2008 Woodie Awards
Tubring Rocks Whiskey
Eager fans welcome the Chicago quintet back for their second Los Angeles show.
Krista Carlson
Issue date: 5/19/04 Section: Valley Life
Incredibly entertaining, splendidly composed, hugely overlooked. A small crowd greeted Tubring at the Whiskey May 12, but the show still rocked harder than many.
Tubring began its' energetic 12-song set with "Dog Doesn't Bite," giving fans a tasty morsel from their third album "Zoo Hypothesis," to be released August 17.
After wiring the audience with the first concentrated burst of energy, Tubring tore into the heavy, yet danceable "Bite the Wax Tadpole." With not a minute to waste, Rob Kliener bounced his way onto his keyboard, where he spent nearly half the show.
On the other side of the stage Jason Fields and his five-string bass made a powerful and captivating presence-Fields executed fierce bass lines as he trounced across the stage with a range of bizarre expressions, and guitarist Shawn Sprinkel looked to be having the time of his life as he added to the intense sound with his energetic riffs.
When Tubring broke into "Hands," from their second album Fermi Paradox, the fiery blast of sound thrilled the crowd. Every bit of sound fell together perfectly to deliver a feral delight; even replacement drummer James Cole executed beats spectacularly.
Tubring continued to be a whirlwind of energy with the pulsating melodies of the first two segments of the robots trilogy, "Where's the Robot," off of "Drake Equation" and "I am the Robot," from their second album. The third segment will be included on "Zoo Hypothesis."
After a tantalizing performance of "Invalid"-to quote the song, "crueler sonnets were never wrote"-they left their fans with the ballistic "Downloading Satan," in which Kevin Gibson leaps across the vocal spectrum from the crooning of the former number to make the most of his fiendish growl.
Even without the sitars, violins, trumpets and various other enhancements to the "Fermi Paradox" songs, even with Gibson's cold and despite losing drummer Dave Tavares unexpectedly, every song they played was a melodic delight and cacophonic terror all at once.
Whether playing to five or 500, Tubring goes all out to please their audience. Or maybe they're just having lots of fun.
Tubring's sound is dynamic, intense and melodic all at the same time. The band has been likened to Mr. Bungle, quite possibly because of their work with Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle on their first major release, and has also been compared to Radiohead and Beck for their just plain eclectic, 'unpeg-able' sound. Fresh and original, Tubring is certainly one of the greatest secrets of the music world. As a result of broad range of influences and inspirations, Tubring has swept up the best of everything-punky, poppy, industrial, metal, vaudeville, artsy-and melded it together in one sweet blast of sound.
Tubring began its' energetic 12-song set with "Dog Doesn't Bite," giving fans a tasty morsel from their third album "Zoo Hypothesis," to be released August 17.
After wiring the audience with the first concentrated burst of energy, Tubring tore into the heavy, yet danceable "Bite the Wax Tadpole." With not a minute to waste, Rob Kliener bounced his way onto his keyboard, where he spent nearly half the show.
 Media Credit: Gaby Alonso ENERGETIC NOISE - Tubring gets the crowd going with their energy and their unique sound. |
On the other side of the stage Jason Fields and his five-string bass made a powerful and captivating presence-Fields executed fierce bass lines as he trounced across the stage with a range of bizarre expressions, and guitarist Shawn Sprinkel looked to be having the time of his life as he added to the intense sound with his energetic riffs.
When Tubring broke into "Hands," from their second album Fermi Paradox, the fiery blast of sound thrilled the crowd. Every bit of sound fell together perfectly to deliver a feral delight; even replacement drummer James Cole executed beats spectacularly.
Tubring continued to be a whirlwind of energy with the pulsating melodies of the first two segments of the robots trilogy, "Where's the Robot," off of "Drake Equation" and "I am the Robot," from their second album. The third segment will be included on "Zoo Hypothesis."
After a tantalizing performance of "Invalid"-to quote the song, "crueler sonnets were never wrote"-they left their fans with the ballistic "Downloading Satan," in which Kevin Gibson leaps across the vocal spectrum from the crooning of the former number to make the most of his fiendish growl.
Even without the sitars, violins, trumpets and various other enhancements to the "Fermi Paradox" songs, even with Gibson's cold and despite losing drummer Dave Tavares unexpectedly, every song they played was a melodic delight and cacophonic terror all at once.
Whether playing to five or 500, Tubring goes all out to please their audience. Or maybe they're just having lots of fun.
Tubring's sound is dynamic, intense and melodic all at the same time. The band has been likened to Mr. Bungle, quite possibly because of their work with Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle on their first major release, and has also been compared to Radiohead and Beck for their just plain eclectic, 'unpeg-able' sound. Fresh and original, Tubring is certainly one of the greatest secrets of the music world. As a result of broad range of influences and inspirations, Tubring has swept up the best of everything-punky, poppy, industrial, metal, vaudeville, artsy-and melded it together in one sweet blast of sound.
