I’m happy to be welcoming my pal, Todd Bogin (above right) and his excellent folk-rock outfit, Whale Belly to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on Thursday. As a live band, these guys are full of untamed roller coaster ride-like energy.
After bringing us that energy live on air at noon (EST) on Thursday, they’ll bring it to their sold out show that night at Mercury Lounge. But no worries, they’ll play the Merc again on Saturday at 7:00 pm.
I’m psyched to be welcoming the Brooklyn Raga Association to this week’s Beyond Beyond is Beyond show! This will be a first in the East Village Radio studio. EVR has never had a raga group play live, so get ready for some killer sitar, tampura, tabla jammin’ over the internet airwaves on Thursday at noon (ET).
And in the meantime, get familiar by downloading Brooklyn Raga Association’s awesome album for free over at Bandcamp.
UPDATE: LISTEN TO THE LIVE EVR PERFORMANCE HERE
Dudes,
Grab one (or more) of these…
And join me at noon (ET) here…
…and let’s listen to stuff like this…
Cheersy cheers!
Yeah, how ’bout a giveaway?! And how about this killer 45 from the amazing rhythm and blues-psych-gospel Chicago rockers, the Velcro Lewis Group?
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Velcro Lewis Daytrotter Session
Buy the whole White Magick Summer album
UPDATE: VELCRO LEWIS VINYL WINNERS:
@dogoneblog
Patrick Jaicomo
I’m excited to welcome D. Charles Speer (Dave Shuford) of the No-Neck Blues Band and D. Charles Speer & the Helix to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on Thursday. Dave has two great new records coming out, one solo and one with the Helix and we’re gonna chat and play stuff from both albums.
Both Thrill Jockey releases, the D. Charles Speer solo album, Arghiledes, is out March 15th and the Helix album, Leaving the Commonwealth, is out on April 12th. Tune in to East Village Radio at noon (ET) Thursday and get a first listen and hear my chat with Dave.
And if you’re in the NYC-area, you should definitely hit his next show:
Mar 13 2011
Mercury Lounge (Solo) w/ Arbouretum, Endless Boogie
New York, NY
D. Charles Speer solo LP Arghiledes release show
I’m currently loving these two albums just released by Trouble In Mind. Sample them below but they are really best heard as full albums…
Upon your first listen to this record you may think that you’ve stumbled onto some lost nugget from 1968. The Paperhead take their name from a lyric in July’s golden-age psychedelic single “My Clown” and while the record may have a vintage sound, it’s mind boggling to learn that it was written and recorded in the summer of 2010 by three 18 year old kids from Nashville, Tennessee. Neo-psych fans may hear a more ambitious ‘White Fence’ or a poppier ‘Spacemen 3’ while more classic minded listeners may recall ‘The Pretty Things’, their namesake ‘July’ or post-LSD ‘Beatles’.
Before they all went their separate ways to start college, Ryan Jennings and his closest childhood friends Walker Mimms and Peter Stringer-Hye holed up to record an album that combines all the orchestrated pop layers, eastern influence and groovy instrumentals of a classic British Psych record. With Cheap Time’s Jeffrey Novak as producer & “spritual advisor”, these guy’s technical and songwriting abilities far outreach their young age, while still maintaining a sense of wonder about the world and a dash of charming naivete.
The Paperhead-Back To Those Days
And then there’s The Wrong Words!
While there isn’t much left to be said about the current music scene in San Francisco, the Wrong Words have combined all of its best elements (power pop, punk and a dab of flower-psych) on this amazingly solid debut LP. This album has pop hooks galore, great lyrics and ripping guitar work.
Wrong Words “What Went Wrong” music video from Chris Anderson on Vimeo.
