Parts & Labor and Talk Normal will be playing a FREE show at the Blue Wall Cafe (UMass Campus Center) this evening, sponsored by WMUA. In a station-wide vote, Parts & Labor won Album of the Year among WMUA members for last year's Receivers (Jagjaguwar). The record is pretty phenomenal, mixing up crazy-precise drums, lots of knob squeaks, hazy guitars, and surprisingly strong vocals to obliterate your skull. They played last Fall at Hampshire College's Red Barn, and Dan Friel, who founded the band along with B.J. Warshaw, played WMUA's Fall Kickoff Show last September. Why does Amherst love Dan Friel & company so much? It's either because he's a talented dude who makes rad music or because mythology says he used to live around here. Either way it means quality free or close-to-free shows with little to no driving distance. Score.
"Satellites" and "Nowheres Nigh" highlight Receivers. This video for "The Gold We're Digging" from 2007's Mapmaker back before they acquired current drummer Joe Wong and guitarist Sarah Lipstate.
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