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February 14, 2007
Neon Lights: Apache Beat
The wild card of the Neon Lights bill is the enigma known as Apache Beat. Ilirjana Alushaj, a front woman so stylish she co-helms her own fiendishly mod publication, leads this troupe into their sixth month of existence. Already, they've been singled out for praise by the likes of Vice (UK), Dazed and Confused, and NME's made up genre czars, Klaxons who included them in a list of their favorite songs in a recent issue of XLR8R. They are snubbing us oh so pedestrian Yanks to release a 7" single on the fast rising Montreal label Summer Lovers Unlimited that should drop veeeery soon.
The single in question, aka "Tropics," is so top secret that I can't even give it to you straight up. I can however lead you horses to water, and describe said water in such detail that you will be forced to drink. (It is also so top secret that you can listen on their MySpace as well, but allow me my dramatic flourishes)
Apache Beat - "Tropics"
(streaming audio @ Dazed Digital)
I don't think we're talking about a health spa/ resort here. The guitar siren screams anxiety and when paired with the almost suspiciously relaxed tribal percussion, well it doesn't look so hot for our tropical visitor. I.A.'s voice has a kind of laid back authority, she's not breaking a sweat exactly, but you wouldn't want to mess with her. Especially after you can almost picture her eyes roll back into her head on the "uhhhh-uh-uh-uh-uh" part. There a break from the intimidation, with a relatively light and bounding bridge. A captive might start to relax a bit. Ilirjana's vocal return squashes that. It turns out that middle section was the dance they do before the sacrifice...
So what else does the Beat have in store for us? If the demo track of "Nightengale" that they've 'spaced is any indication it's more mysterious, rhythmically advanced post punk goodness. Come see them Saturday, before they decide that we're all totally boring and refuse to return from their mini Canadian tour in March...
// Apache Beat - MySpace
Also: Penny pinching ticket coveters take note. Today, on WNYU (89.1 on your radio dial), the fine folks at the New Afternoon Show will be giving away a fine Neon Lights gift pack featuring:
- Guestlist spots for Saturday's show
- A copy of A Sunny Day in Glasgow's Scribble Mural Comic Journal
- A copy of the Muggabears Teenage Cop EP
- A copy of Please Dept.'s A Fast One on Julian
- More stickers than you can handle!
The show runs from 4-7 PM, but a little birdy who works at the station told me that tonight's give away will likely come in the 6-7 o'clock hour. Then, they are doing it again tomorrow! Again, tomorrow sees the debut of the afforementioned Blog Show on Breakthru Radio, where more giftpacks will be given! We must be out of our minds!!
But I was dead serious about that bird at WNYU. It's really quite amazing that a small bird can hold down a radio job, and communicate in lovely English. There's a biopic in the works starring William H. Macy...
// Neon Lights - MySpace
Posted by Jeff Klingman at February 14, 2007 10:35 AM
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