Gotta agree. Great band, great performance (I only saw Bowery).

While it's impressive how far along they are this early in their career, don't forget that Ian and Edward played together for years in Sunday's Best.

"practicing and writing and practicing and making a CD and practicing - all before ever playing live. It worked. New bands take note."

Do you have any idea how much rehearsal spaces cost? I wish every band I was in had unlimited time and money just to work on our "craft". For me, crappy little gigs are free rehearsal time.

Love this band. We get to see them every monday in August for free in LA.

"don't forget that Ian and Edward played together for years in Sunday's Best"

"For me, crappy little gigs are free rehearsal time"

good points.

nothing little about that bassist

except maybe his weewang

the bowery show was good, fun. great? that word and 'amazing' are used so much on music blogs that the words become meaningless. the little ones definitely have time to mature, grow past the unwavering pop candy sound.

I went to both Mercury shows and they were a lot of fun. And way, way better than your average blog-favorite-that-got-some-John Richards-love band. Saw some labels folks there to check out their debut NYC shows...definitely a lot of interest in signing them.

Did you see the review they got in the NY Times last Sunday?

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/arts/music/16play.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

weewang?
yeah, unlike gnarls barkley's or colin powell's wangs, which i'd guess you fantasize as mammoth.

defensive asian dude "sticks up" for the penises of others

The guys are hispanic, not asian, doorknob

music critics and fans talking about dicks....thats great
i too was at the bowery show, and i thought they were great. kinda reminded me of a wilco show the way they all interacted. i think these guys in in for a long carreer

the little ones are asian/hispanic/white

they deserve the great and amazing comments. It may be pop candy, but its damn good pop candy. the candyness is probably more a reflection of their chemistry& mood now. Ed and Ian weren't nearly as cheerful on the last sunday's best album-- different mix of people, different time makes different music... all good in my opinion.

i'm thinking of writing an essay as to why there is no current local "scene" here in new york city. the little ones are a perfect example. these days it is way way way more important to record than to waste your time playing shitty venues like pianos or the delancey or trash bar. the problem i think is that most "musicians" who move to new york with their bands think that they've accomplished something just by showing up and having forty people come to their shows, which in reality is just a fucking blip. they want to "be in a band" or whatever. but they're not about making music. i feel bad for this guy who is playing shitty shows because he says he can't afford a rehearsal space. how much money are you making from this crappy gig that you treat like a rehearsal? fifty bucks? how much did it cost you to lug your gear down to the place and back. save your money. write songs. rehearse. make a record. if there's any heart or soul or passion in what your doing then recording should just be a logical step. but its not. so don't pout about it. you know how you do it? by being fucking CREATIVE. if you're not creative, guess what, you don't have much business doing this. yes, making a record is fucking hard. making a good record, even harder. a great record? you get the picture. and just to be perfectly fair, all these blogs, BV included, that claim to be "indie", spend most of their energy pressing bands that are already on mid- to major labels, and that everyone's already read about on pitchfork. if you want to be "indie", find some band and HELP them. Help them get their mercury lounge show. If you're seeing a band for the first time and they're already playing mercury lounge, you haven't "discovered" anything. they know what they're doing. your "bands take note" is no real awakening. and it has nothing to do with "taking note". it has everything to do with only fucking caring about one thing: mining the depths of your soul for something and doing whatever it takes to realize it. and the little ones? they're OK, but there's nothing life-altering about what they, their recordings are a more polished, better sung, more dynamic version of clap your hands say yeah. and to all you people who saw them at mercury or bowery, any band that is worth their salt and can play their instruments half-decent, not to mention have some recordings out in advance that have you digging them already, will sound GREAT at those venues. those are great venues. i've known so many horrible horrible bands, friends of mine, who i've seen hundreds of times and their mercury/bowery shows were by far their best shows i've seen. and to top it off, if you're playing at a venue like that AND you have a really good, enthusiastic crowd, of course your gig is going to be great. sorry i couldn't bite my tongue on this one.

i'm thinking of writing an essay as to why there is no current local "scene" here in new york city. the little ones are a perfect example. these days it is way way way more important to record than to waste your time playing shitty venues like pianos or the delancey or trash bar. the problem i think is that most "musicians" who move to new york with their bands think that they've accomplished something just by showing up and having forty people come to their shows, which in reality is just a fucking blip. they want to "be in a band" or whatever. but they're not about making music. i feel bad for this guy who is playing shitty shows because he says he can't afford a rehearsal space. how much money are you making from this crappy gig that you treat like a rehearsal? fifty bucks? how much did it cost you to lug your gear down to the place and back. save your money. write songs. rehearse. make a record. if there's any heart or soul or passion in what your doing then recording should just be a logical step. but its not. so don't pout about it. you know how you do it? by being fucking CREATIVE. if you're not creative, guess what, you don't have much business doing this. yes, making a record is fucking hard. making a good record, even harder. a great record? you get the picture. and just to be perfectly fair, all these blogs, BV included, that claim to be "indie", spend most of their energy pressing bands that are already on mid- to major labels, and that everyone's already read about on pitchfork. if you want to be "indie", find some band and HELP them. Help them get their mercury lounge show. If you're seeing a band for the first time and they're already playing mercury lounge, you haven't "discovered" anything. they know what they're doing. your "bands take note" is no real awakening. and it has nothing to do with "taking note". it has everything to do with only fucking caring about one thing: mining the depths of your soul for something and doing whatever it takes to realize it. and the little ones? they're OK, but there's nothing life-altering about what they, their recordings are a more polished, better sung, more dynamic version of clap your hands say yeah. and to all you people who saw them at mercury or bowery, any band that is worth their salt and can play their instruments half-decent, not to mention have some recordings out in advance that have you digging them already, will sound GREAT at those venues. those are great venues. i've known so many horrible horrible bands, friends of mine, who i've seen hundreds of times and their mercury/bowery shows were by far their best shows i've seen. and to top it off, if you're playing at a venue like that AND you have a really good, enthusiastic crowd, of course your gig is going to be great. sorry i couldn't bite my tongue on this one.