Word: velvets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guitar-driven sound of this band, unlike that of groups like Sonic Youth, isn't filled with distortion and feedback. Songs like "Staples," "Taillights Fade," and "Velvet Roof' are straight-forward, accessible rock...
...Cranky, Shaggahs, Fudge Factory and The Teeth on Thursday, Nov. 5 upstairs. Brave New World, Common ailments, and Heavenly Medicated Fairytales on Saturday, Nov. 7 upstairs. 5th Anniversary of Rock-N-roll on Tuesday, Nov. 10 upstairs. Fleshtones, Parade, Hotbox, and Pooka Stew on Thursday, Nov. 5 downstairs. Velvet Crush Dambuilders, Versus and Monsterland on Friday, Nov. 6 downstairs. 360's, Seven League Boots, Paper Squares and Muskellunge on Saturday, Nov. 7 downstairs. John Lincoln Wright and the Sour Mash Boys on Sunday, Nov. 8 downstairs. Anastasia Screamed on Tuesday, Nov. 10 downstairs...
...most pleasant surprise on Floored Genius is "Out of My Mind on Dope and Speed," an underproduced gem from the nearly unfindable Skellington (1990) that sounds something like the Velvet Underground with the Opportunes singing backup. It's almost enough to give you hope for a Julian Cope comeback--too bad the last three songs here are drawn from 1991's truly execrable Peggy Suicide...
...Green velvet, black silk, silver spandex and tweed jackets flash as 30 men and women line up by team outside the shiny wooden dance floor...
Buffalo Tom's music, for those who haven't heard their college-rock hit "Velvet Roof," is meat and potatoes for the mosh-starved. You'll think that you might have heard their music before, and you probably have--they sound like blisteringly-loud late Replacements, filled out with plenty of requisite feedback. There isn't much new about Buffalo Tom, but their grasp of what's old makes for nothing less than perfect grunge...