SXSW Preview: Brighton, MA

You must have heard already that the official schedule for SXSW is out. And of course, I’ll probably be doing the same thing nearly every music blog and their mom is doing: not going, but posting “reviews” about the bands that are going to be playing.

Here’s an easy one to start: I wonder how many people will NOT start out talking about Brighton, MA by saying, well duh why’d they name themselves that if they’re from Chicago? Yeah.

But nothing matters anyhow but the music, right? Which in this case is pretty shoe-gazey and standard indie-rockey, at least from their sample track on the SXSW site. It might strike you as a bit mainstream, in a U2 sort of way, especially with the driving bass/drumsand chiming guitar. And singer Matthew Kerstei’s pipes. But the way that “Bet You Never Thought” is set up also reminds me of a NZ band called Garageland. Not bad… if their album turns out to even more dreamrock and less conventional then I’d be more willing to give it a spin.

Listen:
Be You Never Thought

Visit:
Brighton, MA website
Brighton, MA on Myspace

by Palebear