3rd
Some East Bay Rubbish I Liked in 2011
Lae Charles and DJ Dave. What’s not to love about this?! The SoCal Whole Foods Parking Lot track and vid, and the Berkeley answer to it, and then the Berkeley Enough thing are as hilarious and fun as they are well crafted and original. Instant classics all, and it’s great to see these guys pop. There’s an article and interview in Berkeleyside that covers the story. Hey they even name drop Josephine Street! That’s the Berkeley street where myself, and my fellow Uptones Paul Jackson and Emily Jayne AND Fashion Slaves bassist Eric Knight, all grew up on. Are we Berkeley enough?
For the record, I think the Kreayshawn viral hit “Gucci Gucci” is hot. It’s irreverent and fun and clever and infectious. I like things like that, and it’s homegrown too. This is something she and her friends invented and created. It’s as legit as anything it needs to compete with in today’s dreary mainstream; The music is tight and there’s refreshingly no auto-tuned chorus. I’m down with Oakland kid Kreayshawn. She’s blowin up like catnip, I follow her like Twitter! Why you actin’ bitter? Hehe..
There’s a new proggy hard art trip rock band called Rubbish. Now I’m predisposed to like a band called Rubbish, but I’d like them better if they were a “kick-ass heavy rock band made up of the refuse of Primus, Bluchunks, Walrus, 3rd Rail, and Band #6.” Which they are, they are! Their music is tight and crunchy and gnarly and clever and I like ‘em. They’re playing a gig this Saturday in SF. Here’s the event page on FB. Go forth and rock.
So there’s a few bits from hereabouts that I liked in 2011.
And if you think you had a bad hangover on Jan 1, just be glad you’re not Pynoman! Here’s Alex Carlin’s gang’s ode to the worst hangover ever had by man or Pineapple.
Happy 2012!
