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Oct 17, 2006

Cracking the Open Channels: Some Thoughts on the Dead C

Looks like there is a Dead C retrospective Vain, Erudite, and Stupid.

Theres a great review of it (and a nice insight into their sound and aesthetic over at Dusted Magazine and Outerspacegamelan.

I first heard the Dead C back in 1993 via their 'pop' Flying Nun 'Eusa Kills' LP. It was a work of genius. After that their releases moved more and more into improvised free-noise territory (think a fuzzier 'Sonic Death' style Sonic Youth). Bit of an acquired taste but there are some real gems in their sound.

I've seen them live once - they opened for Sonic Youth (circa 'Goo' & 'Dirty') in Wellington. Completely blew SY off the stage and had the vast majority of the SY 'kids' dazed and confused by the volume and ferocity of the performance :-)

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