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Sat Jun 25: Cloacas and Grannia on Meow Wolf Due Return
by High Mayhem Newsletter 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

[image: High Mayhem] * * *Cloacas, Grannia Griffith, and Evarusnik performance on Meow Wolf's "Due Return:* *Saturday, June 25 at 6pm* *Center For Contemporary Arts* 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe Come see the wonder that is Cloacas, and pick yourself up the new work of art that is their new album,”The Oatmeal Commission.” Also performing is the fantabulous Grannia Griffith and Evarusnik. Listening to Cloacas is like travelling sideways in time. This (mostly) instrumental Santa Fe band invokes elements of classic Americana and classical, as well as whatever their acoustical instruments inspire. With song titles like “Venetian Blind Man”, “Hot Hamburger Pizza” and “Knuckle Butter”, they present a humorous but sincere irony that is at times bitter-sweet and melancholic, and at others gangly-legged and goofy. They have been described as a tiny mountain orchestra in a wooden box with rusty hinges. Cloacas are: Johnny “Johnny Bell” Bell: banjo and ukelele Sabrina Griffith: violin, viola, vocals and kazoo Damon Griffith: mandolin, fret-less Mandolin, vocals, sit-box and Horn of Enough Michael “Smitty” Smith: percussion, vocals, saw and xylophone Grannia Griffith: vocals and saw

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The Late Severa Wires new download
by High Mayhem Newsletter 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

*The Late Severa Wires download The End Of Song* * * *Just click here to get it - http://highmayhem.org/downloads* Three formats to choose from: MP3, ogg, flac http://highmayhem.org/artists/music/late-severa-wires For those that don't know, the members of TLSW were at the center of High Mayhem's birth and growth. Launched out of Santa Fe in 2001, The Late Severa Wires has created a new breed of music that can be distinctly known as their own. The Wires have gone on numerous tours covering the majority of the states drawing critical acclaim for their unique ability to push the boundaries of their instruments and music. The band consists of: Ultraviolet-turntables and guitars Mike Rowland-drums Yozo Suzuki-guitars Carlos Santistevan-basses [image: image.png]

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Shows this week featuring High Mayhem artists
by High Mayhem Newsletter 06 Jun '11

06 Jun '11

*The Proxemics performing with Times New Viking at Thirsty Ear Festival Kick-Off Party* * * *Thursday, June 9 at 8pm* *Corazon* 401 S. Guadalupe, Santa Fe Corazón, Southwest Roots Music & T-Cubed present the Thirsty Ear Festival<http://www.thirstyearfestival.com/> Kickoff Party *Times New Viking* Contrary to popular belief, the members of Times New Viking are not art school dropouts, they’re art school graduates; and instead of following the path of stuffy galleries and regular unemployment, they chose to start a band. Times New Viking, consisting of Beth Murphy on keyboards/vocals, Adam Elliott on drums/vocals, and Jared Phillips on guitar, began inconspicuously in 2003, when it was particularly out of vogue to do it yourself. Those initial demos of messy, noise-crusted, indie rock recordings were merely practice tapes of late-night house parties. Those tapes were lovingly lo-fi, tapping into the gnarled aesthetics of Columbus’ old guard and reflecting the influence of legendary Ohio bands like Guided by Voices, the Breeders, and Pere Ubu. Frequently playing out, Times New Viking soon got too big for the living room, and eventually those tapes dropped into the hands of Philadelphia’s Tom Lax. The cacophony Lax found was enough to coax him out of retirement, lifting the mothballs from his dormant Siltbreeze imprint to release the band’s debut album, Dig Yourself, in 2005. By the time Present the Paisley Reich arrived in 2007, it was easy to see that the jitters and foibles of being a rookie band had been shed, and Times New Viking were increasingly confident in their songwriting. Phillips’ guitar-playing became an electrifying spectacle in the live setting; Murphy’s synth bleats and cooing innocence a magnet for collector scum; and Elliott’s lyrics, about love and war and romantic nihilism, stronger in their call to arms for a disaffected youth culture. But no matter how far their star rose—making the jump from Siltbreeze to indie-elite Matador Records in 2007—they still sounded like the best Rough Trade one-off you always wanted to keep to yourself. http://www.myspace.com/timesnewviking<http://www.myspace.com/timesnewviking%20http://timesnewviking.net/> http://timesnewviking.net/<http://www.myspace.com/timesnewviking%20http://timesnewviking.net/> [image: Dancer Equired is the new album Times New Viking release on April 26th by Wichita in the UK/Europe and Merge in the US. You can stream three tracks below: Dancer Equired by Times New Viking Pre Order if you’re in America Rough Trade (with bonus disc) Record Store (signed copies + bonus disc) HMV buy iTunes (£4.99) link] *The Proxemics* Founded in early 2009, The Proxemics are an autonomous music project with a revolving cast of musicians led by lynch pin and frontman Alex Neville (The brilliant Dullards, A. Barnhouse, Audible Whispering 1/2 Quartet). They are currently working as a quartet featuring Neville (Guitar, Mandolin, Bass, Samples, Vocals), Yozo Suzuki (Guitar), Roland Ostheim (Bass) and Michael Smith (Drums) and reside on the High Mayhem label. The Proxemics are a stripped down assembly, sometimes appearing as a garage-based, dirty wall of sound, sometimes as deconstructed balladeers offering you their hearts on their sleeves. Neville unites crunchy, angular alt-rock with a singer-songwriter sensibility while never letting go of his experimental roots. Mimicking the definition of their moniker, The Proxemics are at times both distant and intimate, treating their audience to an emotional tug-of-war. The songs appear effortless on the surface, but upon deeper investigation they become a complex system of asymmetrical forms with sonic threads and noise, weaving songs into a larger, continuous theme. The shifting members of The Proxemics are all long-time members of the High Mayhem Emerging Arts Collective, also based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which has helped shape the City Different’s unique underground scene for the last ten years. * * *JA "Dino" Deane performing at Warehouse 21* * * *Friday, June 10 at 8pm* *Warehouse 21* 1614 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe JA "Dino" Deane will be doing a beat-based solo set on lapsteel and sampler at this show at Warehouse 21 show. All ages event. And, check out his blog! http://jadeane.com/blog

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REMINDER: Cloacas CD release June 4 (that's this Saturday!)
by High Mayhem Newsletter 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

[image: High Mayhem] High Mayhem Emerging Arts http://highmayhem.org/ * * *Cloacas CD release performance "The Oatmeal Commission"* * * *Saturday, June 4 at 9pm* *High Mayhem Studio* 2811 Siler Lane, Santa Fe Come see the wonder that is Cloacas, and pick yourself up the new work of art that is their new album,”The Oatmeal Commission.” Free “Oatmeal Commission” mini-comic with each album! Opening performance by the cello duo Simple Spells (ABQ). Listening to Cloacas is like travelling sideways in time. This (mostly) instrumental Santa Fe band invokes elements of classic Americana and classical, as well as whatever their acoustical instruments inspire. With song titles like “Venetian Blind Man”, “Hot Hamburger Pizza” and “Knuckle Butter”, they present a humorous but sincere irony that is at times bitter-sweet and melancholic, and at others gangly-legged and goofy. They have been described as a tiny mountain orchestra in a wooden box with rusty hinges. Cloacas are: Johnny “Johnny Bell” Bell: banjo and ukelele Sabrina Griffith: violin, viola, vocals and kazoo Damon Griffith: mandolin, fret-less Mandolin, vocals, sit-box and Horn of Enough Michael “Smitty” Smith: percussion, vocals, saw and xylophone Grannia Griffith: vocals and saw

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