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Don't worry, there's more Minneapolis reviews coming soon. I thought I'd take a break and put together this 'girl' themed article. Most important is that I wanted to get Girls in Trouble in before its release date.
GIRLS IN TROUBLE
myspace.com/girlsintroublemusic ♥ twitter.com
The sticker on this album read:
Girls in Trouble basically centers around singer and violinist Alicia Jo Rabins. Her band consists of upright bassist Aaron Hartman, drummer Tim Monaghan, and keys Jascha Hoffman. Reading their biography, I do get the impression that Alicia is a deeply religious Jewish girl. Listening to her music, you do get a sense of shyness, lonliness, and devotion.
Based on song titles and song subjects, I also get the impression that Alicia is really into the bible. Certainly there's a few stories about lions, deserts, harvest, and camels.
A few of these songs on the self-titled album have combined titles: "Secrets/You're Always Watching", "Snow/Scorpions And Spiders", "Hunter/The Bee Lays Her Honey", and "Mountain/When My Father Came Back". My theory on this is that perhaps they are combinations of several songs ideas into one. Take for instance, my favorite song, "Hunter/The Bee Lays Her Honey", which starts off with gentle plucks, only to ease out to an end with percussions and sweeping melodic violin. To me, those two could easily be two different songs. On "Mountain/When My Father Came Back", you can argue the same thing - a quiet start, and into the 1 minute mark the rest of the band jumps in. Of course, that's just my own theory whenever I see two or more titles for one song.
Although the album is brief (it's only about 30 minutes), every minute of it is joy for my ears. The album was produced by Scott Solter, of Spoon and Mountain Goats fame, so he knows a thing or two about how to produce those clean, crisp organic sound.
Fans of K Records, especially Tender Forever fans, should take note of Girls in Trouble. Their self-titled debut album is out October 27th, 2009, on the Jewish label, Jdub Records. Alternatively, you can pick up the CD at amazon.
SCIENCE FOR GIRLS
scienceforgirls.net ♥ myspace.com
I've been meaning to write about Science For Girls since I heard their R&B-ish, song "Peace Heart". The singer is called Alexandra Slous, and she does a great job with her sassy voice rhyming Beyonce with Beyonce, followed by Kanye, and target.
Each of the song, on his self-titled 2007 album, were written and produced by Solomon contain a guest vocalist. None of the singer repeat, so each song has a different taste in singing style. They are held together by this easy loungey music, but instead of just background music, there's a fresh splash of contemporary electronica in the songs too.
If you like those Verve Remix albums, you'll want to give Science for Girls a chance. It's only $10 on amazon.
JESSICA 6
jessica6music.com ♥ myspace.com/jessicasix
I was sent this 9-track EP called "Fun Girl" by Jessica 6. I thought it would have, you know, b-sides, and stuff... no this EP is basically eight different remixes of "Fun Girl" and one "Not Anymore"(which incidentally, was not included on my submission). (Edit: Human error. I just check my folders, for some reason, "Not Anymore" was not added to my iTunes library.)
So, all I know about this New York-based band is that they used to be a duo called Hercules and Love Affair. Gaining an extra member, Nomi Ruiz, Andrew Raposo, and Morgan Wiley, formed Jessica 6 - named after a character from the 70s movie "Logan's Run". Although I said there were three band members, based on their booby live pictures, it clearly shows there are four members in the group.
Between all the "Fun Girl" mixes, I'll have to confess they all sort of sound the same to me after a while. Sometime the remix disregard most of the vocals ( "Liv Spencer Remix"), and sometime they sound quite different and stretch out to epic proportions ("Worldwarwalter Remix"). My favorite is the loopy, repetitive, with a dash of cowbell, on the "Whatever Whatever Remix". Overall, they all sound very disco-ey to me.
Well, they are wrapping up their European tour, so if you're in London, it's not too late to catch the band before they head back to the states for CMJ.
JOSEPH ARTHUR
josepharthur.com ♥ myspace.com/josepharthur
I feel kind of bad, but I've had this single, Foreign Girls since August 2008 (I keep a catalogue of everything that's sent in for review at pending.whm), and have always meant to talk about this single and his seventh studio album Temporary People. Of course, you know how things are, you let sometime slip and it just keeps sliding...
Where we last left Joseph Arthur, I had mentioned that he a bit of a Peter Gabriel prodigy. He's long outgrown those shoes, gaining loads of fans through his music and touring. I did see that he's doing two shows (two time slots) in Minneapolis at Bryant Lake Bowl and two nights in Vancouver, San Fran and LA. I suspect hardcore fans will be at both booking!
With Foreign Girls, the last of the 2008 quadrilogy singles, he sings about his observation on "Foreign Girls". He kind of gives off a little disgust on the way they act and behave, despite the fact that "every loves and everybody wants foreign girls".
The rest of the EP goes back rather quickly, songs are about American life, from drinking champagne and dancing on "Lovely Cost" to driving and looking at photos on "Candy and Cars". My favorite song on the EP is "New Satisfaction", which sounds more upbeat than Arthur's usual songs.
You can get Foreign Girls, along with his other releases directly at his official website. What he's doing, that I think is really smart, is bundling his releases with artwork/prints, shirts, and necklaces. I often think these weird merchandises are cool.
GIRLS IN TROUBLE
myspace.com/girlsintroublemusic ♥ twitter.com
The sticker on this album read:
And with that, I knew I fall in love with Girls in Trouble.What if the girls in the bible started an indie rock band?
Girls in Trouble basically centers around singer and violinist Alicia Jo Rabins. Her band consists of upright bassist Aaron Hartman, drummer Tim Monaghan, and keys Jascha Hoffman. Reading their biography, I do get the impression that Alicia is a deeply religious Jewish girl. Listening to her music, you do get a sense of shyness, lonliness, and devotion.
Based on song titles and song subjects, I also get the impression that Alicia is really into the bible. Certainly there's a few stories about lions, deserts, harvest, and camels.
A few of these songs on the self-titled album have combined titles: "Secrets/You're Always Watching", "Snow/Scorpions And Spiders", "Hunter/The Bee Lays Her Honey", and "Mountain/When My Father Came Back". My theory on this is that perhaps they are combinations of several songs ideas into one. Take for instance, my favorite song, "Hunter/The Bee Lays Her Honey", which starts off with gentle plucks, only to ease out to an end with percussions and sweeping melodic violin. To me, those two could easily be two different songs. On "Mountain/When My Father Came Back", you can argue the same thing - a quiet start, and into the 1 minute mark the rest of the band jumps in. Of course, that's just my own theory whenever I see two or more titles for one song.
Although the album is brief (it's only about 30 minutes), every minute of it is joy for my ears. The album was produced by Scott Solter, of Spoon and Mountain Goats fame, so he knows a thing or two about how to produce those clean, crisp organic sound.
Fans of K Records, especially Tender Forever fans, should take note of Girls in Trouble. Their self-titled debut album is out October 27th, 2009, on the Jewish label, Jdub Records. Alternatively, you can pick up the CD at amazon.
 Read More |
scienceforgirls.net ♥ myspace.com
I've been meaning to write about Science For Girls since I heard their R&B-ish, song "Peace Heart". The singer is called Alexandra Slous, and she does a great job with her sassy voice rhyming Beyonce with Beyonce, followed by Kanye, and target.
Science for Girls is not exactly a "real" band, they are more like Thievery Corporation, you know DJs & Producers who work with several different singers and collaborators. In the case of Science for Girls, the main person behind it is Darren Solomon.Let's put on a little Beyonce
Everybody likes Beyonce
Me, I'm kinda like Beyonce
Why couldn't you be a little Beyonce
You're barely makin' it halfway to Kanye
I'm Louis Vuitton, you're so Target
Each of the song, on his self-titled 2007 album, were written and produced by Solomon contain a guest vocalist. None of the singer repeat, so each song has a different taste in singing style. They are held together by this easy loungey music, but instead of just background music, there's a fresh splash of contemporary electronica in the songs too.
If you like those Verve Remix albums, you'll want to give Science for Girls a chance. It's only $10 on amazon.
 Tour Dates 10/21/09 Barfly London, UK
10/24/09 CMJ New York, NY |
jessica6music.com ♥ myspace.com/jessicasix
I was sent this 9-track EP called "Fun Girl" by Jessica 6. I thought it would have, you know, b-sides, and stuff... no this EP is basically eight different remixes of "Fun Girl" and one "Not Anymore"
So, all I know about this New York-based band is that they used to be a duo called Hercules and Love Affair. Gaining an extra member, Nomi Ruiz, Andrew Raposo, and Morgan Wiley, formed Jessica 6 - named after a character from the 70s movie "Logan's Run". Although I said there were three band members, based on their booby live pictures, it clearly shows there are four members in the group.
Between all the "Fun Girl" mixes, I'll have to confess they all sort of sound the same to me after a while. Sometime the remix disregard most of the vocals ( "Liv Spencer Remix"), and sometime they sound quite different and stretch out to epic proportions ("Worldwarwalter Remix"). My favorite is the loopy, repetitive, with a dash of cowbell, on the "Whatever Whatever Remix". Overall, they all sound very disco-ey to me.
Well, they are wrapping up their European tour, so if you're in London, it's not too late to catch the band before they head back to the states for CMJ.
 10/21/09 Théâtre de L’Alhambra Geneva
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josepharthur.com ♥ myspace.com/josepharthur
I feel kind of bad, but I've had this single, Foreign Girls since August 2008 (I keep a catalogue of everything that's sent in for review at pending.whm), and have always meant to talk about this single and his seventh studio album Temporary People. Of course, you know how things are, you let sometime slip and it just keeps sliding...
Where we last left Joseph Arthur, I had mentioned that he a bit of a Peter Gabriel prodigy. He's long outgrown those shoes, gaining loads of fans through his music and touring. I did see that he's doing two shows (two time slots) in Minneapolis at Bryant Lake Bowl and two nights in Vancouver, San Fran and LA. I suspect hardcore fans will be at both booking!
With Foreign Girls, the last of the 2008 quadrilogy singles, he sings about his observation on "Foreign Girls". He kind of gives off a little disgust on the way they act and behave, despite the fact that "every loves and everybody wants foreign girls".
The rest of the EP goes back rather quickly, songs are about American life, from drinking champagne and dancing on "Lovely Cost" to driving and looking at photos on "Candy and Cars". My favorite song on the EP is "New Satisfaction", which sounds more upbeat than Arthur's usual songs.
You can get Foreign Girls, along with his other releases directly at his official website. What he's doing, that I think is really smart, is bundling his releases with artwork/prints, shirts, and necklaces. I often think these weird merchandises are cool.
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