We told you very early last year that Sgt. Dunbar & the Hobo Banned was like Neutral Milk Hotel crossed with Beriut. It must have been too early to get excited since it was probably a little too derivative at the time, so maybe now is the time. We'll try again. The band followed one of the main rules of indie rock success, which is: " Don't be complacent. Keep making music! " They pounded out song after song, releasing loads of [...]
Site Scaven ger Series B3ns o n Recording Company is a collective doing it independently. They remind me of the early years o f S addle Creek Records . Omaha & Albany have some [...]
Sgt. Dunbar and th e Hobo Banned 2007 self-released The Thing About Time is a passionate collection of brass centric gypsy folk rock featuring a community of spirited voices and an array of instruments that sound like weathered antiques given new life. This band of nine multi-instrumentalists and counting play the guitar, accordion, trumpet, trombone, flugel horn, French horn, mandolin, saxophone, violin, ukulele, singing saws, banjo, bass, typewriter. The stand out is [...]
I have not posted a mix since July last year, can you believe it? I barely could, even though procrastination is something I am quite skilled at. That is not a good thing, but better late than never. Enjoy the free songs, you slackers. You should try something more productive, like playing chess on a logride. You've probably never even thought about trying that, you were busy slacking so much. British Sea Power - Waving Flags - (MP3, 5.7 MB) This is a damned good song by a band I'd written [...]
I've been hoping to get more in the local music scene in Albany since I moved to the area. Unfortunately school takes up way too much of my time and most nights I end up either being a dork on the internet or trying to prepare for classes. Tonight however we're going to see [...]
Goddamn I love exclusives. If the Red Sails shindig wasn't enough to satiate you, then check out a brand new track from the snarkily named Sgt. Dunbar and the Hobo Banned . "Seasons of Joshu" is the latest from the Albany , NY , collective. Alex Muro, Tim Koch and Dan Pardee are credited with the foundations, but just like the infamous folks of Elephant 6, members swap in and out all the time. Muro tells me that although the band isn't that into psychedelic drugs, they've [...]
Rien qu'avec ce nom, Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned , et la photo ci-dessus, je suis sûr que vous avez une idée de la façon dont sonne la musique de ce groupe originaire d'Albany, NY. Bordélique? Plutôt. Jouissif? Sûrement. Principalement influencé par Neutral Milk Hotel, le son de Sgt Dunbar se met en place dès le premier titre de The Thing About Time , leur dernier album. Accordéon, trompettes, guitares acoustiques saturées, voix éraillée sont au rendez-vous de Passing Time , Don't Fall Asleep ou Move Your Memories, Pt. [...]
What if Beirut was fronted by Jeff Mangum and not Zach Condon ? Intriguing? Sgt. Dunbar & the Hobo Banned is an Elephant 6 inspired collective from Albany, NY with a new record called The Thing About Time . They cleverly refer to themselves as "internet street musicians", and if that's true, I'm pretty thrilled I wondered down their avenue. They've opened for MOKB-approved Rock Plaza Central and have a bit of a similar [...]
Sgt. Dunbar - "The Weight" This song kind of looks around the bus or the crowded elevator and gets sad about all the sad faces. And I want to speak to this song, the kind of way you talk to yourself in the mirror without moving your lips: it's not your job to shoulder the grief, guilt, and pain of other people, especially strangers. Yes, it's heavy, but that's not something to cry about. Cars are heavy too. And all the food you eat in a year is heavy, and so is all the carpet you've ever walked on, rolled [...]
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