Monthly Archives: August 2010
FuckButtons
08th Aug 2010
The Bristol, England-based experimental duo Fuck Buttons — Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power — formed in late 2004 and signed to the ATP label, releasing the “Bright Tomorrow” b/w “Little Bloody Shoulder” 7″ single during the fall of 2007, with live dates throughout England (with Liars, Stars of the Lid, and Deerhunter, to name a few) following soon thereafter.
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Fratelis
A brashly melodic indie rock outfit from Glasgow, the Fratellis feature vocalist/guitarist Jon Fratelli, drummer Mince Fratelli, and bassist Barry Fratelli. The witty trio played its first show in early 2005, maintaining that the band’s moniker was merely an homage toBarry‘s original surname (however, other rumors suggest that the Fratellis borrowed it from the nemesis family featured in Steven
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Franz Ferdinand
Glasgow’s art-damaged rock quartet Franz Ferdinand — named for the Austro-Hungarian Archduke whose murder sparked World War I — feature bassist Bob Hardy, guitarist Nick McCarthy, drummer Paul Thomson, and singer/guitarist Alex Kapranos. In late 2001, Kapranosand Hardy had begun working on music together when they metMcCarthy, a classically trained pianist and double bass player who originally played drums for the
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Foo Fighters
During the last dark days of Nirvana in 1994, tapes of Dave Grohl’s solo demos circulated among alt rock royalty — Greg Dulli commented positively about them in more than one place — but it never seemed that these home-made tapes would be the origin of one of the biggest modern rock bands of the post-grunge era. As
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Flight of the Conchords
Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand’s self-proclaimed “fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo a cappella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo,” first took shape in Wellington. Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement (musician/funnyman and funnyman/musician, respectively) started crafting their unique, two-man comedy mélange in 2002, while the two were living together as college roommates. Overcome by a dream in which a V formation
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Tagged comedy, digi-bongo a cappella, Flight of the Conchords, folk duo, funk, guitar-based, rap
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Electric Six
Formerly known as the Wildbunch, the Detroit sextet Electric Six mix garage, disco, punk, new wave, and metal into cleverly dumb, in-your-face songs like “Danger! High Voltage,” which reached number two on the British charts early in 2003. Singer Dick Valentine, guitarists Rock and Roll Indian and Surge Joebot, bassist Disco, and drummer M. formed the Wildbunch in 1996 (keyboardist Tait Nucleus? joined
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Do Me Bad Things
From the depths of hell to the almighty glow of heavens golden gates……..Cupid rose and fired his burning spears of love into the hearts of six men and three women………………………………… www.myspace.com/domebadthings
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
An electronic-based rock four-piece from Reading and London, Does It Offend You, Yeah? made a mark with their raucous live shows and high-energy music that drew comparisons to !!!, LCD Soundsystem, and Digitalism. The band signed to Virgin and released its first album, You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into, in 2008. (The album included a free
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Danger Mouse
Brian Burton, the man better known as artist/producer Danger Mouse, was born to a schoolteacher father and a social worker mother in White Plains, NY, but spent much of his childhood upstate in Spring Valley. When he was 13, his family moved to Stone Mountain, a suburb of Atlanta, where he was introduced to the
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Daft Punk
In similar company with new-school French progressive dance artists such as Motorbass, Air, Cassius, and Dimitri from Paris, Parisian duo Daft Punk quickly rose to acclaim by adapting a love for first-wave acid house and techno to their younger roots in pop, indie rock, and hip-hop. The combined talents of DJs Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, the pair’s first projects
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Tagged Daft Punk, dance, Electro-Pop, electronic, electronica, French Progressive
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Crystal Castles
Fusing low-res electronic noise and pop hooks so effortlessly that it can seem accidental, Crystal Castles began as producer/multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath‘s solo project in late 2003. Kath got the moniker from the name of She-Ra’s dwelling in the He-Man and Masters of the Universe cartoon series; it’s also the name of a 1983 Atari video game, which
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Tagged Crystal Castles, electro, Electro-Pop, electronic, electronica, synth pop
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Cody ChesnuTT
Cody Chesnutt was beginning to live the life every struggling musician dreams about. His band The Crosswalk was signed to Hollywood Records and had completed a debut album “Venus Loves A Melody” when problems arose. Victims of label politics, The Crosswalk was sent packing and Chesnutt’s band broke apart. Cody retreated to the comfort of
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Tagged Cody Chesnutt, garage rock, indie, indie-rock, Rock, The Roots, the seed, the seed 2.0
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