my hood is actually one of the worst places i have ever lived for local music... then again living in this densely populated part of the armpit has completely changed my perception of ‘local.’ When I lived in syracuse, ny, ‘local’ was anything in 58 miles… now its more like eight. The only local bands I can think of are Chump and Tiny Masters of Today.
Let’s start with Chump.
One of the WORST cover bands I’ve ever seen… aging and expanding men who seem to embody everything that is wrong with the genre of rock… what more, they are a cover band. A bad one… if you go to their website (links to come), you can download a few minute sample that has snippets of their many masterpieces. I kinda want to get a whole bunch of people to start following the band with me in denim cutoffs and winger shirts… when I saw them I believe we may have been the only people in the venue who didn’t go to school with them all those years ago…
Now Tiny Masters of Today:
Pretty kick ass if only in theory. They are a brother and sister duo playing pixie-esc rock with rather high voices… saw them open for Man Man (one of my new all-time-favorite bands that I will race mau to post about) in Hoboken… their drummer just happens to formerly be the drummer for (get this) JOHN SPENCER’S BLUES EXPLOSION!!! thus, at the show I got to meet him, be in awe and thank him for shaping my malleable musical mind as a child…
Oh yeah.. the brother and sister are like eleven and thirteen and to see them rocking out is quite a treat. Gives me hope for the future and all.
So check out both of these bands… and if anything else comes to mind or to the Haw in the near future I’ll let you know
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passionately.
from now on, when people ask me what kinda music i listen to the proud answer will be
"pre-pubescent rawk"
then i will explain that does not mean "disturbed" (btw, i heard that someone awarded them 2006 band of the year... that someone should be shot)
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