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John The Savage w/ Meteorade
02/27/2010 10:00 PM
"Milwaukee’s John The Savage is a strange, carnivalesque six-piece that has emerged as one of the city’s most talked-about live acts. It’s not hard to understand why: John The Savage conforms to the recent local trend of “exotic” instrumentation—meaning trumpets, cellos, and anything else more associated with high-school music programs than rock bands—while sounding unlike any other group in town, mainly because of Michael Skorcz’s eccentric, love-’em-or-hate-’em vocals. Skorcz’s circus-barker growl fits the cinematic sweep of the music, which veers impressively from New Orleans funeral marches to James Brown funk grooves"
-Steve Hyden, Milwuakee AV club
Meteorade isn't trying to be the most cutting-edge or important band in rock history. Meteorade's talent lies in its ability to create smart indie pop/rock songs that (according to The Onion's AV Club) are full of "resourcefulness and variety" as well as "refreshing eagerness."
Meteorade is made up of four music geeks from Madison, Wisconsin. All are classically-trained multi-instrumentalists, and all met and started playing together in 2007 after meeting each other through the University of Wisconsin. Meteorade's sound has been compared to bands like Pavement, Built to Spill, (old) Weezer, and Cake, and the band's favorite artists also include Pedro the Lion, John Frusciante, Elliott Smith, Failure, garage rock like the Kinks, and Dr. Dre.
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Posted 03/21/2010 03:14 AM The band was messy and drunken in all the right ways, crafting a sound that was unpredictable and gloriously noisy. Yet when things threatened to spiral too far out of control, the blaring trumpet of Michael Henderson provided the band with a much-needed sonic focal point. |
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