Bygones - by- (2009)

www.myspace.com/bygonesmusic
from: California, U.S.
genre: Math Rock / Indie
audio: 128 kbps

Bygones is a Sacramento, California two-piece made up of guitar genius Nick Reinhart (Tera Melos) and drum god Zach Hill (Hella, Holy Smokes, Marnie Stern, etc.). Complex math rock song structures fused with sweet pop melodies.

1. Cold Reading
2. Click on That (Smash the Plastic Death)
3. Not What It Is But What It's Not
4. Nu Cringe
5. Fool Evolved
6. Spray You With Yr Own Trip
7. Expelled
8. Up the Shakes
9. Ex-People
10. Error


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The Ladies - They Mean Us (2006)

Rob Crow: co-creator of San Diego's sentimental pop superstars Pinback; leader of absurdist metal outfit Goblin Cock; former leader of Thingy and Heavy Vegetable; former member of Physics; accomplished solo performer in his own right.

Zach Hill: one-half of the outlandish noise duo Hella; member of Deftones side-project Team Sleep; drummer for post-Marilyn Manson/A Perfect Circle stoner-rock combo Goon Moon; one-third of the total sensory-overload that was Nervous Cop (along with Joanna Newsom and a member of Deerhoof). When you want the sound of three drummers playing at once, but only have room for one drum kit, Zach is your man.

Rob Crow and Zach Hill are The Ladies.

Now that we all know who The Ladies are, let's get to the point: They Mean Us is one of the strongest and most unique pop records of the last several years. Produced in various locations over the last 2 years, it is a genuine testament to the magnetic chemistry of Zach Hill and Rob Crow, and a shining example of what these two guys are capable of when they are at their most inspired. More adventurous than Pinback, and more accessible than Hella, The Ladies prove to be the best of both worlds. It's even better than the ideal album you've been making up in your head for the last half decade or so.


The Ladies - They Mean Us (2006)
www.myspace.com/robandzach
from: California, U.S.
genre: Math Rock / Indie / Experimental
audio: 320 kbps

1. Black Caesar/Red Sonja
2. Recycler 1a
3. Vacation, Asphyxia, Vacation
4. Empathy on a Stick
5. Recycler 1b
6. Non-threatening
7. Black Metal in the Hour of Starbucks
8. Nice Chaps, Buddy
9. So Much For the Fourth Wall
10. Recycler 2
11. And Them
12. Mandatory Psycho-Freakout

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Bygones (the new project from Zach Hill and Nick Reinhart)

www.myspace.com/bygonesmusic
Octopusian drummer Zach Hill, member of Hella, Team Sleep, Goon Moon, Nervous Cop, Crime in Choir, The Ladies, Holy Smokes, Damsel, Marnie Stern's backing band, a duo with Mick Barr and his own damn self, is one step closer to joining every band that has ever existed. His new duo Bygones, also featuring Tera Melos guitarist Nick Reinhart, is all set to release its new album by- in early 2009 on Sargent House.

In the need for some gloriously frantic indie pop? Like RIGHT NOW? Then get two tracks from by- right here.

1. Nu Cringe
2. Click On That (Smash The Plastic Death)

Zach Hill & Mick Barr - Shred Earthship (2006)

www.last.fm/music/Zach+Hill+and+Mick+Barr
from: California, U.S.
genre: Experimental / Noise Rock / Math Rock
audio: 320 kbps

1. Lakes In Space
2. Desert Glass Bubbles
3. Tire Bracelets for Coffin Life
4. Floats
5. North Pyramid Faceoff
6. Parallel Patchwork Abduction
7. China Temple
8. Note Swarm Hive Builders
9. Bellhopper's Tongue
10. Immortal Blood Specks
11. Closed Coffins and Curtains
12. Hairgrowth Speed
13. Cat Barrels
14. Relics of Religiousless
15. Wheatfield Paranoia/Molecular Streams
16. Headdresses In The Day Of Nathan
17. Dark Sea Clouds/Shaking Basketweaver
18. Undeveloped Piles
19. Nerve Mathematics

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Zach Hill & The Holy Smokes

www.myspace.com/holysmokesouterspace
www.last.fm/music/Holy+Smokes
from: California, U.S.
genre: Math Rock / Post Punk / Experimental / Noise

A post-punk supergroup of sorts, Holy Smokes are comprised of drummer extraordinaire Zach Hill (Hella/The Ladies/Team Sleep/Nervous Cop/Zach Hill and Mick Barr) and featuring Rob Crow of Pinback/Thingy/Heavy Vegetable/Optiganally Yours, Carson McWhirter of the Advantage, Jonathan Hischke of the Flying Luttenbachers, and co-conspirators Dan Elkan, Ian Hernandez, and J.R. Thompson.

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Masculine Drugs (2004)
audio: 320 kbps

1. Royal Jelly/Maybe Another Lover
2. Explosions Came By Nine Skulls
3. Do The Death
4. Eggless Entry/Friendless Landscape
5. Getting In The Head Of Your Galaxy
6. Big Nature Getting Lazy
7. The Idiot Found Food
8. Mountains In Thy Chest
9. Bad Circulation
10. Cannibal Kids/The Nine Palmers
11. Gardens Of Various Heat
12. Post-Pattern Battle Celebration
13. Royal Loner/Possibly Another
14. Masculine Drugs (Tri-Duplex Edit)



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Talk To Your Kids About Gangs (2006)
audio: 256-320 kbps

1. The Big Picture (1:04)
2. Too Many Wives (All You Need Is Blood) (3:30)
3. Pretty Much None of Us Know Anything (3:06)
4. Missed Connections (1:42)
5. Don't Squab on God's Tracks (2:56)
6. Young Accent (4:46)
7. Upsidedown (2:17)
8. Quantum Leaper of Los Angeles County (7:18)
9. No Dice (2:59)
10. If You Pull It Out, You Better Use It (2:24)
11. Welcome To Say You're Welcome (5:06)
12. Afternoon (1:58)
13. I Wasn't Scared, He Couldn't Feel His Hands (3:11)
14. Universe's N.A.R.C. (6:25)
15. Young Man's Blues (5:05)
16. The Big Picture (Reprise) (3:15)

Zach Hill - Astrological Straits (2008)

www.myspace.com/zachhillmusic
from: Sacramento, California U.S.
genre: Experimental / Noise / Rock
audio: 256 kbps

Zach Hill is a musician residing in Sacramento, California. He performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including Hella, Holy Smokes, Nervous Cop, and a diverse other range of groups including Team Sleep (featuring Chino Moreno of Deftones), Goon Moon, and The Ladies (a duo consisting of Zach on drums and Rob Crow of Pinback on guitar). Zach is completely self taught, having started drumming around 1995. Zach is an endorser of Tama drums, Paiste cymbals, and Pro-mark drum sticks.

One of Zach Hill’s most defining characteristics as a drummer is his footwork. Many drummers are surprised when they realize that he only uses one bass drum and a single bass drum pedal when he plays. For example, in the song Imaginary Friends from Hella’s Church Gone Wild record, Hill employs his characteristic double-stroke bass drum method throughout much of the song, leading many to believe he is using more than one foot to do so, when he is only using his right foot. Zach Hill’s set thus far had had generally very low-tuned tom-toms and floor-toms. When playing rhythms back and forth between his bass drum and these tom-toms, it often sounds as if it is all being created by the bass drum. His snare drum sound is often a contrasting highly tuned “crack” sound.

A unique aspect of Zach’s style is his liberal use of unconventional sounding cymbals, often referred to as “trash” cymbals. (last.fm)

1. Iambic Strays
2. Toll Road
3. Street People
4. Dark Art
5. Keep Calm And Carry On
6. Hindsight Is Nowhere
7. Ummer
8. Stoic Logic
9. Uhuru
10. Momentum
11. Unseen Forces
12. Tick On
13. Astrological Straits

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