The Seedy Seeds, Loyal Divide, Peasant @ The Rud- 3/14
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
The Seedy Seeds are performing at The Rudyard Kipling with Loyal Divide and Peasant on March 14th for $5. If you’ve not seen The Seedy Seeds yet, why not? Combine that with the Pitchfork darling in the making in Peasant, and $5 is an absolute steal. The Seedy Seeds are a fun, quirky band that recalls to me the Austin scene of Oh No! Oh My! more than what you generally find in Cincinnati, so be thankful for having such a fun, talented band to be located so nearby and having such a proclivity for performing cheaply in Louisville. When we caught them in New York, the show was far more packed than the average Louisville performance, so there’s still time to “discover” these guys before every other person claims how they love the band. The show pops off at 9pm and requires 21 years under your belt before you can get in.
The Seedy Seeds:
Think of The Seedy Seeds as a Mum who’s discovered caffeine, a more bucolic Ladytron, a dance conscious Silver Apples, and a moodier Dntel with mountain instrumentation all in one original act. Their fresh sound and engaging stage presence has, in just a short time, earned them supporting spots for Man Man, The Young Republic, and The Rosebuds, heavy rotation on WOXY, interest-piquing performances at SXSW and CMJ, and, well, new fans in every city they play in.
Loyal Divide:
“Loyal Divide creates the most compellingly textured music I’ve heard from a new artist in some time.”
—3hive.com
“Loyal Divide’s “Labrador EP” is filled with layers of quirky electronic bits, which are paired nicely with soft and admissible vocals, and then crunched together by industrial drum programming. There’s plenty of gated-synth action, reminiscent of Animal Collective’s trance-inducing polyrhythmic backbone. You can hear this in “Vision Vision,” as they bump to a two-steppin’ hip-hop beat that has roots in early 2000′s club jams.”
—RCRD_LBL
“…it demands to be listened to. ..a blend of familiar styles with a wide appeal. ..Something I can get behind.”
—Antler Darts Music Blog
Peasant:
“What becomes so beautifully clear in listening to DeRose sing – in that clear mountain stream, weepy-voiced way of his – is that none of his characters and none of us are ever rid of any of the people that we’ve shared the dark or a kiss with.” —Daytrotter
“It’s a good feeling to come across an artist you instantly like, sort of by accident. That happened to me with Peasant a few weeks ago when I randomly selected his CD ‘On The Ground’…” —Brooklyn Vegan
“With an ostensibly perfect set of circumstances to fuel the flames of his own artistic revolt, Peasant is the ideal songwriter to resemble the struggle.” – RCRDLBL.com
“Though his music is unassuming and acoustic, when armed with a guitar, DeRose makes music that beckons and calls out, as if demanding to be heard. DeRose also has a secret weapon: a voice that seems to expose his very soul.” —NPR Second Stage
