2006.09.14 - Wise Fools Pub - Team RD, Rhombus, Herbert Wiser Band

[mmehawich]

Thursday, September 14, 2006
Wise Fools Pub
2270 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614

Team RD 9:00PM
Rhombus 10:00PM
Herbert Wiser Band 11:15PM

Rhombus: Nearing jam-band territory while effectively channeling jazz, rock, reggae, bluegrass, metal, electronica, folk, classical, latin, urban, funk, fusion, progressive, soul, ethnic, orchestral, and a plethora of other influences at any given moment, Rhombus gives listeners a night full of catchy originals mixed with tasteful covers, hard hitting grooves and 3 part harmonies interspersed with improvisation.

$5/cover

Drink Specials:
$4 20z bass
$7 double vodka red bulls

Directions:
http://www.wisefoolspub.com/directions.html

Samples from our new EP are available at www.myspace.com/rhomband

[Hazel]

This sounds like the band that plays in my own personal hell.

[xavii]

how can you fit all those influences into one band?

the answer is not a circle, not a triangle, NO: RHOMBUS!

[mmehawich]

Exactly!

There are two samples available here if you are interested.

We are definitely musical gluttons and like to throw in the kitchen sink to see what happens. Also the ADD is pretty rampant so its nice to be able to switch up sounds frequently to keep it interesting for us!

Enjoy!

[michael]

I once saw a band named Trapezoid at a house party in Urbana. They were a bunch of hippies that played the same chord progression for 15 minutes because they were "jamming."

Is there any connection between the hippies in Rhombus with the hippies in Trapezoid?

My jam band, Pyramidal Frustrum, takes quadrilateral hippie jamming to the next dimension.

I hate life.

[mmehawich]

No connection. We're not the kind of band that drones on endlessly. We work really hard to keep the solos short and interesting. The songs themselves are fairly long (avg. about 6-7 minutes), but we have a lot of sectional material to keep it fresh. Above all, we make a concious effort to make the songs groovable and musical regarless if we are playing in 6+5/8 or 4 4.

[electronics]

which mod approved this thread? Please remember to correct the title when approving, otherwise it fucks up the RSS feed.

[Patrick Cosmos]

I did. I neglected to take note of the spacing. I was at work and clearly had spaced out. Sorry!

[dudewtf]

jam bands give me diarrhea in my ears.

[1 X 1]

Ooh ooh, this is an example of my favorite, jam-band term: amalgamation!