Drink Up Buttercup Playing at Ronny’s

Energetic, shambling, playful, endearingly sloppy; these are things that immediately hit you when listening to Philly’s Drink Up Buttercup. Allegedly, their live show embodies these very same qualities, and you can see them (at eye level no-less) at the stageless Ronny’s this Saturday, October 3rd.

In a fuzzy fracas of keyboards, ghostly harmony, tempo-shifts, and Brit-invasion guitar they immediately call to mind your typical archetypes of these qualities — namely Clinic, Grizzly Bear, Fiery Furnaces, yada yada yada.

But unlike all the bands mentioned above, there are no self-serious tendencies to be found; they’re just too giddy to be so heavy (much less wear surgical masks). Even when they get their stompin’ march on it sounds closer to the clumsy grandeur of a K Records Modest Mouse than the doom & gloom of a Kurt Weill.

That said, listing possible influences is only fun for the one writing them, so it’s best to check them out live… ya know… tomorrow.  And, maybe, in the meantime, enjoy these two tracks:

Sound of the City… literally

Comprised of DJ STV SLV and ABX, The Hood Internet represent the future of the mash-up. Gone are the days where you mix one song with another song just because you can, or because they share a strange time signature, or because they make a hilarious song title. Technology is such (and GirlTalk has shown) that there is a way to mix any song with any another song and make it sound good. The next step, the step Hood Internet is going in, is voluntary restraint for the sake of clarity and craft — in this case, restricting the mix to only bands that share the city they all hail from. Also, it’s my City, so I’m biased.

The best part? It ’s FREE