For those who were fans of their first release "Clouds Of People" 2006, the latest from the The Sky Drops, will be welcomed with open arms (or is it ears?). Created with the same level of magic, "Bourgeois Beat" is the perfect musical evolution for 2009. Notable are songs "Swimming With Fishes" and an acoustic departure, "Sleepless". Present throughout are the same luscious vocals of Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette that has become part of their signature sound. Rob continues to explore new guitar textures in virtually every [...]
Guest author Monika Bullette sings and plays drums for Delaware's The Sky Drops . Check them out November 21 @ The Spot in Wilmington, DE and December 4 @ The Fire . --------------- DE Girl for Girl About Town Dispatch #1 Most people enjoy a synchronicity or two a week. Or maybe it is coincidence that some term or object rears its head like Putin over the [...]
It's not that I am only drawn to bands to make interesting and inventive videos, it that these video really help explain the music and for the most part the bands intent when they created the songs. A band that has been releasing fascinating videos for the last couple years is Delaware's The Sky Drops . It began with the psychedelic sound and video for "Hang On" from the bands five song debut ep self-released under Fridabear Records in 2006. Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette were instantly a duo on the rise. While working on [...]
The Sky Drops - "Stone White"Taken from their summer 2009 debut full length release, guitarist Rob Montejo (formerly of Smashing Orange, who were a lesser-known, American shoegaze/dreampop band in the 1990s) and drummer Monika Bullette channel the moods of early BJM, Dirty on Purpose and Yo La Tengo. The video is clips from the Prelinger Archives (you know, those old misguided educational films).
"Rob and Monika have taken their moody sonic maelstrom throughout the USA and UK to rapt audiences. Self-managed and self-booked, they have played with Cold War Kids, Chairlift, The Dirty Projectors, A Place to Bury Strangers, and Spindrift, amongst many. Their DIY ethic has taken them to tour the UK in 2006 and twice to California in 2007 (including a performance at the Clean Air, Clear Stars Festival). They frequently packed up the Volvo wagon to tour throughout the Midwest and East Coast." The planned UK release date for `The Sky Drops` new [...]
Sean and I were just trading jabs this week on Facebook regarding MBV comparisons on these pages. So it's ironic that I'm gonna keep it going. You gotta love it when a band fulfills its promises. How many times have you heard, "The new album will be out by the end of the year," only to have it come out two years later or (in the case of MBV, a frequent reference when talking about the Sky Drops) not at all. The Sky Drops promised that despite a medical problem, their full album would be out in 2009, and [...]
We here at Citizen Dick World Enterprises like to stay ahead of the curve, or at least in pace with it. Sometimes, however, we miss a beat. We've taken one another to task for such ball droppage in the past and promise to continue doing so. While we cannot go back in time and fix such mistakes, we can reach back into the near past and drop a tasty nugget of tunage (apparently I'm channeling Phish today) for you to check out. Such is the case with today's singles club entry, "Truth Is" from The Sky Drops [...]
The Sky Drops - Swimming with Fishes mp3The Sky Drops - Hang On mp3Both are from Bourgeois Beat, due to drop on John Lennon's birthday.We're on their mailing list, and have been for some time now. So thrilled we were when our favorite Delawareans, Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette, let us know of their forthcoming October 9 release and let fly the two droplets posted above. Be assured that when
The Sky Drops first self-released long player comes out today. It is entitled Bourgeois Beat , and band members Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette have filled the album with swirly Mid-Atlantic indiedreampop. I received this track last night and as far as I know is a GT Exclusive . This track is much heavier (and dare I say awesomer) than the mellow new track "Swimming with Fishes" which is available for downloading at The Sky Drops music page or at Milk Milk Lemonade . Now listen to "Truth Is" and then watch the video... [...]
We've been anticipating this moment for a very long time and are now fortunate enough to present new music from a pair of artists who happen to be personal favourites of the MML blog. Our original review of Wilmington, Delaware musicians Rob Montejo (guitar, vocals) and Monika Bullette (drums, vocals) took place in May 2006 with a follow up in April 2007 as well as another mention in January 2009
After a few weeks of hearing about the video and new LP being worked on with The Sky Drops' Monika Bullette, and Rob Montejo (formerly of Smashing Orange ), we couldn't wait to see and hear the results! The exciting new LP, which has been titled Bourgeois Beat , will be released on August 11th, 2009 and has the duo setting off on a few tour dates in PA, Michigan, and Delaware in support of its release. If you live in Philadelphia, the best date to make it to will be their Mojo 13 [...]
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Here's an alphabetic list of all the reviews until now. Aaron Nazrul - Butterfly Man Canada is coming on strong, this year. I will not namedrop... (Except that Jenn Grant , and her wonderful song "dreamer" (from her [...]
I don't know what it was. I'm not a political person, i just love great music, and writing about it, sometimes recommend a new band or artist i discovered, and reading and linking to other quality blogs that are out there, on the internet. I had a long "speech" prepared, but why bothering quoting Thomas Paine, from the american crisis 1776? well, because it's still true. But this is not a political blog, you are here to read about great music. We'll [...]
was uns auch immer vom himmel da entgegen dröppelt, es ist gut gemeint von rob montejo und monika bullette. über die beiden ist schon eine ganze menge im netz geschrieben worden. die kombi aus mann und weib und gar aus schlagzeugerin und gitarrist ist auch nichts wirklich neues. daher galt meine konzentration eher auf das bereits längere zeit angekündigt "bourgeois beat", das nun aber doch erst in 2009 erscheinen wird, da sich rob eine zeitlang nicht in der lage sah gitarre zu spielen und sich somit die aufnahmen für das full length debut verzögerten. versprochen bleibt es aber. die beiden [...]
In preparation for their upcoming full length 2009 release, set to be titled Bourgeois Beat, the Wilmington, Delaware duo of long-time garage rock/shoegaze frontman Rob Montejo (guitar, vocals) and Monika Bullette (drums, vocals) have kindly decided to make their 2006 debut EP Clouds Of People completely free for download. We first featured The Sky Drops back in May 2006 with a follow up in
Well, according to NORAD , Father Christmas is currently over Brian Head, Utah and is heading north. You see, I finally figured it out: Old St Nick is in cahoots with the military-industrial complex and is using alien spacecraft technology adapted by the US Air Force to travel the globe at high hypersonic speeds (see the photo above for PROOF!), distributing gifts in support of the reification of Christmas and general commodity fetishism , which in turn compels people to spend spend SPEND, thereby propping up the Capitalist system. Shockingly fiendish, isn't it?? [...]
I saw a sign in the sky, urging us to come back to christmasblogland. So here we are again, fighting against the constant airplay of Mariah Carey an Wham. Trying to show there actually are good christmas songs to find out there. We'll get started this year with two songs by Bullette : Bullette - Christmas Blank Bullette - The Finest Gifts
Hey Philly and beyond, come on out to the North Star this Friday night for the Chris Tucker tribute, I'll be helping my friends at Girl About Town with the silent auction stop by and say hi. Here's more info via Girl About Town: On Friday October 17th, six area bands will gather at the North Star Bar in Philadelphia to honor Christopher Tucker . Chris was our friend who passed away this summer, and he was a talented musician and overall great guy who touched a lot of people [...]
Why didn't someone tell me? Seriously, I feel like an idiot. My Bloody Valentine played somewhere where I actually live, and I MISSED it! Sure, I saw they were going to play some dates, but did I pay close attention? No. This review almost had me breaking my hand punching my desk. Next time, will someone please email me? So in my misery, I turned to the Sky Drops for some comfort. These two songs are from last year and show them moving away from their MBV-infuenced shoegaze into their own territory, but the wall of guitar [...]
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