Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Happy Birthday, TWO$DAYS with Miles Bonny: Tuesday's Best Bets
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by David Hudnall on
Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:30 PM
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Happy Birthday, tonight at the Replay.
And here's what Pitch writer Ian Hrabe had to say in this week's print issue about Happy Birthday, who's at the Replay tonight with Residual Echoes and Rooftop Vigilantes:
Because technology has made it possible for every kid with a MacBook to form a band, a good group name is becoming a rare commodity. Now bands with weird, out-there names have a harder time living up to their monikers (see: Phil and the Osophers). Fortunately, Happy Birthday has turned the energy it might have wasted on coming up with a better band name into making better songs. "Girls FM," the first single from the Vermont three-piece's self-titled Sub Pop debut, wraps a charming blend of power-pop hooks and bratty punk delivery with held-together-by-Scotch-tape charm. Assuming that Happy Birthday's live show conveys the same abandon and energy as its album, even stoic indie kids might jump around like a bunch of little kids at -- what else? -- a cake-savoring birthday party.
So there you go. What else is haps?
Tags: happy birthday, miles bonny, residual echoes, Rooftop Vigilantees
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