I’ve been neglecting the Cincinnati music scene for way too long, but that ends today. Pomegranates, aside from being a very heart healthy fruit, are also a Cincinnati band that deserve your attention. There’s energy all around in every facet of their music making them hard not to like. They’ve just released a stunning new album, Everybody, Come Outside!, which has all the traits of making end of the year lists – well thought out arrangements, stellar production, and engaging lyrics. The most notable and catchy moments for me are the high range guitar lines that seem to be the pulse of each song. They set the rhythm, the melody, and as a result of the mood of each track. Everybody, Come Outside! was recorded by Pomegranates and mixed and mastered by TJ Lipple of Aloha (MGMT, Headlights, Minus Story). Once I heard that Lipple was involved I could definitely see the parallels between Aloha and this album. Everybody, Come Outside! is also somewhat of a conceptual album with an overall theme guiding the tracks. It’s apparently a story of a man who leaves home, only to be abducted by a time traveler. I might not have picked up on that if I wasn’t told, but it’s an interesting side note none the less. Here’s a few tracks off it:
mp3: Pomegranates – Corriander
mp3: Pomegranates – Beachcomber
Now that I have perked your interest why not see them live? They play here in Baltimore at the Metro Gallery with Wye Oak on Saturday. See you there!
Everybody, Come Outside! is out via Lujo Records.
Tonight here in Baltimore don’t miss out on a sweet Hexagon show with Lord Jeff (Ecstatic Peace!), Weekends, Holy Ghost Party, and Polygons. Down in DC Jimmy Eat World rolls into the district to the 9:30 Club with Reubens Accomplice. Finally across the way in Arlington, Virginia Pomegranates take on Iota with Tereu Tereu opening.
mp3: Jimmy Eat World – Clarity
mp3: Tereu Tereu – Perpetual Motion
mp3: Pomegranates – Thunder Meadow
And it begins…a week of some really dynamite shows throughout the region. DC is the place to be on this chilly Monday night. Where you ask? Well the 9:30 Club has the mighty mighty Mos Def – nuff said. That’s where you should be. Buuut…maybe you’d be interested in Obi Best and Shapiro over at DC9 or perhaps even the Sam Roberts Band and Mother Mother at the Rock and Roll Hotel. Up north in the Phill-city and sweet show at Kungfu Necktie is blazing tonight with Pomegranates, Mercury Radio Theater, and Western Dresses. And finally if you really want to far out then head over to Johnny Brenda’s to catch Icy Demons, Buffalo Stance, and Ape School. Enjoy!
mp3: Mos Def – Mathematics
mp3: Mother Mother – Wrecking Ball
mp3: Sam Roberts Band – Detroit ‘67
mp3: Pomegranates – Whom/Who
mp3: Obi Best – Nothing Can Come Between Us
mp3: Icy Demons – Miami Ice
Tonight in DC the Black Cat has Tereu Tereu, Pomegranates, and iCarlos, I’m Pregnant. In Philly Johnny Brenda’s has The Ting Tings while the M Room has Bound Stems, Sunfold, and Darkroom. Enjoy!
mp3: The Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go
mp3: Pomegranates – In The Kitchen
mp3: iCarlos, I’m Pregnant – Birthday
mp3: Bound Stems – Happens To Us All Otherwise
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