Getting Bands Past First Base Since 2006
Lead by brothers Ryan & Hays Holladay, The Epochs offer up a perfect distillation of pop, rock, and bedroom electronica. Think Radiohead meets Junior Boys meets A.C. Newman. Or think piano meets computer meets scruffy white-boy soul on a crisp Autumn day in Brooklyn. Or better yet, don’t think at all. Just listen.
Download 'Opposite Sides'
Download 'Mouths To Feed'
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These guys have all been friends since they were pre-schoolers back in Jersey - in case you care about that sort of thing. It’s not really all that relevant except that it might explain how Thing-One got such a cohesive sound before they even graduated college. Their newest track “Move It” is tight little dance rock nugget, and it leads us to believe they played a few house parties back in their school days. Their slower songs tend more toward the proggy side of the rock spectrum, although the rhythm section always gets a chance to shine. You can tell they’re still developing, but once the band makes the inevitable move to the city and seasons their sound with a little of that downtown grit, they will make the final leap to awesomeness.
Download 'Move It'
Download '930'
Update: New track added 15 April 2008 - “Thief” (dedicated to the IRS)
Supposedly comparing one band to another is the biggest cop-out in music journalism. Even worse is saying that Band X is a cross between Band Y and Band Z. But everybody does it. Why? Because it’s the quickest, most accurate way to describe a band in universal terms that anyone even remotely familiar with that genre of music can understand. Having said that, we would like to declare the band Sigmund Droid to be a cross between Suicidal Tendencies and DFA 1979. In your face conventions of music journalism!
Download 'Liverpool Sluts'
Download 'Sigmund Droid'
Sometimes all you need is a couple of guitars, some drums, and a song. Maybe a piano chord or two for color. That’s what Rich Girls are working with here. You pretty much have to like this song because, literally, what’s not to like? No crazy synthesizers or samples of the children’s choir. These guys come out of the Rockwood Music Hall scene in the Lower East Side. And in case you didn’t know, The Rockwood Music Hall basically specializes in bands that play this kind of music (See: Guyora Katz, et al). Also, just as a point of clarification, there are no girls in the band. We’re pretty sure they’re not rich either, so head down to the Rockwood the next time Rich Girls are playing and throw a dollar in the tip jar, m’kay
Download 'You and What's His Name'
