Description: While probably best known for the hit single “C’mon C’mon” or the fight between lead singer and lead guitarist Jason Stollsteimer and Jack White, The Von Bondies actually have three very solid studio albums behind them Lack of Communication (2001), Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004), and Love, Hate And Then There’s You (2009). They are also one of the few Garage-Rock revival bands to actually survive (despite numerous line-up changes) and adapt to the times without changing their sound.
Sounds Like: The Pixies, The White Stripes, and Louis XIV
Favorite Song: Earthquake
Link: http://www.myspace.com/vonbondies
The band didn’t mean much to me besides “Finding Out True Love Is Blind.” At least I can say I got to hear that song live.
Brian Karscig says this: “Never say never to another LXIV record…just not anytime soon.
Brian Karscig has apparently left the band and started group The Nervous Wreckords after stating, “Louis XIV started to feel more like a business than a camaraderie, and in that, the music started to suffer and started feeling uninspired”
Jason Hill is also working with other bands in the studio and on solo material as wel
Brian Karscig, “The memories, love and pride i have for LOUIS XIV (Jason, Mark, Jimmy,) are undying…It just felt right to walk away now and to pursue an uninhibited creative outlet, was the right thing for me to do as an artist. Making music should never have to be a forced thing, or a chore…it should bring happiness and a desire to live, and that’s what I’m doing for now.”
Boston based shows/fests – DIY, punk, noise
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 