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!
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!
UPDATE: GO TO THIS SHOW ARCHIVE AT EVR!
Hey! Whoa! Wow!
This Thursday at noon eastern on Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio, I am proud to be welcoming Ian Anderson who will be phoning in to talk about Tull’s current tour and much more…all whilst standing on one leg!
And you can still enter to win tickets for the Jones Beach, NY show or Holmdel, NJ show by clicking here and following directions!
Fuckin’ A…B…and C! Tune in Thursday at noon eastern to East Village Radio.
Bros and Sisses,
When was the last time you saw Jethro Tull?! 10 years, 20 years ago, never? Well, this week is your chance to win tickets to see plenty of flute jammin’ at either Jones Beach on Long Island (Friday, 6/11) or PNC in New Jersey (Sunday 6/13), thanks to Beyond Beyond is Beyond, East Village Radio and Live Nation.
To enter to win the Tull tix, simply email your favorite Tull tune to beyondbeyondisbeyond(at)eastvillageradio(dot)com OR Tweet it to @EVRadio and @BBiB.
And tune in to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio to hear plenty of Tull at noon on Thursday, June 3rd and also on Thursday, June 10th to hear if you won. Winners will also be notified by email or direct message on Twitter, by 4:00 pm on 6/10.
The contest is open June 1 through June 10. Go get ‘em!
Just tune in to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on Thursday at noon eastern to find out how to enter!
Here’s the Time Out show preview
Tim Bluhm of The Mother Hips is gonna be on Beyond Beyond is Beyond for the second time this Thursday! ‘Member his visit from exactly one year ago on 5/14/09? Here’s a reminder…
Tim Bluhm: Time-Sick Son – Live at EVR
*photo by Mike Newman live at EVR 5/14/09
The Hips will be rockin’ the Bowery Ballroom on Friday, May 14th…and they are at their absolute best onstage. And if you haven’t checked out their most recent Pacific Dust album, you should. I even chose it as one of the best of 2009.
So tune in to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio at noon eastern on Thursday and we’ll chat with Tim Bluhm and he’ll rock a tune or two for us. And as usual, there will be tons of other jams without boundaries throughout the show!
And get your tix for the Bowery Hips show here.
Hey dudes, dig this new Sleepy Sun single from their new album, Fever, out June 1st on ATP records. You must witness this band live too…love ‘em!
Sleepy Sun – Open Eyes
*pics by Mike Newman at ATP NY 2009
Tune in to East Village Radio on Thursday, 4/22, as the Truck America Festival organizers and Jason Russo of Hopewell stop by to tell us all about their festie right in the heart of the Catskills, which starts in a week and a half! They’re also gonna play a couple tunes live in the studio for us for an added treat.
And of course you’ll get the usual assortment of cage-free rock that you’re used to on Beyond Beyond is Beyond.
So tune in Thursday at noon eastern on EVR.com and get Trucked…
…East Village Radio