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About [Saturday] Night: Wavves w/ FIDLAR @ Rock & Roll Hotel
We apologize for the awful iPhone pic. We didn’t have a proper camera for this show.
As soon as this show was announced, we circled April 13 on our calendar. Wavves and FIDLAR are two of our favorite bands of the moment. Seeing the two acts together at one of the city’s most authentic rock venues was an opportunity we were not going to miss.
Rock & Roll Hotel has played host to a number of great emerging artists, but Wavves has already kind of “emerged.” The band’s latest single, “Demon To Lean On,” gets radio airplay. The band’s online fan base is rather large and very engaged. Usually, artists are booking 9:30 club at this point in their career.
Luckily, Nathan Williams and company decided they would rather do a quick underplay tour with fellow SoCal surf-punks FIDLAR and Cheatahs.
N.Y. band catches the surf-punk wave
Punk-rock is at its best when it is not taking itself so seriously. That is why we love bands like Pedico.
These New York newcomers are more concerned with surfing and guzzling Boone’s Farm than political activism, and it is really refreshing. Check out this super rad video for the band’s track, “Nixon Now.” The video features a tatted-up chick shaving her face (?) and two dudes surfing on a folding table inside a subway car.
Album Review: Wavves, ‘Afraid Of Heights’
A lot of people like to hate on Wavves. Ever since the band got a few placements on MTV, it has become en vogue to dismiss Nathan Williams’ music as style over substance. That is a shame, because beneath the sloppy lo-fi aesthetic, Williams has mastered the art of self-loathing.
It is easy to lump the band into that burnt-out surf-punk category. The difference is that Wavves music has an honesty to it that is largely lacking in that genre.
On its previous full-length release, King of the Beach, Wavves opted for more lo-fi production values. In a somewhat surprising move, the band enlisted producer John Hill for Afraid of Heights. Hill’s production credits include M.I.A., P!nk and Rhianna–quite a departure. Continue reading
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