DOWNLOAD: Snowing - Malk It
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In other states across the great lands of this nation, there are pockets of sound akin to Brooklyn churning out just as much good music with about half the built-in hype—which brings me to Lehigh Valley, PA and its onslaught of mathy emo (e-mo-tion-al adj. 1. marked by or exhibiting emotion 2. raw, brilliant vocals and chaotic guitar pre-dating the drop of Pete Wentz's balls). Built on the ashes of the much-loved Street Smart Cyclist (reuniting on December 26 at a Bethlehem, PA American Legion near you) and Philly's Boy Problems, Snowing's "Malk It" is two and a half minutes of sing along self-reflection and feel-good adrenaline. I Could Do Whatever I Wanted If I Wanted showcases the band's knack for repackaging the everyday with a cheeky punch, and the album is available for free download to support its upcoming vinyl co-release on Count Your Lucky Stars and Square of Opposition.
Pivot Live - O Soundtrack My Heart
These guys really are something live. How does one describe something as sprawling as Pivot? I suppose showing them a video of them doing what they do is a good start... enjoy.
Pivot 'O Soundtrack My Heart', live at La Route Du Rock from Warp Records on Vimeo.
O Soundtrack My Heart, available at Warpmart and Bleep
DiScover Christmas Party Special - TIRED IRIE, ROLO TOMASSI, ERRORS
A special three-way today, incorporating a previous Band of the Day and two Hot New Acts; all three play our free-entry DiScover Christmas Party this Saturday, the 15th of December.
First up: Tired Irie. This Leicester four-piece play jerk-punk for ADHD kids taken with the current stutter-riffs of Foals and stateside exponents of avant-rawk Battles and Q And Not U. Taken from their recently released self-titled EP, via Try Harder (Jonquil, Blanket, Youthmovies), ‘Sumerian’ is the sort of instant-fix frolic that so few bands master the composing of, but this sprightly foursome appear to have licked.
Listen: Tired Irie - 'Sumerian' @ MySpace
Next along: Rolo Tomassi. From Sheffield, these five young things craft the sort of cacophony comparisons to The Locust sell hella short. It’s wired, weird, wonderful: ‘w’ words yet to be thought and posted the way of the OED. Fronted by a diminutive female vocalist by the name of Eva, Rolo Tomassi are true charmers off stage and beastly brutes on it; their self-titled EP of 2006 earned itself a 9/10 review on DiS and an album’s expected in 2008. For fans of uncompromising modern rock with a wickedly menacing edge.
Listen: Rolo Tomassi - ‘Film Noir’ @ MySpace
And topping our trio: Errors. Hopefully you’ve already downloaded – sorry, Drownloaded – their ‘Hans Herman’ track; click to their MySpace page, though, to expand your knowledge before their headline set on Saturday. Our choice is ‘Salut! France’, issues as a limited-edition seven-inch in early 2007 and now all but sold out everywhere. You might be able to buy a copy from the band themselves, if you’re lucky. Glitch-fuelled dance rock for fans of Battles and Q And Not U and… oh look… we’ve gone full circle back to Tired Irie. Nice work, succinct blurb-spew.
Listen: Errors - ‘Salut! France’ @ MySpace
More details on the DiScover Christmas Party can be found here.
- Mike Diver
- Photography by Tom Barnes
