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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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Don’t you just hate it when you sleep on checking out a band and then finally someone tells you to pull your head out of your ass and get over their horribly chosen name and then you totally end up digging them and now feel like royal dick. Well folks that just happened to me with Underground Railroad To Candyland, who feature members of local San Pedro heros, Toys That Kill. I’d seen their name on plenty of flyers for shows here in Long Beach and just up the highway in San Pedro and not once did I ever take the time to investigate what they were all about.
Shame.
Anyways, I just ordered URTC’s debut LP, Bird Roughs, because I am lame and can’t go to their show tomorrow night at the Knitting Factory, and whose lineup of Entrance, URTC, Crystal Antlers, Moonrats, Triclops!, Langhorne Slim and Rumspringa, is so insanely good, you might even forget you are at the shitty ass Knitting Factory.
UPDATE: Underground Railroad To Candyland play Friday at La Conga in San Pedro and Saturday at a warehouse in Long Beach.
Well that’s all I got for now, but you can read an interview with Todd C (URTC guitar/vocals, FYP (rip), Toys That Kill, and Recess Records head honcho) in a recent issue of Thrasher Magazine for an explanation of the origin of the name Underground Railroad To Candyland.
MP3: URTC - Over and O’er
Bird Roughs is out now, get the LP/CD directly from Recess Records.
27. December 2008 at 8:45 pm :
Very nice review. You’re a great writer. URTC are actually playing with Thorns of Life (which I just saw on your front page) being that they asked Todd C. (From URTC) to book them a show. Another great band called Audacity which Todd put on the show will be playing it as well. F yeah Fest helped Todd with all the hassle of finding a place and whatnot, they’re great with that. Should be fun!
PS: above photo by me