Dragging an Ox Through Water, Mangled Bohemians and Panthelion January 25, 2009

Anno Domini presents a little night culture with Dragging an OX Through Water (Portland, OR), Mangled Bohemians (Portland, OR) and Panthelion (San Jose, CA) this Sunday. Come out and Get Together!

Dragging an Ox Through Water (new release)
http://www.myspace.com/dragginganox

Mangled Bohemians
http://www.myspace.com/mangledbohemians

Panthelion
http://www.panthelion.com

SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2009
Doors: 7pm; Performance: 7:30pm
Admission: Free (bring some green for band releases and swag!)

Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 S 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113
www.galleryAD.com

About Dragging an Ox Through Water:
"Dragging an Ox Through Water combines folk acoustics with experimental electronics. It's an interesting juxtaposition -- creaky vocals and fingerpicking, with fuzz or glitch or drone or white noise, or sometimes all those, layered beneath; somethings the music segues into only one aspect or the other before bringing the two back together. When this works, the electronic and acoustic halves complement each other beautifully. Sometimes, though, it feels like juxtaposition for its own sake. This is challenging music, though so it's hard to think that just one listen to the new work would be enough to absorb it." ~Luciana Lopez, The Oregonian
http://www.myspace.com/dragginganox

About Mangled Bohemians:
We formed in the fall of 2007 in the basement of Ma and Pa's Market downtown as an abrasive noise 4 piece under the name 7 foot tapeworm. This formation quickly dissolved and left just guitarist James Lee and noise provocateur Ryan Shoptaw to fill in the gaps. So far we've released an LP under Seattle's Aphonia record label, are awaiting the release of our upcoming split record with Lunch with Beardo, and are currently on a tour of the west coast. While we are a 2 piece we do encourage collaborations and other future band members. [EXPRESSWAY TO YR SKULL] Almost anyone can ape the early, noise-without-the-pop-hooks ambience of Sonic Youth, but few bands get it just right. Local duo Mangled Bohemians falls on the very experimental end of the post-punk spectrum, but its compositions reward the patient, active listener. What might sound like mere gurgles and fuzz in the background comes alive in headphones and onstage, where the volume is pumped up a notch and the noise hits your gut just as much as your brain. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. Mangled Bohemians are an intensely atmospheric two-piece band featuring massively effected guitar and electronics. Mining heavily from the post-punk tradition of the likes of Glenn Branca, Savage Republic, Heathen Earth era Throbbing Gristle, and Sonic Youth's SYR releases, Mangled Bohemians create long spacey drones that melt into beautiful washes of ambient noise. While a Portland OR group all the way, their new album Degeneration is on Seattle's highly prolific experimental label Aphonia Recordings. -Ricardo Wang
http://www.myspace.com/mangledbohemians

About Panthelion:
Panthelion is the leading archetype of a dynamic new musical genre known as "nu class" a term that has been coined from audience descriptions of the Panthelion experience. Nu class stands for New Urban Classical music an art form dedicated to exploring the spiritual and artistic depths of sound and structure forged into live performances in primarily contemporary popular music venues. Stylistically nu class draws on elements of jazz, classical, tribal, urban-groove, hardcore and electronica. Panthelion's current instrument lineup includes piano, upright bass, cello, trumpet, percussion, voice, electric guitar, loopers and live electronics.
http://www.panthelion.com