Joe Moore: Ragged, gauzy, coming-down-off-a-bender music. Posthumous EP forthcoming https://joemoorerules.bandcamp.com/album/rough-mixes
“The Chapin Sisters can harmonize like angels,” says Popmatters of siblings Abigail and Lily Chapin, whose recent singles “Bergen Street,” “All Through The Night” and “Wasting Your Time” were released on Lake Bottom Records. Making music that The New York Times praises as “tantalizingly close to beauty”, The Chapin Sisters carry on a proud family musical legacy: Father Tom Chapin is a Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, legendary late uncle Harry Chapin was an artist and activist best known for his #1 hit “Cat’s in the Cradle”, and grandfather Jim Chapin literally wrote the book on how to play the drumkit. Since 2005 these masters of blood harmony have garnered critical acclaim by forging a distinctive musical imprint in which they “wed lilting voices, dynamically complex vocal harmonies, and folk-influenced melodies to dark, wryly sarcastic lyrical content” notes Amazon in an editorial review. They have been featured in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, NPR’s Weekend Edition, Nylon, Spin, Paper, T Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.
The Roulettes thought they played their last show in Portland, OR, in 2004. A dude wrote "It's about time they shut the f**k up" on their poster at Kelly's Olympian Bar. Alas for him, they did not! The band re-emerged in NYC from a grad-school hiatus in 2009, slowly rebuilding with founding members, drummer/singer Rachel Hass and singer/guitarist Rebecca Keith (also the frontwoman of Little Hustle) and powerhouse bassist Alice Danger (who fronts her own solo project of the same name). Energized by being back in their hometown, the band started working on the songs that would become their first EP in 20 years, Mommy Comes Back, set to release in October, 2024. The Deli describes their first new single, “Batter Up” as “a fresh and feisty burst of inspiration.” The band was featured briefly in The Punk Singer, the Kathleen Hanna documentary, directed by Sini Anderson, and helped curate and organize the sold-out Kathleen Hanna tribute show at Knitting Factory back in 2010, some of which was used in the film.
El Front: With garage punk anthems inspired by themes ranging from historical gritty tales of the Spanish Revolution to the corruption of modern capitalism, El Front weaves lyrical narratives with urgent contemporary relevance into a stirring and inspirational 60s garage and 70s punk rock-infused manifesto that dares listeners to question authority and envision a more just world free from oppression. El Front reminds us that punk rock’s spirit of anarchy and rebellion is alive and well.. El Front (Catalan for “The Front”) is comprised of Chris Bradley on drums, Matty Dread on guitar and vocals, Sarah Power on combo organ and theremin, and Brian Tamm on bass. Together they put forth a compelling soundtrack for the new normal, a clarion call to youth of the next generation that reverberates with punk ethos and provokes critical thinking and positive action.