otm, great piece, bendy.
i love balkan brass, punk, eastern folk sounds, etc, but always found their schtick very lame and corny, one of those bands that sounds way better on paper than on record. not surprised xgau rides for them, they seem to check a lot of his boxes. every time i hear them i always expect to hear a smug NPR host break in: "a rock band with... accordions?? meet some self-described 'gypsy punks', right after this break!"
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
i picked up the J.U.F. (GB vs Tamir Muskat as per the beginning of the thread) album on cd a few months ago which combines the band with DJ cuts and dub.cant listen to the album all way through, but love the odd track dropped into a beer-n-wine session.
― mark e, Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
Love it, bendy!
― Indexed, Thursday, 15 July 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
So at least one band has been successful in this territory, which is more than can be said for ska-punk.
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― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
I assumed this bump was about the band being added to the #metoo list, which would not surprise me one iota
― sleeve, Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
This was one of the most fun live shows I ever saw (it ended when the venue cut the power on them, because the crowd surfing devolved into them passing the stage monitors around in the audience). but I've never even considered listening to their studio output.
― enochroot, Friday, 16 July 2021 01:18 (two years ago) link
The live reputation is what drew me to explore this band, but never did see a show. Did see a Roma touring troupe in 1993 at in a high school auditorium in a neighborhood with a lot of Russian immigrants and it was amazing.
― Citole Country (bendy), Friday, 16 July 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link