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Appearing on the one hand to be a post-modern Apocalyptic Cult, Sleepytime Gorilla Musem delight in setting folksy allegorical tales of auto-genocide and the species-wide doom we all face to breathtakingly strange and compelling musical compositions.
SGM’s impressive instrumental array includes many homemade devices suggestive of the avant-garde. Having little in common with those who have marred the field, whether mere arty obscurists, jock-like musical gymnasts, or high-brow snoots, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum are thoroughgoing populists, warmly regarding their varied audience and skillfully embracing their role as entertainers. Even though the band boasts heavy-hitters like Carla Kihlstedt (Tin Hat Trio) and Nils Frykdahl of Faun Fables, this is a band that survives and thrives supremely through heavy touring, and in the process has amassed a devoted (to say the least) following. For a band that owes as much to Meshuggah as they do to the Art Bears, Messiaen, and Einstürzende Neubauten, their skewed exhumation of Futurism in reverse strikes a broad nerve and fills a big void – in the process SGM’s music has become dear to many many hearts.
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official sleepytime gorilla museum website.
Future performances by this artist:
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| Feb 29, 2024 |
Humboldt Brews (Humbrews) |
Arcata, CA |
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| Mar 01, 2024 |
WOW Hall |
Eugene, OR |
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| Mar 02, 2024 |
Aladdin Theater |
Portland, OR |
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| Mar 03, 2024 |
The Crocodile |
Seattle, WA |
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| Mar 04, 2024 |
Treefort Music Hall |
Boise, ID |
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| Mar 05, 2024 |
Metro Music Hall |
Salt Lake City, UT |
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| Mar 07, 2024 |
Bluebird Theater |
Denver, CO |
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| Mar 08, 2024 |
Stanley Hotel |
Estes Park, CO |
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| Mar 09, 2024 |
Stanley Hotel |
Estes Park, CO |
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| Mar 11, 2024 |
recordBar |
Kansas City, MO |
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| Mar 12, 2024 |
Fine Line |
Minneapolis, MN |
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| Mar 13, 2024 |
Lincoln Hall |
Chicago, IL |
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| Mar 14, 2024 |
Irving Theater |
Indianapolis, IN |
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| Mar 15, 2024 |
Beachland Ballroom |
Cleveland, OH |
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| Mar 16, 2024 |
Underground Arts |
Philadelphia, PA |
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| Mar 17, 2024 |
The Sinclair |
Cambridge, MA |
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| Mar 18, 2024 |
Elsewhere |
Brooklyn, NY |
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| Mar 19, 2024 |
Ottobar |
Baltimore, MD |
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| Mar 20, 2024 |
Cat's Cradle |
Carrboro, NC |
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| Mar 25, 2024 |
Terminal West |
Atlanta, GA |
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| Mar 26, 2024 |
Conduit |
Winter Park, FL |
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| Mar 27, 2024 |
Orpheum Theatre |
Tampa, FL |
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| Mar 28, 2024 |
The Howlin' Wolf |
New Orleans, LA |
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| Mar 29, 2024 |
The Secret Group |
Houston, TX |
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| Mar 30, 2024 |
Mohawk |
Austin, TX |
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| Mar 31, 2024 |
Trees |
Dallas, TX |
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| Apr 01, 2024 |
Sister Bar |
Albuquerque, NM |
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| Apr 03, 2024 |
Crescent Ballroom |
Phoenix, AZ |
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| Apr 04, 2024 |
191 Toole |
Tucson, AZ |
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| Apr 05, 2024 |
Fonda Theatre |
Los Angeles, CA |
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| Apr 06, 2024 |
The UC Theatre |
Berkeley, CA |
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For other artists, see the Calendar.
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum of Natural History
(WoM 019) - 2004 |
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A landmark release in the tradition of absolutely no tradition, a destined classic.
With this, their Mimicry debut, Sleepytime's musical method has evolved, as natural things will do, and delivers what can only be described as a complete and thoroughly devastating musical expression. With their dense harmonic compositions & and jagged, intricate rhythms (by FAR the best in the business on both counts) servicing the artistic equivalent of a Unabomber tract set to music, the music collected in the Museum of Natural History sets a serious high water mark for future generations to look back on in awe… assuming the existence of future generations, that is.
- A Hymn to the Morning Star
- The Donkey-Headed Adversary of Humanity Opens the Discussion [mp3]
- Phthisis [mp3]
- Bring Back the Apocalypse
- FC: The Freedom Club [mp3]
- Gunday's Child
- The 17-Year Cicada
- The Creature
- What Shall We Do Without Us?
- Babydoctor [mp3]
- Cockroach
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