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Landmine Marathon are good on record, but magnificent live. They have a 3-D aspect that wax/disc/MP3 can’t capture – flying spit, whipping hair, speakers pushing air. Even though they basically only have one song, it’s a damn good one. They’re one of the few bands I’ve felt like begging to play longer. The Arizona quintet embarks today on a short West Coast tour (dates below) to promote its new record, Rusted Eyes Awake, on Level Plane. Some dates feature distinguished guests – Graf Orlock, Cattle Decapitation, Trash Talk, Early Graves. I’m curious if the Marathoners will be playing Jackson axes, as per their recent endorsement. When I saw them, they were playing Gutierrez custom guitars with awesome upside-down cross inlays. The bassist’s fretboard had lights on it, too!
Red Days Awake (feat. Jonny Davy, JFAC)
- Buy -
Rusted Eyes Awake (CD)
Rusted Eyes Awake (MP3)
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7 San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe (w/ Graf Orlock)
8 Ontario, CA @ Granada Theater (w/ Graf O., Cattle D.)
9 Isla Vista, CA @ The Pink Mailbox (w/ Graf Orlock)
10 Oakland, CA @ Quarter Century Michael Jordan
11 Reno, NV @ The Eyeball (w/Farley Overdose)
12 Portland, OR @ Rotture (w/Elitist)
13 Medford, OR @ Johnny B’s (w/Ischemia)
14 Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman (w/ Trash Talk)
15 Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse Record Store (w/ Graf Orlock)
19 Phoeniz, AZ @ The Creephouse (w/Early Graves)
I’d love to see this band sometime, but for now the CDs will have to do, and the new one is very, very good. Insidiously catchy.
Are they purposefully avoiding Los Angeles? And Graf Orlock too – they’re from North Hollywood but never play within like a forty mile radius of LA.
It looks that way, doesn’t it. You might want to ask them about it. Graf Orlock might be trying to avoid hometown saturation by not playing there too often.
Somehow it never occurred to me that 924 Gilman St. would still be open.
Yup, it’s still going strong. It’s a community fixture. The show calendar still has very good lineups.