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November 23, 2005
The New Rags
Your Room | mp3
Surf Seven Seas | mp3
If you've been waiting with bated breath for the resurgence of Ragtime as a force in popular music, your prayers have been answered at long last... Enter the New Rags, determined to resurrect the ghost of Scott Joplin for a new generation. Their sound is really more of a mash-up, a Ragtime-y aesthetic over a foundation of pure rock and roll - reminiscent of the Delta 72 at times, but with a much more freewheeling, party-time vibe. What's most impressive, there's only two guys behind this racket, banging it out on a Fender Rhodes and a drum kit, with nary a guitar in sight... Just check out the opening riff of "Your Room" to see what I'm talking about.
Buy their 6-song EP Take Jennie to Brooklyn here.
More stuff on their website and myspace page.
Posted by matt at November 23, 2005 08:57 PM