UNCLE JESSE’S FAVORITE NOISE ROCKERS GET SIGNED
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at 2:00pm by Gary Suarez
I’m very pleased to share with y’all the exciting news that San Francisco’s bad-ass motherfuckers Kowloon Walled City will release its new album with Perpetual Motion Machine, home to other rad acts such as The Catalyst. Boasting a sound that gives noise rock royalty like Unsane a run for its money, the sludgetastic band has been blogging away about at its website about the recording of this as-yet untitled album, which will be available in LP and CD formats. From the studio photos I’ve seen, they’re subsisting primarily on Easter candy and energy drinks, though I’m sure there’s some Rice-A-Roni around there somewhere.
If you weren’t paying attention the last time I talked about this awesome band, you can still download a free copy of the Turk Street EP. Or, you can continue to be a fucking douchebag and not get wise to one of the best contemporary acts representing The New Wave Of American Noise Rock.
-GS
[Gary Suarez would really like to know whatever happened to predictability. He also writes for Brainwashed and usually manages the consistently off-topic No Yoko No. Say, why don't you follow him on Twitter?]
Just Downloaded Turk Street EP, Really fucking good. Just what I was looking for
another unknown sludge/noise band you can also check out is Bubonic Bear
http://www.myspace.com/bubonicbear
From the philly era and they are really fucking good live
For more hot Kowloon action, see the totally underrated — and maybe forgotten — Ohio metalcore killers Premonitions of War, whose “Left in Kowloon” was prettty hot.
well shit a good band like this gets next to nothing in comments, but a new fucking BMTH video causes a shit storm of arguments/comments
Kowloon Walled City is good, but where was an article like this when local heroes Replicator were still around. This is more like the Third New Wave Of American Noise Rock for the bay area. To say nothing of Lower Forty-Eight or Greenlight the Bombers, say what you will though, Replicator outlasted them all, and although it may be long dead now, the community showed it. Noiserock picnics and everything.
I like Kowloon Walled City just fine, but there isn’t anything they do that El Buzzard didn’t do better. Have some sense of history at least. Articles in guitar player magazine or what not will never change that. People love to think things just happen with no pre-amble.
Having said all that, I am rooting for KWC, and do listen to them. just remember, just because there wasn’t a touch and go style label to release all of thee bands doesn’t mean they were borne in a vacuum. Some of us still remember, and are grateful to labels like Radio Is Down, Monotreme and Pencilneck for putting their necks out on stuff that didn’t fit in any circle BEFORE it was cool.