If you dig the silliness of pop bands such as Fountains of Wayne or They Might Be Giants, you might very well enjoy this record. The dictionary definition for the title of this New York City band's third album reads as such: "A figure of speech in which an imagined or absent person or thing is represented as speaking." Does that sound weird and wacky? Well, Prosopopoeia is a weird and wacky album, full of bracing big pop hooks and a sense of the absurd - both in its use of squiggly keyboard lines and its playful lyrics. ("Bugs [...]
NYC act The Color Bars dropped their third record, 'Prosopopoeia' this week, and it's garnering positive reviews from all over the blogosphere. An eclectic mix of electro and psych-rock, the band (led by Gerald Slevin) have brought an intensity to their tracks, especially highlights 'Mustached Messiah' (a highly-praised single) and 'Structopoppie Rally'. Both show off The Color Bars' talent of turning complex instrumentals and and unusual lyrics into perfect pop earworms. With infectious tunes such as these, 'Prosopopoeia' could give The Color Bars the breakthrough the band certainly deserve. -- themusicninja.com Read more »
When you get a press release that mentions Belle and Sebastian , The Flaming Lips and Pavement all at once, you've either got to be excited or scared. After listening to this single from The Color Bars , I will definitely say I'm leaning towards excitement, and clamoring to get my hands on their recently released record, Prosopopoeia . Really, it's just great pop music, and with the electronic influence on this track, I'm getting more of an Of Montreal feeling here, giving [...]
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NYC act The Color Bars dropped their third record, 'Prosopopoeia' this week, and it's garnering positive reviews from all over the blogosphere. An eclectic mix of electro and psych-rock, the band (led by Gerald Slevin) have brought an intensity to their tracks, especially highlights 'Mustached Messiah' (a highly-praised single) and 'Structopoppie Rally'. Both show off The Color Bars' talent of turning complex instrumentals and and unusual lyrics into perfect pop earworms. With infectious tunes such as these, 'Prosopopoeia' could give The Color Bars the breakthrough the band certainly deserve. The Color Bars [...]
Psicodelia pop desde Brooklyn con The Color Bars . El 15 de noviembre se publica Prosopopoeia , su nuevo álbum. Mustached Messiah es una de sus canciones. Mp3: The Color Bars. Mustached Messiah
Listening : 1. Lucy Rose : A beautiful voice for a sunny autumn day. Listen to : Middle of the Bed 2. The Color Bars : Psych-pop out of Brooklyn. Listen to : Mustached Messiah ( mp3 ) 3. FIDLAR : Punk sounds out of California. Listen to : " Oh " Reading : 1. Every Time a Fairy Gets Laid by Ryan W. Bradley 2. Where it All Went Wrong by Richard Wink 3. Tetris [...]
All hail the twin Gods of super 8 and synesthesia. Zilla Rocca and Has-Lo mix like yellow and brown to form gold (so the technicolor gods tell me). As I described it earlier, this song is charcoal hands. Purple ties and purple tapes. ZR and Has going crayola, a fresh coat for a tired blend. Indirect homage to Ice-T and straightforward pounds to Edan and Elzhi. Kids raised on Wu-Tang slang slashing in opal and in the color of money. Biggie referenced in mustard spread. Egg shell tiles. Nostalgia stashed in the jackets of uncles and ghostly wives. Noir rap [...]
Charcoal hands. Purple ties and purple tapes. ZR and Has going crayola, a fresh coat for a tired blend. Indirect homage to Ice-T and straightforward pounds to Edan and Elzhi. Kids raised on Wu-Tang slang slashing in opal and in the color of money. Biggie referenced in mustard spread. Egg shell tiles. Nostalgia stashed in the jackets of uncles and ghostly wives. Noir rap animated and switched to back to black. You see colors. If you don't, look harder. Zilla is kickstarting to raise money to buy Super 8 film for the "Full [...]
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO Half Past Never Band is a Finnish band from Helsinki, Finland, whose music is a combination of organic sounds, black rhythms, Balkan flavours and eastern atmospheres. All in all, trying to define Half Past Never Band´s music precisely is not easy, but music draws influences from several genres including jazz, hiphop, funk, soul, afro and eastern rhythms. During the years, Half Past Never Band has grown from a one man project to a band, which combines grooving playing and versatile vocalists. Cubicle Coma [...]
Here is a soundtrack for the premature hope of spring. Bizarre, melodic pop music stars for the first hour, with new tunes from Laurel Halo, Toro Y Moi, Seams, and Cut Copy. Continue your car/bedroom/group dance session with Ellen Allien & Apparat, a new single from Wagon Christ(!), Skream, and T++ remixing Moderat. All downloads come with 625 imaginary pieces of artwork. Dial in. Playlist Download 02/19/2011
How about a video already? OK here's a good one of The Color Bars live at The Tractor Tavern earlier this summer performing "Id Incinerator." And since I've been so negligent of late here's another – The Color Bars performing "Pretty Krinkled" from the same show. Check out The Color Bars in person this Saturday at High Dive.
Two excellent local power-pop bands, the Color Bars and Smile Brigade, are playing at the Tractor Tavern tonight - and it's only $6. read more
Sgt. Major, Seattle Powerpop Blog Anniversary, Sunset 6/29/07 photo by Chris Force I recently submitted my votes on Three Imaginary Girl's Best of 2007 Reader's Poll and I'll use my ballot there as the starting point for my thoughts on: Albums of the Year . 1. (tie) The Tripwires - Makes You Look Around 1. (tie) Young Sportsmen - Death to Palaces 3. The Color Bars - Kairos at Infinity [...]
The Color Bars : two tracks [mp3] from Making Playthings "Eliza" [mp3] Dynasty Electric : "Hypnotized" [mp3] Forest City Lovers : one downloadable and several streaming tracks [mp3] Grace Potter : 2006-08-07, Baltimore [mp3,ogg,flac] "Lovers Lost and Found" [mp3] Habitat : several tracks [mp3] The London Apartments : video [mp4,mov,wmv] [...]
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