Graveyards Live at WFMU (MP3's)

Grab a slab of the heavy sound of Free Michigan: Ben Hall, Chris Riggs, and Wolf Eyes' John Olson rassle like Anthony Braxton, Z'ev, AMM and the Taj Mahal Travellers in a tarpit, with dark billowing clouds of electric guitar, bowed metal, echo-drenched sax, electronics and more. On an east coast tour Graveyards stopped by my show on WFMU to perform three solo sets and one full-on meeting, and it was a fine example of improvised music in idiom tag-free, pure organic punk form, inherently psychedelic to the max. Each player emphasized workout of the room's unique acoustics (relying on organic/acoustic elements themselves even in Olson's and Riggs' case where actually electricity was implemented); with Hall's solo percussion set, you can hear the acoustic feedback being created by assorted rubbings being controlled and making its way from one mic to the other and around your brain as well. At times it even felt like what you could expect a Nurse With Wound "unplugged" gig to resemble. Some spontaneous, otherwordly, and excellent sounds for an afternoon (and the guys found some time to hit the Jersey shore beach on the way to that night's gig in Philly to boot). Thanks to engineer Jason Sigal, grab the downloads and plop some 'phones on.

Graveyards - Live on Brian Turner's show 8/11/09
John Olson: sax/electronics solo set (MP3)
Chris Riggs: prepared electric guitar/percussion solo set (MP3)
Ben Hall: percussion/tympany/metal solo set (MP3)
Graveyards: full trio set (MP3)