It’s kind of an awesome story that Nicole and I met over our love for Swedish psychedelic folk-rock. After the guys from Life On Earth! played live on BBiB a couple months ago, we walked outside the EVR booth and found Nicole Atkins there waiting to talk to Mattias and Martin, whom she had met when recording an album in Sweden a couple years ago…and whose music she loves.
Well, after meeting, I looked up some of Nicole’s work and found that she’s an absolutely badass singer and equally badass songwriter and that you all needed to hear her play live on Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio. So that’s what’s goin’ down on Thursday at noon. You’ll want to hear this! Not to mention, Nicole’s bringing along her slide guitar player.
Here’s a couple Amazon reviewer quotes about Nicole that I love:
This is how songs should be constructed and arranged. She’s the Mozart of our time. – J.K. Peffers, Denver
…a cross between Janis Joplin and Fiona Apple, with a twist of 50′s retro and a sprinkle of goth for seasoning. – Erik F., Boston
On Neptune City, Jersey girl Nicole Atkins summons the iconographic spirits of Bruce Springsteen, Roy Orbison, Loretta Lynn, lets them live inside her, and proceeds to transcend them into what we hear on this record. In this genre-less record of darkly psychedelic Jersey-shore romanticism, Nicole Atkins throws her hat into that ring of artists managing to straddle the fence-line between indie and mainstream credibility and ends up being sucessful in this pursuit. - K. Porter, Austin
- Nicole Atkins’ website
- Upcoming show at Glasslands with Common Prayer on 9/16
- East Village Radio
- Beyond Beyond is Beyond archive page
Tune in to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio on Thursday at noon and hear me chat with the organizers of the remarkable ATP NY music fest, which has no corporate sponsors and is the smallest and coolest festival I’ve ever been to!
Hey there, Beyonders!
I’m happy to report that we will have a kickass live performance from a kickass new band called The Main Street Gospel, in the EVR booth on Beyond Beyond is Beyond this Thursday. Their beautifully fuzzed-out classic rock style shines bright on their Tee Pee Records debut, Love Will Have Her Revenge. Dig ‘I Won’t Be Stayin” below…
The Main Street Gospel – I Won’t Be Stayin’
Here’s a great quick intro to the band from Dan Epstein at Shockhound (where you can also download the free mp3):
Here at ShockHound, the only thing we love more than getting turned on to killer new music is when we can turn you on to it before anyone else does.
Which is why we’re so stoked to present the world premiere of “I Won’t Be Stayin’,” a fuzz-caked track from Love Will Have Her Revenge, the forthcoming full-length debut by the Main Street Gospel. Lodged somewhere between the bluesy scuzz of the Black Keys and the haunted highway ramblings of Neil Young, “I Won’t Be Stayin’” is one of those rare cuts that sounds both oddly familiar and intriguingly fresh. And you can only download it for FREE from ShockHound, baby!
Formed in Columbus, Ohio in 2005 by former Brian Jonestown Massacre tambourine shaker Barry Dean (vocals, guitar), Ryan “Tito” Ida (bass) and Adam Scoppa (drums), the Main Street Gospel’s brand of “mystic trip-rock” caught the ear of fellow bearded Ohioan (and Black Keys guitarist) Dan Auerbach, who produced and pressed up a couple of their songs on an indie seven-inch back in 2008. One thing led to another, and the band signed to Tee Pee Records early this year. Love Will Have Her Revenge, a wonderful album which touches upon everything from Byrds-y country rock to Spiritualized-type psychedelic mantras, will drop June 29.
But hey, you don’t need to wait until then to bathe in the cosmic vibes of the Main Street Gospel. Just click on the link above, and grab that free MP3 before it’s gone like a late spring breeze.— Dan Epstein
So tune in Thursday to Beyond Beyond is Beyond and here the Main Street Gospel live in the iconic East Village Radio booth!
- Main Street Gospel’s Love Will Have Here Revenge on Amazon
- East Village Radio
- Beyond Beyond is Beyond archive page
And if you’re in the NY area, be sure to see them play live, along with the excellent Hopewell and White Hills Thursday night at Perfect Prescription at Secret Project Robot!
New album coming soon on Mexican Summer
Hello Beyond-Space Cadets,
I’m excited to report that I will be chatting with Hawkwind founder and sole ever-present member, Dave Brock on Thursday’s Beyond Beyond is Beyond show. We’ll talk about the excellent new Blood of the Earth album as well as whatever else strikes our fancies (hehe, we have fancies). Of course I’ll have to ask about Lemmy and Stacia and touring with the MAN band back in the day.
So tune on in to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio at noon eastern on Thursday, and hear my convo with the great Dave Brock! I will also have the usual variety of stellar rock jams, including a SPECIAL TREAT from a metal band known (at least in Greenhills, Ohio in 1985) as Destroyer! This gem has been unearthed from 6-feet under after 25 years.
All Thursday, all Beyond Beyond is Beyond, all East Village Radio, all of us (or is it ‘we’?)!
Hej Bjonders…
I’m happy to announce that this week’s Beyond Beyond is Beyond show will welcome back long-time BBiB buddy, Mattias Gustavvson from the bands Dungen and Life on Earth! Both Swedish bands are making some of the coolest rockin’ folk neo-psych grooves out there in our new world of music.
Mattias and Mike way back on BBiB episode #12 in May 2009
Mattias will be playing songs for us and we’ll be talking about the upcoming Dungen album and playing new stuff from both Dungen and Life on Earth! So tune in to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio Thursday at noon eastern…and come play with us!
Hey cats, yeah, this Thursday is gonna be crazy special as I’ll be welcoming ex-Genesis guitarist-extraordinaire Steve Hackett to Beyond Beyond is Beyond! But not only that, I’ll also be giving away a few copies of Hackett’s excellent new album, Out of the Tunnel’s Mouth.
So tune in online Thursday at noon eastern to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio to hear my conversation with one of Rock’s original guitar gods…and to find out how you can be entered to win Steve’s new album.
Till then…cheers!
Mike
Hey dudes,
As Steve Hackett is going to be on the next Beyond Beyond is Beyond show on East Village Radio, I wanted to make sure that you’ve heard a bit of his most recent and very excellent solo album, Out of the Tunnel’s Mouth. It just came out last month in the States and you MUST own it. Seriously, it’s really good. Have a listen for yourself…
Steve Hacket – Fire On The Moon
Plus, I’m gonna giveaway a couple copies of this fine album on the next show as well. So tune in to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio at noon eastern, Thursday!
…East Village Radio