***REISSUED ON VINYL!!! The sixth album from D.C.'s smoove-groovin' soul-rock sweethearts THE MAKE UP—IAN SVENONIUS, JAMES CANTY, MICHELLE MAE and STEVE GAMBOA. Nine tracks of screeching'n'squealing, psych-soul, R&B garage punk gospel featuring guest action from FRED ERSKINE, TED LEO, HEATHER WORLEY, and BRENDAN CANTY (who also produced). Remastered and re-cut, it's a cosmic collision of fuzz and fury. Received an 8.1 from Pitchfork upon its 1999 release.
LP $17.75
10/04/2019
***REISSUED ON VINYL!!! MAKE-UP was a group which composed superior, original music, performed that music dynamically in spaces and nightclubs, and organized the performances at which they appeared across the U.S.A. and the world. These performances were characterized by the freneticism, catharsis and spirituality of what can only be described as GOSPEL YEH-YEH music. They were a total departure from the boring pantomime of rock 'n' roll as we know it, inflicting a sublime theatre on their audience which resembled a baptism, or perhaps an orgy. Their 'singer' was typically employed as a lead-chanter, while the others perpetrated a rhythmic drone on the subjects of their "Rhythm Hive". They were: on guitar, microphone and organ, JAMES CANTY; on center microphone, IAN SVENONIUS; on bass guitar and microphone, MICHELLE MAE and on the drum kit, STEVE GAMOBA. Ian, Steve and James once were part of the NATION OF ULYSSES, while Michelle took part in a project called FRUMPIES. The three were from Washington, DC while the one was from Olympia, Washington, but they formed in February 1995 to present their international vision to a world they are sure is steeped in stultifying cynicism. Includes a download.
LP $17.75
06/19/2012
CD $11.00
09/13/1996
***A collection of the video and film works of now-defunct Washington, DC soul-stirrers THE MAKE-UP—IAN SVENONIUS, JAMES CANTY, STEVE GAMBOA, and MICHELLE MAE, who’ve since gone on to form the groups WEIRD WAR and FRENCH TOAST. Includes Blue is Beautiful, a film by by JAMES SCHNEIDER (33 minutes, color 16mm) with audio commentary by Ian Svenonius, videos for the songs “Save Yourself,” “White Belts,” “Call Me Mommy,” and “Little Black Book” (featuring previously unreleased songs and images), live footage from performances at the Wilson Center in DC and the Troubadour in LA, and a German TV INTERCEPT from outpost ‘Spex.’
DVD $16.35
11/07/2006
New pressing on Pink Vinyl!!! Another satin-stained album of hair-piling, gospel-drained punked wail-out from JB wannabe Ian Svenonius and his cream-jeansed group of soul-in-the-hole, r'n'b champions. Fourteen orgy-screaming, Saturday night specials to pull a testify on. Includes the prog-wah thumping "Black Wire Part I" which is all the song you need.
CD $11.00
04/06/2001
LP $17.75
04/06/1998
