
It's 1:40 PM on New Year's Eve, but this post will appear on New Year's morning. I am swamped with reviews, sitting in the living room where my ten year old twin brothers tug at each other's hair and scream "choo choo" while playing with newly-bought toy train sets. But in the interests of this post and to keep it timely, I must transport myself mentally to a better time and a better place. Tonight I'll be dining at the East Village's Mermaid Inn (the New Year's menu looks delectable), finally catching Almodovar's Broken Embraces at Sunshine [...]

As if the events of yesterday weren't enough excitement for you, we've got a local show you can go to tonight (Wednesday, Jan. 21) to celebrate even more. Go Kart Mozart will be playing at the Rickshaw Stop , along with San Francisco's high school sweethearts The Audiophiles and Billy the Kid . Depending on their mood, Go Kart Mozart can sound like your favorite indie record from high school or a fresh and [...]
I think it must have been Ian who introduced me to the peculiarly vile world of Go-Kart Mozart. I know he has a penchant for that sort of filth 1 . Of course, degradation is no fun unless you can drag a few friends down into the gutter with you. It's more fun to get messy with company. You see, this isn't just pop music, it's primary coloured indie pop music. It's bright eyed, and bushy tailed, and alive with the joys of spring. It is shockingly catchy 2 . [...]

MP3 : Go Kart Mozart - Plead With The Man (1999) "Consider this another inscrutable twist in the long career of Lawrence Hayward, who has inspired such luminaries in their own right as Belle and Sebastian (Stuart Murdoch is a professed Felt obsessive) and Pulp (who draws obvious influence from Denim)." - from myspace page.

Eastern Conference Champions Genre: Rock From: Los Angeles/Bucks County PA, United States Eastern Conference Champions are yet another amazing band hailing from Los Angeles. What are they putting in the water over there and when will it be available in the mother country? They claim The Who and Mozart as influences but to this Devil's [...]