Margot & The Nuclear So and So's

[TheMuffinMan]

hurfdurf

told you

[Vandread]

Yes you did. They are great and remind me of a few other bands I like.

Having listened to their discography, I really love The Dust of Retreat. Animal and Not Animal are alright, but they don't seem to be as good.

[TheMuffinMan]

Just saw them in concert in Philadelphia, shit was pretty cash

lead singer was drunk tho, I think, ha. friends who been to their other shows said it was probably not their best, but they said even at a not-good level they're still awesome

[Vandread]

I checked their tour dates a few days ago and I don't think they'll be coming to Texas ;-;

[Mythological Omega]

Originally Posted by Vandread

I checked their tour dates a few days ago and I don't think they'll be coming to Texas ;-;

They'll be in Denton on May 22nd.

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's at Hailey's Club (Denton, TX) on 22 May 2009 – Last.fm

[Vandread]

Not only is that a place three hours away, I think I'll be gone that day.

Maybe if I'm lucky they'll be in Austin on the 24th or something.

[Vandread]

A new Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s album is being made, but the band’s personnel is significantly different than the lineup that recorded 2008’s “Animal!/Not Animal” projects.

Vocalist-guitarist Richard Edwards, bass player Tyler Watkins and multi-instrumentalist Erik Kang are holdovers, presently recording in Chicago.

Performances Friday at the Vogue and Saturday at Bloomington’s Buskirk-Chumley Theater will mark an exit for the following band members:

* Andy Fry, guitarist and co-founder of the band with Edwards.

* Chris Fry, drummer and key contributor to the band’s video documentation and album art (which has been painted by Chris’ girlfriend, Stacy Novak). Chris and Andy are brothers.

* Emily Watkins, keyboard player and vocalist — a female counterpoint for Edwards’ singing. (Ashley White sang in Edwards’ pre-Margot band, Archer Avenue, and Katie Todd is working on the new recordings after her cameo appearances on “Animal!/Not Animal”). Emily and Tyler are not related.

* Casey Tennis, percussionist and energetic focal point during Margot shows.

* Hubert Glover, trumpet player featured on signature Margot tunes “Quiet As a Mouse” and “Vampires in Blue Dresses.”

Edwards characterized the departures as voluntary.

“If you tour and do this stuff, you’re kind of in a vacuum for three or four years,” said Edwards, who’s an expectant father for the first time. “It seems like everybody, including myself, had to have that extended moment where you have to re-fall in love with what you’ve been doing or you have to move on from it for the time being.”

Major-label Epic Records issued “Animal!/Not Animal,” and the company is committed to the follow-up.

“(The new songs are) much louder and more aggressive in general, but the quiet moments are much more bare,” Edwards said. “No strings or horns. Fun times.”

The new members of the Margot recording unit are keyboard player Cameron McGill (an accomplished Chicago-based solo artist), drummer Brian Deck (producer for “Animal!/Not Animal”) and guitarist Ron Kwasman (who’s overseen greening and recycling efforts for the band Phish).

If the lineup shuffling is the end of an era, Edwards talks in terms of punctuating it with a comma rather than a period.

“I don’t think anything is final,” he said. “It’s just going to be more in and out in terms of membership. I don’t see myself not playing with Andy or Chris or Emily or anybody again.”

New Margot takes shape | Metromix Indianapolis

Love is gone.

[Lycanthrope]

GOD DAMNIT
GOD FUCKING DAMNIT

what the fuck is up with the 'fun times'? That is complete bullshit

[The Lionheart]

Originally Posted by Vandread

New Margot takes shape | Metromix Indianapolis

Love is gone.

:[

This makes me crazy sad. I found out about this band the other week, and was just starting to get into it.

[Vandread]

Originally Posted by Lycanthrope

GOD DAMNIT
GOD FUCKING DAMNIT

what the fuck is up with the 'fun times'? That is complete bullshit

I know right? The strings and horns are part of what I loved so much about them. Can't say I'm fond of that thought at all.

Originally Posted by The Lionheart

:[

This makes me crazy sad. I found out about this band the other week, and was just starting to get into it.

Well, keep getting into it. Just know that things will be different with the next album. I'm going to try staying optimistic about the band's direction after this change, much like with Barenaked Ladies now that Steven Page left, but it's hard to think of them being as good.