No one seems to be a bigger fan of Eraserhood’s underground, slightly-creepy, gallery/lounge/cabaret, Underground Arts, than NYC’s Lily and the Parlour Tricks, who have graced its stage four times in the past year and a half… And I suspect Lily and the Parlour Tricks have few fans bigger than Philthy Mag (This is our third time profiling the band in the past year.)… And why wouldn’t we be? They have pretty girls, murder ballads, and the kind of harmonies that would make 1950s roughneck Drapes swoon like schoolgirls. The band’s most recent stop at UA was last Friday, providing the perfect soundtrack to a full moon. The band have a far better grasp on the notion of a “show” than most, with the calm, cool, and coy girls up front, playfully sassing the crowd (And, I have to say, their dance moves are looking better than ever.) and the boys in the back truly kicking out the jams. Their sound seamlessly blends a bizarre amalgamation of movements from swing, to the dirtiest blues, to 60s girl groups, and the dirtiest (in every way) Americana. In a recent interview, frontlady Lily Claire described it as, “The Andrews Sisters fronting T Rex, if Marc Bolan was co-writing with Tom Waits.”
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