WAX IDOLS straddle the line between ripping tough/tender post-punk/goth-pop, and irresistibly anthemic indie rock hooks. So it comes as no surprise that the band has recently signed to Slumberland Records, with a full-length LP set to drop just days before this show. (And produced by Mark Burgess of The Chameleons, no less!) Led by the enigmatically agitated Heather Fedewa (aka Hether Fortune, ex-Hunx & His Punx, Bare Wires, and also currently a member of CastleFace Records’ Blasted
Canyons).Â
Listen to WAX IDOLS:
https://www.facebook.com/ waxidols/app_178091127385
COLD SHOWERS fuses the sort of dreamscape typically associated with Shoegaze to the melancholia of the Darkwave. A band who, it is mentioned in most reviews, would fit comfortably "in the dusty catalog of Factory Records," perhaps because of the talents members...and just the right revolving counterbalance piston-precise drumming ala' Steve Morris, resounding bass leads worthy of Peter Hook and the alternately complex and catchy guitarwork of a chap who could very well be the next Vini Reilly. Their debut
n Dais, also is making a lot of Top Ten lists around the country this time of year...and very deservedly fucking so.
Listen to COLD SHOWERS:
https://soundcloud.com/ daisrecords/sets/ cold-showers-love-and-regre t
DREAM BOYS are equal parts Paisley Underground, Postcard Records and Flying Nun (with a jangle of rural psychedelia). A band so new they don't even have any tracks up online yet...so hold tight. Will post when ready.
Check out DREAM BOYS:
https://www.facebook.com/ dreamboysLA
Ariel Pink meets Fad Gadget meets Ziggy Stardust meets Genesis P-Orridge making lo-fi darkwave dreampop post-psychedelia occult-style shoegaze on cassettes (in his bedroom). This is DRAB MAJESTY. Behold, thee Majesty, and not drab at all.
Listen to DRAB MAJESTY:
http:// drabmajesty.bandcamp.com/