TEMPOSHARK LIVE at the CRash MANSION (nyc)
Crash Mansion - New York, NY, United States - April 16, 2008
by Sam Friank
In the early 90's rock music went through an identity crisis. The "cock rock" music of bands like Motley Crue and Whitesnake was replaced by Nirvana and Pearl Jam's screw-the-establishment grunge revolution, but in record shops [yeah, remember those!] this new sound was labeled "Alternative" because it was radically different from the mainstream sound being pushed by huge music companies. Flash forward to the digital music junkie era [a.k.a. 2008], rock music is once again morphing into a hybrid sound that eludes the mere genre categorization imposed by digital music stores [now I'm speaking your language]. Instead of calling this new breed of rock "Alternative" we now refer to it as "Indie," short for independent music [and Indiana Jones, for all you movie buffs]. The Arcade Fire, Editors, Franz Ferdinand, and Bloc Party are just a few of the indie bands to inject adrenaline in the vein of today's youth, and in mid-April London-based indie outfit Temposhark continued that rush as they performed an intimate show for New Yorkers at Crash Mansion, located in Manhattan's lower east side.
Read the whole review of Temposhark at UnRatedMagazine.com
by Sam Friank
In the early 90's rock music went through an identity crisis. The "cock rock" music of bands like Motley Crue and Whitesnake was replaced by Nirvana and Pearl Jam's screw-the-establishment grunge revolution, but in record shops [yeah, remember those!] this new sound was labeled "Alternative" because it was radically different from the mainstream sound being pushed by huge music companies. Flash forward to the digital music junkie era [a.k.a. 2008], rock music is once again morphing into a hybrid sound that eludes the mere genre categorization imposed by digital music stores [now I'm speaking your language]. Instead of calling this new breed of rock "Alternative" we now refer to it as "Indie," short for independent music [and Indiana Jones, for all you movie buffs]. The Arcade Fire, Editors, Franz Ferdinand, and Bloc Party are just a few of the indie bands to inject adrenaline in the vein of today's youth, and in mid-April London-based indie outfit Temposhark continued that rush as they performed an intimate show for New Yorkers at Crash Mansion, located in Manhattan's lower east side.Read the whole review of Temposhark at UnRatedMagazine.com
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