I’ve never been particularly taken by Irepress before. I’ve got nothing against them at all, don’t think they suck, certainly wouldn’t wish van flips upon them… their music just never really resonated with me. But at the urging of self-proclaimed “Suckist” Dan Wolfson I checked out their new music video for the song “Cyette Phiur” and I’m quite glad I did. Their music is heavy, haunting and intricate in much the same way as bands like Rosetta and East of the Wall, but perhaps a touch less aggression than either of those bands. This newest jam seems just a bit more focused and clear than what I remember thinking of their music in the past, though that could just be revisionist history.

I’d love to smoke a doob and watch these guys these play an intimate club show sometime soon.

-VN

I was elated to see all the recommendations for good elephants marching riffs following my love letter to that conceit earlier this week. I was a little less elated to discover that there’s almost as much confusion over what qualifies as an elephants marching riff as is there over what qualifies as a taco riff.

For example, here are some excellent riffs by some excellent bands that some of you excellently suggested but which are, rather unexcellently, not elephants marching riffs:

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So our year-end lists and the holidaze took over (as they often do), and I’ve been snoozing on writing something about this show….but a few things ought be said bout these two bands.

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Since joining Twitter last week (follow us!) my brain has been systematically reprogrammed to process information only in pieces of 140 characters or less. After the jump, quickie haiku-like reviews of all the new music that’s arrived at the doorstep of the MS Mansion in succinct, Tweet form, plus MP3s! New releases from Mongoloid Village, Mechanism, Irepress, Stinking Lizaveta, Derek Sherinian and Cobalt.

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