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December 14, 2006
Benzos is: Christian Celaya, Brian Joyce, Eiko Peck, Steve Bryant We were thrilled when Benzos agreed to play the Gothamist House during CMJ this year. The set was really fantastic, though it was odd to see them stripped down like that. What had always stood out to us was their absolutely devastating drummer. The first time we saw them at Mercury Lounge a while back, we couldn't take our eyes off the guy. It... [continue]
| December 6, 2006
We were caught a bit off guard the last time we caught Rahim live. It was a different band than we remembered. We knew the keyboard player was different, and there were suddenly 4 people on stage. All said, we liked them just fine before, but they sounded absolutely fantastic this time. For once, an added member really completed the sound, rather than acting as a tacked on distraction (See: The Thermals, CMJ). Not... [continue]