CHECK OUT THIS BAND | LIP CRITIC

photo manipulation & text by nacrowe

i learned about the wildly EXPERIMENTAL NEW YORK CITY PUNK ROCK band LIP CRITIC via the head of the internet radio station MAKERPARKRADIO.NYC after completing one of my recent radio shows focused on the like-minded AVANT GARDE HIP HOP trio DEATH GRIPS.  out of the 200+ shows ive done in the past few years, that SACRAMENTO outfit is undeniably one of the most aggressively ABRASIVE and sonically CONFRONTATIONAL offerings i have played, with the exception of maybe the NO WAVE band SWANS or the BRITISH proto-INDUSTRIAL pioneers THROBBING GRISTLE.  so when i was told that DEATH GRIPS was EVOCATIVE of LIP CRITIC, i was pretty much already sold.

and they did not disappoint.   

LIP CRITIC is unconventionally composed of two DRUMMERS, VOCALS and two SAMPLERS.  this format allows for the creation of some incredibly COMPLEX POLYRHYTHMS as well as NONTRADITIONAL juxtapositions of SONIC TEXTURES.  the ENERGY and KINETIC PULL of the MUSIC is PROPULSIVE, COMBATIVE and brutally ORIGINAL.  like NEXT-LEVEL PUNK ROCK.  they are undoubtedly one of the more UNIQUE bands ive heard in years and are definitely worth checking out.