Idiot Garden, by The Ne’er Do Evers, is a completely different beast. The band switch between Punk ("Throwaway"), funk ("Thirteen"), blues ("You’ll Think of Something"), and that non-genre that is a genre, singer-songwriter ("You Want My Heart"). Though the band does switch genres, it doesn’t stop this album from feeling like, well, an album. Somewhere between the distortion and the slight, Frank Black flatness is Chris’s voice, there’s a signature style. The highlights on this one are "Throwaway," "Hell is Other People," "Front Row City," which sounds like J. Mascis and Lou Reed had a bastard love-child, and the very Dylanesque "BSS."
The Ne’er Do Evers are an
animated mix-tape of anger, humor and vulnerability, each emotion likely to merge into
and/or trample on the others at any moment. The Ne’ers play music that is fifty percent
heavy thoughts and fifty percent knee-jerk reactions with a sound best described as full-
on in-your-face visceral mooning, a distillation of art, alcohol and attitude not only
intoxicating but mind-numbing in a good way.
We're having a party...hand clapping, bloomers, and bourbon. Oh, and lots of shimmying! Oh Wow Dang and Treefort Recordings have teamed up to throw a party at the end of a recording trip for Those Darlins forthcoming EP and full-length. It will be a premiere of what Those Darlins have been up to and we want to get drunk with you in celebration. We've invited Deer Tick to headline for his mix of barroom balladry and rock n'roll rock n’roll. And are so pleased to have just added Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson the eve. before their album officially hits the streets. Uh-huh.
Oh Wow Dang is the label, promotions company surrounding the launch of Those Darlins.
Jeff Curtin of Treefort productions has worked with Vampire Weekend, Juan's Basement (Pf-TV), Previously On Lost and Rahim.
It does not suck that the two parties are working together.
Monday, June 30th 7:30PM @ South Paw $8adv/$10 at the door
We have just added a new studio mix of “Wild One” for you to see what we’ve been up to. Listen here: www. myspace. com/darlins
What folks are saying about Those Darlins:
"The Carter Family and Black Lips somehow channeled through three lovely, badass chicks from Tennessee." -Juan Pieczanski, Juan's Basement (Pitchfork TV)
"By the time he left Chile in 1953, Jodorowsky had a 50-person company devoted to radical ideas about theatre ("Artaud was my Bible") and a host of new ambitions. Over the next decade, Jodorowsky studied with the mime guru Etienne Decroux in Paris, mimeographed Marcel Marceau's famous "The Cage," toured the world, and directed the legendary Maurice Chevalier in the theatre."
Dino was great, but nowhere near as loud as they were at Irving in June. Too bad we didn't meet up then. The camel stuff was lame but I guess it pays the bills.
Yeah, it's awesome it's finally happening. Do you know what equipment, if any, they have at Sound Fix? I'm assuming they have a PA which we can run vocals/maybe keys(?) through, but we will have to bring all the amps and drums?
Chris! thanks for the kindness, food, coffee, and for letting us loiter around your place while we washed the sewage out of our sleeping bags. We owe ya!!! OXOX TIMF
Please do me a big favor and watch the premier of "Damages" On 7/24, with Glenn Close and Ted Danson. Thats me in the trench coat at the top of the stairs (no speaking lines yet, but keeping my fingers crossed). These are the same steps, 60 Center Street, that Don Bazzini was gunned down at the very end of "The Godfather". Anyway, if enough people watch it, it will get picked up for a second season.
Well we're doing one or two soon (you should check out makemusicny.org if you want a chance to arrange your own show with free promotion/permit getting), and we've all played live before in other bands. Sorry about the drummer.
Hey, a while ago you mentioned keeping us in mind for a show if you ever get the chance to book one. Just wanted to let you know we’ve finally rehearsed enough to do a small set (30 minutes) if the opportunity ever comes up. Thanks and keep up with the good tunes.
