There are so many records I didn't spend enough time with, and even more I never got around to. I'm sure I'm missing some good ones, but so often this year I found myself in a music tunnel vision of sorts where after keeping up with clients' and friends' records, I only wanted to come home and listen to old familiar things on the turntable. The Byrds, The Kinks, Kate Bush, and Kraftwerk made comforting re-appearances throughout 2012. Tell me what I missed out on, and I'll check it out. [...]
The GIMME TINNITUS best of 2012 coverage continues with my 15 favorite music videos from this year. Brand New Thing by MiniBoone Downloadable: Brand New Thing (mp3) The Gold We're Digging (Live @ 285 Kent) (youtube) by Parts & Labor Wet Blanket (youtube) by METZ [...]
This month's playlist is heavy on Jaill (Sub-Pop) and Fergus & Geronimo (Hardly Art) since they were in town last weekend. What a great group of guys. Jaill even made us tacos, left us coffee and records, and walked our dog. Talk about good house guests! I also got some good news last week: Critical Heights, a London label I handle US publicity for, signed Scott & Charlene's Wedding , and will be re-releasing Para Vista Social Club. Jangly Aussie slacker-pop. There are a few tracks from a split EP [...]
The Keepsies are a new band that are tightly entwined with a couple other bands recently featured on the blog. The Keepsies are a trio that feature Jason Kelly who is one half of Fergus & Geronimo, and as you may recall just recently released their stellar LP from Hardly Art Records. Another member of The Keepsies Austin Brown, records and tours with Fergus & Geronimo while also sharing the writing and vocal responsibilities with Andrew Savage (the other half of Fergus & Geronimo) for Parquet Courts who was just [...]
Brooklyn dream-pop three-piece Clare and the Reasons visits Philadelphia tonight for an appearance at World Cafe Live upstairs. The band has toured with My Brightest Diamond and Devotchka, and recorded its sophomore album, KR-51, during an extended stay in Berlin. The album was released in July, and you can download its single "The Lake" below. ... Continue reading
Fergus & Geronimo are out of the garage rock mecca (seemingly) Denton, TX . They released their debut LP, Unlearn , in 2011 and for some reason it got lumped into a folk-rock type category, but it's really a pretty diverse collection of songs. For the latest release, Funky Was The State of Affairs , the now Brooklyn band takes that recipe of diversity, throws it in a blender, completely pulverizes it, and comes out with a strange and catchy album that not only crosses over genres of punk, garage, 80s, and electronic, but sounds [...]
photo by Bradley Kerl Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription . This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today's song, featured on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole is "Roman Tick" by Fergus & Geronimo from the 2012 album Funky Was the State of Affairs on Hardly Art . Fergus & Geronimo - Roman Tick ( MP3 [...]
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What? You don't have your own copy of Funky Was the State of Affairs yet? What are you waiting for? It's one of the most interesting listens of the year, and the band makes their way into Austin at Beerland on Friday night, ready to share their talents with us all. We caught up with the band trying to get the story on their life and their latest release. ATH: On Funky Was the State of Affairs [...]
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Last time out, Fergus and Geronimo seemed intent upon playing themselves into the artier side of the garage rock game, but such attributes will rarely be seen on their newest effort. They set off to make Funky Was the State of Affairs a complete album, and after spending days with this record, their work has revealed a group intent upon making their own way in the indie sphere, compiling bits of proto-punk with hints of Devo [...]
Fergus & Geronimo Funky Was The State Of Affairs Hardly Art Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Funky is right on the engaging new and quirky sophomore record from Fergus & Geronimo. Album Review: Fergus & Geronimo have the right idea on their sophomore record Funky Was The State Of Affairs as the founding duo of Andrew Savage and Jason Kelly admittedly wanted to create a [...]
Fergus & Geronimo's new LP is a journey into the paranoid mind of these Texas gentlemen now residing in Brooklyn. Conspiracy theorists will be pleased, this is tour de force of weirdo-pop, it's as if David Byrne had done much, much more LSD and read the National Enquirer . The band will be making their way to Denton, TX on September 1st for Hot Wet Mess from the wonderful people at 35 Denton . You can listen to the entire 16-track output here . Funky Was the State of [...]
The eccentric music duo of Andrew Savage and Jason Kelly, better known as Fergus & Geronimo , have released a full stream of their new album, Funky Was The State of Affairs, out August 7th through Hardly Art. Listen to the full album below. Track List 01. Planet Earth is [...]
Great week for new music!! Check out the complete track list below! Try to catch a live broadcast sometime! Thursdays, 9pm EST on Plaza Midwood Community Radio. You can catch the stream on UStream or go direct to the station site: www.pmcradio.org Track List: 1) Dirty Projectors White Label Tour 7" Buckle Up 2) Moon King Obsession I Only Child 3) Lord Huron Lonesome Dreams Time to Run [...]
Like some of history’s most well-regarded and oft-reissued acts, Fergus & Geronimo is doing exactly what they are compelled to do for their anticipated sophomore LP Funky Was the State of Affairs : making an album that actually plays like a cohesively complete statement. And yet the record is entirely unpredictable, even as it tackles reoccurring themes, which the band says include, “aliens, technology, intergalactic dating/hooking up, the Roman Empire, and the earthling resistance movement.” Though at times it sounds like fairly serious subject matter, the group employs a [...]
In May, oddball Texas garage poppers Fergus & Geromino brought " Roman Tick " into the world, and today they're offering another download of an album track. It's called "No Parties," a cheeky, British-surf-rock-channeling cut. Download it below. Read More...
Stereogum In May, oddball Texas garage poppers Fergus & Geromino brought " Roman Tick " into the world, and today they're offering another download of an album track. It's called "No Parties," a cheeky, British-surf-rock-channeling cut. Download it below. Read More... Original Website: [...]
You know by now we're pretty big fans of Hardly Art Records , so we're always happy to share the new tunes they're pushing, especially when it's by a band we love, such as Fergus & Geronimo . We're getting closer to the August 7th release of the band's new album, Funky Was the State of Affairs , and I'm really appreciating their state of mind. Their earliest single was a bit of hodge-podge art rock, but this time they're taking dead aim at second [...]
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