Member Since: 1/20/2005
Band Website: cdbaby.com/all/charlieslick
Band Members: Charlie Slick- Singer, Dancer, Professional
Shelley Partner in Crime
Andy G-Illa-castrator
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Influences: Everything. And also.... Johnny Ill, Patrick Elkins, Wolf Eyes, Boro, Terrible Two's, Mahoneys, Lord of the yum yum, Bullet Proof.
Sounds Like:
"Charlie Slick. This is the greatest thing in the entire world. I’ve become complacent in the fight against the ‘hands in pocket / head slightly nodding’ approach to enjoying live music. This guy took an entire room and gave them absolutely no choice other than to dance. I took approximately 18 bubbles to the mouth area, and my shoes were covered in glitter. I can’t really provide a report in detail, but the next day I would hum some tune and then blurt out “..with my synthesizers.†Just go to every show he ever does."
-http://fivethreedialtone.com/podcastbox/?m=200708
Last weekend, I caught Ann Arbor’s Charlie Slick at a house party in Woodbridge. Between the confetti, the glitter, the smoke machine and the dudes hanging from the light fixture (literally), I didn’t hear much of the music. But their — it was two guys, I think — Myspace (myspace.com/charlieslick) has four songs for you to check out. They’re pretty catchy in a hipster-kids-get-sequencer-and-then-do-electro-vocal-freakou
t-and-half-rap-over-it sorta way. Fun, dance-y, whatever.
But it’s the spirit I like most. CS had the crowd going crazy like they rarely do (anymore? rumor has it people in, like, the ‘60s danced or something) at rock shows. And Charlie Slick will be keeping kids dancing at their upcoming house party show in Ypsilanti on July 28, Barnfest in Ann Arbor on August 10 and The Elbow Room on August 24. It’s just a hunch, but I’m betting CS will play a few more house parties this summer. Keep an eye online. | RDW"
http://www.realdetroitweekly.com/article_2980.shtml
.... Lucky for us, Charlie Slick went on around 2:30 to give us a break and initiate a dance party. Charlie Slick is a fucking machine and he means serious business. He shows up and it’s like “Alright you monkeys. I’m gonna play some songs and you’re going to dance. And even if you think you’re not going to dance, I will fucking make you dance. And I will throw glitter on you and blow bubbles at you and you’re going to eat this shit up because I am awesome.†And he does and we do and he is and then I black out and wake up at 3pm on Sunday with a pounding headache and glitter in my hair.p.http://jasper.webvomit.com/?p=1304
So, uh…what’d you do this weekend?
Record Label: Useful Suitcase Company Records
Type of Label: Indie