Pianos

CMJ'S Music Marathon Presents DMA's At Pianos, Saturday, October 25th, 2014, Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | October 29, 2014

When the band turns up the volume, they shake and when they lower the volume the volume they shudder. The prettiness and intensity of Tommy’s voice makes up with Johnny’s look of aggrieved hostility and moodiness on stage and second guitarist Matt Mason who sings back up so well you think he could front the band

CMJ'S Music Marathon Presents Circa Waves At Pianos, Saturday, October 25th, 2014, Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | October 29, 2014

around the 14th band I’ve seen in a four day period and the third guitar rock band starring 20 something boys in three hours, it is beginning to all sound the same. If you add to that the less then brilliant acoustics at Pianos and your ears turn to jelly. On record the songs signify, at Pianos they seem to lack distinction.

CMJ Music Marathon: Caveman At Pianos, Saturday, October 19th, 2013 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | October 23, 2013

In an attention getting, quietly arrogant 35 minute set, the band commandeered the Piano stage with a lead singer Matt Iwanusa whose baritone deserves comparison with Matt Beringer

CMJ Music Marathon, Drowner At Pianos, Saturday, October 19th, Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | October 22, 2013

Enjoy em now with songs like first single “Long Hair” and “You’ve got It All Wrong” and (here I’m guessing) “Don’t Go Around With Everyone In Town” . The temperature is always raising with this band and they have the good fun smarts of a band that is just about to break big.

CMJ Music Marathon: The Bots At Pianos, Thursday. October 17th, 2013, Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | October 19, 2013

Playing songs off their current Sincerely Sorry EP, where the sound they’ve been going for since Anaaiah was 12 years old back in 2009 is absolutely perfected, the first two songs of the set are brilliant sound strangulation

CMJ's San Cisco At Pianos, Saturday, October 20th, 2012, Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | October 23, 2012

The youthful indie band are just a blast, a loud, jangly, addictive and very much fun quartet, pushing their first EP, the uniformly excellent Awkward, filled to brimming with bright sunshiny rock pop filled with choruses that go “oooh ooh ohhh”

Cosmonauts At Pianos, Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | December 31, 2011

Cosmonauts are four bright sparks who have played catchy if a little dark alt rock for two years in various variations and at Pianos on Wednesday night, played a nothing but pleasurable set of Echo And the Bunnymen quasi-psychedelic jams.

The Suicide Dolls At Pianos, Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

By Iman Lababedi | December 30, 2011

dissipating the slightest of melody, heavily bashed by the bass and drummer Matt Covey anyway, and his guitar becomes steely feedback before switching directions again, and again, till you’re feeling dizzy.