She was present for the infamous STAGE INVASION that happened at the Heaven Club in London in 2008 and the Dirty Water Club show in 2006. You can actually see her up on stage around the 2:42 mark of that stage invasion video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDIScX7YEn0. This is royalty, people. Her favorite song? None other than “Slime and Oxygen” off Good Bad Not Evil. How ironic that song begins “Four years ago I was lost I went to parties and saw kids give around black lights. I saw girls take aerosol spray and spray it down their throat!” This is the kind of info you won’t hear on Entertainment Tonight.
The Box Elders disbanded sometime in late 2010, but somewhere at sometime the members of that legendary band are still playing music. Dave Goldberg, the jovial and dextrous drummer of Box Elders, is Solid Goldberg. From this video of him opening for Black Lips, we see he is playing with a guitarist and the sound is nice (no Box Elders, but nice).
Band: High Tension Wires Release: 3/2011 Label: Dirtnap Records
1. “Get Weird” – A 2. “Incorporeal – B+ 3. “Backbone” – A 4. “Temporary Gods” – A- 5. “Subprime Love” – B+ 6. “Lose Your Grip” – A- 7. “Lose Face” – A 8. “The Universal People’s Church” – A- 9. “Handicapped Hearts” – A 10. “Dirt, Fist, Feet” – B+ 11. “I’m Too Square You’re Too Round” – A- 12. “The Secret of the Hydrogen Bomb” – B+
Comments: From the opening bass line and drum beat of “Get Weird”, you might mistake High Tension Wires for a major dance-punk band. The song is noisy, but quite groovy at that. Same goes for “Backbone,” which basks in power-pop greatness. The verses got that damn infectious drum beat and the chorus and break, of course, are the two-tier icing on the cake. High Tension Wires are definitely one of the more catchy garage/punkers out there and I think part of this stems from the short length/no bullshit tunes. Guitar solos don’t overstay their welcome and uncomplicated instrumentation dominates. Recommended!
Hey sorry readers I haven’t been around lately (school work), I should be posting again regularly by the end of next month. Anyway I have had some time to check out some bands I never really gave a chance to before so I figured I would share them with you.
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 