First it was New York , and now Philadelphia is stepping up as the potential hub of the East Coast festival scene. Popped! is back, and Riot Fest East has already announced they're setting up shop for a day. As it turns out, that day is part of the Philadelphia Film & Music Festival (a.k.a. Philly F/M Fest), and now the rest of the initial lineup has been revealed. Promising "at least fifteen 'headline-level' artists of all music genres," the immediate standouts are Deadmau5, Opeth, Jukebox the Ghost, Silverstein, The [...]
We absolutely love cover songs. It's probably because, most of the time, they are like something that is familiar but new, which is an interesting dichotomy in and of itself. Plus, recording cover songs can be a risky venture for almost any artist; the more well-known and beloved the original song, the more scrutinized any [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Neutral Uke Hotel @ Schuba's, April 23 A sold-out crowd gathered at Schuba's in Chicago on April 23 to hear a live ukulele tribute to Neutral Milk Hotel's beloved 1998 classic In the Aeroplane Over the Sea . The band responsible for the feat was Neutral Uke Hotel , lead by Golden Bloom multi-instrumentalist and singer Shawn Fogel, baritone ukulele contemporary Michael J. Epstein of the Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library and The Motion Sick, Matt Girard on pocket trumpet and euphonium, Josh Cohen on melodica and Andrew Laubacher on percussion. The complex, cryptic [...]
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Frequent readers of RFC are no s tranger to our adoration for Neutral Uke Hotel . I mean, anyone that combines our love of ukulele and Jeff Mangum is pretty much the cat's pajamas in our book. The only shortcoming of the group, perhaps, has been their lack of audible goodness, outside of a few live vids and one lone mp3. If you want to go see Neutral Uke Hotel, you're in luck! The band's been touring quite a bit. But if you, say, want to lay in the guest bed at [...]
I was super excited going in to Thursday night's Neutral Uke Hotel set at Cameo Gallery - I had heard great things and seen some cool videos online of the ukulele tribute band. When I heard that they were going to play In The Aeroplane Over The Sea in its entirety, that excitement intensified; that album is, in my estimation, one of the best ever made. At the beginning of the tribute, singer Shawn Fogel made it clear that the band was not attempting to replicate Neutral Milk Hotel. "This isn't about [...]
Minneapolis-based booking company Green Room Music Source held their showcase in the admittedly bizarre Cameo Gallery last night, which redeemed itself with the best sound we've heard all week. In fact, Pearl and the Beard personally called out the sound guy for his good work, which is pretty much the opposite of what bands usually say about the guy behind the board. Ten points to the Cameo Gallery! I came in for the tail end of Golden Bloom 's set, featuring lead singer Shawn Fogel's crystal-clear, earnest voice and comfy power pop dance tunes. But what we [...]
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "Another week of Neutral Milk Hotel?! Oh, boy! I'm so glad you started this 'People Covering Songs I Love' series, Amber!" And my response to that is "Gee, I'm pleased as punch that you appreciate Neutral Milk Hotel as much as I do!" Let's face it: No other seminal '90's favorite has been as influential as N.M.H. Nor has any indie band been able to spawn a successful all-ukulele cover band . Just tell me a Neutral Uke Hotel [...]
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New Live Music Video : a film by: La Blogotheque You see a bunch of guys playing uke-inspired rock but I witness far more. So thanking the songs and the instruments, it's actually the players of Neutral Uke Hotel . Golden Bloom's Shawn & Jeff Fogel meet The Motion Sick's Matthew Girard and Mike Epstein (also touring these days in the mod, steampunk [...]
Neutral Uke Hotel is exactly what it sounds like.
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Don't you love Neutral Milk Hotel? Who doesn't, right? Well, it's safe to say that nobody loves them more than Shawn Fogel (of Golden Bloom ). If you think your adoration can overpower his, try doing a complete tribute set of NMH's indie rock classic Aeroplane Over The Sea ....with a ukulele. Even then, you might not be able to match the beauty and brilliance of one of the most creative cover acts being produced right now. Neutral Uke Hotel is a brilliant [...]
NEUTRAL UKE HOTEL facebook myspace twitter [mp3] King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1 Neutral Milk Hotel cover. They'll be performing at the Mid City Caffe in Washington DC on August 25.
Ekki fyrir svo löngu síðan bloggaði ég um tónlist á vef sem ég kallaði "Hefur þú heyrt þetta?" við ágætis undirtektir. Mér hefur alltaf þótt vænt um titilinn og datt í hug að nota afbrigði af honum í fyrirsögn hér. Hver veit? Kannski er nýr flokkur að fæðast hér? The Mynabirds? Frábær sveit, leidd af söngkonunni Laura Burhenn , sem nær einkar vel að fanga gamalt swing og groove gærdagsins og blanda til hálfs við hið fornfræga Motown sánd. The [...]
Neutral Uke Hotel have pleased many with their live performances of Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over The Sea done on ukulele. The group, made up of Shawn Fogel (vocals, ukulele), Josh Cohen (melodica), Matt Girard (trumpet), Michael J. Epstein (baritone ukulele). Fogel says of this project, "It's one of my favorite records ever, and the album doesn't just have fans. The people who love that album are obsessed with it…. The goal of the project: [is] to strip these songs down and get people in a room to share their love for this album.'' [...]
Founded in late 2007 as means for front man Neil Fridd to yell about his romantic mishaps, The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! has blossomed into a real juggernaut of epic dance floor revelation. What do they sound like? It's sorta dance-soul music, like synthed out Otis Redding covers on fast forward. Dance music with too many cooks in the kitchen, but in a good way, so not too many cooks, maybe just an above average amount of cooks. That is to say, there are sweet beats: your ass wants to shake, but there's also like four [...]
I don't find corporate sponsorship of festivals to be particularly offensive - especially when considering the amount of money that they have to give to artists so they can continue making their music. Others undoubtedly feel differently. I only bring this up because Neutral Uke Hotel played an acoustic set at the Bacardi Stage on [...]
So, what is Neutral Uke Hotel ? Well, it's just what it sounds - A ragtag group of musicians with horns and ukuleles that plays covers of their favorite band, the similarly named Neutral Milk Hotel. Original? Not exactly but when it comes to pairing ukuleles with an album as great as Neutral Milk Hotel's seminal classic In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, does originality really matter? Lead by uke masters Sean Fogel and Michale Epstien (With horns galore from Josh Cohen and Matt Girard), Neutral Uke Hotel takes their kitschy-turned-viral instruments and [...]
In one of those things that can only really work with a straight-face and a good gimmick, Sean Fogel is touring as Neutral Uke Hotel, covering the entirety of In The Aeroplane Over The Sea and doing it all on a ukulele. Calling on members of our Boston favorites, The Motion Sick, Fogel faithfully recreates Neutral Milk Hotel's monolith with the dulcet tones usually reserved for Jason Mraz songs
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