This show began like any other, but without the transition difficulties. All was smooth. The music, on the other hand, was not. After a long, satisfying week, I was in need of some loud, abrasive rock music. But it wasn't all like that. Due to the cold weather, I mixed in some beach pop, fuzzy dream pop and good old garage rock and pop. Don't forget to hit up the bottom of this post and listen to two tracks from the playlist! "Torn Curtain" by Television [...]
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Fishboy returns after giving us Classic Creeps with a new video from "Aspen2k" off the album and a tour, which includes a number of performances around the Seattle area. "Aspen2k" is one of the more upbeat tracks off Classic Creeps and it features Fishboy main man Eric Michener, a look-a-like hand puppet, and some fun indie pop art. To celebrate the album's release, Fishboy is going on tour! And that tour hits the Seattle area in early-mid September. On the [...]
I'm going to start a poetry series called "If I Were Half as Creative As Fishboy..." It'll be a long (endless?) series where I say things I could have done if I were half as creative as Eric from Fishboy. Their new video for "Aspen 2K" is a prime example of this guy's skill. Check [...]
Here's a Fishboy set from '09, in a stellar lineup which included Iji, Red Pony Clock and more. The band just released a new LP, available through Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records . Fishboy 8.21.2009 The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ Source: Microtech Gefell M3002s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave Taped by: Lance Stack Setlist: 1. stretch time [...]
Here are some recent music videos we've enjoyed. You might too. Marissa Nadler will soon be on tour with Timber Timbre which is a double bill well worth catching. This is the video for Baby, I Will Leave You In The Morning . Download Marissa Nadler – Baby I Will Leave You In The Morning mp3 (from Marissa Nadler) MM faves Two Wounded Birds have this to accompany their song The Midnight Wave . [...]
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Oh Fishboy, you never fail to amuse. We interviewed Fishboy's Eric Michener a few months back about his new LP, Classic Creeps , which finally came out this week. Yeah, we've been rocking to it since January and can contest to its total awesomeness. Well, in celebration of the release, Michener, aka Fishboy, put together a video for the album's fifth song, "Alyson Revere", and it goes a little something like this... Eric, dancing awkwardly like the dork he (err... we) is (are), [...]
Two days ago I liked Fishboy's Classic Creeps. Then I saw the video and it rose a bit in my esteem. The big breaking point was when I finally visited ClassicCreeps.com and read the whole album explained in comic form. Now I love Classic Creeps. Eric is a wildly talented dude and it shows in [...]
Out today on the Happy Happy Birthday To Me label is Classic Creeps by Fishboy. According to frontman Eric Michener, the album is "10 epic pop songs about about 10 characters whose lives are connected by a dense web of awesome." Sounds good to us. The Denton, Texas, quartet has a couple shows scheduled for [...]
Hovercraft by Fishboy NOM by Fishboy Fishboy (@yofishboy) is desperate, eccentric, and really wants to be your friend. Led by frontman and songwriter Eric Michener, the band has been steadily releasing music for the past eight years, incorporating a "handle-with-care", lo-fi approach to each release. Their albums also include artwork drawn by the Michener to accentuate the highly personal nature of his songwriting. In 2008, Fishboy released their fourth studio effort NOM. Truly a [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. I've always had a soft spot for the particularly type of whimsy put out by Texas indiepop band Fishboy . They've always gone down the hyper-literate route in their lyrics, making songs that are closer to full blown short stories than simple pop songs. Their latest album Classic Creeps takes this to it's logical evolution. The record is a concept album, with each song telling the story of a particular character, from Aaron the Afterthought Astronaut to Archibald Aspen to [...]
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Fishboy is a four piece group from Texas' "other Austin", Denton. The group initially was a solo project of Eric Michener's who received his nickname from a middle school field trip to the Dallas World Aquarium where he accepted the dare to swallow a fish. Hence "Fishboy". Later Mechener moved to Denton with his collection of rough recordings and continued to work on his sound until it became what you hear today. Classic Creep is a truly unique album in its concept. The concept album saw an explosion in 2009 with albums being released by [...]
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Sure, people talk about how amazing New York, Chicago, Austin and the like are. But that's easy. When a city is big, you're bound to find some cool stuff — lots of people live there. What about when a city isn't some huge metropolis, but it somehow finds a way to be awesome? Well, that's why we're on the scene. This week, cartoonist/musician extraordinaire Eric Edward Fishboy (of Fishboy fame, in case you were unawares) provided us with his guide to Denton, Texas. And while you're at it, give Fishboy's badass new [...]
that I already mentioned Fishboy's new album CLASSIC CREEPS , but being sick this past week it had a chance to crawl inside my brain and set up camp. This album now resides inside my head and it does not seem to be thinking about leaving any time soon. Everyone who reads this will go and buy this album immediately. If you do not I will hunt you down and chop off a body part that you do not want to be separated from. Seriously, go. N ow. [...]
Verb Noun , the new album from The Seedy Seeds , makes this week worthwhile. It's a great record, and you should listen to it right this second . It'll end up on my - and plenty of other folks' - best-of list come December. In addition, we've got a digital release of Fishboy 's new album, some Bonnie "Prince" Billy vinyl, a bit epic drone from Earth and a few other tidbits sprinkled here and there. :: Adele - [...]
Fishboy have a new album coming out in April. It is, however, available for streaming and digital purchase today. To celebrate, Fishboy's lead singer Eric, who is also a comic artist, wrote and drew a comic for You Ain't No Picasso! This one is about the only time Eric and I ever met in person [...]
We've always got to give love to Texas bands, especially those that dwell in the quirkier regions of pop music. Fishboy , primarily the project of Eric Michener, hails from Denton, TX, and his writing definitely has a story to tell. In fact, it's all one giant interwoven story, with song titles representing various characters who encounter one another or are somehow interconnected. It sounds sort of like the thing all English majors would love. The thing is, the newest release, Classic Creeps , which you can grab from the [...]
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