Cosmik Debris Magazine Crazy Mary is a NYC based quintet that’s grabbed considerable attention on the college radio front with a pair of indie releases. Last year’s She Comes In Waves is a fine representation of what they do. What they do is a fin de siecle style of psychedelia that carries hints of influences…
The Village Voice Real-life drum’n’bass, at least in the sense that all the other instruments keep falling out, with mantras and guitar solos; hence, very early-’80s New York (see: Liquid Liquid, Konk, Bush Tetras). Five songs, seven versions total, five-person band from Brooklyn (one low voice, one high), nobody named Mary. Free-floatingly shapeless, but jovial….
Muse’s Muse I remember this band for 2 reasons. 1. The music is like nothing I’ve heard before. 2. The lead singer is afflicted. Sophia Jackson has a method of delivery that is like David Bowie’s dead wife: an ethereal, alt-pop vocal that languishes between gothic and heavy-hit surf (minus the blues repetition). That makes…
Kweevak Knucklehead is the fifth release from Crazy Mary an eclectic band based out of New York City. Crazy as it sounds the band members meet and formed through various jobs at the Bronx Zoo. I don’t know if there is a song about it but diversity is the signature style of the group. It…
Kynd Music Crazy Mary is the classic dirty New York indie band. You know the group: They should have been famous years ago but, well, commercial radio and our MTV culture suck so it never happened. They stayed the course, however, even if it meant playing surrounded by the stench of stale beer and urine…
MPMF Day 3 Report by Mackenzie McAninch “…New York boasts a dandy in Crazy Mary. I walk in upstairs at Neon’s just as violinist Walter Steding joins the group. Apparently, back in the day, he was Andy Warhol’s art assistant. He helps out on their re-worked cover of The Animals’ “It’s My Life.” Their sound bounces all…