La Cacahouette – Hard to Pronounce, Easy to Love

La Cacahouette – Hard to Pronounce, Easy to Love

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Jun 29th 2007, 4:30am By Olga Grinberg

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Those of us who yearn for the golden age of shoegaze and dreampop (it can't just be me, right?) are in for a treat this Saturday night. Buffalo's own La Cacahouette offer up a dazzling blend of psychedelia, dreamy vocals and swirling guitars that just make you think it's 1990 all over again. The band first caught my attention at last year's Music Is Art, and it was love at first note. In a scene that has become over saturated by metal and pop-punk rejects, La Cacahoutte is a welcome breath of fresh air. Influenced by 60s psychedelia, shoegaze and prog, the band's distinct sound ranges from sleepy-eyed dream pop to grandiose wall-of-noise epics - both extremes often found in the same song. Fans of My Bloody Valentine, Ride and Cocteau Twins take note – this just may become your new favorite band.

Led by a husband and wife team of Pepper Ochsner Thomas and Gerald Thomas and rounded out by Blake Ellman on drums, the trio formed in 2003 and has since developed a devoted fan base in the Queen City and beyond. Since their inception, La Cacahouette has opened for such diverse national acts as Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Tristeza, Lisa Loeb, I Am the World Trade Center, and Silversun Pickups.

This Saturday is your chance to celebrate the release of the band's first CD, “French For Peanut" on All Things Ordinary Records. The night of great music will be completed by Love Parade, who play lovely psych-tinged indie pop with fuzzed out guitars that makes for a perfect Summer soundtrack. Local indie scene veterans Global Village Idiots, and Toronto's DD/MM/YYYY round out the evening's line up.

Photo by Mark Miller

Saturday, June 30, 9PM
$6
Mohawk Place
47 East Mohawk, 14203

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  1. parisleen

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    Jun 25th 2007, 10:28

    Wow – listening to them now on myspace - really good stuff. Thanks for the intro. Ride is one of my all time favorites, and who doesn’t like the Cocteau Twins. I only wish I was in town to check out their show next Saturday!

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  2. WholeLottaJibbaJabbah

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    Jun 25th 2007, 10:37

    got to love the peanut!

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  3. Archer

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    Jun 25th 2007, 14:52

    This could be the sleeper show of the summer. If you follow the local scene, these guys are prepared to be the next breakout band from Buffalo. Plus dd/mm/yyyy are on the bill so its a cant miss. Support local music.

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  4. Bizzles

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    Jul 2nd 2007, 16:39

    Bah! Screw MBV and Cocteau Twins. Stone Roses, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Lush were the best shoegazers. Damn that was an era of music that didn't last nearly as long as it should have...I'm gonna go listen to "I Wanna Be Adored" now...

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  5. dude

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    Jul 2nd 2007, 22:29

    Umm.....Jesus and Mary Chain and the Stone Roses were NEVER Shoegaze. (though they certainly were wonderful)

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  6. Bizzles

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    Jul 3rd 2007, 08:15

    stone roses sure were. and most sources will list J and M Chain as shoegaze. It's just not the super-dreamy kind of ambient shoegaze

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