Saturday, June 5, 2010
Record Review: Friendo - Cold Toads
Friendo is coming! One of my favorite offbeat records of the year, Cold Toads is small but brilliant, all atonal and warped and infectious (out on St. Ives, a subsidiary of Secretly Canadian). Friendo is the side project of Michael Wallace of my favorite favorite favorite Canadian band Women. (Here's the review I wrote of their self-titled debut.) Friendo is a trio, and all three members are playing different instruments in this band than they have in previous groups. Wallace is usually a drummer...
Come see them with me when they come to the Drunken Unicorn this Tuesday, June 8!
For Creative Loafing Atlanta:
Friendo
Cold Toads
St. Ives
If charming, deliberately detuned guitars make a first case for Cold Toads — the debut LP from Canadian trio Friendo — the moving instrumental parts deftly intertwined with buried vocals second them loudly....[Read more]
Listen to Friendo's "Callers" via HypeM.
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