All I've wanted to listen to this semester is Tar. I deliberately avoid playing Over and Out because I don't want to kill it. Jackson is another incredible piece of work.

I always wonder why this band isn't regarded with a Slint-like reverence.

Minotaur029 wrote:All I've wanted to listen to this semester is Tar. I deliberately avoid playing Over and Out because I don't want to kill it. Jackson is another incredible piece of work.

I always wonder why this band isn't regarded with a Slint-like reverence.

Tar was about 300,000 times more interesting, powerful and enjoyable than Slint. Everyone I know knows it and agrees.

Tar Baby wrote:I like Tar.

I still like Tar and should've kept my original forum name.

It's difficult for me to post about bands I really enjoy in this online community because I tend to go overboard with hyperbole, praise, etc., so I reign myself in trying to keep sentences to a bare minimum; Tar is no exception.

I remember reading an Eleventh Dream Day interview with Doug McCombs years ago, (I believe it was in the Chicago Tribune but can't be too sure), where the interviewer asked him what local bands he appreciated. He mentioned Tar and how they sounded something to the effect of a steamroller moving slowly across pavement, or something like that. That was more than enough for me to seek out their albums. Their sound was incredibly dense and massive, lots of fucking mass, but it was the drumming that killed me: Solid, focused, minimal, and dynamic. The drumming moved those songs along. Great riffs, but it was those tricky, almost impercetible rhythmic changes that blew my mind. You, or, I never really see Clincher raved about, but I fucking love this ep. It doesn't get better than "Dean Martin." Well, it can and does, but hearing that song for the first time was like being punched by palsied metronome.

As for live performances the Pine Tar .406 show was incredible, and I fucking know for a fact that I saw them at the Cabaret Metro with Shonen Knife and some other band. I also think during this performance they covered "Monitor" by Siouxsie and the Banshees, but many of those shows back then tend to coalesce into one big mess of performances.

Someone fucking covered "Monitor."

Salut, Tar!

Glad somebody mentioned the ride cymbal.

steve wrote:Glad somebody mentioned the ride cymbal.

C'mon, Albini!...where is the Tar love? We actively know you love(d) Slint and actively love TJL...where is the public profession of Tar admiration?

Or is there a link already?

steve wrote:Glad somebody mentioned the ride cymbal.

RUDE!!! I think?

Such a ridiculous cymbal line.

Ben

I loved Tar, and was lucky enough to see them several times.

I was hoping they would be the "surprise" band at T&G.

burun wrote:

I was hoping they would be the "surprise" band at T&G.

+1.

All of their records are great, however, Over And Out sounds absolutely humongous. The sound of it could fill up a room. I think a lot of bands wish their last record sounded as good. Salut! TAR!

-Jeremy

Tar was great. I used to see them play often at places like Lounge Ax and the Czar Bar. Always wanted one of those metal guitars.

Minotaur029 wrote:

steve wrote:Glad somebody mentioned the ride cymbal.

C'mon, Albini!...where is the Tar love? We actively know you love(d) Slint and actively love TJL...where is the public profession of Tar admiration?

Or is there a link already?

I was too drunk (yet still appreciative) to be posting in the first place.