{"id":983,"date":"2010-07-27T22:45:47","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T03:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/?p=983"},"modified":"2010-11-14T01:30:20","modified_gmt":"2010-11-14T06:30:20","slug":"markov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/?p=983","title":{"rendered":"Markov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"Markov - This Quiet\" src=\"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/media\/Markov.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>This Quie<\/em>t LP<br \/>\nSelf-released, 2010<\/p>\n<p>The debut album by this Austin quartet has been slowly wrapping its tentacles around my DNA since its release earlier this month. At first listen, their influences came in loud and clear, with aggro <strong>Hot Snakes<\/strong> riffs and clever <strong>Les Savy Fav<\/strong> songwriting prowess backed by a rock-solid <strong>Drive Like Jehu<\/strong> rhythm section. Further in, Markov also evokes the better moments of John Reis&#8217; and Rick Frohberg&#8217;s pre-Hot Snakes, pre-Drive Like Jehu band <strong>Pitchfork<\/strong>, with a more direct attack from the gut that doesn&#8217;t get too mired in cerebral approaches to methodically dispensed hardcore aggression. There&#8217;s also a nice rambling <strong>Barkmarket<\/strong> quality to the delivery of the vocals, with a pinch of mania and a looseness that ebbs and flows with waves of soaring guitar, both pleading and demanding, often at the same time. Beyond these reference points, Markov \u2014 named after a famed Russian mathematician \u2014 have formulated a uniquely potent mixture of these influences that give them an x-factor that elevates their music well above any dismissive math-rock comparisons their moniker or cover art might suggest. You can stream <em>This Quiet<\/em> at the link below, but I recommend picking up a digital copy (only $5) in order to fully understand the intricacies and charm of this band.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LINKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/markov.bandcamp.com\/\">Buy digital album\u00a0at Bandcamp<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/thisismarkov\">Markov on MySpace<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Quiet LP Self-released, 2010 The debut album by this Austin quartet has been slowly wrapping its tentacles around my DNA since its release earlier this month. At first listen, their influences came in loud and clear, with aggro Hot Snakes riffs and clever Les Savy Fav songwriting prowess backed by a rock-solid Drive Like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[122],"tags":[143,8,30,90],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=983"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1053,"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions\/1053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}