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Electro-Locals Unite For The Holidays
Each season seems to bring an increasingly more intense show to the Crofoot in Pontiac. Friday night (12/29), Phonotropic’s Bing Crosby’s Holiday Dance and Shopping Explosion of Cheer and/or Glee, features a long-anticipated who’s-who of synth-n-sampler-pulsed dance, rock and pop to form an ultimate bill: Deastro, Champions of Breakfast, Carjack, Charlie Slick (pictured) and Sex Ghost. Vicious Cycles, Downtime, DJs and venders will also be a the party.
Glammy dance-pop duo Sex Ghost “started off as a fun side-project for us both,” said singer Natasha Beste. “We were lucky enough to be noticed and invited to play some of our first shows during two of the biggest festivals, the Blowout and Detour’s Rock City. We are inspired by our own moods and atmospheric changes caused by the seasons and changes in life."
Destructo space-punker Carjack, meanwhile, hit up NYC and Chicago this year, while its sole operator joined another band, Electric Fire Babies. Lo-fi-Bri plans on releasing a full-length, two new 7”s and re-issuing a back-log of old EPs and B-sides this winter to early spring.
For the dance-pop/party-in-a-box Charlie Slick, 2008 has been “a year of building. We have laid the foundation for some exciting growth in ‘09. Edward Murphy has been selling well and it gives me hope that I can keep this rock 'n' roll machine going.” Elron Hubbard comes in spring ‘09.
Deastro signed to Ghostly International and is preparing a winter release for their Moondagger LP. Champions of Breakfast are planning their first US tour for April ‘09 and plan to release something in summertime. Said Moses Jackson, “What we hope to accomplish is moving forward from a commentary on medieval mythology and its weirdo connections to American techno music and attempt to use the work we’ve already done as a framework to explore a more domestic project, i.e. produce a record that addresses the mythology of the American frontier in a sort of mash-up way.”
Most magical thing about ChristmaKwanzUkah?
Sex Ghost: Making out by crackling fireplaces, turtle neck sweaters, red underwear and gifts you can return.
Charlie: I really like the holidays, Christmas and Thanksgiving. Christmas movies make me cry. Frosty, especially, is good. I like getting to see other people’s families and how they celebrate.
Deastro: Laughter, it is all about the laughter!
Least magical thing about the holidays?
Charlie: I’m not going to shit talk commercialism like I think a lot of people might. I don’t mind it so much because I don’t let it offend me. I think a lot of it is funny.
Sex Ghost: Parents tell kids a creepy old guy in a red jumpsuit breaks into your house while you're sleeping and gives you “presents.”
Favorite X-mas song?
Carjack: “Santa Stole My Baby” by the Mistreaters — A modern-day classic.
Sex Ghost: “Keep Christmas with You” by Bob and that deaf lady Linda from Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. It's a real tear jerker.
Least favorite X-mas song?
Sex Ghost: “Here comes Santa Claus.” I think the title speaks for itself.
Deastro: Any Christmas song Bing Crosby sings! I just don’t like the way Bing Crosby draws out his words. I’m more of a Dean Martin guy. | RDW
Bing Crosby’s Holiday Dance and Shopping Explosion • 12/19 • The Crofoot’s Pike Room
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