in ’08.<br /><br />We did our thing pretty modesty, sometimes getting decent crowds in the bigger urban centers, much less elsewhere. After The Lovvers came out music bloggers and journalists more or less collectively decided we were total shit and disingenuous to boot so after a rash of spectacularly awful reviews, we mostly got left alone by media. It didn’t seem to matter too much , we had our context , we had a crew of like-minded bands & musicians who were also interested in sowing a more difficult row.<br /><br />And because things always change, that did too. In ’09 we stepped back after our guitarist Myles moved to the UK to woodshed as a trio with Alex. New rig , new songs and an goal towards greater abstraction. <a href="http://www.therestisnoise.com/">Alex Ross’s</a> The Rest is Noise had been passed around in the van and as a trio, going towards more a formal and disjointed sound seemed a natural progression.<br /><br />So we stayed in the jam room for a year and wrote songs complicated enough that the only way to learn them was drilling them over and over for hours. My own lyrics got more abstract as I’d use made up words , vocal imitations of Alex’s electronics and plenty of stream of consciousness & cut up. During this time we wrote and rehearsed the material for <a href="http://deathbombarc.com/aidswolf/">Ma vie banale avant-garde</a>.<br /><br />Then , exactly a year letter we took in on the road and to <a href="http://dubnarcotic.org/">Dub Narcotic</a> studio in Olympia to record. It was to see that the setting had radically changed in the year we were woodsheding. For one , many of our peer bands had either disbanded , or stopped/seriously slowed down on touring. “I’m in debt and can’t afford the time off work anymore” they’d tell us , or “I want to start a family / go to grad school / get an adult job”. “I can’t face another empty room , it’s futile , pointless , ridiculous , demoralizing”. Same story everywhere and no surprise , we were getting older and so were our friends and what’s marginal at 20-something becomes much more so at 30-something or 40-something. But beyond many of our cohort moving on, there where significant changes in what was deemed “underground” , what could get booked where and under what circumstances. It seemed that as a bunch of 30 somethings in an extended van full of big amps and a loud as hell P.A. had become an anachronism.<br /><br />All of the sudden bands doing ads for soft drink companies or department stores were considered “underground”. So where did this leave the actual underground, the one that couldn’t sell cars/soda/computers even if if wanted to? Because it was weird/ugly/dangerous/challenging? It left it in a cave.<br /><br />In many smaller centers, our friends moved to the bigger cities, and we’d arrive in a college town where our previous crew had moved to Chicago/LA/Brooklyn/ect , each night was like starting from scratch.<br /><br />But being the scrappers that we are , we got home and chalked it all up to bad luck / bad timing and got on mixing MVBAG , feeling chipper and more certain than ever about what we were doing creatively. Then the requirements for US touring visas changed. All of the sudden the price doubled & we needed signed contracts from every promoter 3 months before petitioning for the visa. As one might imagine , getting contracts from DIY promoters 6 months before a gig is as easy as teaching your cats how to play the drums.<br />So the expenses are going up , the paper work is going wayyy up , the audiences are going way down and most of the bands we liked , if they weren’t packing it in , where seriously scaling back. The whole thing started feeling like more trouble than it was worth but we were so confident in our record that we went ahead despite any lingering doubts. We felt on top of our game , stoked to share our tirelessly worked songs , rehearsed to precision, with our peers. Then the actual tour happened, where by the time we had played to less than 5 people several gigs in a row , being a scroungy jammer seemed less like a fun hobby / challenging art practice and more like an exercise in humiliation. At at least half the gigs, the opening bands would split right after playing, without even acknowledging our presence. In New Orleans, attempts to chat with one of the opening bands got us eye rolls.<br /><br />Myself , I had been contemplating returning to school for awhile at this point but there would always be a tour on the horizon. While my cohorts in the art scene were doing MFAs and getting gallery representation , I was playing a warehouse in the Midwest , a piss flooded communist squat in the Alps or someone’s living room in Texas.<br /><br />As the front woman I was also getting pretty sick of the unending stream of misogynistic comments I’d face at our gigs , online or in the rare press coverage we’d get. Even more sick when I was told I should feel *good* about strange men verbally dissecting my body.<br /><br />As someone who considered music making as part of an artistic practice , I was getting more and more disillusioned with the underground rock circuit. A lot of the time DIY shows was as shitty than the bar shows. Providing the background tunes for a party was not why I was putting this amount of effort/sacrifice into a project.Is a better context for underground experimental music too much to ask for?<br /><br />Apparently it is.<br /><br />So now Alex is not living in Montreal , I’m going back to school to be a 34 year old undergrad and we are still paying rent on a jam space to store our gear.<br /><br />The vibrant scene we were part of seems to barely exist and it turns out that no one is actually interested in an hour long record of very formal harsh jams.<br /><br />So we are playing our last 3 gigs in May. Not because we no longer get along , cause we do , and not because we aren’t happy with the actual music making , because we are. It’s simply not sustainable to be in this type of project for us anymore. 9 years is a long time to invest all of yourself in something that gets next to no feedback. It feels like the death of a loved one and we have to bury the body to keep the maggots away.<br /><br />The only reason I even though to announce the breakup and not just do it quietly so our friends who live near by can come up to celebrate/commiserate with us, I posted it on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/therealaidswolf">Facebook page</a>. And then the blogs and magazines got up on it. It’s hard not to feel cynical when publications wouldn’t wouldn’t waste an article or review on us before are reporting on the breakup.<br /><br />I posted on my twitter feed that I was crying for an end of an era as much as I was mourning the end of my band. But it’s not just that.In a sense it’s the end of myself. I’ve been in bands since I was 17 and I’m now 34. My self image is that of a jammer. A scroungy jammer. If I don’t have a band and don’t play shows am I still a jammer? If not a jammer than where do i fit in?<br /><br />I’m not sure yet if this is the end of me making music or just the beginning of a long break but if it’s the latter I hope I can come back to it with ideas on how to create a new context for underground experimental music. A context that doesn’t revolve around youth culture or selling drinks (or anything else for that matter) or “entertainment” but one similar that that of performance art or that of musique actuelle.<br /><br />All that said, I regret nothing. I stand behind everything we put out and despite the difficulties, frustrations and financial hits , it’s been 100% worthwhile. I’m proud of what we’ve done and glad as well as humbled to have gotten to play/work with the people and bands that we have. I don’t know I’d recommend this path to anyone else or if it’s even relevant to younger folks but I’m glad for the experiences because even the terrible ones become funny in time.<br /><br /><iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/E38t7t_zzc4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />In Boston , the last gig of our fall tour.<br /><br /><a href="http://exclaim.ca/News/aids_wolf_call_it_quits">Exclaim! magazine article on our breakup</a>. The last editorial feature they did on us was in 2006.<br /><br />*Edited to add that I find getting called “unstructured sonic chaos” to be backhanded in a very major way.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">AIDS Wolf Final Tour Dates:</span><br />05/04 – Sherbrooke, QC @ Sporoble<br />05/05 – Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo *<br />05/11 – Toronto, ON @ TBD<br /><br />* = w/ Souffle and David Lafrance</span>Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-32904569035996187552011-10-03T19:04:00.000-07:002011-10-09T09:49:17.662-07:00Ma vie banale avant-garde<a href="http://lpu.bigcartel.com/product/aids-wolf-ma-vie-banale-avant-garde-2xlp">Ma vie banale avant-garde</a> is our 4th album and our first one as a trio. It includes 24 tracks, and is released digitally and as a Double LP vinyl 12".<br />Please note that capitalisation on titles is either following the french rule, or is purely intentional.<br /><br />Out now for pre-order on <a href="http://lpu.bigcartel.com/product/aids-wolf-ma-vie-banale-avant-garde-2xlp">Lovepump United Records</a>.<br /><br />Out in stores on October 4 2011.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2yla1ah" target="_blank"><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/2yla1ah.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />A<br />Heaps of Sour Earth<br />No Females on Board<br />Despair Ritual<br />Cinq à sept<br />Wings of Inertia<br />Nothing But a Tape Recorder<br /><br />B<br />Like PSHTS of Aerosol<br />Volunteer Decoys<br />Le cercle des ratés<br />I've had such an acrid taste in my throat<br />What's an aphid?<br />London's not like back home<br /><br />C<br />Child of Wind, Creature of Dust<br />Why bother?<br />Pop a Candy Drop<br />Subconscious Snacks on Ha Ha<br />Self-defence Is Moral Dentistry<br />Breeding Grounds Are Burial Mounds<br /><br />D<br />Chippers Takes a Sip<br /><a href="http://deathbombarc.com/aidswolf/audio/20-Please%20hold%20the%20line.mp3">Please hold the line</a><br />The wise have no use for wisdom anymore<br />Born Dead<br />An Honest Miracle/Mistake<br />Snuffed Out Dreams<br /><br />Personnel:<br />Yannick Desranleau - Drums<br />Chloe Lum - Vocals, electronics<br />Alexander Moskos - Guitar, electronics<br /><br />Produced by AIDS Wolf.<br />Recorded at Dub Narcotic, Olympia, Washington, October 2010.<br />Engineered by Bob Schwenkler.<br />Mixed by Bob Schwenkler and Yannick Desranleau.<br />Mastered by Weasel Walter.<br /><br />Design by Robert Beatty.<br /><br />LPU036Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-42303222233544362372011-09-23T06:43:00.000-07:002011-09-23T06:56:44.450-07:00AIDS Wolf 'Vie Banale' Tour 2011We will be on the road again, this time to play cuts from the new upcoming album <a href="http://deathbombarc.com/aidswolf/">Ma vie banale avant-garde</a>. We have the extreme pleasure to have <a href="http://americantapes.us/hazel.html">Henry and Hazel Slaughter</a> and <a href="http://soundcloud.com/tangledhares">Unicorn Hard-On</a> support us, each for half of the tour. It's gonna be a blast!<br /><br />10/07/11 - Montreal, QC RECORD LAUNCH @ Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal w/ The Pink Noise<br /><br />10/20/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio<br />10/21/11 – Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class<br />10/22/11 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle<br />10/23/11 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry<br />10/24/11 – Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s Oasis<br />10/25/11 – Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge<br />10/26/11 – Normal, OK @ Opolis<br />10/27/11 – Austin, TX @ 29th St. Ballroom @ Spide<br />10/28/11 – Denton, TX @ Rubberglove<br />10/29/11 – Hot Springs, AR @ tba<br />10/30/11 – Birmingham AL @ Firehouse<br />10/31/11 – Athens, GA @ Farm 255<br /><br />11/3/11 – Miami, FL @ Churchill’s<br />11/4/11 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar<br />11/5/11 – Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub<br />11/6/11 – Atlanta, GA @ 529<br />11/7/11 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Nightlight<br />11/8/11 – Harrisonburg, VA @ Festival Ballroom at JMU<br /><br />11/10/11 – Washington DC @ Comet Ping Pong<br />11/11/11 – New York, NY @ 92Y Tribeca<br />11/12/11 – Binghamton, NY @ Pajama Kazama<br />11/13/11 – Boston, MA @ Church of Boston<br /><br />All October dates w/ Henry and Hazel Slaughter; all November dates &<br />Halloween show w/ Unicorn Hard-OnYannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-44209862278295084242011-09-22T17:38:00.000-07:002011-09-22T17:41:11.186-07:00Le cercle des ratésLovely rehearsal zone from the Wolfies, in preparation for our epic Fall 2011 tour w/ Henry and Hazel Slaughter and Unicorn Hardon.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27734542?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-35920231953218066172011-07-07T09:02:00.000-07:002011-07-11T08:07:54.974-07:00AIDS Wolf Eastern Europe Summer Rash 201127.07.2011 Berlin (DE), <a href="http://www.giglocator.com/venues/west-germany-a36abd">Westgermany</a> w/ Cotton Ponies<br /> <br /> 28.07.2011 Nuernberg (DE), <a href="http://www.musikverein-concerts.de/aidswolf.php">K4</a> w/ Don Vito<br /><br /> 29.07.2011 Kutna Hora (CZ), <a href="http://www.creepyteepee.org/">Creepy Teepee Festival</a><br />With IMAGES (US), STAR SLINGER (UK), R. STEVIE MOORE & TROPICAL OOZE (US), JAMES FERRARO (US) & FOOT VILLAGE (US)<br /><br /> 30.07.2011 Frankfurt (DE), <a href="http://ivi.copyriot.com/">IVI</a> w/ Kolter <br /><br /> 01.08.2011 Ljubljana (SI), <a href="http://www.menzaprikoritu.org/?lang=en">Menza Pri Koritu</a> w/ Nikki Louder<br /> <br /> 02.08.2011 Graz (AT), <a href="http://www.postgarage.at/Event.12.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=4239&cHash=654613f887d2c81db3642fe44efb98af&modern=1">Postgarage</a> <br /> <br /> 03.08.2011 Vienna (AT), <a href="http://www.fluc.at/">Fluc</a><br /><br /> 05.08.2011 Katowice (PL), <a href="http://off-festival.pl/en/2011/schedule.html">Off Festival</a> on the Eksperymentalna T-Mobile Music Stage<br />With Omar Souleyman, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and tons more.<br /><br />More details to come!<br /><br />In the waiting here is a little preview:---in fact it's from one of our performances at NXNE 2011 last june:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25283692?title=0&byline=0&color=ff9933" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/25283692">AIDS Wolf</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/nowmagazine">NOW Magazine</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><br />We acknowledge the financial support of the <a href="http://www.lojiq.org/">Office Québec-Monde pour la jeunesse</a> and the <a href="http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/international/allemagne/">Délégation générale du Québec - Bureau du Québec à Berlin</a> for this tour.Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-67624076998601017852011-04-09T08:41:00.000-07:002011-04-09T09:55:51.188-07:00Eastern Seaboard Spring Tour 2011<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2llhf5s" target="_blank"><img src="http://i55.tinypic.com/2llhf5s.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />We are playing the cities of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Division#1982.E2.80.931993">Patrick Division</a> and then some! Come and observe us perform! Sketch out a critical review of the artistic value of our performance in your head and utter it to all your aquaintances!<br />Grab a copy of <a href="http://aidswolfs.blogspot.com/2011/03/insane-and-abstract-hell-dedicated-to.html">An Insane and Abstract Hell (Dedicated To Two Dudes From Rusted Shut)</a> and <a href=http://aidswolfs.blogspot.com/2011/03/chipped-teeth-north-american-edition.html>Chipped Teeth</a>!<br /><br /><br />4/14/11 Easthampton, MA @ <a href="http://www.flywheelarts.org/">Flywheel</a> w/ <a href="http://www.mimaroglumusicsales.com/artists/bill+nace.html">Bill Nace</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr3kQR_iKoY">Egg Eggs</a> (mem of Sunburned Hand Of The Man & Fat Worm Of Error) //All Ages - 8$ early gig!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/search.php?q=%22aids%20wolf%22&init=quick&tas=0.6072881917917122&ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=121385881272495">RSVP on the Facebook</a><br /><br />4/15/11 Pawtucket, RI @<a href="http://machineswithmagnets.com/">Machines with Magnets</a> w/ <a href="http://www.myspace.com/microwaves">(((microwaves)))</a> , Chrome Jackson , Human Beast // All Ages<br /><br />4/16/11 Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio w/ <a href="http://captainahab.bandcamp.com/">Captain Ahab</a> , <a href="http://whitesuns.bandcamp.com/">White Suns</a> , <a href="http://www.controlledbleeding.com/">Controlled Bleeding</a>, Telecult Powers // All Ages - 10$<br /><br />4/17/11 Washington, DC @ <a href="http://www.cometpingpong.com/">Comet Ping Pong</a> w/ <a href="http://thek-holes.blogspot.com/">The K-Holes</a><br /><br />4/18/11 Philadelphia,PA @ <a href="http://www.pageantsoloveev.com/">Pageant: Soloveev</a> w/ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/SATANIZED/194521171059">SATANIZED</a> , <a href="http://dlmg.weebly.com/">Drums Like Machine Guns</a> , Cat Vet // All Ages<br /><br /><a href="hhttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101104623305055#!/event.php?eid=199681016719200">RSVP on the Facebook</a><br /><br />4/19/11 Pittsburgh, PA @ Helter Shelter w/ Skin Graft , The Others , Greenlander , Half Nelson , Casual Male /// 5$<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/search.php?q=%22aids%20wolf%22&init=quick&tas=0.6072881917917122&ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=101104623305055">RSVP on the Facebook</a><br /><br />4/20/11 Allentown, PA @ Good Weekend w/ Secret Cutter - 10$<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=14aahed" target="_blank"><img src="http://i55.tinypic.com/14aahed.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-64577832400041386082011-03-27T18:44:00.000-07:002011-03-28T06:43:58.727-07:00Chipped Teeth, North American Edition DELUXEChipped Teeth is a 7" of improvisations recorded back in <a href="http://aidswolfs.blogspot.com/2008/03/aids-wolf-hate-you.html">2008</a>, and was released by <a href="http://www.slowboy.de/">Slowboy Records</a> in conjunction of our <a href="http://aidswolfs.blogspot.com/2008/04/hello-were-on-tour.html">Spring 2008 European Tour</a>. At the time because of time constraints or something, the label was not able to print the artwork in time, releasing the 7" with makeshift <a href="http://www.slowboy.de/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_5&products_id=162&osCsid=c167700b0fd754999be7abd253440b95">one-colour cover art</a> made by the label, with made up titles too. <br />About one year later, we got the remaining of our copies through the mail and intended to print the original artwork ourselves... well that just took almost two more years! We finally found the time to do it last December.<br /><br />So here it is, the real version of what Chipped Teeth was supposed to be, available only through the band's merch table at our North American shows. This is a rare recording of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNM4W94WetU">Cities of Glass band</a> at the height of its form.<br />Limited edition of 50. Come and get it before someone else does it!<br /><br />Chipped Teeth North American Edition DELUXE will be available for the first time in the Land of the Free during our <a href="http://aidswolf.net/index.php?/tour-dates/">Spring 2011 Tour</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2112jjn" target="_blank"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/2112jjn.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />And for those wondering, those who already have the 7" or a digital bootleg ripped straight from the 7", here are THE REAL CREDITS AND SONG TITLES that were originally intended to be in there (no, it's not "Germans Know Where It's At" and "Yes We Do" or something, trust me):<br /><br /><br />Chipped Teeth<br /><br /><br />SIDE A:<br /><br />Chipped Tooth & Pearl Shake<br /><br /><br />SIDE B:<br /><br />1-Death By Paranoia<br /><br />2-Lust In The Dustpan<br /><br /><br />Personnel:<br />Myles Broscoe (Guitar), Yannick Desranleau (Drums), André Guérette (Guitar), Chloe Lum (Vocals).<br />Recorded by AIDS Wolf February 2008 at the 100 Sided Die, Montreal QC.<br />Mixed by André Guérette.<br />Design By Seripop.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=fvir0w" target="_blank"><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/fvir0w.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=10olo2v" target="_blank"><img src="http://i56.tinypic.com/10olo2v.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2d0und" target="_blank"><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/2d0und.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2sadqoz" target="_blank"><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/2sadqoz.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=i57oxu" target="_blank"><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/i57oxu.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2py0yug" target="_blank"><img src="http://i56.tinypic.com/2py0yug.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=dqsqra" target="_blank"><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/dqsqra.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-30912502762287652972011-03-27T18:04:00.000-07:002011-04-06T07:35:16.588-07:00An Insane and Abstract Hell (Dedicated To Two Dudes From Rusted Shut)AIAH is a triple cassette set compilation of various AIDS Wolf live improvisations in different formations, from the year 2008 through 2010. TAPE 1 is a selection of improvs from the <a href="http://aidswolfs.blogspot.com/2009/03/aids-wolf-present-distinguishing.html">Badass</a> <a href="http://aidswolfs.blogspot.com/2009/03/tour-update-giant-yay.html">Tour</a> in the Spring of 2009, AIDS Wolf's last tour as a four-piece. TAPE 2 contains tree long improvisations with ex-Shearing Pinx <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lesbeyond">Erin Ward</a>, and features also <a href="http://www.myspace.com/shearingpinx">other Shearing Pinx members</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/chromejackson29">Steven Mattos</a> from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/athleticautomaton">Athletic Automaton</a>/<a href="http://www.myspace.com/arabonradar">Arab On Radar</a>. Tape 3 is a selection of short improvs recorded during the rehearsal of the band as a trio right before the <a href="http://aidswolfs.blogspot.com/2010/08/march-to-sea.html">March To The Sea</a> <a href="http://aidswolfs.blogspot.com/2010/09/march-to-sea-tour-report.html">tour</a>. This is the first release of the band as a trio.<br /><br />Out March 2011, available at <a href="http://zum.bigcartel.com/product/aids-wolf-live-an-insane-and-abstract-hell-3cassette">ZUM</a> and at our merch table.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=343j1iw" target="_blank"><img src="http://i56.tinypic.com/343j1iw.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />TAPE 1<br /><br />SIDE A, Tracks 2 to 5:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ONupksdj9w">Beerland, Austin TX, March 15 2009</a>.<br /><br />SIDE A, Track 1 and SIDE B:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiUt_b8thHk&feature=related">Random locations across North America, March - April 2009</a>.<br /><br />Personnel: Myles Broscoe (Guitar), Yannick Desranleau (Drums), Chloe Lum (Vocals), Alexander Moskos (Guitar).<br />Recorded by AIDS Wolf on GE Cassette Recorder 3-5027A.<br /><br />TAPE 2<br /><br />SIDE A: "Getting Laids Wolf"<br />Le Divan Orange, Montreal QC, October 2008.<br />Personnel: Yannick Desranleau (Drums), Chloe Lum (Vocals), Steven Mattos (Guitar), Alexander Moskos (Guitar), Erin Ward (Guitar).<br />Recorded by Nic Hughes on cassette tape.<br /><br />SIDE B, Track 1: "Shearing Wolf / AIDS Pinx"<br />The Royal Albert Arms, Winnipeg MB, April 9 2009.<br />Personnel: Myles Broscoe (Guitar), Yannick Desranleau (Drums), Nic Hughes (Vocals, Electronics), Chloe Lum (Vocals), Alexander Moskos (Guitar), Jeremy Van Wyck (Drums, Electronics), Erin Ward (Guitar).<br />Recorded by Some Dude on a fancy digital machine.<br /><br />SIDE B, Track 2: "AIDS Ward"<br />Friendship Cove, Montreal QC, October 3 2009.<br />Personnel: Yannick Desranleau (Drums), Chloe Lum (Vocals), Alexander Moskos (Guitar), Erin Ward (Guitar).<br />Recorded by Mark McLean and Tyr Umback on digital video cameras.<br /><br />TAPE 3<br />The 100 Sided Die, Montreal QC, June 2010.<br />Personnel: Yannick Desranleau (Drums), Chloe Lum (Vocals, Electronics), Alexander Moskos (Guitar, Electronics).<br />Recorded by AIDS Wolf on GE Cassette Recorder 3-5027A.<br /><br />Compiled and mixed by Yannick Desranleau<br />Design by Seripop<br />ZUM031<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=x22mna" target="_blank"><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/x22mna.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=28gzh2s" target="_blank"><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/28gzh2s.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-79567486126828832362011-02-22T08:26:00.000-08:002011-02-22T09:56:04.254-08:00In Their Own Words: AIDS Wolf and SHOW!<a href="http://www.midnightpoutine.ca/weekend_playlist_podcast/2011/02/in_their_own_words_aids_wolf/">In Their Own Words: AIDS Wolf</a><br /><br />A <a href="http://www.midnightpoutine.ca/weekend_playlist_podcast/2011/02/in_their_own_words_aids_wolf/">collage of multiple interviews</a> about AW, including a lot of talk about our creative process, with Chloe and Alex. Produced by Martin Simon Greizis, who also happens to be doing sound at the <a href="http://casadelpopolo.com/">Casa Del Popolo</a> once in a while. Part of a series on different local Montreal bands, originally broadcasted on <a href="http://ckut.ca/index.php">CKUT</a> during the <a href="https://secure.ckut.ca//cgi-bin/ckut-grid.pl?action=showaudio&show=tuesday,15:00">Montreal Sessions</a> show, and then syndicated at a bunch of different places. You should check out some of the <a href="http://www.midnightpoutine.ca/weekend_playlist_podcast/">other interviews</a> that were done a part of this series, especially <a href="http://www.midnightpoutine.ca/weekend_playlist_podcast/2011/01/in_their_own_words_dirty_beaches/">Dirty Beaches</a>.<br /><br />--------------<br /><br />Talking of the Casa, <a href="http://liftticketsystem.com/tickets/badmaster-records-pr%C3%A9sente-aids-wolf-ultrathin-satanized-dead-wife-drums-machine-guns">we are playing there on Friday February 25</a> in a sort of <a href="http://www.badmasterrecords.com/">Badmaster Records</a> showcase with Ultrathin, Satanized, Drums Like Machine Guns and Dead Wife. This is actually a realease of a <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ultrathinmtl">Ultrathin</a> 7" on Badmaster, and at the same time I guess a commemorative show of the 1 year anniversary of the release of <a href="http://badmasterrecords.bigcartel.com/product/aids-wolf-satanized-split-7">our split 7" with Satanized</a> on the same label.<br /><br />Coincidence is that the 25th of February 2011 is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rothko#Suicide_and_aftermath">41st anniversary of Mark Rothko's Suicide</a>---- Evan from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/stnzd666">Satanized</a> mentioned the possibility of them doing a cover of Rothko chapel by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Feldman">Morton Feldman</a>... If they do so that would be quite a feat!<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qxSt_w2ODaQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Here are short descriptions of the event and release as provided by the label:<br /> <br />"GLASS CITY" b/w "DON'T MESS" is the debut 7" by Montreal palm punk trio ULTRATHIN. Two over-the-top, power punk anthems, barely contained within the grooves of this vinyl disc. Like a cherry red bullet ripping down the same high-way The Stooges & Mayyors used to get to the bank and back. Twisted, over-blown guitars, oozing bass sleaze, the relentless pounding of drums and a manic freak behind the mic, power this rock-n-ripper. 1st pressing of 300 on black vinyl on Badmaster Records.<br /><br />BADMASTER RECORDS are a Philadelphia based label that have put out records by some of the current heaviest hitters in noise rock (such as AIDS Wolf, Drunkdriver / Mattin, Shit & Shine, Mutators and Pop. 1280 among others), as well as some of Philadelphia's best underground acts of recent times (Tickley Feather, Satanized, Hot Guts, Serpents of Wisdom, Drums Like Machine Guns, Mincemeat Or Tenspeed). Last year, they also released a free online digital compilation called "DIS-ADELPHIA," which features tracks by Philadelphia acts such as U.S. Girls, Birds Of Maya, Women, Hot Guts, Satanized, Drums Like Machine Guns and many others (available for download at http://www.badmasterrecords.com/)Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-8064370142295892272011-01-09T10:41:00.000-08:002011-01-09T11:08:59.721-08:00AIDS Wolf AIDS Wolf EAST COAST WEEKENDER<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=19y0hy" target="_blank"><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/19y0hy.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Short visit to our friends of Ole Newe Englande. Will leave behind us a path of pain and destruction.<br /><br />1/14/11 Brookline , MA @ <a href="http://batv.org/">BATV</a> w/ Ski Mask, Hunnie Bunnies , Arvid Noe // All Ages<br /><br />1/15/11 Brooklyn, NY @ <a href="http://www.myspace.com/deathbyaudioshows">Death By Audio</a> w/ RAT BASTARD , HUMANBEAST, HOLY SHEET, SHAWN GREENLEE ,BLACK DIAMOND HEARTED BOY, DUBKNOWN DUB // All Ages // RSVP on Facebook<br /><br />1/16/11 Easthampton, MA @ <a href="http://www.flywheelarts.org/">Flywheel</a> w/ Fat Worm of Error, Soil //All AgesYannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-77912613423984650802010-12-27T14:03:00.000-08:002010-12-27T14:07:42.295-08:00Suck Is Happiness music video<object width="360" height="288"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wpFAAj3Wnxc?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wpFAAj3Wnxc?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="360" height="288"></embed></object><br /><br />"Suck Is Happiness" from the album "March To The Sea"<br /><br />Director: Emily PelstringYannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-56285044412701113732010-12-20T12:44:00.000-08:002010-12-20T13:28:47.350-08:00Catholic For Rent music video<object width="360" height="288"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DvNmLyKn3zA?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DvNmLyKn3zA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="360" height="288"></embed></object><br /><br />We tried making a music video for AIDS Wolf but it all went to shit.<br /><br />"Catholic For Rent" from the album "March To The Sea"<br /><br />Production Credits:<br /><br />Production Company: Exploding Motor Car<br />Director: Brett Long and Winston Hacking<br />Producer: Winston Hacking<br />Editor: Brett Long<br />Assistant Editor: Adrienne Crossman<br />Camera: Winston Hacking, Brett Long, Adrienne Crossman<br />Puppet Builders: Shira Haberman, Anna Beikmanis, Yukiko Hara, Brett Long, Martin MacPherson, Winston Hacking<br />Production Design: Winston Hacking<br />Sound Design: Andrew Zukerman<br />Puppet Voices: Andrew Zukerman, Winston Hacking, Martin MacPherson and Brett Long<br />Production Assistants: Matt King, Adrienne Crossman, Martin MacPherson<br />Puppeteers: Brett Long, Winston Hacking, Martin MacPherson, Adrienne Crossman<br /><br />Special Thanks:<br />AIDS Wolf<br />100 Sided Die Studio Co-op<br />Ben Jackson<br />Matt King<br />Shira Haberman<br />Martin MacPherson<br />Anna Beikmanis<br />Yukiko Hara<br />Andrew ZukermanYannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-10575795740196177322010-10-19T10:48:00.000-07:002010-10-19T10:52:13.792-07:00AW at Dub NarcoticLittle 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.<br /><br /><object width="360" height="289"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5VQdZtWZsYM?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5VQdZtWZsYM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="360" height="289"></embed></object>Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-34077966054010126802010-10-05T13:17:00.000-07:002010-10-05T14:10:22.583-07:00A-Dubs tubeNow 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<br /><br />In San Diego<br /><br /><object width="360" height="288"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yvfeL8hMyUQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yvfeL8hMyUQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="360" height="288"></embed></object><br /><br />In Phoenix<br /><br /><object width="360" height="288"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o80KSLbX5r8?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o80KSLbX5r8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="360" height="288"></embed></object><br /><br />In Atlanta<br /><br /><object width="360" height="216"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yCVrrp6X8Lk?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yCVrrp6X8Lk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="360" height="216"></embed></object><br /><br />In Richmond<br /><br /><object width="360" height="288"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FqjYa8p16Qs?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FqjYa8p16Qs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="360" height="288"></embed></object><br /><br />In Pawtucket<br /><br /><object width="360" height="288"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-qmHkjG1dR8?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-qmHkjG1dR8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="360" height="288"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="360" height="288"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LFC6iRRfXH4?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LFC6iRRfXH4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="360" height="288"></embed></object><br /><br />In Montreal<br /><br /><object width="360" height="288"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CunLNG-o-Dk?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CunLNG-o-Dk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="360" height="288"></embed></object>Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-48707721050793827882010-09-30T08:58:00.000-07:002010-09-30T09:02:10.987-07:00TypicalSums it up. Eating dinner in the club's basement.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v505/kozz/?action=view&current=clubbasemnt.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/kozz/clubbasemnt.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></span>Kozzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11060701177512885953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-23284340549518643792010-09-30T08:37:00.000-07:002010-09-30T08:46:15.687-07:00Orange CoaxFreaturing Bobby the Big JAy McNeely of Dallas!<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v505/kozz/?action=view&current=OrangeCokes.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 412px; height: 548px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/kozz/OrangeCokes.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></span>Kozzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11060701177512885953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-87990435834057232742010-09-30T07:46:00.000-07:002010-09-30T07:53:31.710-07:00Yannick!!!!Pees in a field:<br /><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v505/kozz/?action=view&current=yannickpeeinginafield.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/kozz/yannickpeeinginafield.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />in a hottub:<br /><br /><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v505/kozz/?action=view&current=yannickinahottub.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 611px; height: 458px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/kozz/yannickinahottub.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Kozzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11060701177512885953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-9813394896256565312010-09-29T21:34:00.000-07:002010-09-29T22:05:46.075-07:00Wolf tour van playlists<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v505/kozz/?action=view&current=dash.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/kozz/dash.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br />Wolf Van Playlist<br /><br />Sightings - City of Straw<br />Puffy Areolas - In the Army 1981<br />Ornette Coleman - Dancing in Your Head<br />Ornette Coleman - Skies of America<br />Alterity Problem - Alterity Problem<br />US Girls - Go Grey<br />Couch - Glass Brothers<br />Howard Shore - Crash OST<br />Booker Little - Out Front<br />Mahavishnu Orchestra - Bird of Fire<br />James Brown - The Payback<br />Nuclear Death - Bride of Insect<br />Fairport Convention - Leige and Leif<br />Wolfgang Voigt - Freiland Klaviermusik<br />Thelonius Monk - Monk's Dream<br />The Magic Band - Strictly Personal Outtakes<br />Jefferson Airplane - Live At Monterey Pop 1967Kozzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11060701177512885953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-33168664135327313852010-09-29T10:43:00.000-07:002010-09-29T17:05:54.845-07:00March To The Sea tour - a reportAs 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.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2q1ywrs" target="_blank"><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/2q1ywrs.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />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.<br /><br />The poet in question is <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thaxdouglas">Thax Douglas</a> and is a fixture of the Austin art scene--- even right before we met him, our friend <a href="http://spiralloop.com/">Brian Maclaskey</a> pointed him to us as 'The Poet'. Thax even has a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvSMyf_Gp7w&feature=related">documentary</a> on him online. Here is the poem he wrote:<br /><br />AIDS Wolf<br /><br />Sinewy giraffe<br /> neck<br /> throwing you<br />off guard with its<br /> grotesquerie<br />violates an entire<br /> city out of<br />nothing while you <br /> were dreaming<br />out snails of<br /> glamour creeping<br />up and down<br /> that luxuriously<br />long esophagus - <br /> you just<br />have enough time<br /> to live in that<br />city for one<br /> lifetime before<br />you make up and<br /> the rope tricle<br /> city collapses<br />into something for<br /> you to walk on<br /><br />9/26/10<br />12:00 - 12:05 am<br />Mohawk<br /><br /><br />----<br />Thax told me after the show that we made him think of Xenakis's work, which is quite a compliment.<br /><br /><br />------------------------------------------<br /><br />For those of you wondering where we are at with this tour, here are the dates that are coming up:<br /><br />9/30/10 San Diego, Ca @ Pink Elephant w/ White Hills // 21+ *FREE SHOW*<br />10/01/10 Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell w/ xbxrx , LA Dies , Audacity// All Ages<br />10/02/10 Woodland, CA @ Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom w/ Ganglians , Fresh & Onlys , Wounded Lion // All Ages<br />10/03/10 San Francisco, CA @ El Rio w/ Zulus , no babies , BoysIVMen // 21+<br />/////////Secret Shit in Olympia/////<br />10/08/10 Portland,OR @ Backspace Cafe w/ Child Abuse , Terraform , Hotface // All Ages<br />10/09/10 Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge w/ Wet Paint, Gape Attack, Mountainss/// All Ages<br />10/10/10 Vancouver,BC @ Astoria w/ Nu Sensae , Shearing Pinx , Myths // 19+<br />10/11/10 Missoula,MT @ Zootown Arts W/ Cassandra , Fag Rag // All Ages<br />10/13/10 Minneapolis,MN @ 7th Street Entry w/ Gay Beast & D.Rider // 21+<br />10/14/10 Iowa City , IA @ Town Called White Lightning w/ D Rider<br />10/15/10 Kalamazoo,MI @ The Strut w/ D.Rider , Spykes //18+<br />10/16/10 Chicago,IL Hideout w/ D.Rider , Bad Drugs // 21+<br />10/17/10 Columbus,OH @ Bat Chapters w/ D.Rider //All Ages<br />10/18/10 Detroit, Larger House w/ D.Rider , Divorce Party // 21+<br />10/19/10 Cleveland,OH @ Now That's Class w/ D.Rider, Clan of The Cave Bear // 21+<br />10/20/10 Fredonia , NY @ BJ's w/ D.Rider<br />10/21/10 Philadelphia , PA , @ The Ox // All Ages<br />10/22/10 TBA<br />10/23/10 Brooklyn , NY @ The Knitting Factory w/ Ty Segal , Turbo Fruits , Pujol , Heavy Cream (Panache CMJ showcase) // All Ages<br />10/24/10 Easthampton, MA @Flywheel //All AgesYannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-48977919564184088062010-08-17T15:26:00.000-07:002010-08-17T15:32:12.741-07:00March To The SeaNew 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.<br /><br />Out now for pre-order on <a href="http://www.skingraftrecords.com/shop.html">Skin Graft Records</a>.<br /><br /><br />Out in store on September 14 2010.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2qc0752" target="_blank"><img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/2qc0752.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Side A:<br /><br />1-Teaching To Suffer <br /> <br />2-Family Romance<br /><br />3-Wet Winds<br /><br />4-Catholic For Rent<br /><br />5-Suck Is Happiness<br /><br />6-Cake On August 1st<br /><br />Side B:<br /><br />7- Very Friendly<br /><br />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.Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-91404863482361663982010-08-12T14:10:00.000-07:002010-08-13T07:11:45.527-07:00Very FriendlyThis 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!<br />Out now for pre-order on <a href="http://lpu.bigcartel.com/product/aids-wolf-very-friendly-12">Lovepump United Records</a><br /><br /><br />Out in store on September 15 2010.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=r24511" target="_blank"><img src="http://i35.tinypic.com/r24511.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br /><br />Side A:<br />1- Very Friendly (Weasel Walter Remix)<br />2- Very Friendly (John Olson Remix)<br />3- Very Friendly (Jason Forrest Remix)<br /><br />Side B:<br />4- Very Friendly (Emeralds Remix)<br />5- Very Friendly (Nautical Almanac Remix)<br /><br /><br />Written by Throbbing Gristle. Recorded by David Bryant in The Pines, Montreal, Quebec, August 2009. Mixed by Weasel Walter. Mastered by Josh Bonati.Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-84158536625181343982010-07-03T15:21:00.000-07:002010-07-06T21:41:45.794-07:00AIDS Wolf garage saleSunday July 11<br />1pm untill 6pm<br />The One Hundred Sided Die<br />5334 avenue De Gaspé, suite1202<br />Montreal, QC<br /><br />++NO HOLDS , RESERVES , DIBS OR WHATEVER ON ANYTHING.++<br />++SUNDAY 1-6 ONLY - NO EXCEPTIONS++<br />++NO SHIPPING - PICK UP ONLY++<br />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.<br /><br />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. <br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/24cwrxe.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Cherry Red Epiphone SG 125$<br />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. <br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/5mhf69.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Ibanez PZ47 25$<br />So you got a new SG knockoff and have been asked to join Chrome? Hold it there player, those dudes aren't letting you anywhere near the jam room w/out some phase to run your shit through. This little guy IS the Chrome pedal. Ibanez might has well just called it The Chrome. Also, used it on a draino recording this last weekend so the nutiness is still fresh within it. Willing to trade for an on/off pedal or some similar thing. Reason for selling: I quite Chrome.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/2j14xn5.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />MPC2000: 325$ <br />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!<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/10oic1g.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Modified and presently not working Realistic Disco Mixer 5$ <br />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.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/20kt4qa.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Trashed MXR Bluebox.5$<br />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.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/289fl76.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />2 Boss pedals. Both shaky. Both work. 6 each 10 for both...<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/6qebgn.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Ampeg B-25b<br /><br />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.<br />$350<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/16awr2s.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Traynor Group One VC<br /><br />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.<br />$50<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i45.tinypic.com/2rwx4df.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Didgeridoo<br /><br />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.<br />$5<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/6zn250.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Hondo 'Custom Special 6000' bass<br /><br />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.<br />$20<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i50.tinypic.com/24bn59z.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Peavey Strat knockoff<br /><br />Exactly that. Re-stringed funny.<br />$25<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/2mr8or9.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Musima Classical Accoustic 3/4 Guitar<br /><br />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.<br />$10<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/339oqyh.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Epiphone accoustic-electric (broken headstock)<br /><br />Hours of fun for a novice luthier. Broken in some drunken stupor at the 100-Sided Die. Otherwise a decent guitar. <br />$5, maybe free if you are nice.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/rvvu4y.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Electro-Voice Mixer<br /><br />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.<br />$20<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/2001n8.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Random shells<br /><br />Two 22 inchers or something and a 15 inch tom.<br />Bass drums: $5 each<br />Tom: $15<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/f0zu9v.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Snare shell<br /><br />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.<br />$10<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/1ig1nk.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Random skins<br /><br />Two 14", a 12", a 20" bass drum, a 18" bass drum.<br />Used: free. New: $2. Free rubber muffler for the 20".<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/358vswj.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Random broken cymbals<br /><br />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.<br />$1 each, leave with the whole shebang for $5.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i46.tinypic.com/2ducjms.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Small baby kit floor tom<br /><br />Cute. Missing one log screw, i know you can find that at a music store. Broken butt skin, the other one works.<br />$2<br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/2mo8ow3.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br /><br />Random drum hardware<br /><br />$2 a piece and less.Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-32685948549417623872010-03-09T07:53:00.000-08:002010-03-09T07:58:36.248-08:00Current bands that rule, pt1Mayyors<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fpIMyTyqJ9Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fpIMyTyqJ9Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />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.Yannick Desranleauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694492826053045008noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-36182996484005114262010-02-01T21:46:00.000-08:002010-02-01T21:59:45.266-08:00Split 7' w/ Satanized , out now on BadmaterThis came out a few weeks ago and is going pretty fast.<br /> 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.<br /><br />Split 7" with our palz <a href="http://www.myspace.com/stnzd666">Satanized</a> , on <a href="http://www.badmasterrecords.com/">Badmaster</a>. Shouts out to Evan for the best sandwich hookup in Philly.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://seripop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/aw-satanised_front1.jpg" alt="" /><br />Front Cover <br /><br /><img src="http://seripop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/aw-satanised_back.jpg" alt="" /><br />^Back Cover.<br /><br /><img src="http://seripop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/aw-satanised_inside.jpg" alt="" /><br />^Insides. (silver ink.)<br /><br /><a href="http://badmasterrecords.bigcartel.com/product/aids-wolf-satanized-split-7">You can buy it here for 4.50$.</a><br /> <br /> <img src="http://seripop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/P1090009.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><br />Here's what Badmater says about it w/ collector stats :<br /><br />BM0021 - Aids Wolf / Satanized Split 7" -- Out Now<br /><br />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. <br /><br />Wholesalers and distros email badmasterrecords(at)gmail(dot)com for pricing.<br /><br /><br />Side A. AW- 1. Tango Fatal 2. In And Under The Snow | Side B. STNZD- Hope Is Lack of Information <br /><br />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?<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/music/2010/01/07/satanized-teams-up-with-aids-wolf/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20PWBlogs-Music%20%28PW%20Blogs:%20Music%29&utm_content=Google%20Feedfetcher">Philadelphia Weekly blogged about it here</a><br /> And<br /><a href="http://www.thisisbooksmusic.com/2010/01/29/record-crack-aids-wolf-unite-with-satanized/">This is Book's Music blogged about it here</a>.<br /><br /> Enjoy!chloe lumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08634124808535327389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581555449453170470.post-6706751561361232232010-01-28T21:49:00.000-08:002010-01-28T23:45:50.116-08:00We are 3Like I mentioned a few months back , we are now a trio.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/21u93m.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a><br />(Photo by <a href="http://kid-with-camera.blogspot.com/">David Waldman </a> )<br /><br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /><br /><br />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.<br /><br /> We hope that you can make it. <br /> <br />________________________<br /><br /><br />Thursday Feb 11th 2010::<br />Toronto Ontario<br /> Burn Down the Capital Presents --<br /><br />AIDS Wolf <br />Mouthus <br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/disguisesx">Disguises</a> <br />DJ Random<br /><br />10$ @ <a href="http://www.garrisontoronto.com/">The Garrison</a> - 1197 Dundas St. West <br /> Advance tix @ Rotate This and Soundscapes<br /><br />Doors @ 9pm<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=233063540854">RSVP on Facebook</a><br />________________________<br /><br />Friday Feb 12 2010::<br />Ottawa Ontario<br /><br />---house party // respect the space---<br /><br />AIDS Wolf <br />Mouthus<br />More TBA<br /><br /><br />@ Random House - 854 Bronson Ave.<br /> doors @ 8pm<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=308915663956&ref=mf">RSVP on Facebook</a><br /> <br /> <br />__________________<br /><br />Saturday Feb 13 2010::<br />Montreal , Quebec<br /><br /><a href="http://web.blueskiesturnblack.com/">Blue Skies Turn Black</a> & Pirates of The Lachine Canal present::<br /><br />AIDS Wolf <br />Mouthus<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/velvetchrome">Velvet Chrome </a><br /><br /><br /> <br />10$ @ <a href="http://www.casadelpopolo.com/">Casa Del Popolo</a> - 4873 St-Laurent<br />doors @ 9pm<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=238536665875&ref=mf">RSVP on Facebook</a><br /> <br /><a href="http://web.blueskiesturnblack.com/ticket.php?id=808">Buy tickets online</a> You can also get tix at Casa , Cheap Thrills and maybe some other places. <br /><br /> Please note Casa is a small capacity room , it is STRONGLY encouraged to buy advance tickets or show up EARLY. Thank you.<br /><br />__________________________<br /><br /> We will NOT be playing any other gigs till June.<br /> We WILL be doing a proper coast-to-coast US tour in the fall.<br /><br />xochloe lumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08634124808535327389noreply@blogger.com0