Tigerella

Tigerella

Tigerella were a L.A.-based five-piece indiepop band active during the early 2000s. They played catchy songs with a sound not too far from that of perhaps Velocity Girl – thanks mostly in part to the at-times noisy guitars and lead singer Yvonne's sweet, yet powerful vocals. They released the Existential War EP of Shelflife's CDr Series in 2003 and followed up with a full-length on Schmat Records later that same year. In the years following, they began to dwindle and by they end of 2004 they seemed to be done for good, but don't hold me to that. I've yet to hear their LP, but the three songs on the EP sound just great to me. Listen to "E-Ticket Ride", it sports some pretty twinkling lead guitar and even nicer alternating vocals.

[MP3]: Tigerella :: E-Ticket Ride (Highly Recommended!)

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Indiepop Does Indiepop: Velocity Girl & Glo-Worm

Velocity Girl's "Crazy Town" covered by Glo-Worm.

Well I managed to skip a whole two weeks of it, but INDIEPOPdoesINDIEPOP is totally back, dudes! After D.C. Slumberland babies Velocity Girl made the move to SubPop Records in 1993, they released their first LP Copacetic. On this record appeared a song – the best song they ever wrote IMO – called "Crazy Town". It wasn't until about three, maybe four years ago that I actually consciously started listening to Velocity Girl, but the more I listened, the more I could remember hearing some of their songs, "Crazy Town" included, on the radio (99.1 WHFS to be exact) in elementary school, which I think is pretty neat. Teeny bits of nostalgia aside, the song was slightly later covered by a different set of D.C. natives, Glo-Worm. Glo-Worm were Pam Berry, Dan Searing, and Terry Banks, all of countless other bands before and since. It appeared as the second-to-last track on Glimmer, a Glo-Worm compilation released by K in 1996. Both versions hold their own respective special places in my heart, but whenever I watch Velocity Girl's original video for the song, I have to admit, I get a little giddy for those guitars, and Sarah's voice, and for elementary school again.

[MP3]: Velocity Girl :: Crazy Town
[MP3]: Glo-Worm :: Crazy Town

Mind the tracking! Haha...

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