New Beard Moment of Peace EP Release Party

Listen to or download the EP here: http://music.newbeardcity.com

New Beard – “Given” (Feat. Gustav Ejstes) from stereogum on Vimeo.

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!

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

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!

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!

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:

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!