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02/24/10 SF, CA Rickshaw Stop *
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03/12/10 Goleta, CA Hard To Find # 03/13/10 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland #$ 03/17/10 Austin, TX SXSW 03/18/10 Austin, TX SXSW 03/19/10 Austin, TX SXSW 03/20/10 Austin, TX SXSW 03/23/10 Tallahassee, FL Engine Room % 03/24/10 Orlando, FL Backbooth % 03/26/10 Tampa, FL Crowbar % 03/27/10 Atlanta, GA The Earl & 03/29/10 Carborro, NC Cat's Cradle & 03/30/10 Asheville, NC Orange Peel & 03/31/10 Chattanooga, TN JJ's Bohemia & 04/01/10 Nashville, TN Exit In & 04/02/10 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone Cafe & 04/03/10 Birmingham, AL Bottletree & 04/05/10 Austin, TX Emo's & 04/06/10 Dallas, TX Sons of Hermann Hall & 04/08/10 Denver, CO Bluebird & 04/09/10 SLC, UT Urban Lounge & 04/10/10 Boise, ID Neurolux & 04/11/10 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom & 04/12/10 Vancouver, BC Venue & 04/13/10 Seattle, WA Neumos & 04/15/10 SF, CA Bimbo's 365 Club & * = w/ Foreign Born, Free Energy # = w/ Wounded Lion $ = w/ Surf City % = w/ Woven Bones & = w/ King Khan & The Shrines
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Two things:
1. When I see "fresh" and "o", I just think of "fresh onions", so for a while, I had mental images of onions when I think of The Fresh & Onlys, a band out of my home state of California. Legend has it that the band was formed because singer/songwriter Tim Cohen wanted to write a song called "Be My Hooker".
2. The band have just announced their 2010 Spring tour dates. This should be fun for all, as listening to their self-titled debut album on Castle Face Records, they sound so raw and garagey that sometime I think they don't care if their guitars are out of tune.
I'm not going to lie, but their self-titled album isn't going to win any awards for production, the bass sounds trembling loud and vocals sounds like it's coming from a damp, hollow basement. I suppose that's the kind of DIY production that fans will find attractive, but listening to it on monitor headphones can be unbearable.
Among the things I found that I liked are whenever I hear the non-traditional rock & roll instruments, like perhaps a tambourine ("Shattered Moon") or harmonica ("Nuclear Disaster"). My easily favorite song is "Peacock And Wing", simply because there's a great melody and a faint duet with (I think) Heidi Alexander. Also, I believe this is the song that the band name comes from:
1. When I see "fresh" and "o", I just think of "fresh onions", so for a while, I had mental images of onions when I think of The Fresh & Onlys, a band out of my home state of California. Legend has it that the band was formed because singer/songwriter Tim Cohen wanted to write a song called "Be My Hooker".
2. The band have just announced their 2010 Spring tour dates. This should be fun for all, as listening to their self-titled debut album on Castle Face Records, they sound so raw and garagey that sometime I think they don't care if their guitars are out of tune.
I'm not going to lie, but their self-titled album isn't going to win any awards for production, the bass sounds trembling loud and vocals sounds like it's coming from a damp, hollow basement. I suppose that's the kind of DIY production that fans will find attractive, but listening to it on monitor headphones can be unbearable.
Among the things I found that I liked are whenever I hear the non-traditional rock & roll instruments, like perhaps a tambourine ("Shattered Moon") or harmonica ("Nuclear Disaster"). My easily favorite song is "Peacock And Wing", simply because there's a great melody and a faint duet with (I think) Heidi Alexander. Also, I believe this is the song that the band name comes from:
The album was released last July, and with a blink of an eye, and two months later, their second album, Grey-Eyed Girls was released on Woodsist Records. That's incredibly fast, they're no Elastica or Stone Roses, for sure. I don't have their second album for comparison, but I suspect, it's more or less garage rock... especially if the recordings were done in a span of a few months.You should really be my fresh and only.
You'd have a smile on your face that I can always see only.
Lay with me on my bed and roses.
You'd have a smile on your face that I can only see only.
02/04/2010 22:19:42 ♥ vu (
) ♥ myspace.com/thefreshonlys
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