September 29, 2005 Written by Janet Perisa

While the radical movements of San Francisco’s psychedelic “garage” bands were pivotal to the formation of contemporary pop/rock culture, little has been mentioned lately of the Bay Area’s rock scene. The Bay Area, best known for its hard-core sounds, neutralized by a sort of Mersey beat, remains a thriving musical and artistic community and much like New York, is always on the verge of reinvention.

Oranger, one of the most idiosyncratic bands hailing from the Bay Area, has just released their 4th full LP titled,” New Comes and Goes,” and kicked-off their nation-wide fall ‘05 tour this September, making a recent appearance at the Bowery Ballroom. The tee-shirt-clad quintet lit up the venue, causing the audience to shudder and stamp along to their clear-cut lyrics, hailed by searing guitar riffs and heaving drum beats. Since the bands formation back in 1999, Oranger has gained itself a reputation as being a “band’s band” and have participated in numerous tours - both in the States and in Europe. This year has brought about a number of accomplishments for the band, most notably their musical score for Dziga Vertov’s 1929 film, The Man with the Movie Camera, which received raving reviews at the 2005 San Francisco Noise Pop Film Festival. Although the band is expected to rap up their tour in a few weeks, a winter tour may be impending for the exuberant bunch.

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