"40 Day Dream," the Motown-infused, OutKast-inspired, heavily orchestrated "Beatlesque" soul jam that opens Up from Below, serves as a pretty good litmus test for what follows. Listeners who are put off by the robe-wearing Polyphonic Spree's cultish glazed-eye self-help anthems or cringe when they hear the Mamas & the Papas' "Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon" would be advised to get off the magic bus early, as Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros have crafted a love letter to Laurel Canyon and all of its quasi-mystic juju that is as infuriatingly contrived and retro as it is forward-thinking and majestic. Formed in 2007 by Ima Robot frontman Alex Ebert, the mammoth 11-piece outfit embraces "the Summer of Love" with enough period beards, fonts, and Eastern mysticism to launch a thousand "Magical Mystery Tours," but despite all of the analog equipment and peacenik grandstanding, standout tracks like "Home," "Desert Song," and the aforementioned "40 Day Dream" sweep you up in their grandeur like a patchouli tornado and dare you to take your clothes off and jump in the lake with them.
Firing out of LA, this 10 piece mass of folk/hippie music delivers a damn enjoyable debut without the help of anyone named Edward Sharpe. Alex Ebert is the leader of this hot mess of hair, sandals, flowly dresses and patchouli (that part was just an educated guess). They sound like they should be reliving their [...]
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The song "40 Day Dream" is about a dream so good that narrator Alex Ebert refuses to wake up—"the magical mystery kind," he sings. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros—a Los Angeles-based group comprised of Ebert and nine other musicians—make music along those same lines: it's so infectious you won't be able to turn it off. Seeped in soulful Stax-style melodies and orchestra-caliber percussion
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I've just (really recently) gotten my hand's on Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero's new album Up From Below. The band stopped by Letterman the other night to play the jangling neo-americana folk revival tune "Home" which is definitely one of the album's highlights. Simplistic in it's delivery, the song features both Alex [...]
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A Magnetic tour for Edward Sharpe Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros have lined up shows through the end of the year in support of Up From Below.10/17 - San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Music Festival11/3 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern11/4 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress11/6 - Austin, TX - The Independent11/7 - Dallas, TX - The Loft11/9 - Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay Theatre11/10 - Nashville...
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Their debut album, Up From Below is due out on July 14, and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros are hitting the road for their first North American Tour just more than a week after that.July 23 Los Angeles, CA The Hammer MuseumJuly 25 Seattle, WA The Vera ProjectJuly 26 Burnaby, BC Virgin FestivalJuly 27 Portland, OR ...
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This is some epically far-out hippie freakery from the much tipped Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. The up to 12 strong American ensemble have promised to make a video for every track on their AU approved debut album Up From Below. Put together the videos should comprise one full-length musical film. Part One is 'Desert Song'. It's supposedly about Alex Ebert's [AKA Edward Sharpe's] reckoni...
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The song "40 Day Dream" is about a dream so good that narrator Alex Ebert refuses to wake up—"the magical mystery kind," he sings. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros—a Los Angeles-based group comprised of Ebert and nine other musicians—make music along those same lines: it's so infectious you won't be able to turn it off. Seeped in soulful Stax-style melodies and orchestra-caliber percussion
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Firing out of LA, this 10 piece mass of folk/hippie music delivers a damn enjoyable debut without the help of anyone named Edward Sharpe. Alex Ebert is the leader of this hot mess of hair, sandals, flowly dresses and patchouli (that part was just an educated guess). They sound like they should be reliving their [...]
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros performed "Home" on the Late Show with David Letterman on 9/4. Check it out below:Buy "Home" on iTunes or Amazon MP3 or on CD
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Contest time! The good people over at VAGRANT gave me vinyl copy of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros to give away. It is a beautiful unopened vinyl of their debut album Up From Below.The album is truly one of the greatest of 2009, and this is an awesome thing to win. It will be [...]
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Above: A promo pic for a ten-piece band featuring only nine-pieces. (?)Check it out! Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are a new 10-piece band based out of L.A. and their debut album, “Up From Below,” dropped earlier this year. We’ve only just started giving it a listen, but when these guys are on, [...]
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Carries On This is perhaps one of the more magical endeavors I've encountered this year of music 2009. Ima... (Visit my blog for more!)
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros debut album Up From Below is a pure delight from beginning to end. Full of wonderful melodies, strong lyrics, andHere is my favorite song from the album, titled “Home”. It starts out with catchy whistling, which guides the song to it’s close state of perfection.“Home” is appropriately titled, as [...]
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If I had to select one song to sum up this very memorable summer, I'd choose "Home" by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. I posted this tune last week, and I've been listening to it every single morning as I slide around and slosh my coffee to the floor. Surprisingly, "Home" has inspired a bevy of creative fireworks—specifically, it has reawakened an old fascination with video & image editing..
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I think this song is out to get me. I remember vaguely watching this band play late one night on Letterman. And although they seem to be a random collection of hippies and vagabonds there was something about the oft repeated refrain of “home is wherever I’m with you” that held my attention. I mean basically, this track which hails from the 2009 album Up From Below (amazon) (itunes), is
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| 1 40 Day Dream |
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| 2 Janglin |
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| 3 Up from Below |
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| 4 Carries On |
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| 6 Home |
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| 7 Desert Song |
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| 9 Come in Please |
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| 10 Simplest Love |
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| 11 Kisses Over Babylon |
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| 12 Brother |
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| 13 Om Nashi Me |
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