I finally got around to skimming the
The L Magazine's 8 NYC Bands You Need To Hear issue. Here is a quick review of the bands featured (with links and when available, mp3s).
High Places have been buzzed and blogged about for awhile now (47 posts
here). I am really liking them, although as I was listen to them the other day I was told by a fellow listener "I don't think I could listen to too much of this. It is too cute." AND this from someone who likes
Psapp. I digress. Drrrr.
Listen to some experimental tweedub:
"Golden" (box.net mp3)
Representing the grittier
Todd P/
SUCKAPANTS-y contingent of NYC bands is
Team Robespierre.
Listen to their electropunk:
"88th Precinct" (mp3)
The one band that was selected that I had not heard but am now pretty excited about is
The Lisps. Dig their indie folkrock chops.
Listen:
"Pepper Spray" (mp3)
I was also interested to read about
Violens, who sprang from the corpse of
Lansing-Dreiden. They are definitely are coming at it from the poppier-less-proggy side of things this time.
Listen to something "Sunnier":
"Violent Sensation Descends" (mp3)
If you are going to use a cookie name for a band, I personally would go with
Hydrox, and not
Famous Amos. Anywhoo... you can stream some of their songs @ their
Myspace. Listen to "Everywhere", then if you like, pick up their album @
Sound Fix.
Just the band name,
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, sounded so very very twee I could taste the cute in my mouth. But hey, they pull it off.
Listen:
"Doing All The Things That Wouldn't Make Your Parents Proud" (box.net mp3)
Then there is the catchy indie pop of
This Is Ivy League. Not for me... maybe for you??
Listen:
"London Bridges" (mp3)
And lastly,
La Strada who are often compared to
a certain band named after a certain Middle Eastern city and I ain't talking about
Yazd. Listen to them at the
Myspace.
AND HEY The L Magazine, what about these bands??
Indie rockers,
Susu.
Listen:
"Hands Up (The Race)" (box.net mp3)
Pyschpop'ers,
Flying.
Listen:
"Minors" (mp3)
Postpunkers,
Motico (who need to start playing some
shows damnit).
Listen:
"The Wandering Jew" (mp3)
(If you're worried about the title, don't. They're like 80% Jewish).
Consider Clicking- ROCK MATH! Postpunk + New Wave =
Cut Off Your Hands/
Split Endz. Listen:
"Shark Attack (Split Endz Cover)" (mp3)
- Let the 90's Nostalgia Begin!! I'm gonna bust out my decaying Pavement tshirt and listen to some (not all, ughhh don't think I could) of
captain's dead 90's mixes. Part 1...
here. Part 2...
here. Two more parts to come.
- Where do I go from my
Lips And Ribs? Why
XXJFG, of course...
here. Also with
Deathsquad and
Hour Of Worship- Former
Test Icicle,
Lightspeed Champion does
Daytrotter...
here.
- Here's a
"Free Sampler of new Asthmatic Kitty Artists" (zip). More about that...
here. I can't stop listening to
Ermasse track:
"Courez Courez" (mp3)
- There is a vid of my favorite
White Williams song "New Violence" @
Stereogum...
here.
-
FSRN has a
"May Day Special" (mp3) about workers around the world.
Labels: Famous Amos, Flying, High Places, La Strada, Lansing-Dreiden, Motico, Not Enough Labels, Psapp, Susu, Team Robespierre, The Lisps, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, This Is Ivy League, Violens
