I headed down to Off Broadway on Friday night to join folks
primed and ready for a true potpourri of local music: One-man spazz show
Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, retro-pop power trio Blind Eyes, the
bartender-meets-Brit-prep of the Hibernauts and the shiny, neon synth-punk
theatrics of the Makeshift Gentlemen.
The turnout was impressive, considering the cross-town
competition of Pomegranates, Ocean Rivals and the Mhurs at the Bluebird. (How'd
it go?) (SYYR)
Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship's s
Feeling macabre and like dancing tonight? Head to Off Broadway and check out Bloomington, Indiana's Murder By Death. Roy Kasten said this:
Bloomington, Indiana's Murder By Death overcomes aesthetic absurdity -- picture the Crash Test Dummies employing cellos to transform a barn dance into a slamming mosh pit -- by dint of pure excess. The string section, the shoegaze nostalgia, the prickly new-wave guitar licks, the cow punk cloppity-clip of the rhythms and the ghoulish grumble of Adam Tur
The Hibernauts -- which has recently started playing shows again, after adding fifth member Chad Rogers last year -- need your help to put out its new record, Velvet Suit. And instead of just going to the Internet and asking for Paypal donations, the band is turning to a craft that benefits everyone: bartending. Reports drummer Brett Ramsey:
On Thursday Sept 17th, as a fundraiser for our upcoming record (named Velvet Suit), we're guest bartending at Maggie O'Brien's. We'll be there at
