Tomorrow night (Saturday) I'm off to see the band Levy play at Tonic (8:30pm).
Does Levy produce generic 80s-sounding pap or are they something fresh and new in rock? Your insolent question bores me. The fact is, they write nice tunes, and I enjoy listening to them. If you want to be snooty, you can just fuck off back to Williamsburg, as far as I'm concerned.
You might go to Levy's site and give 'em a listen, if you're into pop. They offer 6 full free downloads on their site. The best, in my opinion, is "On the Dance Floor." As far as I can make out, it's about the pain of botching a chance at casual sex through a loss of nerve. Since, of course, I never botched a chance at casual sex through a loss of nerve, it's hard to relate. But it sounds very difficult, and I find the song strangely affecting.
Posted by Chris at April 15, 2005 08:11 PMNeither pap nor fresh and new. Like you say, nice pop.
As far as I know, the Wburg kids like Levy.
Posted by: Lester Bangs at April 16, 2005 02:28 AMOh, and thanks for inviting me, asshat.
Posted by: Lester Bangs at April 16, 2005 02:29 AMim a Wburg kid, and i like levy. i think them fresh
Posted by: spitoid at April 16, 2005 01:36 PMOk, ok. I know they're big in Wburg now. Just couldn't resist the chance to complain about Wburg kids being snooty.
Posted by: Chris at April 16, 2005 01:53 PMno worries. i tend to be snooty.
did you goto the show last night? I was there. the sound of that room wasnt really great, but I thought levy played really well. rest of the room didnt seem to be feeling them, sort of felt like there was some gap in the room between the band and the audience. good times non the less
Yeah, I was there. Was surprised at the size of the crowd - just expected there would be more people, I guess. Band sounded pretty good - though I'm the worst judge of that, since I almost never see pop/rock shows. Liked "Rotten Love" in particular.
What's with the lead singer's punk schtick? Seemed sort of goofy, in light of the band's sound, and the fact that the 80s are over.
Posted by: Chris at April 17, 2005 05:55 PMim the singer and you can go fuck yourself with a punk stick
Posted by: james at April 17, 2005 07:38 PMyour band rocks james, great show. ive liked you guys for a while now
Posted by: spitoid at April 17, 2005 08:28 PMThat's awesome.
You know, I've got a great emergency room story about a time I was fucking myself with a punk stick and it got stuck and they had to . . .
Anyway, thanks for dropping by.
Posted by: Chris at April 17, 2005 09:06 PM