DESCRIPTION:
From Cave's Wikipedia page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_band/ ):

"Cave is a primarily instrumental psychedelic drone band based in Chicago, Illinois, comprised of keyboardist Rotten Milk, guitarist/organist Cooper Crain, bassist Dan Browning and drummer Rex McMurry. The band was formed in Columbia, Missouri in 2006, and has released three full-length albums: 'Hunt Like Devil/Jamz' (2008), 'Psychic Psummer' (2009) and 'Neverendless' (2011). Cave has toured widely in North America and Europe, and played the Pitchfork Music Festival in 2010.

"Cave was formed in 2006 as an informal collaborative project by Columbia, Missouri friends Cooper Crain, Dan Browning, and Rex McMurry, with Chicago native Rotten Milk. At the time, Crain and McMurry were also members of the now-defunct Missouri band Warhammer 48K. When Warhammer disbanded in 2008 the four began seriously writing and recording music together. Milk, 49, got his name while Cave was playing a show in Chicago and he spilt milk on stage. The story goes that Cave rocked the house for so long that by the time they went to clean the milk, it had already spoiled.

"As described by Dusted Magazine, 'Cave is primarily an instrumental band, but its members use their voices as an additional rhythmic element.' Often referred to as psychedelic drone or 'psych collective,' the band's style is also heavily influenced by Krautrock. Cave are considered part of the 'Columbia Diaspora,' a group of bands with members from Columbia, Missouri who now reside in Chicago, including Mahjongg and Lazer Crystal..."


Event description from ARTVOICE, who chose this show at the top pick of their "See You There!" weekly column ( http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n45/see_you_there ):

"Hi-hats and snare dance, interwoven, as the bass drum pats along to the wiggling rhythm of the bass guitar. Fuzzy guitar riffs wind through intricate beats as spaced-out keyboard tones fill in the gaps, all while the unit—working as one—builds in intensity until the sprockets come loose and the whole machine explodes in a noisy detonation of dissonant shrapnel. This is the sound of Cave. Formed in Chicago in 2006, Cave have aimed to revive krautrock with the droned out sounds of albums like 2009's 'Psych Psummer' and this year's 'Neverendless.' Krautrock is halfway between rock and dance music, halfway between electronic and organic, and Cave is no different. Their combination of psych, krautrock, and drone almost does the job of categorizing the rockers' unique sound, but not quite. Their latest LP, 'Neverendless,' lives up to its name with extended rhythmic sections that repeat ad infinitum on tracks like 'W U J' and 'This Is The Best,' to create a grooving snake of mechanical syncopated space-rock beats. Don't let their shaggy hair and tattered hippie-apparel fool you, these guys are scientists experimenting with psychedelic sound at the highest level..." - Cory Perla

Cave's page on Drag City Records:
http://www.dragcity.com/artists/cave/

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