In this special Thanksgiving installment of Quit Your Day Job, Frankie Rose and I talk a lot about drinks. When not bartending at Great Jones Cafe in New York City the ex-Vivian Girl plays stand-up drums in Crystal Stilts, the Brooklyn band that recently released Alight Of Night , a tight collection of dark minimalist, melancholic pop. Again, think Ian Curtis-on-Spector on down-tempo Chills. It...
I haven't been shy about talking up Crystal Stilts: The Brooklyn quartet, who got together back in 2003, and recently added ex-Vivian Girls drummer Frankie, concoct a dark, minimalist, melancholic sound, frontman Brad Hargett making like Ian Curtis fronting a Phil Spector-produced down-tempo Chills. Their forthcoming Slumberland full-length Alight Of Night, an '08 favorite, is great, as evidenc...