Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Happy Burger - Pizza All Around 7"
GG King - Adult Rock 7"
In spite of living in the heart of the culinary universe, our French friends known as Happy Burger have found none other than pizza and burgers as their songwriting muses. The argument is as fundamental as chicken vs. the egg, but in the eyes and mouths of these Frenchies, the cheeseburger loses a nail biter to the pizza. Four songs. Simple and short with mandatory French garage production. Jonathan Richman would be proud. Jacques Pepin would be horribly disappointed. Us at D~M~R are just par for the course. First 100 on red.
If the brow raising title of this record has you concerned that Greg Carbona and D~M~R have lost their collective minds and released a rap record, rest assured that this is not the case. It may also be confusing that this is not a Carbonas record since Greg, Jesse, and Chris play on the record, Dave mastered it, and Clay's fictional (for now) biography is pictured on the jacket. You should believe with perfect certainty, however, that the songwriting on GG King's debut single doesn't stray far from the stylistics employed by his previous outfit for the most part of the last decade. This one has two songs that are so brief and unforgettable that most of us will be pissed we didn't write them ourselves. We hope this will be the first of many from Mr. GG King. 100 on blue vinyl.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Black Lips and Gentleman Jesse Tour Dates
Feb 27, 2009 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Ga
March 4, 2009 Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
March 5, 2009 Black Cat Washington DC
March 6, 2009 Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia, PA
March 7, 2009 Middle East Cambridge, MA
March 9, 2009 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
March 10, 2009 Music Hall Brooklyn NY
March 12, 2009 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
March 13, 2009 Magic Stick Detroit, MI
March 14, 2009 Logan Square Chicago, IL
March 15, 2009 Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
March 16, 2009 Turf Club St. Paul, MN
March 17, 2009 Waiting Room Omaha, NE
March 18, 2009 Bottleneck Lawrence, KA
March 20, 2009 SXSW Austin, TX
March 21, 2009 SXSW Austin, TX
March 23, 2009 One Eyed Jacks New Orleans, LA
March 25, 2009 Club Down Under Tallahassee, FL
March 26, 2009 Orpheum Tampa, FL
March 27, 2009 Churchill's Miami, FL
March 28, 2009 Common Grounds Gainesville, FL
March 29, 2009 Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, FL
March 30, 2009 The Social Orlando, FL