To finish the week i'm ending this glam rock thing in style with the "glamest" band of all: Apes & Androids.
This NY band is probably the best continuation of the whole Glam/psicadelic legacy...Visually they totally follow their ancestors' gymmicks but what is really interesting is the music of their debut album "Blood Moon". To start with, its just brilliantly organized, really a voyage from beginning to end, that starts with this funny intro track where you hear chimps and robot sounds in the back- in analogy to the Apes and Androids name, duh - and at the same time there's the sound of a spaceship launch..
Anyway better than being funny and groovy, this album is truly psicadelic, and its great to hear the guitars and synths drift off, and the different parts of the songs coming out of nowhere...very nicely done. Songs are great when they are like this, made up of different sections, aren't they?
The Apes and Androids' sound is very rocky but also slightly electronic, with quirky bleeps that give it that modern edge. Nice.
The cherry on top of it all are once again the vocals - I'm a sucker for vocals.. - that are also bringing back the falsetto Queen thing, a la Bohemian Rapsody, but here they are a bit more agressive, not so la la la... reminds me of Prince and specially Beck's Midnight Vultures in many ways, not only the vocals, but also some arrangements. If you loved that, you'll love these guys.
Here's their website:http://www.myspace.com/apesandandroids
In my opinion all the videos suck, the album is much much better so bear this in mind when you watch them. As a matter of fact, if you can, listen to the whole album album first, and then watch these videos:
Here's their most popular track, "Hot Kathy":
“Hot Kathy” unofficial video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcr8rkit3Uw
“Put your hands up”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSXX6xkjaQg&feature=related
“Radio” (one of my favourites)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM85Bw6sFn4&feature=related
“Make forever last forever” (this part of the song really shows what they're all about)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YYOJqquqVg&feature=related
And so does this one, "Johnny and Sarah"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0BeqUUbIak&feature=related
For Rolling Stone, they're breaking artists :http://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/breaking/2008/02/breaking-apes-and-androids.php
For Pitchforkmedia, they're fakes: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49388-blood-moon
Can't please everyone...
Have a nice w-e!
Macao people, don't miss Ray's concert with the swiss guy at the rooftop bar next to the st paul ruins! Sat at 19:00!See you there!
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