Shake Some Action

A bunch of great blogs (i.e. Weekly Tape Deck, Transparent Blog, Indie Verse, Yours Truly, Friendship Bracelet, and Underwater Peoples) are pooling their resources to bring some lucky folks at SXSW a ridiculous slew of terrific bands over the course of 3 days. To celebrate (promote) the event, they're collectively giving away an excellent two volume mixtape that features all the acts and their most representative work. Many of bands have received some form of attention right here at No Genre, including RXRY, Pill Wonder, Coasting, Truman Peyote, Twin Sister, and His Clancyness. There are also some folks that I've been meaning to write about for some time: Pure Ecstasy, Million Young, Eternal Summers.

The most exciting aspect of all of this is that Thursday will mark the public premiere of RXRY, the mysterious artist who has been soundtracking the slow winter thaw around here.

Scope out some mp3 highlights:

mp3: Mantles "Trust"
mp3: Truman Peyote "Magentadoor II"
mp3: Eternal Summers "Safe at Home"
mp3: Pure Ecstasy "Easy"

Grab Vol 1 and Vol 2 here and here, respectively.

Truman Peyote

mp3: Truaman Peyote "Anotherother"


I finally got a chance to listen to the latest Friendship Bracelet Club Mixtape (which you can download for free here). Like most comps, it's a little hit or miss. And like all comps, it's a great way of being introduced to a lot of new artists in no time at all. The most immediate standout was closer "Anotherother" by Jamaica Plain's very own Truman Peyote.

Truman Peyote accomplish an incredibly rare feat in the song: they manage to make the kind of lomography rock that's all the rage right now sound muscular and purposeful. "Anotherother" starts with an fuzzy obese synthesizer running up and down the frequencies. Soon, a hyperactive backbeat and deathly sounding bassline are introduced into the mix. When the vocals arrive, they're nearly drowned out by the hypnotic noise around them. But you can hear enough to the vocal melody to know that it's catchy as hell. By the time the song hits its stride about halfway through, you're being assaulted by a blizzard of cymbal crashes and drum rolls. The band doesn't let up for a few minutes, but you kind of wish they would continue for another 2 or 3 or 7 minutes.

The band has promised a 12'' version of Light Lightning on (the exceptionally cool) Whitehaus Family Records soon, as well as a split 12'' with Many Mansions to be released in late March.

If you happen to be in the Boston area, you should check them during the Together Electronic Music Festival at the Cambridge YMCA on Saturday, February 13th.