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| From | Doremi Fasolatido <markwayne61@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | IPO Philly Recap Part 1 |
| Date | Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:51:46 -0800 (PST) |
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Splitting this e-mail nto two parts as it is too large to go through in one part!
Good Monday Morning to all!
Just wanted to drop some mail on IPO Philly which took place last week from Wed - Sat. Mr. Bash put on another great line-up of bands and no act disappointed! Big thanks to Ira Rosen for the drums and amps and to Mrs. Ira Rosen for the chicken and veggies! Also, many thanks for the 2 stops Dave and I made at New Brunswick's Vintage Vinyl....my wallet is a lot lighter because of that!
Night #1 - The Khyber - Greatly enjoyed the solo performances of Matthew Ruddell and Paul Crane. Tim Butler's (former Hoppers13) new band was real good. Great songs and very tight musically. Manta Ray, local Philly Pop-psych from Rainbow Quartz, subbed for "Pop is Art" and just killed! They've got the hooks, looks, amd music that cooks! They got is all! Heath Haynes and the Cryin' Shames were a pleasant surprise. These guys rock with the best of them! And, their new CD is outstanding. A very well done set! Local guys Blank Pages played a great set of pop from their super CD 45 and 33!
Night #2 - The Khyber - This night was filled with local Philly flavor and some not-too-distant relative from the Harrisburg area. When I say this was almost a family reunion, I;m not kidding as virtually every band on this bill hand a strange "Kevin Baconish" relationship to each other! Dan Kilber started off the night with a typically outstanding solo set. He's just has killer songs and presents them so well! Stephen Lawrenson followed with a very good melodic pop set that had a few people runing to the merch table to pick up his new CD! The Jane Anchor, fronted by the wonderfully talented Kara Lafty (fighting an illness, but what a trooper...ya know, if troopers looked like Kara, tickets would not be so hard to swallow!) were just too good! Killer pop rock with a killer band! Parallax Project were next. I love the live show from these guys as they are not only musically hot, but they are entertaining to watch doing i! t! Their CD, Oblivious, is pop candy to my ears and
comes across great live! Their cover of McCartney's "Jet" was outstaning as well! The JellyBricks are always good form jaw dropping in your face power pop and they didn;t disappoint. Hit me over the head with a power chord and knock me into Jellybrickland! Next were The Queue, and I will go out on a limb and predict that Audities will be talking about this band in the not too distant future. They are a Philly band that, until that night, I had not even heard about. However, they were easily noticeable when they walked into the room. First, they were all like, 7 foot tall. Second, they were all dressed in vintage neo-glow paisley. C) They had some cage dancing quality beauties circa late 60's Laugh In babes dressed in Paisley mini-skirts and white vinyl knee length boots in tow! Thsi act looked promising, at least visually... They lived up to t! he look with an outstanding set of mod / psych pop. Great musicianship from all lead by Jeff Thomas on keys and vocals. The
bass player was phenominal as well! They were sold out of a limited pressing of their CD, but it's being rework and repackaged for a near future release. Keep a look-out for these guys!! The final band was IKE. Tough to say more good things about this band because they are always great! John Faye is a hookmeister with a voice that can knock a wall down. Cliff Hillis's guitar work is superb, the drumming rock solid, and the bass....well, okay, so I have a big crush on Joann Schmidt, but she also is a wonderful bass player. The songs are simply fantastic! Great way to end the night.
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