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Tuesday, December 8, 2009 L 10:02 AM so i honestly don't give a shit about pitchfork nor keep up with the watered-down 2 week old blog bands they love every other day. don't get me wrong every now and then they will write about agreeable bands but i'd rather be clogging then read about most of the dump they report on. back to the few good bands they write about.. the melvins, oh man watch this video. the melvins stripped down some gear and get comfy while still just nailing it and tearing the shit out of "the kicking machine" right in a itty bitty hotel room. also, pitchfork seemed to give a lot of love to crystal antlers which i also like, mark it dude! we are playing with them tonight at the bishop in bloomington. one perk of being a musician in a really good band i guess.. you get to see some shows for free. yeah that's me, a musician in a really good band, thanks. -brannnnn Monday, December 7, 2009 L 1:14 PM go. goer. friday the 4th at the vollrath with pravada and grandchildren… thanks to all the lovelies that came out. you make it brighter. pravada… no, you’re fun. good to see our philly friends… “if you see something say something…i’m just saying is all.” snap snap zipped up to play bloomington tomorrow with crystal antlers. go. much new music coming as soon as we can afford to mix and master it all. We Are Poor. but… good people know when the times are tough and good people know their stuff. gimme a wreath around my head and gimme the road to god. -jilly Thursday, November 5, 2009 L 2:13 PM we have some upcoming local shows, check out the flyer below and we hope to see you all out. also, we have a new record coming out in february on vinyl and maybe even cd as well as digital, all those details soon. 
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 L 8:18 PM How rad is this.. 1978 Static Age lineup. The Misfits. 
Friday, September 18, 2009 L 3:34 PM I just read this in the new issue of Ghettoblaster magazine: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 L 2:12 PM GOTO: http://www.myspace.com/russianrecording LISTEN TO A NEW SONG. ITS CALLED GOLD/SILVER and its UNMASTERED but its fun. WE RECORD,WE PLAY,WE RELEASE,WE TOUR. Friday, September 4, 2009 L 4:13 PM  It started raining today so I came in and listened to a few new records I picked up. First one is Roxy Music's debut self titled release. I don' t think I even need to talk about that one.. Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, all of them! they were all just badass musicians and this record still sounds amazing decades later. This is my favorite record by Roxy Music, Country Life is close but this one keeps nice and upbeat the whole record. Second is by a fellow named Twink. This guy was in the Pretty Things, The Pink Fairies, Tomorrow, he's kinda like the Syd Barrett of Brit psychedelic music. This is a solo record by him and a few friends, its good. Third is Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch. I don't get too deep into jazz but this damn record is good. Its not too busy but its just off-kilter enough and strange to keep coming back to. Friday, August 28, 2009 L 2:10 PM Hey, we are bandcampin' it. http://wearehex.bandcamp.com has Gloom Bloom and our Various Songs,Sounds, & Furs EP up to stream and download. Give me a few days and I will also be adding a Demos & B-sides album that will have a bunch of that stuff and we will continue to add to it as we write new stuff. Thats it for now, -Brannnn Tuesday, August 25, 2009 L 8:42 AM Just wanted to post up a few more new reviews/write-ups I found over the last week. Another contender for my top 10 of '09 list. Some seriously awesome neopsych going on here. Something in the territory of Clipd Beaks or Indian Jewelry, more ambient-rock (emphasis on the rock) oriented stuff. Female vocals and huge bass plus some nice synthwork make this an enjoyable listen. Not to mention that their live show is absolutely killer, turning an excellent album into a feedback-laden torrent of sound, complete with an over-the-top singer (who's also a total bamf) creating an experience that can only be described as fucknuts. - http://thesearedetails.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-are-hex-gloom-bloom.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- I usually come across four types of bands: the bands that impress you with their musical technicality; the bands you feel sorry for, knowing that this is their passion but that it's probably time for them to hang it up; the bands that get you fired up and make you want to put your fist through something; and the bands that make you want to dance. WE ARE HEX, a foursome out of Indianapolis, makes you want to dance. Jilly Weiss, Brandon Beaver, Trevor Wathen, and Matt Hagan have thrown convention out the window with their debut full-length album, Gloom Bloom, which is an auditory assault of organic pop psychedelic-disco-noise experimentation. From the plush atmosphere of opening track "Sea Hound," which sounds like a trippy audio warp of transmuted accordions, plucked mandolins, and moaning synths, the album builds into a lush pool of sound that leaves you unprepared for the more indie "I N D P L S." The album then takes a decidedly retro feel with "Bottom of My Belly," and so on and so on, with each song taking the listener in a new direction. What's most remarkable about the album is the live spontaneity of the recordings, due to the fact that most of the songs were done in a few takes, recorded in their living room. The retro synths the band employs and Jilly Weiss's distinct voice have brought comparisons to bands like Joy Division, Peaches, the Cure, New Order, and even Erase Errata, but with their airy doubled vocals, stripped-down three-piece drum kit, loopy guitars, and crunchy bass, they remind me more of their experimental contemporaries TV On The Radio, with a much more retro feel and, of course, female lead vocals. If you've been looking for a gem of an underground band to call your own, get into WE ARE HEX now so you can say you were into them before they went mainstream. We Are Hex pilfer early Siouxsie and The Banshees records and other post punk staples ala Magazine and Echo and the Bunnymen for icy cool blueprints and gloomy effect. The Sioux ice pick vocals, jagged buzzing guitars, throbbing bass lines, and propulsive drumming brings me fondly back to 83' when rat tails, trench coats, and punk chicks were swirling inside my pre teen brain.
- http://www.jerseybeat.com/wowie-zowie.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, August 17, 2009 L 4:25 PM We are playing Radio Radio this Sunday (Aug 23rd) with Band Of Skulls. We are also playing The Melody Inn next Saturday (Aug 29th) with The Ettes. We will take a break from playing Indianapolis after that. We hope to see all of yr faces. 
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