IRONY LIVES! ｯ ｦ Ｔ ｾ ｴ Oth1)Y 'Vf Ｔ ｾ ｾ ｯ ｩ Ｑ As Those Zeros Rolled of Thirteen Tales Late This Ration with Massive Attack During a Stay in England
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A Ni h-k, t! h-oA t!h-A 4 ｣ ｾ ｴ Ａ ｴ ｎ ｩ ｴ ｾ 'Ptttr ｈ ｯ ｾ ｙ ｴ Ｑ ｊ ｴ ｲ Ｐ ｙ Ｑ Ｑ IRONY LIVES! ｯ ｦ ｔ ｾ ｴ OtH1)y 'Vf Ｔ ｾ ｾ ｯ ｩ Ｑ As those zeros rolled of Thirteen Tales late this ration with Massive Attack during a stay in England. around and 1999 became summer, and grace our city "That was fantastic. We hope the timing works out 2000, many were ready to with an appearance at The that we'll be able to record our next album with them. declare the death of irony. Parish tonight. "We did this The thing is that they're doing their record now while No more Steve Martin play- weird thing where we did we're touring, and then they'll have to tour while we ing guitar with an arrow three weeks of shows in the do our next record. So things might overlap like that through his head. Good-bye States, then went over to Aus- and we'll Q.ever have the time." forever to drawn out, self- tralia for some shows, which You may know the Dandies best from their '97 hit referential Pynchonian nov- were wonderful, and now "Not if You Were the Last Junkie on Earth," and it's els. And forget about inces- we' re back in America for unforgettable catch-line "Heroin is so passe," a state- santly repeated images of another six weeks of dates." ment that Holmstrom confirms is still true. And you Campbell soup cans and For a band that exudes may recognize their new single "Bohemian Like You" Marilyn Monroe painted by slacker ethos (check out the best because of its striking resemblance to the Stone's Andy Warhol. press photo), Thirteen Tales "Brown Sugar." Are the Dandies sweating a lawsuit But what about The is amazingly polished, one from Mick, Keith and the boys? "No. The riff is very Dandy Warhols, the Port- FILE PHOTO song gliding gracefully into similar, but not in a plagiaristic way. It's in the style land-based band whose lat- Catch The Dandy Warhols tonight at The Parish. the next in a seamless weave. of Keith Richards, but it's not a direct rip-off. Our est album, Thirteen Tales They'll definitely put on a good show. "That's pretty much just the manager freaked out when he heard it and sent a copy from Urban Bohemia, finds this usually straight- way it ended up. I think part of it is we're better musi- of the song to the Stones musicologist. But we got a ahead rock band dabbling in such disparate genres cians, so we could make it a little more polished. We note back saying the songs were nothing alike, so as country ("Country Leaver"), glam ("Shakin"') and definitely wanted to make an album where the songs we're fine." gospel ("The Gospel"). One would think the Dandies flowed together." Enough of this, though - back to irony. I had to were just slyly mocking these styles, if it wasn't for Another thing that is striking about Thirteen Tales ask if the band, who certainly look like urban bohemi- the fact that they do them so damn well. is its shortage of lyrics. All songs have them, but many, ans (I again direct you to the press photo), are approv- In a recent phone interview, guitarist Peter Holm- like "Nietzsche" and "Sleep," consist of only a few ing of or slightly mocking urban bohemia. "It depends strom tried to clear the whole irony issue up a little. lines repeated ad infinitum. What's next - a Dandy on the day. Some days I can't deal with it well, but "Pretty much everything we do has that wink and a Warhols instrumental album? "Probably not the band, most days it's fine because that's where I came from nod. It tends to come out in the title of the song. It but I might, because I don't like singing and have the - where the whole band came from, in fact." / was a conscious thing-we definitely wanted to play worst time coming up with lyrics. If I do a solo album, Go catch The Dandy Warhols tonight at The Parish. around in those styles. And no, irony isn't dead-it it will probably be instrumental." If you're lucky, maybe Peter will wink at you. will always be there." Something that might push Holmstrom or the band The Dandies have been touring since the release in general in such a direction is their recent collabo- John Zeiss, reuiews editor Bakin' Up ｓ ｯ ｭ Ｎ 'ds ｾ ｾ ｮ ｡ ｳ Risin If New Orleans is one giant oven, then local band - --. Ｍ Ｚ ｃ Ｚ ｾ ｟ ［ • ' · :. Ｇ ﾷ Ｎ ｾ rhythmic dimension to vocal Jonas Risin is the bread rising from within. And 'l ｾ ［ ［ ' melodies. Hidden beneath the recently, the boys in the band have been spending ﾷ ｾ beginning grooves of each num- some time inside their own soul kitchen, cooking ber is the potential for flight, and up something for the masses with their debut album this potential is reached consis- Big Boot Shimmy, an eclectic mix of blues, funk tently throughout the album, real- and jazz that tastes really good going down. Add ized through a surprising variety to the mix some surprise guest talents such as funk- of musical textures. The tunes that master Cyril Neville, honey-sweet vocalist There- embrace New Orleans' funk roots, sa Andersson and sax-blowers Tim Green and Eric such as "Hear" and "Nothing in Traub, let simmer, then enjoy a collection of songs My Pocket," are downright funky. that carries along the infectious spirit of the band's Big Boot Shimmy even ends in Eat live shows and, at the same time, points some- A Peach tradition with the bitter- where further on down the road for Jonas Risin. FILE PHOTO sweet country-blues fable "Henry As drummer Jay Robert testifies, many elements onas Risin have a CD release party tonight at Tip's Uptown. Go check out these local Lee," delivered in stripped-down on Big Boot Shimmy find the band looking in very boys. acoustic fashion. different directions, due in part to some innovations among themselves but also with those who venture Purveyor of bass Jon Stonbely, who believes that in production provided by Cyril Neville for the album. out into the fissures of New Orleans' musical night "everybody should spend a year of their lives in New Such profound expansion is not new to Jonas Risin, life. Orleans," gives credit to the rich atmosphere of the a band birthed in the spring of '97 as merely a trio The studio explorations found on Jonas' new album city for many of the band's musical discoveries. Jonas with rhythm guitarist/ vocalist Dave Barksdale, slide manage to retain that spontaneous spirit of improv- Risin will be sharing some of these musical recipes guitarist John Siegel, and drummer Jay Robert. These isation radiating from their live shows. The band at Tipitina' s Uptown as part of a record release party days, the stage holds three additional members, name- members themselves express deep satisfaction with tonight. Those who come out are sure to rise along ly 'Bearded' Jon Stonbely on bass, Andy Severino on the end result. As John Siegel explains, "We put out with the rest of us. keyboards, and percussionist Chuk Barber. And as exactly what we wanted to put out." Each song slides Brian Chasnoff, anyone who has seen them live will affirm, the joint around like a collective train of thought in search of result is a unique alliance of musicians who togeth- revelation, constantly shifting shape as keyboards contributing writer er have unearthed a musical vision, shared not only charm guitar and percussion joins bass in adding arcade aeptember 24, 1999 9 .