Some Pop

Eux Autres - Other Girls

The 1900s - A Coming Age

I have about three minutes to write this, but basically both these bands are really good. Both these bands are playing tonight in NYC. Both of these bands have gotten some blog action, so I am not gonna write up a whole thing, sorry. I am about ready to fall over at this computer...and you know what? Nobody downloads the mp3s anyway. I don't mean that in a whiney way, more in a matter-of-fact kind of way. Oh, don't lie, you sooo don't download the mp3s up on this site. I can read the statcounter, hello? You should download these ones though, okay? Thank you kindly.

I meant to write about these gigs last week or whatever.

Eux Autres play Pianos tonight at 9:15pm. They've been on a mini-tour, so I probably should have mentioned it before so you could see them when they were in your town. Eux Autres are a really cute indie brother-sister group from Portland, Oregon. Sometimes they sing in French, and you can tell 60s French pop is a big influence as well. They have a fondness for the handclap, and so do I.

You can download Ecoutez Bien from their official site.

There's a fun, kicky number called "Salut Les Copains" that Hello, Gina put up a while back. I am not sure if the link still works or if ezarchive is just acting up.

There are some more mp3s on download.com.

Buy Hell is Eux Autres from CD Baby.

Be their friend on MySpace.


The 1900s play Arlene's Grocery tonight at 11pm. Actually, The 1900s have played the last two nights in NYC. I saw them on Tuesday at the Mercury Lounge, and they were fantastic. They are a seven-member group from Chicago. If you haven't heard them before, it's like 70s soft rock with a dash of indiepop and maybe some psych (maybe a lot of psych). Guitar, violin, organ, male and female vocals. The song I posted above, "A Coming Age", is a really smooth song for summer (whatever that means - yeah, I know I'm the one who said it). I have read some comparisons to Belle and Sebastian, but I think they are more like The Essex Green if you need a contemporary reference.

They have a new EP out on Parasol called Plume Delivery. Parasol has a song for download which is a bit more upbeat:

Bring The Good Boys Home

Here is their MySpace page.

Bill wrote about the gig on Tuesday, and I basically agree with him on everything except Jeanine's pants. If you go to his site and read his review, you'll see what I am talking about. She was wearing these high-waisted denim bell-bottoms that I found to be more 70s than Jordache or Calvin Klein (Nothing became Brooke Shields and her Calvins!), but I am certainly no fashionista. I don't remember Jordache having a big flare at the bottom, but maybe that was an 80s thing. I think he is spot on about everything else, including the doo doo's and the ba ba's in the songs. He writes in actual sentences as well. And he doesn't sound like a psycho. You know, as opposed to me. His write-up of Midlake should be read too. Yeah, we really did see Kyle Howard. Not only did I know his full name when I saw him, but I was able to recite his credits from his memory. Oh yeah, he had a guest spot on "Friends" and a small part in Orange County, and he was in that 90210 spoof "Grosse Point". I need help.

Ok, I am really, really tired, and can't write any more junk.