The NYC scene’s rediscovery of the music of the 90’s isn’t limited to the gutar based sound of grunge and slacker rock. With their first three singles, released in quick succession in the last three month, electronic trio Bottoms tap into the (mostly) European sound of industrial dance, a dark wave born from the marriage of the minimalistic production of Acid House and the goth tendencies that "plague" the home country of anything angular (Germany), but also, kind of unexpectedly, sunny European countries like Italy. The NYC band, comprised (as they say) of "two shitty drag queens, a 303 and a drummer," makes that language their own, by introducing grotesque vocals that, together with the obsessive repetition of their beats and the noisy nature of their arrangements, push their music to extreme levels of paradox and alienation. Their sound is charged with what they call "gender problemizing" content, also recurrent in the sexually provoking cyberpunk imagery. Check out their latest single HIV (released on World AIDS day), from the upcoming debut "Goodbye EP," out on January 20. You can catch them live at Baby’s All Right on December 14.
