I don’t know why I didn’t post about Will from BRIDEZ first solo outing before the show. I guess thats just how we do it around here sometimes. Sorry Will!
Because I am kinda juvenile, I was disappointed to hear that there was no band called Butt Milk Shake but that, in fact, it was two bands Butt and Milk Shake. You can’t always get what you want I guess, being a child I’m still learning that.
Anyway, Will assembled a five piece band and turned out a set of fully arranged pop songs from what was supposedly just a bedroom recording projec for the occasiont. There’s a nice writeup of this shindig over on the guardian’s music blog http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/music/2008/10/ivy_makes_us_itch_for_more.html where you can learn that a) The Li Po is a pit but everybody loves it anyway b) Will’s backing band was basically members of Girls and the The Passionistas c) this show was fun and d) somebody is either backed by bank or spends a little too much time in an upscale grocery store because they think of presets in terms of overused adjectives for white wine. Just sayin.
I would like to share with everyone who reads this blog (whoever the hell that might be!) some recent comparisons that reviewers have likened my voice unto. I find it all very humorous. Fucking hilarious! Maybe you do too?
SRSLY, not even sure why I’m writing about this. Pressed in severely small runs, either because nobody is buying records anymore or… well, you’ve heard the phrase “buy now ebay later”? In any event this is probably sold out by now. Don’t worry, a friend predicts they’ll pull an AFrames for the full length and how limited could that be?
First thing we gotta talk about is this artwork. Unicorns. RLY? Its so bad, its been done to death, but its still good. How can it be? I think this music might best be written about in the retarded caveman speak this dude sings in but I can’t figure it out. Two more severe punk rock songs. These guys will trample over you and might pretty well be unstoppable. For my buck the most bang comes from the short intro on the A side where these guys mix it up and do something a little more rhythmic, like a stone age krautrock or something.
Also, they have a show tonight at The Knockout:
10/01/08 @ The Knockout
Mayyors
The No Gos (celebrity Go Gos cover band)
DJs Matt Mantle & Dirty Doyle
Mayyors were great live, you can read about that here. By “celebrity” I mean members of T.I.T.S. and Erase Errata. I saw The No Gos a few weeks ago at Gilman, they were alright but I’m not a big Go Go’s fan. Straight up Go Gos covers. I guess the Go Go’s are “in” right now? The kids at Gilman loved it, which seemed wrong to me. Those little punks shoulda been beating up the new wavers, right? Guess I’m wrong if they’re playin with Mayyors. Times they are a changin!
Oh, and Matt Mantle. I don’t know anything about his DJing but he’s the bassist The Mantles these days; I saw them a while ago with Brilliant Colors and I think maybe this guy carries some No-Doze in his pockets or something because that band was really peppy that night. Hopefully he spins records like that too.
