Dudes, new Hunx video. Sonically, Tears On My Telephone continues to explore what is probably the only viable path for girl group sounds: via the ramones in the aftermath of the gay bomb. Visually the video doesn’t stray either, its like a muppet babies version of John Waters or Kenneth Anger (but don’t think there’s no danger, a visit to the clinic is always closer than you think). Surprisingly it seems like the lens, and not the men, is what’s greased up in this video as there’s tons of soft focus action. Its cool though, I think this is the best looking video these guys have done even though I’m not in it and I’m kind of confused by Hunx’s russian widow outfit.
Speaking of World Famous in SF cameos, there’s a few in this one. Keep your eyes peeled for Liza from BRIDEZ and its Brian Glaze man!
Directed by Justin Kelly. Cinematography by David Kavanaugh
Starring Hunx, Brande Baugh, Liza Thorn and Bama
Hey, if you live across the pond (we mean, in the UK) come check out BRIDEZ as they stumble their way across the island with their new, limited edition, cd “Evil Road” or if you’re more of the vinyl type they’ll have copies of the “Rolling Stoned” seven inch record too!
Tour Dates:
may 2nd – sheffield @ upperthorpe hotel (for bloody cubs w/ sports day and bloody knees)
may 3rd – glasgow @ the brunswick hotel (for picante/ get a room w/ schnapps)
May 4th – Newcastle @ the end (78 scotswood road/ Permanent Vibes) w/ Mi Ami
may 6th – manchester @ bay horse (for tears on the golfcourse)
may 7th – nottingham (for promoter or something)
may 8th – london @ the macbeth (for ghost school)
may 9th – london warehouse party (address: Unit 3C Mellenium Building, Eade Road Design Centre, Eade Road, Manor House, London, N15/ N14/ N4/) (for club milk w/ TEETH!!!, A Grave With No Name, husbands)
may 10th – brighton @ the hobgoblin (for sex is disgusting w/ trash kit and la la vasquez)
May 11th – London @ the Lexington (96-98 Pentonville Road/ UTR show) w/ Marnie Stern
The World Famous offices have been filled with laughter over the past few days since we saw these two reviews pop up in Still Single: Vol. 5, No. 1 by Doug Mosurak over at Dusted Magazine.
First a review of the BRIDEZ seven inch:
Cruddy no-fi rock aping Royal Trux but getting stuck somewhere in between Be Your Own Pet and bratty trust-fund kids slumming it. Singer Liza Thorn was once in So So Many White White Tigers, a decent enough band that should have stuck around for longer, for they were far more interesting than either track presented here. If you were DYING to hear some rock music, like you were about to expire due to dehydration and this record was the antidote, then I suppose you’d have an excuse to jam it. Not me. What did anyone hear in this that made them think “hey, I’d better press this up?”
And now the review of the Hard Place/Passionistas split EP:
Bay Area split single combines harmless, innocuous, passable bedroom pop by teen neons, the Passionistas, with the tacky, slick electro-crap of Hard Place (the poor man’s Ssion, maybe a homeless man’s Sparks). Never would there have been a point in my life where I would have considered purchasing such a record as this, so if you think like I do, best to bail out, now.
At World Famous we believe that Love and Hate are two sides of the same coin and a review is good whether it moves you to sing its praises or to spew bile all over the place. In fact, we love a bad review, and these were particularly entertaining (seriously, we may refer to Hard Place as “the homeless man’s sparks” from now on). Thanks Doug!!
We mentioned that Love and Hate were two sides of the same coin, so here’s some very nice reviews from our friends over at Aquarius Records
First the BRIDEZ seven inch:
Bridez front woman, and the cover star of this here 7″ single, is none other then Liza Thorn, who was responsible for unleashing a thrilling and damaging whirlwind of fierce energy here in the Bay Area with her previous band So So Many White White Tigers. While Bridez is a much more song based endeavor, there is still that reckless energy and dirty quality to their songs that makes this such a fun, fiery and righteously sleazy debut. We hear healthy doses of Pussy Galore, early Hole and the early recordings of The Runaways. Bringing a much needed element of danger and drunken passion to fucked up rock n’ roll. So good!
Now the Hard Place/Passionistas split EP:
The Passionistas have been gaining some well deserved attention here in SF with their super catchy and colorful pop hooks, dipping their musical toes into both power pop and glam, providing the missing link between Big Star and Sparks. Speaking of Sparks, Hard Place open their side of this split with a very Sparks influenced and triumphant sounding pop nugget. There’s a very early ’80s larger-than-life, arena-ready aesthetic to their sound, yet it’s delivered with such earnest spirit. We suspect there is some Van Halen, Andrew W.K. and maybe even a Jefferson Starship record in their collections. We lean a little towards The Passionistas on this split, but pop enthusiasts will find lots to like on both sides of this little piece of wax.
Also, the folks over at The Bay Bridged liked “Righter’s Block” block by The Passionistas enough to include it in their monthly mix, so be sure to check that out as well.
But why rely on reviews? Take a listen below and make up your mind yourself. If you like it, the records are available from Aquarius or can be ordered directly from us:
If you don’t know, Part Time Punks happens every Sunday at the echo and is so cool they their own hyperbolic quote from the NME:
“… such an incredibly cool event, the likes of which has never taken place anywhere in America (no, not even in hipster Brooklyn).” – Lyndsey Parker, NME
1/4/2009
Part Time Punks @ The Echo
1822 Sunset Blvd LA CA
BRIDEZ
RAINBOW ARABIA
Here’s some Photos from the last time BRIDEZ was in LA. Looks rad, right? Don’t miss ‘em again!
Lets put this in the new to me category. If you didn’t know, Liza from BRIDEZ was in this other band called So So Many White White Tigers and they were a train wreck. A spectacle. A wall of noise. A scary fucking storm. They ruled. And apparently they did a music video which I’ve never seen before. Its doesn’t exactly capture the live show, but I like it:
If you can call a music video “cinema” and a brief appearance in said video a “debut” and you ignore the week where Will only drank rosé then, yes, this is Will Ivy of BRIDEZ’s gay cinema debut! And its hella gay.
Deep in the forest with strung out cartoon animals, alpha gay Hunx from Gravy Train!!!! laments the loss of his boyfriend with some of his best Joey Ramone woah-a-oh-oh’s, but then Will sets his deep piercing eyes on him and a junk food fueled romance is born providing wish fulfillment/fantasy material to a bunch of San Francisco gay men and food fetishists.
The debut seven inch by Hunx and his Punx “Gimme Gimme Back Your Love” / “You Don’t Like Rock ‘n Roll” is out now on Robs House Records, complete with scratch and sniff, er, win private parts cover art.
Three new songs from The Passionistas, lovingly recorded by JR from Girls: Righter’s Block, Ashlee Simpson, and French. On the flip two from Hard Place: a Totally Radd!! remix and a new one called Heroes of Dawnbreak.
Two new nuggets from BRIDEZ: Rolling Stoned b/w Heart. You’ve blown your speakers playing these to death on YouTube, now blow your speakers playing them to death on your stereo.
We’ve been going to a lot of clubs lately and we’ve been thinking… you know what they say, if you want something done right you’ve got to do it yourself!
Little Miss Riding Hood went to all of those clubs and never found the one that was just right. Ok, fine we’re just being catty bitches. We’ve gone to all of those clubs and had a good time. Fine. Sure. Yeah. But we’re so much more fun, remember the mexican party bus scandal?? So we’re starting a club! Club Club You’re Dead will be the first Wednesday of the month at The Stud and will feature bands, an over forty gay man’s beauty contest, ritual sacrifice of ravers, dance troupes, theater, themed dance parties, cool kids, uncool kids, face painting, sex, drugs, alcohol, and more!!!
This video tells the touching story of a gay looking ninja/terrorist looking guy who likes studded leather gloves, riding the ferry, and stalking pretty blonds with the wind in their hair. He ends up at the club where he’s not seen on camera because this is the part of the video where we see BRIDEZ playing live. In the end we see the ninja/terrorist’s heart of gold as it turns out he isn’t chasing the girl but is, rather, her #1 SUPER FAN.
