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Can You See the Sunset from the Southside? (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Dan Friel is one quarter of Brooklyn noisemakers Parts & Labor so (really) none of this should be surprising. His latest solo album Ghost Town is comprised of high-pitched bursts of cacophonous white noise, droning synths, and squelching Casio tones. The broken & fractured electronics howl in all their head-spinning pixelated glory all while masquerading as some sort of warped (but melodious)...
by Black Bubblegum DOWNLOAD: Dan Friel - "Ghost Town" (MP3 clip) DOWNLOAD: Dan Friel - "Buzzards" (MP3 clip) DOWNLOAD: Dan Friel - "Appliances Of Bremen" (MP3 clip) DOWNLOAD: Dan Friel - "Desert Song" (MP3 clip) DOWNLOAD: Dan Friel - "Horse...
Aw come on, guys! I’m just getting over the thrills of Dan Friel’s solo Ghost Town album, having put it through grueling hours of heavy rotation in my personal sound speaker system, are you really going to excite and titillate back into adulatory paralysis with the promise of a brand new Parts And Labor [...]
... but it was also so many other things. It rang out with sharp driving, almost primal rhythms, and Dan Friel’s voice was a melodic beaut; a soft, at times delicate knife that cut through the rumbling guitars, creating a shocking relief of balance. I was hooked. Now, I haven’t listened to their recent Sick Of It All style Escapers series, but I have been pretty obsessed over the first single...
Well since Dan Friel and Shooting Spires have appeared in the pages of Raven I suppose its time to feature the whole bunch. This is the second installment of Parts & Labor's Escapers series; an EP (though 51 tracks of EP that is) that harkens back to the spastic punk comps roping in Escapers 2: Grind Pop is a ridiculously fun ride and by churning out 51 tracks in just two days you can see both...
... Khan & BBQ Show , Ben Kweller , Black Moon & Smif-N-Wessun , Bob Dylan in Philly , Marc Ribot & Dan Friel , and Laurie Anderson . Sonic Youth @ McCarren Pool - on sale soon . Check out the free show calendar for FREE SHOWS .
