Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Holy Fuck - Red Lights

Yeah, the name of the band is a bad word. I saw them last night and they certainly drew a diverse crowd. I'm sure some of that was their naughty name. But don't ask them, they finished their set by thanking everyone for coming out to see Nickelback. There were typical hipsters and weirdly ridiculous hipsters. I'm not kidding, I overheard a conversation that went something like

I started a band, our name is Fuzzy Dice ((I don't remember exacts))
Oh cool, the name of our band is Croissant.
I thought you were in Finish.
No, that will be the next band


Wow, then on the way out another guy was saying he could do better, but at least the singer had "a good stage presence"... I also felt deeply embarrassed for the guy that was air drumming with flimsy glowsticks in the front row. Not everyone were dorky hipsters, I saw a big biker dude, bunch of frat boys, and some guy that was way too surprised to see the band offering their album on vinyl. It's cool and all, but I'm not going to announce it to the bar and jump up and down. I'm just gonna guess, but I think the last band he saw was Creed. I'm not part of the small band indie scene, either, but come on. When the singer made the uber ironic Nickeback remark I think the kid in the front row ironically jizzed in his skinny jeans

Anyway, the music is lo-fi electronica, that's just electronica with older, less mainstream stuff, no looping typically. They have a drummer and bassist, so they'll often have a familiar sound. They also try to employ some unique sounds from vintage stuff and old toy instruments. This song, Red Lights is the first track of their latest album released in May. It's got a great groove and is just screaming to be the opening song to some new TV drama, JJ Abrams reads this right? The sound in this video could be better. Check here for the entire studio album on Grooveshark.


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