Ian and myself were down in Brighton for most of last week with The Great Escape, and that's pretty much what this podcast is about from start to finish. It's hardly a studied analysis of course - and I sincerely doubt you'd expect one - instead it's more of a chatter about the Brighton fun we've had and the people we've met. Scotland is actually rather isolated when it comes to music. Hence, I suppose, the importance of the local Scottish music community to bands and labels based up here. Nevertheless, it is really important to connect with [...]
This is a last minute call for my Berlin readers and u better be excited about it! I give away two spots for the Born Gold (formerly Gobble Gobble) and Kuhrye-oo event on Wednesday May 16 (Naherholung Sternchen), presented by my dear friends of NFOP , Shameless/Limitless and Spoon Train . This night will be a complete Canadian take-over and who's our fave Canadian gurl at the moment? Right, future pop princess Grimes and she luvs to support her guys! Born Gold served as opening act on her US Tour and [...]
Born Gold en fait, c'est Gobble Gobble ( lire ), des mecs qui, tout au long de l'année 2011, ont fait vaciller l'indé us-canadien et bien plus de leur antiennes barrées et bariolées, entre pop dégondée et électro craspec. Des mecs capables de faire naître des vocations plus que respectables et ce n'est pas Dwight Pavlovic du label Crash Symbols qui dira le contraire ( lire ). Alors quand Yip Deceiver , projet de Davey Pierce d'Of Montreal, et Kuhrye-OO (un ex-Gobble Gobble) s'incrustent dans les valoches, la tentation est forte de réserver sa soirée, passer voir son dealer bienveillant et poser son mardi matin. Et pour [...]
mp3: Kuhrye-oo - Give In (For The Fame) Kuhrye-oo comes from the same circle of Canadian artists and musicians as that of Grimes, Purity Ring, Doldrums and Born Gold/Gobble Gobble. In fact he has been a member or touring member of most of those acts. His new ep is available now at UNO . Check out the video for "Give In (For the Fame)", directed by and starring Claire Boucher (Grimes).
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Fresh from making a splash at SXSW, Grimes caused yet another stir in New York City last weekend. With three sold out shows (2 at Mercury Lounge and 1 at Glasslands), a DJ set at Bushwick's Living Bread AND her very own curated art show at SVA, that's what I call making the most of a weekend in the city. Born Gold - the Canadian band formerly known as Gobble Gobble entertained the Friday evening crowd with a seizure-inducing theatrical set that included stilts, a [...]
I can't exactly remember when these two kuhrye-oo tracks 'Manet Monet' and 'Old Son' showed up on my computer, but I think it was sometime during my brief-yet-influential stint as a dj on turntable fm. I had just taken him for some electronic producer that made awesome sounds and no one had ever heard of. Well lo and behold, LYFSTYL just let me know that not only did he just release three more tracks, but also that he's part of the whole Grimes / Born Gold scene; how's that for a qualifier? Peep his sampling [...]
Photo by Daniel CavazosBy Rob ShererGrimes With Born Gold and Elite Gymnastics 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Anticipation was high as electro-pop darling Claire Boucher, m
[The Lookahead is a monthly segment where we get to be all newsy and point out cool stuff going down in the next 30 days or so. We'll have cool Pittsburgh music shows and events, local album releases, and some national releases of interest. This is the good stuff we've heard about. Come back on the 1st of each month for more!] Welcome to the March edition of The Lookahead! We're starting off with some upcoming Pittsburgh events-concerts and music-oriented festivals-and some local bands [...]
[The Lookahead is a monthly segment where we get to be all newsy and point out cool stuff going down in the next 30 days or so. We'll have cool Pittsburgh music shows and events, local album releases, and some national releases of interest. This is the good stuff we've heard about. Come back on the 1st of each month for more!] Welcome to the March edition of The Lookahead! We're starting off with some upcoming Pittsburgh events-concerts and music-oriented festivals-and some local bands [...]
I believe that the blogosphere is quite abuzz with Grimes . Canadian Claire Boucher is working hard right now, she is in demand. That is why the relatively small space afforded by Lambert's must have been an early, but fortunate, booking. It was fortunate because it was such an intimate space for Grimes and openers Born Gold , but unfortunate because more could have said that they got to see her before SxSW this year. There were sound issues, weird and then no lighting, props galore for the opener, shoulder to shoulder dancing and [...]
I'll admit, I was torn this day. As a fan of Cursive, it was a tough decision to turn down seeing the band perform that night and see Grimes at the Rickshaw Stop. Also I'd heard many flattering things about Austin's Ume (who was opening for Cursive that night) and her full-on rock onslaught. So my decision came down to who I hadn't seen yet, and while I've seen Cursive and Tim Kasher a few times already, I couldn't pass up seeing the Rickshaw Stop's impressive line-up of psychedelic electro-freak acts. The Bay's own Yalls, the theatrical Born Gold, the [...]
Date Wednesday, Feb. 29th Location Grimes Doors 930p Tickets SOLD OUT!! It's a shame and a bonus that the much heralded Grimes is playing at Lamberts on Wednesday evening. On the plus side, she sold the show out rather quickly, but on the down side, fewer people will get [...]
photos by Christopher Meister Canadian Claire Boucher has been making tidal waves in the indiesphere of late as Grimes , an experimental electro-pop act whose 3rd full-length, Visions , recently got a Best New Music nod from Pitchfork Media and is trending at a solid 80 on review aggregate site Metacritic . While her self-proclaimed "post-internet" synth pop thrills through speakers, it's always a do-or-die endeavor for a solo artist to produce an equally gripping live show. Fortunately for her fans, she managed just that last Monday at a sold-out Sunset [...]
Photos: Nicole L. Browner [...]
Sleigh Bells at Sasquatch! 2011 / photo by Alex Crick A nice extended weekend (President's Day), usually leads to a good week of shows. This week starts with Grimes at the Sunset Tavern on Monday night (sold out, sorry!). On Tuesday, Veronica Falls, Bleached , and Seapony are at the Tractor, and Damien Jurado plays a free in-store set at Sonic Boom Records in Ballard. Wednesday night, the extremely talented Cate Le Bon and Charles Leo Gebhardt are at the Crocodile, and Chuck Prophet and the [...]
Ask yourself this, what's better than a vulnerable, angst driven gangster rapper casually calling out a broad on a killer track? Well that's easy, the above could be done by using Ryan Hemsworth's Grimes-approved remix of "Genesis". Fortunately for us, that's exactly what North Carolinian rapper Deniro Farrar did a few days back, and obviously the result is all kinds of trill. I'm going to skip my spiritual seminar as to not offend any loyal followers, but I must say that this track is fate. In case you [...]
Great dudes collaborating with great dudes, with a ton of great dudes involved. That's the only way I can describe the debut cassette release for UK clothing company, Forty Ounce Clothing . They do an amazing job of not just making some killer peicies to put on your body, but of teaming up with artists and bloggers to help integrate music into their identity. If you remember, I put together a mix for them when they released my sister Steffaloo's shirt. This time around, they are teaming up with one of our all-time favorite labels, [...]
gobble gobble - "lawn knives" (download) Canada's Gobble Gobble no longer performs or releases music under this name. They have since changed their name to Born Gold . Either way, their music is hard to describe. Have a listen. buy
DANG! VOL. 45 TRACKLIST: 1. "Lawn Knives"/Born Gold 2. "All Waters"/Perfume Genius 3. "Suitcase"/Standard Fare 4. "Afraid of Summer"/Lost Lander 5. "Know Me"/Frankie Rose 6. "We Can't Stop Moving"/Gentlemen Rogues 7. "Glory ft. Blue Ivy Carter"/Jay-Z 8. "First Day Off"/Skyscratchers 9. "Brothers"/Tanlines [...]
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