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May 18, 2005

Eye Of The Ligers

This Friday SXSW baby NY2LON (re)launches at Bowery Ballroom with help from The Ligers, The Hong Kong, The Ordinary Boys, and Amusement Parks on Fire. Tickets here.

Ligers = Stellastarr* obvs. (Or as Grambo might write ... Some say durst-kept-secret in the Dentonverse™.)

Remember Stellastarr*? That asterisk really set them apart from Elefant/Fever/Flesh/Aerial Love Feed/Et Al ... I Love The 00's: 2003 stizz.

Amusement Parks On Fire ... they've recently been transferred to the iPod, but haven't listened yet. Yay or nay?

Posted at 6:44 PM




13 Comments

Yay to the Amusement Parks On Fire disc. I really like "Venus In Cancer", "Venosa", and "Smokescreen". Going to see them live next weekend and I'm looking forward to seeing them.

On disc, it was just recorded by one guy who is like 20 years old. He's now recruited a band to take on the road, but he recorded the whole thing himself originally. I don't think it's going to take the world by storm or anything, but I've found myself listening to it more and more on the iPod in the past few weeks.

Posted by: Shiv at 05/18/05 8:31 PM | Reply
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I second the yay to APOF. Like a mix of MBV and Smashing Pumpkins (me thinks).

Posted by: chip at 05/18/05 8:45 PM | Reply
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I like Stellastarr and Elefant both. :*(

Posted by: The 15-Minute Hipster at 05/18/05 9:08 PM | Reply
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I'm starting a band called Petting Zoo Fire.

Posted by: Wimbrush Threepwood at 05/18/05 9:29 PM | Reply
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I'm just starting a petting zoo fire...thems llamas have hepatitis and shit...APoF, me likely. I didn't know about the one-man-band aspect, makes sense though; Kev Shields and Will Corgan basically recorded solo aussi, right?

Posted by: Mender at 05/18/05 10:13 PM | Reply
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man, all those bands have really bad names.

Posted by: ShoeStringBudget at 05/19/05 3:25 AM | Reply
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I second the name callout. Anyone want to start a band called Chucky Cheese Fire? No wait, how about Go Kart Explosion? I could go either way on the use of the word "The" in those names, just to keep things tidy.

Posted by: Macky Ole at 05/19/05 8:50 AM | Reply
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Damnit, Wimbrush beat me to the punch.

Posted by: Macky Ole at 05/19/05 8:51 AM | Reply
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yay on amusement parks on fire. they're also playing at the faint / bright eyes afterparty at pianos this saturday (presented by looserecord.com). come on down!

Posted by: Rosie at 05/19/05 9:51 AM | Reply
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a very emphatic YAY on amusement parks on fire. they're awesome.

Posted by: dan frantic at 05/19/05 1:48 PM | Reply
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yay on APOF. they rock.

Posted by: belle at 05/19/05 3:09 PM | Reply
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It may only be me, but I hear a lot of Dino Jr. in APoF and not so much MBV or SP.

Posted by: Paul at 05/19/05 3:47 PM | Reply
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Stellastarr had their time and failed miserably on the debut, the problem with a major's rush to sign the next big thing 2 years too late.

Posted by: Frank Gorshin at 05/19/05 5:51 PM | Reply
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