Friday, August 06, 2010

Term Limit Up for Mayyors

It is my sad duty to report that one of the better bands to emerge the past couple of years, Sacramento's Mayyors, are calling it quits. The band's lack of web presence in the digital age (no website, no MySpace, no Facebook, no Twitter) gave them a certain mystique, which is sure to be enhanced even more by breaking up before releasing a proper full-length or going on a national tour.

I never got to see the Mayyors perform live as they never made a sojourn to the East Coast. If the three records they made during their short lifespan (all already highly collectable) are any indiction, they would have been something behold. Fortunately, a live set they recorded for WFMU at the 2009 SXSW has been preserved for posterity.

Since he actually got a chance to see them, I'll live it to Chunklet's Henry Owings to eulogize the band properly. And I'll leave it to these fan made (I'm pretty sure) videos to show why the Mayyors' handful of records got me as excited as any I'd heard in recent times:





The final Mayyors shows are as follows:
08.13.10 - pdx, or - SMMR BMMR @ Plan B w/Woven Bones, The Lamps, Wounded Lion, Meth Teeth, GGreen, Burning Yellows, Myelin Sheaths, Therapists, Manic Attracts, Fist City, $12, 21+, 6pm

08.14.10 - pdx, or - HOUSE PARTY @ 110 n. failing w/Jonny X & the Groadies, GGreen, Big Black Cloud, all ages, $5, 8pm

09.03.10 - daly city, ca - @ Serra Bowl w/Ty Segall, Culture Kids, Blasted Canyons, all ages, FREE, 8pm

09.05.10 - davis, ca @ d.a.m. house w/Thee Oh Sees, The Lamps, all ages, $5, 7pm
It would be more more or less impossible for me to make the Portland shows (despite a pretty incredible lineup for 8/13), but I may have to hitch it out to NoCal for that first weekend in September. Anybody in the area want to put me up for a few days?
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4 comments:

  1. David6:49 PM

    Wow, can't believe MAYYOR is breaking up already. They were just starting to get some good buzz and the stuff you played on your podcast sounded really cool and promising. I wonder why it's happening. Seems kind of out of the blue.

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  2. Davey12:04 PM

    They've been around awhile, they're just secretive. Rips of their records are easy to find, and there is some good video footage out there too.

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  3. DJ Rick5:21 AM

    For David...the reason for the sudden break-up is that the bassist moved to L.A. The three remaining in Sacramento have always been pretty prolific in other bands with outstanding results. If a Mayyors superfan needs accommodations, hit me up, and I'll see what I can do.

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  4. Anonymous3:23 PM

    actually bass playing moving had nothing to do with it, they were on their way to calling it quits a ways before that.

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