The Bloodsugars stellar debut album, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On was released this week on Engine Room Recordings. After their short Midwest tour last week, including a great show in Cincinnati, singer/guitarist Jason Rabinowitz was able to take some some time to answer some questions about the creative process and theme of the new album, some of their new favorite bands and the their new-found love for Bobby McFerrin. Atlas and the Anchor: My favorite song on I Can't Go [...]
Has any Los Angeles band been more productive this decade than Rilo Kiley ? Probably not if you count solo projects its members have undertaken. Let's see: four albums by the Silver Lake quartet itself, two by singer Jenny Lewis (one with the Watson Twins), two by guitarist Blake Sennett fronting the Elected , one by bassist Pierre de Reeder ... and now, coming right after the first of the year, the solo turn by drummer Jason Boesel , "Hustler's Son" (Team Love Records). Boesel, of course, has a long resume, having drummed [...]
Following in the footsteps of frontwoman Jenny Lewis, lead guitarist Blake Sennett, and bassist Pierre de Reeder - in other words, everyone else in Rilo Kiley - Rilo Kiley drummer Jason Boesel will release his first solo album on January 12, 2010. Hustler's Son , named after the first song Boesel ever penned, is being issued by Team Love Records , co-founded by Conor Oberst, which is just the first bit of two-degrees-of-separation indie-music lore that surrounds the album: Boesel manned the kit for Bright Eyes' seventh studio album, Cassadaga [...]
The end of the decade is nearly upon us which inevitably means everyone is about to start rolling out their "best of" lists. This proved to be a rather arduous task, but at the same time I had a lot of fun during the process as it forced me to go back and listen to a lot of albums that I hadn't heard in quite some time. It seems like we tend to get so caught up on trying to hear as much new music as possible that we forget to go back and appreciate many of the [...]
The problem with a list like this is the "shoulds". You know, the albums you feel like everyone else will pick, so you "should," too? Well, this time I decided not to deal with those. My list is based on the number of times I listened to these albums since they came out, whether I love them so much I already know every word to every song, how much it moved me, etc. This is a personal list. It isn't intended to be complete or controversial. That said, I know I'll get crap for [...]
Dammit. Drummers deserve attention too. After spending time percussing for Rilo Kiley and Bright Eyes, Jason Boesel has decided his time is now. It's a good thing for us too. Boesel will be releasing his first solo album, Hustler's Son, on January 12th. Listen to what he (and the Mystic Valley Band) came up with: "Hand Of God"- MP3 The track listing for the album looks like this: Black Waves
LA-based drummer Jason Boesel has spent a good fifteen years playing drums for everyone from Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes, The Elected, and more recently, Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band. Boesel headed into the studio in March of 2009 with Mystic Valley Band member Nik Freitas, Blake Mills (Band of Horses, Julian Casablancas), and producer Jonathan Wilson (Elvis Costello 'Momofuku' and Jenny Lewis 'Acid Tongue'). He also was assisted by Benmont Tench (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Orenda Fink (O + S, Azure Ray), David Rawlings (Gillian Welch, Old Crow Medicine Show), Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), and fellow [...]
We've been on hiatus this week test driving cars and listening to snarky salesmen pitches. What I wanted was a sports car so rad it would magically melt the clothes off any hottie on the street. Alas, what I got was a whole lot different. W e ended up with an affordable and easy on the gas Kia Sportage. I will say for a factory job, the audio system is banging, equipped with Sirius sat radio, a USB connection, iPod/mp3 player jacks. It also comes with all [...]
Jenny Lewis , la misma de Rilo Kiley, pero en plan solista, nos trae este simpático video cargado de sonidos folks y setenteros y con guiños a las viejas películas de espías y agentes secretos. La canción se llama "See Fernando" y pertenece al disco "Acid Tongue" . Si bien, no se trata de una canción nueva, el video merece la pena ser visto. Jenny Lewis "See Fernando" from Team G on Vimeo [...]
Jason Boesel is de drummer van twee bands die tot de favorieten van Alankomaat behoren: Rilo Kiley en Bright Eyes . Nadat eerder diverse leden van deze groepen al solo-uitstapjes maakten, is het nu de beurt aan Boesel. 12 januari verschijnt zijn solodebuut bij Team Love Records , het label van Conor Oberst. Het album, met 11 americana-songs, heet Hustler's Son. Hand of God is de single. MP3: Jason Boesel - Hand of God Jason Boesel op MySpace [...]
The third installment of A Retrospective, this time the focus is on 2002. The year of rebuilding, so to speak. It was the year I discovered Cider Jack (and did so plentifully) at the local Pullman bar Rico's, and we all would rehearse Bill Brasky skits (from the SNL spots, and made up on the spot) as twenty feet away the university jazz combo performed excellent renditions of Van Morrison's "Moondance" and various Motown favorites. As we see every year, 2002 saw several real great releases. Here are my favorites. [...]
Jason Boesel (Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes) release solo album "Hustler's Son" For the past 15 years, LA-based drummer Jason Boesel has been planted firmly behind the kit, keeping time for the likes of Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes, The Elected, and more recently, Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band. Boesel was inspired to pick up the guitar and write his own record after his friends raved about the first song he ever wrote: 'Hustler's Son .' A few [...]
MP3: Jason Boesel - "Hand of God" Jason Boesel, who has played drums for the likes of Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes, The Elected, and Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band, will be stepping out from behind his kit and strapping on a guitar soon. A record of his own material will be released by Team Love on January 12, 2010. Apparently, the record is going to full of guests too, including Saddle Creekers Orenda Fink and Blake Sennett. Check out a sample MP3 above and the full track list below. [...]
Jason Boesel's Hustler's Son will see daylight on 1/12/2010. It features: 1. Black Waves 2. Hand Of God 3. French Kissing 4. Burned Out & Busted 5. New World Mama 6. Miracles 7. Hustler's Son 8. Getting Healthy (Good Luck) 9. I Got The Reason #1 10. Was It, Man? 11. Winking Eyes Visit Jason Boesel on MySpace. MP3: Jason Boesel - Hand Of God
Filed under: News , MP3 , New Music , Exclusive A couple years ago, when Jason Boesel was in Mexico recording tracks with Conor Oberst for what would become the album 'Conor Oberst,' he wore a necklace that bore a hand-shaped pendant. "I started calling it the 'Hand of God' and assigning it magical powers in my mind" Boesel tells Spinner. "I would get nervous if I couldn't find it, [that] sort of thing." Back then, Boesel was in his familiar role of drummer, [...]
Got lots to do today, but I wanted to get this out to you. The Bloodsugars are out of Brooklyn and their new album I Can't Go On, I'll Go On comes out on November 17th on Engine Room Recordings. The album features trumpet player Kyle Resnick (The National), cellist Colette Alexander (Rilo Kiley, Jens Lekman, Rachel Yamagata) and Bell. Additionally, Philadelphia-based Bill Moriarty, the man behind albums by Dr. Dog and Man Man, produced and engineered the record. This single off the album is a really up-beat pop song. MP3: The [...]
The Bloodsugars CMJ Showcase at Spike Hill (10/23/09) Photo : Jon Klemm DOWNLOAD : "Light at the End of the Tunnel" - The Bloodsugars I was about to call it a night on CMJ Friday ( Oct 23 ), but on my way to the subway I decided to duck into Spike Hill and catch a midnight set by The Bloodsugars . I'm glad I did because the Brooklyn based quartet was previewing new material off of their forthcoming album [...]
The ascendant arc of The Watson Twins , Chandra and Leigh, really began in 2006 when the pair joined up with Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis for the remarkable - and remarkably successful - Rabbit Fur Coat. The Watsons toured behind Lewis and Rabbit , winning accolades for the layers of sweet vocal harmonies they added to Lewis' modern alt/country songs. Building upon that early success, the pair released a well received EP in 2006 and then began work [...]
We avoided a big fire at the house today thanks to the local Fire & Emergency services. A wire melted down in the furnace. We're fine, everything's fine now. Got no heat and no hot water until tomorrow, we smell like burnt rubber, but that's fine 'cause we're fine, we're fine, and everything's fine now. Jason Collett - Fire (mp3) ( amazon ) ( iTunes ) Rilo Kiley - Smoke Detector (mp3) ( amazon ) ( iTunes ) [...]
MP3: Rilo Kiley - So Long #24 - Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things Saddle Creek 2002 Joey On The Execution Of All Things: This may seem like a kind of cheesy choice these days, and rightfully so: Rilo Kiley played us all for fools. There was such a promise of greater things coming from them and their actor backgrounds were quirks, sure, but it was nothing worth focusing on (though the press sure did... a lot). Here were some [...]
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