Upcoming: Erase Errata at the Rock & Roll Hotel in Washington, DC · Apr 2, 08:32 PM by Don
Erase Errata will rock the Rock & Roll Hotel in DC one week from today. I’m pleased to say I’ll be there. I first heard Erase Errata when the band opened for Le Tigre at a show at the Miramar here in Milwaukee in August 2002. That was easily one of the hottest shows I’ve been to, music-wise and temperature-wise. The ladies of Erase Errata impressed, not just by doin’ their thang, but by doin’ it in scratchy-looking matching knit jumpsuits! Three songs into its set, I was a fan. I next saw E.E. about a year later in Chicago at the Hideout Block Party. Last summer, I saw the band at Intonation in Chicago.
Here’s what I wrote on this site about that performance:
Erase Errata, second on the bill at 1:30, was a powerhouse, rocking hard despite the thin crowd. Ellie Erickson’s bass throbbed and snapped with epileptic fury. Bianca Sparta held it down on the drum kit, all while holding a drumstick and a maraca in her right hand. Singer Jenny Hoyston sprayed splatterpunk guitar mess into the air, along with lyrical fireballs. A quick label for this band might be “art punk.” Though another way I can try to describe to you the band’s fractured, frantic music is to say they’re logical heirs to the Minutemen’s throne. This is more true than ever, now that the band is a trio (second guitarist Sara Jaffe quit sometime after the release of At Crystal Palace).
Several weeks later Chaka and I saw E.E. open for the Gossip at the Metro in Chicago.
If you’re unfamiliar with Erase Errata, I offer a small sampling:
mp3: Erase Errata – French Canadia :: from Other Animals (2001)
mp3: Erase Errata – Let’s Be Active c/o Club Hott :: from At Crystal Palace (2003)
mp3: Erase Errata – Leg Night :: from the Kill Rock Stars compilation, Fields & Streams (2003)
Timedoor Policy Memo: All songs posted by Enik during a given month will be purged during the first week of the third month. For example, all January songs will be taken down early in March, all February songs will be taken down early in April, and so on. Enjoy!
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