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A couple of weeks ago we had a major snowstorm. I'm talking over a foot of snow. That doesn't happen very often where I live. In fact, usually the weather people get so hyped up about an impending storm that they way overestimate the snowfall amount and sometimes they even get the entire thing wrong. For the past 15 years or so I've become quite the skeptic and my motto regarding snow has been "I'll believe it when I see it." So at the start of the storm, a friend and I made [...]
John Moen es el baterista de The Decemberists y de Robert Pollard´s Boston Spaceships. También trabajó con Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks , Elliot Smith e integró The Maroons y Dharma Bums. Acaba de editar Perhapsts su primer disco solista, en el que toca la mayoría de los instrumentos y cuenta con la colaboración de Malkmus. Gracias John Moen por contestar estas preguntas para Les Paradis Artificiels. ¿Por qué grabaste el álbum en cintas [...]
by bmac "A flying saucer creature named Zog arrived on Earth to explain how wars could be prevented and how cancer could be cured. He brought the information from Margo, a planet where the natives conversed by means of farts and tap dancing. Zog landed at night in Connectitut. He had no sooner touched down than he saw a house on fire. He rushed into the house, farting and tap dancing, warning the people about the terrible danger they were in. The head of the house brained [...]
by alyssa coluccio I love the phrase "Mellow-‘delic". Just the idea of something so smooth and dreamy packing such an unexpected punch can't help but secretly thrill a person. It's like eating nachos with spicy salsa, or drinking coffee with an extra shot of espresso, or listening to folk music that segues to psychedelic within the same track. Such is the sound of Perhapst , as deemed by front man John Moen, who was kind enough to answer some questions [...]
After years of drumming for great bands and artists such as The Decemberists , Elliott Smith , The Dharma Bums and Stephen Malkmus (as well as maintaining the front man position for The Maroons ), Portland musician John Moen has finally bestowed his epic instrumental skills and brilliant song-writing abilities on his new indie/folk laden album, Perhapst . With help from friends (who will be revealed shortly), Moen intertwines experimental sounds with mellow indie-folk, emphasized by savory lyrics, and a broad array of instruments to bring his melodic creations to life. [...]
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John Moen is the current drummer of popular indie band the Decemberists (we need to cover them more) and has been drumming from bands such as Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks as well as drumming duties for Elliot Smith to name a few. Perhapst is his side-project band where he takes over on guitar and vocal duties. I actually had no idea what to expect because results can vary when a drummer moves from the back to the front of the band. (I wasn’t expecting something like the [...]
Terrific pop-rock with bubblegum hooks With the release of this solo album you can now add former Dharma Bum and current Decemberist John Moen to the list of singing drummers, somewhere between Tommy Lee and Country Dick Montana. Moen actually plays just about everything here, supplemented by a few instrumental contributions by Eric Lovre (Dharma Bums) and Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, Jicks). Moen sings in a high sing-song croon that sounds at turns like David Gilmour, Speedy Keene or a more languid version of Ray Davies. His music mixes the hooks of bubblegum and glitter-rock [...]
EXCITING NEW MUSIC! Perhapst is The Decemberists' talented drummer John Moen's side project , which he fronts and plays guitar. Moen, prior to being The Decemberists' drummer, drummed for Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, and Elliott Smith (he drummed on Elliott Smith's Saturday Night Live performance). Moen is also the drummer for Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships. Thoroughly Impressive John Moen steps out from behind the Kit [...]
MP3: Perhapst - Aren't You Glowing Around this time every year, melancholy pop albums seem to find their home in my possession. I don’t think it could happen any other way. Any other time of the year is inappropriate. Summer is too sweaty and fun, spring too lively, and autumn too filled with new experiences. During the end of December and the beginning of January my level of cynicism is at an all time high. I watch all the cars rush to department stores to buy gifts for holidays I'm not sure are even necessary, [...]
John Moen is the drummer, banjo meister and sometimes melodica player with The Decemberists . In his spare time he writes quirky pop songs for Perhapst , a side-project featuring Chris Funk (The Decemberists), Jonathan Drews (Sunset Valley), and Eric Lovre (Dharma Bums). The self-titled debut album is catchy affair, sounding a bit like Radiohead in their Pablo Honey days. Playing most the instruments him self, with Stephen Malkmus lending a hand on guitar, his nasal voice is a perfect fit for the hook-driven songs. With a little distortion and leakage [...]
by eliza czander People often consider side projects to be a let down. A seemingly unfinished work of an artist who isn't used to having so much control over their music. I, on the other hand, tend to really take to them. It's like seeing someone all dressed up for the first time or something. And whether the result is fantastic or it totally sucks, it's always interesting. [...]
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Perhapst Genre: Pop / Indie / Americana From: Portland, Oregon United States Due to his connections to The Decemberists, Elliott Smith, Stephen Malkmus(who plays on the record), and Boston Spaceships, I thought you might likePerhapst's self-titled, debut full-length.Perhapst is The Decemberists' drummer John Moen's side project band, whichhe fronts and plays guitar. As you may/may not know, John Moen, prior [...]
Picture most likely includes His Men. . . Here's hoping the following will provide suitable intellectual/spiritual stimulation for the weekend and beyond. It's another globetrotter, so passports ready. Gentleman Jesse and His Men - from their self-titled lp, released July 8 - Atlanta You Don't Have To (If You Don't Want To) mp3 Goin Outta My Mind mp3 Silent Kids - Stars and Rust mp3 - Thanks to
'It Is Finally Time to Tell the Story' was written by Dave Eggers I would guess sometime in 2004 (and is kind of relevant what with all this elections-talk in the U.S.). Find it in ' Short Short Stories '. 'Yes, it is finally time to tell the story about the sheep from that one island whose name is forgotten but which rhymes with Godiva. There were too many sheep on this particular island, so some of them got on a boat [...]
by Klaus Kinski DOWNLOAD: Boston Spaceships - Go For the Exit (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Perhapst - "Quote" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Perhapst - Incense Cone (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Perhapst - Aren't You Glowing (MP3) The last time Robert Pollard played a gig in NYC it was at the Bowery Ballroom on 11/13/2006. Partly because of a lack of funds and mostly because [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Action Biker : two tracks [mp3] other Action Biker music blog posts at Largehearted Boy Björn Kleinhenz : "Poets Dying" [mp3] other Björn Kleinhenz music blog posts at Largehearted Boy Casey Neill : "We Are the City" [mp3] from Brooklyn Bridge [...]
The Good: BOAT - "Four Beds for BOAT"; A few months back I named BOAT as one of my Bands of the Week, now the band are releasing a 4-song vinyl EP called Topps and it's led off by this fantastic, quirky pop song. I love this band and what they do with their sound and I really think you would too if you'd give 'em the chance. Now if we could only get them to come east to New York we'd be set!
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