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01. THE SCENE IS NOW - Cities Are Over
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02. THE SCENE IS NOW - April (Half The Battle)
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03. THE SCENE IS NOW - Fresno
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04. THE SCENE IS NOW - Ragamuffin
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05. THE SCENE IS NOW - Norway Pine
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06. THE SCENE IS NOW - Always At The Back
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07. THE SCENE IS NOW - Pedestrian
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08. THE SCENE IS NOW - Finito
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09. THE SCENE IS NOW - Skulduggery
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10. THE SCENE IS NOW - The Cold
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11. THE SCENE IS NOW - Last Call
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12. THE SCENE IS NOW - Natalie
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13. THE SCENE IS NOW - The Jailer's Perspective
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14. THE SCENE IS NOW - Turnstile Blues
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ARTIST
THE SCENE IS NOW
TITLE
Magpie Alarm
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
TONGUE MASTER
CATALOG #
TMAST 008CD
TMAST 008CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
7/5/2011
Admirers of
Red Krayola
,
The Residents
or
Pere Ubu
and anything to do with avant-garde rock will be happy to see the legendary New York band
The Scene Is Now
releasing another album. Formed in the early 1980s and caught between the fascinating New York City scenes of no wave and new wave, The Scene Is Now have retained an interesting but secretive aura by releasing few but excellent albums since that period. Originally from Minneapolis, the band nucleus
Phil Dray
and
Chris Nelson
were submerged in this New York scene as Dadaist Marxist art-terrorists
The Information
together with co-founder drummer
Jim Sclavunos
(
Teenage Jesus & The Jerks
,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
and
Grinderman
). By the mid-'80s, the Minneapolis gang had evolved into a NYC boho outfit called The Scene Is Now. Phil Dray & Chris Nelson always remained as the core with the band having a fluid membership of excellent and sharp musicians in their past such as
Tony Maimone
(
Pere Ubu
),
Will Rigby
(
The Db's
),
Elliot Sharp
and
Sue Garner
, to name a few. The Scene Is Now breeze through difficult genres and create diligent music which is in stark contrast to the commercial new wave and underground bands of their day. Phil Dray is an accomplished author in his own right on the side and together with fellow wordsmith Chris Nelson they create a beautiful awkwardness -- knotty tunes dressed with sharp intellect. Chris Nelson's booming and crackly voice is the perfect topping to their exotic slices. Australian label Lexicon Devil reissued the legendary BarNone albums from the past
Burn All Your Records
((LEXDEV 024CD),
Total Jive
(LEXDEV 025CD) and
Tonight We Ride
(LEXDEV 026CD) and it is the perfect time to continue with new release
Magpie Alarm
. The four members that currently comprise the rest of the band are:
Greg Peterson
(guitar and vocals),
Steve Levi
(cornet),
Ryan Walsh
(bass) and
Chery Kingan
(baritone sax). Tight arrangements and wordy meanderings are still in abundance, making
Magpie Alarm
another gem from New York's original downtown artists.
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