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Besnyo "Look Alive" CD Releaseby Donny Kutzbach |
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Art school rock they call it. We’re talking about bands who make music with that certain unabashed intellectualism, studied use of contrasts, challenging levels of experimentation while often times doing all of this while wearing black clothes. Art school rock has got a strong lineage: The Who, Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, Mogwai, etc. Could the next in line be Buffalo’s Besnyo? The band certainly proves to be art school not only in form and function but also in name, borrowing their moniker from an obscure Hungarian-born photographer. Their music lacks pretension (often the Achilles heel of lesser art rock combos) while managing to be mysterious and thoughtful. Besnyo’s debut, the dark and lush Look Alive (Harvest Sum) offers up moody world of guitar and synth soundscapes that are like paeans to the tempered, rhythmic abstractions of Joy Division and the swirling melodics of My Bloody Valentine. Besnyo celebrate the release of the new album at Buffalo’s art rock HQ, the esteemed “music space” Soundlab with support from Vera and Fourem
Friday, November 11 at 9pm. Soundlab
110 Pearl St. (883-3209) $5.
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