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| From | Jocelyn Geboy <smussyolay@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | national drag @ IPO |
| Date | Mon, 21 Apr 2003 11:39:37 -0700 (PDT) |
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~~~~i'm reviewing bands for a local free paper.
so....it's doing double duty for those not at IPO.
here ya go...
>
> >
> > friday, 4/19 Subterreanean Lounge
> >
> > National Drag
> >
> > On first glance, the two frontmen of this
> Chicago,
> > IL
> > 3 piece do not look like they would be proficient
> in
> > laying out some good solid power pop. Because I
> can
> > be wont to make snap judgments, I walked in on the
> > beginning of their set thinking...hmmm. the look
> > like
> > they might like Dave Matthews, one wearing khaki
> > shorts and another a polo shirt. I learned an
> > important lesson: Don't judge a band by its
> > clothing.
> >
> > National Drag got me -- *when* they stuck to their
> > short, hooky songs with two part harmonies. For
> the
> > people out there who don't really understand this
> > phrase "power pop," make no mistake; National Drag
> > has
> > plenty of power in their pop. Unfortunately, they
> > may
> > be trying to play both sides of the musical fence.
> >
> > They started to lose me when they played songs
> like
> > "In Shadows" which were less vocally driven and
> had
> > a
> > more ragged, hard-edged feel. They veered more
> into
> > a
> > 'Q101' sound all of a sudden which made me wonder
> > where they were going. They seemed to have this
> > strange combination of great pop songs with these
> > Incubus like metal rock -- something that was hard
> > for
> > me to digest after being so pleased wtih the first
> > part of my rock meal.
> >
> > --- Jocelyn
>
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