SPORTS: “Castlots”
Once upon a time, you could name your band any old thing you wanted to, without worrying about how your listeners were going to find you. They went to a record store, and if your band name was Soap, then they asked for Soap, and because they were at a record store, they weren’t going to ask you if you wanted Ivory or Dove. However, it’s 2010, and naming your band Sports (although I like the name in principle) is stupid. Because it makes it VERY hard to find you. Take my word for it.
And what’s even stupider is that there are TWO bands named Sports that seem to have formed in the past year. One would appear to be some sort of electronic-y pop thing, and since I don’t care about that, I haven’t listened to it. The other is a sprightly little pop band from Toronto that sound occasionally a bit like early Elvis Costello and also like other catchy things. I’ll let them fight it out for the rights to their impractical band name, but I’ll be surprised if the former sounds better than the latter.
They appear to be working on an album that will come out at some point in the future (as most things do), but for the moment, here’s a very high highlight from their 2009 EP The Band (really? come on, guys).
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