NEGATIVLAND @ Highland Ballroom – 8/2

Half comical and half experimental, Negativland creates a unique world of samples pulled from all over the place, mushed and smashed together, ultimately ending in something as rare as it is undeniably interesting. This band has actually been around for nearly thirty years and only now is the rest of the industry catching up to their ingenuity by way of tape music landscapes and other such experimental forms of music. Much easier to listen to than Japanese counterparts such as Merzbow or more recently the Boredoms, some of Negativland’s sound collages is reminiscent of John Cage, John Zorn, or even Captain Beefheart. This is a show that is certainly worth checking out if you are a fan of the genre and are interested to see where many contemporary artists got their inspiration.


RIYL: Ween, Neu!, Dead Kennedys, Frank Zappa, Lightning Bolt, Pere Ubu