Status: Single
City: PORTLAND
State: Oregon
Country: US
Signup Date: 12/4/2005
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007
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| No Front Teeth magazine (United Kingdom) http://www.nofrontteeth.co.uk/------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recently its been getting pretty hard for me to get excited about new bands and releases because everything seems so boring these days but the NEW YORK RIFLES (from Portland, Oregon) really did blow me away...this is the jab I needed and thank God because I was getting pretty lethargic about everything. This smacks of young insurgence- its melodic, abrasive and its got all the magic of the early punk sounds that blew me away when I was a teenager...this is better than any skin cream, exercise or surgery- I instantly feel ten years younger!! This really rocks and I know that its easy to say that but in the true sense of the word this honestly ROCKS. Think the magnetism of X, abrasive B-52s, STRANGLERS, SLITS, THE UNDERTONES, early CURE, RAMONES, PRIMITIVES...all mixed up so that flashes of resemblances are audible but the concoction created is totally original...at times they are ultra-vague, at times full-blown rocking with male/female vocals...this just rules, its fresh and original and full of the sparkle that Ive been missing for a long time. http://www.nofrontteeth.co.uk/reviews.html Marco NFT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Low Cut magazine (Denmark?) http://www.lowcut.dk/027_lc/front/index.asp----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Put on this record - the first thing that pops into your mind when you listen to the Tangerine Nails intro? Mine was - The Pretty Things, and boy was I wrong. You think your going to listen to some slow and steady Birds revival music, and then all of a sudden - wham! You jump 10 feet out of your armchair. Once you settle down, you realize, that this is no Birds or Pretty Things retake, this is modern psych- whatever, and they have the noise to show for it! Delightfully simple lyrics, no big social criticism, only songs about wrong tennis shoes and what have you not. You think you have them pinned, and then "Letters" comes up - fooling you. You think you've accidently clicked the CD switcher and are now listening to a Peter Paul and Mary record - but it's still them. A band with heavy heavy influences in 60s psych and folk, but with an expression that's undoubtedly modern - and kicking. But the question remains, who the hell are they? if you dig: The Cure, Kaiser Chiefs http://www.lowcut.dk/027_lc/reviews/index.asp Kristian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OX-Fanzine magazine (Germany) http://www.ox-fanzine.de/----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preisfrage: Aus welcher Stadt kommt diese Band? Bip, bip, bip, bip, beeeep! Zeit abgelaufen, die Antwort lautet: Portland, Oregon, und da sitzt auch das Label, Empty Records USA. Laut Info haben die Mitglieder keine nennenswerte Vergangenheit in anderen Bands, aber dafür gut sortierte Plattensammlungen, die auf jeden Fall die späten Siebziger und frühen Achtziger hinreichend abdecken - und ein eher kurioses Modeverständnis, denn was da an Tigerfellimitat und Rüschen zu sehen ist, ist ganz schön wild. Eigenwillig der Gesang, nachdrücklich und rauh, aber auch seltsam hoch, und dabei singt die Dame in der Band nur die Backing Vocals. In der Besetzungsliste tauchen auch diverse Keyboards auf, doch die sind nie prominent im Vordergrund wie etwa bei den EPOXIES. Apropos: So eine gewisse Ähnlichkeit ist da vorhanden, aber die EPOXIES sind um einiges cheesier (auf positive Weise), während hier mehr auf Pop-Appeal Wert gelegt wird, gepaart mit einer druckvollen, auch mal rockenden Produktion. Mal wird hier dem klassischen Powerpop gehuldigt, schauen die CARS um die Ecke, dann wieder dem britischen Wave (immer wieder fühle ich mich an Hazel O'Connor erinnert), aber auch klassischer UK-Pop-Punk hat seine Spuren hinterlassen. Eine eigenwillige Band mit einem eigenwilligen Debüt, das nicht in die üblichen bereitstehenden Schubladen passt, aber genau solche Releases ist man von Empty USA ja auch gewohnt. Bei einem großen Teil der Songs hatte übrigens Johnny Sangster als Produzent die Finger im Spiel. Mit 16 Songs bei knapp 50 Minuten Spielzeit gibt's übrigens reichlich Musik fürs Geld. (49:00) (07/10) © by OX-FANZINE [61] und Joachim Hiller ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation for above review. (Thanks Katia)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $64000 question: which city does this band come from? bib, bip, bip, bip, beeeep! Time's up, the answer is: Portland, Oregon, where the lable, Empty Records USA, is also. According to the grapevine, the bandmembers' past in other bands is not worth mentioning, but rather they have a good collection of records, which cover the late 70s and early 80s sufficiently at any rate - and a rather strange mode of understanding, for what there is to take for tigerplush and frills, is completely, beautifully wild. the individuality of the singing is emphatic and raw but also unusually high, and yet the lady in the band sings only the backing vocals. various keyboards also make an appearence, yet are never as prominent in the foreground as with the EPOXIES. Apropos: a certain similarity is present, but the EPOXIES are somewhat cheesier (in a good way), while here more value is put on pop appeal paired with a forceful as well as rocking production. Here tribute is paid to classic powerpop, the CARS peek out from just around the corner, then again brit wave (I'm always reminded of hazel o'connor), in addition, classic uk-pop-punk has left its traces. An original band with a origional debut, which does not fit into a pre-package but rather is usual of the releases from Empty USA. incidently, Johnny Sangster played producer in a large part of the songs. 16 songs at scarcely 50 minutes play time is, by the way, a generous amount of music for the money.--------------------------------- http://www.triggerfish.de/ox/home.cfm?p=3336&rid=42690&n=0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Stranger magazine Seattle, WA. US----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With a name like New York Rifles, it'd be easy to peg this band as more Dead Boysstyle scum floating up from the gutter. But such a quick assessment belies the kinks and quirks layered into this Portland act's topsy-turvy ride. There's no easily distilled spirit of '77 here, as they instead fly between X's L.A. barnyard grit, garagey new wave, and the slight hint of a disco shuffle. With so many styles to pick from on their Faraway Faster disc, it can be difficult to remember if you're listening to the same band from song to song, but those seeking a band with sprawling styles and influences may find a home in the sonic schizophrenia of New York Rifles. JENNIFER MAERZ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Booze Is My Momma on line magazine US http://www.boozeismymomma.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jesus, we are getting fucking soft. To counter, heres something sly and fun and best played loud in a fast moving car: The New York Rifles are a foursome from Portland who sound vaguely like the Talking Heads. Not the way the Arcade Fire sounds like the Talking Heads, but the way all sloppy young punk bands should sound like the Talking Heads. Justin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Oregonian newspaper Portland, OR. US------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Young Voidoids Had the Undertones stopped singing about girls and added one to the lineup, the punk icons might have sounded a bit more like the New York Rifles. As Kari Schafer and Scott Young support each other with vocal harmonies, the Portland band moves intently between blasts of new wave synth-rock and all-out punk energy, even as their lead guitars saw themselves free from the speakers. Performing material from "Faraway Faster," NATHAN SKIDMORE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Punk Planet magazine US http://www.punkplanet.com/reviews.html---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Its easy to picture yourself at fifteen, listening to Portlands New York Rifles. Tangerine Nails has the slow kind of buildup-to-blast immortalized by drivers permits and wind in the hair. Everything is catchy and sugary enough to stick, and most is edgy enough to stay, even when harmonies fizzle and lyrics plop (Aint got no mirror / cant see the pain). Highlights include the tongue-twisting Redlight Suppertime and Grapes, which begins like the Poison Girls on Ritalin. Slow moments are saved, if uncreatively, by bass both sawed and picked. But if you still shiver, why complain? (MC) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Oregonian newspaper Portland, OR. US------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Portland's New York Rifles recently released its first album, "Faraway Faster." Mixing a bit of Richard Hell punk with some of new wave's energetic elements, the band brings to mind the rare upbeat moments from Modern English. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Willamette Weekly newspaper Portland, OR. US-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bands like the New York Rifles are something of a rarity (these days) in the Portland rock circuit--a modestly arranged, irony-free guitar band willing to vault punk-smart bar rock into the stratum of high drama. Though at times the band's sound can be a bit jarring (as captured on their debut CD, Faraway Faster, released on local imprint Empty Records US earlier this year), it by no means makes this show an easy pass. The spark and subsequent flames of desire burning through this band's variable guitar rock promise one powerhouse of a live show. Sam Soule --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kapital Ink magazine Portland, Maine US---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The New York Rifles (who actually hail from Portland, Oregon) live up to Alice Cooper's immortal credo: "Molotov milk bottles/thrown from pink highchairs." Everything from Pogue-y singalongs to Shirts/Joan Jett/Josie Cotton-style dancing-on-your-toes new-wave hokum to Biafra-esque suburban paranoia from these pre-ejaculatory mushes. Puts the bats back in the hands of brats once n' for all. JSH |
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