Punknews.org | Akimbo/icollide/Dry Socket/More Material

Review Navigator

Features

Contests

Reviews

Akimbo / icollide / Dry Socket / More Material

live in Minneapolis
2004
live show

Review by: Jesse
See others by this writer

Only registered users
can post comments

Published on September 12th 2004

Fuck intros.

More Material took the stage and tore shit up with shrieking guitars and grinding drum hooks, rounded off with crazy bass lines and shit kicking keyboards. They played almost every song off of their 5 song demo, plus some un-recorded tracks. All in all, their blend of noise/psychedelic/rock mixed with an intense stage presence made them a great opener.

Next was Dry Socket, who took waaaay too long to set up their equipment, which included auxiliary percussion by the way of floor tom and timbale for the keyboardist to pound on when he wasn't sucking it up on the keyboards. Slipknot anyone? Anyway, they were metalcore, and the drummer and guitar player were talented as fuck, but the music was boring and the keyboardist obviously couldn't keep rhythm on that completely unnecessary auxiliary percussion. It didn't help either that a friend of the band went around on the floor to the twenty or so people there screaming, "Come on, mosh!" while she shoved people around. Boo-urns. Whiiiiiich brings us to icollide.

Wow. I've never seen anyone try to rip off Cedric's (ATDI, TMV) style more than the lead singer of icollide. He had the half-fro, the tight pants, the shoes, the tall, slender body, and, apparently, thought he had the dance moves. I spent 30 minutes listening to extremely technical music (that had potential, somewhat along the lines of a mix between At The Drive-In and Dillinger Escape Plan) while watching this doofus dance and clap off rhythm. Not to mention you couldn't hear his screams half the time because he was too busy pretending to dance to hold the microphone to his mouth. What a waste of excellent musicians.

Finally, Akimbo destroyed the Triple Rock Social Club with their explosive hardcore/punk. Anyone who knows me knows I have a gigantic boner for this band, and seeing them live just made the crotch of my pants get even tighter. What is amazing about this band isn't just how technical and solid they are, but how crazy they get while hitting every note right on. For those of you familiar with this band, you would know that they are now a four piece, although their regular guitar player isn't able to tour very much. The added guitar player recently left, and was replaced by an even newer guy. So out on tour is the newest guitar player, and they play as a trio. The style of the songs is slightly different, due to the different guitar player, but that didn't stop them from rocking two bass cabs and two guitar stacks. They played "Harpoon," "Golem," "Deliliah," and "Bane of the Ancient Whales" off of Elephantine, but the other half of their set was made up of new songs off of their upcoming release on Seventh Rule. Akimbo is currently destroying the Mid-West, and all of their tour dates can be seen here. Go see them and be baptized in audio fire.

Login to rate this album

People who liked this also liked:

Please login or register to post comments.

What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?

Share your opinion by posting comments on the stories that interest you
Rate music and bands and help shape the weekly top ten
Let Punknews.org use your ratings to help you find bands and albums you might like
Customize features on the site to get the news the way you want.

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at 4:11 PM (EST)
My Score:

who the hell is this douchebag fuckin reviewer! where the shit did this oppinionated pile of garbage come from...asshole!

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 9:55 PM (EDT)
My Score:

If this is the first time you've seen a mainstay like Icollide in the cities then you need to get out more. Jeezus what shows have you been going to?

Posted by crazyhorse on 2004-09-19 02:51:10
My Score:

karl- it seems jesse is taking defensive action. we shouldn't tease the poor kid. for all we know this is his first review! dry socket are my friends, and i support their endeavors, but the jesse's of our world are both very sensitive and critical, and need to be treated with care. let us not bombard this young chap with too much of our own critical misguiding! i think aryn (icollide) is an extremely talented singer/performer, and i would support him long before dismembering him passively with the shield of the internet. it does suck when great bands get knocked by bullshit teenagers one tracked by the in-thing at the time......i also heard that aryn isn't even familiar with the Mars (mediocre)Volta so much as 70's rock n' roll. one of his older bands did aparently play with At the drive in in '96....whatever, we all need to stop hating and get shit right. fuck oppinions as Karp said....forget the minions! - jas

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 17, 2004 at 1:17 PM (EDT)
My Score:

Wow, kind of defensive. It wasn't an argument, that's why I started the comment with "just out of curiosity". Arguing over the internet with people I don't know isn't something I have a lot of time for (or interest in). Just kinda wanted to know a little more of where you're coming from with your critisizims I guess. Sorry about misspelling your name.- Karl

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 16, 2004 at 7:38 PM (EDT)
My Score:

Hey Jessie are you a chick?

Posted by Jesse on 2004-09-16 17:23:59
My Score:

A) There is no "i" in my name.

B) I'm not in a band, because I realize that my lack of musical talent would make me being in a band useless. Besides, that's the dumbest argument ever. "You're not in a band, so what judgement do you have?" I have plenty of grounds for judgement.

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 16, 2004 at 3:59 PM (EDT)
My Score:

Just out of curiosity, what band are you in Jessie? - Karl

Posted by crazyhorse on 2004-09-16 03:40:06
My Score:

yes...........yes.......gotta love when dipshit hipster kids review live shows /records etc. crying about how displeased they were regarding the fashion of a band member, and how they aim only to copy those who were successful prior by circumstance. dwelling not on the music so much as the singer. i attended this show and witnessed a rough performance on behalf of icollide, dry socket and especially more material, which to me was more crap! i have seen icollide play amazing shows for what they do, and this was clearly not one of them..however ripping the singer apart on his attire and false dance moves is not the route i would have taken, however jesse's own insecurities became obvious in this review. this was icollide's last performance with there old drummer, and there was tension in the performance thus tainting their delivery ....this jesse character, should understand that cedric bixler does not have it all his damn self, more or less own the realm of rock performance to the extent of scoring himself as a statue of idolitry. i think icollide will grow into an amazing band and never will seek to intentionally rip off the performance of others who have all ripped of numerous others before. it's all been done kid!! akimbo however destroyed me!

Posted by MarkieStabone on 2004-09-14 16:31:55
My Score:

zing!

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 13, 2004 at 4:03 PM (EDT)
My Score:

It could've been worse Markie, they could've been a Sublime cover band or somethign shitty like that.

Posted by MarkieStabone on 2004-09-13 13:13:09
My Score:

i had the displeasure of seeing icollide open for against me! 10 months ago in richmond. pile of shit indeed.

Posted by TrailerParkJesus on 2004-09-10 23:40:11
My Score:

Hahahahahahahah that was awesome. Thank you aubin. In the future, I will look back upon this incident and think about what I type before I type it.

Posted by Jesse on 2004-09-10 23:29:00
My Score:

Yeah dude, listen to Aubin. I'm witty and shit. Eat it.

Posted by aubin on 2004-09-10 22:56:30
My Score:

TrailerParkJesus: I think the word you're looking for is ironic, that is, it was "poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended."

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 10, 2004 at 9:41 PM (EDT)
My Score:

Wow a trisplit.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 10, 2004 at 9:41 PM (EDT)
My Score:

first! Ha, haven't even read the review yet.

Posted by TrailerParkJesus on 2004-09-10 21:40:50
My Score:

what sucks, is that you actually used

"Fuck intros."

as your intro.

Contradiction? Yes.