Oooh it was set to be a good night, even on paper. Steve Gunn - Kurt Vile's buddy and extra Violator on this tour - filled an early, early set with layered, rich indie-blues - haven't heard a lot of that, these days. And none so good. Guitar and voice gave a dusty hug to the muttering crowd. Then San Francisco's Fresh & Onlys arrived, lookin' like each of them - singer/guitarist Tim Cohen, guitarist Wymond Miles, bassist Shayde Sartin and drummer Kyle Gibson - belonged in different [...]
Out now through Empty Cellar Records is the self-titled album from Cool Ghouls. The band has shared a video for their song, "Natural Life", and West Coast tour dates. Watch the video, check...
While reading the press release for Cool Ghouls the name Tim Cohen was mentioned; that sold me from the get-go, but the song itself pushed my fandom even further. On their new single, the band combines psychedelia elements with true country tunes, all the while piling up some great musical accompaniment to fill out their sound. It's a song with soul and swagger all in one, keeping things interesting for all of those taking the time to enjoy great music. On April 23rd, the band will release their self-titled record via [...]
San Francisco four-piece Cool Ghouls dish out bursts of charmingly crusty rock 'n' roll in a timelessly recorded fashion. Like that batch of funky home-brewed beer your friend made in a cooler last summer, the flavors here aren't developed into any sort of crisp or refined massively appealing product—this shit is raw. But it's all the better for it, because you can hear every success, mistake, and personally delivered nuance in its honest and imperfect original shape: you can almost smell the stale bong water and musty carpetting; see the tangled mess of wires and piles of beer [...]
Local band The Fresh & Onlys showed up at Bottom of the Hill looking for hugs and Fireball.
Tim Cohen of The Fresh & Onlys and John Berson of Exray’s first collaborated to create 2009’s I’m This Tall City. The San Francisco duo’s debut as Window Twins was intimate and refreshing, and also made a strong case that their so-called “side project” had more than enough cause to take center stage. Wish only strengthens the possibility that Window Twins could be a proper, full-fledged band. Even just after a listen of quirky opener “Two Left Feet,” the possibilities are endless. “Two Left Feet” is a snuggly, intimate folk tale about [...]
Window Twins isn't the first collaboration between Tim Cohen (The Fresh & Onlys, Magic Trick) and Jon Bernson (Exray’s, Ray’s Vast Basement): Bernson was in Cohen's old band Black Fiction, and both are associated with the Howells Transmitter arts collaborative/record label. But with Wish , the follow-up to their 2009 debut I'm This Tall City , the duo make perhaps the most profound case for their partnership and blend of experimental folk-pop. What makes the LP a success is that they work to maintain some of the tendencies more closely associated with both men; that [...]
Separately, Tim Cohen and Jon Bernson released two of my favorite albums this year. Cohen as the frontman of The Fresh & Onlys and Bernson as the mastermind behind Exrays . And so it should come as no surprise that I was excited to learn about their most recent collaboration (their second overall) under the name Window Twins . On Wish , Cohen and Bernson blend together live drums, programmed beats, spindly guitar, bright horns, and various layers of electronic sonics set against analog instrumentation to create a dark, texturally-rich, and slow-burning brand of psychedelica. [...]
Tim Cohen of Fresh & Onlys/Magic Trick in Big Sur in 2011 ( more by Natasha Ryan ) The Fresh & Onlys are in town this week , playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday with Quilt and tickets are still available. If you haven't listened to their new album (and first for Mexican Summer), Song Slow Dance , you can stream it below via Spotify. With this album, the band have pretty much escaped the "garage rock" pidgeonhole [...]
One of the worst things about the Internet is it's hard to keep up with your favorite artists, but while looking up information on another act, I was reminded of the Window Twins . I had heard of the project between Tim Cohen ( Fresh and Onlys) and Jon Berson, but I hadn't really seen a lot of buzz on the Internet about them, other than the distant memory of a video run a month back. It's a good thing I checked in on Volar [...]
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars I listened to this record 8 or 9 times, all along thinking it was on the verge of either a 3.5, but not quite. I figured my love and adoration might just push it over the edge, so I gave it a few more spins. Then it hit me, Long Slow Dance is perhaps the most focused and complete the Fresh & Onlys have completed up to this point in their short career. Given, they've stripped away [...]
I have a TMT review a-brewin' for the Porch Puddles LP, by Dylan Shearer, but for now I want you all to hear "Quartz Trails" from said album because, frankly, I'm not sure it gets much better than this. Syd ... Continue reading
In A Cloud II , the absolutely stellar compilation featuring a whole mess of San Francisco musicians ( Vetiver , Sonny and the Sunsets , Ty Segall , and more), is finally coming out this Tuesday via local label Secret Seven Records . And because there ain't no party like a local music party, the label is throwing a record release party on Thursday, July 19 at Amnesia. There will be performances by compilation contributors Will Sprott (of The [...]
Things that Tim Cohen has done, or is in the process of doing this month: 1. Released the a new, surprisingly mainstream sounding, single from his first and foremost band The Fresh & Onlys. Listen to it here. 2. Stepped behind the boards for the upcoming album by TDC favorite Cool Ghouls. I honestly cannot wait to [...]
Jonah Bromwich is wild like rock stars who smash guitars. Sequencing and song titles. Admittedly, these are two silly things to start to illustrate why the new San Francisco compilation In A Cloud II is so great, but sometimes it's worthwhile to start with the peripheral issues. The album begins Ty Segall's “Swag.” Aside from setting the precedent for amazing song names, it's an energetic throwback to his louder, dirtier, faster style. Though the melodies are still as firmly in place as they are on Goodbye [...]
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars You never really know what you're going to get with a Tim Cohen listening experience; he's a man of many faces, wearing various hats in Fresh and Onlys , Tim Cohen and now Magic Trick . After the first few listens to Ruler of the Night ( Hardly Art ), you can clearly see that he's put aside that psych-pop hat, just for a moment, [...]
a href=" http://www.earbuddy.net/tag/th e-fresh-and-onlys">The Fresh & Onlys have announced the release of their fourth album, Long Slow Dance, out September 4th through Mexican Summer. I’m sure that the album’s abbreviation being “LSD” is no coincidence. The songs were recorded on the same reel-to-reel as Warren Zevon did “Werewolves of London”. Check out album’s [...]
Magic Trick Ruler Of The Night Hardly Art Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Magic Trick is more than just an offshoot of The Fresh & Onlys, Ruler of The Night offers definitive proof! Album Review: Tim Cohen is primarily known as Singer/Songwriter for San Francisco’s The Fresh & Onlys. While that band is [...]
Tim Cohen 's newest track has been floating around for a few weeks now, but it was just made available to us, so I've got to fawn over Magic Trick some more. His newest LP, Ruler of the Night will be out on Hardly Art this week, and I suggest you pick it up if you know what's good for you. Of course, if you're familiar with Tim's work in Fresh and Onlys, the slow progression of the guitar and Cohen's vocals will certainly [...]
Tim Cohen’s Magic Trick has released another song, “Invisible At Midnight”, off his upcoming new album, Ruler of the Night. SPIN.com got first dibs on the new single, as well as an interview with Cohen where he said, "I've trained myself to respond to every situation by turning it into [...]
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