The Hell Caminos are known for two things
in Hawaii: killer live shows and inspiring kids to
get involved in the exploratory, underground
music scene. With a rep and a name like that,
who needs another reason to go see them? Oh,
how about the fact they tour with a positively
fetching female dancer? The Hell Caminos play
with Hi-Fi Ramblers and The Caskateers at 10
pm Wednesday, May 9 at Diablo’s Downtown
Lounge. 21+ show. $4. — Adrienne van der Valk
High on F@#*ing Fire,
Dude!
When High on Fire members crank on
their amps and step up to the mic, there’s
nothing pretty about it. Singer and guitarist
Matt Pike is missing a few teeth. His ciga-
rette-graveled voice growls out songs
steeped in themes of war, hard living and a lit-
tle Dungeons & Dragons. No one is preening
for the cameras. All that matters is that the
band descends upon the stage like an aster-
oid slamming into the earth, throwing out
riffs like chunks of basalt and bringing on the
rock like a mountain crumbling into dust.
Pike formed High on Fire in 1998, six months
after the breakup of his former band, stoner
metal legend Sleep. Of the guys Pike jammed
with at the time, only drummer Des Kensel
remains. The band has torn through a few bass
players, most recently Thrones/Melvins bassist
Joe Preston (former Eugenean, remember
Snakepit?). Jeff Matz, Relapse labelmate from
Zeke, is now the permanent new addition.
In a phone interview from HoF’s base in
Oakland, Kensel says HoF is playing a few West
Coast shows before they
head to the Seattle stu-
dio of Jack Endino
(Nirvana, Zeke) to record
their follow up to 2004’s
Blessed Black Wings.
Kensel promises the new
record
by
mid-
September. “Once that
comes out, we’re just
gonna be throwing in
the van again,” he says.
“These three shows
in the Northwest are to
break in some of the
new songs before we go
into the studio and to
have a little spending
High On Fire
money in Seattle,” Kensel
says. One tune, called
“Death
is
This
Communion,” is probably
the title track of the next
album. “Rumors of War,”
“The Waste of Tiamat”
and “Furywhip” are the
completed songs they’ll
likely play. “We’ll have
another two done by the
time we get up to Seattle,
hopefully,” Kensel says.
High on Fire plays with
Severein and Tormentium
at 8 pm Thursday, May 10
at the WOW Hall. $8 adv.,
$10 door. — Vanessa Salvia
555UO Cultural Forum Presents555
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Don’t miss the live rock/theatre extravaganza!
May 10 @ 8pm
Agate Hall $10 at the door
“Awesome” is indie rock with musical muscle and theatrical roots...
a blazing talent of a band. — SeattlePost-Intelligencer
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friday, may 4 • 7:00 pm
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saturday, may 5 • 10:00 pm
masculinity/violence/aggressiveness/
sexism/homophobia/hip hop
men are hot. all men.
NOTE: adult content!
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saturday, may 5 • 1:00 pm*
*willamette hall
intersections of queer and disability issues
workshop: “dating trans or deaf”
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sunday, may 6 • 1:00 pm
best short film competition winners from the past 14 years
RUVCF
sunday, may 6 • 3:00 pm
HZQP
saturday, may 5 • 7:00 pm
some queer shit we found online. reel fun!
can love survive between a married british woman
and a czech roma immigrant?
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