HEALTH Tear Up The Volume Stage At Stereogum's SXSW Party
Most everyone that was lucky enough to be standing in the vicinity of HEALTH's frighteningly awesomely set this past Saturday were equally dumbstruck, sweaty. The HEALTH set easily landed at the top of our list of favorite sets of the SXSW -- and we're certain this footage will translate to cubicle/streaming-video viewing better than perhaps others that similarly slayed. As No Age said as the duo wound up their set, "HEALTH is up next. Get ready to have your face melted." The metaphors flew around in the patio afterwards: The sound of warring dinosaurs ("Triceratops"!), violently fucking ("Courtship"!)? Or maybe the sound of a nuclear power plant, metals grinding to a hault and on the verge of meltdown. Whatever you call it, it was enough for a few of us to lose our voices screaming along to, watching the L.A. kids bring their Smell-honed spasms to the party's close. This is HEALTH. We bow down.
"/ / M \ \" & "Crimewave"
If you aren't whiplashed or scared just yet, there's two more must-views waiting...
"Heaven" & "Tabloid Sores"
"Triceratops" & "Courtship"
Uh, you're fucking welcome, HEALTH. Thanks for destroying. We'll go ahead and thank you on behalf of Paste, too.
Posted at 1:46 PM in Video
Tags: HEALTH | SXSW
HEALTH and Aa are the real noise_makers. Good_ness.
Posted by: kScore = 3
[can't forget AFrames as well].. . where is "Lost Time" - they had to do it.. right?
Posted by: kScore = 0
Wow, what an obnoxious homo-retarded temper tantrum.
Posted by: arsetothat at March 20, 2008 2:41 PM | ReplyScore = -3
Go listen to some Peter Paul & Mary then...
Posted by: MTVIII at March 20, 2008 8:36 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Don't understand all the fuss about this group. Entire CD is nonsense. However, the performance was kind of fun to watch, so, maybe they're just more enjoyable live.
Posted by: cepoba at March 21, 2008 9:40 AM | ReplyScore = 0
Health are nice guys, and put on an alright show. Their record is okay. I really don't understand all the hype, though. Why not hype Abe Vigoda- THERE is a band that's been on the scene for a while and never fails to astound. When I hear Health, I can't help but think a bunch of hip scene kids were leaving Club Moscow and few years back, overheard some dude playing a Boredoms tape, and thought "this is where it's at." And don't get me wrong...I don't dislike Health, and wish them the best of luck, but Abe Vigoda, Silver Daggers, Child Pornography...there ARE better "Smell" bands just as deserving of blog attention.
Posted by: jonathan at March 21, 2008 4:23 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Abe Vigoda are awesome... Mika Miko as well... Definately deserve attention.
HEALTH put on a neat show, but I a tend to question thier musicality as well (like the few above). Despite, there isn't much more fun than a HEALTH show at The Smell. I love that place.
Posted by: square at March 21, 2008 5:46 PM | ReplyScore = 0
All their songs sound the same. Too much pitch shifter. Way too post-Liars to be this hyped. Seeing them once is great, but like Dandi Wind, the effect wears off into boredom.
Posted by: bizzo at March 28, 2008 3:32 PM | ReplyScore = 0