Artist: makeshift gentlemen

I headed down to Off Broadway on Friday night to join folks primed and ready for a true potpourri of local music: One-man spazz show Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, retro-pop power trio Blind Eyes, the... Continue reading "Show Review: Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, The Blind Eyes, The Hibernauts and The Makeshift Gentlemen at Off Broadway, Friday, January 9" >

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 [...]

• The Makeshift Gentlemen - Giant Mechanical Spider
• The Makeshift Gentlemen - Juggernaut