Another band worth checking out...
The 88, LA dudes, quite a bit poppier than my normal leanings but they have a Sparks thing going on, and the songs are just incredible, plus they're opening for Black Francis at the Echoplex next week.
The Yellow Dogs, they're from Iran where music is basically illegal. I don't know how these guys walk with those boulders dangling between their legs. Listen to the live tracks, sounds like they would probably slay live.
Also in the long line bands like the Burning Brides, Wives and The Husbands (it's purely a name joke, these bands don't particularly sound anything alike so don't crucify me, get a sense of humor, god!), I finally got around the hearing Grooms. They're playing an Aquarium Drunkard show at the Silverlake Lounge next week. They've got the great de-tuned Sonic Youth guitar sensibilities and an energy that really explodes off the recording.
As a side note, I checked out the ATP Movie last night at Cinefamily. It's a really well done rock documentary, and the incredible line-up of performers didn't hurt either...small guys like Grinderman, Dirty Three, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Daniel Johnston, The Stooges, Shellac, Sonic Youth, Portishead, Slint...well you get the idea. They sort of took a Monterey Pop-like stand in the sense that they presented an extremely accurate and candid expose of a moderately confusing generation of young people. See it if you get the chance.
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