01:38 PM - Hockey Night

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I missed out on these guys the first time around. One night at Northsix when MiG was playing with Troubled Hubble, one of the guys from that band introduced me to one of their labelmates from Hockey Night. I hadn't heard of them, and didn't think to ask if he had a cd on him, nor did I remember to investigate further later that night as I'd meant to.

Not long after that I was sent a copy of their album Keep Guessin' which did a great job of providing Pavement-like satisfaction in those rare moments when even Malkie can get a bit old-sounding. My only time seeing them live was the tail end of the 05 CMJ set at Rothko (which if you've been keeping up is currently closed for a month while they figure out the building's structural integrity or something), which looked pretty catastrophic from where I'd planted myself at the back of the room, near the merch table and (um, not by accident) my second favorite Mary.

The point is that this band has two drummers, sounds remarkably like Pavement (though less so on the new tracks), comes from St. Paul, Minnesota, and is worth listening to right now, especially if you need to brighten your day just a bit. YANP points out the good news that these boys have three tracks from their new record available on Myspace for listen to, and download. How nice of them!

Hockey Night - "Who We Are"
Hockey Night - "Dark Trance"
Hockey Night - "Save The Clock Tower"

Hockey Night are on tour and will be playing in NYC twice next week. Skip the Cake Shop show (how the hell will they even fit two drum sets in there?) on Tuesday and see them at Mercury on the 13th with the always upbeat and cute Palomar and Austin-bred Gothamist golden children Ghostland Observatory.

Also, if you like these guys, you really need to check out local NYC band Mussels. Somebody put these two bands together on a show, please.

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