Black Moth Super Rainbow News

It would be overly simplistic to imagine a chasm between the haves and have-nots in today's psych-rock landscape, even between the ones with huge production values and the ones sticking it out with streamers and bubblegum.

While some people sang along a bit earlier in the show, it seemed like everyone up front knew the words to this particular song and sang along dramatically, with their arms raised and waving as the song rose and fell in its hypnotic, syrupy whorls of layered melody.

Main man Tom "Tobacco" Fec and his merry band of musicians play KEXP 90.3 FM at 11:00am today .

The Savage Animal 05.15.13 First Impression of Black Moth Super Rainbow Posted by Mikey MiGo on 05.15.2013 How often do YOU listen to five full length studio albums of a band after hearing one song by chance at 4 a.m.? In this 344th edition of The Savage Animal, Mikey MiGo dedicates over 4500 words to a band he has never heard of.

Imagine my surprise when, last fall, at a late-night gig after Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, I discovered that the falsetto-voiced singer of a new favorite band, Black Moth Super Rainbow, was a male, not a female.

You can dress up the sound of Pittsburgh's Black Moth Super Rainbow with any sort of fancy micro-genre you choose and it will never be correct.

AUGUST 09: Aaron Brink aka ABX and Steve Reidell aka STV SLV of The Hood Internet dj during the 2009 Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park on August 9, 2009 in Chicago.

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We already know that Black Moth Super Rainbow mastermind Tom "Tobacco" Fec occupies a weird world , but we didn't realize how quickly his sphere is expanding.