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The Drums @ The Mod Club
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
The Drums were quite busy on Saturday night in Toronto. At 7pm they were at Soundscapes for an in-store and by 8:30 The Drums were on stage at The MOD Club.
The Drums, if you’ve yet to fall in love with them, are a Brooklyn-based band that channel the basic pop mentalities of the The Supremes mixed with a pinch of mid-80s new wave. Their songs are catchy with lyrics that you can’t help but sing along to. We posted this quote just last week when we wrote about their music video for “Best Friend”, but it’s worth quoting once more.
“We only write about two feelings: one is the first day of summer when you and all of your friends are standing on the edge of a cliff watching the sun set and being overcome with all of your hopes and dreams at once. The other is when you’re walking alone in the rain and realize you will be alone forever.” - The Drums
With only an hour to play (they had to be off by 9:30pm) they kicked it into full gear straight from the start. With Ian Curtis-like dance moves and dramatic posing, front man Jonathan Pierce’s stage presence was off the charts in the best of ways. Shaking and shimmying along with every song, the crowd couldn’t help but join in on the fun. And what would he do when a slower song was played? Pose, take off his jacket, and pose with said jacket (in many various ways).
There’s no doubt that The Drums don’t want to be taken too seriously. Halfway through the show Jonathan paused to speak, “For those of you that are still confused, it’s just pop music. Don’t try to dissect it.”
Playing songs off their summer release self-titled debut record such as “Forever and Ever, Amen” and “Best Friend”, the set was short but sweet. The crowd went crazy for their whistle-filled, Obama-inspired single “Let’s Go Surfing” and the theatrical encore of “Down by the Water”.
Just finishing up a leg of North American shows, they’re about to embark on a European tour. Check out their Myspace for more!
Have you seen The Drums live? Love their record? Let us know in the comments!
All photos by Kate Millet.
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Weekly Wedge Pick: The Drums - Best Friend
Friday, October 15th, 2010
Song: Best Friend
Artist: The Drums
Album: The Drums
Label: Universal Island Def Jam
Because sometimes you just need to crawl through a window, slap on some cool shades, pick up a mic, and sing about your best friend.
Currently based out of Brooklyn, The Drums are the next big British band that aren’t British at all. All of The Smiths (minus Johnny Marr) have shown up to their shows and they spent Thanksgiving with Boy George. How would they describe themselves? “We only write about two feelings: one is the first day of summer when you and all of your friends are standing on the edge of a cliff watching the sun set and being overcome with all of your hopes and dreams at once. The other is when you’re walking alone in the rain and realize you will be alone forever.”
Intrigued? They stop by Toronto this Saturday October 16 for a show at the MOD Club, and Montreal’s Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire on October 17th. Check out their website for more info!
Watch the video for Best Friend by The Drums here!
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4/6/2010 News briefs: The Drums, Robyn, Bloc Party, Thurston Moore and Record Store Day
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Hotly tipped Brookyn band The Drums have finally announced both a release date for their debut album and the label behind it. On the band’s website they confirmed that the album will come out on June 7th. Meanwhile, during an interview with Interview Magazine, the band’s label was revealed as Island/Universal. If you’re familiar, however, with North American release dates, June 7th could pose a problem seeing as it’s actually a Monday and not the standard Tuesday. Oh well, hopefully they’ll strike a deal over here soon…
On that same day (and label), Robyn will also release the long awaited follow-up to her 2005 self-titled album. Titled Body Talk Part 1, this will be the first of three albums Robyn has promised to release before the end of the year. The eight-track LP will feature the recently released track “Fembot” as well as a new single called “Dancing On My Own.”
Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke, however, has struck a North American deal to release his curious new solo album. Now going under the name Kele (like Madonna, Rihanna and Shakira), the album will be called The Boxer and will drop on June 22th via Glassnote Records (Phoenix, Temper Trap). Produced by Spank Rock’s XXXChange, Kele says “The key for the sound of the record was to take things as harsh and as physical as I could make it. The reason for going there was that these are the sounds that make me the happiest in the world.”
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore will become a proper professor this coming Sunday, April 11th. The influential indie/noise rock legend will deliver a “Dissertation on White Noise” to a class of eight to 12 year-olds as part of the Partners & Spade “Avant Garde Preschool” in New York City.
And speaking of Sonic Youth, the band will be offering up some goodies for Record Store Day on April 17th. Not only will they be reissuing early LPs Confusion Is Sex and EVOL on white vinyl, but they’ll be bringing back their mysterious Starbucks “greatest hits” comp Hits Are For Squares for a double LP release. Other cool exclusives planned for the day include a split 7″ between Dum Dum Girls and Male Bonding, The Flaming Lips’ cover of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon (on seafoam green vinyl no less) and a mouth-watering reissue of Rhino’s 4LP Joy Division vinyl box set.
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