The local indie news is good
March 24, 2006
BY JIM DeROGATIS POP MUSIC CRITIC
Time once again to dip into the always overflowing bins of D.I.Y. or ultra-indie releases by local bands. Here are some of the most noteworthy from recent months.
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The key attraction in the back-porch folk-jazz-county combo Radiant Darling is former Pelvic Delta singer Ami Saraiya, who has turned from her earlier group’s swampy funk toward a much more enigmatic and hard to pin down sound, which is alternately sultry and alluring and heartbreakingly sad throughout the impressive “Cryptomnesia” album. The group is currently a trio with Saraiya, Ben Gray on drums and Casey Meehan on guitar, though it is often joined by Marck Fick on accordion and Marc Piane on upright bass. While it doesn’t have any shows listed on its Web site (www.radiantdarling.com) at the moment, I’m eager to catch this band onstage.
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