Shameless Plug + Other Goodies
April 15, 2009This Friday, April 17th, I will be performing with my old college band PCPM .. you may remember us from our glory days of bringing funk to the Bronx at parties or may be even opening up for the Ghostface Killer at Spring Weekend of 2008. Either way, I have not been able to perofrm live music in so long and there is no other way to put how I feel .. I have a huge musical boner right now.
CaptainHooks on the Mic. Mangtooth on the kit.
What started off as just an idea to bring a couple buddies together and create music turned into a beast of a music group that for the most part consisted of getting drunk and writing tunes .. now we are a little bit older and a little more wise .. so we will get just as drunk and rock even harder! We are bringing a large array of instruments .. everything from two kaossilators, synthesizers, large numbers of drums .. along with your basic guitar, bass, drum, and vocals.
It should be an interesting show .. in ONEONTA, NY .. who knows how it will turn out but the fact that I get to take time off of work, go play music and rehearse all Thursday, rehearse all Friday and then step up and rock the house Friday night at some bar is really, really, exciting for this guy.
If you have any interest in hearing our drunk basement recordings from a year and half a go .. terrible quality of recording but the music isnt half bad .. oh yea, its all improv and off the cuff so there will be mistakes .. lots of em .. but are they mistakes if you didnt plan a damn thing? Enjoy .. http://www.myspace.com/somerealbronxfunk .. I suggest listening to “Mad Dog, I Love You.”
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The Mars Volta are planning to release their latest album on June 23rd. The album is titled Octahedron and only has 8 tracks .. which is weird for the Volta. On top of that, the album has been described by vocal frontman Cedric Bixlar as being the bands “acoustic side” even though the entire album is electric AND the album only clocks in at 49 minutes .. which is usually a warm up for this band. I am excited to hear what the new tracks sound like .. I am also looking forward to Omar Rodriguez-Lopez’s release of his solo album Cryptomnesia, which concidentally has all the members of the Volta on the record with the addition of Hella drummer Zach Hill and the subtraction of Volta Drummer Thomas Pridgen.
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CKy is set to release Carver City on May 15th through Roadrunner Records .. you can download the single “Hellions on Parade” here ..
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Aside from all this musical goodness coming my way, I have been listening to a ton of live RX Bandits jams .. I really dont know how I can contain my excitement for the fact that on July 14th RXB will be releasin their newest album and then one week later Portugal. The Man releases their newest album titled, The Satanic Satanist.”
Good things will be coming in time. This weekend is going to rock. I am seeing RATATAT on tuesday! Hooray!
