Blogowitz » the smell http://www.blogowitz.com Gary Moskowitz + Blog = Blogowitz Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:11:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Abe Vigoda’s Done With Tropical Punk http://www.blogowitz.com/2009/03/abe-vigodas-done-with-tropical-punk/ http://www.blogowitz.com/2009/03/abe-vigodas-done-with-tropical-punk/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:48:37 +0000 blogowitz http://blogowitz.wordpress.com/?p=393 abe vigoda

After moving to Los Angeles, the band’s sound continued to ferment at The Smell, downtown L.A.’s much-hyped noise and experimental music venue. “We just played the shit out of it,” Velazquez says. “It’s where we met our friends, how we learned to book a tour, and how to be in a band.” Rolling snare hits, busy high-hat work and frequent cymbal crashes keep Abe Vigoda’s music at an aggressive shuffle, the tempo and rhythm changing often; reverb, a short delay and a lot of treble make their guitars sound clangy and metallic, like steel drums or deranged church bells.

The full story at PASTE MAGAZINE

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Los Angeles was a haven for punk rock in the early 80s. The city is at it again. HERE is my blog post from motherjones.com.

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