SXSW 2005 Showcasing Artists
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Big Bear
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"Boston's own Big Bear finished off the night with an unrelenting avalanche of metallic art-punk. The five-piece's close-knit compositions pummeled and exploded in a fashion not unlike the late, great Unwound. The rabid banshee shrieks of Jordyn Bonds pierced straight through the furious sludge disseminated by the four dudes that surrounded her. A bit too overpowering to be called math-rock, Big Bear nonetheless incorporated a few elements from that largely worthless sub-subgenre of unpopular pop music, but not in an annoying or ostentatious way. And anyhow, math-rock is just prog-rock played by punks with no sense for melody. Big Bear's music did and does have some melody to it, the sort of dissonant, fractured melody found in the occasional early Sonic Youth song, or the work of the aforementioned Unwound. One could call Big Bear's music difficult in that it doesn't offer easy access to the more traditional minded music fan. I wouldn't personally agree with that estimation, but could understand why others would find this to be so. Regardless, they played a damn fine show on this otherwise unimportant summer Sunday evening."-Delusions of Adequacy
Hailing from Boston, with two years under their belt, BIG BEAR aren't quite what you would expect given their unassuming appearance. Using a seldom tapped harmonic palette, BIG BEAR layers "twisting snake" guitars over a crest of low end bass and blast beats. Intense, screaming vocals float on top tambourine cracked shin guards. |
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