Listening to DeVotchKa's third album, any aging '80s indie kid will fall into a what-if daydream. Remember when Morrissey broke up the Smiths? Maybe instead of going solo, the Mozzer should have hooked up with Peter Solowka, who at the time was starting up his own solo project outside the confines of the Wedding Present, a tongue-in-cheek blending of U.K. indie guitar pop and the sounds of his Eastern European homeland called the Ukrainians. DeVotchKa's How It Ends is a dead-brilliant amplification of what that fantasy collaboration might have sounded like. Singer Nick Urata only occasionally leans on the Morrissey-like qualities of his voice, most notably on the opening "You Love Me," but the album explores the amalgam of Eastern European folk melodies and instrumentation with otherwise straightforward indie rock to a much greater extent than the Ukrainians ever managed (and unlike the somewhat similar 3 Mustaphas 3, they have a solid grasp of how to write a catchy pop song as well). They even go so far as to interject a little Calexico-style mariachi influence into the mix, possibly under the influence of producer Craig Schumacher, who's worked with that band and Giant Sand. This is a wide-ranging and thoroughly enjoyable album from start to finish.
I have been so swamped with school and other busies that I have had no time for mog. Sadly, over winter break, I was the first at the top of the second page, an accomplishment that I was ever so proud of. Now, because of my currently hectic life, I have found myself in the middle of the.....20th page....I know, shun me now. I try to comment on everyone's posts, but sometimes I just don't hav...
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It's always a stretch to feel christmas-y in Florida... on this Christmas morning though, it just happens to be pouring down rain... I'm pretending it's snow.I am rocking out (if that's possible) to Devotchka, mainly because some smart sibling got me Little Miss Sunshine for xmas and that brought out my extreme need to hear them again... So here I sit on xmas morning, with a laptop, some good t...
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""DeVotchKa":http://devotchka.net is a four piece multi-instrumental and vocal ensemble that fuses Romani, Greek, Slavic, Bolero, and Mariachi music with American punk and folk roots. They take their name from Anthony Burgess' Nadsat word for _young girl_, which is itself derived from the Russian word of the same meaning. Based in Denver, Colorado, the quartet is made up of *Nick Urata*, who si...
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Last week I posted the new ad for the video game Gears of War 2 that features DeVothka's song "How It Ends". Apparently there has been a huge demand for the song that the band decided to give it a full single release this coming Monday (12.22). Watch the video for "How It Ends" above & then you go here to watch the Gears of War 2 ad."How It Ends" | download DeVotchka | Myspace | Tour Dates |...
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It is said that when an individual experiences a new flavour generally it taste like chicken (yes, I'm aware that this miracle *only* happens with meat – especially those with lower levels of glutamates).(Well, let's not ruin my thing – CD's and vinyl's would definitely rock if they tasted like chicken, instead of all that plastic and acetate.) Psychologically music can leave a good or a bad t
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i mucho enjoy devotchka.thank you little miss sunshine for introducing such musical splendor to meh ears...!!!
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I have been so swamped with school and other busies that I have had no time for mog. Sadly, over winter break, I was the first at the top of the second page, an accomplishment that I was ever so proud of. Now, because of my currently hectic life, I have found myself in the middle of the.....20th page....I know, shun me now. I try to comment on everyone's posts, but sometimes I just don't hav...
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It's always a stretch to feel christmas-y in Florida... on this Christmas morning though, it just happens to be pouring down rain... I'm pretending it's snow.I am rocking out (if that's possible) to Devotchka, mainly because some smart sibling got me Little Miss Sunshine for xmas and that brought out my extreme need to hear them again... So here I sit on xmas morning, with a laptop, some good t...
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 You Love Me |
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| 2 The Enemy Guns |
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| 3 No One Is Watching |
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| 4 Twenty-Six Temptations |
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| 5 How It Ends |
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| 6 Charlotte Mittnacht (The Fabulous Destiny Of...) |
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| 7 We're Leaving |
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| 8 Dearly Departed |
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| 9 Such a Lovely Thing |
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| 10 Too Tired |
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| 11 Viens Avec Moi |
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| 12 This Place Is Haunted |
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| 13 Lunnaya Pogonka |
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| 14 Reprise |
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