Middle East Cafe – Page 6 – Lollipop Magazine

Karate – with Capsize 7, Pie, Blonde Redhead at the Middle East Cafe – Review

November 1, 1995

There were spacey interludes mixed in with the noise. Sometimes Karate seemed like a punked-up Pink Floyd, with big guitar notes crashing into the distortion.

Pie – with Capsize 7, Karate, Blonde Redhead at the Middle East Cafe – Review

November 1, 1995

They did an excellent job with the tension/release thing – NOISE, NOISE, NOISE, melody, NOISE, melody. It worked.

Double Dong – at the Anon CD Release Party at The Middle East and T.T. the Bear’s – Review

November 1, 1995

All-vocal hip-hop with one live drummer, zero technology. Three out front: 1 raps, 1 makes odd sounds, 1 is a prop with attitude.

Dog Fly Religion – at the Middle East Cafe – Review

November 1, 1995

For those who loved the “Art/Goof” rock of King Missile, poet/spoken word wacko John S. Hall is back with his original chum Dogbowl and his band.

Curious Ritual – at the Anon CD Release Party at The Middle East and T.T. the Bear’s – Review

November 1, 1995

Solid bass and drum interplay left the six-string free to resonate and groove around without being bound to a rigid part. Good songs otherwise but the vocals were flat.

Blonde Redhead – with Capsize 7, Pie, Karate at the Middle East Cafe – Review

November 1, 1995

Blonde Redhead completed an excellent night of distortion, discord, and weird tuning.

Ignite – with Earth Crisis at the Middle East Cafe – Review

September 1, 1995

Ignite’s Minor Threat-ish vocals, chunky guitars and clean, rampaging bass seemed to be just what the room needed to, well, ignite.

Earth Crisis – with Ignite at the Middle East Cafe – Review

September 1, 1995

The power of their music, their convictions, and their live presence is simply amazing.

Red Aunts – At The Middle East Cafe – Review

July 1, 1995

Too punk for their own good, the Red Aunts fuckin’ rocked! Nothing is sacred when they have mics at their mouths. They insulted everything and everyone.

Dancing French Liberals of ’48 – at the Middle East Cafe – Review

July 1, 1995

They ripped through song after song with a minimum of stage banter. The music scream a mile a minute, like a souped-up muscle car with the pedal to the floor,