Are YOU gonna be the sexiest, drunkest kitty-cat at the party?
See-thru folk, Willie Nelson-flooring fusion, and "get hyped for the cyph, yo!"
Aural Wes presents you with some tracks that have caught our ears for various emotional or physical reasons since the start of the semester.
Killer Bob is not an accessible band. In fact, in front of a small but animated crowd of experimental music enthusiasts at Music House on Friday, it oftentimes felt like they specifically went out of their way not to be accessible. Their lead vocalist and guitarist, aptly named (you guessed it!) Bob, doesn’t sing so much as urgently repeat barely audible words into the microphone. Their music, which can fairly accurately be described as modern day Swans on meth, ranges from trance inducing to downright cacophonous, and sometimes makes the transition between the two in a matter of seconds.
Loud Spanish vocals. Contemporary, award-winning jazz. Some weird shit. More weird shit.
The morning after their raucous show at Eclectic, Aural Wes's Chris Gortmaker headed to O'Rourke's Diner for brunch with the Harlem hip-hop group Ratking. Over a veritable mountain of brunch-foods, discussion ranged from Ratking's creative process to Pangaea and dinosaurs. A little known link between Aphex Twin and Cheef Keef emerged. Chris never got the toast he ordered...
In the Weekly Track Roundup, Aural Wes members each share song that they've been getting down with in a serious/silly/significant way. Contributions span genres and moods. It's fun for children of all ages. Maybe write home to your dad about it. To kick off this year, Aural Wes members bring you the tracks of their summers (whatever that means?!).
