The News Review:
- Italo renaissance sparks electro-music rethink
- Lissy Trullie Plays Culture Room
- More live music top club picks
- Geek-punks turn to dogma
- Hoots and Hellmouth deliver a rootsy gumbo
- The Big Gigs: ur critics’ music picks
Italo renaissance sparks electro-music rethink
AFP
French global superstars Justice Daft Punk and Yelle can all trace their roots back to Mediterranean Europe’s unique take on American disco and early electro which developed in the late 1970s and early 80s. Central to the development of Eurodance and American house music was Italo an Italian genre which fused disco’s euphoric and exuberant heart with the rapidly developing technology of the late 1970s. “Italo is an essential part of musical history it was absolutely integral to the development of house music” charismatic frontman Sebastian Muravchik claimed. “I would say that without Italo house music may not have developed.
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Lissy Trullie Plays Culture Room
Miami New Times
Trullie fashions lean sharp indie rock but already feels saddled with a frequent “punk” misnomer. “They always try and put me in a box” she says. “If I mention punk they’re like ‘She loves punk music; she’s a punk’ which is not me at all. I don’t consider myself or my music punk. ” And don’t compare her to that female-fronted Lower East Side act whose name begins with a B either. nline hype has made much of sexuality supposedly infusing her music but Trullie disagrees with that notion too. “I don’t really consider myself oozing some kind of sexuality.
More live music top club picks
Detroit Free Press
Bullfrog Bar & Grill: The Jamie Todd Band 9 p. pen Mic Movement Mondays with DJ Melly Mel 9 p.
Geek-punks turn to dogma
The Age
f course I know that” he says. As soon as I heard about that we had our manager get in contactwith Disney to see if we could provide the soundtrack but we havenot heard back. Datarock already have dealings with Disney Saroea explainshaving supplied music for 15 video games including the famous Simsseries. And the band are unashamed about what others might refer to as”selling out”. It’s not a lot of money but it does reach out to a lot ofpeople” Saroea says. “We are exposed through those games toabout 100 million people – our music will be played billions oftimes!” Formed by a group of mates in Bergen Norway in 2000Datarock slowly built a reputation as a crazy live act and fastbecame a festival favourite winning over crowds with their dancebeats wacky choreography and of course those matchingtracksuits. So do they have fresh stock of tracksuits to celebrate the newrelease? “Yes we have 500 new tracksuits” Saroea says.
Hoots and Hellmouth deliver a rootsy gumbo
Philadelphia Inquirer
The all-acoustic but often raucous Philadelphia band – whose principal members are songwriter-guitarists Sean Hoots and Andrew "Hellmouth" Gray plus mandolin player Robert Berliner – is releasing its sophomore album The Holy pen Secret (***) on Drexel University’s Mad Dragon label on Tuesday. Last month the musical locavores concluded a rambunctious performance at the Fishtown Shadfest in Penn Treaty Park with Holy pen’s haunting rumination "Roll Brandywine Roll" and a heartfelt signoff from Hoots: "We’re from here and you’re from here and that’s beautiful. "Tonight and tomorrow night the band whose music often leads to thoughts of dinner – its songs include "Home for Supper" "Forks and Knives" both off its 2007 self-titled debut and "Dishpan Hands" off Holy pen – will be back to celebrate the new CD’s release with headlining gigs at Johnny Brenda’s in Fishtown. Hoots and Hellmouth came together in 2005 as part of the West Chester University music scene that produced Dr.
The Big Gigs: ur critics’ music picks
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Music this time will be provided by gushing country-rockers the Evening Rig mighty spaz-punk duo the Birthday Suits and choppy postpunk band His Mischief. There to rock your taste buds will be home-brew palace Northern Brewer Wisconsin brewery Rush River chef Heather Heartman of Spoonriver and Cafe Brenda plus Rogue Chocolatier.