http://basso.podomatic.com/

In our first of many installments spreading the word on some of our favorite artists and musicians, we hit up house-master Basso, who podcasts his show every sunday night.  We've played many a show with Basso and the OssoTerro crew, and no doubt you'll be dancing your ass off on this mix.  Check it out, and enjoy responsibly!

Sometimes, a night just doesn't go your way.

The weather is cold and damp and cold, your car is packed with gear and humans and barely making it over the Manhattan Bridge, the club doesn't have a sign on the front door, not to mention any sign of people remotely interested in free-jazz inspired prog/post rock.  You're a band dealing with identity issues at best, and basic philosophical musical disagreements at worst, and knee deep in a period of time (Winter 2008) where regaining the momentum of an adventurous Cabinfest/Fall gig schedule was proving difficult, and even more so with the production of It's Alright is Not Alright sitting in the background like a grimacing evil troll with a shotgun in his hand.

And so it came to be that on 12/6/08, the 4 gentlemen of Wounded Buffalo Theory staggered uneasily into the OS Arthouse (nearly impenetrably located in the basement of another bar called the John St. Grill), where by far the best thing about the place was a solitary "BUCK HUNTER: BIG GAME EDITION" in the outer hall.  The venue area itself has almost no light whatsoever; this proved to be a major factor when setting up, since the hip hop act that opened the night got into a fight with an audience member near the end of their set, and spilled what seemed like at least 3 drinks in the process on the stage and power units.  Since we couldn't really see where the drinks had spilled, we had some fun predicting which guitar player would get electrocuted first.  As it turns out, the fight cleared out a whole bunch of people, and so we took the stage to a massive cheering crowd of 4 (unbelievably dedicated and wonderful) people.

All that said, sometimes it's these moments that prove to be your creative catalysts in the long years spent together as a working band.  Without any reason to find musical consensus, for whatever reason, the band seemed to find ways of bringing pieces together in a fiery, angry blend of sounds, and in some ways, constructs the best sounding, most experimental show of that season, and maybe the entire year.

Not every track included here is dark and furious, although the opening "Pledge" and "Gutenberg" salvos that take up the first 30 minutes certainly lean more towards the band's harder inspirations, and the rest of the set certainly echoes that ethos.  "Killer Klowns", still a relatively new track at the time, brims with alienation and a beautifully uncomfortable middle section, and "Lay Me Down", rarely played at shows with larger, more dance-orientated audiences, seethes through its intro while building a fierce peak into its closing section.

Again, the softer tones still exist; "Bodies II," the closing section of "Gutenberg," and the intro of "The Boer," (a song off of Red that hadn't been played in nearly 2 years before this show) showcase a more textured dynamic, but retain a sharp focus highlighted throughout the show.  These sections may be quieter, but again, for whatever reason, whatever was pissing us off that night made for some very tight playing, crisp segues, and experimental playing that colored much of what we did in the months following the show.  Without question, some credit must go to visualist Justin Wood, who, as you can see by the videos we've included below, went above and beyond and was able to give us something to vibe off and work with.

So, for the first time, we're releasing a good portion of this show for free download, on our music page and on the various links scattered around this post:)  We couldn't include all the songs, due to sound problems, but this cross section is the real meat of the show.  So get angry, and help yourself to some WBT therapy music...take all your anger out on us today:).  Music To Murder By: Live at the OS Arthouse 12/6/08.

Howdy y'all.  We're glad to announce our first show of 2010.  WBT will be taking the stage at 9pm on Saturday, February 20th at Fat Baby in New York City.  We'll be sharing the stage with Albany friends 7th Squeeze.  Come early and check out their 8pm set.  This promises to be a great night of music...we might even throw out a couple sneak previews from our forthcoming album.

Additionally, we're calling on our fans and friends to help us get to Camp Bisco, and no we're not looking for your extra, brah...  This year, the folks who put on Camp are looking for your suggestions for bands you want to see rip it up.  Just CLICK HERE and fill out the form and help get WBT to Camp.  Plus 20 heady points.

See you on the 20th!

We were digging through the miles of file cabinets holding old WBT shows when we realized that the 10/28/06 show from the Dsan/Lord Lounge had never been properly released in full, and so now we aim to rectify that!  The show came near the end of the power trio years, and thus, has a nice cross section of Green songs, still being fleshed out at the time, and songs that disappeared completely with lineup shifts.  Despite the transitional elements, the show was an important one for the band, in terms of stretching out compositions and segues, and maybe a pinnicle of our nights at the Lounge.  The DLL was an apartment venue about 2 blocks south of Central Park, and in the end WBT played about 5 shows there from 2005-2007, including the Green release party.   

From the owners:

John "Dsan" Dennison:

The Dsan/Lord Lounge - Many of you may not know that I had a love/hate relationship with the DLL.  I would love the fact that a show was approaching and I could do all the things I felt were necessary to throw the bash.  I would hate that this process would consume me to the point of thinking only about the night for a full week before, and wishing the following week that it was still happening.  That's a full two weeks of thought!  It was worth it.  I didn't even have to invite anyone.  You all just showed up!  That's the amazing part.  The shape of the room was a rectangular cube.  You could have picked it up and put us on a flatbed truck.  More than half was taken up by humans.  Instruments and equipment took up an incredible amount of space.  The rest was sound.  But somehow it all worked.  Everywhere I looked people would be doing their thing, whatever that meant to them at the time.  For me, I could have been doing any of 10 different things at the same time, my favorite of course was going on stage and interacting with the band.  Because the Wounded Buffalo theory would be doing their thing - playing whatever the hell they wanted.  That was my other favorite part of their shows at the lounge.  Their dynamic range as a band was greatest in this space, and yes I mean both ends of the range.  There's a spacious quality found throughout this show - MDMA, Lies, NF and the Pledge all open up real wide.  Even Putin Bay opens up nice.  The fun is in Thriller and Elements because Shamellow free verse over wbt is just too good.  Elements feeds off of that.   So does the the remainder of the show, for that matter.  When I think back, this was probably the most successful night there.  Unless, by successful, you mean raising money to cure cancer, which we did there as well.

   Eric Lord: