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Crazy voice man!
Ha-Ha Pitchsucker’s Invisible Girl Review
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It’s just too bad, for every “Animal Party” or ill-fated game of “Spin the Bottle” and well-placed anatomical guffaw there’s one too many tunes that just go through the motions, and old ones at that. Still, the tunes on Invisible Girl work, because Khan and Sultan’s love of the music they’re ripping off is obvious and infectious, and because they’ve got a knack for capturing the feel of the records they’re taking cues from most throwbacks can’t quite muster. Sam the Sham would be proud; that is, if he’s cool with dick jokes.
Since when can you praise an album and then call the songs you just praised “tunes that just go through the motions?” The reviewer, Paul Thompson, is terribly confused and was forced to not give the album anything above an 8. He gave it a 7.1. Which means nothing. It’s just a number.
CD Review: Alice and Friends
Band: Box Elders
Label: Goner
Release: 2009
1. “Jackie Wood” – 9.6
2. “Alice & Friends” – 9.1
3. “Stay” – 9.5
4. “Dave” – 9.2
5. “Necro” – 9.3
6. “Atlantis” – 9.5
7. “One Foot in Front of the Other” – 9.6
8. “Talk Amongst Yourself” – 9.0
9. “Hole in My Head” – 9.4
10. “Ronald Dean” – 9.3
11. “Isabella” – 9.1
12. “Cougars” – 9.3
13. “2012” – 8.8
14. “Death of Me” – 9.4
Comments: This band! The one with the awesome drummer who stands up. Yeah, you know! Spoken by the Chris DeCarlo machine at one point a month or so back were the following words: “[Box Elders were] probably the only opening band that I’d listen to again.” That’s some deep shit. You know why they offered CD a rare experience? Because they play quick garage-pop numbers. These songs are over before you know it. But they are (usually) awesome while they last. They are a part of the “bring-back-the-good-times” scene that includes Black Lips, King Khan, BBQ, Strange Boys, and all the fun bands of the like. It’s hard to not like Box Elders. Yeah, there isn’t much variation in their sound, but they know what is up for them. And that’s all that matters. They channel The Beach Boys, The Idle Race, and all other similar minded groups. It’s a bum that these recordings aren’t more hi-fi, but that would kind of defeat the purpose. I actually wrote a song called “Isabella,” so I got a little chuckle. I’ll hand it to these guys and scrap my version all together. Overall…this thing kicks a lot of ass. Quantity over quality. None of the songs on there suck. They are all pretty damn good. There aren’t any over-the-top best of 2009 kind of tunes. So yeah! Check this thing out.
Grade: 9.3
King Khan & Bloodshot Bill Show
Also known officially as the Tandoori Knights. They just released a 7″ called Pretty Please.
Check their Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tandooriknights
Jay Reatard Recommended!
20 Bands I Really Want To See Live
Swedish pop sensation Jens Lekman
*Does not include bands that I’ve already seen live or bands that I plan on seeing live in the next two months!*
1. Alec Ounsworth/Flashy Python
2. Almighty Defenders
3. Arcade Fire
4. Babyshambles/Pete Doherty
5. Beirut
6. Cheap Time
7. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
8. Cold War Kids
9. French Kicks
10. Grizzly Bear
11. Jens Lekman
12. Mando Diao
13. Peter Bjorn and John
14. Rogue Wave
15. Shout Out Louds
16. Strange Boys
17. Tapes N’ Tapes
18. Uninhabitable Mansions
19. Vampire Weekend
20. Wolf Parade
Weird Al To Join Pixies
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At a December 8 benefit show at the Echoplex in L.A., “Weird Al” Yankovic will sing a Pixies song with members of the Pixies. This will obviously be an incredible thing to see.Yankovic will sing the Doolittle jam “I Bleed”. But maybe if we bug him enough, he’ll subject a Pixies song or two to the “Weird Al” treatment. “Here Comes Your Spam”? “This Monkey’s Gone to 7-11”? This needs to happen.
I think he’s more than capable.
Nov./Dec. Shows
There may not be a stretch of as amazing shows as the ones I attended in the period September 1 through October 31. That said, November and December look to be pretty awesome months for rockers. The next concert that I am excited for most is Sonic Youth November 22 at the Wilbur Theatre. The perennial alt-rock noise band released a pretty well-received album in 2009 called The Eternal on Matador. They’ll be back the next day for another show. The Feelies, a Velvet Underground influenced group that disbanded in 1992 and reunited in 2008, will be opening. Then just four days later on the 27th, Pixies will be performing their classic album Doolittle in its entirety as part of a big 20th anniversary tour. The two-day show will take place at the Wang Theatre and will feature Memphis garage-pop king Jay Reatard as the opening act for the first night. Three or so weeks later on December 13th the Arctic Monkeys, who made a trip to Commonwealth Avenue back in August for a Paradise show, will be at the larger House of Blues for a second go-around in as many months. Noisy-punks Screaming Females will open.
Promotion For Promotion’s Sake
This album probably kicks ass. Get at it.
