AfterpartY
By jools • Jan 18th, 2007 • Category: Indie, Music, PopArtist: AfterpartY
Website: www.afterpartyband.com/
Track Name: Tokyo Blonde
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Tokyo Blonde is the pick of the tracks that this Canadian power pop outfit are offering. Punchy arrangements, clever lyrics delivered up by in your face vocals and a strong tight band, make AfterpartY a very listenable and danceable act. They are fashionable and a little pretentious (but I never said that was a bad thing) but I think their hearts are in the right place. See for yourself, from their website:
AfterpartY was created by 20-year-old vocalist Kristina B and keyboardist Idan Erez at 3am in a downtown loft in Toronto, sometime in 2004. Both of them hated turning on the radio and hearing the same thing over and over again. Somewhere along the line, they realized, pop music became less about melody and songcraft and more about production. So the two set out to form a band dedicated to bringing something new and unforgettable to the music scene.
Now I’m not sure that they have succeeded in their aim but they seem to be having a great time trying and more power to them too. There is some video footage of a live performance on their website is pretty distorted.
jools is a graphic designer who used to front a band on vocals and bass. All evidence of which have mercifully been obliterated or otherwise lost.
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Have actually seen this band perform live and must say that they put on a real show.
The singer is crazy, in your face with her smooth moves and the guitar player is a madman, jumping up on the drum kit and doing face plants on stage. Best show I have seen in awhile.
-Jax