Just had the Growlers on Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio on Thursday and man, was it wild! There was a record 10 people our tiny little booth:
1 – vocal
2 – guitar
3 – guitar
4 – bass
5 – drum
6 – tambourine
7 – Mindy on sound
8 – Me on DJ
9 – EVR videographer, Tito
10 – Growlers tour documenter
Whoa…
Click through for some pics of the affair…
Hey Bologna-Boppin’ Beyonders,
I’m happy to announce that this week Beyond Beyond is Beyond will welcome So-Cal bent rockers, the Growlers to the show. I’ve been diggin’ these guys ever since Everloving sent me their new Are You In or Out? record. I lifted the ‘bent sound’ description from the Everloving website because it really fits the Growlers’ sound nicely:
…this “bent sound” has been perfected in their live act that some onlookers call “groovy” and or “sick”. The groovy unexcelled value in Lo fidelity sound is their stock and trade.
So get yourself further acquainted below with the “Something Someone Jr” video and then bring your ears to the far out reaches of Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio on Thursday, 2/18, from noon to 2 EST. Here’s how to get there…
If you’re in NYC, catch their show at Piano’s…
Feb 18 2010 11:00P
Pianos w/ Treasure and Magic Magic New York City, New York
Feb 20 2010 8:00P
RONY’S BAR chicago, Illinois
Feb 21 2010 11:30P
Replay Lounge Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 22 2010 8:00P
Hi Dive – The Growlers w/ Astrophagus Denver, Colorado
Feb 23 2010 9:30P
Belly Up Aspen w/ Backyard Fire Tire Aspen, Colorado
Feb 26 2010 8:00P
Noise Pop at Café Dunord San Francisco, California
Mar 27 2010 9:30P
East of Eden w/ Mikey Selbicky Monterey, California
If you watched the Grammys (as I did for some reason), you know that the highlight of the whole event was when Jeff Beck took the stage for the Les Paul ‘How High the Moon’ tribute with an old friend of the Beyond Beyond is Beyond show, Imelda May on vocals. If you missed, dig…
I’m proud to say that this silver-throated Irish rockabilly knockout was on my Beyond Beyond is Beyond show on East Village Radio back in September, so I just thought I’d share the interview again. She and her husband and amazing guitarist, Darrel Higham, also performed an exclusive acoustic tune for us at the end of the interview.
Check out the news piece on the EVR website where there is a link to the interview
OR
Go straight to the interview
I also chose her Love Tattoo album as one of the Best of 2009.
See some of my Imelda pics…
*all photos (c) Mike Newman
So I wanted to post something about a band that I accidentally left off my official ‘Best Albums of 2009′ list. This is San Diego-based (oddly enough) new progressive rock band Astra, and their 2009 album The Weirding is one that I listened to a lot last year. I found this really cool random user-made video for one of Astra’s songs and thought you should check it out. So dig in below. There’s a whole lot of radicity going on…
THEN, if you dig that, listen to the whole album on YouTube. It’s all HERE. Pretty amazing. Then, after you’re blown away by how good it is and surprised at how modern it is, BUY that shit bro. I’m def looking for Astra to head to the East Coast!
Cheers!
Hey Beyonderz,
Tune in live to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio at noon on New Year’s Eve, exactly 12 hours before 2010 starts! I’ll be playing some of my ‘Best 0f’s’ from 2009 and a bunch of exclusive live performances of BBiB guests right from the EVR booth. Live stuff from Alberta Cross, Imelda May, The Amazing, The Blakes, Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears, Mother Hips, Life on Earth, y mas!
And 9 hours later, come out to my stoned New Year’s extravaganza at Heathers Bar in the East Village (13th between A & B). $6 suggested donation (NY Times Neediest Cases Fund) gets you a right good time, free Brooklyn Beer from 9 to 10 pm, a chance to win fabulous prizes…and DJ Rudeboy and I provide your song and dance. Here are all the details.
Happy New Year to you all! Cheers, brilliant, right, cheers!
Mike
Btw, does Jon’s shirt say something about Beyond Beyond is Beyond?
Tune in to East Village Radio at noon Thursday, Christmas Eve, to get your Xmas Eve started with some nice holiday jams…I’ll be slaving away for you over a hot microphone, like a good Jew!
…twas amazing to witness live!
Hey there, ya turkeys…
I’ll have a nice fresh Thanksgiving show for you on Thursday on Beyond Beyond is Beyond. I’ll be broadcasting on location from a turkey farm in the Deep South where I’ll be DJ-ing at a mass turkey funeral…and vacationing. Tune in for lots of Thanksgiving-related jams and marshmalloweated yams. Even something from this album…
Have a great Thanksgiving…and if you’re going to eat a lot, make sure to balance it with drinking a lot! So tune in live to East Village Radio at noon on Thanksgiving and pop the top on your first drink with me!
See ya then.
Cheers!
Hell-oh Bea Yawnders!
Hope you all had a hellish Halloween weekend! I’ve got an amazing show coming up on Thursday at noon (eastern) on East Village Radio; a show that should drive Erin Pope crackers! Not only will I be talking to prog-legend Gentle Giant lead singer, Derek Shulman…but I will also have artist, Jess Rotter of Rotter & Friends, and Kemado/Mexican Summer/Anthology Recordings joining me as guest DJ all show long, as we’ll try to match each other song for song and talk about the days of covered wagons.
This show’s gonna be fully radical, so be sure to catch it live on Beyond Beyond is Beyond at noon (eastern) Thursday on East Village Radio! Plus I’ll be taking attendance and there will be a pop quiz!
***UPDATE! DIG THE ARCHIVE OF THIS SHOW RIGHT’CHERE… http://www.eastvillageradio.com/news/items.aspx?id=8972
On November 10th, 2009 Gentle Giant will be digitally releasing seven of their best-known albums and tracks in digital form for the very first time via their own Alucard label through EMI Music’s Label Services unit.
This progressive rock band, which was active from 1970 through 1980, was made up of multi-instrumentalists, and lived to expand the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of becoming very unpopular.” The group’s dozen albums combine a range of musical styles—jazz, pop, classical, British soul, rock, blues, medieval, pop, and blues.
In a Glass House, The Power & The Glory, Free Hand, In’terview, Playing The Fool, The Missing Piece and Giant For a Day will become available through all digital channels. More Gentle Giant music will be available in a variety of formats in 2010, starting with the January release of the seven CDs Re-Mastered from the original 1⁄4 inch tapes through Hi-Resolution (24bit 96k) transfer. First quarter of 2010 will also find box sets and Limited Edition Vinyl LPs.
About the guest DJ: Artist Jess Rotter, a woman that promotes rock bands by day at Kemado Records/Mexican Summer in New York, is the mastermind of the whimsical t-shirt line, Rotter and Friends. The tees’ prints are playful, heartfelt and inspired by rare music of the 1960’s and 70’s. Part of the indie-label’s appeal is that the tees feature hand-drawn, wickedly irreverent prints and big fans include Natalie Portman. Past collections include odes to Captain Beefheart, Graham Nash, Roky Erickson, and Bobbie Gentry- backed by a slew of Rotter’s crazy dancing hand-drawn characters. Recent press about the label has included NPR, Nylon, Spin, Daily Candy, Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, and Newsweek.
It’s been a rad year for Rotter and Friends as Jess’s illustrations for the label were made into a solo exhibition called Moontunes in Los Angeles at Garage Gallery in March, a month later her 4-piece capsule collection for Project Red was released globally in The Gap, and the label was responsible for hosting the first NYC live performance from Boston psyche legend Bobb Trimble.
This season, in their 6th collection, Rotter and Friends pay homage to Jade Stone and Luv (in partnership w/ Swedish label Subliminal sounds ), Ya Ho Wah 13, Betty Davis, and Badfinger. Fun things for Fall include a one day holiday trunk show event at Other Music in late November, a 3-piece collection of spiral notebooks for HEEB magazine which include scribble salutes to Leonard Cohen, Marianne Faithfull, and Marc Bolan of T. Rex, and a MoonTune version of Betty Davis will be included in a group show at 303 Grand gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn November 6th-20th.
So in case you don’t know, Phish covered Exile On Main Street as their musical costume for their Halloween Festival 8 weekend in Indio, California. Like or dislike Phish, can you deny this energy?
And Dave Gilmour and Jeff Beck love her. What better endorsement can you get?!
Let’s remove everybody’s chains…
Cheers and tears to MLK and President Barack Obama!!!
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Sometimes a band comes along who reminds you that not all of the good music has already been made. Unfortunately there’s way much more crappy novelty. But when we look back in 10, 15, 20 years on the ground-breaking and lasting music from this era, we will certainly be listening again to Animal Collective.
I just ordered Animal Collective’s new Merriweather Post Pavilion album on 180 gram gatefold vinyl, and all record labels should take note. First of all, it’s a band that are true musical artists with longevity. Huh? Wha? Yeah, remember that crazy notion? And there is really no one else in Animal Collective’s league. They’re not indie, they’re not rock, they’re not electronica, they’re not jam… they’ve created their own thing.
Secondly, the vinyl was released today, January 6th, two weeks before the official release of the CDs and iTunes downloads. How cool is that? And of course, inside the vinyl is a download card which entitles you to download the mp3s or wav files. It costs a bit more, $22.98, but I don’t care because I will pay extra for exactly what I want! That’s what the major labels had forgetten. They just wanted to charge a lot for everything across the boards. No thanks. That’s not what I want.
And lastly, I heard the last track from this album from some music promo site, which was streaming it a few weeks ago, and I knew I had to have this record. Granted, I have been an Animal Collective fan pretty much since the band started in 2000 and was making a lot of very out-there music. And I bought those ‘out-there’ albums because I heard something going on underneath that was truly sublime and original. And now, I feel like Animal Collective are reaching their fully sublime, creative potential. I played the aforementioned promo song, “Brother Sport” (which I recorded into Pro-Tools), when I DJ’d my New Year’s Eve party, and it was just perfect in a roomful of revelers. Since I will respect Domino Records’ policies, I will not post the album version of “Brother Sport” here, but here is a live video of the band performing the song a while back (but keep in mind…the studio version is much better)…
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Meanwhile, I will wait for my vinyl to arrive, since I ordered it a little on the late side for it to show up today and I’ll see what kind of things you guys have to say about Animal Collective. Is it possible that they are the most innovative band of this era or are they just geeky little knob-twiddlers…or somewhere in between?
Whatever the case, I’m intrigued.
Also…check out the brand new song ‘My Girls’ on AC’s MySpace page
Clown him all you will for his lifestyle, but Keith Richards has longevity. Happy Birthday, Keef! Keep doin’ whatever you’re doin’!
Check out “Wicked As It Seems” from Main Offender. I love that album!
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Don’t know who this guy is, but this song is pretty brilliant; it’s called ‘My Focken Glockenspiel’. And listen for the Phish reference…
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I have to post this! I missed SNL this past week, but I assume this was on it. Andy Samberg is really doing his best to keep SNL funny…and of course, Kristen Wiig. But check this shit out…
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And whilst i’m jocking Andy Samberg, check out these recent gems…
How funny is this guy!?
Hey all, so I’m back from taking two trips in the last couple weeks and then getting sick the last couple days, and this seems to be at the height of music news, and certainly of interest to me. Coldplay is being sued by Joe Satriani for stealing his song, and to tell you the truth, I would be suing them too…coincident or not!
Check out this comparison…
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Pretty damn convincing, huh?
Not only that, I remember when the album first dropped and this song was being used in iPod commercials, there being some hubbub over it sounding a bit too much like a song by a band called the Creaky Boards.
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So what do you think? Either we have a case (or two) of plagiarism, or people just need to get a little more creative!
I got an email from livephish.com telling me that I could get 25% off of all Phish show downloads, and I said ‘boy’. Then I went over to Hidden Track and noticed that they had a very nice 25th Anniversary post for the Vermont fellas who are reuniting to tour next year, and I said ‘man’. Then I saw the absolutely enthralling YouTube montage that Hidden Track featured, care of Jared Slomoff, and exclaimed ‘SHIT’!
So if you wanna exclaim ‘shit’ too, take the time to check out this amazing 25th Anniversary montage of the Phish boys. There’s a LOT of fun shit in here. Dig…
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Happy Anniversary, Phish!
This is hilarious! And check it out…if I’m not amiss here, Ozzy texts “Fuck U” to the barista at about 12 seconds in. Am I right?
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A short while ago, in my series “The bass it don’t lie” I posted a piece on Jeff Christie, my old bandmate. Little did I know that some days later, the interest in Christie – the band, would resurface…….
Some songs are simply hits, others worm their way into the collective consciousness, and a few, a very few, become synonymous with an event, a memory, and to the listener, the two are inseparable. The pop classic Yellow River – an unlikely slice of British country rock – falls very firmly into the last category. It was adopted by American servicemen as their rallying tune, a celebration of the end of their tour of duty in Vietnam. “Yellow river” was in fact the name of one of the bases in the U.S. from which soldiers were initially deployed to fight in Vietnam.
The ex-servicemen have never forgotten the song, nor the memories it brings back. Here’s just a few anecdotes from America’s finest:
And now, after several years hiatus, following a resurgence of interest, Christie are back – touring Europe anew in 2009. Who knows? perhaps the impetus will carry the band over the pond for some long overdue dates in America.
Yellow River — a Vietnam War classic – ex-servicemen share their views (courtesy of Ray Chan)
Bob Sullivan, Maryland, USA, wrote:
YELLOW River came out as I was being released from active duty in the US Navy. It brings to mind exactly how I felt as I was set free,some 36 years later (plus or minus) … it remains my favorite song of all time. Thanks for the memories, Mr Christie.
Dave Wilkinson, USA, wrote:
MY name is Dave Wilkinson. I’m a Vietnam Vet and my unit, Whiskey Battery 1st Battalion 12th Marine Regiment, are in the process of putting a website together.
We hope to use Yellow River for the background music on our site. GREAT SONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ross Tuttle, Texas, USA, wrote:
I HAVE been a BIG fan of Jeff and the group since I first heard Yellow River in 1970. That song is still my all time favorite after all these years.
I carried Yellow River with me as I traveled in the Army and Navy for 30 years!
How can I get compilations of your songs? The music stores that I shop here in Dallas do not have anything.
This geriatric rocker is still hangin’ in…
Boondogle, Florida, USA, wrote:
YELLOW River was unlike any other anti-war song. While others had strong messages, they were couched in equally grim and gritty melodies, like the anthemic War by Edwin Starr, or Eric Burdon’s Skypilot.
But Yellow River was bright and bouncy and echoed the feeling of happiness we had when we knew our tour of duty was over. It remains a song that continues to bring back so many fond memories for me .. the joy of going home.
It should have been the first song featured on the Good Morning Vietnam soundtrack.
Ob Bop, Nebraska, USA, wrote:
ON Christie’s first album was a song for the times. Vietnam was still going strong and a lot of vets coming back from overseas related to Yellow River.
Yellow River had a great impact on me when it hit the air in 1970.
I was drawing closer to the age when the draft would affect me personally. I saw returning vets grooving on the song .. a rockin’ song with basic drums, guitar and vocals.
A basic lead guitar riff bounces in and out but never dominates. The main power is in the words … words that affect me and others to this day.
When that plane dropped me off in San Francisco after bringing me back from southeast Asia, the kin were there with the pick-up I had left in storage.
As I left to go visit Berkeley as a civilian, looking for a pretty hippy chick to welcome me back … I threw Yellow River into the cassette deck. Sigh …
If you want to perhaps envision what the guys of that time were thinking as they returned from overseas … give Yellow River a try and, as you listen to the lyrics … visualise returning to a fond time and place you have been away from.
Yellow River is one of my personal top 25 songs of all times, even after all these years.
Larry Matthews, California, USA, wrote:
I ALWAYS really liked Yellow River, especially the guitar work.
It’s a good illustration of the rotation situation in Vietnam. Individual soldiers served for a year (or in the case of marines, 13 months) and then were rotated back to the states — unlike other wars where you were stuck in combat for the duration of the conflict.
I can guarantee the song certainly is NOT about the Yellow River in China. That is one place Americans were definetely not welcome at that time.
But it could have been either of the Yellow River areas in either Georgia or Iowa.
All I know is that it is a great song and, like Galveston, it shows that most soldiers were more than ready to do their time and go home.
So we prepare to take Christie on the road again in 2009, and give a fresh airing to this pop classic. For now, check out this version we recorded live in Antwerp sports stadium , Belgium in 1990.
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