It all came pretty fast for Holland's Alamo Race Track- consisting of Ralph Mulder (deep John), David Corel (cuddly Paul), Leonard Lucieer (mystical George) and Guy Bours (happy-go-lucky Ringo). After releasing their well-received debut album Birds At Home in 2003 the band quickly found themselves getting more attention – and better gigs – in neighboring France. Concerts then followed in the Netherlands, supporting Dutch stalwarts like Daryll-Ann. But only after a Dutch blogger supplied YouTube with a video of the band performing an impromptu dressing room rendition of their single "Black Cat John Brown", the band suddenly had a few [...]
Amsterdam's Alamo Race Track just finished their trip to the states to play at SXSW, and they're headed back to Europe to finish off a tour promoting the band and their second album. And with that album comes the haunting single it's named after: "Black Cat John Brown." The single just screams a sunbaked highway in the middle of an American nowhere complete with tumble weeds. Not to mention the lone red Cadillac being piloted by a psychotic bounty hunter on the run from the law. The opening drone of reberbed electric guitar, a [...]
Okay, back home from the hospital and just now recovered from the general anesthetic, but I gotta hit the potty every ten frickin' minutes, not fun when it hurts like it does. I'm not at home so I can't work on part 2 of that live Wilco post I promised (maybe tomorrow), so here's some stuff I found in my inbox and around the 'net. the jet age o'calendar false idols alamo race track stanley vs hannah syme [...]
Amsterdam's Alamo Race Track have just released their Stateside debut called Black Cat John Brown and it is one of the coolest pop albums you may hear this year. I'm not even going to try to compare this band to anyone; their originality is the mark of their greatness. Formed in 2001 the band includes Ralph Mulder on vocals and guitar, David Corel on bass and synthesizer, Guy Bours on drums, and
It's been a few weeks and I'm still not caught up on all the releases that happened while I was away playing daddy with my latest addition (baby Zane,) so we're just going to start fresh this week, which is chock full of fine albums to gawk at. This week features the latest from Tegan & Sara , Bishop Allen , Prince and Alamo Race Track , along with a slew of reissues including Sebadoh's classic The Freed Man . Playlist: New Releases 07.24.07 [...]
Release Date: 07.24.07 So it turns out the Dutch are good for more than just a notch on the belt of youthful experience (see drug culture), absurdly long names (Jan Johannes Vennegoor of Hesselink), and melk (or milk). Now they can add their name to the worldwide indie scene as well, thanks in large part to Amsterdonians, Alamo Race Track. A quartet made up from the ashes of former band, Redivider, ART put out an album back in '03 with some moderate success in the Netherlands and France and have played [...]
Little evening list. So Angeles emailed me today asking what is vernacular. I wouldn't know really, there is the more widely held definition, root music and americana. It refers to pre-recording era music mainly folks, pre-war blues, blue grass, etc. But that seems far fetch to me, distant past. To me personally, probably it is something closer to a plate of great buffalo wing at a diner somewhere. It's spicy, immediate, locale, with a mix of souces that I rather not know. It stirs. Music should stir. And if I would to imagine small indie rock with [...]
I don't think I like Alamo Race Track. But for some reason I keep listening to their music videos while I do stuff. So much so that I thought it odd, and thus decided to do a little post on them for you to decide. I had their name written on one of the many post-its that line my computer screen full of "blog ideas" as I like to call them, and I had forgotten why I even wrote their name down. After some searching I finally found their live performance in the streets of Paris for La Blogotheque on [...]
Já andava há quase 1 ano a passear com isto, mas nunca tinha o tempo suficiente para me dedicar um pouco mais a estas brincadeiras. Ao fim de alguma insistência e de alguns e-mails que me sugeriram o fabrico de tal passatempo , foi parida a primeira amostra para partilhar: o primeiro Podcast by Kraak . Este primeiro podcast [podem fazer o download aqui ] não é mais do que os primeiros 20 minutos da Sessão "Chasing Drowned Indie", com o seguinte alinhamento: [...]
Our final look at some highlights of just a few band that will be at the festival this whole week. A quick at the Friday and Saturday happenings. Friday Friday, March 16 9:00 p.m. at Soho Lounge : mp3: Alamo Race Track- "Don't beat this dog" Friday, March 16 10:00 p.m. at Antone's: mp3: My Brightest Diamond- Something of An End" [...]
Alamo Race Track is a Dutch band (yes my dear, there is more than Urban Dance Squad over there!) playing straight rock. Releasing their second Album called Black Cat John Brown on excelsior-recordings.com. It sounds like the white stripes with more instruments! Mp3 : Alamo Race Track - The Northen Territory
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