tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13398885.post-79562060798213349962008-07-16T02:02:00.000-04:002008-07-16T02:02:49.954-04:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_smnDcduibfQ/SHxAcKaEIcI/AAAAAAAACqE/KjXPMXKgU4w/s1600-h/blondfire1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223120520417124802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_smnDcduibfQ/SHxAcKaEIcI/AAAAAAAACqE/KjXPMXKgU4w/s400/blondfire1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_smnDcduibfQ/SHxAWgOtSgI/AAAAAAAACp8/BviNFih0Yuc/s1600-h/blondfire-lp.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223120423195855362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_smnDcduibfQ/SHxAWgOtSgI/AAAAAAAACp8/BviNFih0Yuc/s200/blondfire-lp.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_smnDcduibfQ/SHxASA6VSVI/AAAAAAAACp0/zXX_8NYNwbA/s1600-h/us.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223120346069420370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_smnDcduibfQ/SHxASA6VSVI/AAAAAAAACp0/zXX_8NYNwbA/s400/us.gif" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_smnDcduibfQ/SHzrXKm-gjI/AAAAAAAACqM/hJQdW1ED5VI/s1600-h/brazil.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223308451060286002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_smnDcduibfQ/SHzrXKm-gjI/AAAAAAAACqM/hJQdW1ED5VI/s400/brazil.gif" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">We're big fans of brother/sister duos around these parts. We've had Australia's <strong>ANGUS &amp; JULIA STONE</strong>. Sweden's <strong>THE KNIFE</strong>. Downey, California's <strong>THE CARPENTERS</strong>. (Not to mention Detroit's leg-pulling/piss-taking <strong>WHITE STRIPES</strong>.)<br /><br />Now, we have NYC's <strong><a href="http://www.blondfire.com/">BLONDFIRE</a></strong> (formerly <strong>ASTAIRE</strong>). <strong>ERICA</strong> &amp; <strong>BRUCE DRISCOLL</strong> were born in Grand Rapids, MI but spent a good chunk of their childhoods in Brazil. Perhaps not surprisingly, then, they cite <strong>ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM</strong> and <strong>ASTRUD GILBERTO</strong> as influences.<br /><br />Overall, the Driscolls' smooth, cosmopolitan pop bears a resemblance to that purveyed by their fellow New Yorkers, <strong>IVY</strong>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em><strong>BLONDFIRE</strong> on <strong><a href="http://www.myspace.com/blondfire">MySPACE</a></strong>.</em><br /><br /><strong>[</strong></span><a href="http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/5/11/1907045/Blondfire%20-%20Always%20the%20Last%20to%20Know.mp3"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;">MP3</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>] "Always the Last to Know"</strong><br /><br /><strong>[</strong></span><a href="http://boxstr.com/files/2717173_ii6nf/Blondfire%20-%20Pretty%20Young%20Thing.mp3"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;">MP3</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;">] "Pretty Young Thing"</span></strong>molotovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10014558714182139520noreply@blogger.com