In conjunction with CITY’s Guide to Sex, Love, & Relationships, we asked you to tell us which local music you think best exemplifies feelings of Love — as well as songs that evoke its heartbreaking cousin Despair — and you didn’t disappoint.
Passive Aggressives Anonymous
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Fresh Cut: ‘I’m in the Pool, Man’ by Passive Aggressives Anonymous
John Valenti is at it again. Although the mastermind behind Rochester’s most darkly satirical indie band Passive Aggressives Anonymous recently relocated to sunny California, it hasn’t dislodged his tongue from his cheek. If anything, with his newly released music video, “I’m in the Pool, Man,” Valenti seems freshly inspired. The musician and filmmaker is still […]
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The F Word: Sixty Minute Man
Wait a minute. Think about it: 50 is only middle age if you live to be 100. And how many of us are going to be that lucky? Time is flyin’, man, and there’s none to waste. As a creative person, there are certain things I want to do and add to my legacy before […]
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John Valenti perfects a suave persona on Passive Aggressives Anonymous’s ‘The Mauve Album’
When John Valenti sings, he sounds like a man who perpetually walks around with cocktail-in-hand as he haunts some candlelit speakeasy.
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Album review: ‘The Mauve Album’
Passive Aggressives Anonymous “The Mauve Album” Self-released facebook.com/paaband Passive Aggressives Anonymous’s new “The Mauve Album” opens with a Martin Denny-esque, cocktail shift and shuffle of sorts that lulls the listener into an immediate hypnotic willingness. So much so that the album’s songs segue smooth and seamlessly with little or no warning. You’ll find yourself in […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: “Not so Long Songs of Longing”
Passive Aggressives Anonymous “Not so Long Songs of Longing” Self-released paaband.bandcamp.com I can’t tell you how refreshing it is to find out that deconstruction and introspection don’t necessarily equate to self-flagellation and shoegaze. Rochester quartet Passive Aggressives Anonymous plays deceptively simple and all the way brilliant tunes on its new EP, “Not so Long Songs […]
