NYC Live Pick for 03.08.10 // The Morning Benders
The Morning Benders - "Promises"
Mon 3/08 • 8:00 PM • Cameo Gallery • 21+ • $tba
w/Royal Chord, Dinowalrus
FEAST ON THIS Free MP3 Recap: January Edition
Every month, I'll collect all of the mp3s given away on this site into one quick post called Feast On This, giving you all one large dosage of new music to feast upon. Enjoy the January edition.
Adrienne Drake - "Lovesick Full Adults" (Bear in Heaven cover)
ArpLine - "Fold Up Like a Piece of Paper"
Beulah - “Me And Jesus Don't Talk Anymore”
Motel Motel - "Forest" (Daytrotter Session)
The Royal Chains - "Lucy Takes a Dare"
Paul & The Patients - "Shooting Star"
Paul & The Patients - "Complaint 15"
The Waylons - "Endless Supplies"
Linfinity - "Molly Mar of Rome"
Christopher Paul Stelling - "Flawless Executioner"
Christopher Paul Stelling - "How Long"
Dinosaur Feathers - "Cold Arabella"
Ravens & Chimes - "So Long Marianne" (Leonard Cohen cover)
Ravens & Chimes - "Hearts of Palm"
The Morning Benders - "Promises"
Outernational - "Eyes on Fire"
Controlled Storms - "Ode to Long Hikes"
Mani Pedi - "ENYGSM" (rough demo)
Mani Pedi - "Pictures + Seesaw"
The Besnard Lakes - "Albatross"
MP3: The Morning Benders - “Promises”
mp3: The Morning Benders - "Promises"
The Morning Benders debut record, talking through tin cans, showed us a very young with great potential for writing sunshiny pop songs. "Promises," the lead single off of their upcoming sophomore record, Big Echo, is a huge leap for the band. It's a more mature, more developed sound that resembles the work of Spoon's Britt Daniel. If "Promises" is any indication, The Morning Benders are going to have a big 2010.
Big Echo will be released on March 9th on Rough Trade Records.
Track Listing:
1. Excuses
2. Promises
3. Wet Cement
4. Cold War
5. Pleasure Sighs
6. Hand Me Downs
7. Mason Jar
8. All Day Day Light
9. Stitches
10. Sleeping In
The band will also head out in March for their first headlining tour:
March 10th || Jonny Brenda's || Philadelphia
March 11th || The Black Cat || Washington DC
March 12th || Local 506 || Chapel Hill
March 13th || The Drunken Unicorn || Atlanta
March 15th || The Bottletree || Birmingham
March 23rd || The Rhythm Room || Phoenix
March 25th || Troubadour || Los Angeles
March 26th || Casbah || San Diego
March 27th || Detroit Bar || Costa Mesa
March 28th || Muddy Waters || Santa Barbara
March 30th || The Independent || San Francisco
April 1st || Holocene || Portland
April 2nd || Crocodile Café || Seattle
April 3rd || Media Club || Vancouver
April 5th || Club Velour || Provo
April 7th || Hi-Dive || Denver
April 9th || The Vaudeville Mews || Des Moines
April 10th || The Maintenance Shop || Ames, IA
April 11th || Huckleberry's Pizza – Presented by Daytrotter || Rock Island, IL
April 12th || Schubas Tavern || Chicago
April 14th || The Drake Hotel || Toronto
April 15th || La Sala Rossa || Montreal
April 16th || The Monkey House || Vermont
April 17th || TT The Bear's || Boston
April 22nd || The Mercury Lounge || NYC
Morning Benders Played Bowery Ballroom Last Night; Death By Audio Tonight
The Morning Benders
Bowery Ballroom
10.16.08
If you went to the Bowery Ballroom last night, there's a good chance you have a song stuck in your head. Each of the three bands that played write the type of pop songs that attach themselves to your brain and without sucking out your soul away (like shitty mindless pop).
By now, headliners Ra Ra Riot are poised for greatness and getting all of the attention they deserve for being one of the best young bands alive. Last night did little to hurt the hype, with every minute of their set being purely magical, especially the exceptional strings which tie the songs together. Every blog in NYC will be talking about their performances last night and tonight. If you have a chance to see them, do yourself a favor and catch them now before they become superstars.
Berkeley's The Morning Benders have been on the road with Ra Ra Riot for a while now, and played an excellent opening set last night. With some of the catchiest songs of any bands around today, they showered us with a golden platter of sunny '60s rock. I don't like to bring up age when talking about a band—if a band is good, they're good—but it's hard not to marvel at the maturity of their songwriting at such a young age. Like former tour mates, The Kooks, what they're doing isn't going to change music. It's not something that hasn't been done for years and years, but they're really good at it. And sometimes, our ears/brains can't handle knob twisting noise experimentation, and a great catchy song like set-closer "Waiting For A War" is exactly what we need.
The Morning Benders will be at Death By Audio in Williamsburg tonight for a much more intimate show that promises to be a lot of fun.
Ra Ra Riot will be at Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight and Sound Fix Records Sunday night.
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