black midi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

KEXP.ORG presents black midi performing live at Kex Hostel in Reykjavik during Iceland Airwaves 2018. Recorded November 9, 2018.
Songs:
untitled 1 [Near DT, MI]
untitled 2 [953]
untitled 3 [Of Schlagenheim]
untitled 4 [Ducter]
bmbmbm
Hosts: Kevin Cole & Cheryl Waters
Audio Engineers: Kevin Suggs & Eyvindur Þorsteinsson
Audio Mixer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Alaia D'Alessandro, Scott Holpainen & Matt Ogaz
Director: Justin Wilmore
Editor: Jim Beckmann
kexp.org

[@AdamNeely]

this is tight

[@Fruitloopins]

Hi Adam, This is tight, -Pocket

[@ehmednauman.]

facts adam

[@lizard074]

do do do do do da da

[@bazdesh]

oh yea hello adam boy

[@FatJesusOMG6911]

It really is, which is super impressive given the nature of the music.

[@mskcrc]

when art school is the right choice

[@johnnynbk]

and white dance shoes aren't.

[@sebp400]

and a rickenbacker bass

[@lukeberrie3942]

Which is funny because these guys actually met at The Brit School

[@ArkyMalarkey]

sebastien paquet : That's a Mosrite bass actually.

[@MrBeen992]

@@sebp400 Not a Rickenbacker. Mosrite bass

[@lyterol]

i told you i loved you infront of black midi

[@elyy0345]

They're so iconic they're already being mentioned in songs

[@prodbuss6793]

@@elyy0345 'black country, new road' and 'black midi' know eachother im pretty sure haha

[@miserirken]

@@prodbuss6793 the sax guy from *BC,NR* is on the latest *bm* KEXP presentation, released today.

[@Alpine_Joe]

@@miserirken And they're both on the bill at Wide Awake Festival in London in September ... and I can't flippin' wait !

[@arseniy1329]

Alpine Joe oh man literally bought tickets for that a couple of weeks ago… Can’t wait!!!

[@michaelbraden9177]

the one guitarist looks like the avg jocky type dude, the other one looks like a 1940's european avante garde writer, bassist looks like a punk rock kid and the drummer just looks like the coolest guy in town

[@spitgorge2021]

and yet they are all the coolest people in town

[@jeepmccann752]

And the drummer is black

[@mikaoleander]

this! I love how they all have so different "auras"

[@waltersamuelalvarosnay3019]

@@jeepmccann752 ?

[@jeepmccann752]

@@waltersamuelalvarosnay3019 ?

[@robertocaballopez2894]

"Two things are immediately apparent while watching: Everyone in black midi looks approximately 8 years old and their drummer is an absolute legend. " - Jeremy D. Larson (Pitchfork)

[@joshuasmith3633]

Roberto Cabal this dude carries the fucking band

[@joshuasmith3633]

How much u wanna bet he started the band haha

[@commonaccidents1047]

@@joshuasmith3633 The two guitarists were the ones who started the band. You better pay up.

[@joshuasmith3633]

Common Accidents damn it haha

[@joshuasmith3633]

Common Accidents 🤲🏻💵💵

[@Turkitch]

0:08 Near DT, MI 2:31 953 8:30 Of Schlagenheim 13:26 Ducter 20:12 bmbmbm timestamps updated with song titles now that we have the album

[@neonoh4473]

And How sick, is this album!?

[@Turkitch]

@@neonoh4473 AOTY

[@thomashilton425]

@KEXP, update your listing! This guy's making it easy for'ya.

[@kandelinsky]

thanks ♥

[@conansmith5164]

They saved rock

[@baldrbraa]

That feeling of being 15 and discovering an amazing new band. I’m 55.

[@jackisnotbad9688]

I'm 15 and discovering a great new band haha

[@ThePowerpointMaster]

Literally turned 15, 2 days ago and I then discovered these guys and a ton of great modern rock bands.

[@ThePowerpointMaster]

@@crazydrummer181 I know Ween, never heard of Mr Bungle though

[@pchcolley]

62 over here :)

[@KR1298508]

@@ThePowerpointMaster just imagine multiple genres melding into a single satirical joke. And that's not meant to be a diss, it actually sounds a bit like comedy

[@motivationalpizzaman9718]

I feel like this band is going to be the modern day king crimson. Not all too popular but will inspire some of the most popular musicians to come.

[@connorpowell6338]

every musicians dream to play with a drummer like that

[@holeOfFame]

Hell yeah

[@bodhisebastian6132]

What a power House

[@Chup3]

A black one?

[@juno980]

they hit way too hard. wonder how many cymbals they go through a year.

[@Runawaysoul]

spicy boye you hit too soft

[@noahchancer6450]

Wow, these guys sound just like early black midi!

[@danielburridge8091]

Very good haha ^

[@rollingon5566]

That joke is hopefully gonna age like a fine wine

[@conansmith5164]

Yeah

[@conansmith5164]

Oh shit 3 months ago lmao

[@Les537]

The next greta van fleet

[@atma86]

Today, I discovered Idles and Black Midi. Today was a good day

[@westernhemlock]

Atma Fuck. It was incredible enough finding them separately. Can’t imagine the magnitude of finding them both on the same day

[@awakening778]

dont put idles in the same sentence as black midi

[@sebastianolds4277]

@@awakening778 are you pro idles or anti?

[@ecoterrorism_liker7251]

idles suck

[@Creaturefiendyo]

indo popstar only if you compare them to bm

[@juanespinal6138]

Almost forgot to watch this today

[@jeffdunn837]

i refuse to believe these guys are all 19-20 years old; they're already so fully in control of what they want to sound like

[@neptune1411]

The formula

[@shmooless3699]

extensive jamming, they jam for hours and hours

[@nicermog]

it think they are keeping their tendency to wank barely under control

[@shmooless3699]

@@nicermog i know i am

[@shmooless3699]

@@nicermog thats what i think of 40 percent of people i see on public transport

[@deafeningecho9696]

Musical equivalent of "name one thing in this picture"

[@nskeow]

This is actually so accurate lol

[@cthadlock]

I mean, that's basically the album cover

[@LordLucario99]

Guy.Unorthodox wow dude do you like, listen to Music

[@sr-kt9ml]

Generally only stupid people make jokes like this

[@Shredtopia]

Slint jr.

[@johnny7727]

This performance was honestly the beginning of a new era for British post punk, belongs in a museum

[@trademark5124]

Yep - BM set it off. It’s amazing to think where they are at now.

[@kaylons]

And then they went avant-prog

[@jordanmacdonald600]

As much as I love black midi I don't think you're giving IDLES enough credit for releasing Brutalism almost 2 years before this performance

[@trademark5124]

@@jordanmacdonald600 this too!!

[@awllypollyas8292]

@@kaylons good

[@bevinroue5788]

I love that the band needs to wear I'm-too-young-to-drink green wrist bands.

[@Pinkybum]

Only in backwards America.

[@bevinroue5788]

@@Pinkybum The concert's in Iceland, Pinkybum. The drinking age there is 20.

[@Pinkybum]

@@bevinroue5788 Only in backwards Iceland!

[@bevinroue5788]

@@Pinkybum I can't argue with that one.

[@krustoffertssevereheadache5641]

@@Pinkybum greenland?

[@PeterPeh]

21:15 Playing vocal-samples with a smartphone through guitar-pickups. Next level

[@alexbaronikian104]

and using the tone knob to mess with the sound of it

[@setthecontrols1810]

The Fall used to play dictaphones through theirs?

[@YahNation]

I have done this shit with the shepard's tone

[@HitmanJenkins1]

I do this live a lot, albeit with a dictaphone and having a fuzz and delay on. Creates some huge sounds when you get it to sound right.

[@nathanieljohnston6323]

swirlies did it first ;)

[@kludgybrains3459]

this is so cool that it stresses me out a little bit.

[@devinkhoury4490]

same, i have no clue what i should do with this music.

[@iolotossell517]

Nice

[@anitarussum4590]

devin khoury ....I relax, and enjoy the music. Just watch them and listen. Don’t over think it. They are genius.

[@anitarussum4590]

Kludgy Brains ...funny what music can do to us. I somehow relax when I listen. They are amazing.

[@pjkz]

i really wanna see the process of them working on a song lmao "ok so you, do these 3 notes on loop for 47 bars. During that time I will be like AAKJHALJKGYGUTDFYTDA into the mic and then at the last bar I say doiuhsdiusauiDLIUGHPI HAHAHA UH and then theres a drum break and YES, at that point you can put on the hard hat."

[@jermyhopkisn9654]

They probably just jammed it on the spot

[@hampa1]

Rando did nothing wrong

[@elyy0345]

😂

[@pimxan]

@@jermyhopkisn9654 lots and lots of rehearsed jams, each new one giving room for a little more experimentation

[@rorykillian749]

You're describing every Swans song written in the past eleven years

[@ipodwallify]

10:48 That little exchange between Geordie and Matt after watching this again for the first time in over two years kinda hit me hard. We miss you Matt but we hope you're happy with whatever you're pursuing now and would rather you be happy.

[@explanationmark_]

here’s hoping he comes back soon :)

[@bbeaup]

What happened to him?

[@VzeroV]

@@bbeaup mental health break

[@tommybeurmann9945]

@@bbeaup left due to mental illness struggles

[@evedotcom]

Aw❤️

[@111SangWINik111]

The bassist looks like he's about to enter Narnia through a wardrobe

[@anitarussum4590]

Максим Голобородько ...🥰

[@brvnotrash]

Ok boomer

[@111SangWINik111]

@Blue Bananas it's probably the joke don't worry

[@paulvanreesch2493]

Oh, I'm sure they're c.s. lewis, tolkien and Zeppelin fans, for good measure.

[@paulvanreesch2493]

@@brvnotrash Okay, zzzz zzzz zzzz. As in snore. Btw, proud x-er here :-)

[@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes]

This drummer basically lays down the perfect canvas that these brilliant musicians are then able to paint upon

[@carudesandstorm]

And what a magnificent canvas!

[@lionelm.8829]

drummers aren't musicians?

[@japo8757]

They did meet at art school xd

[@silassilas1578]

This is like the conversations at my grannies

[@rob0mind]

@@silassilas1578 your grannies have certainly great musical taste.

[@lilam8783]

The lead singer looks like he escaped from prison through a sewage system and went to Zihuatanejo, Mexico

[@fugginshuddup2498]

Say what-anejo?

[@Johnywickson]

@@fugginshuddup2498 its a town

[@rexiify2112]

That's painful because it's really fucking accurate

[@user-iy2og9wf4d]

Andy Dufresne... who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side. Andy Dufresne... headed for the Pacific.

[@tybeedoo]

And then proceeded to repair old boats and carve chess pieces

[@tuff1uck]

Black Midi yt comment starter pack: “lol they all 8 years old” & “omg guys DRUMS ARE AN INSTRUMENT?!”

[@boogieman.1698]

lol

[@Jack_nnn_]

this band sounds like one band plus another band AMIRITE

[@jammiewhammie]

i did NOT expect that voice from the guitarist oh my gosh

[@zombockerman]

Neega sounds like his name is Clarence

[@Nhxn_]

@@zombockerman big fax

[@ariorojas2901]

@@zombockerman nibba sounds like his name is Clarence Doherty III and goes to Cambridge with a Major on Astrophysics and an Ancient Greek & Norse Literature Minor

[@owlofathena1247]

His voice serves a *puRrrrRpOiSeeee*

[@pimxan]

aint that the point

[@FearghalDuggan]

i think the fact that everyone in the comments section is naming different bands means that these guys have got something truly unique - blending all their influences with so much of their own style and delivered with infectious energy.

[@MythrodakTV]

Matt being a real one by restringing during of schlagenheim right before his part :0

[@jamescruz8678]

Mythrodak being a real one by having based music taste

[@ThrashXCV]

so this is what primus fans were destined to end up listening to all these years later.

[@lukess.s]

This is pretty good; probably the best thing to ever happen

[@jonnuccle1858]

So (probably) the best thing to ever happen is just "pretty good"? May as well all kill ourselves now then eh.

[@shmooless3699]

jon nuccle yup

[@lukess.s]

@@jonnuccle1858 no that's not what...ah never mind

[@jonnuccle1858]

@@lukess.s no worries mate. was just messing about/being facetious. ;)

[@jesselitrell8359]

@Blue Bananas relax

[@mineraljunction]

I was already fairly on board and then he started playing a sample of Nikki from big brother through his guitar pick up and I knew that I was in fact extremely on board

[@benlilley3792]

Hahahaaa

[@TheDreadguy]

Dude should have worn that hard hat at their mercury prize performance...

[@michielsnoeken5596]

They have a perfect symbiosis. Every fucking noise, note, musical change makes sense eventhough it shouldn´t. They blew me away..

[@samurai1993]

This

[@kevinwilliams8849]

Cavalcade is this but to an even more realized extent it’s like this comment but jazz

[@pumps3529]

Telecaster bro's high e string breaks at 6:51, amazing how they got through it and managed to get it restrung for the next song!!

[@HeyiPlayMusic]

And at 7:19 the drummers crash came off. Brings a new thought to the idea of a break down. Ahhhhh

[@GnarlyCharly]

5:30 dude smashed his cymbal right off the stand too.

[@kebab_boi]

Wtf I didn’t realize, and they fixed it and kept playing as if nothing happened. They’re really professional specially for their age

[@jermyhopkisn9654]

Playing a bunch of shows will do that pretty fast.

[@williamcock8828]

back for my daily view

[@bibtebo]

My life at the moment is always sunny and this video, so this is a weird comment for me.

[@wheretfami582]

Same

[@grottake]

same

[@Mit852]

Should get a qr code tattoo that contains the link to this video

[@xiuwalker]

This band is fucking incredible, they're ridiciously talented for their age and the songwriting, riffs, drumming, are just... They are on another level. And they JUST STARTED. How does a band get so good so quickly? I can't wait to see how they evolve, and what their 2nd album will sound like.

[@PauloDandrea00]

Incredible! But i have to make a point. They're ridiculously talented for any age! So mature, it sounds like they craft their timbre for 20 years!

[@henrymaliphant9304]

they havent "just started" the amount of work a band puts in before their first album is incredible especially a band from the windmill

[@ramsoope8520]

seeing how their second album is shaping up now this comment made me smile

[@xiuwalker]

@@ramsoope8520 Cavalcade is going to be amazing, they keep demonstrating that they have everything it takes to be a prolific, genuinely progressive band that keeps finding new sounds and improving. They say they're already done writing almost half of their 3rd record before their 2nd is even out and their new stuff is as good or better than their best material so far. They have so much potential for so many more amazing albums and I'm so glad there's a new band this good out there that's so dedicated to their craft.

[@juankgonzalez6230]

I have good news, my dude. The second album fucking bangs

[@donsteppedinside6796]

whats better than this, guys being dudes

[@ponponponponponponp1]

slint reference name, SDRE avatar, listens to black midi, lets get married now

[@awhile]

i support this comment along with your profile picture and name

[@donsteppedinside6796]

neat, wanna start a band?

[@jairo4966]

don stepped inside need a bass player?

[@user-ds8sf5on3i]

@@jairo4966 素晴らしい

[@crazymonkeymw2]

These dudes aren't even old enough to drink in America and they are already one of the most talented bands out there. It makes no sense but I'm not complaining.

[@davidmartinezbragado4598]

America is not a country.

[@hectorgarcia65hg]

What does drinking have anything to do with how talented they are?

[@SgtMacska]

This music just can’t be done without the right amount of water. A person has gotta hydrate, and hydrate handsomely

[@disgust1413]

@@hectorgarcia65hg he's just saying that these guys aren't even 21 yet and already crazy good

[@jermyhopkisn9654]

Imagine if young adults got to develop creatively instead of psychologically collapsing into a money machine. This would be a lot more common if more noisy experimental bands were floated by their daddies

[@evannoffke1580]

One of the things that strikes me so much when listening to this band is how insane it is that four young men got together and all somehow agreed to make something that is so extremely different than anything that anyone their age is making. How does that happen?

[@mrdarren1045]

Britain mate.

[@HELLNAWW]

Geordie has been playing since age 3 and is a genius, that's what's happening

[@traxcanonch.2421]

Not rlly. I think a lot of this genre of music come from bands with younger people.

[@AKWIOR]

@@traxcanonch.2421 you’re not wrong, but also they are taking inspiration from other generations of young people… this didn’t happen in a vacuum, they had 30-40 years of post punk, post rock and outsider rock music of all stripes to draw from… don’t let that diminish them in any way though, this is the tip of the spear of post rock musical evolution right here

[@traxcanonch.2421]

@@AKWIOR I totally agree with this. I was just responding to how the OC said "something extremely different than anything that anyone their age is making". Don't get me wrong, though, I love their music. Saw them live couple months ago.

[@DickTruth]

This style isn't exactly my favorite, but that doesn't mean I can't acknowledge that there's something spectacular going on here. They're so close to catastrophe, yet contained. I credit the drummer; if they had a lesser rhythm section, they'd fall apart faster than my high school relationships. Well done, boys.

[@diegomo1413]

Like a star. Constantly exploding but held together by gravity

[@elliotyeager]

i've come back to this video so many times that i not only know ever detail of every song on this recording, i also know all the top comments

[@WaaDoku]

How they just played their set and then immediately left hahaha *tHeY mOvE wItH a PuRrRrRpPpoOsE*

[@anitarussum4590]

WaaDoku 【和ァ独】 ...love that

[@Winthropian]

They had to get back to class! Lunch break is only 45 minutes longxD

[@Virmax5701]

Will Edwards damn bro u got the whole squad laughing

[@blippery7943]

Throw on the trench coat and peace out

[@cadenkratsch3057]

that's how shows are when you're young, you get off stage and book it to your cars so you can pull them up and load out the only gear you have so it doesn't get lost or stolen lmao

[@TheCrazyN00b1]

wasn't expecting anything like this from a band whose name is "black midi" with untitled songs. love it.

[@gerbilpmc]

tbf Black Midi is a awesome name

[@TheCrazyN00b1]

Nathan C i honestly never really cared for the genre but the name definitely fits them

[@fabianmac3552]

Coming back to this everyday until the release of Cavalcade

[@MetroidFreak123]

Hope it blew your mind as much as it blew everybody else’s

[@alexhenry3328]

The only good thing about late stage capitalism is that the soundtrack is incredible

[@paulloandre5929]

vish

[@eyeballsandteeth3604]

Very true

[@formerlyskidsinmyute]

Okay commie.

[@McSwift]

The term "late capitalism" was coined by Werner Sombart around 1900. Don't think it has a soundtrack considering this death rattle has been forecasted (at least according to communists) for the past 122 years. Although a Marxist for most of this career, Sombart affiliated with Nazism in the 1930s due to his deep anti-Semitism...it was just another form of socialism after all. You should probably find a better term.

[@alexhenry3328]

@@McSwift I lost brain cells reading this

[@williamwallace7237]

This sounds like if Talking Heads tried to cover Endless Nameless

[@armandoarrojo9841]

Best description of anything, ever

[@screwgoogleplus7087]

listen to more music. they sound much more like slint, girl band and early butthole surfers

[@shrudd]

exactly what i was thinking holy shit

[@ecoterrorism_liker7251]

not really

[@shrudd]

can y’all just take a joke lmao

[@jamesfaughlin974]

thanks for making life so easy lads.....now there is only - 'BEFORE' black midi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP).....and 'AFTER' black midi - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

[@combustinghandshakes8617]

I know right?!

[@Bernfardt]

this is wildly accurate

[@Mit852]

This is why we need a new calendar that starts at Jan 28, 2019

[@class6853]

But now you have to differentiate between the first and the second one

[@l4mb021]

20:23 texting his mum that he'll be late for dinner.

[@samgatti3045]

“mom the people here are making me uncomfortable, can you pick me up please”

[@Qualifimajesco]

Matt. :)

[@paulorodrigues170]

This will probably go down as one of the most amazing noise rock performances ever

[@regeman100]

thats how hardcore/noise sound when band members have actuall clue what they are doing, keep it going

[@ibefullofme]

They know exactly what they're doing, controlled chaos isn't lack of control.

[@bibtebo]

@@ibefullofme i think maybe you misread the comment?

[@faboolean7039]

@@bibtebo I think you misread the comment

[@bibtebo]

@@faboolean7039 sebulba's comment read to me like he thought regeman100 was saying they DON'T have a clue what they were doing. Kinda said the exact same thing in a contradictory manner no?

[@faboolean7039]

@@bibtebo I think they are agreeing with each other

[@FrancisTha1st]

Man, I love prog punk dude this anti-jazz record is crazy i can't believe we're living in the time of no-metal I can't wait for this to influence other experimental-transgression-punk artists Retrogressive Rock is new and amazing This is the best Swans album to date I like the new direction Death Grips is taking The Talking Heads revival with Les Claypool is out of this world I never thought Motörhead and Scott Walker would collab It looks like Metallica and Lou Reed got it right this time I'm glad the Butthole Surfers finally got Geddy Lee working with them I need some antacids

[@unsocialburrito7179]

I'm so lost

[@greenghost7907]

Bro the acid wears off in 8 hours. Deep breaths

[@mm0p1]

Where the fuck is the Shure Green Bullet mic. If they don't have it there nothing

[@hunterrocks251]

I understand exactly one half of each of these sentences.

[@a_fallen_temple]

please stop while you're ahead.

[@spacecadett463]

The breakdown in bmbmbm might be the best thing I've ever heard

[@Conturnal]

I stumbled upon this during the summer of 2019 just after graduating university. Coincidentally they were playing in my city the very next day and I got a ticket. It was absolutely one of the best gigs I've been to in my life. Better times....

[@henrycurtis3652]

OK imagine them opening for Swans and/or Daughters. It'd be amazing.

[@dedadoe]

Duuuuuuude, that's just the best thing

[@future6537]

them with oxbow and shellac would be better imo

[@lukebacon6560]

these guys are miles better than swans or daughters

[@devinberry8361]

Luke Bacon no

[@6ohTreez]

First thing I thought when I heard the first song was wow the guitars remind me of Daughters

[@hideyojimmies4840]

holy shit i thought music like this wasnt being being made anymore

[@djl5206]

That's the great thing about music. While the world goes to shit and times get tough music still shines through all the darkness.

[@gdavis9296]

Ooh what other music do you know of thats like this?

[@lessthanpinochet]

@@gdavis9296 Try bands like Henry Cow or This Heat. Both from the UK as well. Faust from Germany is also in this ballpark. Pere Ubu from the US. black midi sound very inspired by all these bands who originally around in the 70's.

[@gdavis9296]

@@lessthanpinochet thanks brotha

[@richardmurphy7338]

@@gdavis9296 I'd recommend the short lived prog rock band T2. Album it will all work out in boom land

[@Les537]

Quality content, boys. You know it's rock and roll when you have to do repairs between songs.

[@be555a]

953 went hard. One of the best album openers in recent memory

[@dylanmurray8881]

A bunch of hot angry angsty artsy men exorcizing demons with terrific musical synergy

[@demonicsweaters]

As a dude that that grew up in the 90s post hardcore/mathrock/noise scenes, it makes me so happy indeed to see some kids doing music like this FINALLY. Just goes to show cool skips a generation :P

[@setthecontrols1810]

Check out Girl Band's session.

[@jackburton3540]

Math rock was at it's peak between 2005-2011 I'd say now we're getting a well deserved revival

[@olasmcc7266]

right what is this guy talking about 90s didnt even have much spazz rock, autzi rock, sevant rock, whatever you wanna call it.

[@jackburton3540]

@@olasmcc7266 the 90s had a lot of math rock too. Slint, hella, lightning bolt, capn jazz, and lots of others. The 90s were like the years that math rock was being crafted and then it bubbled up in the 2000s and hit it's golden age.

[@hocuspocius]

I grabbed a ticket for March 20 at Union Pool. Thanks for the rec!

[@kc1425]

7:20 The smile on the drummers face. Brilliant guys, hope to see you live soon.

[@mileshi8721]

It's cause bro smashed his cymbal off the stand 💀

[@quincylarsonmusic]

It sounds like chaos. Then you start to realize it's carefully orchestrated and coordinated chaos.

[@bluegorilla1014]

This will be my new favourite band once they release an album.

[@raonimm]

You can hear more of them on bandcamp

[@max-beckett]

Are they, then?

[@rollingon5566]

@@max-beckett damn it you beat me to it

[@WakaWakaGuitar]

how you feelin about them now?

[@hornetisntvoid5730]

@@WakaWakaGuitar black midi's recent album is a masterpiece, thats how i feel about them lol

[@alpardo88]

They sound like nothing and everything that I have ever heard before.

[@ConvincingPeople]

This is the best description of this band that I have yet heard.

[@MeanderingSlacker]

That Pere Ubu + No Means No+ This Heat maybe, but someone that discovered that part of music through bands where Dave Grohl drums (Mainly Them Crooked Vultures, you can hear this part clear in the stabs)

[@juanvaldez6357]

Funny, I thought this was no wave throw-back - not trashing it. But check out a new York band from the late 70s called DNA - and of course Glen branca - not my kind of music, but if you like this itll be worth looking into those acts.

[@McMxxCiV]

@@juanvaldez6357 Me, I heard McLusky, Talking Heads & Primus

[@user-pp5oh9ee1k]

They are like garage punk mixed with math metal and they have the style of indie.

[@jacobgutierrez864]

The singer is like David Bryne and Ian Curtis were put in a twink’s body with Ozzy Osborne’s voice

[@Frewster]

The fourth song (ducter?) gives off major slint vibes. This is good shit.

[@leoleoleoleo]

They're like The Shaggs except they know what they're doing

[@themreyeballs]

yes

[@chessfeels]

Mars Volta plays Philosophy of the World

[@acrylum7525]

The Shaggs Volta

[@BarronVonSchnoot]

They’re like the Shaggs.

[@hickorymccay2994]

So, Captain Beefheart.

[@applesewer2684]

God it's so rare nowadays to come across new music that actually makes you feel excited and inspired, but this just did both

[@FABREZOR]

These young men are like a young Quentin Tarantino directing Reservoir Dogs: So confident doing high level work as they had been in the business for long

[@Umbinator]

My life just changed.

[@drumgold23]

This is some kind of magick. I've been listening to their album where they sound so old, so confident and this is my first time seeing them and christ, they are about 8? It's like they've tapped into some ancient channels. Of course they haven't, they're just supremely talented and hard working and I love them.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

How do you just get a bunch of talent like that in one place, though??

[@isetmfriendsofire]

@@sensibility1174 Ohhhh. Yeah, that explains it.

[@heksail]

we need more of this and less of the other stuff

[@combustinghandshakes8617]

but not too much that it becomes "unoriginal"

[@FeelTheFrostbyte]

@@combustinghandshakes8617 that is the thing. i think "this" is in fact... the pure sonic energy or creative sound invention, uninhibited by past constructs and expectations of what music should sound like. that is why their more downtempo or cleaner songs are still just as kickass. post-rocking so hard you wanna call it post-rock revival.

[@shaansiton7884]

Basically more punk less pop, not hating on poppy music but I think it’s too prevalent these days as it’s bled into so many different genres. Good thing the internet and streaming age is allowing a platform for bands like Black Midi

[@industrialworld1]

Legendary performance. When Schlagenheim came out, it was a game changer for me. I'm gonna see them in Primavera soon, I'm waiting for it since 2019! Can't wait.

[@el_mal_de_ojo]

Did you see them at Primavera? I was there too. Can't say the moshpit was the best ever, too many drunk idiots, Lightning Bolt and Idles had 10000 times better moshpits, but the black midi set was cacophanously great. Mix wasn't amazing - sax and keyboard were super low on the mix, could hardly hear them sometimes. Still a great time, I'll try to catch them in London next month.

[@industrialworld1]

@@el_mal_de_ojo yeah I was there! Front line. Had a great time!

[@industrialworld1]

@@el_mal_de_ojo and yes the Lightning Bolt show was incredible! I did my first crowd surfing there and also met them both after the show. I missed the Idles show unfortunately, saw gorillaz and Tyler instead

[@misakiyoshida]

These guys ate healthy bagged lunches before going on. Proud of them.

[@henryjackson4802]

They apparently had ketamine in those lunches

[@illustratoranimator]

More proof that the crop of young bands coming out of The United Kingdom at the moment is amazing. Thanks KEXP.

[@sebastianobaccolo6940]

@toomuchjunkiebizness 79 you assumed that from what?

[@calebmastronardi915]

So thankful to KEXP for introducing me to this great band.

[@neonoh4473]

Caleb Mastronardi yes same

[@grantsarbon7210]

That bass players vocals around the 1:30 mark were actually fucking amazing

[@cadoodles]

Incredible. Their age, their talent, their energy. The guitarist screeches like Jim Morrison which is tight as shit. The drummer is a god. So experimental.

[@PedroAugusto-tb2zo]

The guitarist/vocalist reminded me a lot of Adrian Belew during his time with King Crimson

[@chadebushman]

I can't talk trash... They're sooo GOOD! GET ON SPOTIFY Black Midi!

[@ihazthots]

and Apple music. The world needs to know about these guys.

[@Snot390]

Thegreatmutato they have some 20 minute recordings on Bandcamp worth checking out and definitely worth Supporting these guys

[@pabloestrada8636]

they dont want to bc they're shy and awkward

[@ryle1858]

Nash Evans do u have a link?

[@dedadoe]

Think they're not streaming on purpose. I think these guys care about music, not so much the fucked industry behind it.

[@yumyab256]

Its been a while since the last time I saw a band that was so good with their toys

[@finnanderson9941]

morgan simpson 100% gonna go down as one of the best drummers of all time

[@axiomaticclarity324]

Don't call them kids. The control they have on every aspect of what they're doing is exceptional. Bravo Black Midi and Bravo KEXP.

[@GameLlamaProductions]

if anything, acknowledging all of that and still calling them kids is a compliment. they’re still just kids, yet they’ve accomplished this thus far.

[@lizziehornshuh5248]

YES YES YES YES YES FINALLY a digitized performance. They blew me a way live..best supporting band I've seen in the past two years. It's like Fugazi meets Talking Heads meets Drive Like Jehu meets Duster but completely original. Appreciate that 2019 has some kids making music like this.

[@georgenelson9038]

Totally agree. I hear some Slint and King Crimson as well. Definitely Fugazi too, good call.

[@Seth-hc2bj]

Sounds like a fugazi of now to me

[@thanksgivingsandwich]

Yep these are the closest comparisons I've seen on this comment section Great ear

[@max25i67]

duster are so fucking good

[@hellsbells512]

Yes! And with the quiet/eerie parts of Slint

[@Schakal1985]

omfg, the best shit ive listened to for a whole while. these guys are a sensation!

[@listener-reviews]

4 years later and this is show still probably the best rock recording of the last 10 years

[@dedadoe]

So I've watched this maybe, a 100 times at least. Not kidding. Always when it hits 22:59 I play back that drum fill at least 5 times. I mean If there was something like a Grammy's for drum-fills this one would've fucking taken it.

[@callumsutherland2954]

This is something else -- fucking phenomenal. Reminds me of: '80s King Crimson, DNA (or other No-Wave bands), Sonic Youth, the Jesus Lizard, and a lot of Mission of Burma. And, increasingly, This Heat.

[@PecktheTownCrierVideos]

Word up ... side note this heat is fire

[@bronghusphidalski522]

Glad someone mentioned No Wave. Such an overlooked genre and you can clearly see it in here.

[@tutorialeshtmlprod]

This also gave me some Talking Heads feel.

[@robloxpapichulo]

Can is also a great influence of theirs.

[@Trynottoblink]

Lot of This Heat influence popping up these days for some reason. Some Preoccupations and Palm songs remind me of This Heat, too. Anyway, this band is great.

[@swlbarely]

wow cool drummer...maybe my imagination but he seems to relentlessly drive them, or do they just all feed off of each others madness...whatever it is, it works for me

[@PuffyBroccolini]

A steady beat is somewhat required to hold down this gigantic avalanche of noise

[@ethancox3953]

String Traveler well I guess that the one thing that is constant is that they are usually in time and when they aren’t it’s for artistic choice. And they usually stay in the same key somewhat

[@thewintereaglefly]

people saying there can't be any new and exiting stuff in rock, well, there you have it

[@kennycharlton7891]

10:48 such a cute moment

[@JustNoobie34]

Really surprised nobody is bringing up unwound when trying to find sound parallels! I don't think its necessary to find those parallels though, they're a super unique group and I'm real excited for their album next month!

[@donatasvaitkunas3684]

Dude's with blue shirt style of vocals reminds me a bit of Adrian Belew way back during his days in King Crimson

[@niftybman]

One of the wildest moshes that you’ll ever have a part in is at their performances, heed my words and buy tickets to the next show of theirs that’s close to you

[@joegibson4744]

Most Palone I’m watching them in summer, any good?

[@jarrettchrist]

joe gibson not this summer

[@davidc573]

This comment aged very poorly

[@pompouskatfish5402]

how did we live before this

[@SZebS]

that drummer is next level

[@Croot_Music]

I'm glad people still do this kind of music

[@PedroAugusto-tb2zo]

I absolutely LOVE this. I don't know if they are familiar with King Crimson's Larks' Tongues in Aspic and Discipline, but I can see how those albums could be influential here

[@cookiepuss6296]

100%

[@parietalschizo]

0:08 Near DT, MI 2:31 953 8:30 Of Schlagenheim 13:26 Ducter 20:12 bmbmbm

[@TaKyon-]

Near DT,MI - 0:08 953 - 2:31 Of Schlagenheim - 8:30 Ducter - 13:26 bmbmbm - 20:12

[@edoardotampieri5828]

lmfao good job mate.

[@SpikeHunter3]

YOOOO GONNA BE ON THE NEW ALBUM thank you based takyon

[@SpikeHunter3]

where's the tracklist btw

[@edoardotampieri5828]

@@SpikeHunter3 on reddit. r/bmbmbm

[@oscarwoolley7970]

Ok so I've seen this video about 20 times now lol I just keep coming back to it

[@openketchuppacket113]

That performance of bmbmbm is nothing but greatness

[@nopants4259]

Mums' all over the world: " what a racket you can't understand what he's singing and there's no tune"