January 2012
13 posts
Vanya on Soundcloud →
Help Bearstronaut get to SXSW
There is a contest. BEARSTRONAUT is in it. The winner gets to play SXSW. We kindly ask for your vote.
JANSPORT BATTLE OF THE BANDS
JANSPORT BATTLE OF THE BANDS
JANSPORT BATTLE OF THE BANDS
JANSPORT BATTLE OF THE BANDS
JANSPORT BATTLE OF THE BANDS
December 2011
12 posts
NEW YEAR'S EVE
Spend it with us…
THE NEW HIGHWAY HYMNAL
live at O’Brien’s Pub in Allston
…with the Fagettes, Earthquake Party + DJ Liz Pelly + Me At The Bar With My Head On The Bar
DROP BALL XX OO
Globe tabs Bearstronaut in Best Local Albums of...
One love to the BEARSTRONAUT crew, who had their Satisfied Violence EP named one of Boston’s best records of 2011. Two of the tracks on the EP were released on gold vinyl through Vanya. All in the fam.
From Luke O’Neil’s pick: “‘Shannon’ fuses synthy-noodling to a dirty cowbell beat …‘Moniker’ show(s) the band mastering the pop side of the equation, with...
Top 10 Songs of 2011 -- Andre Obin
#1: Belong - Come See
Equal parts My Bloody Valentine and Neu, I cranked Belong’s Common Era every rainy day this year. It’s a (expletive) masterpiece.
#2: Bvdub - Make the Pain Go Away
Does it get any deeper than this? I remember listening to this on a remote ranch in Texas after getting banged up at sxsw and thinking that ambient music had reached a new frontier. That...
Hey, Bandcamp
How you livin?
Director Theodore Cormey praised in Time Magazine
Well this is cool. THEODORE CORMEY, the director’s of ANDRE OBIN’S “Valencia” video, was praised in Time Magazine’s Best of 2011 issue, for his video work in DO NOT FORSAKE ME OH MY DARLING’S “Episode 1: The Arrival.”
TIME MAGAZINE Top 10 of Everything in 2011: Top 10 Creative Videos — Number 6: Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling “Episode...
The Noise experiences the New Highway Hymnal
Pretty cool live review from Chris DeCarlo in the recent Noise Here’s a snippet:
STALIN GO, WITCHITA, NEW HIGHWAY HYMNAL @ Dirty Douglas, Lowell, MA, 10/21/11
The New Highway Hymnal is one of the most exciting bands I have come across this past year in the Lowell underground music scene… they mix punk inspired rock and roll with pure, relentless noise. Despite, or perhaps...
Want to be in the Andre Obin video?
Director Theodore Cormey just posted the following:
Still looking for a couple more Featured Performers to play creepy Rorschach-like Agents in the epic Andre Obin “VALENCIA” music video for this Sun, Dec 4th 10AM-1PM. Shooting is in South Shore. Contact me a.k.a. Ted via Facebook or tcormey@lostjockeyprods.com for more details.