Blitzen Trapper's Furr has turned out to be one of the year's strongest albums, and the band is presently on tour supporting it with the Parson Redheads. Aquarium Drunkard is presenting both the hometown date, here in Los Angeles at the Echo, and down south in San Diego at the Casbah. We have some [...]
Following an unintentional leak a short while back, Blitzen Trapper’s video for “Black River Killer” is now officially here. The song is off their 2008 release Furr. If you missed Blitzen Trapper back on Feb. 18 at First Avenue, your next close opportunity will be on July 21 in Fargo, ND at Aquarium.LinksBlitzen Trapper – [...]
Blitzen Trapper have a new EP out that you can listen to exclusively on LALA (embedded below). The song “Black River Killer” sounds like a cover of soemthing. It’s a good song, maybe just has a timeless feel, but I can;t help but thinking Tom Petty on this one.Black River Killer EP - Blitze…Related:Songs to [...]
Oregon band tells the tale like no other..... It was just a little while past the sunset strip They found the girl's body in an open pit Her mouth was sewn shut, but her eyes were still wide Gazing through the fog to the other side They booked me on a whim and threw me deep in jail With no bail, sitting silent on a rusty pail Just gazing at the marks on the opposite wall Remembering the music ...
Timelessness is a virtue seldom known in our dying times. But, with an artist like Blitzen Trapper trail blazing along the modified Americas, faith in the old fashioned may be reinstated. Between a storytelling folk tale suitable for every decade a man has lived, and a truly epic and well orchestrated free flowing [...]
“Black River Killer” is by far my favorite track on Blitzen Trapper’s latest album, Furr (our favorite album of 2008). Here’s the video and some mp3’s.Blitzen Trapper – FurrBlitzen Trapper – Gold for BreadVideo: Blitzen Trapper – Black River Killer
Blitzen Trapper’s modern day murder ballad “Black River Killer” follows a faceless man through an old timey world filled with rivers, roads, and jail cells. The music is fantastic, the production top notch, and if my opinion means anything to you, I order you to watch it now. Hope you like it.
Directed by Daniel Elkayam from the album, Furr.Furr was released September 23, 2008 and was listed 13th on Rolling Stone's "Top 50 albums of 2008". Two tracks from the album, Furr and God & Suicide were featured on the NBC show Chuck.Country songs have some of the most literal lyrics in the music medium. "Black River Killer" takes a queue from that genre which gave the director a pre-made scre...
MP3: Blitzen Trapper - "Black River Killer" from Furr as well as the Black River Killer EP, which contains six additional songs, previously available as a tour-only CDR that the band has been selling themselves. We posted the video last...
Portland, Oregon sextet Blitzen Trapper have been going strong since 2003 (though they got together way back in 2000). Their fourth record to date, Furr was released last year and though they are said to be recording new material for their next fifth LP already, videos are still being released in promotion of Furr.