A little less than a year ago we posted a track from the superbly named Brother Gruesome so it was a pleasant surprise to receive an e-mail from the band with details of a new track, 5AM, which they have made available for free download from their Bandcamp page. Apparently a full length album is in the pipeline, which they have been recording in New Mexico. But until then enjoy another excursion into their sinister, carnivalesque world with this slightly ragged gem of a good old fashioned drinking/blacking out/having sex song that is [...]
Photo: Brad Fielder Tonight, KGOU will premiere hour one of a four part series looking back at Norman Music Festival 3 , hosted by our own Graham Lee Brewer. Hour one will air as part of KGOU's Friday Night Live Headliner Showcase and will continue for the next three Fridays. Tonight's installment (11pm CST) features three Oklahoma acts, Gentle Ghost , Mayola and Brother Gruesome , as well as Austin Texas' The Octopus Project. Aside from their live sets at [...]
Last month we posted Brother Gruesome's excellent new track Tubes - the A side from new single For The Morphine Makes You Comfortable . Here is the video for the song, THEEND puppeteers (with the help of animator Shawn Downey) have beautifully adapted the shadow show they perform live with Brother Gruesome to tell the story of a dying loved one. The song deals with long declining health and hearing a relative's last words through a telephone. a [...]
Here's Brother Gruesome 's music video for "Tubes", off their 2010 73, Morphine Makes You Comfortable . Shadow puppetry by Shannon and Garret of THEEND Puppets. Editing and additional animation by Shawn Downey.
Here we are again. A mix of the best tracks we posted in February and a few new ones too. Twenty seven cracking songs to immerse yourself in! Download O'Death – Bugs mp3 (from Outside) Echoes of their ramshackle and punkish best, but this time it is cocooned in something more subtle and thoughtful too. Download The Whalers – That Rabbit mp3 (from How The Ship Goes Down) Playing a wonderfully straightforward blend of thudding, bass-heavy rock that makes us think of QotSA melded with [...]
It must be a day for great band names. Following our Slug Guts post come the equally magnificently named Brother Gruesome and their second 73 release For the Morphine Makes You Comfortable . We have the A side for you, Tubes is a song about hearing a loved one speak their final words over a telephone. The B Side, Needles , makes reference to the chemical side of dying and the inebriated self-reflection of a stick 'n' poke tattoo session. The superb 73 cover art depicts this complex entanglement of musical [...]
Brother Gruesome releases their new 73, Morphine Makes You Comfortable , via Nice People , tonight at The Deli in Norman. Purchase: BandCamp Come to the show and get one of the limited-edition 73 jackets, hand-screened by Scott Twitchell at Massive Graphics Screenprinting and Embroidery . SHOW INFO: • Where: The Deli , 309 White St., in Norman [...]
Fowler Volkswagen and Nice People Records have teamed up to offer a collection of original holiday music from local musicians, Checking It Twice: A Nice People Holiday Companion , for FREE ! The compilation features songs from The Boom Bang, Evangelicals, Gang Starr Museum, Crocodile and more. "We're giving you 10 holiday songs that are all very good. So much for the same old songs over and over all holiday season. We [...]
Photo: Jeremy Charles More bands playing this year's Norman Music Festival (April 24 & April 25) were announced this week. This is only a partial list. More bands will be announced in the coming weeks. Oklahoma bands are in bold . You can view the previously announced bands here , here and here . The Octopus Project , [...]
Brother Gruesome will release their new self-titled cassette ( Slanty Shanty Records ) tonight at The Opolis in Norman. Purchase: Big Cartel │ BandCamp NakedGirls.com by Brother Gruesome "...a two man Carnival with seismic drum beats overlain with syncopated guitar melodies" - Independent Cause SHOW INFO: • [...]
Congrats! We've reached yet another Friday, and given how chaotic this week has been (Coachella, Haiti Benefit Concerts, and Gorillaz galore!), it couldn't have come soon enough. So, let's celebrate this Friday with a bang! As always, below you'll find this week's mix of the best new singles, covers, and remixes along with mp3s from some up-and-comers you just might want to check out! Yep, Friday! NEW Singles: "Mossy" by Aa "Nuke Duke 'Em" by Dinowalrus [...]
Fang Island: "Daisy" Fang Island: "Life Coach" Fang Island--like an echo chamber in a high-tech tinfoil cage. Their EP "Daisy" is out. It includes some Yeasayer mess too. The Beets: "What Did I Do?" Hooray For Earth: "Surrounded By Your Friends" Brother Gruesome "Naked Girls" (This is not metal sounding like the name indicates) A Classic Education: "What My Life Could Have Been" [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: April Smith and the Great Picture Show : "Colors" [mp3] from Songs for a Sinking Ship (out February 23rd) other April Smith posts at Largehearted Boy Brother Gruesome : "NakedGirls.com" [mp3] from Brother Gruesome EP other Brother Gruesome posts at Largehearted Boy [...]
Mycket jag till en början upplevde kring Brother Gruesome gjorde mig mäkta skeptisk. Ämnet på mailet t.ex.: "Dark Meditations and Polite Midwest Desperation" . Jag vet inte, det lät som några lajvare som bestämt sig för att göra lajvrock. Eller något sådant. Låttiteln sedan då! Nakedgirls.com ? Lajvarnas favoritbokmärke i browsern? Det sjungs mycket riktigt om love och computerscreens, men texter är nog faktiskt det minst viktiga för mig. Så nej, ja, ibland kan man ha fel i sina förutfattade meningar. Det här är faktiskt riktigt bra, för dom som gillar typ hård och lite skräpig [...]
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