Articles about Black Moth Super Rainbow
By Tony Biedenkapp on July 30th, 2009
This past Monday, Baltimore’s finest flooded Ottobar for what was to be one hell of an indie explosion, what with scheduled performances by Ask The Idea, In Every Room, Dan Friel of Parts & Labor fame and, most importantly, Black Moth Super Rainbow. The bill warned everyone of a long night, filled with music, mayhem…and [...]
By Adam Kivel on June 2nd, 2009
There’s a disgusting image that readily comes to mind every time a new piece of news about or music by Black Moth Super Rainbow comes out. The group has an affinity for candy (2007′s Dandelion Gum, “Lollipopsichord”, Bubblegum Animals), but the frontman’s stage name is Tobacco. It consistently conjures pictures of chewing gum bubbles popping [...]
By Andy Keil on February 24th, 2009
As you probably already know, Black Moth Super Rainbow is planning to Eat Us on May 26th, meaning the Pittsburgh based outfit will have plenty of energy when it embarks on its newly announced North American tour. Beginning on May 20th, Tom Fec, aka Tobacco, and company will take their elegant cacophony of analog synths, [...]
By Alex Young on February 2nd, 2009
Ok so when we got heard Black Moth Super Rainbow is gearing up to release a brand new studio described as a “dark bubblegum freakout” and full of “sticky, off-kilter melodies,” we can’t say we were really surprised. After all, this is the same group that released the insanely psychedelic Dandelion Gum in 2007 and [...]
By E.N. May on December 11th, 2008
There is something about rural western Pennsylvania that seems to be inspiring some of the most innovative, and elusive, sounds to date. Leading the heavy beats is a man known only as Tobacco. For the better half of the decade he has been working under this moniker with various projects, and the past few years [...]
By E.N. May on May 13th, 2008
Hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the members of Black Moth Super Rainbow show a mastery of mystery melody and synthesizers that put you into a state of head bobbing bliss as you float through the seventeen tracks on their 2007 release Dandelion Gum. My first experience with this band was in December of 2007. Surprisingly, they [...]