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The Drum Machine Report

Shooting off fireworks is the civilians equivalent to exploding a bomb. Americans just like to blow shit up. It is about doing whatever the hell you want while disregarding conventional wisdom and the safety  of others. It is also about sticking it to the proverbial man in a lot of ways. How much more American can you get? I too am willing to permit the behavior of a few Americans turned ignoramuses on Independence day. Fireworks are good old fashioned American fun, even if they blow of a few body parts from time to time.

Let that spirit spill over into this weekend as Buffalo gears up for a big one. The Taste of Buffalo is this weekend, so those not in food comas will be looking to party. If the Dance beats are your passion then here's what to check out.

saturday 7/7
the secret operations tour featuring: seba
10p-4a
$10-15/18+
SOUNDLAB
110 pearl st. Buffalo, NY
SEBA plays Drum and Bass music like it used to sound to me: weird as fuck, high energy, and with recognizable instrumentation (i.e. Live Kits, Stand-up Bass). Hailing from Sweden the accomplished DJ/Producer sees himself as a musician, and his intelligent productions warrant that. This particular kind of music is the kind you want to fly to. Also featured on the bill is SUBHUMAN who when last in Buffalo tore up Duke's at 'Fire & Ice 2' along with PERCEPTOR, EMJAY BIGGZ, POTENT J, and LOKI.

igloo music
10p-4a
21+
DBGB'S
253 allen st. Buffalo, NY
Check out some House and Techno if thats your bag at Duke's on Saturday night. Igloo will feature THE HERMANS, a duo from Toronto specializing in Techno. After listening to their mixes, I find that they go to brave places with some of their selections which is an excellent quality to have. As always on the night will be PAUL KEUNZI and BRANDON CHASE along with GREG HOWZE (the artist formerly known as Twist) and PERCEPTOR doing double duty in Buffalo. That's a hard workin' man right there.

d'ECHOdance
9p-1a
$5
DNIPRO
562 genesee st. Buffalo, NY
The Dance party for the 2012 Echo Art Fair featuring DJ CUTLER and installations of fabulous performance art! Portions of the proceeds go to the Give4Greatness campaign.

Light fuse and get away otherwise your dry ass might go up in flames if you're not careful. Much Love. 

james wild
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List City, USA: Sardonic 'Merican Songs


So it's America's birthday today. You may have noticed, most likely 'cause your newsfeed's been choked up with mutual friends wishing the Old Lady well. Or because your recently gentrified neighborhood has been popping with little firecrackers the last few hours. I TOTALLY don't mean to sound sarcastic, but it is easy to knock a gloaming World Power who's history is steeped unflinching pride despite a number of, I guess, Bad Things we had to do to Get Where We Are. But it's a great place where you can really almost do just about whatever you want, so I'm not gonna take any cheap shots - I'll let these songs do it:

Porsches on the Autobahn - "Dance American"
A meta-meta joke band that still make you want to dance your pants off, POTA seem to be making fun of Americans, but then seems to be making fun of Europeans, but actually are taking a shot at Americans' ignorance and propensity for stereotyping. In the end, I'm still not sure who's the butt of the joke, really; I just want to break dance while doing karate moves.



David Byrne - "Miss America"
The former Talking Head might come across as a little snide in personifying the nation as a beautiful prostitute, but the guy seems to genuinely love, almost as much as he laments, the ease with which he's made that association.



DOM - "Living In America"
Pill-Pop supergroup Dom aren't exactly being sarcastic in boasting the "sexy" freedoms of being a youth in the US - being hot, shopping, hitting the beach, and wearing cool clothes all the time are PRETTY awesome perks to living in the nation that invented "cool." But guess what, he's an idle hipster, and meanwhile you gotta don some khakis and get back to the Data Entry Center at 8am tomorrow, sucka.



Bane - "Release The Hounds"
Man, this song is an absolute brutal critique of what it really means to be the "Greatest Nation In The World." Consumerism, violence, subjugation, and more consumerism. After making you feel uncomfortable about everything you used to feel comfortable about, "shouter" Aaron Bedard closes with the line, "Everything is gonna be alright, so suck your fucking thumb." And you'd pretty much have to.



Trey Parker - "America FUCK YEAH"
On a lighter note, AMERICA FUCK YEAH. You know what? Sorry about all this snide bullshit. It's America's Birthday, so crack a cold one, and blast this jam already.



steve gordon
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