12:32 AM - Professor Murder: ...Rides the Subway
The first time I saw/heard of/experienced Professor Murder was when they played a show with Man in Gray at Siberia a couple of years ago. Friends of friends, did some recording at our favorite studio, etc etc. At the time they were doing a bit of the dance punk thing but with loud loud loud guitars at the forefront. It was at a party some time later that lead singer Mike told me that he was going to get rid of his guitar and make dance music. I was a bit disappointed because I liked what they were already doing.... But now, over a year later, the band is about to release their first proper EP on Kanine Records and all this getting rid of the guitars nonsense suddenly makes A LOT of sense. More bass. More percussion. MORE COWBELL. It's in there and the result is a perfect mix of all the best things that bands like Liars (on the first record), Radio 4 (who they recently opened for at Bowery Ballroom in NYC), and LCD Soundsystem have to offer. PMurder's press kit even makes reference to the incredible group Fire Engines and these tracks are just jittery enough to warrant it. Brief interlude, while I'm thinking of it - do yourself a favor and go buy Codex Teenage Premonition by Fire Engines right now. Back to the band at hand. Professor Murder are four guys out of Brooklyn, NY. Ok, so you probably could have guessed that one. For the amount of time that they've been active they've gone for way too long at times without playing enough shows but it looks like that will likely change soon. The EP, entitled Professor Murder Rides the Subway, comes out on July 25th (that's two weeks, kids - though you can always order the record on Insound now). Before that you can catch them at Insound's pre-Siren party at Supreme Trading in Williamsburg tomorrow (that's Thursday, July 13th). They also have a few dates out in the midwest this weekend. Professor Murder's myspace page.
Professor Murder's web site.
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