Stream: Black Tambourine- "What's Your Game" Until this year, noisy twee pop legends Black Tambourine had been defunct for over two decades. However, with this year bringing the arrival of the 20th anniversary of '90s indie pop zine chickfactor , which vocalist Pam Berry co-founded, the band has decided to come out of hibernation for a handful of a shows and a new EP. Titled OneTwoThreeFour , the EP features no original material, but rather four covers of songs by The Ramones. Above is a link [...]
Boston indie pop sensations Earthquake Party premiered the video embedded above for its cataclysmic hit "Pretty Little Hand" over at the Boston Phoenix's On The Download blog earlier tonight. As you can see, it is a monster. A deceptively simple performance clip comprised of tight shots that shudder under the pressure of the band's tightly compacted and euphoric pop. There are additional insights from the clip's director over at On The Download. We last wrote about Earthquake Party here in February on the eve of the band's first tour, and in the [...]
Black Tambourine existed only briefly in the early '90s, scattering a handful of tracks across EPs and compilations. The band's output was limited, but the strength of the songs made up for their paucity. In front of walls of thorny guitar feedback, singer Pam Berry conversed about love and loss with the naïveté of Phil Spector's girl groups, her "cute" voice exuded innocence. As a result, the band is often tagged as pioneers of twee pop, though Berry hates the label. Black Tambourine initially disbanded in 1992 when its members became busy with other obligations—guitarist Mike Schulman was [...]
Ian and myself were down in Brighton for most of last week with The Great Escape, and that's pretty much what this podcast is about from start to finish. It's hardly a studied analysis of course - and I sincerely doubt you'd expect one - instead it's more of a chatter about the Brighton fun we've had and the people we've met. Scotland is actually rather isolated when it comes to music. Hence, I suppose, the importance of the local Scottish music community to bands and labels based up here. Nevertheless, it is really important to connect with [...]
The OneTwoThreeFour EP sounds like a band that never went on a rather lengthy hiatus, and they take some iconic material and make it their own. It's fitting that the seminal late '80s/early '90s American quasi-shoegazer band Black Tambourine have finally come out of retirement after some 20-plus years to release an EP, notwithstanding a set of songs they recorded for their 2010 eponymous retrospective record. It's fitting, considering the entire Black Tambourine catalogue was issued initially either on seven-inch singles or compilations, so the fact that their first bona fide reunion statement is a four song [...]
Black Tambourine 's four-song Ramones tribute EP, OneTwoThreeFour (like Dee Dee's signature shout that triggered each song) is available for pre-order from BT guitarist Mike Schulman's local label, Slumberland Records . The official release date is May 15 for this double 7" and digital download, which also features backing vocals from Rose Melberg, another Dee Dee (from the Dum Dum Girls), Lisa Smith, and Jenny Robbins from Honeymoon Diary. Check out "What's Your Game", awash in beautiful shimmering fuzz and squall: Black Tambourine reunited in April for [...]
photo by The Ripper Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription . This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today's selection, featured on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is "The Window" by Lux from the 2012 self-released album We Are Not The Same . Lux - The Window ( MP3 ) [...]
Black Tambourine - What's Your Game [The Ramones] watch the original
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Douglas Martin . Dum Dum Girls covered them. At the height of their popularity, The Shins titled a noisy 56-second song after Pam Berry. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart should have to have their Slumberland paychecks garnished and paid back to the band they bit their whole style from. For a certain stripe of noise-pop fan, Black Tambourine is a band that doesn't need any introduction, which is why it's so important for everyone else to have one. I. For Ex-Lovers Only: A Brief History [...]
MUSIC REVIEW: The Bats Pajamas from Toronto Canada are a dirt rock party mixing some booze and punk all in one no frills sleepover on their EP Totally . If you like the noisy parts of the Unsane the first track "Breaking Sabbath will resonate with you. The rest is more AM/REP in the vain of the Cows and general sick fun dripped in enough reverb that you will gladly download this Free EP! They do a great job in their single video for the track "Sarai". This is not your regular Bollywood black and white [...]
It's time to check out a bunch of the tracks I have not posted recently. These are just a few of the songs that would get their own individual posts here on GIMME TINNITUS if I only had the time. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. Listen. Downloadables: No Ass (mp3) by FIDLAR Bambi Slaughter ( Kurt Cobain Cover) (mp3) by DIVE Surf (mp3) by Black Gum [...]
photos by Dominick Mastrangelo ; words by Bill Pearis "I feel like we're some weird meat stuck between two pieces of amazing bread." Small Factory drummer Phoebe Summerquash was referring to her band's placement on the bill between Versus and reformed indiepop legends Black Tambourine at Night One of CF*2012: for the love of pop! The three night event at The Bell House celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the '90s-era zine [...]
by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD : Black Tambourine - What's Your Game? (MP3) Black Tambourine at Artsphere, Washington DC (via Sammich's instagram ) Between most songs in Black Tambourine's set, Mike Schulman, Archie Moore, and (Washington City Paper staffer) Brian Nelson switched off between guitar, bass, and percussion. Singer Pam Berry, lectern in tow, stayed in the center--and because it was true to the original recordings, it was OK that her voice was a little low in the mix. Everything was [...]
I'm not sure where to begin, lots happening in DC this weekend: - Chickfactor hits Artisphere for two nights with Black Tambourine, Lorelei, Frankie Rose and more (check out this piece by City Paper) ( fb invite ) -The Windian Records Party is hitting Monserrat House with tons of great garage bands ( fb invite ) - Cobra Collective, Bellflur & Olivia Mancini also in Arlington at IOTA on Saturday night ( fb invite ) - We Fought the Big One at Marx Cafe with Screen Vinyl Image [...]
Today's Mix/Cover/Live includes Chromatics, Man From The South and Black Tambourine.
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slumberlandrecords: Violens did this fantastic remix of Black Tambourine's version of Ramones' "I...
Reunited D.C. twee-core pioneers Black Tambourine will soon release OneTwoThreeFour , their EP of Ramones covers; we recently posted their take on "What's Your Game ." Another of the songs the band takes on on the EP is the heartsick Leave Home basher " Leave Home ," and the Brooklyn trio Violens have mutated Black Tambourine's version, transforming it into an introverted jungle track. It takes a lot of balls to push a Ramones classic into drum-and-bass territory, and you can judge the results of that ballsiness below. Download the Violens reworking and check out Black Tambourine's quick [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Black Tambourine : free and legal Black Tambourine Cassette EP [mp3] search for more Black Tambourine posts at Largehearted Boy Cains and Abels : "Money" [mp3] from [...]
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White Album 27-25 Blues The Black Tambourines are a retro-garage sounding band out of the UK that are not to be confused with the similarly named (and highly influential) US band Black Tambourine that released an LP in the 80s on Slumberland Records and have just recently reunited. Both bands are great in their own sense, but the Black Tambourines just released their third EP Chica in Dec, 2011 on Art is Hard [...]
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