the felice brothers live at the luminaire
gregor | August 25th, 2009 - 4:36 pm
UPDATE: well, people we’ve had a good run. 4 years into this and other than that douche asking me to take down his lousy, albeit cool westerberg show and kristian aka tallest man on earth asking very kindly that i take down a track, i had never been asked by an artist, or their “people” for that matter to take down a show i have posted. that all ends today, actually last night, but just got around to doing it today. as you may have guessed the felice bros and they’re people/person have asked me to take down this show. initially i was super pissed, because of all the shit i have posted, not to mention felice brothers related stuff, over the past 4 years and i get busted for posting a show by the felice brothers?! really? the felice brothers? never would have seen this one coming. its their bat their ball their music, and im not gonna fight it. really? the felice brothers? damn….
sadly i forgot all my stuff at home today, so part 11-30 will have to wait til tomorrow. i know its gonna be hard on you all to wait but please try and do what you can do contain your sadness. in its place i have a lovely soundboard recording of the felice brothers at the luminaire in swingin london, england on 11.30.07. thanks to taper, youandmeboth for the recording!
1. im saved
2. hey hey revolver
3. where’d you get liquor
4. ruby may
5. helen fry
6. mercy
7. frankies gun
8. saint stevens end
9. radio song
10. damn you jim
11. cheese and brown
12. ballad of lou
13. white limousine
14. two hands
15. t for texas
16. roll on arte
17. the devil is real
18. glory
i’m gonna walk these yellow lines till they turn to golden vines
smangs | April 10th, 2009 - 6:47 pm
Felice Brothers ©2009 Selene Angier
Some vids from the Felice Brothers at the Paradise last night.
“Ballad of Lou the Welterweight”
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wt6UwD83aM]
“Where’d You Get Your Liquor From?”
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-gjONniM8I]
“Frankie’s Gun”
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSvc5hcSWrQ]
We were bummed that Simone missing from behind the kit but heard of the unfortunate why, and that he’s also working on a new project, The Duke and The King, who appear to be making their stage debut May 20 at Union Hall, NYC.
Here are the rest of Felice dates through May, with a couple of summer fests. A must-see if you’ve never checked them out live.
Apr 10 2009 Valentines Albany, New York
Apr 11 2009 Higher Ground Burlington, Vermont
Apr 15 2009 Birchmere Bandstand Alexandria, Virginia
Apr 16 2009 Trocadero Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Apr 17 2009 Webster Hall New York, New York
Apr 18 2009 Pearl Street Northampton, Massachusetts
Apr 19 2009 Ringwood Public Library – New Legacy Concert – Ringwood, New Jersey
Apr 21 2009 Castaway’s Ithaca, New York
Apr 22 2009 Mr. Smalls Funhouse Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Apr 24 2009 WFPK – Live Lunch Louisville, Kentucky
Apr 24 2009 Headliners Louisville, Kentucky
Apr 25 2009 Mercy Lounge Nashville, Tennessee
Apr 28 2009 Bottletree Birmingham, Alabama (say hi to Leah and Andrea!)
Apr 29 2009 Smith’s Olde Bar Atlanta, Georgia
Apr 30 2009 Rhythm and Brews Chattanooga, Tennessee
May 1 2009 Barley’s Taproom Knoxville, Tennessee
May 2 2009 Berkeley Cafe Raleigh, North Carolina
May 22 2009 Buffalo Creek Music Festival Lexington, Virginia
May 23 2009 The National Richmond, Virginia
Jul 18 2009 Master Musicians Festival Somerset, Kentucky
Jul 25 2009 Floydfest Floyd, Virginia
the felice brothers’ run chicken run
gregor | March 24th, 2009 - 2:33 pm
i had heard rumblings of a new felice brothers record, and those rumblings were quickly pushed to the back of my mind. i need a damn intern! im sure this has been posted to death in the blog-o-smear by now, but here is the first single off their upcoming team love release, yonder is the clock, which is due out on 4.7. diggin the zydeco/cajun vibe this has goin on.
captains dead top 12 songs of 08
gregor | December 19th, 2008 - 11:56 amas i was coming up with my favorite songs of 08 i noticed an interesting trend. that trend being that most of my favorite songs were not necessarily on my favorite records. so, i decided to compile a list of my favorite songs that weren’t on my top album list. out of the 12 here, only about 4 would have been omitted by including tracks found on my favorite records.
two of the albums, in particular were real close to getting into the top ten. first one being, horse feathers’ house with no home which is a lovely collection of americana, that fans of great lake swimmers, iron and wine, bon iver, etc would really dig. the other being why?’s alopecia which, while a great record, i can only listen if i am in the right mood. it gets a little long in the tooth, when completely sober, but damn if it aint a great drinkin record…
these are in no particular order. although if i had to pick, it would be between the bottom three. you may axe yourself, “a milli?” really? yeah, i fuckin love that song… it be bangin and sounds so sweet comin out of the elantra’s boomin system.
taking the farm off wagonwheel blues
the war on drugs myspace
spiders, snakes off a cove
a weather site
un dia off un dia
juana molina site
goner off wrecking ball
dead confederate site
boston wrangler off loose in the joints
the dirty truckers myspace
furr off furr
blitzen trapper site
national talk like a pirate day off (OH) ohio
lambchop site
fatalist palmistry off alopecia
why? mypsace
curs in the weeds off with house with no home
horse feathers myspace
methamphetamine off tennessee pusher
old crow medicine show site
frankie’s gun off self titled
the felice bros site
a milli off the carter III
lil wayne myspace
the felice brothers – frankie’s gun
gregor | August 27th, 2008 - 4:29 pmpicture pages
smangs | August 11th, 2008 - 11:25 amSome photos from last weekend’s Newport Folk Festival, from a roundup that I did for my main gig.
I was stunned to find out you can’t embed Flickr galleries. Pictobuilder was by far the easiest widget I found. Thanks to Diego for creating it! You have to hover over “notes” in order to see captions.
i want better for you and my son and the lives we’re leading now
gregor | July 14th, 2008 - 6:34 am
top of the whatever to ya! our friends from across the pond, the peeps of the line of best fit, recently released their mix tape for july onto the internets. this month features the likes of the constantines, j tilman, fleet foxes, damien juardo, bowerbirds, and a few others.
i am going to give you a brief glimpse into how i work when listening to an artist/record for the first time and i am sure some of you may have the same kind of approach. firstly, if the music doesnt grab me within the first 20 seconds, it gets turned off. secondly, if the vocals dont do much for me over the course of the first song or two, again see ya. thirdly, i actually pay attention to the lyrics and for subtleties that i am sure i missed the first time around. maybe its just me, but i live for subtleties and other little shit like awesomely placed organ fills, uncovering the well hidden hook, etc. its kinda like where’s waldo set to music. anyone else go through such a process?
speaking of subtle/subtleties, portland, oregon’s a weather’s cove is quite the little record and rife with pieces of auditory goodness that lie beneath the surface just waiting to be discovered. cove is much like an elliot smith record if he hadn’t been fighting so many demons, or ocean beach era red house painters if kozelek weren’t so boring or maybe even a low record that had a bit more passion.
spiders snakes - check out this track – definitely one of my favorite of the year.
a weather site
if you havent checked out the felice bros do yrself a favor and give “frankie’s gun” and/or “wonderful life” a whirl. “frankie’s gun” could be one of the best dylan/the band songs that they never wrote and is probably my favorite of the year.
the felice brothers myspace
