Thurston's favourite guitar player

Moshe · 03.23.2007, 01:51 AM

http://arts.guardianSpotting a star in the Texas night

The South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, is the best place for a band to build a buzz. Sylvie Simmons asked the tastemakers which acts caught their eye this year

Friday March 23, 2007
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Magik Markers
What are they like? Male-female, guitar-drums duo from Hartford, Connecticut.
Chosen by: Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and head of Ecstatic Peace records. "Elisa Ambrogio, who sings and plays guitar, is my favourite guitar player right now. Her approach to the instrument is the complete opposite to traditional - she'll hold the guitar upside down with the neck touching the ground and claw at it. It's completely primal. Magik Markers say they have songs, but you wouldn't really know it, and the music is not really punk but it's completely punk at the same time - it's not referencing anything. Everybody at the gig was just stunned; it blew everybody's mind. They've done some CD-Rs and small-label things but they've never yet made a record that captures what they do on stage, which is either cathartic or it's nothing, it's a real roll of the dice what you're going to get, whether they're playing their most important show ever, or to five people in a squat. Really what they are is the anti-buzz, buzz band - they'll tell any of the other buzz bands to buzz off. They're what rock'n'roll is all about."

greenlight · 03.23.2007, 03:37 AM

well, i was totally blown away by them @ atp, eventhough many people said it wastn't that good as they could be.

that was my first time seeing them, and it was fantastic.

dazedcola · 03.23.2007, 12:50 PM

yea i liked them when i saw them live too. I feel like their shows can be incredible or horrible it all depends on the mood of the crowd.

Isoflurane · 03.23.2007, 02:56 PM

I saw them at End Times. I wasn't impressed.
But everyone else who saw 'em said it was a bad show.
So . . . . I don't know.

k-krack · 03.23.2007, 03:44 PM

To be honest.. I find the Magik Markers kind of... uh, "nothing special."
Never seen them, but I've seen videos, and it's just random open string droning with boring drumming, and indiscernable yips/gumbles way underneath. It's like...really shittily done noise rock...not my thing. Seems pretty pointless...

GrungeMonkey · 03.24.2007, 11:17 AM

Haven't heard much of them, but I've liked what I've heard. I should really go and live in NY so I can see all these bands... Noise music seems to be virtually non-existent where I live...

03.23.2007, 01:51 AM	#1
Moshe Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,896	http://arts.guardianSpotting a star in the Texas night The South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, is the best place for a band to build a buzz. Sylvie Simmons asked the tastemakers which acts caught their eye this year Friday March 23, 2007 The Guardian Magik Markers What are they like? Male-female, guitar-drums duo from Hartford, Connecticut. Chosen by: Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and head of Ecstatic Peace records. "Elisa Ambrogio, who sings and plays guitar, is my favourite guitar player right now. Her approach to the instrument is the complete opposite to traditional - she'll hold the guitar upside down with the neck touching the ground and claw at it. It's completely primal. Magik Markers say they have songs, but you wouldn't really know it, and the music is not really punk but it's completely punk at the same time - it's not referencing anything. Everybody at the gig was just stunned; it blew everybody's mind. They've done some CD-Rs and small-label things but they've never yet made a record that captures what they do on stage, which is either cathartic or it's nothing, it's a real roll of the dice what you're going to get, whether they're playing their most important show ever, or to five people in a squat. Really what they are is the anti-buzz, buzz band - they'll tell any of the other buzz bands to buzz off. They're what rock'n'roll is all about."
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03.23.2007, 03:37 AM	#2
greenlight invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,131	well, i was totally blown away by them @ atp, eventhough many people said it wastn't that good as they could be. that was my first time seeing them, and it was fantastic.
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03.23.2007, 12:50 PM	#3
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	yea i liked them when i saw them live too. I feel like their shows can be incredible or horrible it all depends on the mood of the crowd. __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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03.23.2007, 02:56 PM	#4
Isoflurane bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 149	I saw them at End Times. I wasn't impressed. But everyone else who saw 'em said it was a bad show. So . . . . I don't know. __________________ Old name: elcerebro
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03.23.2007, 03:44 PM	#5
k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	To be honest.. I find the Magik Markers kind of... uh, "nothing special." Never seen them, but I've seen videos, and it's just random open string droning with boring drumming, and indiscernable yips/gumbles way underneath. It's like...really shittily done noise rock...not my thing. Seems pretty pointless... __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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03.24.2007, 11:17 AM	#6
GrungeMonkey 100% Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Huddersfield, England Posts: 670	Haven't heard much of them, but I've liked what I've heard. I should really go and live in NY so I can see all these bands... Noise music seems to be virtually non-existent where I live...
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