The trouble with acoustic covers of popular songs is that some earnest singer armed with a guitar will slow down Jingle Bells and whisper the lyrics as if they have a deep meaning. I have no principles that compel me to disallow the notion of whispering songstresses, but on this Christmas mix I've tried to keep them to a respectful minimum. Still, we have the doses of yuletide angst which the acoustic genre prescribes to go with the upbeat welcome of the merry season. Don't be alarmed by the inclusion of three tracks called Christmas Song: they are [...]
For the second of our 'guest' top ten posts we are pleased to welcome the finger-choppin' Banner to the roster with his first contribution to the end of year best of lists. " It's been a great year musically and especially as this year I became a dad. I'd like to thank Doctor Roddy and Chris T Popper for their steady supply of CDs this year and especially for little Max's mega mix from which I've selected some of my top ten tunes. I would like to have written a bit more about the songs but unfortunately I [...]
If it's December, then you know it's Mixmas time at You Ain't No Picasso! Each year I get a bunch of my favorite bands to contribute themed mixes and share their thoughts about each of the tracks. MP3: The Lumineers - Ho Hey (live) I picked up on the Lumineers late in the year, but [...]
The Felice Brothers will wind down a very busy 2011 in style with two New Year's shows in the northeast, performing on December 30th at Daniel Street in Milford, CT and on December 31st for a hometown show at Club Helsinki in Hudson, NY. The band, who are currently overseas at the start of a [...]
The Felice Brothers will be releasing "Fire At The Pageant" from their newest album Celebration, Florida as a 73 single in the UK via Loose Music on Monday, December 5th, and with it comes a brand new b-side titled "Millionaire". The band decided to make a video for the track as well and it premiered on The 405 yesterday and is available for you viewing pleasure below. If you haven't checked out the video for "Fire At The Pageant" yet you can do so [...]
ein konzertabend ist immer auch eine art sozialstudie. die gewonnenen erkenntnisse werden jedoch zumeist nicht wissenschaftlich erhoben und verarbeitet. sollte man vielleicht öfter tun. empirische daten zur altersstruktur, zur länge des auftritts, zur güte des sounds oder zu fragen des lichteinsatzes in sachen bühnenbeleuchtung wären dabei das eine, individuelle ansichten und einblicke das andere. hätte man am dienstag abend gegen 22:00 uhr eine stichprobe gezogen und teilnehmer des the felice brothers konzertes in der freiheizhalle zu münchen dahingehend interviewt, wie ihnen das laufende konzert gefallen würde, hätte man unterschiedlichste antworten erhalten. mancher floh gar, andere zogen eine flunsch, [...]
The wonderful Fire at Pageant from The Felice Brothers is getting released as a 7" through Loose Music on December 5th, the flipside is a new and exclusive track Millionaire - don't miss out THE FELICE BROTHERS - Fire At The Pageant by Loose Music The release of the single coincides with the brothers' European tour (with support from AA Bondy. 29th Nov Munich, DE Freiheiz 30th Nov Frankfurt, DE Batschkapp 1st Dec Koln, DE Gloria 2nd Dec Hamburg, [...]
I'm not sure any collection of words or set of images can really do justice to what it's like to catch a Deer Tick show right now. This is a band in their prime. They don't care who you think they should be. They know who they are, they know what they're doing and they're perfectly fucking fine with it. Now that's not to say they don't want you to like them. It's quite evident from lead man John McCauley's presence on stage that he wants you to enjoy yourself as much [...]
I'm not sure any collection of words or set of images can really do justice to what it's like to catch a Deer Tick show right now. This is a band in their prime. They don't care who you think they should be , they know who they are, they know what they're doing and they're perfectly fucking fine with it. Now that's not to say they don't want you to like them. It's quite evident from lead man John McCauley's presence on stage that he wants you to enjoy yourself as much [...]
Deer Tick - Miss K. Fresh off the release of Divine Providence , Rhode Island based boozy rockers Deer Tick will be playing a sold out show here in Boston to crowds of Tick heads dying to hear some their favorite tracks off of DP. The new album is a healthy representation of exactly how a Deer Tick show sounds. It's a raw, drunken boot stomper that may have turned off some critics (but who gives a shit) but I for one am a huge fan of it. I've seen these guys a [...]
Show of the Week by Julie Stoller 11-18-11 a t Royale NOW SOLD OUT Deer Tick at the Newport Blues Cafe - Newport, RI [...]
Review by Grant Thomas || Photos by Jimmy Grotting - Continue to the bottom for a photo gallery of The Felice Brothers and Dr. Dog sets Tip's was packed to the brim with indie music devotees on Thursday night - and deservedly so as Professor Longhair's house was offered a stacked evening featuring the trifecta [...]
THIS WEEK'S BEST BET: The Real Criminal Records Benefit w/ Reptar, Qurious, Nomen Novum, Small Reactions, Places, New Animal, more... Saturday, November 19 The Cottage - 1300 Skyhaven Road in Atlanta 30316 Doors at 5pm / Admission $5 In the wake of the announcement that Criminal Records might be forced to close their doors due to financial troubles, it's not surprising that the local music community has rallied around what is one of the city's most revered local businesses. In the effort to [...]
Monday 5th December sees the release of the new Felice Brothers single Fire At The Pageant , on 73 single & download. It is our favourite song from one of our favourite albums of the year. Here is the eerie, slightly disturbing video for it. a Be like us and go and see them live too: 06/12 LONDON Koko, 07/12 MANCHESTER Academy 2, 09/12 GLASGOW ABC, 10/12 BELFAST Spring & Airbrake, 11/12 DUBLIN Academy, 12/12 BIRMINGHAM Institute. Follow [...]
11.10: Dr. Dog + The Felice Brothers + Quiet Life - Tipitina's Many New Orleanians have a special place in their hearts for Dr. Dog . After the five-piece Philadelphia psychedelic roots rock band self-recorded and released two albums of feel-good space-pop that caught the attention of Jim James and led to multiple supporting runs with My Morning Jacket, NO native Christopher Watson started much-loved local independent record label Park The Van Records to help release and distribute their 2004 breakout Easy Beat. The [...]
so... this would be a pretty cool show to hit up if i were still there in new orleans, but since i aint, i cant. but you can, and really if you have nothing to do tonight, i couldnt thing of a better way to spend the evening. tickets are 18 bucks at the door or 16 in advance and can be purchased here . dr dog ABCs off toothbrush easy beat off easy beat california off [...]
Last month we mentioned that David Lee Roth had dipped his toes into the world of social media by launching both a Facebook and Twitter account. There hasn't been much action as both to this date still have the same message to followers - "Get Ready…". As we've been waiting for some sort of follow-up to just what that statement meant, it's looking like the Grammy Foundation have let the cat out of the bag, as last week they sent out this rather obvious tweet - Who do [...]
Filed under: Video of the Day Artist: The Felice Brothers Video: 'Fire at the Pageant' Highlight: Bassist Christmas Clapton gives Spinner his favorite moments of making this video: "1. Yelling 'action' to make 10 girls in white dresses skip in a circle in the rain. 2. Videotaping my friend hanging off a bridge with his shirt off seemed like a normal and vaguely safe idea. 3. Showing my mom footage of me in a dress rolling around in the trunk of a [...]
For tickets and more information on the show, go here. WHO: Dr. Dog, The Felice Brothers and Quiet Life WHEN: Thursday, November 10, 2011 - Doors @ 8pm/Show @ 9pm WHERE: Tipitina's Uptown @ 501 Napoleon Avenue on corner of Napoleon and Tchoupitoulas PRICE: $16 adv/$18 door WHY: Perhaps the finest slice of Americana offered [...]
The wonderful folks at Loose Records are Amazon's label of the month and this means you can now get hold of there fantastic label sampler which should get you the discerning music lover heading straight to the Loose shop to stock up. Get it here . THE FELICE BROTHERS - Fire At The Pageant HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF - Take Me DAWES - Time Spent In Los Angeles JIM WHITE - Rambler THE FELICE BROTHERS - Ponzi JIM WHITE - Speeding Motorcycle THE HANDSOME FAMILY - [...]
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