Love You Long Time (listen to podcast)
"Love You Long Time has tapped into the youthful buoyancy and optimism that motivated synth-pop/dance-punk electronica in the past, something like being second cousins to the bands of the 80s." THE NEXT TO INHERIT THE THRONE OF SYNTH-POP." -Absolutepunk.net
Love You Long Tizzle are party rockers. Their live show is nutso to the max. Freestyle raps, breakdancing, keytars, lots of neon green stuff. Oz plays the microphone, Liam plays drums, Sal and Shane are married and Sally and Oz are brother and sister. Liam comes along for family dinners and visits to grandparents. The band just finnished its second 5 week western U.S. tour, is going back out on tour in December and is not stopping. PARTY TILL YOU'RE POOPED was released in April and has blogs buzzing already. When you see the band play give them an arm pump like Arsenio Hall. Party on. They've recently shared the stage with The Format, Dashboard Confessional, The Aquabats, MC Lars, Meg & Dia, Family Force Five and The Higher.
Love You Long Time has a special place in the portion of my brain that I store bits of pieces of awesome. I mean...just look at their pants.
Oz called into the show and put up with me and Codename (the Viking was out doing...lame stuff) and all of the questions that we had; be sure to listen to the podcast!
Listen to their stuff HERE and pick up their album while you're at it!
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Manna and Quail (podcast available soon)
Manna and Quail
By Jeff Milo
Jul 3, 2007, 12:23
With The Warmth of the Day:
Manna and Quail
Manna and Quail conjure grand, sweeping dream-pop narratives, forming surreal landscapes onto themselves ... a world in which one can easily get lost. M&Q is the vision of singer/pianist/guitarist Steve Saputo who, up until ‘05 had spent time honing his writing skills in another band that wasn’t getting off the ground. Towards its demise, Steve met drummer Adam Davis and after the friendship blossomed, Adam said he’d be happy to start a new band with Steve, on the condition that Steve branch off and start singing (as he’d been singing only back up in those days). With Steve singing, Adam invited his old friend Gjon Gegaj, intense performer and intrepid traveler of genres (from speed metal to Motown) to bring the bass groove while Steve’s friend from a previous band, Matt Walsh, brought his guitar.
With the stately pop-allure of the British invasion, the soft timbre of chamber pop and the swooning theatrics of progressive folk, Steve’s tunes are perfectly complemented by the incredible rhythm of Gjon and Adam and the dreamy-effects laden guitar of Matt. The songs are cathartic, dark and mystic, but always with an overture of hope.
“I don’t try,” said Steve, “in my personal life, to avoid emotional situations, I enjoy them, good or bad. Well, obviously I don’t enjoy the bad ones, but I just don’t avoid them and I think that comes out in the music.”
Amidst The Viking's fury unleashed when Barrack Obama, Oprah and Jeremiah A. Wright were spoken of, Steve, vocalist and pianist for Manna and Quail, called in to give us the heads up on what they're all about. Listen to the podcast for extra info and shoot...just go listen to their music!
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