Portland’s darlings Glass Candy release yet more entrancing demos on their mysapce to the delight of neo-italo-disco-bunnies everywhere. Hopefully more bands follow suit, not just in their generosity but their sound as well.
Glass Candy’s non-stop tour continues to ravage the nation striking down the infidels with their infectious sound. The duo plays Weekend Warriors in Los Angeles on November 23th and at Frisco Disco the 24th. Delve into our ever growing Glass Candy archives for more goods. Catch them on tour to purchase their music direct or pick up past albums here.
From no-wave rock beginnings to the italo disco sensation that they are today, Glass Candy never ceased to astonish with every release. I’m convinced that Johnny Jewel, the man behind the Glass Candy sound is a genius and Ida No, the woman behind that dreamy voice is an angel.
The duo has been know to close out their live sets by singing one of their songs on top of the Geto Boys‘ ‘Mind Playing Tricks On Me’ beat. Last month they unveiled a new demo track on their myspace titled ‘Geto Boys’ which is Ida covering Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Iko Iko’ on top of the Geto Boys beat. The two songs go together amazingly well.
If you’d like to download all of the tour demos that Glass Candy distributed on their tours over the years (complete with artwork) visit the amazing fan site Crystal Migraine. You can pick up a few of Glass Candy’s past releases from here. Remember to check their myspace for tour dates and more new releases.
I’ve heard them refered to as “She Wants Joy Division” & “Outerpol” & other similar nicknames. Whatever you want to call this SoCal based duo, their self titled debut album is undeniably good & their live show ain’t to bad either. Let’s just hope their follow up album will be just as impressive.
