| Ramona the Pest / Contrary Sanctuary |
|---|
| Album: | Contrary Sanctuary | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Ramona the Pest | Added: | Mar 2003 | |
| Label: | Pestilent Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
|---|
| Add Date: | 2003-06-02 | Pull Date: | 2003-08-04 |
| Week Ending: | Jul 20 | Jul 6 | Jun 29 | Jun 15 | Jun 8 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 04, 2006: | What's In the Icebox Skymall | 4. | Jul 02, 2003: | press and release Song From Last Night, Hey | |
| 2. | Jul 19, 2004: | Cleanup on Aisle You Hey | 5. | Jun 27, 2003: | In the Leaves 15 Yeah | |
| 3. | Jul 18, 2003: | Memory Select Itsy Bitsy Spider | 6. | Jun 11, 2003: | Brownian Motion 15 Yeah |
| Album Review |
|---|
| pat blue ribbon Reviewed 2003-06-04 | ||
|
Ramona the Pest - Contrary Sanctuary East-bay punk/popsters at times reminiscent of the Pixies/Breeders or PJ Harvey. Catchy guitar riffs, power bass lines, slight surf-rock influences. Quite varied and good - songs range from folky slow ballads, punky power pop to covers of children's songs. Fronted by Valerie Esway, whose vocal range is quite impressive, from dark angst to a singsong quality. Picks: 2, 9, 5, 11, 13, 1. heavy repeated guitar riffs, anti-consumerism, phone operator sample 2. driving rocker - somewhat surfy - high school tale 3. Pixies bass line + voice - about having a bad day 4. slow/mid - vocals with drum, percussion sounds 5. folk/country influences - ballad 6. classic lullaby with a toy piano 7. Pixies cover - slow, moaning guitars, different spin with female vocals 8. big guitar riffs - pop melody 9. version of "itsy bitsy spider" - good guitar solo in the middle + finger snaps! 10. somewhat springsteen-esque 11. slow acoustic ballad - guitar + accordion 12. big bass lines 13. slow/mid - slow guitar, then feedbacky | ||
| Track Listing |
|---|