When Jay "Reatard" Lindsey and The Arch Rivals share the stage at Midtown pub Murphy's this Sunday, April 15th, it should be a standing-room-only crowd. Lindsey's new material, which includes the stunning Brit punk throwback "Oh It's Such a Shame," debuted at SXSW and can be heard on his MySpace site, MySpace.com/JayReatard. Also, check out the inaugural tunes from the Arch Rivals — Alix Brown (Lindsey's bandmate in The Angry Angles) on bass, Andrew "Buck Wilders" McCalla on drums, and guitarists Quinn Powers and Joe T. Simpson."I was like, you guys don't have a bass player. You need one? And Quinn said, 'I guess so,'" explains Brown, who describes the Arch Rivals as an R&B-influenced rock-and-roll band. "He and Andrew had formed the group already and recorded some songs and played a few shows live without a bassist," Brown adds. "We've played one show with all of us, and we recorded a Nancy Sinatra song that I sang on. I want to write some songs, but right now I have to focus on the next Angry Angles album. Jay and I already split the advance money, so now we have to record it."
Andria Lisle, Memphis Flyer
"The Arch Rivals are another new Memphis band you should check out while they're still green and optimistic. With a handful of songs that range from the idyllic charm of the Whyte Boots to the rollicking groove of early Alex Chilton solo sounds, all smothered with a delicious southern sauce that you won't soon forget. Including local agitators Buck Wilders, Quinn Powers, Joe Simpson, and Alix Brown, it's bound to have all the right angles and adds yet another facet to the ever-expanding Memphis music contingency, which seems to evolve almost on a daily basis."
Todd Killings, victimoftime.com
