Shows/2003-09-11
| September 11, 2003 | |
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| City |  Los Angeles, CA
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Listings
Daily Titan
September 9, 2003[2]
Retrospectives
Reviews
LA Weekly
September 25, 2003[4]
Franklin Bruno
[... Maher Shalal Hash Baz]'s orch-pop-meets-Fluxus approach connects with the “One-Second Songs” Red Krayola recorded decades ago, but this time out, Mayo Thompson’s venerable (and ever-changing) vehicle displayed a more conventional dynamic — if the Magic Band and the Mekons are your idea of conventional. Thompson has the luxury of cherry-picking from a 37-year career and cross-breeding the harvest with current members’ strengths: Steven Prina’s louche crooning on “The Letter,” ex-Minuteman George Hurley’s funky support on “Black Snakes,” new violinist Sachi Yoshimoto’s locked-in lyricism throughout. The friction between Thompson’s theory-laden lyrics and his classic Gibson-Fender interplay with Tom Watson is at the core of the band’s appeal, but you didn’t need a reading list to grasp the import of the roiling one-chord closer from 1966’s Parable of Arable Land: “War Sucks.” Happy anniversary.
The Wire
November 2003
Tom Recchion
[...] Mayo Thompson's itinerant life has lead him to form versions of Red Krayola in Texas, London, Germany and now Los Angeles. This line-up has been The Red Krayola's longest incarnation. They've reached such comfort with each other that vocalist/percussionist Stephen Prina showed up to play, without attending any rehearsals.
Without Mayo Thompson there is no Red Krayola. It's been his vision since the late 60s. He is still conceptualising new ideas and challenging not only himself, but the audience as well. No two performances are ever alike. Through the years they've acted collectively to build a large body of work. The current, always bass-less line up features Tom Watson on guitar, George Hurley on drums, Prina, Sandy Yang on voice, guest violinist Sachiyo Yoshimoto and Thompson on guitar and vocals.
The Red Krayola is one of the most underrated groups in the history of rock and Mayo Thompson is a complete original. Their songs are timeless, funny and political. They seem to seep into almost every new trend in rock. Playing songs that go back some 30 years they always deliver them with humour, fury, anger and gentleness. Tonight was just one an arm of the family tree of the Red Krayola, featuring a couple offspring of 'big daddy'. God bless the Red Krayola and all who sail with it.
References
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| 1966, 1967, 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | ||
| 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
| 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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