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February 13, 2007
Neon Lights: the Muggabears
Our second Neon Lights band, the Muggabears, have been tearing the New York rock scene asunder for a few years now, earning praise from print media (Time Out New York, L Magazine), and blog types (too many to list here completely) alike. The sinister guitar precision and unpredictable dynamic shifts of last year's Teenage Cop EP drew favorable comparisons to Mt. Rushmore types like Sonic Youth and Pavement. A sweet spot we can all enjoy. Not ones to rest on their accolades for long, the fetching Brooklynites slunk back into the woods to unleash more righteous noise...
Now, they've have emerged from their recording cave surlier than ever. The product of their short creative hibernation is the ripping Night Choreography EP due out late-March, early-April-ish. It's already been praised a bit by 'net clairvoyants, but since we're tight, here's a track directly...
the Muggabears - "Dead Kid Kicks"
My favorite song from Night Choreography sounds like it's spoiling for a fight. It saunters into the saloon on a cocky guitar riff, spurs jangling with every boot step. The drums egg the riff on, so that even when Travis Johnson casually asserts his desire to be left alone, you know that's not how it's going to play out. The tension builds slowly and continually, people at surrounding tables now stopping their conversations to eavesdrop. Then, at the halfway mark, all hell breaks loose at the slightest provocation. Drum fills crashing, riffs thrown wildly, bar stools wielded as bludgeons. By the last feedback squall the place is in shambles. Those who got out early have a story to tell...
Also: The 'bears are going to be gently rocking an acoustic set tonight at the taping of the Blog Show on super hip internet station, Breakthru Radio (too hip for proper spelling!). The show will debut at noon on Thursday and be easily accessible anytime after, but knowing you jerks it'll probably leak Wednesday morning. You might even hear me cough out a couple sentences, if hearing bloggers speak is something of interest to you (and considering that you're listening to the Blog Show, this is a strong possibility). Of more interest, we'll be giving away a ticket or two for Saturday's show, as well as a mess of other NL band related goodies. More on this tomorrow...
// Muggabears - Teenage Cop EP buy
// Muggabears - website
// Muggabears - MySpace
// Neon Lights - MySpace
Posted by Jeff Klingman at February 13, 2007 12:05 PM
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