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On "Step Right Up (Pour Yourself Some Wine)," Alex Bleeker – aka the anchor of Real Estat – joins his Freaks to pay tribute to Neil Young and strum-laden relaxation. It's a simple, resonant song tinged with melancholy yet also directly reflective of its relaxing, bleary-eyed title.
Real Estate bassist Alex Bleeker has rebooted his project Alex Bleeker & The Freaks and will be releasing a new album, How Far Away , via Woodsist on May 28th. On the release, he has recruited members of Real Estate, Mountain Man, and Woods to assist. The project is easy listening as you'd expect from a member of Real Estate with more Earthy tones scattered throughout. "Step Right Up (Pour Yourself Some Wine)" follows this line of description. Late 60s/early 70s influences can [...]
Real Estate guitarist Matt Mondanile's other band, Ducktails, released one of 20132s most unjustly overlooked LPs, The Flower Lane , an album so dreamily, wondrously relaxed that it should seriously come with the same warning label you'd find stuck to the side of a bottle of Vicodin. Now, Mondanile's Real Estate bandmate, bassist Alex Bleeker, is set to release a new one from his own side project, Alex Bleeker & The Freaks, the title of which is How Far Away , and the content of which is almost as chilled-out as The Flower [...]
I've been getting into several new albums of late, and when that happens, I often want to play several songs from the same band on my radio show. I restrained myself, narrowing it down to a pair each; that's the theme of tonight's show - doubles. I'll be playing back-to-back tracks from each artist I play tonight, including new stuff by The Besnard Lakes, Wolf People, King Tuff, and Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat dan Singa. We begin, however, with a band I originally covered way back in 2010: Young Hunting. Regarding [...]
Real Estate @ Crest Hardware, Dec. 2012 ( more by Fred Pessaro ) As mentioned , the closing night concert of the Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge Festival is happening May 19 at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Phillip Glass , Van Dyke Parks and Friends . To make the evening even more tempting, Real Estate (playing a stripped-down set) have now been added to bill. Tickets for that show are still available. [...]
One of NYC's premier independent record shops, In Living Stereo (which also doubles as a broker for high-end hi-fi equipment) has a doozy of a day planned for this Saturday, 4/20...also known as Record Store Day. Of course, RSD offers a lot of goings-on from lots of our favorites indie shops, for which in NYC we are lucky enough to have several, but In Living Stereo has a lineup not to be missed! Of course they will be carrying almost all of the RSD specials along with their usual immaculately curated gems...plus some great [...]
Alex Bleeker And The Freaks is the Neil Young by way of J Mascis creative outlet of Alex Bleeker, who plays bass in a band called Real Estate. The Freaks are assorted members of bands like Woods, Real Estate, Mountain Man, and Big Troubles. The sophomore LP will hit on May 28, 2013 via Woodsist and it's called How Far Away . Alex Bleeker hardly spends his time in Real Estate playing music that resembles that heard on this loose, roots-y folk rock tune that we have from the upcoming How Far [...]
As I've mentioned before, it was the best year for the festival and next year promises to be better when considering the venues available to host. More attention from fans and media doesn't hurt either. We've compiled live video footage, embeddable streams (Bandcamp/SoundCloud only), and legally available mp3s for artists who performed this year. The Videos... SpazzFester extraordinaire, Jonathan Harris, took lots of Spazz Fest video and then proceeded to share it on Facebook/YouTube. I thought I'd compile some of the better quality videos and share here-but owe a big shout to [...]
One of our favorite parts of FADER FORT Presented by Converse is smashing unlikely acts back to back—Ratking's snarly rap leads into sweet Sky Ferreira; Mac DeMarco's endearing sloppiness meets Laura Mvula's impeccably clean orchestration. ... read more
Here is another collection of just some of the notable new tunes that have come our way recently...we're still catching up, so expect some more posts like this over the next few days. Kicking off with Nightingale Floors which will be the fifth album from indie duo Rogue Wave . This is the first taste from it, a mighty fine track titled College . . We also have another taste from the forthcoming Alex Bleeker & The Freaks album How Far Away [...]
Here's the version of my wrap up that didn't make onto The Line Of Best Fit . Photos by Tonje Thilesen . A trip to Austin's infamous South By Southwest festival is not complete without experiencing a set of extreme emotions - from the disappointment at missing a set or not getting into your party of choice, catching surprise guest performances, free swag you actually want and the IRL hangs with online pals. SXSW has become about much more than just music, it's become a showcase of your culture. What your outlet, be it a label, [...]
One of our favorite parts of FADER FORT Presented by Converse is smashing unlikely acts back to back—Ratking's snarly rap leads into sweet Sky Ferreira; Mac DeMarco's endearing sloppiness meets Laura Mvula's impeccably clean orchestration. ... read more
Alex Bleeker and The Freaks @ SXSW Alex Bleeker is a professional, although he probably wouldn’t say that. He’s currently a member of two active New Jersey/Brooklyn bands: bassist of indie-pop darlings Real Estate, and guitar/frontman of Alex Bleeker and The Freaks. What was once a “loose collective,” The Freaks has grown to be an exciting, stable band, not far removed from heartland rock of The Band, Neil Young or Gram Parsons. Just coming off a tour of the Southern US, Alex Bleeker and The Freaks are prepping for the release of How [...]
Enjoy some twangy heartache from Alex Bleeker & The Freaks. Woodsist will release the sophomore album from Alex Bleeker & The Freaks. Titled How Far Away, the album details lost love and what...
One of our favorite parts of FADER FORT Presented by Converse is smashing unlikely acts back to back—Ratking's snarly rap leads into sweet Sky Ferreira; Mac DeMarco's endearing sloppiness meets Laura Mvula's impeccably clean orchestration. ... read more
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Lighting a fire for the fans of older country-inspired soul is New Jersey's Alex Bleeker , who shared his sweet 'Leave On the Light' single from his upcoming How Far Away LP. It's the second single so far from the eleven-track album, which assembles a group of stellar supporting acts, including fellow New Jersey musician Jackson Pollis of Real Estate , Mountain Man 's Amelia Meath (who provides backing vocals on 'Leave On The Light,' as well as three other featured tracks), Woods member Jarvis Tanviere, and Sam Franklin of [...]
When his day job has some downtime, Real Estate bassist Alex Bleeker has taken to gathering fellow-minded musicians to fill out the group of misfits that make up Alex Bleeker And The Freaks. Members of Woods, Real Estate, and Mountain Man (to name a few) have joined Bleeker for his new album, How Far Away , and if the first single showed off the ramshackle band's ability to rock, their newest, "Leave On A Light," shows the band's bittersweet side. "I guess I didn't treat you right/ Don't wait for me, just walk on by," sings Bleeker [...]
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