Thursday, March 29, 2007
Word of their so-called "unbelievable" and "insane" live shows have made their way around the web for the last few years. And since we're all about such incredible insanity we made sure to check out a recent stop by Israel's own Monotonix at The Smell.
Musically, they're probably too heavy for indie rock and too light for metal, but somewhere in between there lies a rather fiery Sabbath-Spoon synthesis. Something much more apparent however is Yonatan Gat's beautifully thick guitar tone that seemed to swallow up the crowd with every strike of a chord. The theatrics, to us, were really secondary to the sound. Most of it involves lead singer Ami Shalev going beserk through the crowd with props in hand (pyrotechnics, trash cans, chairs, underrage girls) and while pretty entertaining the first time, it may not be the next -- although we must say their drum lift was one of the better ones we've seen in recent memory.
Their new, self-titled album is really kind of fantastic however. The bump on "Hand on Hand" is juicy good and the riff on "Lowest Dive" is greasy as all hell. A nice change of pace is "Body Language", which shows the kind of range and depth not normally seen with bands that light their drumkit on fire. Definitely worth a trip to Israel to obtain a copy.
Monotonix continue their 50+ date tour of the U.S. New album available at shows.
Monotonix on MySpace.
More photos here. Check out video of the band on YouTube.
Monotonix - "Hand on Hand" (MP3)
Monotonix - "Lowest Dive" (MP3)
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aww.. how can you NOT like their live shows?? i saw them at sxsw and they were insane.. i mean crazy.
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