The Scene Is Now
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The Scene is Now is a New York City-based avant-garde no wave jug band from the 1980s.[1] Its founding members were Dick Champ, Philip Dray, Jeff McGovern (also of Mofungo), and Chris Nelson.[2] Influences included the Holy Modal Rounders, The Fugs, the no wave noise music bands DNA and Mars, and the traditional Americana of Bob Wills and Hoagy Carmichael.[1]
Their songs, most of which are compiled on the album The Oily Years, tend to be somewhat rough, lo-fi recordings. Their song Yellow Sarong was later covered by Yo La Tengo for the 1990 album Fakebook.[3]
Thurston Moore called the band's sound "drunken sailor music" as a compliment.[4]
Discography
[edit]- Burn All Your Records (Lost, 1985)
- Total Jive (Lost, 1986)
- Tonight We Ride (Lost, 1988)
- Shotgun Wedding (Lost, 1991; released only on cassette due to a lack of funds)[5]
- The Oily Years (Bar/None, 1995)
- Songbirds Lie (Tongue Master, 2004)[6]
- Magpie Alarm (Tongue Master, 2011)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b https://www.forcedexposure.com/Artists/THE.SCENE.IS.NOW.html The Scene Is Now at Forced Exposure
- ^ Gross, Philip (February 2001). "The Scene Is Now – Philip Dray Interview". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- ^ Bracy, Timothy; Bracy, Elizabeth (October 12, 2012). "Yo La Tengo Albums From Worst To Best". Stereogum. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
- ^ Champ, Richard (May 13, 2015). "Remembering a post-Longhorn friendship with Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore". The Current. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- ^ Margasak, Peter (December 21, 1995). "Too Much Too Soon". Chicago Reader. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ a b "TM - New Releases".
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