New-Wave Arcade

The Bureau files.

Comments (0) By Shae Moseley Wednesday, Aug 8 2007

There's a pretty wide range of styles on the album. There are uptempo, danceable tracks, but also some rockers and a couple melancholy ballads.

Cracchiolo:Well, I write in phases, and I always try to write a crop of songs that's different from the ones that came before. For me, the post-punk time is so apt because this really is just more complicated punk rock. If I hear a band and it's straightforward and uptempo...I mean, I'm not talking about bratty, screamy punk-rock shit. I'm talking about stuff that's a little smarter and more mature than that. That's the stuff that gets me really excited, but by no means is it all that I listen to. And it all finds its way into the writing at some point. I mean, Jamie loves Steely Dan. I love Steely Dan.

Jennifer Spencer

Dial "B" for Bureau: Jamie Toon, Bobby Duebelbeis, Mike Cracchiolo and James Wilke.

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$7. No phone.

8 p.m. Saturday, August 11. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

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That reminds me — I've heard rumors of some impromptu Steely Dan sing-alongs when you guys get together...

Cracchiolo:That's true.

Toon:I don't know what you're talking about.

Cracchiolo:OK, it's not true. [Laughs] The way Jamie and I joined the band was that we worked at a comic book store together, and between the two of us and our manager at the time, the place was basically like a non-stop rock opera. It was ridiculous. Like, parody lyrics to Rush and Queen and the Doobie Brothers constantly.