THE GOLDEN DOGS ARE IN NYC ON THURSDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
they opened for electric six at their williamsburg music hall and bowery ballroom shows last year, and, well, to put it simply: these canucks rocked us hard. we bought their album big eye little eye at the show, which contains the standout tracks “dynamo” and “saints at the gates,” as well as the awesome paul mccartney cover “nineteen hundred and eighty-five.”
in any case.. we’ll have more on them after the show, but seriously, catch ‘em while they’re here – they’re from CANADA!
check out the golden dogs at piano’s @ 11 pm on march 20th.
“wanna taste it on my tongue
breathe it right into my lungs
taste the blood and sweat like wine
bite the fruit right off the vine
stretch out like you’re crucified
on the altar of my eye
resurrect my beaten soul
turn my metal heart to gold..”
also, check this blurb from the yep roc records site.. “saints at the gates” is a personal favorite of mine, starting from the first time i ever heard it, but now with the mention of tom waits and the quote “a golden dogs show is a bloodletting” (!!!!!!!!!!!), i couldn’t help but post it:
“Big Eye Little Eye is so rife with bright, hummable Beatles-esque melodies that even before you get to “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five” at track nine it’s obvious Mr. McCartney couldn’t be very far out of Dave Azzolini’s mind, but perhaps not in the way you might think. “Saints at the Gates” sees The Golden Dogs leader paying tribute to one of his heroes by interpreting him through American music’s quintessential anti-hero. “‘Saints at the Gates’ is my attempt to write a McCartney song as if I were Tom Waits. I love them both so much and they’re so different I just thought there was no way that it wouldn’t be an interesting song.” Thematically, “Saints at the Gates” also brings the Big Eye Little Eye around full circle, back to the give and take between a band and their audience. “Lyrically that song is about the trading of energies during a show. We invite them to feed on our energy and in turn we feed on theirs. That’s where the vampire imagery comes from. A Golden Dogs show is a bloodletting.”
In many ways the unholy union of McCartney and Waits is a telling metaphor for The Golden Dogs’ musicality as a whole. Equal parts hook and hammer, the band seamlessly blends the addictiveness of classic pop craftmanship with enough grit and grease to make the music true rock n’ roll gospel – Sweet on the surface and dirty down below.”
fucking amazing. seriously, see these guys. based on sheer energy alone, you won’t be disappointed.
anddddd..
THE GIRAFFES are returning to NYC on april 12th @ mercury lounge!
need i say more?
in other news.. I MISS ELECTRIC SIX. A LOT A LOT A LOT.
- audrey
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apparently, we HAVE moved up in the world.. #4,446,976 on technorati. HAR HAR!
