Dumb name. There's about 102,673 better names - using hunter as a suffix:

Moosehunter
Rabbithunter
Peoplehunter

Ummm,

Hooker Dragonhunter

Kind of cool, but didn't distorted vocals get old about the same time as the chorus pedal?

Saw these guys live a few weeks back. They ruled. Also, the bass player was playing a Peavey T40. After the show, I asked him about it and he asked if I'd like to see it. So we got up on stage and he let me hold it and we talked about gear. For that, this band is totally NC (even though I already said this).

there is a short interview with the singer from this band on pitchfork. toward the end he goes on the obligatory "i hate indie rock" spiel in which he includes "heterosexual bourgeoisie" persona. a few questions before that he talks about the band recording "in a building my dad had."

a building his dad had.

bourgeoisie.

what fun.

I didn't know much about these guys when I saw them open for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (that's right!) here in Atlanta some time ago. Maybe I just didn't get them, but I didn't get them.

They were boring. The songs were only less pretentious than the between song banter. This one song had a lyric something like "I'm the corpse that came spiraling out" over and over...and over...and over again.

So far as I could tell the only thing these guys had going for them was (1) they were playing their home town and (2) for some reason the YYY's specifically asked that they open for them.

Maybe it was just an off night.

They are playing with Keith Fullerton Whitman in Boston, next week I think.

It's at the ICA.

If you are in Boston, go to the show. The theater in the ICA is a really cool place to see a show (I saw Jandek there last week) and it's basically a glass box on the Boston Harbor.

Drummer is really good.

The bass player (who for me is the key to this band) is excellent. He has that slightly farty/spongy "Kerosene" sound.

I will go and see this band tonight. Last time I saw them they rocked-out. I'm not in a rush to listen to their records, but I can't imagine they are crap.

Great, not crap!

They have a blog!

Update!

Last time I saw them the bass player had some kind of Fender bass instead of the T-40 and did not have the "Kerosene" bass sound. Nontheless, he was still excellent.

I have now listened to one of their records. It is ok.

This is still a very good band to go and see play live.

I am proud of these people. Colin plays guitar in my ex-bandmate's band Chopper, we've become pretty decent acquaintances.

Josh, the bass player, also plays in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, which is a thing to see in someone's crowded, un-AC'ed basement. Way good. Also, he keyed and guitared in Electrosleep International, whose s/t cd somehow kicks the shit out of "Nervous Circuits", for me. Check em out.

Again, I am proud of these people. It's easy for every other band in atlanta to spit shit about them "blowing up" or whatever when "they suck", but goddammit, they worked for it, which is more than most Atlanta bands can say for themselves, my various (unsuccessful) bands included.

NC - sizeable waffle for inconsistent live shows/brad's motormouth