Video by Jenny.
Photos by Mae Michael.
Brothers Backword live show - video + pics
The Brothers Backword (Passage + Back Ted N-Ted + Mike Buss) performing live Special Education:
Video by Jenny.
Photos by Mae Michael.
Video by Jenny.
Photos by Mae Michael.
"TV Loves You Back" review [OkayPlayer]
Restiform Bodies
TV Loves You Back
(Anticon : 2008)
73
Posted on 12/01/2008
Restiform Bodies is vocalist David Bryant, percussionist Matt Valerio and synth man George Chadwick. I know, I know. You’re thinking wait a minute; a restiform body is a lateral and larger subdivision of the inferior cerebellar peduncle located on the dorsolateral aspect of the medulla oblongata and composed of a variety of fibers, including, but not limited to, olivo-, reticulo-, cuneo-, trigmeno- and dorsal spinocerebellar! And you’re right. But, despite the interests of the biologists and brain surgeons among us, it just makes more sense for me to discuss the musical group’s recent release, TV Loves You Back, rather than offer an exciting and informative dissertation on human physiology.
To gain an appreciation of the album’s aesthetic, just imagine Trent Reznor, fresh off his umpteenth viewing of Fight Club, doing a synth-laden hip hop album detailing society’s preoccupation with consumption, sex and self-destruction. Tracks like “A Pimp-like God” and “Foul,” where Bryant rhymes, “my dick stay dizzy like a busy bayonet,” advance the band’s theory that these things often go hand in hand. Tracks like “Bobby Trendy Addendum” and “Consumer Culture Wave,” beckon audiences to, “fuck like you mean it,” in hopes that the mere act of intercourse will guide us farther away from searching for satisfaction by purchasing shit and bring us more in touch with our humanity. Nevermind that the act of intercourse is oftentimes itself reduced to nothing more than an act of economic opportunism.
Aside from what seems to be Restiform Bodies’ belief that we can screw our way to utopia, there’s a latent contradiction here. Like it or not, they’re part of the society they disparage. In an effort to fully express their disdain, necessity required that they study the object of their scorn thereby making them consumers too. But it seems that, as long as you’re willing to take home the strobelite honey you met in the club and pleasure her with reckless abandon, you’re okay in their book.
- Adam Roussell
Source: OkayPlayer
"Interactive Halloween Bear" Lazer Sword remix
Planning to enter the Restiform Bodies remix contest? You have some big shoes to fill, now that this reworking from the Lazer Sword boys has just arrived. Suffice to say, this electronic-heavy version of "Interactive Halloween Bear," from RBs' recently released TV Loves You Back, is suited for only the darkest and dirtiest of venues, where the quaking bassline could potentially knock your drink onto the floor. And whoever came up with that track title is an undisputed genius.
Rate 9.6/10
Source: XLR8R
» Download the Interactive Halloween Bear remix here.
Passage & Bomarr "Moods & Symptoms" re-release
Originally released in 2000. Only 30 copies of this super-limited CDR re-release will be available, direct from Passage & Bomarr. Features one of the first vocal appearances by Telephone Jim Jesus, and features a guest spot from ADeeM. Get this while you still can, or risk paying high amounts on eBay for it.
$20 including shipping in the US, $20 plus shipping outside the US.
» Order Moods & Symptoms here.
"TV Loves You Back" review [Mean Street Magazine]
SEPTEMBER 2008
VOL 19.03
RESTIFORM BODIES
TV Loves You Back
(Anticon)
With all due respect to Kool Keith and Cannibal Ox, Restiform Bodies are one of the weirdest, oddball hip-hop groups on the map. Consider song titles like “A Pimp-Like God” and disturbing lines like “My dick gets busy like a busy bayonet” on “Foul” from the group’s new album, TV Loves You Back, and you start to get a picture of the outfit’s experimental, nothing’s-sacred approach. Icy noises and acid-tinged synths — think Diplo on mescaline and given Brian Eno’s laptop — all dovetail with the complicated, ultra-dense rhyme schemes and super-rapid-fire delivery. All we can conclude is that Restiform Bodies is spitting on ghettotech and its offspring and coming up with their own dark, abstract vision of blistering post-crunk.
Grade: B+
MATTHEW TAPIA
Source: Mean Street Magazine
"Bobby Trendy Addendum" Alias remix
Bobby Trendy Addendum from the new RB's album TV Loves You Back remixed by the one and only Alias:
» Download it here.
» Download it here.
RE$TIFORM BOD1ES REM1X CONTE$T
Contest ends Jan 1,2009
We'll be picking our 2 favorites for inclusion on an upcoming remix LP.
Please send submissions in MP3 format
Submit entries to rbremix@gmail.com
