Me&JoanCollins

website: http://www.myspace.com/meandjoancollins

“Newlyweds” (they got “married” onstage last summer—she wore the tux—he wore the dress) Bo Barringer and Jen Grygiel's Cambridge, MA band, MEandJOANCOLLINS, emerges from the wreckage of broken up bands and derailed relationships in the spiky, sexy tradition of Northeast boy/girl bands like The Pixies and Blake Babies, putting a nice co-ed twist on the old Bowie/Velvets/Roxy/Iggy glam rock model. With songs that are less about the taboos their more transgressive forefathers indulged in and more about the everyday broken hearts, lust, betrayals, and disorientation of young adults living in the 00's, their sound leans toward the suave Brit Pop of Pulp, the oversexed swagger of T Rex, and Blondie's nods to Phil Spector-era girl groups. Bringing dynamic flair and muscle to the rhythm section are drummer Jason Marchionna (Fluttr Effect) and veteran bassist Jim Collins. Their debut album, “Love. Trust. Faith. Lust.” was recorded between martini-fueled catfights and wedding dates at Woolly Mammoth studios with engineer Dave Westner. Former bassist Chris Mascara handled the bass tracks. MEandJOANCOLLINS will be putting the album out on April 17 and will celebrate with a CD release party at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, playing with World Inferno Friendship Society (ft. Brian Viglione of Dresden Dolls). As for one-liners that describes their sound, the band’s Myspace description pegs it best: “David Bowie and Debbie Harry fighting over a prom date with Jarvis Cocker.” Ms. Collins would be proud...

Filed under: indie, multiple artists under same name, piano, rap, singer-songwriter

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Boston Phoenix
Winter Boston music preview: Stacked bills
Published 12/31/2010 by MICHAEL MAROTTA
Local gigs to break the ice

Boston Phoenix
MP3 of the Week: MEandJOANCOLLINS, "(I Masturbate) A Little Too Much"
Published 10/8/2009 by Ryan Stewart
I will defer to Barry Thompson in describing the charm of MEandJOANCOLLINS:[J]ust because the association