~ugh. I was kinda interested in these guys because I recieved the cd the day before this showcase and was mildly impressed. The tight production on the cd from the neptunes and the pop sensiblity of the song writing could make this an enjoyable cd.
Album tracks “Bebee Buell” a mix between baroque pop and indie pop come off strong on the album. “Jimmy Choos” leaves off where weezer got lost about 6 years ago. However one has to wonder about the stratgery of performing that song inside a Steve Madden store ( with Steve in the room ) . They ended up having to explain it was an indictment of women who wear the competiting brand.

Which brings me to the point last nights weak performance. The band seems to hide behind a considerable amount of studio wizardry. Mr. French, if you have to explain the joke to your audience it’s not that funny.

We are all for Hip-Pop, and novelty rap.Hell I myself worked as the tour manager for a major label novelty rap act in the late 90’s. We can even will back you up if the song get’s your girlfriend to make out with her friend while you take pictures. Tonight at the Giantstep event at Steve Madden Shwayze brought the diminishing returns factor up to a new high( or low ). There is nothing to hang on to in Shwayze’s music, but very superficial hooks and whack metaphors. However if the goal is to drink beers on roof tops with pretty girls, these guy’s will corner the market on that.

Shwayze’s self titled album is out Today 8.19.08 on Geffen records. Buy it. Buy many copies of it and play it at every last BBQ you go to for the rest of the summer. After that let’s all agree, to never play it again.

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It is difficult not to draw parallels to Jill Sobule when thinking of Katy Perry as they share a very similar temperate. Also they both have written songs that share the title “I Kissed A Girl” which for us is an instant click through. Last night Katy performed a very stripped down version at the Steven Madden store on the lower east side. Without the raved up drums and 303 bass the song does seem clever and catchy.
I would hope to hear like it when her album drops. Which according to this article could be at a algorithmically chosen time in the future.

How good do Katy legs look though?

UPDATE: More pics and video here.

It is difficult not to draw parallels to Jill Sobule when thinking of Katy Perry as they share a very similar temperate. Also they both have written songs that share the title “I Kissed A Girl” which for us is an instant click through. Last night Katy performed a very stripped down version at the Steven Madden store on the lower east side. Without the raved up drums and 303 bass the song does seem clever and catchy.
I would hope to hear like it when her album drops. Which according to this article could be at a algorithmically chosen time in the future.

How good do Katy legs look though?

UPDATE: More pics and video here.