Upcoming Event
RA RA RIOT
So Many Dynamos
Princeton
Showcase Lounge
- RA RA RIOT
- http://www.rarariot.com
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“(4 STARS) A blissful chamber-pop breakthrough”
--ROLLING STONE
“a succession of catchy choruses”
--THE NEW YORK TIMES
- So Many Dynamos
- http://www.myspace.com/somanydynamos
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In 2004, St. Louis's So Many Dynamos released their debut full length, "When I Explode." It was not an Arcade Fire/Clap Your Hands Say Yeah indie rock breakout success story. It didn't catapult the band onto the front of magazine covers or land them backstage snorting lines off of Jack White's Grammy. It did however, do what debut full lengths should do for young bands from moderately ignored towns on small labels; it exposed the band to those willing to listen, received nods from Spin Magazine and Entertainment Weekly among others, and acted as the hypothetical fuel (read: cheaper than real fuel) to carry a GMC Vandura across over 30 states for over 200 shows. Now So Many Dynamos return with "Flashlights", their second full length for Seattle's Skrocki Records.
"Flashlights" is the sophomore record that young bands from moderately ignored towns on small labels are supposed to make; it expands on their debut in every aspect. The band's unique brand of chaotic pop has been sharpened, refined. The songs are catchier, noisier, dancier, smarter, often weaving in and out, Frogger-style, between anthematic choruses and epileptic freakouts. The band has also learned how the recording studio works, harnessing the urgency of their live performances into ones and zeroes and throwing some unexpected instruments into the fold (4 piece horn section, 30 piece choir, toy accordion, banjo, thumb piano, etc.)
- Princeton
- http://www.myspace.com/princetonmusic
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Princeton was officially formed in 2005, during a year long academic stay in London that found the three young men reunited for the first time since parting ways for college. Due to the steep costs of shipping their instruments overseas, the group was forced to perform live with a very limited musical setup, but the often-harrowing conditions of their London shows forced them to mature and develop into a finely tuned live act. Each member reacted differently to the change in culture: Jesse found Virginia Woolf, Matt discovered John Cale's Paris 1919, while Ben pursued a short lived career in international finance. Graduation from college and a move back to Los Angeles in the summer of 2007 allowed Princeton to resume recording and performing full time. This summer, Princeton released their Bloomsbury EP. A collection of four songs, based on the lives of four members of the influential Bloomsbury intellectual collective of the early 20th century. The songs are about Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf, John Maynard Keynes and Lytton Strachey.
Recently, Princeton has provided live support for The Fiery Furnaces, The Ruby Suns, Au Revoir Simone, Vampire Weekend, Bodies of Water, The Little Ones, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Throw Me the Statue, Le Loup, Ra Ra Riot, My Brightest Diamond, Grand Ole' Party, Joan As Policewoman, Cryptacize and many others.