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"But the best band of the day was Hailey, Idaho-based Finn Riggins, a guitar, synth and drum combo that plays pulsating, anxious post-punk that has an arrestingly ramshackle quality to it. Their sound is simultaneously full and stripped-down: there's very little looping and no reverb; only labyrinthine songwriting and epic, often ecstatically-shouted choruses." -- Armin Rosen / Impose Magazine / CMJ Music Marathon 2008 (NYC)
"Most memorable performance (MFNW 2008 Portland, OR): Finn Riggins. The peak. They shocked and stunned: Truly amazing, like a locomotive storming into a barn. The Idaho band has one limited CD pressed, I recommend you snap it up quick, in years to come this could be the band you wish you were on the front wave of." -- Zaph Mann / OPB blogger opbmusic.org/blog/entries and others / regarding Music Fest Northwest set in Portland, OR on 9-5-08
"Idaho's Finn Riggins has a whole lotta tricks up its sleeve—so many, in fact, that it's awfully hard to pin ’em down. One minute, the trio's blasting distortion-loaded, surf-tinged noise à la the Pixies; the next, it's engaging in funk or even ska-based jams that—despite hints of said genres—smack mostly of jangly, joyous rock." -- Amy McCullough / Willamette Week / Portland, OR
"Finn Riggins has all the elements that define the future of music. The music is organic (man made) mixed with inorganic (computer generated). It's socially responsible, energetic and dance friendly"
--Angela Jossy / Weekly Volcano / Olympia, WA
"With every U-turn and digression they emanate a distinct attitude of felicity and fun. They seem to be saying, 'Come and play. Our parents are gone for the weekend and we have the whole house to ourselves." -- The Oregonian / Portland, OR
Finn Riggins is an experimental indie rock trio with elusive influences, but commonly drawing comparisons to mish-mashes of artists like Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, The Clash, Metric, God Speed You Black Emperor!, Rush, Broken Social Scene, The Breeders, Pink Floyd, Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, The Pixies, early Roxy Music, Goblin, Mute Math, Spoon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Mates of State, The Velvet Underground, Brian Eno, Built to Spill, Blondie, Muse, Magnetic Fields, Can, Pavement, The Mountain Goats, Throwing Muses, Chic, The New Trust, Stereolab, Os Mutantes, Herbie Hancock, Unrest, James Chance & The Contortions, Trans Am, etc.
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"Finn Riggins are a bold and joyous pastiche, returned from their wanderings across New Weird America with the dust on their boots from a thousand sonic territories." -- Noah Mickens / Rotture booking agent / Portland, OR
"like the Beach Boys on crack!" -- dustin, audience member, Station House Bistro in Russellville, AR
"Swaying with the uncanny rhythm of Midwest America, this debut by Hailey, Idaho trio Finn Riggins is a bouncy joyride of jittery, lo-fi college rock and titillating noise-pop." -- Matt Kiser / CMJ / New York, NY
"Part Sleater-Kinney/Yeah Yeah Yeahs, part second-wave 70s prog-rockers such as Camel or Eloy, Finn Riggins delivered a set that was as much blissful, porntastic keys and polyrhythmic drumming as it was the punkrockers that had so much disdain for such music." Jake Tenpas / Corvallis Gazette-Times (Night Rider blog) / Corvallis, OR
"this Idaho-based trio pushes frothy guitars, distorted fuzz-pop, bright piano melodies and crunchy, pulsating rock into a bold sound. Finn Riggins is a cathartic gathering of ramshackle rock." -- Kathy Justice / Independent Weekly / Chapel Hill, NC
"A Soldier, A Saint, An Ocean Explorer is both a bright and lively record stocked with odd time changes and dynamic song structures as it stutters along with a swagger, a devil-may-care grin and an affection for the unconventional... (It) is an exhaustive debut that spans multiple genres with ease and rare proficiency." -- Matt Kiser / CMJ / New York, NY
"Envision, if you will, intellectually charged, experimental indie rock rapscallions left to their own devices... Every track is a decidedly left turn into a futuristic pop abyss. The ensemble’s punk pedigree emerges in 'Glove Compartment,' a sexy/kitschy diatribe worthy of the B-52s in their heyday. 'Box Elder,' a pseudo-prog instrumental, evokes thoughts of a world wherein Eno produces Frank Zappa, and vice versa..." -- Tom Semioli / Amplifier Magazine / Westford, MA
"Truth be told, “A President, A Pacifist, An Auto Restorer” is a fitting end for Finn Riggins’s A Soldier, A Saint, An Ocean Explorer, as the album is itself a strange amalgam of oddball rhythms, uncommon chord progressions, head-banging pop-rock grit, and intelligent yet accessible songwriting. It’s a rare combination that combines the best of both worlds: hearty riffs for the rock set and enough compositional clout to keep the structuralists from grumbling o’ermuch. Hell, that's a feat in and of itself." -- Tom Korp / Beatbots Audio Reviews / Baltimore, MD
"The record evokes a sense of open space, despite Simpson's snarl and the ever present shambling of Bouiss’s wonderfully thick drums churning beneath sawtooth guitars and layered harmonies. The tracks on A Soldier also bounce between lyrical density, like the galloping, country-fried “Pannin For Gold” and the sinister, groaning “Glove Compartment.” " -- Jessica Suarez / Paper Thin Walls / Brooklyn, NY
"The kick-off track, "Glove Comprtmnt", is a childish ditty with lyrics about as deep as "My Humps"... The jumbled and incoherent nature of this album is either a brilliant social critique of my generation's inability to focus our attention for a meaningful length of time, or it's just a flat attempt to be worldly via experimentation." -- Electronic Voice Phenomenon
"Soaring ornate constructions with urgency sputtered and splattered around the room in a dizzy display of pop chops. What they are doing is some sort of rousing punk/prog art-folk. The simple ingredients raise quite an impressive ruckus." -- George Parsons / Dream Magazine / Nevada City, CA
"I think this is a fine example of a couple kids playing really freaking fun music. It's not too cute, it's not too trendy, it's not too anything. It's really solid and entertaining and uniquely it's own." -- Sam Karzin / Music Director, KUCI 88.9 FM / Irvine, CA
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America’s 50* Best New Bands The Boston Phoenix presents its annual state-by-state search for the coolest music in the United States of Awesome
BOSTON, MASS — For the second year in a row, to celebrate July 4th, the Boston Phoenix (thePhoenix.com) has named the best new band in each of the 50 states.
Bands on this year’s list range from the blisteringly fast punk of Arizona’s Shark Pants to the precision pop of Illinois’s Maps and Atlases, from the bizarre drunkcore of Alaska’s Stubby’s Crack Co. to the achingly gorgeous Americana of Rhode Island’s Low Anthem.
“If we’ve learned anything from this project, it’s that there are scores of pulsing, vibrant scenes outside of New York, Los Angeles, and Chapel Hill,” says Phoenix editor Lance Gould. “It’s proof positive that creative, arresting, and just plain weird music is thriving from Bangor to Boise.”
“We New England types tend to live in fear of the rest of the country,” says Michael Brodeur, Phoenix music editor. “This list provides comforting proof that there are good bands just about everywhere. Although — full disclosure — we didn’t have the budget to check out Guam.”
To be clear, by “new,” we really mean “emerging” (just try fitting that clumsy word into a headline). Thus, “new” band actually means a band that, whether they just formed or have been slogging in the clubs for a few years, is poised to breakout for indie success.
W drew from as many genres as possible — we’ve got metal, rap, electronic, indie-pop, art-punk, Americana and whatever the hell New York’s Capillary Action counts as. We’ve also got a couple of solo artists masquerading as bands (IN, VT) and just plain soloists (FL, MD, TN, SC, MS). (* We even threw in a 51st band for Washington, DC.)
Tonight! Luscious Ladies release Webcast! The show starts at 8pm MST (7pst/10est). We are previewing our new DVD entitled Luscious Ladies, plus a live acoustic performance.
Go to www.thegorgeoushussies.com to view the show.
We'll also be doing a Q&A afterwards.
Be there!
Hi!!! So I didn't marry that French guy, probably a great idea - well worth the adventure of it all anyway! How are you guys?!!! What's the latest and the greatest? I'm going to have to come see you guys soon or visa versa! I'm in Tucson and planning on making it home for a while, working on getting into this teachers certification program (might become a French Teacher...) and found this great guy from Brooklyn to help me record my new CD, STOKED! Love Evalicious!!!
Hey this is Shane from the band Blind Arrows Set Sail..... Was just
wanting to extend a little invite for you guys to come out on the 17th
of july to the venue for our first show as a new band....
Well Much love from all in the band | Dave | Jake | Terry | Shane |
Dude howdy! Ah, life is the harshness these days. Parents snookered me into getting a house right before the economy fell apart. Having to dig out of the debt zone at the moment. Duuuude my guitar playing is freaking fantastic! You (or those "KUOI types" I hear so much about) are welcome to crash or play music at my house. Why, you can even have some "poor man gruel" of two ramen packets with cheap store brand rice!
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