The Gramercy Riffs: Concert Review – El Mocambo August 27th 2010
2 Sep 2010Photo Credit: Courtney Lee
Words Katherine Alicia Snack
Exploding with buzz after this years NXNE festival, Newfoundland five piece The Gramercy Riffs stopped in at the El Mocambo last Friday and if you were there, it was most likely the best show you’ve seen all month.
Flying in with the ever-so-successful vocal duality that’s trending around the world and music lovers continue to swooning over, The Riffs spun the Elmo silly with their enlightened array of east coast charm, so rich in youth culture and lighthearted hues of pop folk range that not a soul was still.
Opening their set with “Dreaming” the band weaved through a suspended percussive wheel of melodies and with a new found channel of leading acoustic guitar and the accent of sprawling choruses in the likes of “Hold My Hand” The Gramercy Riffs catalogue is a refreshment to afterschool naps and rural midnight gatherings.
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Kay
Kay Laser or Kay Vandertramp as she sometimes goes by, uses a lot of big words and loves live, REAL, music. She submitted her own bio but we couldn't decipher it. What we can say is that she's very poetic and has an alternative voice. We can also tell you she's mad cool, we're glad to have her on the team and her interview with A-Trak hit it out of the park. - Kate Snack