Snowglobe - Regime
I go to a lot of shows. Sometimes for the band, sometimes just to hang out. One of my favorite experiences is when I'm there to hang out and the music demands that I look up and say, "Who the hell is that?"
That's what happened to me last week when I was attending the Memphis Tsunami Benefit held at the The Young Avenue Deli. It featured what was hyped as the best line-up of local bands that could be imagined. I had heard the name Snowglobe thrown around by many hipsters in the local scene, but they were mostly people who claimed a friend or aquaintance in the band. (Everyone thinks their friend's band is awesome, right?) Anyway, I was standing with my back to the band next to the bar, so far from the stage that even when I turned to see who was playing those imaginative and jangly pop melodies, I strained my neck but I still couldn't see. So, I did what any real music fan would do: I blew off the guy I was talking to and moved closer to the stage. What I got was a dose of bursting literate songs spanning the dial from sunny AM radio to ya'lternative sing-a-longs to epic space rock. Good call.
The guys from Snowglobe have been playing together for more than 10 years. You can clearly hear shades of their influences, bands like Neutral Milk Hotel, The Flaming Lips, even The Beatles, bouncing around inside the layered melodies of their second release Doing The Distance. And the best part about the whole thing? It's irony free. And that almost seems to be intentional. When Tim Regan sings on Rock Song, "There's been a call for a new direction, it's up to us tonight," I not only believe him, I'm rooting for these guys to come through.
You guys are in for a real treat, Snowglobe is coming to your town. Mark your calendars and be sure to check them out. Tell them I said hi and they promised to buy you a beer.
February 05, 2005 - The Glass Onion Memphis, TN
February 08, 2005 - The Basement Nashville, TN
February 09, 2005 - Windows on the Cumberland Nashville, TN
February 10, 2005 - The Earl Atlanta, GA
February 11, 2005 - Pisa Pizza Chattanooga, TN
February 12, 2005 - Caldonia Athens, GA
February 13, 2005 - Green Eggs and Jam Asheville, NC
record in store show starts at 3pm
February 15, 2005 - The Library Chapel Hill, NC
February 16, 2005 - Velvet Lounge Washington, DC
February 21, 2005 - Mercury Lounge New York, NY
February 22, 2005 - Siberia New York, NY
February 23, 2005 - Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ
February 25, 2005 - Radio Performance Cleveland, OH
wcsb 89.3 cleveland oh check it out online at www.wcsb.org 11 pm to 1am
February 26, 2005 - The Capsule Cleveland, OH
March 01, 2005 - Corral Room Madison, WI
March 02, 2005 - Schubas Chicago, IL
March 04, 2005 - Second Story Bloomington, IN
with the impossible shapes and jens lekman
March 05, 2005 - Hi-Tone Memphis, TN
with Harlan T Bobo
BONUS TRACK: Big Machine
