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It's a funny thing - I don't spend a lot of time focusing of rock music in my Christmas blogging. I post about pop, R&B or jazz, but I end up shortchanging straight-ahead rock. I aim to fix that today. First, from Sweden, The Higher Elevations . The group's leader Niklas Gustafsson lists as his guitar influences Johnny Marr, Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine and their jangly sound does reflect the Sixties filtered through the Eighties. "All These Winter Nights" is from 2006. Much like The Higher Elevations, Robbers on High Street have [...]
I always felt like Robbers on High Street were a vastly underrated band, but I'm pleased to let you know that regardless of the trials of a modern indie band, they've continued to work hard. Late last year they released Hey There Golden Hair , but now they're already back with an EP titled Anything Could Happen . If you're looking for modern touchstones for comparison then perhaps Spoon would do, but RoHS has a much more complex sound in my opinion, at least [...]
Given and Taken in Ink - March 2012 from gtimusic on 8tracks . Playlist: 1. Robbers on High Street - Didn't Wanna Know 2. Justin Townes Earle - Look the Other Way 3. Moonlight Bride - Lemonade 4. Elias - Glass 5. Holy Esque - Rose 6. The Shins - 40 Mark Strasse 7. Ramesh Srivastava - The King 8. Joshua Hyslop - What Have I Done? (feat. Anna Scouten) Let me know if you like the tracks. The big heart button next [...]
Brooklyn based, somewhat Beatlesque Americana-Pop mainstays Robbers on High Street will be releasing a new EP, "Anything Could Happen" on April 21st 2012. In honor of this effort, the band will be playing a record release party with Diamond Doves (who used to be Elvis Perkins' backing band) at the Mercury Lounge on the day of the release. The doors will be opening at 7:30 PM with Diamond Doves set to play immediately, so get a good spot. Both bands are known for their exciting live shows so this promises to be a fun evening. [...]
On April 17, Robbers on High Street will release the four-track EP, Anything Could Happen , in vinyl and digital formats. Every Robbers album has in some way been associated with a great companion EP. Usually, the band releases the EP first (see: Fine Lines before Tree City ; or The Fatalist and Friends before Grand Animals ). Now, you might be inclined to think that Anything Could Happen , in some paradigm-shifting twist of fate, bucked that trend . After all, the last full-length album [...]
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Here are 50 songs that defined 2011 for me. Listen. Enjoy. Tell me what you think. And yep, that's my ugly mug on the cover. Given and Taken in Ink's Top 50 Songs of 2011 from gtimusic on 8tracks . Here's the playlist: 1. Wilco - One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) 2. City Reign - Anywhere Anyway 3. The Mountain Goats - Never Quite Free 4. Zaac Pick - Whitewater 5. Yuck - Holing Out [...]
I've been thinking a lot about the list-making process. Someone recently asked me: What is the purpose of making a list? My initial reaction - because it's fun - is actually somewhat shallow. Is it really? Yeah, probably...somewhat...maybe? But if so, still: Why? In listening to me think out loud about this, my wife commented that she doesn't make lists for fun. Why, then? "To keep myself sane. To make sure I don't forget things I need to do." In other words: To make order out of chaos. To provide structure to an unstructured world. As [...]
Previous albums from Robbers On High Street made comparisons to Spoon, but four years later things have changed. With Hey There Golden Hair , they dive headfirst into Beatlesque power pop. The opener "Hollow Hill" is a perfect example of taking elements of Fab Four style and crafting something new and wonderful. There is not a single dud on the album, mixing Hammond Organ, fuzz guitar riffs and horns to melodic perfection. Other 602s and 702s stylistic touches are sprinkled throughout, as "Crystal Run" and "Electric Eye" are legit hits if they made the radio. And the band does [...]
Robbers On High Street: October 7 @ Mercury Lounge, New York, NY Brooklyn based Robbers On High Street have relea sed their excellent third record, Hey There Golden Hair , which was prod uced by front-man Ben Tro k [...]
Next week, some 900 bands will rain down upon New York City at the 2011 edition of CMJ Music Marathon . Here's the dilemma: You can't see 900 bands. You might see 100, but despite all the cab fares and hours of sleep you'll waste away, you won't see it all. That's okay, you'll still catch plenty of talent. Even if your plane lands late (it's inevitable), or your trip from JFK to Manhattan ends up being one long, monotonous slog, chances are you'll still have plenty of tales from The Cake Shop or The Bowery to [...]
A clever, confident amalgam of '60s psych and '70s pop, Robbers on High Street have delivered one of the year's most unexpected surprises. If you're looking for proof that sometimes a band just needs time to find its true identity -- and time and patience being in short supply in today's instant gratification, buzzblog music culture -- allow me to present Robbers on High Street's third album, Hey There Golden Hair. When most of the world last checked in with ROHS, way back in 2005, the band was riding the success of their debut single, "Japanese Girls", an...
New York, head down to Mercury Lounge on Friday , October 7 to catch Robbers On High Street . It's the early show, so, doors are at 7:30PM and it will cost you $10 . The show is celebrating the release of their terrific new record Hey There Golden Hair . I know you're going to be there showing them [...]
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Robbers on High Street's third LP, Hey There Golden Hair , is finally out, and I can happily report that it is the band's best record yet. Given and Taken in Ink has covered the band somewhat extensively ; for example, you can read the heartwarming tale of mistaken identity in the lawless wild west of post-Napster mp3 downloading, a journey which led me to discover RoHS. It was GTI's inaugural non-"hey, read my new blog!" post (i.e. the second thing I wrote about here). Anyway, neither you nor anyone else cares about that. [...]
Thursday things, and there are plenty: ► Robbers on High Street — the New Yorkers' new album "Hey There Golden Hair" will simply hit you in your pop place — headline the Roxy, with L.A.'s the Allah-Las and the Street & Babe Shadow opening. (Your friendly neighborhood Buzz Bands LA blogger will be DJing the evening.) ► The Horrors rock the El Rey Theatre behind their new album "Skying." The Stepkids [see Monday's post ] open. That's the Horrors' video [...]
This is one of the best weeks for new album releases in a while - the list of bands with fresh drops reads like a line-up for Coachella. With at least a dozen popular artists like The Drums, The Kooks, Grouplove, Blitzer Trapper, Neon Indian, Girls, Mates of State, St. Vincent, Robbers on High Street, [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Ben Trokan's story is a familiar one to any indie band that lived in the major-label margins last decade. His band Robbers on High Street made two albums and two EPs for Warner imprint New Line Records between 2005 and ’07 before the relationship soured. "Everything ground to a halt," Trokan says. "The label was not responsive, people stopped returning phone calls, we had no idea what was going on." ||| Download: "Hey Unbelievers" (via KEXP) The seeds of Robbers' chipper comeback album "Hey There Golden Hair" [...]
Recommended Show: MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2011 ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET @ BROOKLYN BOWL 61 Wythe Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 $5 (FREE before 7PM), 8PM It's probably still too early to say for sure if all shows are going on tonight as planned. And even if they are, the subway system is probably still going to be quite questionable. Steven Page @ Mercury Lounge (early) Male Bonding & Love Inks @ Mercury Lounge (late) Extra Arms & Panic Manour @ The [...]
After two years of work, Robbers on High Street will be releasing their newest album "Hey There Golden Hair" on September 13. This will be the first record they've made with their current line-up, still producing the piano-pumping, brass-rocking high energy rock as ever. Until fall, they'll be playing at Brooklyn Bowl on Mondays in August, and pre-orders are available on PledgeMusic, where fans can receive prizes based on the size of the sum they pay for the new CD.
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