Free Tickets to The Rogers Sisters and I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness At The Casbah
"Don't miss this show - I'm not! Trust me!" So says the faceless, voiceless "Info" section of the Casbah's concert schedule regarding the May 18th lineup of I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness and The Rogers Sisters. It's an oddly compelling little endorsement/command, kind of like the order to "Enjoy" printed on cans of Coca-Cola. But this is one disembodied voice whose commands you might be interested in listening to, at least for now. If he starts encouraging mailman killings and stuff of that ilk, I suggest you go elsewhere for your "info."
Pitchfork was dead on about the marketability of this logo
Both of these bands have been getting some press lately. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness isn't the kind of name you forget once you've heard it the first time, and though I hadn't heard about the Rogers Sisters until they bought an ad on the right side of this website, I think they've got a pretty cool sound. They've got a sort of Sonic Youth/Pixies male and female vocal contrast going on, and make music that is similar to both of those bands arty, raw kind of sound, but much closer to the Pixies rock end of the spectrum, as opposed to unpleasent experimentation. I think I support any band called The ____ Sisters that features prominent male contributions. As a bonus, evidently they put on a great live show.
Prominent Male Contributions indeed
Both bands new records have gotten good reviews from Pitchfork too (ILYBICD and Rogers Sisters), although I must point out that in the Rogers Sisters review, the writer shows his hand a bit too transparently. Nothing indicates a case of writer's block lock nitpicking that too many of their songs are sung about "you." Embarassing.
But anyways, you should check out both bands. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness has a myspace page with streams and the Rogers Sisters have a QT album stream. If you're the type who doesn't want to leave a web page without an MP3, check out You Undecided by the Sisters.
Finally, more unidentified faceless people have given me the power to bestow upon you a pair of tickets to giveaway to you guys for the show at the Casbah on Friday the 18th. So here's what I want you to do. Who have I been neglecting on this blog? Is there an artist, local or national that kicks so much ass that it's just unforgivable that I haven't written anything about them? Comment away and early next week I'll pick one at random and the free tickets will be yours.
Comments
Hello! How are you?!
I ran into your website, and so I will do what it asks....
I am in a local band called MAYSTAR.
We have a new EP out called "wake-up" now.... I can send it to you if
you like (or drive it) Actually, with gas prices these days, mailing
seems almost cheaper! haha
Also, we are playing a show at The Beauty Bar with another band called
MC Flow. I believe that we are "headlining" ....It's an early show
that will start at 9 and end by 10:30. Tim Pyles runs the night.
More info: myspace,com/maystar
or maystardesigns.com/tour.html
Posted by: may* | May 11, 2006 12:15 PM
um... my wife and i talked about going to that show tonight.
how about fifty on their heels, the power chords or even, hey grand ole party. everybody loves them.
Posted by: cat dirt | May 12, 2006 10:09 PM