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DEC 10, 2010


Tame Impala MUSIC
Tame Impala
Neumos

Tame Impala are the best Australian band since heavies like the Birthday Party and the Scientists were stirring up shit in the early 1980s. But this Perth trio works in a much more ethereal vein than those groups, as guitarist Kevin Parker's angelic voice rises effortlessly to the heights of his mates' stratospheric shoegaze-rock symphonies. On their phenomenal debut album, Innerspeaker, judiciously sweetened melodies gush forth in a honeyed cyclone of sound. Meet the new Wizards of Oz. (Neumos, 925 E Pike St, 709-9467, 8 pm, $12, all ages) by Dave Segal

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Josh Bomb 1
bullshit dave segal. you just missed SO MANY amazing australian pop bands. yes, tame impala is spectacular, but to skip 2 decades of incredible talent is boorish and misleading.
Posted by Josh Bomb http://www.satanosphere.com on December 10, 2010 at 11:19 AM · Report
misterlevitan 2
Tame Impala is badass. Nice wordplay there with Wizards of Oz... I like it.
Posted by misterlevitan http://www.seattlesubsonic.com on December 10, 2010 at 11:25 AM · Report
Fnarf 3
@1, thanks for saying what I was afraid to. Besides, The Birthday Party weren't really all that great. Aussie pop is all about the Go-Betweens, and what came after (Sugargliders, Simpletons, Lucksmiths).
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on December 10, 2010 at 11:59 AM · Report
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@1 and @3
I love the Go-Betweens—just spaced on 'em.

Also, newsflash/shocka: Not everyone shares the same exact musical taste as you. Ponder that heavy thought for a minute.
Posted by Dave Segal on December 10, 2010 at 3:54 PM · Report

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