Artist Lounge: The Mae Shi
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I've been itching to see The Mae Shi all year, yet for some reason our schedules never quite worked out the way I had hoped they would. That all changed on Saturday when I finally saw The Mae Shi at the Knit's Old Office. Talk about an experience, jam everyone into that low-ceiling bearing room and throw a punk band in front of them and see what happens. Well The Mae Shi went f-ing nuts up on
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"Experimental punk"? "Noisy indie"? Whatever. The Mae Shi, hailing from Los Angeles CA, have been making these noises since 2002. A handful of cd's, a dvd, vids, hell - they even invented and marketed their own light-reactive synths. These guys mean business - their way. What's it about? Their t-shirt logo says "I'm Glad You're Alive" and to quote their myspace: " It's about self-improvement and trying to live life at the top of your lungs, living life right... MORE
Hopefully I'll be recoverd enough to go see The Mae Shi, Colorstore, and Subvaccum of Nothing at Modified Artss tomorrow. I suggest anyone else in the Phoenix area do the same.That I'm speaking well of a show at my least favorite venue should tell you something. Even if their newest album is not my favorite, The Mae Shi are quite good. Colorstore is one of the best local bands I've seen since arriving here (others being Get Down! to Brass Tacks and The Video Nasties). ... MORE
This is criminal. There's not even one post on MOG about LA's (and my) favorite art/noise-rock heroes!? Well I can certainly rectify this unfortunate predicament.
To be fair, times were not been quiet so well for The Mae Shi in the year of 2006. They had not only hundreds of copies of their album ("Heartbeeps", in all it's 16 minute glory) stolen from their tour van, but hundreds of their hard earned merch dollars. To boot they lost their lead singer. Not such a fantastic ... MORE




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