Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Primavera Profile 2009 #2: Lightning Bolt
It’s difficult to believe but Lightning Bolt are Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson, and nobody else. It is difficult to believe because they sound like a troop of mad buffalos, like a steam roller of noise sculptured from hammering which reduces punk and hardcore to scraps of infernal noise. Formed in Providence, Rhode Island, in the mid-nineties, the duo became known in 1999 with a self-titled debut album and since then they have not stopped recharging and twisting a sound which is pure uncontrolled rage. Impeccable live, these North Americans released the brutal “Hypermagic Mountain” in 2007.
"Brutal" means something different than in Ireland. I think.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
Seen those guys live two and a half times. They are amazing. There's nothing quite like Lightning Bolt!
I'll second that Stuart. They were the revelation of this year's Primavera Sound in Barcelona for me.
Two and a half times? Did just one of them turn up?
Two and a half -- the third time, they pulled out because the crowd was going too nuts!
Post a Comment