we saw: Real Estate @ Dead Herring

"Do You Feel Alright?"
(photo by NY Rock Market)
Saturday nights unseasonably warm weather was a welcome change from the early week blizzard and a good sign for an evening with NJ hazy dream poppers Real Estate. The band 's set was similar to the one they played Tuesday night at Glasslands, albeit this time marred by mic problems rather than power issues. Regardless, while Real Estate certainly has a few mountains to climb, they are undoubtedly on their way to great things. Case in point, Mr. P4k Ryan Schreiber was one of a handful of young rapscallions in attendance, which is a nice way of saying "buy Real Estate's 7" ASAP before it pulls a Vivian Girls and starts going for $80 on eBay." The band is playing a bunch of shows along the East Coast en route to SXSW, where they will play at least 7 shows, none of which are official showcases. I'd recommend checking them out, and copping that Suburban Beverage 7" on white vinyl.

Real Estate- Suburban Beverage
Real Estate- Black Lake

new: The Sundelles

"I Wanna Sleep All Day"

(photo by alexadan)
We saw the Sundelles rock a shabby set of lo-fi three chord doo-wop at Dead Herring Friday night and were pretty impressed by their knack for head bobbing, hip shaking melodies, vocal rave ups and their relentless use of the fuzz box. Simple and straight forward, their brand of loft pop will sound familiar to fans The Muslims (now the Soft Pack) and the Vivian Girls, as well as older heads jonesing for some new Nuggets and Pebbles for the 21st century. RCRD LBL has a few tracks for download, so expect to hear more about the Sundelles in the near future. There is certainly a place for them in the DIY cassette/7" scene.