Filed under: elm city popfest, new haven | Tags: Celebrated Tigers, Dead Wives, The Tyler Trudeau Attempt
This year, Elm City PopFest will be hosting two warm-up shows during the month of August to promote ECPF and hopefully drum up some excitement. The first warm-up show will be August 6 at Elm Bar in New Haven. The second warm-up show will be at the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford.
THE TYLER TRUDEAU ATTEMPT (New Haven, Conn./NYC)
The Tyler Trudea Attempt are no strangers to rock and roll stages all over the northeast. Originally a solo home recording project began during Trudeau’s high school years, The Tyler Trudeau Attempt has been a gigging live band for over half a decade. The band includes current and former members of Connecticut bands Apse/ERAAS, The Cavemen Go and Shark. The Attempt has a catchy power-pop sound and lyrics you’ll find yourself singing for days. The band makes musical nods to Elvis Costello, Richard Hell, The Modern Lovers, The Ramones and more.
I was reminded of all manner of awesome late punk and new wave bands. The Tyler Trudeau Attempt specialize not only in evoking the sounds of that time, but also the stubborn awkwardness, the diffculty of interpretation. … Trudeau’s musical vision may seem to call upon cultural moments too disparate to make sense — but the thing is, his music makes it gel. — The Hartford Advocate
DEAD WIVES (New Haven, Conn.)
Dead Wives are a 3-piece self-described “skate rock” band. The band has five demos and one proper EP under their belt. The “Scuz Bucket” EP received local praise earlier this year.
“Scuz Bucket” came to life between November and December 2010 at Enox Productions in Newtown, CT. The message from the band said this was “3-piece skate-rock” which I think is great. I’ve relied on the skate-rock descriptor a bunch of times, mainly because there was that great period between the late eighties and early nineties where this stuff was going on. … all this stuff was a mix of lo-fi rock, punk and hardcore that I’d say guys like Lou Barlow and bands like Guided By Voices ended up turning into more than just something to crank from the blown speakers of a boombox while skating your miniramp. Conjures up thoughts of sunny summer days and the clank of trucks landing on coping. Can’t be beat. — CT Indie
CELEBRATED TIGERS (New Haven, Conn.)
New Haven’s Celebrated Tigers play “enjoyable indie rock.” According to their Facebook page, “In addition to nature and human experience, we also like Neil Young and The Pixies.” Their latest release, the full length, “Year of The Tiger,” resulted in a packed house at The Outer Space and landed them a coveted spot on a Wednesday night show at BAR opening for The Shivers.
Although they prefer not to name drop influences, Celebrated Tigers’ Britt and Brian apparently bonded over ‘being last picked in gym class and their unwavering love of the “Blue” album by Weezer.’ The inherent awkwardness of such sensibilities surfaces in their music through and through. Deceptively sloppy at times (okay, ‘lo-fi’), each song is conversely carried by an adept sense of melody that surpasses any notion of insincerity or uncertainty (which despite the rough edges, leads one to believe these guys know what they’re doing). Such ramshackle purity is a blast to listen to, so make sure you stop by if you can. — New Haven Music
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