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02:08 AM - Hotpipes - playing Bloggers Delight 12.17.07
There's something distinct about Nashville indie rock. I've been trying to put my finger on it for a long time now, but still it just seems like that city has it's own special brand of cool (granted, most do, and it comes through in the music - think Chicago, Austin, Brooklyn...). I've seen it in bands like The Features, De Novo Dahl, and The Privates, and drawn connections to some of the more recent waves of music coming from right here in NYC (The Walkmen, Takka Takka, Harlem Shakes, etc.) who've helped to bring a different crop of vintage influences back to the forefront. They've made it ok for rock songs to sound a little country and folk songs to be dancey and everything to be wrapped up in a package by a charistmatic (if nervous or at least a little awkward, depending on which band you're talking about) crooning singer - and it's at once new and exciting and familiar enough to cozy up next to in a bar. But when things turn around and the whistling stops or a burst of noise from a synth interrupts the acoustic guitar, you'll always look up and keeps listening. This brings us to Hotpipes. Their self-titled full length from last year was a sleeper - though there was some support behind the record, it's too bad it didn't get in front of a much wider audience. The next one (Future Bolt?) will hopefully get this band coming up to NY to play on a much more regular basis. Until then, I've had to take matters into my own hands. That's why I asked them to play my Bloggers Delight show at the Knitting Factory this coming Monday. They'll be playing two warm-up gigs in the area this weekend (Saturday @ Trash Bar with The Bosch and Psychomodo and Sunday @ Pianos) and I highly recommend making it out to all three. Here is an exclusive download of a track from Hotpipes' upcoming album. This is the demo version of the track "A Brain Or A Vegetable." Hotpipes - "A Brain Or A Vegetable" (DEMO version) You can hear more from Hotpipes on their Myspace page, and in person on MONDAY, DECEMBER 17th @ THE KNITTING FACTORY TAP ROOM as part of the FREE Subinev.com Bloggers Delight show. Also playing are The Shamblers, Mancino, and Phantom Buffalo. Hotpipes' video for "Song For The Late Riser"
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