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May 12, 2011

Hobosexual – “Monolith” [video]

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Hobosexual – Monolith from Amelia Gydé on Vimeo.

Monolith, defined by Merriam-Webster:

1: a single great stone often in the form of an obelisk or column 2: a massive structure 3: an organized whole that acts as a single unified powerful or influential force

Monolith, defined by Hobosexual:

1: a kick ass new video made by manager and #1 Hobo fan Amelia Gyde

After that, it’s pretty much the same as Merriam:

2: Our tower of amps (i.e. a massive structure) 3: Jeff and Ben (i.e. an organized whole that acts as a single unified powerful or influential force)

You can see Hobosexual and their tower of amps in the flesh on June 25th at Columbia City Theater. The band will be celebrating the release of a live album and will be joined by fellow Sound on the Sound favorites, Whalebones.

March 7, 2011

Hobosexual – “The Traffic Jam” [video]

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Hobosexual – The Traffic Jam from Amelia Gydé on Vimeo.

For those of you making the unenviable commute across either floating bridge this Monday morning, we present you your new theme song. And Hobosexual presents more than a theme song for your stop and go (but mostly stop) morning commutes … action figures for you to play along to the song with. You too can make Ben Harwood, swim, swim, swim his way to work. The second edition of Hobosexual action figures will be available at the band’s Funhouse show this Thursday night.

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November 2, 2010

Video Premiere: Hobosexual’s – “Van Candy”

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The world premiere of Hobosexual’s first music video made a fitting debut at The Blue Moon last night, but we thought we’d share for those of you who aren’t spending your Monday around a dive bar.

The video, featuring many of the band’s friends and early supporters (including yours truly) is a total DIY project, filmed and stop-motioned by the band’s devoted manager and number one fan Amelia Gyde. And we ask, if you can make something this awesome yourself, why would you let anyone else do it?

You can see Hobosexual out of the video and in the flesh this Friday at Cafe Racer with Antique Scream.

September 9, 2010

Hobosexual Has Something Special Planned for Tomorrow Night …

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Hobosexual and Night Train ::: photo courtesy of Amelia Gyde

Hobosexual has had something special up their flannel sleeves for tomorrow night’s “Bill from the Ashes” and it is not to be missed.

ANNOUNCEMENT! Hobosexual has joined forces with the vocal power of fellow locals NighTraiN for our Sept 10th Columbia City Theater show! The lovely Taryn, Selena and Rachael will be joining Jeff and Ben onstage for the most rip roaring party this side of the continent for ONE NIGHT ONLY! This is going to be AMAZING! If… you miss this one, you’d better be DEAD or IN JAIL…and if you’re in jail….BREAK OUT!

The partnership is two months of practice in the making and from all accounts it has created a metal-soul force to be reckoned with. Not to mention it will be sandwiched between the triumphant return of Hounds of the Wild Hunt and Baltic Cousin’s angry Americana. (Seriously, buy your tickets.)

If you want to know more about the mind behind Hobosexual and their massive riffs, we recommend you read this excellent (and amusing) interview The Stranger’s Trent Moorman conducted with Ben Harwood. We’ve long contended that Ben is one of Seattle’s finest guitar players and definitely one of the city’s most criminally underrated musicians, so it’s great to see someone else take notice.

I mean, just read Moorman’s description of Hobosexual and tell me (if you love the rock) you aren’t twitching with excitement for tomorrow’s sonic assault:

“Hobosexual are a band, a loud ideal, a state of mindfucking. Formed from the remnants of Iceage Cobra and Vindaloo, Hobosexual (Ben Harwood and running mate Jeff Silva) have released a self-titled album of mad, scattered, full-frontal rock attack. It’s a sound with scurvy, a creaming of fuzzed amplification that builds and fans out. Way out. Think Thin Lizzie and Black Sabbath burning on a pyre of Lincoln Logs. It’s a bloodletting of wattage with loping, chunked stacks of heaving guitars.”

See you tomorrow in the pit!

December 21, 2008

SOTS’s Birthday — Straight From Vindaloo’s Mouth

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Vindaloo at The Blue Moon ::: photo by Abbey

Hell yes! I’ve already shared with you my giddy joy that the original members of Vindaloo are reuniting one night only to celebrate Sound on the Sound’s birthday at The Blue Moon January 16th; and happily it turns out Vindaloo shares in this giddy excitement.

Behold the latest myspace bulletin from Ben Harwood of Vindaloo:

Subject: Cous-Cous, Transformers, and a Vindaloo reunion?

Ok, I’ll just skip right to the 3rd one, as I’m sure many are curious if they have not yet heard Ms. Abbey of Sound on the Sound shouting it from the rooftops of the UW campus.

Jeff, Matt and I have decided to give our friends a special treat Friday, January 16th at The Blue Moon off 45th st.
(just down the way from UW campus)

For 1 night, Vindaloo will RE UNITE!

All 3 ORIGINAL members. Myself, Jeff Silva (drums) and Matt Fortin (Bass).

Over the last year, we’ve grown tight again as buds and musical colleagues and frankly, we’re itching to unleash the two Marshall 8×10 stacks on your faces once again for a night of pure, un-adultered rock n roll damnation.

We’re going to play the loudest, meanest, most pent-up rock set EVER, over 35 short minutes to anyone interested in attending, because, frankly, all 3 of us have what I have come to coin: “Rock N Roll Blue-Balls.
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This shindig is going to be awesome, and we couldn’t be happier that we got to do this for Abbey and Josh over at SOS (2 people all 3 of us are especially fond and appreciative of for all their support).

Um, FUCK YES. That is all I have to say. If I wasn’t snowed in, I really would be screaming this from Seattle rooftops. We love Vindaloo, we are seriously in need of getting our faces rocked off, and we can’t wait for January 16th to roll around!

Mark your calendars people, this is going to be fucking EPIC.

December 12, 2008

Our Favorite Photos of 2008 & The Best News Ever

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Ben Harwood with Ice Age Cobra ::: photo by Abbey

We have good news and we have amazing news for you. The good news–the above is a kick ass photo of Ben Harwood formerly of Ice Age Cobra and Vindaloo, two of my favorite bands of all time who are no longer making music together.

But I know what you’re really wanting for and wondering about is the AMAZING news, so here it is. Vindaloo is reuniting for one night only to play Sound on the Sound’s 2nd Annual Blue Moon Birthday Bash Extraordinaire. Let me repeat that again, with emphasis on how absolutely fucking rad this is: VINDALOO is coming out of retirement/the realm of broken up bands, and PLAYING OUR BIRTHDAY SHOW. I know all caps are annoying, but really and truly, I want to scream the news from the blog rooftops and real rooftops all over the city.

So, if you haven’t done so already, set aside January 16th for partying with Sound on the Sound and getting your face rocked off by Vindaloo and three other amazing local bands we’ll tell you all about very soon.

September 12, 2008

Iceage Cobra’s Final Show at the Blue Moon Tonight

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Iceage Cobra, GMF 2007 ::: photo by Abbey

Based on Iceage Cobra‘s myspace message — “Bands Breakup Every Day. Deal With It” — it would seem the band doesn’t want us to make a big deal or maybe even mention their final show at the Blue Moon tonight. But whatever the members of Cobra think, it is a big deal to us. Bands do break up everyday–but favorite bands calling it quits isn’t a daily occurance.

Iceage Cobra has been a big part of our Sound on the Sound experience and family. We fell in love, hard, after seeing the band for the first time on New Years Eve 2006/7 in the basement at Chuck Norris. We commented then that Cobra had the sound and skill for headlining sold out arena shows, sadly that doesn’t seem to be in the bands future. After that first show we’ve tried to make it to every local Cobra show and have largely been successful. We were there for the epic Cobra set the evening Jords’ became a father, Brad’s last show with the band and Ben’s first Seattle show. We watched like proud parents as Iceage Cobra attracted passers-by on the street with a gravity defying peformance during this years SXSW. We’ve screamed along joyfully to every rendition of Acid Pony and blasted on repeat Brilliant Ideas from Amazing People, which we still contend is a Seattle classic.

So forgive us for feeling a little sad about tonight and the demise of another great Seattle band. We’ll be there in the front row, soaking in every scream and high kick. You should be too.

Brad ::: photo by Josh

Metch ::: photo by Abbey

Jords and Butterfly Knife ::: photo by Abbey

Ben Harwood ::: photo by Abbey

Cobra Kick ::: photo by Abbey

May 7, 2008

Ben Harwood and the Big Dirty Thirty!

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Ben Harwood, of Vindaloo and Iceage Cobra, is unabashedly one of my favorite folks in Seattle. Not only has he been in two of my favorite Seattle bands, Ben is one of the most genuine folks you’ll ever have the pleasure to encounter. He is an outspoken advocate for Seattle music and when needed, for himself and his bands. He also has an uncannily magnificent ability to grow chops. All around, the Seattle scene and sound is a much richer place for having Ben Harwood around. By the looks of the fantastic birthday party that is brewing in honor of Ben’s 30th Birthday this weekend, I am not the only one who has love for Mr. Harwood.

March 31, 2008

Photo Tease of The Whore Moans and Iceage Cobra at King Cobra this Saturday

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Since a few of you are begging and whimpering for photos of this weekends mind-blowing show at King Cobra… I must oblige with a photographic tease of the evening.

The Whore Moans

Johnny of The Whore Moans

Ben of Iceage Cobra

Cobra Silly String

November 12, 2007

Ben Harwood Hangs Up The Guitar, To Play Bass for Ice Age Cobra

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I am pleased to confirm that Ben Harwood, formerly lead guitarist and singer of Vindaloo, is the new bassist for Ice Age Cobra (as noted today on the band’s myspace). Brad Kaufman’s shoes are going to be an incredibly difficult pair to fill, but if anyone can do it, it’s Ben. Ben’s blog confirming his new position, read a little something like this:

Ben, mutha fuckin Harwood is hangin up the gweetar, to finger the bassy-bass.  …And baby, it ain’t never felt better.

I wish everyone involved, nothing but the best luck. Ice Age Cobra will be touring the west coast in January and I’m sure we’ll be hearing lots from Brad soon.