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What’s the Deal: If you listen to this band for the first time and don’t go, “what the @%#&!”, then you just must be used to totally bizarre music that scoffs in the face of normalcy. They’re a New York-based outfit with equal parts Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, bizarre electronica, creepy hip hop and in-your-face gonzo rock. It all kind of leaves you scratching your head, but it’s damn hard to put down. The music of That Handsome Devil and the album A City Dressed in Dynamite is a conglomeration of so many different styles that it even includes some surf rock and soul at times.
“Rob the Prez O Dent” off A City Dressed in Dynamite is one of the more prevalent songs on the album, and it’s pulled in so many different directions that it almost needs its own genre. Surf guitar and devilish vocals in the beginning give it a spooky vibe. Actually, the singer’s voice here is a lot like that talking plant from Little Shop of Horrors. There’s also plenty of bass, a little organ and numerous siren and explosion sound effects.
Something Interesting: They were featured on Guitar Hero 2.
Other Tracks Worth Checking Out: “Squares” and “Elephant Bones”
What’s the Deal: They’re Austin’s very own Eastern European folk-influenced, eight-or-so person troupe of circus-minded rabble-rousers. Their music is like a huge party, and it doesn’t matter where you’re from as long as you can dance like it’s your final days. They call their music “Shipwrecked gypsy punk romantico,” further describe their sound as “A band of gypsies playing on a ship sinking somewhere near New Orleans.” Either description works. Mandolin, fiddle, concertina and accordion swirl together in a vibrant dance.
The vast majority of their songs are awash with all manner of sounds, and “Hell” is no different. There are so many instruments and voices jostling that they make you want to dance around the room, clapping and yelling “Hey!” Layers of choral voices, clarinet, even washboard collide and sweeten the pot.
Something Interesting: According to their MySpace, WinoVino only have two shows on the books in the near future, and one is a CD release at The Rhizome Collective.
Other Tracks Worth Checking Out: “Sloth The Ass and The Fool” and “Then By Night Fall”
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