Tag Archives: Music
The Hot Toddies: Not a drink
A few months ago, I saw The Hot Toddies perform at a local watering hole (figure of speech)1. The Oakland-based, all-girl quartet plays an ironic mix of twee surf-pop, girl-group beach party, retro-inspired philspectorism2. But the Splenda-sweet melodies and truly brilliant multi-part harmonies are belied by the absurdist and cynical lyrics, ranging in topic from [...]
Cool Burps
Last night I went to see The Hot Toddies from Oakland at Audie’s Olympic1 They’re a four-piece, all-girl2 band that plays 60s girl-group-inspired tunes heavy on irony and tongue-in-cheekiness (“W W W dot whoa-oh-oh-oh dot com”). They were really good and fun and cetera. Great harmonies, too. But that’s not my point. My companion for [...]
Nekoquest 2009, Vol. 1: Middle Cyclone
In late February, an alarming bulletin appeared on my MySpace homepage. A MySpace “Secret Show” was to be held the following Tuesday, March 3, in San Diego. The performer? Neko Case. A free show, at a tiny club—first come, first served. “It was so clear to me that it was almost invisible” I love Neko [...]
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