ACRE HAS A NEW CD OUT ON ISOUNDERSCORE CALLED ISOLATIONIST.

ACRE - ISOLATIONIST

from the soundcheck section of the wire (issue #311 jan
2010): “isolationist, the debut album proper by portland’s
premier drone-monger acre, contains three weighty chunks of
obdurate minimalism. using only a few eq pedals and a mixer,
acre (aka aaron davis) sculpts feedback tones into enormous
monoliths of sound. these are not polite yoga studio
meditation drones. they just sit there in a room, hard-edged
and immovable, like richard serra sculptures. following dozens
of limited edition cassettes and cd-rs, isolationist is davis’s
mission statement. the album collects two tracks from the
“painless” cd-r with one new composition, and the three pieces
delineate the boundaries of acre’s aesthetic. the sonic palette
is severely limited throughout: it consists entirely of layered
square waves that pulse and pan across the stereo spectrum,
evolving slowly and purposefully with a subliminal logic. his
sound is an unrelenting, aggressive buzz, spare, yet
inexplicably expansive. it’s as if davis has stripped away 90
percent of the layers from a phil niblock composition, while
sacrificing none of the scale or power. its easy to overlook
davis’s instrumental virtuosity when listening to the album.
given a synthesizer and excessive post production editing,
these tracks may have been rather simple to produce, but its
clear that davis performed these compositions live, recording
to tape in one pass. his control of internal electronic feedback
rivals that of toshimaru nakamura, yet some of the most
exciting moments on “isolationist” appear when the delicate
nature of the instrument unexpectedly influences the direction
of the music. during the first untitled track, for instance, the
left channel drops out and is nearly silent for several minutes.
quirks like these remind the listener just how difficult it is to
create this deceptively simple music.”

YOU CAN HEAR RABBITS HIDE NOW AT MYSPACE.COM.

THEY ARE STREAMING THE NEW 10 INCH THAT WILL BE RELEASED
ON MARCH 3RD FROM EOLIAN RECORDS.

hilarious review where the mercury says that RABBITS are a professional band that played the Blag Flack covers perfectly.

rabbits black flag covers review

FROM RABBITS MYSPACE:

RABBITS REVIEWS

NEW 10″ - HIDE - RELEASE SHOW IS MARCH 3RD AT TUBE WITH ANCIENT AGE.

AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, I SPENT MUCH OF 2009 DRIVING
BANDS ON TOUR IN RED EMMA, A BEAUVILLE I GOT FROM RABBITS.

I’M GOING BACK OUT ON THE ROAD AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH HONDURAN.

THE CYSTS

FEB 20TH @ POCKET SANDWICH - 5245 NE 15TH - 8PM
RAW NERVES (pdx hardcore)
AGE OF COLLAPSE (san diego crust)
THE CYSTS (pdx hardcore)
BASEMENT ANIMAL (pdx grind)
LUNG COLLAPSER (pdx metal)
+ DJ Minimized Awkward Silences Between Bands.

There will be local microbrew and (vegan) food available.
100% of the funds raised from the door and the beer/food will be
donated directly to the nonprofit AIDG, who are helping earthquake
victims and rebuilding in Haiti now. Bring your friends, a positive
non-destructive attitude and cash, this is a good cause….!!!

PURPLE RHINESTONE EAGLE HAVE LAUNCHED THEIR WEBSITE:

RABBITS and PIT STAINS are playing at EAST END on FEB 8TH for
BLACK FLAG FAN CLUB

BOTH BANDS WILL BE COVERING BLACK FLAG SONGS, AS WELL
AS SOME OTHER CLASSIC PUNK HITS.

BLACK FLAG BACON

RAZORCAKE ALSO CHIMES IN ON GONE TO CROATOAN’S RECORD

ACRE west coast tour announced… finally!!!

10-29-09…Sutro bath ruins.(s.f.).not so secret show feat, acre,malefica,brandon nickell, and al qaeda.
10-30-09..kfjc radio(s.f.)..live in studio and interview session.I have never done this before,maybe ill
sound like an ass!
10-30-09..The Lab…(s.f.) Great show with Pedestrian Deposit,Work/Death, brandon nickell, and Infinite Body
10-31-09..The Smell..(l.a.) Halloween night with Work/Death, pedestrian deposit,terrors, and Oneohtrix
point never.
11-01-09..Totally intense fractal mindgaze hut! (oak)..with Burmese!,Deathroes!,Brandon Nickell, and Ohrima
11-03-09..Barnhouse(sea)..with Red squirrels,Cathartech, Brandon Nickell, and impact test dummy.
11-04-09..State and Quince house.(oly) with Cairo Pythian,Brandon Nickell, and Street without Joy.
11-05-09..Work Sound..(pdx)…Daniel Menche!!!!!, and brandon Nickell…tour end show..what a wrap up!