Frankie Cosmos - On the Lips

February 28, 2017 | Kerri

I'm sorry I'm high let's go
Sometimes I cry cause I know
I'll never have all the answers
Separated by a subway transfer
I watch you disappear
As my train rolls away
I know you could've kissed me
But I'll have to wait
Where would I kiss ya
If I could kiss ya?
Why should I kiss ya
If I could kiss ya?

Homeschooled in NYC, the daughter of actors Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates, Greta Kline was able to indulge her love of the underground rock/anti-folk scene around her, learn several instruments (including a stint as the bassist for Porches), and experiment with making and releasing her own lo-fi music (dozens of singles under various aliases). Last year she released her second studio album with backing band, as Frankie Cosmos. I love her snack-size, quirky and sweet, little melodies. She's touring Down Under right now, too! But not in the same places we are or will be.

Upcoming Shows

Meat Wave - Run You Out

February 27, 2017 | Keith

I'll just run you out
Gonna run you out

Surf's up and Chicago's Meat Wave is ready to crash. Ok, that was corny, their music is not. It's smart, tight, diverse rock and roll that's full of killer hooks and unique arrangement. Their latest album The Incessant just dropped and I've been really enjoying it. Reminds me, both in tone and feeling, of The Cribs' early stuff, particularly the awesome Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever which, now that I think about it, I need to get on vinyl. I digress, and you should check this out.

RIYL: The Cribs, Hot Snakes, Plague Vendor, White Reaper

UPCOMING SHOWS

Circa Waves - T-Shirt Weather

February 26, 2017 | Kerri

She left me and said
Baby won't you come to bed
But I can not sleep
While the sun's awake
The nights been so long
You don't get me right, don't get me wrong
Now my head tells the tales
I hardly know
I remember T-shirt weather
I remember some days
We were singing our lungs out
in the backseat together
And the seatbelts were burning our fingers
In the T-shirt weather
I remember sleeping till the early afternoon
Drinks fly like birds
Across the kitchen trouble stirs
And I'm tongue-tied by words
I used to know
So we talk till we're sick
17 went far too quick
And when my mind plays tricks
I have to go

Late February, for most of the US (and other northern countries), is a time of deep longing for t-shirt weather, as winter stretches on. Unfair of us Austinites, then, to brag about our mild-to-warm weather in the least but especially right now as we are enjoying late summer in Melbourne. Weeee!! (I'm rubbing it in now, sorry again.) The latest track from Liverpool's Circa Waves is less on the nose, but will still make you feel warm from angrily rocking out. ("Fire That Burns" was released a month ago, the second single from their second album, Different Creatures.)

RIYL: Smallpools, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Atlas Genius, Bear Hands