It's a Trap!

Tiger Trap - Supreme Nothing

Yes, I know, I've been slacking. The summer, and bicycling, and just busy enjoying what little time I have. I'm reading Stephen King's Under the Dome at the moment, which I'll admit sounds like the premises to his other short story, Skeleton Crew. So far, Under the Dome, is definitely more fleshed out, but ultimately about people who are trapped under this mysterious dome.

Speaking of traps, here are some bands with the trap theme.

TIGER TRAP
myspace.com/rosemelberg

I've a long love affair with Tiger Trap. As I've previously mentioned, they are a very short-lived band from Sacramento. The main quality that I like about Tiger Trap is that they're an all-girls band with a punchy DIY-ness to them.

Luckily, Rose Melberg is still around, in fact, I got a chance to review her last album, Homemade Ship ... although she's been really somewhat of a softie (fans will get this joke) in her age.

Tender Trap - Girls With Guns

TENDER TRAP
myspace.com/tendertrap

Speaking of girls and indie, Tender Trap shares a lot of the same qualities as Tiger Trap.

This London-based band have been quite popular with indiepop fans (particularly fans of Fortuna Pop!). In America, they're signed to Slumberland Records, who just released their album Dansette Dansette on June 22nd.

Check out my favorite track off Dansette, "Girls With Guns". Simply a fun, fun, 60s girlpop harmony song. You can download some more songs off Slumberland's website... where you'll find that the LP is moderately priced cheaper than the CD ($8 vs $10), the pricing includes MP3 downloads, so you don't have to rip your vinyl!

The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

THE TEMPER TRAP
thetempertrap.com ♥ myspace.com

This Australian band is celebrating their APRA "Song of the Year" award (not to be mistaken with the other Aussie award ARIA, which they did not win - however off topic, Empire of the Sun wins honors for album AND single of the year. Didn't I warn you that they were really really good?).

Anyroad, back to The Temper Trap, they are going back on tour through the Americas with Delphic and The Hundred in The Hands. Having already seen the band live, I can tell you to expect two things: a very professional roadie and lots of falsetto. If you don't like hearing a man singing like a girl, don't bother. Everyone else, get your tickets soon:

8/4 San Diego, CA House of Blues 8/6 Cleveland, OH House of Blues 8/8 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza 8/10 Denver, CO Ogden Theater 8/11 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot 8/13 Seattle, WA Showbox 8/14 Portland, OR Roseland Theater 8/15 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands 9/26 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero* 9/29 Boston, MA House of Blues* 9/30 Montclair, NJ The Wellmont* 10/1 New York, NY Terminal 5*

10/2 Montreal, QUE Le National* 10/3 Ottawa, ONT Capital Music Hall* 10/5 Toronto, ONT The Phoenix* 10/9 Austin, TX Austin City Limits 10/11 Detroit, MI St. Andrews* 10/13 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall* 10/14 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue* 10/16 Mexico City, MEX Corona Capital Festival 10/22 Pomona, CA The Fox* 10/23 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia* *with The Hundered and The Hands

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