Tristen and The Ringers at Cake Shop

Posted Wed October 26, 2011

NYC Taper has a quality bootleg of the Tristen performance from last weeks CMJ performance at Cake Shop. There are plenty of tracks taken from Charlatans at the Garden Gate in the thirty minute set along with a handful of new songs. Oh, and they also include the in between song banter in which subjects such as Jazz Music and Day Drinking are discussed. Go download it.

The Southern Shame – Careful with That Ax, Irene

Posted Wed October 26, 2011

The Southern Shame – “Fifteen”

The Southern Shame
Careful with That Ax, Irene
iTunes – CDBaby

In attempting to describe the sound of The Southern Shame I found myself fairly stumped. And then I ran across their description of themselves:

Acoustic violence mixed with rock & roll, self-deprecating humor, a six pack of beer, marital problems and country music.

That sums it up pretty well. There’s a good hybrid mixing of country, rockabilly, rock and a bit of drunken languid swagger to it. “Drinking Music” if you will.

I Believe in Hotpants – The Teenage Pregnancy Party

Posted Tue October 25, 2011

I Believe in Hotpants
The Teenage Pregnancy Party
Available Digitally

I know very little about I Believe in Hotpants but after having listened to The Teenage Pregnancy Party EP I am glad they reached out for some coverage. The band is comprised of two brothers (twins) and a drummer they discovered through “an extremely desperate Craigslist ad” making pop-rock the way it should be made. Big guitars, emphatic sing-along choruses and an energy that’s always moving things forward. Fans of Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr., Sugar or any number of mid-to-late 90’s indie rock should find this right in their wheelhouse. I certainly did.