ISIS - TBMC 23rd May

bringitdown

Announced by u:mack on Thumped.com

Expect confirmation soon. Sweet.

John

Hmmm, I might go to this. I've seen them twice, once was quite good and I left after two songs the last time I saw them (luckily it was a festival so I wasn't just wasting a ticket!). It really depends on the support.

DominoDub

Went the last time in the TBMC with Jesu in support ...

I went along with a mate to experience this type of drone based music live for the first time ( to tell the truth the little variation in dynamics and sound left me board) ...but boy did does low end freq have a effect on my insides ,,,could have been the bad bear.

I have heard that sunn O))) have a even greater effect on the body

Tar.Aldarion

Oh, yay.
See people there...

John

DominoDub wrote:

I have heard that sunn O))) have a even greater effect on the body

I think the best way to describe a Sunn O))) show is the way Douglas Adams describes the loudest band in the universe:

So loud is this band that the audience usually listens from the safe distance of thirty seven miles away in a well built concrete bunker.

Isis are an acoustic night in comparison.

What is the new Isis album like? I have to give it a listen to really make up my mind on whether to go or not.

bringitdown

@John

In the Absence of Truth is the first album I heard by ISIS. I like it a lot. A decent review of it: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/39834/Isis_In_the_Absence_of_Truth

Must admit I feel Panopticon a more coherent offering and find myself listening to it a little more.

That said I have yet to get Oceanic (I am going backwards I know).

Shiminay

I'll probably be going along and there's a couple of my mates talking about coming from the west for it. Looking forward to it. Must grab the new album somewhere alright.

Spicy Lauren

I'm there!
Last time I saw members of that band they played with Red Sparrows. Last October I believe...

Lauren

Shiminay

Yup, Red Sparrows are made up of members of Isis and a few others - it's up on the Wiki I believe. I was at that gig too (can't remember the name of the place, it was in Christchurch somewhere) and enjoyed it.

Any word on who the support might be for this gig? It was 10 Past 7 from Kerry the last time they played (in Wheelans) and they were (for me) the much better band of the night.

John

When did Isis play with 10 Past 7? They played with Jesu in the TBMC the last time I thought. Or are you thinking of Pelican?

Spicy Lauren

T' would be kool if Ten Past Seven played support.
Would be a mighty night!

Once again, I'd probably be the only woman in the crowd

Prezatch

John wrote:

What is the new Isis album like?

I really like the album. Reminds me of A Perfect Circle and Mogwai in places.

Tar.Aldarion

John wrote:

When did Isis play with 10 Past 7? They played with Jesu in the TBMC the last time I thought. Or are you thinking of Pelican?

I imagine he is thinking of Pelican all right.

John

KTL are supporting Isis in Birmingham, fingers crossed they come over here too!

Shiminay

Indeed, it occured to me the other day I'd got the 2 mixed up! Sorry for the confusion.

u:mack

U:MACK present

ISIS

Wednesday 23 May
Temple Bar Music Centre

DOORS 8pm (early show)
TICKETS €20 from Road Records, City Discs, Spindizzy, Sound Cellar and online at www.tickets.ie

Fresh from touring the states with Tool, Isis finally return to Dublin. Combining Shimmering post rock melodies with thundering riffs, Isis have redefined heavy rock. Their new album In The Absence of Truth is out now on Ipecac

ISIS

In The Absence of Truth

Nothing is true. Everything is permissible. - Hassan-i-Sabbah (attributed)

With a musical trajectory that spans nearly a decade, ISIS has emerged from the frozen recesses of New England to become an internationally renowned force in underground music. Critically revered as the vanguard of "art metal," the band has consistently exploded the idiomatic strictures that have traditionally defined heavy music, with each new release expanding and improving upon the innovations of its predecessor.

On the band's fourth full-length, In The Absence of Truth, the members of ISIS (vocalist/guitarist Aaron Turner, guitarist/keyboardist Clifford Meyer, bassist Jeff Caxide, drummer Aaron Harris and guitarist Mike Gallagher) have wed the post-psychedelic crush of 2000's Celestial to the extended instrumental passages and tension-escalating dynamics that have since become the band's sonic signature. Produced and recorded with the utmost clarity and fidelity by longtime ISIS co-conspirator Matt Bayles at the Bomb Shelter in downtown Los Angeles, In The Absence of Truth is a living, breathing panorama of soaring melodies, dizzying rhythmic ziggurats and seismic heaviness. Cyclical slow-motion bursts of kaleidoscopic notes ring out across orchestral guitar squalls as Meyer erects a wall of electronically-enhanced power-atmospherics and Caxide's mesmerizing sub-aquatic bass volleys spiral endlessly under the sweeping dirge and drone of the band's devastating triple-guitar ensemble. Throughout the album, Turner's vocals have assumed a decidedly cleaner, clearer quality than on previous releases, and Harris' drum work has become even more profoundly expansive and nuanced.

Conceptually, the album exists in a nebulous purgatory where elaborately constructed falsehoods pass for fact, where verity is relative to the purposes of those who invoke it, and where traditional notions of time and space are manipulated for purposes of psychic control. Harnessing influences that span nearly a thousand years' worth of literary and esoteric history, In The Absence of Truth merges the ancient with the modern in a non-linear conjuration of colluding elements.

All told, In The Absence of Truth is not only the latest zenith in ISIS' already impressive musical catalogue, but also a triumphant sonic apex unto itself.

Further Propaganda:

In addition to many high-profile live demonstrations at numerous international music festivals such as All Tomorrow's Parties (2004, curated by Mogwai) and Japan's Fuji Fest (2006), ISIS recently performed at the Museum Of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Earlier this year, they were commissioned to play their 2002 album, Oceanic, in its entirety as part of All Tomorrow's Parties' "Don't Look Back" series, in which such indie heavyweights as the Melvins, Low and Tortoise also participated.

After three previous full-lengths (including 2004's groundbreaking Panopticon), three EPs and an Oceanic remix collection, ISIS recently released their first DVD, Clearing The Eye, and have issued four highly sought-after limited-edition live LPs. Earlier this year, the band collaborated with Scottish dream rock avatars Aerogramme for a forthcoming installment of In The Fishtank, an ongoing recording project sponsored by Dutch music distributor Konkurrent in which two musical entities are paired up and given two days of studio time. ISIS have previously collaborated (either live or in the studio) with Tim Hecker, Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu), Justin Chancellor (Tool), 27, Dälek and Lustmord.

Beyond their primary artistic focus in ISIS, the band's members also participate in many other distinguished musical endeavors, including Old Man Gloom (Turner), Red Sparowes (Meyer), House Of Low Culture (Turner), MGR (Gallagher), The Gersch (Meyer), Windmills By the Ocean (Meyer) Los Angeles Digital Noise Academy (Harris) and Drawing Voices (Turner).

The band is currently on the road with Tool, who handpicked ISIS as direct support on their national tour.

John

No support?

u:mack

John wrote:

No support?

rest from
cork just confirmed for suport. picked by the band themselves
www.myspace.com/rest

Zoton

Really looking forward to this gig. I've never managed to see them before. Judging by the setlists from their american tour the seem to be playing mainly tracks from the new album with only 1 or 2 older songs so I'd expect the same over here. It's a pity they probably won't be playing more of a mix, but still super psyched.

u:mack

U:MACK present
ISIS

+ REST Wednesday 23 May
Temple Bar Music Centre

DOORS 8pm (early show)
TICKETS €20 from Road Records, City Discs, Spindizzy, Sound Cellar and online at www.tickets.ie


we'll be showing the champions league final in the bar of the music centre at wednesdays Isis gig. tickets will be available on the door. here's some awesome live footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-_gyp5Td_M

bringitdown

Looking forward to this, cheers u:mack

projectmayhem

have my tickets a week now, didn't realise they'd be showing the match though

w00t

projectmayhem

have my tickets a week now, didn't realise they'd be showing the match though

w00t

bringitdown

Great night, altho the football could have stayed in the bar - I know can't keep everyone happy, Rest really really impressed, ISIS were excellent altho I guess I didn't have my critic cap on due to beverage consumption....

PS: Rest's MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/rest

chin_grin

hey dont want to sound like a naysayer. but did anyone else feel like the drummer was "fluffing" a few beats? being a drummer myself this really annoyed me. Isis did play an amazing set with the energy I'd come to expect from them. and Rest too....what a band!

Prezatch

Fantastic gig, really enjoyed it. Rest were excellent too, came onto the stage looking mighty nervous but they pulled off a great show.

chin_grin

hahah, yeah. i remember that. looked nervous as hell. but damn they didnt disappoint! got a good response from the punters too.

Zoton

Phenomenal gig, just fantastic! I think the setlist went as follows:

Wrists of Kings
Not in Rivers, but in Drops
Backlit
Dulcinea
In Fiction
All Out of Time, All Into Space
Holy Tears
Beginning And The End

Encore - So Did We

Zoton

P.S. If anyone has any pictures from the gig could you email/pm them to me? I'd appreciate it.
Cheers:)

e.doobie

my my.. this is the first iv heard of this gig.,

so mad i missed it, hadnt a clue it was on

chin_grin

hahaha! they did an encore!? I was so ticked off at the drummer i ran for the door before they left the stage! bless. did i mention how it royaly f*cked the gig up for me? i think everyone else was too drunk to notice (referring to some random dude who hit the deck before ISIS came on. saw him being dragged to the back)