Thursday, January 10, 2008

For those with a nose for the news...



I was grabbing my morning coffee at Easy Street Records, whence I came upon a copy of the new Stranger. As is my routine, I started by perusing the music section. Lo and behold, I stumbled upon page 46. Guess who is the Stranger's band of the week? Hmm? In a small box containing a photo (by one very talented photographer named Melissa, I might add,) the Stranger had this to say:

"Given that the whole '70s-pop/vaudevillian/Harry Nilsson thing is big right now (right?), it's a good time to get turned on to Curtains For You, a local pop band claiming to find inspiration in Harry Nilsson, Rufus Wainwright, and the Beach Boys. It's a pretty grown-up version of some of the stuff that's big with the kids right now (e.g., Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground), but it's got a catchy, wistful attitude with piano-bar playfulness and croons about being fucked up. They play the part of vintage poppers, that's for sure. I bet they even wear suits and ties to practice."

Simply marvy my friends, simply marvy!

4 comments:

Melissa said...

How awesome are we?

Jana said...

congratulations!

perhaps my bootlegs cd will become a collector's item...

Melissa said...

"How awesome are we?" The "we" because of the photo. Not because I have some insane Linda "I want to be in the band" McCartney complex or something. Glad we cleared that up.

Dr. Robert said...

Thank you for not bringing Yoko up. You know how much I love Yoko. Linda not so much...