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Hey gang, Check out this cool write up Falling James just did on our upcoming show at Mr. T's Bowl with the Randies! http://www.laweekly.com/music/music/rock-picks/16391/?page=3
Music Pick
L.A. Weekly, May 18-24, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
The Randies, Bang Sugar Bang at Mr. T's Bowl
To benefit the Internet radio station Killradio.org, here are two bands whose songs are catchy enough to be heard on mainstream radio (assuming mainstream radio still played catchy songs by non-corporate-funded bands without nepotistic connections). The Randies have a fast-&-fizzy sound on their 2006 CD, Saw the Light (Elicit/Majestic), that's as punky and poppy as the early Go-Go's. Bassist Sienna DeGovia laments the loss of her youthful idealism on "I Thought I Could Change" as guitarists Laura Cataldo and Laurita Guaico surround her with consoling harmonies, all of it powered by drummer Aaron Polk's relentless drive. "Up in Lights" is a charming ballad, a jangly contrast with such harder-rocking tunes as "Born Again." Bang Sugar Bang come at you with dueling coed lead singers Cooper Gillespie and Matt Southwell, who trade off sarcastic lyrics about the state of the union on "That's O.K., Civil Rights" from their upcoming CD, Victory Gin. With Gillespie and Southwell's soaring harmonies, "The Sky Is Falling" sounds like the vocal exchanges of a more politically conscious version of John Doe and Exene Cervenka. It's pretty exhilarating stuff: They're trying to kill the radio in order to save it. Bang Sugar Bang also at Alex's Bar, Thurs., May 24. (Falling James)
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