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Fun New Nobunny Interview [Fr. Crawdaddy]

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Crawdaddy: http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/11/30/music-box-sounds-nobunny/

Quote of the Interview:
“Nobunny doesn’t fuck with nobody… Unless they draw first blood! Recently in New York we had a couple of extra rowdy guys in the front who were smashing away knocking people around and were oblivious to everyone around them, including the band. We were having a particularly bad show and I asked them politely to chill or take it to the back or the side or somewhere. This pissed off one of the fans enough that he went to the back of the club, knocked over our merch table, went to the men’s room, defecated in a paper towel, and then threw it at me! The awful smell of man-baby shit filled the venue immediately. Once I realized what was going on I picked up the paper towel full of crap, chased the guy to a cafe upstairs, confronted the offender, and fed him a pile of his own hot shit via my fist smashing it into his face. For once, you really could say that the shit hit the fan.”

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KLYAMER Shuffle: Chris

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I put my ipod on shuffle and here’s what exploded on the screen:

The Replacements- Can’t Hardly Wait

Nobunny- It’s True

The Almighty Defenders- Death Cult Soup N’ Salad

Bill Hicks- My Parents

Incubus- New Skin

Bloodshot Bill- Ring the Bell

Tool- Forty Six & Two

Frank Zappa- Muffin Man

The Doors- Alabama Song

Black Lips- Let It Grow

Black Lips Juvenile! (studio version)

7" Review, Jacuzzi Boys, Music, Nobunny

7″ Review: Nobunny/Jacuzzi Boys [2010]

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Bands: Nobunny/Jacuzzi Boys
Release: 11/2010
Label: Scion A/V

A. “Someone Else’s Brain” [LISTEN]
B. “Coral Girls” [LISTEN]

Comments: Nobunny’s “Someone Else’s Brain” is very First Blood and very good. It fits in line with some of his retro power-pop/country-rock tunes on that record. Interesting subject matter! “Coral Girls” is a keeper as well. It’s a mainly fast number with a few slow parts and a very very sludge-y/heavy guitar solo part. Take a listen to both tunes.

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Chris’s Best of 2010: Concerts

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Inspired by Glen’s post here is my list of the greatest concerts (16 damn I saw 21 last year, I’m slacking!) I had the pleasure of seeing in Twenty Ten; if I see anymore I will add them accordingly.

A+ :
1) Black Lips and Box Elders at the Middle East Downstairs- March 25 (best concert ever!)

A:
2) No Age and Needy Visions at the Middle East Downstairs- November 16
3) Wavves, Cloud Nothings, and Young Adults at the Great Scott- June 22
4) King Khan & the Shrines, Gentlemen Jesse and His Men, and Red Mass at the Royale- October 13
5) Deerhunter and Real Estate at the Royale- October 16

A-:
6) Deerhunter, Kurt Vile, and K-Holes at Royale- October 13
7) Nobunny and Maine Coons at the PAs Lounge- June 29
8) Spoon, Deerhunter, Strange Boys at the House of Blues- March 27 (formerly an A show)

B+:
9) Girls and Dum Dum Girls at the Paradise Rock Club- April 1
10) Those Darlins, Strange Boys, and Gentlemen Jesse and His Men at T.T. the Bears- September 17

B:
11) Harlem and Girlfriends at the Great Scott- April 25 (formerly a B+ show)
12) 1964 the Tribute at the Merchantsauto Stadium- August 16 (formerly a B+ show)

B-:
13) Uninhabitable Mansions and the Big Big Bucks at the Middle East Upstairs- May 7 (formerly a B show)

C:
14) Kurt Vile, Real Estate, and Sore Eros at Harpers Ferry- July 23

N/A: I don’t grade my friends’ bands, but in any case I had fun at these shows.

15) Silhouette Rising and The Scouflaws at the West Side Social Club- July 2 (I actually saw countless SR shows, but I can’t remember any of the exact dates except this one)

16) Gold Star Morning at Bull McCabe’s- October 30

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Glen’s Best of 2010: Concerts

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It looks like another year in concerts has concluded for me. I got to see 22 shows (25 in 2009) at quite a few different venues and three happened to have taken place in New York City (reppin’ Queens). While I’m not so sure 2010 can top 2009 in terms of overall favorite shows, I think it’s safe to say I had a great time concert-going. Looking back, I’m going to rate shows based on three factors: opening bands, headlining band, and experience. A great experience for me is a combination of a great venue, a great crowd, and second-by-second fun. I tend to be pretty analytical about this kind of stuff, so for math people the weighting is as follows: 20% opening bands, 20% experience, and 60% headlining band. Also, I’m usually stricter when it comes to these end of the year tallies.

A
1. Black Lips – Temptress, NYC [95]
2. No Age – Middle East Downstairs [95]

A-
3. Black Lips – Middle East Downstairs [93]
4. King Khan & The Shrines – Royale [92]
5. Wavves – Great Scott [90]
6. Nobunny – PA’s Lounge [90] 

B+
7. The Walkmen – Royale [89]
8. Editors – House of Blues [89]
9. Spoon – House of Blues [87]

B
10. Paul Weller – Apollo Theater, NYC [86]
11. Girls – Paradise Rock Club [86]
12. Beach House – Paradise Rock Club [86]
13. Harlem – Great Scott [85]
14. Deerhunter (AUG) – Royale [85]
15. Those Darlins – TT The Bears [84]
16. The Growlers – TT The Bears [84]

B-
17. Deerhunter (OCT) – Royale – [83]
18. Uninhabitable Mansions – Middle East Upstairs [82]
19. Mission of Burma – Paradise Rock Club [81]

C+
20. Vivian Girls – Great Scott [79]
21. Black Lips – The Shank, NYC [78]
22. Kurt Vile – Harper’s Ferry [77]

CD Review, Music, Nobunny

CD Review: Nobunny Live at Thirdman Records [2010]

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Band: Nobunny
Release: 8/2010
Label: Thirdman Records

1. “The Gutter” – A-
2. “Hocus Pocus” – B+
3. “Mess Me Up” – A
4. “Give It To Me” – A
5. “Motorhead With Me” – A+
6. “It’s True” – A+
7. “Boneyard” – A+
8.  “I Am A Girlfriend” – A+
9. “I Don’t Know Why” – N/A
10. “Your Mouth” –  N/A
11. “Not That Good” – A+
12. “It’s So Easy” –  A
13. “Hippy Witch” – B+
14. “Monster Kiss” – A-
15. “Chuck Berry Holiday” – A+

Comments: This is thee live Nobunny album that everyone’s been talking about. The introduction “Today’s greatest rock and roll band on Earth…Nobunny ladies and gentlemen!” met by cheers of all of five people in the audience is more priceless than Jared Swilley’s “This is going to be the greatest live album of all time” on Los Valienteles Del Mundo Nuevo. Live at Thirdman is the product of a late arrival at Jack White’s homestead after a crazy night involving jails and cheerios. Nobunny starts off with “The Gutter,” an old country tune from the Raw Romance tape about spending your unemployment paycheck on smokes and booze and not having any money left over for anything else. “Hocus Pocus” is a dancer. “Sometimes my feet get the best of me” says Nobunny after that one. “Mess Me Up” is a classic off Love Visions that’s pretty raw. The next two are off the Give It To Me 7″ released in early 2009. “Give It To Me” is a punk rocker in the same vein as the fantastic “Motorhead With Me”. Dedicated to all the pretty girls out there is “It’s True.” “I know you heard it all before/And I don’t mean to be a bore but/you got eyes that sparkle like diamonds!/you got a smile that keeps me smiling!/you’re so cute there’s no denying…It’s true!” The raunchy incomprehensible “Boneyard” is just one of those live songs that is awfully hard not to love. Same is true with “I Am a Girlfriend” mainly because of the short “hey little girl” Ramones-esque interlude, but also because it is an incredibly sharp yet raucous live tune. So after that incredible stretch of songs, there comes a problem. Nobunny realizes he can’t play some songs live. No big deal! “I Don’t Know Why” is a soft acoustic number (presumably) that was never practiced before and “Your Mouth” pretty much the same except they practiced it once. So after about ten seconds of “Your Mouth” Nobunny does what he does best. He says “WE’RE JUST GONNA DO OUR REGULAR SONGS.” A ha! Good call, No-no. Fitting (but not really because we know Nobunny is the shit) that he dedicated “Not That Good” to himself (and his band). “It’s So Easy” is a Buddy Holly cover with a few lyrical modifications here and there. “Hippy Witch” is basically inaudible on Raw Romance, but makes sense here. “Monster Kiss” is a Halloween song. Yee! No better way to end a set than with “Chuck Berry Holiday” — the same tune that one fan of mainstream music only (MMO) has called a “catchy song!” Now, that’s something! I attribute that to Nobunny’s vocals and the guitar riff. It’s golden. That’s all I’ve got. See ya later, suckers! “It’s a black man in a white world!”

Grade: A (94)