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DELTRON 3030 RECOMMENDED: The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love

I’ve learned a valuable lesson from some of my previous writer ups — The Internet can be a bad place. The Teenagers, Girls, and The XX have taught me that when I’m done with the write-ups and I’m searching Google for album art I should toggle my safe search on. Harmless searches with terrible results. With that mind I present to you the top ten list of most dangerous band name searches:

10.) Cream

9.) The Morning Benders

8.) Brazilian Girls

7.) Mr Big

6.) Love Spit Love

5.) The Virgins

4.) The Butthole Surfers

3.) Scissor Sisters

2.) Amy Winehouse

…and coming in at number one is today’s artist of choice: The Big Pink.

I’ve had this British duo’s album on heavy rotation since mid September and I still can’t get enough of it. I’m a sucker for synthesizers and drum machines. However, what’s really doing it for me are the walls of guitar fuzz. Each spin makes their sound travel a little bit further down the timeline till you’re firmly resting in the comfortable bosom of the late 90’s shoegaze guitar scene. I welcome a return to that sound with open arms…but lets all agree to never call it “nu-gaze”. Great.

For touring purposes The Big Pink have fleshed out the band to include a real drummer…and she seems kooky. You can follow her blog and develop an intimate relationship with her and the band if you’d like. Follow the daily trials and tribulations of living the life of a touring quasi-rock star. It’s like your own personal Almost Famous. (“And the guitar sound… is incindiary. Incendiary. Way to go“) Me personally? I’ll pass. With those ten searches I did earlier I’m sure my IP address has been red flagged by all sorts of monitoring services. The last thing i need is a restraining order from members of the Big Pink before I get to see them live.

Check them out while they’re on tour

Mar 9 2010                 8:00P                                 El REY W/ A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS                                   LOS ANGELES, CA

Mar 10 2010               8:00P                                 GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL - RESCHEDULED                    SAN FRANCISCO

Mar 20 2010              8:00P                                  METRO W/ A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS                                 CHICAGO, IL

Mar 27 2010              8:00P                                  PARADISE ROCK CLUB W/ A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS    BOSTON, MA

Mar 28 2010              8:00P                                  MAXWELL’S W/ A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS                        HOBOKEN, NJ

Mar 30 2010             8:00P                                   WEBSTER HALL W/ A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS                 NEW YORK, NY

Apr 15 2010               8:00P                                  THE CASBAH W/ A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS                      SAN DIEGO, CA

Apr 18 2010             8:00P                                    COACHELLA                                                                                             INDIO, CA

 

Highlights: “Velvet,” “Dominoes,” “Too Young to Love,” “Tonight,” “Countbackwards From Ten”