December 30th, 2011
Fill In The Blanks With Bleeding Rainbow, Slutever, And Creepoid
2011’s almost over. Each year goes quicker. Time’s always vanishing. Running and passing, passing and running. All connections remain incomplete. Another wasted year. So many mistakes. We’re all dying. We’re already dead. HAPPY NEW YEAR?
Ugh! Life! It’s so awful. At least there’s music. Without it there would be many more suicides. Many more road rage rampages. Many more random kill ‘em alls. Music gives us something to live for. Music is so great, everyone seems to think. Whether you listen to crap like Bon Iver or cool stuff like Taylor Swift, everyone’s just trying to alleviate the dreadful awfulness of life. HAPPY NEW YEAR?
I started making daily posts on Make Major Moves earlier this year, and this will be my last one. I’ll still review a concert or two, but no more daily jawns for me. Good bye. One of my first posts, back in April, was about Reading Rainbow. The Philly duo was releasing a new 7-inch called Cover The Sky, so I asked Sarah and Rob to share with us their favorite 7-inches (Reading Rainbow’s Top Five 7-Inches). Since then, the duo became a trio and they changed their name to Bleeding Rainbow (pic above). So much can change in one year…
Armed with its third member and a new name, Bleeding Rainbow headline a New Year’s Eve show at The Level Room (the post-Little Bar venue of local presenters Phonographic Arts) with Pink Skull, Fire In The Hearts And Minds, Exploding World, and Creepoid (the Philly band responsible for one of the most praised local albums of 2011, Horse Heaven). Also on the bill is Slutever, the Philly punk duo of Nicole Snyder and Rachel Gagliardi, who I interviewed for Make Major Moves back in August. An excellent concert to welcome 2012, no doubt.
I caught up with Bleeding Rainbow, Slutever and Creepoid yesterday and asked them to fill in the blanks for a few burning sentences. Here’s what they had to say. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Our favorite 2011 album by a Philadelphia band is…
“Leather – Wretch EP.” – Bleeding Rainbow
“First, by Cousin Brian.” – Slutever
“Far Out Fang-Tooth’s Pure and Disinterested on Siltbreeze Records.” – Creepoid
Philadelphia became an even doper city in 2011 because…
“Superfresh opened on Girard Avenue.” – Bleeding Rainbow
“we moved to Fishtown!” – Slutever
“Craigslist posts about ’sex for seats.’” – Creepoid
The best thing we did in 2011 was…
“acid hike at Hawk Mountain.” – Bleeding Rainbow
“tour across America, where we played a pizza themed festival in Seattle, ate paletas and barbeque in Nashville, and played with Alison Wofle’s new band, Cool Moms, in California.” – Slutever
“Vickadelphia.” – Creepoid
The worst thing we did in 2011 was…
“acid hike at Hawk Mountain.” – Bleeding Rainbow
“lose 15 beers somewhere in our house. Seriously where are they????” – Slutever
“play the Tritone.” – Creepoid
Our 2012 New Year’s Resolution is…
“to visit every Whole Foods in America.” – Bleeding Rainbow
“to watch a lot of TV on our two brand new televisions!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, and maybe release some new songs.” – Slutever
“never get caught!” – Creepoid
Bleeding Rainbow, Slutever + Creepoid play Sat., Dec. 31, 8pm. $15. The Level Room, 21st & Market Streets.
