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March 21, 2007

Matthew Dear @ Bump

I failed to mention that as part of the pseudo-birthday party (kindly and adeptly organized by my lovely wife) on Sunday...Chris, Doug, and I meandered over to the Phoenix Landing to catch Matthew Dear, aka Audion (the night provided by Randy at Marz).  This was the first time I was able to catch Mr. Dear (I almost caught him out in Chicago late in 2005, but...as is the usual, got tired around 2am after Rex The Dog's set) and he absolutely ripped the walls of the Phoenix apart:  flawless mixing, squelching electro, thunderous bass...endlessly, relentlessly huge sounds.

The night ended with Doug telling Matthew Dear that he should have performed at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Boston.  Then I realized that getting home at 3am does not a responsible father make.

Davidday has a nice set of pics up that capture the evening well over on Flickr.  For proof that I was there, you can see my wall-flowery noggin blocking the "G" in the Guinness mirror in this photo.

Here's some Matthew Dear madness, so you know what you missed (or didn't):

 - Live at the 2006 DEMF (real)
 - 3 hours of Matthew Dear and Ryan Elliot live at Mocad in Detroit, 10/26/06 (from Paxahau)
 - Spectral Sound presents Matthew Dear (from Samurai FM)

Clampants | March 21, 2007 12:06 PM