Crime & the City Solution

The Howling Hex

at The Oriental Theater

October 18, 2012 8:00 pm - 11:55 pm Add to Cal
Time: 8:00pm     Day: Thursday     Doors: 7:00pm     Ages: 16+ Bar w/ID     Price: $25
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9:00 pm
Crime and the City Solution
8:00 pm
The Howling Hex
Crime & the City Solution

OUR FRIEND WAKES FROM HER SLUMBER, BLINKS IN THE SUNLIGHT AND RUBS HER EYES. CRIME SMILES, ALL MISCHIEF AND WONDER. LET THE EXCITATION BEGIN – CRIME AND THE CITY SOLUTION LIVE AGAIN

Crime & the City Solution announce details of their first tour in over 20 years w/ the very first show here at the Oriental Theater on October 18th.

The tour follows the release of An Introduction To… Crime & the City Solution / A History Of Crime - Berlin 1987 – 1991 out on 24 September 2012. 

An Introduction To… will be followed by a new album, American Twilight. Recorded in Detroit, this will be Crime & the City Solution’s first studio album since 1990’s Paradise Discotheque, and is set for release in early 2013.

An Introduction To… is a new series of compilations on Mute, with the tracklisting chosen by the artist. For A History Of Crime - Berlin 1987 – 1991 the band have selected tracks from the three Berlin era albums: Shine (1988), The Bride Ship (1989) and Paradise Discotheque (1990). The album also features the band’s swansong, ‘The Adversary’, from the film Until The End Of The World (Wim Wenders, 1991).

Crime & the City Solution had several incarnations, the first of which was formed by Simon Bonney in Sydney, Australia, in 1977/78. Mk II saw the band based in Melbourne before Simon Bonney was encouraged to move to England in 1984 by Mick Harvey (Birthday Party / The Bad Seeds) who joined the band along with Rowland S Howard, his brother Harry on bass and one time Swell Maps drummer Epic Soundtracks.
In 1987, Bonney and Harvey moved to Berlin, and it’s here that the A History Of Crime-
Berlin 1987 – 1991 takes its inspiration. The band at this point comprised of Simon Bonney, Mick Harvey, Einstürzende Neubauten’s Alexander Hacke, Thomas Stern, ex-DAF/Liaisons Dangereuses Chrislo Haas, and Bonney’s co-writer Bronwyn Adams.                                                                                                                                
For this latest incarnation of Crime & The City Solution, the line up will feature Berlin era members Simon Bonney (vocals), Bronwyn Adams (violin) and Alexander Hacke(guitar), and will be joined by renowned visual artist Danielle de Picciotto, Jim White (drums, The Dirty Three), David Eugene Edwards (guitar, 16 Horsepower / Wovenhand), Troy Gregory (bass, The Dirtbombs / Swans / Spiritualised) and Matthew Smith (keyboards).

The live show will feature new music from American Twilight as well as reinterpretations of songs from the Berlin and London periods. It will also feature, for the first time, a powerful visual component designed by new member Danielle de Picciotto. Using back projection on large screens, the imagery will accompany the live performance as a cinematic embodiment of the Crime musicscape, and will perfectly complement the grand narratives and dynamism that are the hallmark of Crime’s music and live shows.

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The Howling Hex

Out of the desert and into the mountains, The Howling Hex are on the move once again, upping the ante by lowering the body count. One guitar, one bass and one voice are threaded through a multitrack recording unit to create this strain of Hex. The New Border Sound rolls north, absorbing new tribes as they appear on the scanner...

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