Quitzow

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Released: Jan 1, 2010

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REVIEWS

"Prince seemed outrageous in the '80s, but after years of gangsta rap pushing the sexual envelope, Quitzow sounds relatively subdued when she sing/raps, "Smoke black tar in my mom's car, skip lunch and go to a strip bar," it just sounds like good, dirty fun. Quitzow is one of the few female auteurs in pop. She wrote, produced, and played most of the instruments on Juice Water, and it's a blast from start to finish. It's possibly her best work yet. Juice Water may be something of a funky change of direction, but it's also a playful reminder of what makes her music so engaging. " (ALL MUSIC GUIDE, Summer 2010)

"Like Mick Jagger does on Ke$ha’s massive radio hit, Keith Richards’ pops up in Quitzow’s lyrics, also amid descriptions of drinking and dance floor debauchery. “More Keith Richards” is about dating and drugs and set to a bouncy blend of spacey keyboards and girl-group “aah, aah, aah”’s. Quitzow campaigns throughout the record for people to let loose, and here makes a plea for “More Keith Richards, less Betty Crocker / Less nice dates / More dangerous stalkers.” (VENUS, June 2010)

"Whips up the dance-floor with skittering beats, butt shaking thump, electronic evil-robot voice effects- into a fresh and pure pop meringue." (MARIE CLAIRE, June 2010)

"Juice Water is full of blippy, synthy, sing-songy goodness, more accessible than 2008’s Art College" (CURVE MAGAZINE, Aug 2010)

"upstate New York singer songwriter Erica Quitzow gives her cello and Moog art whimsy a bubbly groove and defiant summer strut." (SPIN MAGAZINE, September 2008)

"Juice Water is very well done and catchy as hell, mainstream appeal and with esoteric instruments brought into the mix. I’m sure it will repeat Art College’s critical success." (SURVIVING THE GOLDEN AGE, Summer 2010)

"Oh, words can't express how much I adore this woman (full name: Erica Quitzow). If you dig Peaches, Le Tigre and early Liz Phair, she'll be right up your alley. Her new album is called Art College. I want to be her roommate." (USA TODAY, POP CANDY)

"Quitzow - the band as well as the woman who spearheads it - seems to be all about the pleasure principle. Synthesizers and programmed dance beats are the order of the day on Juice Water and if you can't take lyrics about parties, romantic encounters, their fallouts, and illicit drug taking, there's the door." (BLURT MAGAZINE, Summer 2010)

"reflects the collage aesthetic favored that the late-career Beatles."(Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, NEW YORK PRESS)

"baby-making music for a new generation." (REMIX MAGAZINE, June 2008)

“Juggling mind-blowing moog/rhodes/bass while singing,” (SXSW FESTIVAL GUIDE)

"arrangements that mash up strings with hip-hop beats" (TIME OUT NY)

"throbbing Timbland-style synth lines. Her greatest asset is her gift for writing strong, simple yet elegant hooks for strings." (FLUXBLOG.ORG)

.. "carefully crafted (or possibly mad scientist influenced) output of a one-woman band?" (CD BABY, Editor's Pick)

.. "uses a swill of humor and keyboard-based melodrama to illustrate the superficial and sometimes slaughterhouse rules with which people tend to curse one another. Alternately dreamy and debauched, always smart." (CHAPEL HILL INDEPENDENT WEEKLY)

.. "Prince meets Pavement." (Heidi Vanderlee, LIMEWIRE, CMJ Showcase Review, 2009)

.. "a triangulation point between the electroclash aggression of Peaches, the melodic richness and cross-genre fearlessness of the Magnetic Fields, and the disco-classical fusion of the late Arthur Russell." - (ALL MUSIC GUIDE, 2008)

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Genre: Indie / Live Electronics / Pop
Location New Paltz / NYC, New York, Un
Profile Views: 314493
Last Login: 12/27/2010
Member Since 11/7/2005
Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnlvdW5nbG92ZXJlY29yZHMuY29t
Record Label Young Love Records
Type of Label Indie
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"Prince seemed outrageous in the '80s, but after years of gangsta rap pushing the sexual envelope, Quitzow sounds relatively subdued when she sing/raps, "Smoke black tar in my mom's car, skip lunch and go to a strip bar," it just sounds like good, dirty fun. Quitzow is one of the few female auteurs in pop. She wrote, produced, and played most of the instruments on Juice Water, and it's a blast from start to finish. It's possibly her best work yet. Juice Water may be something of a funky change of direction, but it's also a playful reminder of what makes her music so engaging. " (ALL MUSIC GUIDE, Summer 2010)
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