On another muggy Wednesday in St. Louis, Band of Heathens brought towering piles of equipment and merch and Theodore brought its two new members. The shakeup in Theodore: Drummer Jason Torbitzk... Continue reading "Band Of Heathens And Theodore At Off Broadway, 7/27/11" >
Band of Heathens unplugged; from left, Colin Brooks, Gordy Quist and Ed Jurdi. The Band of Heathens comes from Austin and their sound has been described as the love child between the Band and Little Feat, with a little Grateful Dead and Crosby, Stills and Nash tossed in. When the full band's roarin', this is a formidable sound - and I learned on Saturday even unplugged, these boys are pretty darn good. The band's three guitar-plucking frontmen and songwriters - Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks - played a short acoustic set at [...]
Austin quintet lays down another slab of funky country soul Settling into their third studio album, this Austin quintet's gumbo of funk, soul, blues, gospel, country and rock may no longer be a surprise, but it's just as entertaining as on their previous outings. Better yet, having toured extensively, fans can imagine how the concise jams of these four-minute songs will play out on stage. Little Feat, the Band, the Jayhawks and the rootsy side of the Grateful Dead remain touchstones, but working across multiple genres with three singer/songwriters and a solid rhythm section, [...]
Pointing you to Pomona, and elsewhere, for tonight's touts: ► Bright Eyes and Jenny and Johnny play a sold-out, pre-Coachella show at the Fox Theater in Pomona. ► Sleigh Bells and Rye Rye rock the Glass House in Pomona. ► Distortion-wielding Londoners Yuck , whose debut album came out in Febrary on Fat Possum, play the Echo, with Porcelain Raft opening. That's Yuck's video for its single "Get Away," above. The Presets join Nosaj Thing for a pre-Coachella show at [...]
Band of Heathens - Austin-based band returns with their third studio album of alt-country, rock/soul shuffles and folk/Americana...plus a triple threat of three frontmen and songwriters // Release : Top Hat Crown and the Clapmasters Son (March 29) // Quote : ". . . there's no denying the appeal of the group's soulful rocking swagger and lock-tight arrangements."— TEXAS MONTHLY // Sounds like : a touch of Little Feat's gut bucket funk/rock, a smidgen [...]
A tip of the hat to a band of heathens.
A tip of the hat to a band of heathens.
Sometimes we here in the Midwest miss out on some of the touring acts, especially those with southern roots. Not the case this time as my favorite Americana act Band of Heathens pulls inito Ann Arbor at The Ark on March 3. The band has been working almost constantly the past five years, and [...]
What is going on this week in the D? Tuesday, February 1, 2011: - Tokyo Police Club at Granada Theater ( Tickets )* - Free Energy at The Loft ( Tickets )* Wednesday, February 2, 2011: - Deerhoof at Palladium Showroom* - Doug Burr at Club Dada* - Cradle of Filth at Palladium Ballroom ( Tickets ) Friday, February 4, 2011: - Baths, Braids at Club Dada ( Tickets )* - Seryn at Dan's Silverleaf [...]
Carrie Elkin has called a number of places home, from Colorado and Taos to New England, but when she settled in Austin, TX in 2007 she -- and her roots/folk music -- seemed to have found the ideal environment. She had released three solid album since her '96 debut, but it was '07's The Jeopardy of Circumstance produced by Colin Brooks of Austin's The Band of Heathens that broke her through to a larger audience internationally and earned her rave reviews. Elkin's intelligent, unpretentious writing and smoky vocals combined with Brooks' wide-open Americana sound was a potent [...]
It is New Year's week, so there are a couple New Year's shows out there this week, check em out below. Monday, December 27, 2010: - Robert Earl Keen at House of Blues ( Tickets ) Tuesday, December 28, 2010: - Better Than Ezra at House of Blues ( Tickets ) - Band of Heathens at Granada Theater ( Tickets ) Wednesday, December 29, 2010: - Devin The Dude at Granada Theater ( Tickets )* [...]
It's that time of year again... time to make my year end "Best of" list. I should start rolling out my Top 20 list sometime over the coming week. Until then, you can go back and read up on my favorite releases of 2009 , and relive some of that music with the following YouTube clips... #1 - Noble Beasts by Andrew Bird #2 - One Foot in the Ether by Band of Heathens #3 - Tarpits [...]
Austin, TX-based singer-songwriter Jonny Burke is set to release his debut full-length album, " Distance And Fortune, " on February 22, 2011, produced by former Black Crowe guitarist Marc Ford and with a co-write with Hayes Carll on "Don't Let Me Fall" on first listen it's sounding pretty good and one to keep any eye out for next year. Burke's musical friends who he has toured and played with include Todd Snider, Ryan Bingham, Band of Heathens , Alejandro Escovedo and James McMurtry, there's one cover on the album The Soft Boys "Human Music". Courtesy [...]
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What is happening this week in the D? Monday, October 25, 2010: - Jonsi at Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie ( Tickets )* Wednesday, October 27, 2010: - Interpol at Palladium Ballroom ( Tickets )* - Widespread Panic at Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie ( Tickets ) - All That Remains at Palladium Showroom ( Tickets ) Thursday, October 28, 2010: - Ra Ra Riot, Villagers at Granada Theater ( Tickets )* - Minus The Bear [...]
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What is happening this week in the D? Monday, October 25, 2010: - Jonsi at Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie ( Tickets )* Wednesday, October 27, 2010: - Interpol at Palladium Ballroom ( Tickets )* - Widespread Panic at Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie ( Tickets ) - All That Remains at Palladium Showroom ( Tickets ) Thursday, October 28, 2010: - Ra Ra Riot, Villagers at Granada Theater ( Tickets )* - Minus The Bear [...]
The sign Those Darlins are standing in front of says "SALE," but today I'm here to offer you free music. Lately, my inbox has been full of announcements from big-time Americana artists telling of free downloads they are offering on their websites. Simply follow the links ahead and download (completely free) live tracks and new tunes from Those Darlins, The Band of Heathens, Tift Merritt, and Josh Ritter. Those Darlins have been working on the follow up to their self-titled debut album and will soon release a 7" vinyl single as a [...]
It's almost that time again. The annual Americana Music Honors & Awards are set to take place September 9th at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville as part of the 2010 Americana Music Association Conference. As I do every year, I plan on spending the next couple of weeks reviewing the nominees for each award and attempting to handicap the competition. We'll start with the nominees for Duo/Group of the Year. I was largely unfamiliar with the Avett Brothers when I saw them perform for the first time at [...]
By Jon Stone | @jwstone Lollapalooza 2010 is in the bag. I'm a tired man, but had a blast. The festival is a strange musical animal—so much to do and see, it almost starts to feel like a banquet with way more great food than you could/should safely consume in one setting. Yet we munch on. Sunday rounded out my Lolla experience nicely, with a couple of surprises, several music legend/celebrity sightings, and three performances so good that it seems almost criminal that they happened within several hours of each other. [...]
#3 - Tarpits and Canyonlands by Bombadil The album coming in at number three on the list is one of the most stylistically diverse albums I heard this year... and one of the most fun. The members of Bombadil claim that the core of their sound has its roots in Bolivian folk music. Having never heard any Bolivian folk music before, I'll have to take their word on this one. It is clear, though, that band culls their influences from a myriad of different sources. When it's all mixed together, their sound is a [...]
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