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July 04, 2007
Neon Lights: Mancino
The third Friday night 'Lights band to fall under this site's spotlight is Brooklyn's own Mancino. The Man' clan specialize in keyboard lead, turn on a dime, herky jerky whirlwinds with a side order of sweet 60's songcraft. Their recently uncaged debut, Manners Matter, is filled to the brim with that sort of thing. You can buy it here. A couple for free, 'cause I'm fond of you, and I'd love to see you out on Friday. Uh, just on a personal basis with absolutely no ulterior motives, of course.
Anyway...
Nothing like proud recorder notes to start a nervous pop song, especially when paired with the fluctuating sci-fi sounds from some sort of oscillator contraption. From there, it's all lovable synth geekery, an undying backbeat, and insidiously catchy murmurs of "yeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeah." It may be even better when it switches to waltz pace on the chorus though. It's almost smooth then, like when Steve Urkel built the machine to transmogrify himself into Stephan Ur-KEL. Or like the Jerry Lewis movie they ripped that off from. Not like the tubby Eddie Murphy remake though. These guys sound svelte.
Mancino - "Hetchie Hutchie Footchie"
Instead of one more round of my "dancing about architecture," let's kick back and watch some actual old time-y dancing, with some wildly amusing caption work in this video for would be teen dance craze, "Hetchie Hutchie Footchie." The song it represents is an epileptic tutorial that wouldn't be necessarily aided by my extrapolations anyway.
The mp3 below...
Mancino - "Hetchie Hutchie Footchie"
Some long standing cultural institutions have weighed in on Mancino's behalf;
Spin Magazine (Artist of the Day)
CMJ
As well as some of these fly by night "weblog" things you've heard so much about;
Gorilla vs Bear
My Old Kentucky Blog
Earfarm
Nerd Litter
HIts in the Car
Program note: Due to the horrible demands of, you know, life, Mancino will be playing in a stripped two-man configuration that promises to be no less awesomely spastic.
To buy tickets right now for Friday's show, also featuring El Jezel, Thrushes, and De Novo Dahl go here. To attempt to sneak in for free, check the rules of our giveaway here.
Posted by Jeff Klingman at July 4, 2007 06:00 PM
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