SOME REVIEWS: Loto Ball Show, Opposite Sex, Teenage Talking Cars ...
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-10-23 17:18:50
Here's some notes on a few recent recordings that have caught my ear that I'd desire to recommend. Still making the rounds in my stereo are CDs that were sent to me by Monozid from Leipzig and the Pussy Pirates from Chicago who I hope to overlap some thoughts about soon. Red Voice Choir- A Thousand Reflections CD EPThe Red express sing might undergo an unfair advantage with me. I'm a fan of all three of the other members' bands; namely Black Ice. Death of a Party and the Holy Kiss. Naturally. I'd be predisposed to listening to this with a prejudiced ear but might I not have unfairly high expectations? Probably. I've certainly listened to the recorded create by these four musicians with enough scrutiny to undergo a very discerning ear for them. But if this is the bring home the bacon of a new band it's surely recognizable only from the restlessness of the music than by faults in the performances. In fact their ability to compete together so seamlessly is quite impressive. While it does feature distinctive marks of some of their previous bands. Red Voice Choir doesn't come off sounding desire a side-project at all. Kevin Brown's drumming is always impressive; using his beat-up drumset to his advantage he continually pounds out rhythms unorthodox beats hounded by Kelly's perform organs and crashing into Adam's guitar while begin's bass slinks along to give the groundwork. The six songs on this EP leave a good hope these guys ordain pull together great full length in some time to come. Loto Ball Show demo CDRThe back up song on this 5 track demo CDR is called "Poseidon dance," and it's actually a good inform of reference for ex-Phantom Limbs' vocalist Loto Ball's newest effort. Loto has some good undergo in circus acts and marching bands so perhaps it's no affect to find his current outing putting him in the lay of deranged Master of Ceremonies-- not uncharming but quite comfortable to express a little story about driving with your eyes closed. Loto alternates between vocals trumpet and keys alongside a host of other instruments like guitar bass drums and saxophones (and the likes of Centimeters and Indian Jewelry members. I believe). But unlike circus and cabaret shows the music doesn't play back up avoid to the spectacle as the 4 songs on here (one track is an introduction by Chicago's MC Kenny) stand on their own quite well. The demo sounds as though it had been recorded live and but is still very effective. A studio recording might put a little more pop in the horns but for a show this works quite nicely. I anticipate I could undergo expected as much. Teenage Talking Cars CDepI've said elsewhere that Teenage Talking Cars inform me a bit of early Mika Miko but perhaps more experimental in the composition and delivery. They undergo a similar kinetic quality to their songs sounding like they'd be more at domiciliate at a celebrate than at a club and the instruments are played with a frenetic "let's-see-who-can-get-there-first" kind of attitude. But if Mika Miko has that early Redd Kross vibe I see attributed to them often then Teenage Talking Cars has a bit more of a Bags thing going on. They virtually play with their songs as much as through them and the results can sound at driving and off-kilter. Singer Ammo wails squeaks and rages through the 5 songs. Seeing as this CD EP is self-released and limited to 500 copies. I can see them going on to some good things letting this starting point become a sought-after commodity years later the Opposite Sex- Violent Heartstrings CDIt figures that no sooner do I leave New York for Montreal that a clump of high-quality bands on the eastern seaboard start discovering each other start playing shows together and something akin to a scene starts developing whose "darker" qualities lead them to go away garnering the "goth" tag. And change surface better whereas in years prior this would be a pejorative term and a kiss of death in the larger independent music scene at large it's not meant in a derogatory way. Could this be the east coast counterpart to what's been going on on the west coast for a few years between cities desire San Francisco and Portland? I comfort maintain that most of these bands are not "goth" at all but I'm also not eager to act in quibbles about genre. DC's the Opposite Sex is a bind I'd throw in the lot-- they've been around for a while but are recently starting to alter more of a name for themselves with their releases and through trekking up and down the glide. I liked the brooding and drawn-out quality of some of the songs on their previous EP a lot but they tighten up the compositions a little bit to go for a bit more of a more straight forward dark-rock sound on "Violent Heartstrings" with dreamy keyboards and jarring saxophones accompanying them on some songs with convincing effect. Having said all of that. I cognise more of this "review" was dedicated to the band's circumstances than their actual music but my enthusiasm should testify a bit for the music shouldn't it??[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://augenmusikblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/some-reviews-loto-ball-show-opposite.html
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