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I first stumbled upon Berlin's Gurr when they opened for Priests last year. I was sucked into their laid back alternative pop on their albums, and fell in love with their much more energetic and rock based live show. Andreya Casablanca of Gurr has released her first solo song, and this one goes even further into different directions. According to the Bandcamp bio, " Her own songs melt garage rock guitar with Linn Drums, a little bit of 2000s MTV dance music and poppy vocals." The only arguing that you'll get from me is that "Talk About It" is more 80's synth pop that 2000s MTV. (Of course, that could mean German MTV and not American MTV, and I wasn't really watching that much MTV then, so I could be wrong). "Talk About It" is a modern, updated take on European 80's synth pop. It's ridiculously fun and you're going to want to check this one out. You can listen to "Talk About It" below. The song is available as a dow...

We first became aware of Berlin's Gurr back when they opened up for Priests back in April. They just released a cover of Blur's "Beetlebum." It's an interesting choice, considering I don't believe "Beetlebum" was ever truly a hit for Blur anywhere. The cover got started two years ago when Gurr took part in a Blur vs Oasis night in their home city. The band tried working up a cover of Oasis's "Live Forever," but it just didn't work out for them.  Gurr says about the cover: " One disclaimer already: We didn’t try to simulate Graham Coxon’s guitar sound in the beginning, and replaced the classic Tele with a more the Kills-y sound (fuzzy and short delay- another great band we love). We took turns singing and put a BUNCH of harmonies on the song. The one thing that’s probably the closest to the original is the bassline, which our live bassist Luise nailed in the studio (bring her some Champagne to the upcoming shows please so sh...

Priests Photo by Ken Sears For those of us that attended the Priests show at The Sinclair last Thursday, we were treated to two fantastic sets from two great bands. Both sets were surprising: One was far more energetic than expected, and the other was much more laid back. Gurr, based in Germany but their drummer is from Boston, played first. I had never heard of them until it was announced they were opening the show, and I spent a little bit of time with their music before the show. It was good, but nothing that really stood out for me. Their albums are mostly laid back alternative pop. Just a chilled out vibe even on their Gurr Photo by Ken Sears more energetic songs. Live they have a completely different vibe, coming across like Sleater-Kinney being joined by Kathleen Hanna from the "Bull in the Heather" video trying to secretly form Le Tigre. They apologized a ton for laughing too much in songs, and seemed to feel like they were putting on a bad show, but for the...