OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR "GOES CUBE SONG 30," DIRECTED BY JACOB HENSBERRY :EARFARM'S VIDEO FOR "GOES CUBE SONG 34," COMPRISED ENTIRELY OF SUPER 8MM FOOTAGE FROM OUR WINTER/SPRING '07 TOUR:"GOES CUBE SONG 30" live at the Mercury Lounge 1/20/07 (shot by EarFarm)
"GOES CUBE SONG 34" live at the Mercury Lounge 1/20/07 (shot by EarFarm)"GOES CUBE SONG 27" into "GOES CUBE SONG 29" LIVE AT THE GOTHAMIST MOVABLE HYPE SHOW AT THE KNITTING FACTORY (July, 2006): .. width="425" height="350" ..WATCH OUR VIDEO FOR "GOES CUBE SONG 26"!..MetroMix says: "Taking guitar cues from heavier classic indie rock (Dino Jr) and a rhythm foundation equally steeped in early ‘90's hardcore and Sleep-inspired doom and you get the idea. This is already down-tuned fun, but what really made this set was the true punk fuck-off of forced audience participation. When the singer/guitarist lunged into the crowd like he was in a joust or took the mic up to a random crowd member for a grasping scream-along, it was a nice reminder that live music can still be dangerous." Read full text.LimeWire Music Blog says: "Heavy as hell, and equally ominous, Goes Cube is an almost purely visceral experience...get ready to feel bass and kick drums rumble through your gut. " read full textDaily Tar Heel says: "On its EP, Beckon The Dagger God, Goes Cube smashes out seven tracks that tumble in and out of rage from brash, distorted guitars churning their way out of a thicket of raw-throated yells to winding passages of exasperated near-whispers and stringy riffs...cathartic, passionate, and blistering. This pain is real." read full reviewMusic Nation says: "Goes Cube is one of the most promising, cut[ting] edge bands out today. If you like at the drive in, early grunge, or anything that you probably won't hear on the air-waves, you'll love this band."Metromix says "Goes Cube sounds deafening and scary."The Los Angeles Times on Goes Cube (specifically "Goes Cube Song 30"): "You'll need a bit of time to recover from this one — perhaps book a cell in a monastery for quality silence. This is as loud as loud gets (Mogwai, take heed). Brooklyn's latest bellow is a powerful volley for avant-punk...the energy is utterly captured. This is a band that has not forgotten the great mid-'90s Swedish group Refused, which took hard-core to a totally different compositional level..."The Onion AV Club (Denver) on Goes Cube: "Goes Cube will roll in from New York to pound and howl" and "a great band" and "honest and intriguing."T-Sides on Goes Cube: "In the standards of damn fine live shows, Goes Cube more than held their own. Blazing through song after song (all numbered, no titles — 27 and 43 were my favorites), my eyes and ears were held in a trance. As someone with limited words in regards to the genre, I can only describe the sound as throw you against a wall rock. Not in the sense of anger, but in the sense of raw force and power. More akin to an earthquake or hurricane than a punch in the face." Read the full text!Nerdlitter on Goes Cube: "Goes Cube is kick-your-mother-in-the-face LOUD. If I were to list ten adjectives to describe them, loud would appear on said list at least four times. Other fitting alternatives might include brutal, raucous, massive and volatile, if they were preceded by a whole slew of superlatives. Because the trio, rounded out by Kenny Appell on drums and Matt Frey on bass, never held a thing back on the night in question, knocking out each song with the breathless momentum of a first-round boxer." Read the full text!Grape Star on Goes Cube: "I finally caught their set last night at the Mercury Lounge. It happened to be the last stop of their cross-country tour, and rocked so hard my body is still aching." Read the full text!Pittsburgh City Paper on Goes Cube: " "On Goes Cube's latest EP, Beckon the Dagger God, double-bass drums collide with impossibly ballsy guitars and disarming chord structures -- a provocative blend of Sonic Youth artiness and Slayeresque fury."The Westword (Denver) on Goes Cube: "a surprisingly heavy Brooklyn band on the rise." Read the full interview . Read the article.The North County Times (San Diego) on Goes Cube's "Beckon The Dagger God": "a modern, sometimes accessible melding of various hard rock styles into an atmospheric, pulsating wall of noise... a band capable of taking the frenetic energy of youth-oriented fringe muscal styles and crafting something focused and, well, a touch grown-up." Read the full review .PopMatters on Goes Cube's "Beckon the Dagger God": "Goes Cube’s desperation shines through in Dave Obuchowski’s raw baritone." and "in a town occasionally given to over-intellecualized, not-too-enjoyable musical natives, that straightforwardness is appreciated." Read the full review.
Liner Notes (San Diego Union Tribute) on Goes Cube: "the aural assault was coming from fellow Brooklyn band Goes Cube -- a hardcore power trio completely throwing down..." and "unpretentious but aggressive hardcore" and "[Beckon the Dagger God] broke my car stereo; perhaps because it was so aggressive? Who knows? I'm genuinely pissed, though. Way to stick it to the critic, Goes Cube." Read the full text!Cat Dirt Sez (San Diego) on Goes Cube: "Goes Cube is powerfully awesome- reminiscent of Fugazi and Slint... at the same time! They are a three piece, but it's hard to imagine how they generate so much noise with that line up." Read the full text.
All The Rage (Nashville, TN) on Goes Cube: "Goes Cube are a Brooklyn-based trio combining In Utero grooves, drop-d guitars, and raspy vocals."Insound on Goes Cube: "NYCs Goes Cube are one of our favorite new bands, and thats no joke. These guys remind us of a simpler time in indie rock (circa 1994) when bands would scoff at the notion of using a synth. Get ready for some serious rock riffs like Slint."Stereogum on Goes Cube: "Goes Cube's sledgehammer assault was inescapably awesome. They bludgeoned our eardrums -- and our hearts -- with their epic Fugazi feel, machine gun double-bass assault and monumental larynx-shredding vocals." AND "Goes Cube just may have become our favorite underground locals. They're definitely our loudest." Read the full post!Stereogum (in a separate post) on Goes Cube: "....we call it dynamic, melodic, and perfectly brutal... the loudest mofos you'll see at CMJ this year." Read the full post!Gothamist on Goes Cube: Goes Cube is "leading New York's rock scene into a much more hopeful future. Their live show will make your brain shake, your body move and your soul scream. Lucky for us, their set translates well in the studio." Read the full post!Crackers United on Goes Cube: Goes Cube "emblazoned our eardrums with their Fugazi-inspired sonic assault. Really love the whole wall of sound the band produces and they do it well, blew the fucking walls off the Knitting Factory." Oh My Rockness on Goes Cube:"Holy shit, Goes Cube is an insanely good band. I went to see these guys expecting nothing and came away feeling newfound hope for the future of rock in New York City...and the drummer, well, the drummer is just sick. He's seriously the best drummer I've seen in quite a while...Goes Cube [is] mighty refreshing in these post-Interpol days...See them. Now." Read the full text!Prefix Magazine on Goes Cube: "Brooklyn-based three-piece Goes Cube does indie-RAWK the way it should be. How should it be you ask? Mostly like this: The bass will be loud, you won't understand the vocals, the drums will kick your ass and the guitar will slay all in sight. Is that enough? Yes, yes it is." Full text here New York Magazine on Goes Cube: "High-energy rock" and "rising indie trio Goes Cube""Like the cartoon ghosts wallowing among the animated black houses on the front page of their website, Brooklyn rock trio Goes Cube has been creeping up on the scene, a startling Boo! paused on their lips." Rating: 7/10. Excerpt from Lost At Sea Magazine's review of Goes Cube's self-titled (non-Beating Machine) three song sampler. Full text here.The Deli Magazine says: "These days it seems like if you see Goes Cube live you simply can't not become a fan..." And: "they've got the triple threat full-on punishment package that makes the kids go crazy and the eardrums ring. Their live show left me bleeding and happy."Goes Cube is chosen as Gothamist's Band of the Week on 3/22/06: "...already being familiar with the awesomeness that is the Detachment Kit, we needed to see what the deal was with the fourth band on the bill. Unsurprisingly, they [Goes Cube] rock as well. From the few songs we've downloaded off their website, they've got a heavy driving sound that alternates soft and loud with the best of them. The quiet parts are as emotional as their shrieking confessionals..." -The Gothamist ( full text )"I wanna point you in the direction of Gothamist's band of the week this week, Goes Cube. They rule. Brooklyn needs more honest to goodness screaming, ya know? Sing it like you fucking mean it, Goes Cube! I never heard of them before this morning, but I've been listening to them all day..." - Central Village ( full text )"Look out for emoish trio Goes Cube, experts of the bitter kiss-off." - Time Out New York"Enthusiastic Rawk" - Flavorpill"Punishing awesome." - New York PressOh My Rockness highlights Goes Cube in their BANDS WE LIKE feature: "God, Goes Cube are good. If you miss bands that just flat out rock, then these guys are for you." - Oh My Rockness"...Goes Cube stepped up...I went in sans earplugs, which was a good idea for somewhere around 15 seconds, when I twisted in a pair to save my hearing as their songs smashed out like lottery numbersGoes Cube Song 17, Goes Cube Song 25. When they finished, I ambled outside to recover...Later that night, as I fell asleep, my ears were ringing quite awesomely, but they were 100% not bleeding. Valiant attempt, Mr. Obuchowski. Valiant attempt." Read the full text!-Shawn Parow, New York PressCHECK OUT A LOT MORE PRESS HERE!!! (the above is just the most recent)Ever since GOES CUBE replaced its Beating Machine with human drummer Kenny Appell (in December, 2005), the band has been giving New York City a deafening re-education in rock music. With their "Machine gun double-bass assaul" and "larynx shredding vocals" (Stereogum), GOES CUBEs "live show will make your brain shake, your body move and your soul scream" (Gothamist). But, "Lucky for us," says Gothamist, "their set translates well in the studio." Walls of thick distorted guitar (courtesy of David Obuchowski) and relentless bass (dealt out by Matthew Frey) round out the instrumentation of this "raucous Brooklyn trio" (New York Magazine) who "does indie-RAWK the way it should be" (Prefix Magazine).