"Food is the new rock 'n roll." - Justin Warner, chef at Do or Dine "A knife, a fork, a bottle and a cork /That's the way we spell New York." - Escort, "Cocaine Blues" "You're going to what?" The Great Googa Mooga doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but "music," "food," and "festival" do, and that's about all I needed to tell people about the eponymous inaugural festival this weekend in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. If that wasn't enough to win over the skeptics, I broke it down by the numbers: 75 [...]
Sporadic in nature, it's every so often that a band renders bodacious Ep's, albums, and captivating live performances. We Barbarians are one of these rarities- leaving their introspective lyrics and euphonious melodies engrossed in the minds of their listeners. April/May 2012 saw the Brooklyn based trio set sail across the Atlantic for a UK tour with Foster The People , as well as The Great Escape Festival (Brighton), and Music Week's Break Out (London). Along the way they garnered attention from music fans and industry professionals alike due to their contagious, [...]
Some of We Barbarians good friends remixed tracks from their Headspace EP. Listen to two of my favorite below & head over to Soundcloud to get the whole set featuring Superhumanoids, Ayslin, Delta... **Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.
A recurring feature of music journalism this century is the mindless prediction of who will "blow up" in the following year. This always feels a little odd coming from mainstream outlets like Rolling Stone, Spin and the BBC. A little like Fox News complaining about the "mainstream media", you think, but you are the mainstream media. If these artists are appearing in your pages, Spin Magazine -
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i need to get some movement ♫ We Barbarians - Headspace (Grouplove + Captain Cuts Remix) Captian Cuts once remixed Grouplove and landed that track on the Best Remixes of 2011 list . Now they have teamed up to rework We Barbarians and the results are predictably epic. The relatively unknown L.A. band's single gets a total facelift, as well as a jet pack, that shoots into a seriously jamming galaxy. A galaxy that is also home to a "Heartbeats" sample. Genius. Too many cooks definitely didn't ruin this stew! [...]
Welcome to our annual countdown of the 50 best songs of the calendar year. Songs must be from an EP, LP or demo released during 2011, no band may appear twice. Each post contains a lyric from one of the ten songs to follow, a hint and a hook that stuck out clearly in this group. Today, we count down 30-21. 30. The Jezabels - "Endless Summer" This was the year and the album
While there were an insane number of great albums released this year, much of the excitement and buzz of new music and artists came instead from EPs. Often released as a precursor to an LP, the extended play (or EP) prepares fans for what they may find on a full length. For many of the releases in 2011, though, the EP was able to stand alone as a full musical composition. With the rise of Foster The People , Gary Clark Jr. , Alabama Shakes , Reptar , and followup releases from Surfer [...]
We Barbarians are the best band playing in New York City right now. The crowd at the Mercury Lounge on Thursday, an odd assembly of label heavy-hitters and interns from Island and Universal Records (a function of UK headliner Tribes), didn't at first embrace this reality and then couldn't help avoiding it. A&Rs in their leather jackets, ill-fitting jeans and awkwardly young choice of shoes
The few new songs L.A. heard from We Barbarians when they swung through town in September were impressive, but the indie-rock trio, which moved from Long Beach to NYC earlier this year, aren't done promoting 20112s "Headspace" EP yet. In Arms Race's cool video for the anthemic "Chambray," We Barbs take a licking from the bad guys, but hope makes a clean getaway. Meanwhile, the band's EP will be getting remix treatment from some familiar artists — Superhumanoids, Lesands and Grouplove among them — and We Barbarians hope to record their sophomore album early next year. [...]
photos Dominick Mastrangelo We Barbarians @ BV-CMJ @ Public Assembly NYC via California band We Barbarians , who played one of our CMJ day parties in October, kicked off a tour with Tribes last night (12/7) in Boston. That tour will bring both bands to NYC on Thursday (tonight, 12/8) at Mercury Lounge and Friday (12/9) at Glasslands with Teachers . [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. Long Beach's We Barbarians premiered a new video for the title track of their new ep Headspace. The trio's powerful, intense sound glows on this track especially on the chorus' which really grab the listener with their depth. Its a song I've come to really enjoy, and a pretty damn good EP (out back in August). They are also coming in to town as part of a tour with Tribes. Grab Headspace Full dates below: [...]
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Boys and bands and bands and boys, Bottom of the Hill was crawling with men from three phenom bands last Thursday: ANR, We Barbarians, and Strange Vine.
Saturday's spread: ► The Roots do a Pre-Emmy Jam at the sold-out House of Blues. ► Lobsterfest continues at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro with a full day of music, including the Damselles & the TC 4 (1 p.m.), Judson McKinney (2), Deap Vally (3), Light FM (4), Eastern Conference Champions (5), Shadow Shadow Shade (6), He's My Brother She's My Sister (7), the Taiko Project (8) and Vaud & The Villains (9). ► The East Hollywood ArtCycle takes place from 2 to 10 p.m. on Santa [...]
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We Barbarians (@webarbarians) brought head bobbing, booty shaking jams to Mercury Lounge Wednesday night. For only a three piece band at a small venue, they had a huge sound. Frontman, David Quon , gave it his all the entire show without breaking a sweat. We Barbarians recently moved to Williamsburg from Long Beach, CA and released their new EP, Headspace , last week . After watching their show, it was obvious how excited they are about both. Pepper Rabbit [...]
We Barbarians aren't particularly original, drawing on plenty of famous sounds from the last 10 years, as well as other, older influences. There's an opening guitar that reminds you of Arcade Fire's "Wake Up", and a final track that sounds like a New Order or U2 composite. These two tracks are the EP's strongest. "Headspace" jiggles and jangles from that Arcade Fire opening gambit, floating into an affirming, dancing-about-in-your-room chorus that you can hum along to on any day. "Chambray", again exhibiting a strong chorus, is the first of many instances of the band leaning toward U2. That proves [...]
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Hurricane Irene came and went, canceling nearly every single concert in New York City in its path. What's the best cure for the cabin fever inflicted on us from the storm? To go out and see some music this week of course! Here's a list of the city's best indie concerts this week. Pepper Rabbit , We Barbarians , ANR @ Mercury Lounge ( Tickets ) Daytrotter Barnstormer 5 : We [...]
[They Left L.A. for the Other Coast, but We Still Listen, Part II:] In February, Long Beach-bred trio We Barbarians gave L.A. something of a going-away present the great single "Headspace." Since they relocated to New York, David Quon, Derek Van Heule and Nathan Warkentin have finished up an EP with that name, their first release since their 2009 debut "There's This There That." The song "Chambray" finds We Barbs' anthemic indie-rock at finest, aching and earnest and ready [...]
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