babybaby_explores
babybaby_explores (the Reasons Why that Gum is Still on the Sidewalk), is a pseudo concept, garage-pop, art-rock project made of three fweaky BFFS from the ghost town clam chowder suburbia Warwick, RI. Utilizing obsolete and low-tech gear, the band makes simple structured danceable songs that pay homage to: musique concrète, European underground synth punk of the late 70’s through the 80’s, anthem music, dada, and the Providence DIY & noise scene.
They’re new album Food Near Me, Weather Tomorrow is due out March 3, 2023 via No Gold.
Jr. Joy
Jr. Joy is a rock band from Atlanta, Georgia whose measured concoction of prog, noise, free improvisation, and art punk has captivated audiences since 2019.
Rare Demo
“If you have yet to feast your imagination on the oddball odyssey that is Gator on Bike on Paper, the debut EP from enigmatic duo L Daddy and Magnus, aka Rare Demo, then it’s time to melt your synapses. Released back in December of 2018, the seven-song effort is a schizo mix of weirdo pop and scattershot electronica and R&B that twists and contorts itself into all manner of fascinating sounds and shapes. It’s a lot to take in, especially on first listen, but the more you allow yourself to absorb the group’s freakish emanations, the more their convoluted logic begins to unravel and make sense.
“Catpiss (The Club)” serves as the EP’s literal centerpiece, and intentional or not, it also serves a worthy bellwether for Rare Demo’s unconventional antics. Spend just a brief minute with the track and you’ll get a heavy taste of everything that makes the pair tick—off-kilter spazz-pop rhythms, frenetic beats, absurdist vocals that swing precariously from stream of consciousness ramblings to honest-to-god hooks. There’s nothing relaxed about what L Daddy and Magnus do, but neither does it feel entirely goofy or haphazard.
Created by Casey Doran, the accompanying video helps conceptualize the anomalous universe Rare Demo operate in. A seemingly omnipresent fixture on the Atlanta DIY scene, Doran’s photography and video work has always carried a surrealist bent while maintaining a raw intimacy with his subjects. “Catpiss” is no different, taking the viewer on a rambling lo-fi trip through drunken house show hijinks, spastic dancing, and wanton keyboard destruction.”
-Guillermo Castro, Immersive Atlanta
