HOT WATER MUSIC
''LIVE IN CHICAGO, DISC TWO''
LIVE AT THE METRO IN CHICAGO, IL, FEBRUARY 1, 2 2008
JANUARY 15 2013
94:10
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DISC ONE (46:32)
01 - A Flight and a Crash 03:03
02 - Remedy 02:27
03 - Wayfarer 03:32
04 - Trusty Chords 02:48
05 - Jack of All Trades 02:29
06 - Rooftops 02:40
07 - End of a Gun 03:34
08 - Better Sense 02:56
09 - Kill the Night 02:41
10 - Instrumental 01:29
11 - Free Radio Gainesville 02:23
12 - Giver 03:03
13 - All Heads Down 03:10
14 - Moonpies for Misfits 03:51
15 - God Deciding 02:36
16 -1 Was On a Mountain 03:44
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DISC TWO (47:38)
01 - No Division 03:31
02 - Just Don't Say You Lost It 03:04
03 - Old Rules 02:36
04 - Swinger 03:13
05 - Our Own Way 02:23
06 - Choked and Separated 03:07
07 - Manual 04:32
08 - Paper Thin 02:27
09 - Turnstile 03:27
10 - 220 Years 04:58
11 - The Sense 02:56
12 - Alachua 02:55
13 - Position 04:28
14 - Hard to Know 03:55
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Chuck Ragan - guitar, vocals
Chris Wollard - guitar, vocals
Jason Black - bass
George Rebelo - drums
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REVIEW/AMG
Fred Thomas
Florida's emo-rock mainstays Hot Water Music built their lengthy career on the power and intensity of their live show, logging countless miles, shows, and overseas jaunts since their humble mid-'90s beginnings. In 2008 the band holed up in Chicago's heralded live music venue The Metro for a two-night stay, recording the sets and releasing the results as Live in Chicago. This lengthy live album includes a staggering 30 songs from the two-night stand, touching on almost every era of the group's discography. While singer Chuck Ragan's raspy growl and the rhythm section's watertight precision are trademarks of the band's sound, the context of this monolithic album spotlights the band's melodic songwriting and furious guitar work, especially on the catchier songs like "Trusty Chords" and "Just Don't Say You Lost It," where power pop meets the more tuneful side of emo's explosive declaration. This isn't the band's first live album, as it follows the scrappier 1999 offering Live at the Hardback, but almost a decade later Hot Water Music sound more like the seasoned touring machine they grew to be than the basement punk show heroes they started off as. This works both in the band's favor and against it. While their playing is tighter than ever and the sound is full, the stage banter and midsong introductions get a little into the rock star territory of mid-'70s live albums from cheesy arena acts. Old crowd favorites like "220 Years" become singalongs to the point where the band is playing with the audience more than to them. While that's probably an amazing moment in any concert, it translates pretty poorly on wax and all but the most dedicated fans will probably want to stick to the superior studio originals for the majority of the songs on Live in Chicago.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Jason Ankeny
Finding the Rhythms
The Gainesville, Florida-based post-hardcore quartet Hot Water Music were formed in 1994 by bassist Jason Black, drummer George Rebelo, and singer/guitarists Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard. Debuting in 1995 with the 7" "Eating the Filler," they soon returned with the EP Push for Coin, rounding out the year with the release of their first full-length effort, Finding the Rhythms, on No Idea. Fuel for the Hate Game followed in 1996, but in the wake of their third album, Forever and Counting, Hot Water Music disbanded. The group soon re-formed, however, with a series of split singles as well as a new 7" single, "Alachua," spread across 1998. The following year saw the release of a new studio album, No Division, as well as the Live at the Hardback set and the Moonpies for Misfits EP. Wollard and Rebelo also teamed on the side project Blacktop Cadence.
A Flight and a Crash
Flight and a Crash marked the band's first release for Epitaph and of the new millennium, soon followed by 2002's Caution. The roundup compilation Never Ender appeared in early 2004, and The New What Next followed that fall. Around the same time, No Idea also released the full-length debut of Ragan and Wollard's acoustic side project with Samantha Jones (of Bitchin'), Rumbleseat. Hot Water Music took an extended break in spring 2005, allowing Ragan to devote his time to life outside of the band. Meanwhile, the remaining bandmates went on to form the Draft with Todd Rockhill, and subsequent nationwide touring followed. A formal announcement appeared in May 2006 that HWM had officially called it quits, and the Draft continued full-time as Ragan began to issue solo acoustic material. The split didn't last long, however; Hot Water Music announced their reunion in late 2007 and embarked on a tour the following year, while No Idea issued the rarities collection Till the Wheels Fall Off that January. Exister, their first album of new material since 2004, arrived on Rise Records in 2012.
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''LIVE IN CHICAGO, DISC TWO''
LIVE AT THE METRO IN CHICAGO, IL, FEBRUARY 1, 2 2008
JANUARY 15 2013
94:10
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DISC ONE (46:32)
01 - A Flight and a Crash 03:03
02 - Remedy 02:27
03 - Wayfarer 03:32
04 - Trusty Chords 02:48
05 - Jack of All Trades 02:29
06 - Rooftops 02:40
07 - End of a Gun 03:34
08 - Better Sense 02:56
09 - Kill the Night 02:41
10 - Instrumental 01:29
11 - Free Radio Gainesville 02:23
12 - Giver 03:03
13 - All Heads Down 03:10
14 - Moonpies for Misfits 03:51
15 - God Deciding 02:36
16 -1 Was On a Mountain 03:44
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DISC TWO (47:38)
01 - No Division 03:31
02 - Just Don't Say You Lost It 03:04
03 - Old Rules 02:36
04 - Swinger 03:13
05 - Our Own Way 02:23
06 - Choked and Separated 03:07
07 - Manual 04:32
08 - Paper Thin 02:27
09 - Turnstile 03:27
10 - 220 Years 04:58
11 - The Sense 02:56
12 - Alachua 02:55
13 - Position 04:28
14 - Hard to Know 03:55
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Chuck Ragan - guitar, vocals
Chris Wollard - guitar, vocals
Jason Black - bass
George Rebelo - drums
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REVIEW/AMG
Fred Thomas
Florida's emo-rock mainstays Hot Water Music built their lengthy career on the power and intensity of their live show, logging countless miles, shows, and overseas jaunts since their humble mid-'90s beginnings. In 2008 the band holed up in Chicago's heralded live music venue The Metro for a two-night stay, recording the sets and releasing the results as Live in Chicago. This lengthy live album includes a staggering 30 songs from the two-night stand, touching on almost every era of the group's discography. While singer Chuck Ragan's raspy growl and the rhythm section's watertight precision are trademarks of the band's sound, the context of this monolithic album spotlights the band's melodic songwriting and furious guitar work, especially on the catchier songs like "Trusty Chords" and "Just Don't Say You Lost It," where power pop meets the more tuneful side of emo's explosive declaration. This isn't the band's first live album, as it follows the scrappier 1999 offering Live at the Hardback, but almost a decade later Hot Water Music sound more like the seasoned touring machine they grew to be than the basement punk show heroes they started off as. This works both in the band's favor and against it. While their playing is tighter than ever and the sound is full, the stage banter and midsong introductions get a little into the rock star territory of mid-'70s live albums from cheesy arena acts. Old crowd favorites like "220 Years" become singalongs to the point where the band is playing with the audience more than to them. While that's probably an amazing moment in any concert, it translates pretty poorly on wax and all but the most dedicated fans will probably want to stick to the superior studio originals for the majority of the songs on Live in Chicago.
*******************
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Jason Ankeny
Finding the Rhythms
The Gainesville, Florida-based post-hardcore quartet Hot Water Music were formed in 1994 by bassist Jason Black, drummer George Rebelo, and singer/guitarists Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard. Debuting in 1995 with the 7" "Eating the Filler," they soon returned with the EP Push for Coin, rounding out the year with the release of their first full-length effort, Finding the Rhythms, on No Idea. Fuel for the Hate Game followed in 1996, but in the wake of their third album, Forever and Counting, Hot Water Music disbanded. The group soon re-formed, however, with a series of split singles as well as a new 7" single, "Alachua," spread across 1998. The following year saw the release of a new studio album, No Division, as well as the Live at the Hardback set and the Moonpies for Misfits EP. Wollard and Rebelo also teamed on the side project Blacktop Cadence.
A Flight and a Crash
Flight and a Crash marked the band's first release for Epitaph and of the new millennium, soon followed by 2002's Caution. The roundup compilation Never Ender appeared in early 2004, and The New What Next followed that fall. Around the same time, No Idea also released the full-length debut of Ragan and Wollard's acoustic side project with Samantha Jones (of Bitchin'), Rumbleseat. Hot Water Music took an extended break in spring 2005, allowing Ragan to devote his time to life outside of the band. Meanwhile, the remaining bandmates went on to form the Draft with Todd Rockhill, and subsequent nationwide touring followed. A formal announcement appeared in May 2006 that HWM had officially called it quits, and the Draft continued full-time as Ragan began to issue solo acoustic material. The split didn't last long, however; Hot Water Music announced their reunion in late 2007 and embarked on a tour the following year, while No Idea issued the rarities collection Till the Wheels Fall Off that January. Exister, their first album of new material since 2004, arrived on Rise Records in 2012.
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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