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JNR 125-3EP
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"The March installment of the Joyful Noise 2013 Flexi Disc Series features an exclusive track from Monotonix. From the city of Tel Aviv, Israel, Monotonix are the most insane motherfuckers in their geographic region. Which is saying a lot. Known for their chaotic, beer-saturating live shows (which typically end with the band being forcibly removed from the venue) Monotonix released their first two albums on the fantastic Drag City label. With their contribution to the Joyful Noise 2013 Flexi Disc series, Monotonix have thrown us a curveball. Their contribution 'Now' is a 6-minute balls to the wall experiment. A far cry from their almost grunge-leaning studio albums, 'Now' is a mostly-instrumental, free-jazz-ish piece -- showing that they are as opposed to musical convention as they are to dive bar security. 'Now' is limited to just 1000 copies on 7" Flexi-Disc."
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DC 454CD
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"Not Yet, the second Monotonix full-length album, focuses the band's energy like a beam, searing away everything extraneous, leaving only the essentials. Monotonix are kicking it with pure, slamming rawness from start to finish on Not Yet, with short and fast songs, direct to the point; Yonatan's riffs, doubled up and driving forward, Haggai rattling jaws with blow after blow on the kit as Ami sings and screams of you and me, of the thrill and dismay of too much, of action and release, his voice almost swallowed in the din but cutting through with the rigor of a scalpel and the fury of a fanatic. These enhancements are due in some degree to Monotonix recording with Steve Albini. They booked time at Electrical, then went about writing the music back in Tel Aviv in between tour runs. While writing the songs, they cut to the chase, feeling the joy in the bones of the songs and the way they fit together. This made working on the record very easy and fun. The finished sound is trembling with distortion, screaming with release. Even the extended break on 'Late Night' is a surging, rhythmic outing -- one that conveys the very real qualities of Monotonix in an inspired performance Not Yet is the livest, loudest, most focused set of songs and sounds that we and Monotonix can have. The question you have to ask yourself is, if Not Yet, then when?"
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DC 454LP
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DC 441EP
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"These singles are songs-on-the-run, quickly rendered in best punk rock fashion in order to help pay for dinner or gas or whatever else is needed to get to the next town. They won't be around forever so pick 'em now!"
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DC 436EP
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"In a little over two years, Monotonix have become an incredible part of the international independent rock scene. Their refusal to sit still, or even leave the drums in one place for more than a song or two, is a part of their charm -- the other parts include balls-out rock and roll (sometimes literally!) and a bottomless desire for good times. Monotonix's two releases thus far, the Body Language EP and the full-length album Where Were You When It Happened? have distilled the rowdy essence of their legendary live shows into recorded sound -- but the quest to fill the grooves with the rush that comes from the live experience continues. For their latest attempt, Monotonix traveled to Electrical Audio for some furious recording with Steve Albini. The fast and fun results are available on two 7" singles 'Never Died Before,' and 'Fun Fun Fun.'"
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DC 411CD
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"Monotonix are back -- but how can this be, if they never really went away? They're the People's Rock Band, playing anywhere and everywhere that they're allowed to play all around the world. Nobody anywhere has played more gigs than Monotonix over the past two years. Nobody -- unless 'playing gigs' is code for scratching one's ass, in which case, we're all as Godly as the Monotonix crew. Speaking of ass, wait'll you see the back of Where Were You When It Happened? ! What it lacks in cheek, it makes up for in crack. But what are Monotonix supposed to do? Fans of their incredible live energy insist that their first record, the Body Language EP, is great, but can't possibly approach the thrill that comes from being rocked from within, doused with band-sweat, trash and a variety of drinks, mooned and then challenged to bear the group aloft while they climax their relentless assault. Fucking duh! No LP, CD or DVD can duplicate that -- not even Blu-Ray (not yet). Still, over the course of their two releases, Monotonix have mastered an approximation of their live rush. Where Were You When It Happened? roils and rocks with frenetic glee, shows a lot of skin, and is over before you know it. Where Were You When It Happened? works up a sweat with raw rock and roll, acid guitar licks and riffs, screaming choruses and, in general, the wildness of Monotonix in a way that makes for repeated album listening (and pummeling). How did they do it? Where most bands refine their production sound as they go forward, Monotonix have reverse-refined themselves, playing dirtier and more energetic to capture the lightning they are known for."
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DC 361CD
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"Monotonix are a punk trio from Tel Aviv, featuring guitar (Yonatan), drums (Ran) and vocals (Ami). They formed in November 2005, set up on the floor of the club with the audience, and the party began. But the party usually got too wild, the power got cut, the cops were called and Monotonix were banned from playing again almost everywhere. Before long, they were looking for good places to play outside of Israel -- and they were delighted to find that there are more rock and roll party places outside of Israel than inside! Body Language sounds almost like a Monotonix show. The only thing you can't hear is the sound of your heart beating in your ears after having been chased around the room by a vocalist with his pants literally on fire, then getting doused with beer and dancing your ass off to the guitar riffage, then ending it all by carrying the drummer around on your shoulders while a few other guys hold his kit up so he can keep drumming. You don't end up quite as out of breath when listening to Body Language, but you do get a ton of excitement anyway, courtesy of a killer guitar sound, precision power drumming and lusty lead vocals (with just a few little overdub touches, to add even more excitement)."
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12"
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DC 361EP
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