With the success of bands like Health and No Age, the pressure was really on for fellow Los Angeles noise punks Abe Vigoda to carry the torch lit at the Smell. On Skeleton, their third album overall and first for Dean Spunt's (No Age) PPM label, the band steps it up accordingly, and offers listeners a compelling cross section of what's currently happening in the indie underground. They share No Age's penchant for noisy dissonance (as heard on the instrumental "Whatever Forever" and "Visi Rings") and Health's clattering, frenetic drumming style, but on the majority of the record, Abe Vigoda's newfound interest in tropical and world music takes the forefront, their reverbed guitars even going so far as to mimic the sound of steel drums. The vocals find a common ground between the chants of Liars ("The Garden") and the harmonies of bands like Animal Collective ("Animal Ghosts") and Dirty Projectors ("Lantern Lights"), and the quartet shares the experimental and playful spirit of those groups -- as well as Brooklyn's High Places, whose faux steel drum pings Abe Vigoda's recall. But while the individual sounds on the album might be traceable to their contemporaries, Abe Vigoda manage to combine them to make a tribal-tropical art-punk sound that is wholly their own. Skeleton is one of the more interesting releases of the summer, and proves that Abe Vigoda are more than worthy of joining their peers in the spotlight.
Artist: Abe VigodaAlbum: SkeletonLabel: Bella UnionRelease date: 06/10/08Link: www.myspace.com/abevigodaPicture the scene. Vampire Weekend one day took a trip to Mexico, where on arrival they were kidnapped and forcibly fed all sorts of mind altering drugs over the course of a month. The resulting band would probably sound something like Abe Vigoda. There’s no sign of preppy clothing or Pe
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And so the spotlight settles on another LA based, The Smell affiliated band. 2008 has seen No Age make it big with their second, Health burst out with two albums in one year and The Mae Shi release one to moderate success and plenty of critical praise, now Abe Vigoda eject their effort into the [...]
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--- - |- Chino, Calif.'s Abe Vigoda, whose Skeleton has been one of 2008's welcome surprises, brought their brand of clanging, spidery guitar pop to the rooftop of the Queens, N.Y., venue Silent Barn. Their distincitive guitars are turned way up, the vocals are pretty far down, and their deceptively catchy tunes pretty much worm their way into your brain. The title track from the latest is fir...
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Summer is halfway through. That's frightening, but it's been an incredible couple months of live music, and Saturday, July 12th's show was the best of them all. Todd P, along with Impose and my great friends at Crashin' In, curated a spectacular celebration at the Yard, an outdoor venue in Brooklyn that I've been meaning to visit. The singer of Titus Andronicus put it best, when he called it ...
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--- - |- MP3: Abe Vigoda - Dead City/Waste Wilderness MP3: Abe Vigoda - Cranes Damn man, I was way bummed when I missed the Abe Vigoda duders at the No Age gig in NYC this past weekend (showed up late). I did pick up their new album that dropped last week, "Skeleton", which if you've been reading the internet you know is the new hype. It's worth the jerking off over folks, 14...
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Abe Vigoda look more like zombie mimes than skeletons in the West Currie-directed clip for the title track for the title track from the their second record, but the video's camera work and editing perfectly echo the song's rhythmic upswing, making for a striking, ghoulish rave-up. It gets even more secret-society celebrational when California quartet remove the face paint and get down next to t...
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--- - |- MP3: Abe Vigoda - Dead City/Waste Wilderness MP3: Abe Vigoda - Cranes Damn man, I was way bummed when I missed the Abe Vigoda duders at the No Age gig in NYC this past weekend (showed up late). I did pick up their new album that dropped last week, "Skeleton", which if you've been reading the internet you know is the new hype. It's worth the jerking off over folks, 14...
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Summer is halfway through. That's frightening, but it's been an incredible couple months of live music, and Saturday, July 12th's show was the best of them all. Todd P, along with Impose and my great friends at Crashin' In, curated a spectacular celebration at the Yard, an outdoor venue in Brooklyn that I've been meaning to visit. The singer of Titus Andronicus put it best, when he called it ...
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Artist: Abe VigodaAlbum: SkeletonLabel: Bella UnionRelease date: 06/10/08Link: www.myspace.com/abevigodaPicture the scene. Vampire Weekend one day took a trip to Mexico, where on arrival they were kidnapped and forcibly fed all sorts of mind altering drugs over the course of a month. The resulting band would probably sound something like Abe Vigoda. There’s no sign of preppy clothing or Pe
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--- - |- Chino, Calif.'s Abe Vigoda, whose Skeleton has been one of 2008's welcome surprises, brought their brand of clanging, spidery guitar pop to the rooftop of the Queens, N.Y., venue Silent Barn. Their distincitive guitars are turned way up, the vocals are pretty far down, and their deceptively catchy tunes pretty much worm their way into your brain. The title track from the latest is fir...
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And so the spotlight settles on another LA based, The Smell affiliated band. 2008 has seen No Age make it big with their second, Health burst out with two albums in one year and The Mae Shi release one to moderate success and plenty of critical praise, now Abe Vigoda eject their effort into the [...]
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| 1 Dead City/Waste Wilderness |
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| 2 Bear Face |
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| 3 Lantern Lights |
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| 4 Whatever Forever |
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| 5 Animal Ghosts |
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| 6 Cranes |
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| 7 Live-Long |
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| 8 The Garden |
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| 9 Hyacinth Girls |
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| 10 World Heart |
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| 11 Gates |
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| 12 Visi Rings |
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| 13 Endless Sleeper |
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| 14 Skeleton |
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