cassette
Pop / Experimental / Electronica
Boston, MA
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About
Cassette is a pop band with a knack for melody and drama. Boston's DIY multi-media emperor and synthesizer-player Michael Potvin and bizarro-world MOR crooner Nathanael Bluhm began writing and performing together in 2004. The duo became a full band in 2006 with the addition of Tucker Dawson on drums, Patrick Dole on bass, and Joe Wawzryn on synthesizers. The Boston Globe called several songs from their first independent release, the 2005 ep, Broadway Showstoppers, "would-be anthems" delivered in a "dreamy, Scott Walker-croon." The Boston Phoenix called a second, unofficially-released CD-R from 2005, "sooooo good: sad-baritone emoting on some Stephen Merritt/Calvin Johnson gay-cowboy shit plus dry, ersatz-audio synthpunk accompaniment" Cassette has played their subversive pop music for audiences in 11 states plus the District of Columbia. Boston's Weekly Dig has proclaimed, "If you love electro-pop and haven't seen Cassette, well, then you don't really love electro-pop."
"Cassette is a local synth-pop band that writes songs about dresses, planets, Alexander the Great, awkward adolescent moments and whales. They also do crazy dances and use props. Like swords." "If you love electro-pop and havent seen Cassette, well, then you dont really love electro-pop"- Boston's Weekly Dig
"Cassette [are] the sad clowns of synthpop." - The Wire, NH
"Cassette's live shows have become spectacles in which Bluhm plays the stately singer (who's not afraid to bust out some moves) to Potvin's robotic sidekick, who rocks out on a keytar while donning sunglasses." - The Boston Globe
The Pittsburgh City Paper: "Red Bull," he said, and flashed me a goofy grin. "And Im ADHD." Thats how Nathanael Bluhm explains his ability to croon with total vocal control while simultaneously dancing his ass off as front man of We Are Cassette, an underground synth-pop group from Boston. But grins werent the only things flashing when the duo played Brillobox last Friday. Starting with a robotic version of The Star-Spangled Banner, We Are Cassette gradually won the crowd over with songs including Premature Baby and Blue Whale, while Bluhm stripped down to socks, a T-shirt and stars-and-stripes briefs. Sounds a little contrived, but it was more like watching a dude sing along with an awesome record in his living room. If the music sucks, I really hate this kind of gimmick, but when the musics righteous, hey, thats entertainment.
"MicL PTVN (that's his pseudonym, and he's sticking to it) strapped on a keytar, but it wasn't plugged in: he finger-synched along to pre-recorded analog synth lines pumped in via iPod like some sort of geek-pop Milli Vanilli while flamboyant singer Nate B. treated the crowd to a theatrical serenade. At one point, Nate escaped out an open window and sang to startled passers-by." - The Boston Phoenix
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Dame Culotte et Monsieur Slip, Aug 17, 2007:
[FR] : Salut a toi ami !! Juste une petite info pour t'annoncer que nous sommes en concert le 9 septembre a St escobille dans le sud de paris sur l'A10 ... pour fetter ca le site officiel se refait une peau neuve ... http://www.dameculotte-monsieurslip.com n'hesite pas a passer le voir y a plein de trucs rigolos et n'hsite pas non plus a laisser ta trace dans les ptis papiers de dame culotte
[EN] : Hello to you freind !! Just a little news to inform you we are on stage the 9 september in St escobille (south of paris)... in this way the official web site of the band gets totaly new !! http://www.dameculotte-monsieurslip.com feel free to come to see all the funny things and let your fingerprint in Dame Culotte's papers ... sorry for our dear freinds who speak only english but at this time web site is all in french english translation will come soon ... hurry up if you want to be the first to put few english words on it !!!
Dame Culotte et Monsieur Slip, Aug 10, 2007:
[EN] : Hello our freind !! Just this little comment to remember how mutch we loves you and how happy we are to be your freind ! [FR] : Bonjour a toi notre ami juste ce pti mot pour te dire combien nous t'aimons et combien nous sommes heureux d'etre tes amis !
, May 1, 2007:
hi there!
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