fookcast: English for Durcheinander

Lara Kinne,

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Curated by Nathan Rich, fookcast returns with an exclusive series of mixtapes and podcasts for Huevos. Themed episodes will feature audio journeys in a myriad of styles, interviews with independent artists who are fully embracing the death of yesterday’s music industry, and additional commentary from “fook” regarding timeless albums essential to any collection.

This installment is your introduction to the many incarnations of experimental noise rock, including the Vietnam stupor of U.S. Maple, Jesu’s astral sludge, masculine drug abuse courtesy of Holy Smokes, and other surprises along the way. As noted in the opening segment, this is one to penetrate your skull; don’t skimp on the volume.

English for Durcheinander
U.S. Maple: Bumps and Guys
Holy Smokes: Do the Death
Bastro: I Come from a Long Line of Shipbuilders
Girth: Fucking the Temple of Fame
Devin Townsend: Devlab
Jesu: Friends Are Evil
The Smashing Pumpkins: STP
Boris: Pseudo-Bread
Sithu Aye: Baryogenesis
Cloudkicker: Our Crazy Night
The Nakatomi Towers: Waking the Dead
Gastr del Sol: The Japanese Room at La Pagode

From one Pujol to another

Lara Kinne,

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There’s no hate or peace with Pujol on stage, but there is adventure.

“If the beginning has no end, it’s up to the listener to decide,” said frontman Daniel Pujol in a phone interview with LEO. “Basically, it’s like choose your own adventure.”

Daniel Pujol rose to the surface of Nashville’s music scene in MEEMAW before splitting obligations under his own name. After descending from the Music City on a tour that trampled through Zanzabar a year ago, Pujol (the band) rattled the windows with insistent, Southern-tinged garage rock. Consistent line-up changes became a temporary setback for conjuring new material, but Pujol says the current group is a long-term, solid three-piece of Pujol’s mates from marching band.

“(Pujol) is kind of like marching band. It’s cool — like my high school fantasy when I’m older.”
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