Our old pal Maura Johnston reported via Idolator the other day that NYS officials have something in common with the hordes descending on Austin this week : they’re searching for The Next Generic Thing :
“Looking for a cool indie rock band to be in a New York Lottery commercial. Bands can be male or female or both but members must be in their 20’s. Must have lots of style, charisma, attitude, and energy. Think Franz Ferdinand, The Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear, Band of Horses, Bloc Party, Cold War Kids, Mars Volta, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, etc..”
I’m hopeful these bozos get the gig, if only to keep them off the nation’s nightclub circuit.
Personally, I’m waiting for a 7″ from the FreeCreditReport.com guy.
Of all the hopelessly mediocre, dipshit, and/or would be starfucker amateur rock bands in the world, I am interested in knowing how De Novo Dahl, or whatever their name is, managed to achieve their current go-to-video-clip status on CSTB… I can only conclude that there must be something truly special about this collection of dopes for the CSTB editor to bestow this honor.
in the words of Dice Clay’s Ford Fairlane, they’re raping rock and killing roll.
It’s time for the “I Got Cable” band to branch out.