Razorcake magazine reviewed the Lose the Tude 7-inch.
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Showing posts with label Hardcore. Show all posts
1/10/11
MRR Reviews The Lose The Tude 7-Inch
From Maximum Rock And Roll 331:
'Feeling cynical and wary about modern music? Think everything is just rehashing old sounds? Well, LOSE THE TUDE is on the scene to help remedy the situation. These dudes throw down swift and snotty hardcore, but at the same time there are such variances in style thrown in that you really couldn't pinpoint them in any category. The songs lie somewhere between humor and conviction and give just as many nods to FUGAZI as they do the CIRCLE JERKS. The lyrics are sometimes significant and occasionally bizarre, but always shouted with a peculiar cynical earnestness. There might be a bit too much of the shouted dual vocals for my taste but everything else going on here--the guitar work especially--makes up for that. I can't make up my mind if I really like this or will never listen to it again; I've already played the record like eight times this weekend, though--does that mean something? (BG) (Bob Goldie?)'
You can order the 7-inch from Sacred Plague Records. There are also two copies left at Magnolia Thunderpussy Records in Columbus, Ohio.
In other news, Art21, the great PBS series on contemporary art, posted an interview with Anne Elizabeth Moore on its blog. Moore recently received a Fulbright grant for her work encouraging Cambodian women to self-publish zines about their lives.
Moore's installation entitled Garment Work, which interpolates her personal relationship history with the socio-economic history of garment manufacturing in Germany and Cambodia, is currently on-going at Meta House in Phnom Penh.It has yet to be shown in the U.S. Garment Work also opens this week in Chicago, Illinois, at DOVA Temporary as part of the Our Demons exhibition.
Also, Ok Ikumi, with special guest star vocals from Kari Jorgensen, covered Billy Bragg's 'A New England,' which you can download here. It has my favorite lyrics of Bragg's this side of 'Between Marx and Marzipan in the dictionary, there was Mary.'
'Feeling cynical and wary about modern music? Think everything is just rehashing old sounds? Well, LOSE THE TUDE is on the scene to help remedy the situation. These dudes throw down swift and snotty hardcore, but at the same time there are such variances in style thrown in that you really couldn't pinpoint them in any category. The songs lie somewhere between humor and conviction and give just as many nods to FUGAZI as they do the CIRCLE JERKS. The lyrics are sometimes significant and occasionally bizarre, but always shouted with a peculiar cynical earnestness. There might be a bit too much of the shouted dual vocals for my taste but everything else going on here--the guitar work especially--makes up for that. I can't make up my mind if I really like this or will never listen to it again; I've already played the record like eight times this weekend, though--does that mean something? (BG) (Bob Goldie?)'
You can order the 7-inch from Sacred Plague Records. There are also two copies left at Magnolia Thunderpussy Records in Columbus, Ohio.
In other news, Art21, the great PBS series on contemporary art, posted an interview with Anne Elizabeth Moore on its blog. Moore recently received a Fulbright grant for her work encouraging Cambodian women to self-publish zines about their lives.
Moore's installation entitled Garment Work, which interpolates her personal relationship history with the socio-economic history of garment manufacturing in Germany and Cambodia, is currently on-going at Meta House in Phnom Penh.
Also, Ok Ikumi, with special guest star vocals from Kari Jorgensen, covered Billy Bragg's 'A New England,' which you can download here. It has my favorite lyrics of Bragg's this side of 'Between Marx and Marzipan in the dictionary, there was Mary.'
12/11/10
Punknews.org Reviews the Lose The Tude 7-Inch
A Columbus-based writer under the name 'OverDefined' contributed a review of the Lose The Tude 7-inch to Punknews.org.
IMHO, regarding Lose The Tude as 'jokey hardcore' is a critical misapprehension. Lose The Tude is less a joke band and more of a 'serious-joke' band. That is to say, Lose The Tude is self-aware; recognizing the problematic dictatorial style and unalloyed masculinity present in hardcore, Lose The Tude adopts the same rhetorical strategy but inverts it on its head to say, 'the emperor has no clothes' - serious techniques are used for unserious purposes, the voice of confidence is used to voice doubt and what is often an unsafe, exclusive show environment is hopefully turned into an inclusive one. But even with the play of meaning that Lose The Tude is engaged in to question how hardcore is 'performed,' Lose The Tude's lyrics and political aims are strictly earnest and honestly expressed. So Lose The Tude should instead be viewed as self-reflexive and working on more layers than easily come across - remember, the band was initially started as a response to the conservative hardcore culture popular in Columbus in 2006/2007: CCHC, et al. There is a large component of performative criticism in the songs and on-stage style of Lose The Tude, and while humor is certainly a tactic used to convey that criticism, I would hesitate to call it a 'joke.'
IMHO, regarding Lose The Tude as 'jokey hardcore' is a critical misapprehension. Lose The Tude is less a joke band and more of a 'serious-joke' band. That is to say, Lose The Tude is self-aware; recognizing the problematic dictatorial style and unalloyed masculinity present in hardcore, Lose The Tude adopts the same rhetorical strategy but inverts it on its head to say, 'the emperor has no clothes' - serious techniques are used for unserious purposes, the voice of confidence is used to voice doubt and what is often an unsafe, exclusive show environment is hopefully turned into an inclusive one. But even with the play of meaning that Lose The Tude is engaged in to question how hardcore is 'performed,' Lose The Tude's lyrics and political aims are strictly earnest and honestly expressed. So Lose The Tude should instead be viewed as self-reflexive and working on more layers than easily come across - remember, the band was initially started as a response to the conservative hardcore culture popular in Columbus in 2006/2007: CCHC, et al. There is a large component of performative criticism in the songs and on-stage style of Lose The Tude, and while humor is certainly a tactic used to convey that criticism, I would hesitate to call it a 'joke.'
9/2/10
The Lose The Tude 7-Inch Has "Hit" The "Streets."
You can purchase this pile of polemics through Sacred Plague Records, through us (online or in person), and at Dreadful Sounds Records, Lost Weekend Records, Spoonful Records, Magnolia Thunderpussy, and Used Kids Records.
It's ten songs of what a Canadian chap believed to be "Skate-Punk." It looks and sounds and smells like some kids found a Minor Threat record and went from there. But, you know, 20/30 years removed from the time of that sound so it's complete with layers of meaning - right? On this record we touch on Nike shoes, feeling jaded, feeling jealous, feeling like not getting out of the bed, feeling like writing graffiti, feeling the radical potentialities of garlic, feeling like you are living with fleas, and feeling like properly "giving a shit."
Also:
Some of my zines are in a show, or in a zine library attached to the show or something, this month at the DePaul University Art Museum in Chicago, Illinois entitled "The Nomadic Studio."
J. Caleb Mozzocco of Everyday is Like Wednesday reviewed "Arty Party." I like his blog a lot. I think, in general, he says the content is obscure and the form is good.
Apparently the new issue of Bitch also has a review of Arty Party but I can't seem to find a copy in Columbus.
Someone from Vice doesn't like Arty Party.
8/12/10
LOSE THE TUDE TOURS CANADA
The hardcore band I sing for, Lose The Tude, is currently touring in Canada and New England. Come look at us in person. We also have a new 7 inch record out on Sacred Plague Records.
Aug. 12th Buffalo, NY @ The Honey Comb 296 Dewitt St. 6pm w/ Utah Jazz, Landlords, Love Pork
Aug. 13th St. Catherine’s, ON @ 23 Kent Street 7pm Buddy Black / Max Axiom / After Party / Croctopus
Aug. 14th Toronto, ON @ Beit Zatoun 612 Markham Street at Bloor 5pm w/ Alludere / Loathsome
Aug. 15th Ottawa, ON @ 433 Kent St. w/ sabertooth / surrogate activity / hari legs
RETURN
Aug. 18th Montreal
Aug. 19th Portland, ME
Aug. 20th New Haven, CT @ The Fucking Discovery Zone 7pm w/ Dark Circles, Dylan Bredeau, & Color Guard
5/6/10
New Lose The Tude Tape
This is the tape version of our forthcoming 7 inch. I designed this one too. Shout Out Loud Prints screenprinted the package and In The Pocket Tapes handled the tapes. Shane Natalie recorded the tracks. It is out now and is available in person for $3.00 and through mailorder for $4.50 at the address below.
Lose The Tude
C/O James Payne
115 W.10th Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43201
This is our future website.
This is a video of us playing.
This is a download of "Spray Out" from the new tape.
This is a download of "Consent" from the old tape.
Lyric sheet, tape and full cover design below.
4/26/10
Lose The Tude 7 Inch Art
I just finished the design for our upcoming 7 inch on Sacred Plague Records. Should be out in a few months. The cover is science themed. BTW: I am open to designing records for bands. I like doing it.
Back cover and labels after "the jump."
4/24/10
Vile Gash & Ian Macchrist
Vile Gash and Ian Macchrist at The Legion of Doom on April 23rd, 2010 for Jimmy Button's birthday.
The 1st track on the player is Ian Macchrist, 2nd is Vile Gash. Or download: VG IM
The 1st track on the player is Ian Macchrist, 2nd is Vile Gash. Or download: VG IM
1/28/10
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