Before " Power Pop Day " is officially over, we thought it might be cool to point you in the direction of some new kids on the block, who not only swipe moves and give nods to the power pop greats of yesteryear, but are also paving the road to the genre's bright future. Also, we know that p-pop kind of gets a bad rap, mostly for being a little bit lame, and a lot bit cheesy. What we tried to bring you here are people doing something a little different with the formula than just ripping off the Knack [...]
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Casanova , the debut full-length from the Makeshift Gentlemen . He has this say: Casanova begins with a 30-second pipe-organ instrumental reminiscent of The Phantom of the Opera before the guitar-shredding and swooping synthesizers of the title track kicks in. Singer and guitarist Joe Swigunksi embodies these songs with the conviction of a theater kid and with more balls than most of his emo peers. Swigunksi even gives T-Pain a run for his money in the auto-tuned "Giant Mechanical [...]
A few weeks ago, my band had the fortune of sharing the stage with Dayton, OH indie-rockers Captain of Industry , who came at us by way of our friends in Pretty & Nice (who are about to drop '08's indie-pop bomb in October, more to come on that as the date approaches). Without ever having heard Captain prior to playing with them, I was instantly engaged in their live show - singer Nathan Peters calmly hid [...]
PRETTY & NICE are the four horsemen of pop doom. The glitchy pop quadrangle formed 3 years ago between Burlington, VT and Boston. The group currently resides in a yellow house in Boston preparing to emerge and destroy your life with catchy hooks and bad irony. James Barone of Synthesis.net met up with the guys at this yeats SXSW in Austin, Texas. James didn't really go into the interview with a gameplan - so the conversation took on a life of its' own. Here's 30 minutes of scattered discussion. Listen to the song Grab Your [...]
It's Saturday and there's a world of shows tonight, but if you're from Baltimore(as are we) then you might have a bit of a trek to get to them. In Virginia, IOTA has a great show with Exit Clov, Pretty and Nice, and Cobra Collective. In Philly, The Fire has Cowmuddy, The Junior League, Mad Sweet Pangs, Chris Kasper, Wissahickon Chicken Shack, and Adrien Reiu, while The M Room has The Major Leagues, The Bye Byes, Aderbat, and Spouse performing. Finally in Wilkes-Barre, PA, Cafe Metropolis has The Sw!ms, An Albatross, The [...]
So, Best Music Poll is a little thing we do with our brothers and sisters over at FNX every year, as yet another way of drumming up bragging rights for local rock/rap/pop/jazz/dj/etc supremacy. It's a time-honored tradition to bitch about who got nominated, talk shit about how your favorite band is way better, and stuff the ballot box for the Dresden Dolls -- or at least, that's what we do in-house. But the voting is also open to you fine people, and the general idea is Grammy-like, in that it's a process of dubious scientific value [...]
P&N: Putting the amp back in ampersand DOWNLOAD: Pretty and Nice, "Grab Your Nets" (mp3) Pretty and Nice ? No and no, actually -- ugly and raucous is more like it -- but they've got "Your New Favourite Band" written all over 'em. This Boston-via-Vermont [...]
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