Overdue perhaps, but it took a while to pare this one down. 2009 was a great year and, after an initially bloated and schizophrenic compilation, I managed to create a jumpy but very listen-able 68 minutes. As usual, depending on your tastes, you may have to sludge through the loud parts to get to the quiet or vice-versa. Download it at the following FTP link. Enjoy!
BB 2009 COMP
http://clients.bionic.tv
user: brian
password: brian
On December 8th, Brian Turner will host Gnaw for an in-studio live performance on his weekly WFMU radio program. Brian describes his show as “Order and disorder in a freeform haze of terribly played guitars, shorted-out electronics, found audio detritus, strange sounds from strange lands all around.” Gnaw should fit right in.
WFMU-FM is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station broadcasting at 91.1 Mhz FM in Jersey City, NJ, right across the Hudson from lower Manhattan. It is currently the longest running freeform radio station in the United States. Besides all that, it’s one of the best stations in the world.
Gnaw, Earthen Grave – featuring Ron Holzner from doom legends TROUBLE and virtuoso violinist Rachel Barton Pine , and Iron Man, Saturday, December 05th, 2009, Europa. It’s a fairly early show as they clear the club promptly at 10pm to get the dance party underway. Expect Gnaw onstage at 9PM.
Again, Gnaw will be performing this Saturday, 11/14. The third annual Apex Noise Festival will now take place at S.I.R., at 520 West 25th street in Manhattan. Gnaw will begin promptly at 9pm and perform for a half hour. The other acts are listed below. The fest cost $25 per day or $40 for both. Support Arts and Music in NYC.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13
DOORS 7PM
(DJ)TENEBRE 7-7.30PM
(DJ)WINTERMUTE 7.30-8PM
STATIQBLOOM 8-8.30PM
CHAOS MAJIK 8.30-9PM
THEOLOGIAN 9-9.30PM
(DJ)ISADORA 9.30-10AM
(DJ)JAMES PLOTKIN 10-10.30PM
RISE OF BECAUSE 10.30-11PM
THE AUSTERITY PROGRAM 11-11.30PM
HECATE 11.30-12AM
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14
DOORS 4PM
(DJ) LEECH 4-4.30PM
(DJ) SEAN RAGON 4.30-5PM
THE BIRD CAGE THEATER 5-5.30PM
THE VOMIT ARSONIST 5.30-6PM
XIPHOID DEMENTIA 6-6.30PM
COREPHALLISM 6.30-7PM
SEWER GODDESS 7-7.30PM
T-FAKTOR 7.30-8PM
(DJ) DARRYL HELL 8-8.30PM
(DJ) CHRONIC YOUTH 8.30-9PM
GNAW 9-9.40PM
UNEARTHLY TRANCE 9.40-10.20PM
ADERLATING 10.20-11PM
STROM.EC 11PM-12AM
Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Dinosaur Jr – the Farm, Hellhammer, the XX, Sunn O))) – Monoliths and Dominions, the Pitchfork 500, although not recommended – it has no flow and its ridiculously broad scope leaves itself easily exposed for target practice.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13
HECATE 12-1AM
(DJ) TENEBRE 11.45-12AM
THE AUSTERITY PROGRAM 11-11.45PM
(DJ) JAMES PLOTKIN 10.30-11PM
RISE OF BECAUSE 10-10.30PM
(DJ) THE BLACK OIL 9.30-10PM
APHELION 9-9.30PM
(DJ) WINTERMUTE 8.30-9PM
CHAOS MAJIK 8-8.30PM
THE BIRD CAGE THEATER 7.30-8PM
(DJ) ISADORA 7-7.30PM
DOORS 7PM
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14
STROM.EC 11.30PM-12.30AM
ADERLATING 10.30-11.30PM
(DJ) TENEBRE 10.15-10.30PM
UNEARTHLY TRANCE 9.15-10.15PM
GNAW 8.30-9.15PM
T-FAKTOR 8-8.30PM
(DJ) DARRYL HELL 7.30-8PM
(DJ) CHRONIC YOUTH 7-7.30PM
[INTERMISSION]
SEWER GODDESS 6.30-7PM
COREPHALLISM 6-6.30PM
XIPHOID DEMENTIA 5.30-6PM
THE VOMIT ARSONIST 5-5.30PM
STATIQBLOOM 4.30-5PM
(DJ) LEECH & TENEBRE 4-4.30PM
DOORS 4PM
Help support music and arts in NYC.
Help support New York’s almost non existing avante music scene. In a rare Manhattan showing, Gnaw will perform on day 2 of the 3rd annual APEX fest. Gnaw will perform Saturday November 14th at 8:30pm.
In a bizarre turn, the scheduled Gnaw show tomorrow at the Knitting Factory has become a Happy Hour of sorts. That means your favorite avante-doom-noise-rock band will perform concisely and stick to the point before the sun sets. There will be no better way to kick off your weekend. Again, it’s early so we all run the risk of missing it. Here are the details:
-GNAW
-7:30 pm performance, 30 minute set.
- Friday, September 25th
-The brand new Knitting Factory** (formerly the old Luna Lounge, formerly the new Luna Lounge):
**located at 361 Metropolitan Avenue – Williamsburg – Brooklyn
http://ny.knittingfactory.com/about.php
**do not listen to google, mapquest, etc who still indicate the Knitting Factory address at 74 Leonard Street.
Here’s a list of all bands and showtimes for the night’s performance:
7:30 – 8:00 Gnaw
8:15 – 8:45 OvO
9:00 – 9:30 SubArachnoid Space
9:45 – 10:15 Child Abuse
“Everyone gets kicked out of the joint before 11 pm to make way for John Zorn’s Painkiller….no, no just kidding….everyone gets kicked out at 11 pm to make way for DJ sets. Come early and get in bed drunk by midnight.” – Neuser
GNAW – Live – September 6th, Public Assembly, Williamsburg Brooklyn.
Here we go again! On Saturday August 8th we will, once again, attempt to premiere Rhys Chatham’s “A Crimson Grail”, a piece for 200 Guitars, at Lincoln Center. The production is part of New York’s Wordless Music Series and also Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors Series. I will be part of the guitar orchestra as a Soprano part in Guitar Section 3. There will be 4 Guitar Sections surrounding the crowd. It promises to be nothing short of amazing! The event is 100% free and open to the public; no tickets issued or required. It is an outdoor event in Damrosch Park just south of the plaza at Lincoln Center. The program starts at 7:30pm and “A Crimson Grail” is the second piece. However, there is an expected crowd of over 10,000, so if interested, think about getting there early. See below for the seating chart.
Last Sunday’s New York Time’s Arts Section ran a piece about the upcoming performance and also recounted last summer’s quite memorable struggle against the Heavens The weather lately hasn’t been too encouraging, but here’s to hoping we’re getting it all out of the way now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/arts/music/26herm.html?ref=arts
http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/wordless-music
The piece, now revamped, premiered in it’s original incarnation at Sacre Coeur in Paris in 2005. You can read about this event and the recording here:
http://www.rhyschatham.net/crimson/crimsonfrance.htm
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/41078-a-crimson-grail-for-400-electric-guitars