New Beard is ready to celebrate the release of their debut release, Moment of Peace EP. This coming Sunday 18 December, New Beard will be joined by friends Lavalier, Gato Loco, and Toys and Tiny Instruments at Cameo Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Come out and throw down!
New Beard Moment of Peace EP Release Party
Listen to or download the EP here: http://music.newbeardcity.com
New Beard’s brand new video for “Given” (dir Jenny Palen) was picked up by Stereogum.com. Watch it:
New Beard – “Given” (Feat. Gustav Ejstes) from stereogum on Vimeo.
Out now on Shoulder Tap Records is the debut EP from Brooklyn-based band New Beard. It’s available for download and streaming, with physical copies coming next month. New Beard plays at Pianos in NYC on Dec 2, and is throwing an EP release party at Cameo Gallery in Williamsburg on Dec 18. Stay tuned!
Now available for download (physical copies available soon): Corrupt Autopilot’s latest release, Inside the Crystal Palace. Pay what you wish, download now!
Vending Machine "Let the People Sing"
Vending Machine‘s latest record, “Let the People Sing”, is now available on Shoulder Tap Records! Listen to the whole thing right here:
And then buy a handmade CD and color-it-yourself poster here: http://music.vendingmachineband.com. It features awesome original artwork by Tom Martin, and collaborations with Alicja Trout (Mouserocket) and Shelby Bryant, and more. Come join us at the at the Hi-Tone in Memphis on Nov 26th (with opening sets by Yazan and Rock & Roll Recovery):
Vending Machine "Let the People Sing" Record Release Party
Let the people sing, goddamn it!
Here in New York, we’ve been putting together semi-regular showcases of artists from our crew and associated acts, performing at New York’s Sidewalk Cafe. They’re free shows where we play new songs, or try different arrangements of old songs, where we collaborate on stage with each other, playing mostly acoustic instruments. The shows have been a lot of fun — thanks to everyone that’s been coming out to see us and support us! I’ve been pretty bad about updating this blog with info about every show, but that’s about to change. Last month, we had six acts, and here is the poster by the soft-handed Dima Drjuchin (of Corrupt Autopilot fame):
Shoulder Tap Presents (Oct 27 2010)
We’ll be booking more of these, as well as other no-so-free shows with electric guitars.
The fine gents in New Beard have almost completed tracking for their upcoming debut record, and Vending Machine’s “Let The People Sing” is complete, to be released later in November.
Finally, we wanna brag a little about our one appearance at CMJ 2010 at Greg Barris’s Heart of Darkness. The sold out show was a phenomenal event, with Reggie Watts, Dave Hill, Kristen Schaal, and Kurt Braunohler performing, with The Forgiveness Choir backing everybody up (featuring New Beard, Yazan, Dima, Jonas from Mother of Three, and Aerial East). Here’s the poster for that:
Greg Barris' Heart of Darkness, with Reggie Watts, Dave Hill, Kristen Schaal, Kurt Braunohler, and the Forgiveness Choir
The New York Shoulder Tap contingent is moving in on Los Angeles and will be playing a bunch of shows, big and small:
Wed 22 Sept, 8PM: Yazan, Corrupt Autopilot, Wigmaker’s Son (acoustic sets) at Mauve’s Residuals (11042 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, CA), FREE
Saturday 25 Sept, 7PM: Corrupt Autopilot Super Band (featuring members of Mother of Three, New Beard, and Greg Barris) at The Cat Club (8911 Sunset Blvd West Hollywood, CA)
Sunday 26 Sept, 930PM: Heart of Darkness, with the Forgiveness Choir (featuring Mother of Three and New Beard), special guests Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, Jon Dore, Everything is Terrible, and Greg Barris at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater (5919 Franklin Ave Hollywood, CA 90028), $5 (pre-sales are SOLD OUT)
Monday 27 Sept, Greg Barris: What’s Up Tigerlily residency at Hollywood Studio Bar and Grill (6122 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA)
We’ll be back in New York for New Beard at Music Hall of Williamsburg (with Dead Confederate), 830PM on Wed 28 Sept. Don’t miss this show if you’re in New York! We’ll have some New Beard EPs ready, and lots of surprises. Smell you later!
This week we’ll be curating a night of acts at the Sidewalk Cafe (94 Ave A) in New York, including sets by Yazan, Corrupt Autopilot, and New Beard:
Wed 8 Sept
8PM Tincho Loro
830PM Dean Lynch
9PM Corrupt Autopilot
930PM Aerial East
10PM Yazan
1030PM New Beard
Wed 8 Sept @ Sidewalk Cafe: Yazan, Corrupt Autopilot, New Beard, Tincho Loro, Aerial East
Mother of Three is going to Los Angeles to support Greg Barris’s Heart of Darkness at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater, with special guests Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, and more. Then they’re back in NY for October in time for CMJ, with another Heart of Darkness (with Reggie Watts, Dave Hill, Kristen Schaal, and more).
Vending Machine is getting ready to drop another record of idiosyncratic Memphis pop in November. The artwork is done and the masters have been mastered and it looks and sounds great. Stay tuned for more info!
The Corrupt Autopilot LP “Greetings from Ghost Country” is now available for free download at http://corruptautopilot.com — pay as much as you want, even $0 if that’s what you think it’s worth.
Finally, Yazan has been in the studio recording a solo effort of acoustic songs inspired by the likes of RL Burnside, Skip James, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. We’ll put some songs up soon, but if you want to hear it now, come out to the show on Wednesday!
The Corrupt Autopilot LP, Greetings from Ghost Country (SHT004), is out now at http://corruptautopilot.com! You can listen to the whole thing for free, and download the whole thing for as little as $5. Corrupt Autopilot is the music of Mother of Three bassist Dima Drjuchin, and Greetings from Ghost Country was brilliantly recorded and produced by Andrew Dunn and Ben Wigler, the brains and beards behind New Beard. The record is a circus of sound, featuring performances from: Yazan and Jonas from Mother of Three, Nik Dryuchin (AudioAmor), Eric Stephenson, Tony Waldman, Ben and Andrew from New Beard, Greg Barris (Heart of Darkness), Gian Carlo Feleppa (Mink Lungs, Emergency Party), Aerial East, and Leah Hayes. What a party!
Speaking of parties: on Saturday 10 July, Corrupt Autopilot will be playing their first show as a band, with Dima leading some of the above characters through a set of songs. Not only is it a birthday party (Dima turns 30!), and a record release party, but it’s also a benefit show for tattoo artist and friend Matty No Times. Matty had to get a new liver, but had no health insurance and is now paying for it, so we’re all helping out. Come on out, click the poster below for more info:
Corrupt Autopilot, Sat 10 July at Bowery Electric, NYC
Listen to “I Know, I Know”, a track from Greetings from Ghost Country:
Lots of news from Mother of Three:
1. Next show is Thurs 1 Oct at Lit Lounge in New York. Full details here. It’s another birthday show — this time Yazan turns 30 and Jonas turns 29, and no higher authority is going to stop us this time. It’s our first show since Feb (our July show was canceled), and will be among our last for the year, so come on out!
Mother of Three, Thurs 1 Oct, 10:30PM, Lit Lounge, NYC
2. Mother of Three has started releasing select cuts from their massive library of rehearsal recordings. These recordings are almost completely improvised, and recorded live in a single room with a single stereo mic. It’s raw and unfinished stuff, mostly instrumental, but the choice bits we’re making available are just too nasty not to be heard.
You can download it at: http://music.motherofthree.info/album/jams-2009, or listen here:
3. Mother of Three is part of the Pure Volume CMJ Showcase at Collective Hardware. We’ll be playing a set (with awesome bands Lavalier and Bowery Riots) on Fri 23 Oct at Collective Hardware, and then we’ll be the backing band for the CMJ edition of the Heart of Darkness comedy show, featuring Reggie Watts, Dave Hill, David Cope, and of course Mike O’ Rourke and Greg Barris. Check out Dima’s sweet poster:
Mother of Three, Lavalier, Bowery Riots at CMJ 2009 Pure Volume Showcase
4. We’re working on booking a Brooklyn show for some time in Oct as well, so keep your eyes peeled, suburbanites!