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Written by Steve Scanner
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Thursday, 30 June 2005
As with any destination, people have their own ideas about New Zealand – particularly those who have never visited here. I’m originally from the UK and know just how inaccurate some of these preconceptions are. Sometimes these beliefs are offensive; usually they are comical Urban Myths rather than intentionally slanderous comments bred by lack of education. Let’s face it, NZ is not splashed across the international media forums every day as is the USA, UK, France, Japan or, increasingly, China. This lack of international exposure contributes, no doubt, to the inaccurate hypotheses of these Pacific Islands. So, let me correct just a few… |
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Written by Jimmy Reject
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Wednesday, 29 June 2005
Keeping up a tireless performing schedule and wearing their 1978 influences on their sleeve, new Boston band Red Invasion are becoming known as a hallmark for work ethic and authenticity. Live, the band tears through a high speed delivery of Dead Boys/Ramones type classic punk, while demonic, uber Stiv Bators front man Joe Chaos just leers at you as his face contorts through an endless pastiche of mind-fuck grimaces. It’s an evening of high energy, pogoing fun whenever these guys are in town. Pelado plans to release their aptly titled “Not Too Young To Die” CD in 2005, and they are already getting airplay on WFNX. I caught up with them after their set at the Cambridge Elks Lodge on 6/25/05 and asked them some questions. This is what they said.
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Written by Jimmy Reject
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Saturday, 25 June 2005
Project 27 deliver the nouveau power pop delights of the mall punk sound, yet with a rougher guitar sound than some their idols. Harmonies are sewn through nearly every measure of this music, haunting you in a weaving trail of melodic pleasure. But they sport a Ramonsey guitar sound that would be way too rough to make cut if this was recorded as a CD for Interscope Records. Hence, they bring back memories of the pop punk I was enjoying 14 years ago, before Billie Joe made it an FM commodity. I’d say comparisons to the Descendents, Screeching Weasel and the Parasites are totally fair, and their vocal prowess easily competes with Blink 182 and the like. Not bad. A band to watch out for.
Email their guitarist at P27rock@yahoo.com
Jimmy Reject.
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Written by Jimmy Reject
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Saturday, 25 June 2005
The Howling Diablos play the blues all right, but they play white blues. This is recorded with a sober band sporting a full lineup, so don’t expect the gravel voiced man and has guitar moaning typical of genre progenitors like Leadbelly or Robert Johnson. At best, this band sounds like a lo fi version of fellow blues diluters Dire Straits (before the “Money For Nothing” sell out shittiness of course). As it is with bands like that, the Diablos sound best when they lock into a fluid rhythm, setting those whiskey guitar tugs to accent the earthy breeze. When the band tries to get down and dirty with dissonant rhythm and playing, there’s not enough old negroe grit; it’s like chaser without the whiskey.
I certainly would dis this to the level of being “Miller Lite Blues”, but as it is between Mike D. and Flava Flav, certain music genres do have different rules or guidelines depending on race. When the beat is slick, it doe the trick, if it ain’t slick, you must acquit.
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