It's uplifting when evidence of our collective rock'n'roll salvation is still in the cards. That even in the vast landscape of empty hokum, there is still room for the cool stuff. When it comes from an unlikely source, such as a preteen brother and sister combo, their squarely struck rock'n'roll regurgitation really hits at the heart. It makes it impossible for us aging pessimistic codgers not to lap it up like warm, nourishing beer, and offers us some inkling of hope that the more primitive, human and beautifully scuffed forms of music are not necessarily a dying breed, but from generation to generation, a perpetually germinal form of expression that will outlast us all.
The Tiny Masters of Today, from Brooklyn, will be appearing this Friday at Maxwell's in New York with The Dirtbombs. Twelve year old Ivan and his ten year old sister Ada have been playing music together for the past four years, they write, compose and record all their own original material. The payoff is a perfect blend of rudimentary, fuzzed-up songs and the essential snotty mien that makes for good song writing in the rock'n'roll arena. What took Greg Lowery 20 some years of lo-fi living to come up with a similar, if not a modern archetypal sound, these kids did before they left middle school. And the best part is that this is only the beginning for them. You can check out a couple of their hits right here.
Check out a Tiny Masters of Today video of "Stickin it To The Man" right here...
