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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
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Sometimes authenticity comes from unexpected places (like good sushi in Kansas City…who would think), and I would now add The Coydogs to that list. In fact, the music of this three-piece sounds as if it could have come out of Brooklyn, Missouri, rather than the more well known (and accurate in this case) Brooklyn, NY. The Coydogs self-released (and self-produced from what I can tell) 7-song e.p. which came out this January, captures the southern-charmed 60′s rock sound that is so many times turned ‘kitch’ by young bands trying to recreate rather than venerate it. A few of the band’s self-proclaimed influences include The Byrds, Faces (I would also include early solo Rod Stewart, think “Album” and “Gasoline Alley”), and The Flamin’ Groovies.
The tone of the e.p. is set with “Nothing on Me” a foot-stomping singalong jam that one can almost imagine pumping through the speakers at Fillmore East some forty years ago. “With the Dog” is the one acoustic song on the e.p., but with its ethereal twang and electric picking accompaniment, it doesn’t seem out of place one bit. If I had to find fault with this release, it would be with the second track, “In So Deep”. It’s a straightup twelve-bar boogie that lacks the same spirit of the rest of the songs, and I would even go as far as to say leaving it off of the e.p. would have made it that much stronger. All in all, this is one of the more impressive first showings from a band that I have heard in some time.
MP3: The Coydogs – Nothing On Me