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Monday, August 30, 2010

Cream Calendar Memphis Here: Magic Kids Today at Grimey's

Posted by on Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 8:43 AM

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On the last stop of their "Memphis Everywhere" tour of their favorite Southern record stores, Magic Kids take to the racks of our local vinyldrome Grimey's to play, one would presume, songs off their new record, the excellent Memphis. Fans of indie pop, '60s pop and '60s-influenced indie pop will like this album. People who don't normally like indie pop may find themselves liking this album in spite of themselves. But don't spite yourself — go with it. It's good. You can still tell your friends you were listening to Valiant Thorr. Ryan Burleson wrote a review of Memphis for this week's paper, and here's a bit of that:

Broadly, Memphis is a record that pays homage to the legacy of its namesake city. Though it doesn't sound like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Big Star or anything on Stax, the record hints at a longing within the band to extend the buoyancy of that collective personality, to capture the ghosts of these legends and move the conversation forward. Without negating the influence of Jay Reatard and the Goner Records family, iconic Memphians in a more modern sense, it's a collection that attempts to outgrow simple indie classification, revealing an ambition in Magic Kids that could bestow on them Arcade Fire-esque renown if their epic vision continues to expand.

And here's a song!


Magic Kids - "Superball" [MP3]

6 p.m. at Grimey's.

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