TWAIN
bye the bye – happy new year to PETE PEZZIMENTI, yeah !!
who says:
hello everyone!
twain will be performing tonite in new york so please join us.
tonite [1-19/11] at six pm at rockwood music hall on allen st. just below houston. and tomor [1-20-11] at bar at 10 pm. in park slope.
both shows are free and we have music for sale to take home and enjoy.
mat and i look forward to seeing you there, – p-
yes. most def !! check them out: TWAIN on myspace/which lists band members as: cherry ghost, hairy ghost, Mat Davidson, scary ghost, Pete Pezzimenti, weary ghost, Ken Woodward, and fairy ghost.
note their GENRE !! – Melodramatic Popular Song / Surf /Western Swing
ha !! well done. great music. just check out that first song – The fool in the Tree – you’ll be – hooked.
wow – the new year – is – shaping up to be a rocker – or what !! and this is what ? just 2-3 weeks into 2011 ???
~TWAIN, you !! |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Nancy Smith | January 19th, 2011, 4:20pm
C.F. is also known as – MARK LORD of the band: DAILY LIFE
check out: MARK LORD (LA 2009)/YouTube
CHIPPENDALE is 1/2 of LIGHTNING BOLT – he is the drummer.
check out: LIGHTNING BOLT at all tomorrow’s parties (2006)/YouTube
check out: LIGHTNING BOLT PEEL SESSION/YouTube
BRIAN CHIPPENDALE is also all of: BLACK PUS/myspace
~C.F. & CHIPPENDALE/MARK LORD & LIGHTNING BOLT |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | December 3rd, 2010, 1:25am
yes, outta MONTREAL . . . have a listen !! – bet addiction will hit you, too.
sample: ‘Don’t Be The Cloud’, BEHOLD, THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL !!
while we were in Montreal last May 2010 – we came across this great little music venue called CASA del POPOLO – on St. Laurent – or St. Lawrence as we used to call it – back in the day – before the French language rights issue – cast it’s chilly spell. that was like the hood – like exactement – the Lower East Side – of Montreal.
the first thing that greeted you inside the doorway – was this converted cigarette dispensing machine . . .
for your two buck coin – or tooney – as Canadians call their 2 dollar coins . . . they only have bills starting at the $5 denomination . . .
(singles, or $1 coins are called ‘looneys’ . . . get it: looney and twoonies. Looney tunes – I swear to god.)
(ya gotta know what Looney tunes are, right ? you know Bugs Bunny. Elmer Fudge ? T.V. before reality shows ?)
you can choose a limited edition handmade artist zine – or even some artist produced buttons !!
yes, check these guys, out: distroboto
anyways – CASA del POPOLO, in keeping with its Montreal location – seemed to be more of a European bar/coffeehouse than the kind of more down-to-earthy coffee shop with cupcakes and muffins that our CAKE SHOP is – but just like our NYC Lower East Side – Cake Shop – their music venue was also in the deep dark basement . . . with its own bar downstairs, too.
check out: CASA del POPOLO, Montreal
check out: CAKE SHOP, NYC
some small cartoon drawing in a local alternative newspaper – spread on a table – did momentarily catch my eye.
shark bite, Montreal style ?
don’t tell her I said so, but Kate loved it there. she would have gone back every night . . . if other matters at home weren’t more compelling.
here’s the poster for the 3 bands that were playing that night – and did we luck out or what – THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL was 2nd on the bill !!
frontman, songwriter and lead singer/guitar/synths – JON COHEN sets up. we had no idea what we were in for.
this guy was just an amazing fireball of intensity – Montreal spawns a few of these every now and then – even back in the day – when my crew ruled the streets and cafes.
you can read more about him: here/indie music reviews/adequacy.net
the band begins to play . . and immediately the room is quiet. transfixed and on fire, all at the same time . . .
a very cool but smooth and beat worthy – SEBASTIAN COTE is on the drums, and a wonderfully intellectual and extremely musical KEN MARTIN plays the bass.
JON COHEN plays and lites fires at the same time. live – it was surreal. intense is not the word. and yet golden.
spun out and surprising.
after the gig – JON COHEN at right, with his bass player – KEN MARTIN.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH. 13 MAI, 2010. MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.
found this little early clip:
THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL/’Hold the Fire’/technorati
but . . . here’s their, pretty much only video clip, on YouTube:
yep, most def, HIT: THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL – PLAYS – ‘BRAIN POLLUTION’ – LIVE AT DUNCAN GARAGE SHOWROOM/YouTube
hit this link, to watch: the recent – JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL INTERVIEW/PKG on YouTube
o.k. but, I’m still stuck on: Don’t Be The Cloud !!
I could run that song thru my head on a loop 24/7 – for real.
if artlovers had a sound track – that would be it – for this month, anyways. love it. just can’t get enough of it.
you can find their home page, here: THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL on myspace
~Don’t Be The Cloud/THE JON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews, The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | November 20th, 2010, 6:30pm
MINI BOONE !! old school artlovers – gotta love that name !! – play GLASSLANDS – WED FEB 5 3/2010/8PM/$8 – it’s their ‘BIG CHANGES’ record release par-tay !!
check out: MINI BOONE – on MySpace !!
check out: MINI BOONE on YouTube !!
check out: Pet Ghost Project !!
check out: I’m Turning Into !!
check out: Shark?
~Mini Boone, Pet Ghost Project, I’m Turning Into !!, Shark? |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Nancy Smith | February 9th, 2010, 11:37am
It seems a lot of today’s great music comes in two people groups like Wavves, Beach House, and Wye Oak. Wye Oak’s JENN WASNER and ANDY STACK – out of BALTIMORE !! – have put together one of the decade’s best debut CDs – 2008’s – If Children.
Their musical goal is to combine their acoustic/folk talents with their love of electric garage sounds. They have done this seamlessly on If Children, while their second CD – The Knot – leans more on the electric, though it is awesome in its own way !! The whole of If Children is amazing to listen to all the way through. The individual masterpieces on the CD are: ‘Please Concrete’, ‘Warning’, ‘Regret’, ‘I Don’t Feel Young’, ‘Keeping Company’, and the magnificent – ‘If Children’.
Since I feel that the best way to discover new music is on YouTube, I recommend you catch Wye Oak’s great acoustic: ‘I Don’t Feel Young’ – which was videotaped in the backseat of a car. God Bless YouTube.
ARTWORK BY KATHERINE FAHEY.
COPYRIGHT 2008 MERGE RECORDS
check out: WYE OAK’S – JENN WASNER & ANDY STACK – perform ‘I DON’T FEEL YOUNG’/YouTube !!
check out: WYE OAK – ‘PLEASE CONCRETE’/YouTube !!
check out: WYE OAK – OFFICIAL WEBSITE !!
check out: WYE OAK/MySpace !!
~Wye Oak |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Simon Cerigo | January 26th, 2010, 12:00pm
above: WAVVES – WAVVES – the 1st CD
below: WAVVES – WAVVVES – the 2nd CD
Hey, guess what, the sonic BOOMMM is finally here – WAVVES have landed.
The first 2 CDs by this awesome duo out of San Diego are here to blow you and your mind away. The Neo-Surf music/songs that guitarist/singer NATHAN WILLIAMS and amazing drummer RYAN ULSH thrash out are a ray of sunshine in this desolate ‘PUNK’ and ‘ROLL’ landscape.
The lyrics are totally authentic. Whatever these two (of-the-moment) artist/musicians live and feel, they express clearly and with great force. This music is great “noise” coupled with such catchy melodies and straight-ahead rock that you want to Bang your head all day and night with their music.
I suggest you start at a lower volume to acclimate your ears to the intensity of the music. But to really GET IT !! PLAY IT LOUD. I would also recommend that you listen to both CDs from start to finish, because the noise parts in between the great songs are beautiful. This is music for nobodies going nowhere but Up. My fave songs are ‘California Goth’, ‘Wavves’, ‘Side Yr On’, ‘Beach Goth’, and ‘Teenage Super Party’ on the first CD – titled: WAVVES. While on the second CD – titled: WAVVVES, I like ‘To The Dregs’, ‘Gun in the Sun’, ‘So Bored’, ‘No Hope Kids’, and that monster second version of ‘Beach Goth’.
watch: WAVVES – Part 1 – by Yours Truly !!
watch: WAVVES – Part 2 – by Yours Truly !!
watch: WAVVES – Part 3 – by Yours Truly !!
watch: So Bored [Echo Curio 11-15-08] AVI !!
WAVVES, WAVVES woodisit022 C & P 2008, woodsist.com
WAVVES, WAVVVES, C & P 2009, Fat Possum Records LLC, www.fatpossum.com
(this CD comes with an insert 2 sided full color poster, detailed above – 6th image down)
definite, check out: woodsist !!
~Wavves |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Simon Cerigo | April 1st, 2009, 10:31am
It seems that musically the area around Seattle, just keeps on giving.
First it was Nirvana, then Beck with Calvin Johnson on that great album, One Foot in the Grave, and then all those awesome Built to Spill CDs, followed lately by Joanna Newsom.
The latest addition to these music giants is the band Fleet Foxes. You should get their same titled debut full-length CD, as well as their amazing EP, Sun Giant. In my mind both discs form on amazing whole.
The music is neo-folk with a real drive to it. Great vocal harmonies and some very tender moments, totally authentic and mesmerizing. One of the best CDs of 2008. Check out the radical White Winter Hymnal video on YouTube, since it is one of their best songs. Other great songs are Ragged Wood, Your Protector, Oliver James, Meadowlarks, oh, never mind – all the songs are great. Truly a delight.
definite, check out: Fleet Foxes/White Winter Hymnal/YouTube – the definition of m-e-s-m-e-r-i-z-i-n-g !!
Fleet Foxes, Sun Giant, COPYRIGHT 2008 SUB POP RECORDS
Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes, COPYRIGHT 2008 SUB POP RECORDS
note: this CD has an amazing black on black – raised imprint pattern on the CD – which cannot be seen on the above scan. it also has an insert black and white poster, a really nice hand rendered drawing.
ya, gotta buy the CD !! to see it & the disc label artwork.
drop by OTHER MUSIC – and put your eyeballs – on it, at source.
White Winter Hymnal is on this CD.
see: SUB POP RECORDS
~Fleet Foxes |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Simon Cerigo | February 17th, 2009, 3:33pm
SINCE Panda Bear’s CD – Personal Pitch – of 2007, proved that great, beautiful and
important music can be made using all those exotic electronic musical toys, I wholeheartedly
recommend the High Places’ debut self-titled CD – HIGH PLACES.
This girl-boy team make really lyrical electronic noise that’s original, majestic and emotive.
And, guess what !! – you can also dance to it.
There is also buzz circulating about the THRILL JOCKEY EP of earlier 7 in. vinyls – the band had put out, before this full-length CD.
Listen to it LOUD, so that it’s lush seductive sound envelopes and dominates you.
The one music video on “Yours is the only Tube” – is not to be missed.
Bells, whistles and shakers forever, so Rock on Girls and Boys.
DEFINITE, check out: High Places – Shared Islands – LIVE at the FADER SIDESHOW !! NYC, Oct 17, 2007
watch the whole concert: c/o BAEBLE MUSIC !!
High Places, HIGH PLACES, Recorded at home by High Places in 2008, THRILL JOCKEY
see: THRILL JOCKEY
~High Places |
Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Simon Cerigo | December 29th, 2008, 11:24am
