Don't waste another minute- go to NPR and get a fist listen off their new release due in stores November1st.
Early review: Smart is a ready to order hit soon to be overplayed at your local sorta-indie radio station. The underlying notion here musically is based on Morrissey's song that mentions Joan of Arc. Add some Cocteau Twins/Kitchens of Distinction sort of 90's ethereal pop and there you are. See you in month on Conan with this one.
The song So subliminally pays homage to David Bowie's 1977 song Sound and Vision. I love what they were able to do with one of his songs on their Covers release.
Full review- first take little editing:
CoInSide: Girl in a Coma: Exits and All The Rest; All this Filthy Beauty
My new favorite indie band. We got to see them at a free summer concert in the park at the Pasadena Levitt Pavilion. Stunning performance by a trio of women from San Antonio, Texas. They have some scorching originals and a strong catalog of covers. Here is an original that has grown on me:
Early review: Smart is a ready to order hit soon to be overplayed at your local sorta-indie radio station. The underlying notion here musically is based on Morrissey's song that mentions Joan of Arc. Add some Cocteau Twins/Kitchens of Distinction sort of 90's ethereal pop and there you are. See you in month on Conan with this one.
The song So subliminally pays homage to David Bowie's 1977 song Sound and Vision. I love what they were able to do with one of his songs on their Covers release.
Full review- first take little editing:
CoInSide: Girl in a Coma: Exits and All The Rest; All this Filthy Beauty
My new favorite indie band. We got to see them at a free summer concert in the park at the Pasadena Levitt Pavilion. Stunning performance by a trio of women from San Antonio, Texas. They have some scorching originals and a strong catalog of covers. Here is an original that has grown on me:
Being obsessive as I can be (read am), I have chimed in several times on their Facebook page and said, Please-for the last time, cover Squeeze's "Annie Get Your Gun". I have a bid in on some tickets for an upcoming concert 8-2011 where they open for the Go Go's. LA WEEKLY blog review
http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/videos/girl-in-a-coma.html
Update:Got 'em!
Below is a random 45 picture sleeve I had laying around that I saw with new eyes and said, Damn- that looks like GIAC's Nina Diaz.
Nina's vocals cover a lot of ground. I'd be surprised to be the first one to say she covers it all from Hagen to Simone. This little tidbit would've been dreamy to see live:
When I think of San Antone I recall the little bit of time I spent there in 1980 at Lackland AFB. Somewhere near-maybe after graduation we were treated to a live band on the base. They were not worthy of a memory file but I do recall how it was like shooting fish in a barrel where appreciation is measured. We were so rock starved anything sounded good. I chimed in again a few minutes ago on the aforementioned fb page and suggested just that- a live Girl in a Coma show on the base.
When I think of San Antone I recall the little bit of time I spent there in 1980 at Lackland AFB. Somewhere near-maybe after graduation we were treated to a live band on the base. They were not worthy of a memory file but I do recall how it was like shooting fish in a barrel where appreciation is measured. We were so rock starved anything sounded good. I chimed in again a few minutes ago on the aforementioned fb page and suggested just that- a live Girl in a Coma show on the base.
This is a cool collectible of collectibles from that very Levitt Pavillion show in Pasadena: Signed Set List (Courtesy E.Agopian)
Reminds me of: Altered Images, Presents of Mind, Siousxie, Romeo Void
