| Grrrl Friend / Happening Now |
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| Album: | Happening Now | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Grrrl Friend | Added: | Nov 2011 | |
| Label: | Gnar Tapes | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-12-04 | Pull Date: | 2012-02-05 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 29 | Jan 15 | Jan 8 | Dec 11 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 24, 2012: | the gilded youth By A Thread | 4. | Jan 04, 2012: | Brownian Motion Dirtgasm | |
| 2. | Jan 10, 2012: | fake orangeasm How Allah Stole Christmas, Happening Now | 5. | Dec 06, 2011: | YOUTH DEMOGRAPHIC RADIO: David Groff Owes Me $5 By A Thread | |
| 3. | Jan 06, 2012: | maximum entropy Doppelganger 12-Step | ||||
| Album Review |
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| HYPRK Reviewed 2011-11-29 | ||
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DIY lo-fi shoegaze rockers. Originally formed in New York, this trio recently moved to Portland where they have become a perfect fit for the DGAF pioneers of modern cassette tape “gnart:” Gnar Tapes n Shit. Equal parts spunky and punky, this band lists their main interests as “NY style pizza ∆∆∆” and “adding z's to the end of words.” You will probably dig this if you are a fan of lax open container laws, the big bowl at Burnside, turnstile hopping, white-out tags, or scribbling all over your sneakers and wearing them until they fall apart. This would be a great thing to bump while you indulge in a proper meal of kegs and eggs. Now grip it and rip it. FCC: 1, 2 RIYL: Sonic Youth, White Fang, Basement Lovers, Royal Trux 1. FCC (shit) Sonic Youth washed-out rock. Muffled vocals and massive ringing chords. 2. FCC (fuck) Messy and awesome. Blasts of pedal-distorted guitar, disorienting lyrics, all spinning out of control. *3. Midtempo. Loud crashing percussion, layered layers of resonating guitars, melodic fe/male vocals. A great rocking jam with nice hooks. 4. Shoegazey wall of distortion with echoey vocals and spares percussion. The last minute melts away into a plodding instrumental. 5. Opens with a squeal of distortion—gives way into a thrashing punk single with and aggressive vocals, guitars spiraling out of control and strained stacks of Marshalls. 6. Midtempo. Scribbly guitars, thumping percussion. Vocals echoing through the messy scrawl. *7. Dreampunk. Floaty female vocals, a staticy wash of guitars, and jangly percussion, all with a distinctly edgy feel. 8. Disorienting guitar and bass noodling, sound effects, haunting vocals. 9. Shoegazy rock with thudding galloping percussion and belted vocals. *10. Upbeat rocker—deep male vocals over frantic blasts of guitar. Would easily pass as an early Pixies demo. *11. Thrashin’ instrumental. Relentless blistering waves of guitar, smashed-out percussion, total gnar shredding. 12. Reprise of the intro track. Midtempo guitar crashes, repetitive lyrics. | ||
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