I'm a little late on this, but one of the best Christmas gifts I got this year was the self-titled CD by the Parting Gifts who are, essentially, Greg Cartwright from the Reigning Sound/Oblivians/Compulsive Gamblers etc. and Coco from the Ettes. The CD is, oddly, both rough and polished, the roughness in the extreme liveness of the sound and Cartwright's great, wounded bear of a voice, the polish in the really exquisite construction of these rock-into-country-into-classic-pop songs. Anyway, the Parting Gifts did a show on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic, and you can download it via the Free Music Archive.
And then go buy the album, which is better.
Also picked up a used copy of the Reigning Sound's Time Bomb High School over the holidays...great stuff.
Oh, yeah, and check out the New York Times' Jon Pareles listening to the most superficial, candy-assed music possible and then whining about how simple it is.
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Monday, January 3, 2011
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Gorevette and Parting Gifts…stuff I heard on the radio
Now that I have an iPod touch, I can listen to WFMU again, so I am wasting lots of time DLing shows and listening to them. I’d forgotten how much I liked doing this, or how it interferes with reviewing 4-5 records a week. But on the bright side, I’ve heard a couple of things that are just too good to sit on, both in the garage vein, both by really veteran performers.
The first one is Gorevette, which combines the energies of Nikki Corvette and Amy Gore from the Gore Gore Girls.
Here they are performing the title track from their Lustfully Yours EP which is out now on Strange Girls records.
Parting Gifts, also a kind of super-group, has Greg Cartwright from the Reigning Sounds and Coco Hames from the Ettes together. Their album, Dandelion Strychnine is out now on In the Red. In addition to these two, Dave Amels from the Reigning Sound is on the records, as well as Dan Auerbach (Black Keys), Patrick Keeler (Greenhornes) and the remainder of the Ettes.
Here’s “Keep Walking” What a killer.
Also, there’s a video of Cartwright solo doing the title track in Detroit.
The first one is Gorevette, which combines the energies of Nikki Corvette and Amy Gore from the Gore Gore Girls.
Here they are performing the title track from their Lustfully Yours EP which is out now on Strange Girls records.
Parting Gifts, also a kind of super-group, has Greg Cartwright from the Reigning Sounds and Coco Hames from the Ettes together. Their album, Dandelion Strychnine is out now on In the Red. In addition to these two, Dave Amels from the Reigning Sound is on the records, as well as Dan Auerbach (Black Keys), Patrick Keeler (Greenhornes) and the remainder of the Ettes.
Here’s “Keep Walking” What a killer.
Also, there’s a video of Cartwright solo doing the title track in Detroit.
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