The Phoenix Network:
 
 
About  |  Advertise
Adult  |  Moonsigns  |  Band Guide  |  Blogs  |  In Pictures
 
Nominate-best-2010
50 Bands 50 States

50 Bands 50 States

Idaho:

Finn Riggins

Idaho_finn_riggins

CITY: Boise
SONG THAT GOT US:Pankakes
ON THE TUBES: MySpaceMySpace Video, Web siteVimeo
RECORD LABEL: Tender Loving Empire

WHY THEM? Finn Riggins deliver a winning combo of whirling post-punk, krautrock, and psyched-out organ jams. The Boise trio dabbles in a little bit of everything. Steel drums bang away in hypnotic little patterns while singer Lisa Simpson (for real?!) croons and vamps like the spooky ghost of a coffee-shop balladeer. They’ve been ripping up the Pacific Northwest and Idaho for a few years now, and their new record, A Soldier, A Saint, An Ocean Explorer, bristles with friction and brilliant ideas. Whoever the other band in Boise is should be taking close notes.

BONUS BIT! The co-ed threesome formed when they met in college in Moscow — but before you haul them off to Guantánamo, realize that it’s Moscow, Idaho.

2008

0 Thumbs Up      0 Thumbs Down

Thumbs Up Thumbs Down

Review this artist

1 of 1
  • Share:
  • Get a widget for your site
  • Share this entry with Facebook
  • Share this entry with Digg
  • Share this entry with Delicious
  • RSS feed
  • Email this article to a friend
  • Print this article
Add Comments


  |  Sign In  |  Register
 
thePhoenix.com:
Phoenix Media/Communications Group:
TODAY'S FEATURED ADVERTISERS
Copyright © 2010 The Phoenix Media/Communications Group