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ganggangdance.com ♥ myspace.com Gang Gang Dance caused quite a stir on last year's CMJ. I know for a fact that they left a great impression on all the people that went to see them. Their music is best described as "experimental", if not world primitive or tribal rhythm (see Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Apache Beat). Saint Dymphna is their fourth album, having already established themselves in the New York scene. If you listen carefully to the album, each song flows into the next with background noises and such. Among the songs that stood out, I did enjoyed the rap-ish song "Princes", which is sung by Tinchy Stryder. He's from London, so you can hear the distinctive accent in his lyrics. Although this could easily be their stand-out-track, I felt it wouldn't represent the band's sound as it sounds pretty different from the rest of the album. While as much as I enjoy the occasional, as Lara puts it, "Weird Crazy Things That Sound Like Woodlawn Creatures and Kitchen Utensils", Saint Dymphna does an OK job on balancing this sound with more pop-friendly tunes like "House Jam". "House Jam", along with "First Communion" and "Princes", really made the album worth checking out, even if you don't like that sort of thing. So find out why Fact Magazine thinks "one of the best albums we've heard all year." You can pick up anywhere, including amazon and itunes. They will be heading out to do a massive world tour:
02/13/09
Paradiso Amsterdam
02/14/09 AB Club Brussels 02/15/09 Uebel + Gefahrlich Hamburg 02/16/09 Schauspielhaus Leipzig 02/17/09 Volksbuhne Berlin 02/18/09 Karlstorbahnof Heidelberg 02/19/09 Generiq Festival Dijon 02/20/09 Point Ephemere Paris 02/21/09 Route du Rock Festival St. Malo 02/22/09 Grand Mix Tourcoing 02/25/09 Roadhouse Manchester 02/26/09 Dingwalls London 02/27/09 Fleece Bristol 02/28/09 Audio Brighton 05/30/09 Primavera Sound Festival Barcelona |
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tapesntapes.com ♥ myspace.com I'm not qualify to write this review, but since I couldn't actually convince my local writers here to do an article on their second album, Walk It Off, because they actually paid real-life money for it... I don't know what all the fuss is about this band. I think sometime in 2007, I started hearing this band a lot from friends and not-so-friends. So definitely, there's some huge buzz and they're known in other parts of the world - not just in Minneapolis. Andrew reckons that the band got so massive that they basically left Darren (from Kid Dakota) on his own for his just-released The Hopefuls' album (someone, not me, is supposed to review this one). Anyway, my expectation for Tapes 'N Tapes' Walk it Off is that it's supposed to be fun and bouncy and dancey. It's not. The album failed on all three accounts. Maybe I'm just not listening to it right? The most exciting song on the album is possibly "Le Ruse", all the other songs, including their single, "Hang Them All", did not did not impress me. Hey, but if you're looking for a cool indie band, you should check out Tapes 'N Tapes, everyone else seems to love them. Hopefully Lara & Kate will have some favorable things to say about them on February 6th, when they are stopping back home with what the LA Times are calling "2009 Artist to Watch", Wild Light. The tour dates:
01/15/09
The Waiting Room Omaha, Nebraska
01/17/09 Fox Theater Boulder, Colorado 01/19/09 Neurolux Boise, Idaho 01/20/09 Neumo’s Seattle, Washington 01/21/09 Doug Fir Portland, Oregon 01/23/09 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California 01/24/09 El Rey Theater Los Angeles, California 01/25/09 The Casbah San Diego, California 01/27/09 Sante Fe Brewing Company Sante Fe, New Mexico 01/29/09 Parish Austin, Texas 01/30/09 Club Dada Dallas, Texas 01/31/09 Opolis Norman, Oklahoma 02/02/09 Jackpot Music Hall Lawrence, Kansas 02/03/09 Mojo’s Columbia, Missouri 02/04/09 Maintenance Shop @ Iowa State Ames, Iowa 02/05/09 Nutty’s Sioux Falls, South Dakota 02/06/09 First Ave Minneapolis, Minnesota 02/20/09 Legends @ Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana 02/21/09 The Basement Columbus, Ohio 02/22/09 Brillobox Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 02/24/09 Paradise Boston, Massachusetts 02/25/09 Bowery Ballroom New York, New York 02/26/09 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York 02/27/09 Rock & Roll Hotel Washington DC, Washington DC 02/28/09 Johnny Brendas Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03/02/09 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina 03/03/09 The Earl Atlanta, Georgia 03/04/09 Bottletree Birmingham, Alabama 03/05/09 Mercy Lounge Nashville, Tennessee 03/06/09 Phoenix Hill Tavern Louisville, Kentucky 03/07/09 Metro Chicago, Illinois |
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paschicchic.com ♥ myspace.com Pas Chic Chic! (which means "not smart"?) are a band based out of Montreal, Canada. Their debut album, Au Contraire was released last year on Semprini Records... and it's entirely in French. The songs are mostly sung by Eric (?), with the exception of a few songs by Marie-Douce ("Se Mirer Mare", "Mlle Mille" and "Brise Méprise") which comes off as very 60s girl pop. Eric's songs sounds like it's trying to be sexy, and maybe it is to girls swooning over his sex Canadian French accents. There's a few brilliant pop songs on the album that I really enjoy, including "Mlle Mille" and "Tesclichés Déclenchés". My favorite is "En Chaine et en Vogue", which is a good example of their sound because the boy-girl vocals works very well here. Apparently the band caught the attention of Julian Cope (who apparently when not being a musician is also a music critic): Look for the band coming up on "Canadian Music Week" on March 12th in Toronto. You can find Au Contraire digitally (itunes or emusic) or CD via amazon. |
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myspace.com Possibly one of the worst name for a band, and equally "catchy" album name, is Pee-Pee's Castile Jackine is Vooded at Broonus Mousin: Volume 1. If you can get past the name(s), this is a pretty interesting and developed band, from the strange non-sense improv of "Freakout Jam" to rock funk of "I Love U 2 Much" to the melodic folk "I Hope My New House Feels Welcoming For You". There's a lot of layers in their music, with a lot of instruments that you would find in bluegrass or Americana band: a saw here, an accordion there. I'm not sure if I hear the banjo, but I wouldn't be surprise if they incorporate that in their music. What sets them apart from traditional Americana bands is that they seem to really enjoy using technology to make them sound warp. For example, check out the sound from the acoustic guitar on "Love needs a Quivering, Restless, Aching, Fire to Lay its Head On" and vocals on "Madness Song (remix)". The different shifts in style and tone of their songs makes the album all over the map. I'll only recommend the album if you enjoy different genre of music, but fans of Animal Collective and Of Montreal to 60s psychedelic rock should like this band. Be on the look out for Volume Two of Castile Jackine..., as the album is actually already "in the can" as they say. Apparently in recording of their album, they had enough material to be split on two albums. You can get Castile Jackine..., released last November on the Helmet Room Label, at most online stores (emusic), physical CDs can be found on cdbaby. PS, bonus points for utilizing "Hey Jude" on "O, Little Boy". |
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Before I begin on this article, I have to mention that I accidentally found Tiger, Tiger because I was doing some research on last week's review of Tiger! Tiger!.
Although I realized this was a different band, I did noticed that he was giving away free CDs, so I wrote and requested a review copy.
Since there's no biography, and everything about Tiger, Tiger
is a mystery. I'm going to make a guess and tell you that it's really
the work of one person, experimenting with music and art, using his
computer.
Well the only thing I can be sure is that he seems really shy and currently based out of Minneapolis.
In contrast to Roisin's album, where as her songs can be taken out of the album and they stand as a separate song, the songs on Loving.. Dying... and Other Dirty Things has to be listened to as a whole album.
The album is really mellow and moody and kind of reminds me, and I really hate to make comparisons to other bands, but it reminds me of the sound of 'sensitive' indiepop such from Sarah Records (see Trembling Blue Stars[W♥M] and Keith Girdler[W♥M]). Maybe later on we can cover more Sarah Records, as I couldn't dig up much indiepop stuff on W♥M.
There is one song that doesn't really fit into Dirty Things (although it's the best song on the album) and it's called "I Suppose". The beat/rhythm to this song is clearly too upbeat and cheerful for the record, but ironically it's full of dark and depressing lyrics:
Picture on an empty page
Enjoy yourself on Betty Page
I will swing it with one crack
I can lay you on your back
If I wanted toWrapped you up in linen sheets
Untie the end so they look neat
And say, 'I'd never miss you'
And dabbed my eyes once with a tissue
If I wanted toIt seems like there isn't any good in me
If you just read that, it may have been taken out of context. You should listen to the rest song to draw your own conclusion - but I felt this song is really about a break up of a relationship (not about a serial killer).
Tiger, Tiger is currently giving away his latest album to any inquiries outside of the "green" States. Tell him that W♥M sent you!
10/12/2007 20:13:00
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Tiger! Tiger! band is a "bar band" based out of Atlanta, Georgia, and signed to Chicken Ranch Records.
What I found really interested about their latest CD, The Kind of Goodnight is that they originally released it on a limited pressing (probably for touring for fans to buy?) on July 31th. They are releasing the album officially nationwide next Tuesday, October 9th.
Here are some tracks worth listening to: "Stand In" (a surprisingly good intro song for the album), "Black Daggers", "So You Won't Deceive Me", "Misfortune, Bad Weather & Debt" (lead vocals by Shane Pringle) and "Windows".
The artwork direction seems to be a kind of pulp 50s advertisements. All the artworks (which I'm assuming also came up with the tonic ideas) were drawn by their organ player, Sam Leyja.
The CD Plus also comes with two bonus Flash videos: "Black Daggers" and "So You Won't Deceive Me". You can easily find these videos online, so check them out if you haven't seen them.
I can only describe the video for "Black Daggers" as incredibly cheesy. Just think of it as a B-movie and you will get the general idea. Or better yet, just watch it:
10/05/2007 18:14:45
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