BIG EYES – ALMOST FAMOUS tour!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Uncle Critic

MAY
29 Weds – Portland, OR @ The Know
30 Thurs – Boise, ID @ The Crux
31 Fri – Salt Lake City, UT @ Blue Star Cafe

JUNE
1 Sat – Denver, CO @ Rhinoceropolis
2 Sun – Omaha, NE @ Middle House
3 Mon – Iowa City, IA @ Public Space One
4 Tues – Chicago, IL @ 86 Mets
5 Weds – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roboto Project
6 Thurs – Philly, PA @ The Great Indoors
7 Fri – Washington, DC @ Casa Fiesta (*w/ Night Birds)
8 Sat – Richmond, VA @ Gallery 5 (*w/ Night Birds)
9 Sun – Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio
10 Mon – Boston, MA @ Charlie’s Kitchen
11 Tues – Montreal, QC @ TRH Bar
12 Weds – Ottawa, ON @ Pressed
13 Thurs – Toronto, ON @ Skramden Yards
14 Fri – Detroit, MI @ Trumbullplex
15 Sat – Springfield, IL @ Black Sheep (Dumb Fest)
16 Sun – Milwaukee, WI @ Linneman’s (RRRC Episode 5 Premiere)
17 Mon – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
18 Tues – Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
19 Weds – Winnipeg, MB, Canada @ The Windsor Hotel
20 Thurs – Regina, SK, Canada @ The Mercury Cafe
21 Fri – Calgary, AB, Canada @ Bamboo (Sled Island)
22 Sat – Calgary, AB, Canada @ The Palomino (Sled Island)

 

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REVIEW: Big Eyes: Almost Famous

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Uncle Critic

BigEyes_AlmostFamous_4pOutBig Eyes didn’t waste much time getting their second album out. This one is out on Grave Mistake Records and as I suspected it’s fucking great. Top to bottom it’s filled with the great 90′s rock influenced pop punk that Big Eyes is made up of. It’s the type of stuff you can’t help but like. Just listen to these and try not to tap your toe or bob your head, it’s not possible. This album is top to bottom great; it sets a pretty high bar for the rest of the albums that have yet to come out this year. Being Unkind,
The Sun Still Shines and Can’t Catch a Break really stand out as the best of the best, though there’s not a downer song on the whole thing. If you dig pop punk this should be on your shopping list for sure, or already in your ear.

1. Nothing You Could Say
2. Wanted Sometimes
3. Being Unkind
4. Losing Touch
5. Half the Time
6. The Sun Still Shines
7. Ain’t Nothing but the Truth
8. Can’t Catch a Break
9. A Matter of Time
10. I Think of You
11. You Can’t the Only One

Get it from Grave Mistake Records HERE

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REVIEW: Big Eyes: Demo

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Uncle Critic

Big Eyes DemoWhat we’ve got here is the repress of the Big Eyes demo on Grave Mistake Records, a great record that was pressed in 2011 and was gone pretty quick. For anyone that’s heard Big Eyes you know what you’re getting into, this demo still has a few of my favorite songs on it so if you don’t own it, get on it quick. If you for some reason haven’t heard Big Eyes yet you’re really doing yourself a disservice. They’re a great band with lots of 90′s power pop and pop punk influences with great female vocals that just make this such a perfect sound. You really can’t believe how good this is unless you’ve heard it already. Go get this right now before you miss out again!

1. I Prefer To Be Alone
2. Since You Left
3. You Ain’t The Only One
4. All Alone

Get it from Grave Mistake Records HERE

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REVIEW: Mean Jeans/Big Eyes

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Uncle Critic

BIMJFrom Dirtnap Records comes this awesome split, the Mean Jeans and Big eyes on one great record. Both bands play an original song and a cover from the other band, it’s been a bit since I’ve seen a split like that but I always like when that happens. The first time I listened to this split I hadn’t realized that half of these songs were covers, they just fit together so well for both bands. Mean Jean’s first song ‘I Miss Outerspace’ sounds like a song that was left off of Mean Jeans On Mars for some reason, needless to say it’s pretty great. The cover on their side ‘Since You Left’ basically sound like a song off of their first album, except it’s not about doing drugs. My first through was ‘oh rad, Mean Jeans are still busting out this stuff’, silly me. Over on the Big Eyes side has ‘Losing Touch’ which sounds like it should have been the third song on ‘Back from the Moon’, strange both bands sound like they just had a song that was left off their recent releases. Still, this song rules a ton. Their cover ‘Too Twisted’ is where I started to get suspicious that this might not be their song because I thought ‘holy shit, this just sounds like a slow version of Mean Jeans’. That was of course when I finally looked at the track list for this. Big Eyes do Mean Jeans really really well, and vice verse I guess. Four awesome tracks here, for anyone that digs this band this is a must own.

Mean Jeans
1. I Miss Outerspace
2. Since You Left

Big Eyes
1. Losing Touch
2. Too Twisted

Get it from Dirtnap Records HERE

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Top 10 Singles of 2012

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Uncle Critic

1. Whiff: Warm/Left at Princess
2. House Boat: 21st Century Breakroom
3. Smokejumper: Bear Attack
4. Midnite Snaxxx: With A Guy Like That
5. Smokejumper: The Ballad of Elvin Crab
6. Midnite Snaxxx: You Kill Me
7. Be My Doppelganger: You’re Always Right/Downtown
8. Big Eyes: Back From The Moon
9. Smokejumper: Saturday Night Bonfire Beach Party
10. Pretty Boy Thorson & Lil Happiness: You’re Gonna Miss Me
10.5. Superchunk: The Summer/Cruel Summer

 

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