Blood Brothers, Chinese Stars and Celebration at Mr. Smalls - Tuesday March 27th
Tonight at Mr.
Smalls is the Blood Brothers show with Celebration
and The Chinese Stars
opening. The last time I saw Celebration was at Garfield Artworks with The Rogers
Sisters. It was a small crowd but that didn't convince either the band or front
woman Katrina Ford to relax their live set one bit. Katrina is sometimes vocally
compared to Siouxsie Sioux or Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs but neither of
those ladies pull you into a show like Katrina does when she literally takes
her performance into the crowd. I've never seen The Chinese Stars live beyond
some videos on YouTube with poor sound quality. In the summer of 2005 I was
addicted to bike riding to their 2005 release 'A Rare Sensation' despite that
release taking a hit from critics claiming that the noisters were relying too
much on a dancepunk formula. And if you like noise... there are The
Blood Brothers... they make a lot of it and if you can get past the screaming
you'll notice some good hooks and even moments of melody.
MANNY THEINER PREVIEW OF CELEBRATION AND CHINESE STARS FROM PITTSBURGH CITY
PAPER
CELEBRATION - WAR
From Celebration - Buy
At Amazon
CELEBRATION - NEW SKIN
From Celebration - Buy
At Amazon
THE CHINESE STARS - Live set
THE CHINESE STARS - SHAKE OFF THE NURSE
From Listen To The Left Side of Your Brain - Buy
At Amazon
BLOOD BROTHERS - LASER LIFE
From Young Machetes - Buy
At Amazon
BLOOD BROTHERS - LOVE RHYMES AND HIDEOUS CAR WRECKS
From Love Rhymes and Hideous Car Wrecks - Buy
At Amazon
