Speak softly and kick out the jams: queer-inclusive experimental rock band Erase Errata lets the music do the talking.The four members of Erase Errata Erase Errata is a band from San Francisco, California. Although they are a contemporary band, their music is often associated with the post-punk movement. They often name experimentalists such as Captain Beefheart, The Fall, and The Minutemen as inspirations. , based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Oakland, clam up when asked about their sophomore album s title, At Crystal Palace (Troubleman). "Crystal Palace is a real place, and it's also a state of mind," vocalist Jenny Hoysten says cryptically. Research turns up a clue: A Crystal Palace was built in London in 1851 to display the products of the British Empire British Empire, overseas territories linked to Great Britain in a variety of constitutional relationships, established over a period of three centuries. The establishment of the empire resulted primarily from commercial and political motives and emigration movements . Is this glass exhibition hall a metaphor for the precarious postboom culture of the band's Bay Area home, or even for America in an uncertain period of global expansion? Well, such fragile walls had better look out for Erase Errata. The liner notes liner notes pl.n. Explanatory notes about a record album, cassette, or compact disk included on the jacket or in the packaging. for its debut album, 2001's Other Animals, proclaimed, "We are the masons for the gated communities"; two years later the band continues to pose a threat to complacency everywhere. Erase Errata's steady, danceable beats and knife-sharp guitar parts have attracted a devoted following in the noise-rock world while drawing support from eminent groups like the Ex and Sonic Youth. Hoysten's dramatic vocals ricochet A wireless Internet service from Ricochet Networks, Inc., Denver, CO (www.ricochet.net). Originally developed by Los Gatos, CA-based Metricom, Inc., Ricochet was the first high-speed, wireless Internet service for commuters. between spooky gospel and staccato declamations as guitarist Sara Jaffe churns out angular riffs and scrambled, mixmaster-style fusillades. The devastatingly solid rhythm section Noun 1. rhythm section - the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments percussion section, percussion section - a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class of Ellie Erickson (bass) and Bianca Sparta (drums) holds the whole glorious mess together, borrowing freely from funk, disco, and punk. The band got its start in the West Coast's queer arts scene, but its members seldom draw deliberate attention to their identifies. In fact, their concerts--in which they wear matching outfits like fuzzy bear costumes or multicolored knit jumpsuits--invite audiences to focus on the band as an artistic unit rather than a collection of individual personalities. "I don't think any of us wants to draw any lines," Hoysten says. "I am a lesbian; Sara's queer. It's definitely not as meaningful in some places as in others." It's not that the band disavows identity-based influences. Jaffe sees being a girl in the male-dominated world of experimental rock as a political act. And Hoysten embraces the power of being out onstage in remote locations. "It's always important for me to be who I am," she says. "We foster an environment at our shows where if you are gay, straight, or whatever, nobody's going to judge you or beat you up because of who you have sex with or who you think is hot." Marcus writes about music for Time Out New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and is political editor at Heeb. |
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