Whitney Museum of American Art
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Times New Viking
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Friday June 27, 2008 (7pm)
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Being a lo-fi, art-punk band from Ohio with a deal on Matador, Times New Viking can't help but draw comparisons to Guided by Voices. It's an appropriate starting point, but their joyous racket feels more spiritually akin to late-'70s Messthetics bands like the Swell Maps than the early-'90s slacker model. Times New Viking make DIY that sounds truly done for themselves, full of poppy hooks and boy/girl harmonies; their indelible "TeenageLUST" sprouts bouncy melodies from a trebly compost of overdriven organs and mountains of fuzz. They play tonight with American Contemporary Music Ensemble as part of the museum's Whitney Live series, curated by Wordless Music.
