Radio Birdman is heading out to the US for a spring tour. So far only two dates have been scheduled: June 19 at Slim's in San Francisco and June 20 at El Rey Theatre in LA. (At least the Slim's tickets appear to be on sale already.) If you have a chance to make it to any of the shows that are or will be scheduled, don't hesitate for a moment to jump at the opportunity to see the reunited legend...
If you click on the "Radio Birdman":http://mog.com/music/Radio_Birdman Mog artist page, you will note that I have written about them several times, and why not they are one of my all time fave bands... and I just got back from seeing them for the second time. Now any time you see a band once and have a good time, they put on a great show, and you leave all keyed up and ready for more... there i...
Lik e a lot of people, I discovered Radio Birdman in 2001, when Sub Pop released their great The Essential Radio Birdman comp, almost 30 years after the band formed. That was before I really started writing about music, so I consumed it the way regular people do, finding favorite songs ("Anglo Girl Desire" "Do the Pop") and playing them over and over, not paying a whole lot of attention to the ...
to quote a song..... I'm leaving on a jet plane... headed down to Helsinki city where the men act like little girls, at least that's what the Hellacopters say..... Going to see Birdman there, drink some beer carouse with some rock and rollers and go broke...more later
More thoughts:The new record makes me think of early Hellacopters... which maybe it should cause the Hellacopters are fans and friends of at least Dez Tek from Birdman... Both groups have been up front about the impact of The Stooges and The MC5 on their music, so maybe it's also a case of the fact that they are all living in the same Hi Energy Music space...How do I know that the 'Copters are ...
I've listened to the album a bit more since my first post and a few things are sinking in... first musically it's strong and vital and harks back to earlier Birdman work with out being redundant. The vocals seem to be missing the bark and command of the past, but over all I am enjoying the process of discovering this album.. so far The Brotherhood of Al Wazah is my fave track
you like those mad editing skillz?! yeah, i knew that you would.before, i get any farther into these re-posts i should mention that there will be no zips or rars provided. get flashgot, and that should make ya happy.here be radio birdman live @ cats cradle on 6.29.07. sadly, i still have not listened to any of [...]
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Radio Birdman is heading out to the US for a spring tour. So far only two dates have been scheduled: June 19 at Slim's in San Francisco and June 20 at El Rey Theatre in LA. (At least the Slim's tickets appear to be on sale already.) If you have a chance to make it to any of the shows that are or will be scheduled, don't hesitate for a moment to jump at the opportunity to see the reunited legend...
Lik e a lot of people, I discovered Radio Birdman in 2001, when Sub Pop released their great The Essential Radio Birdman comp, almost 30 years after the band formed. That was before I really started writing about music, so I consumed it the way regular people do, finding favorite songs ("Anglo Girl Desire" "Do the Pop") and playing them over and over, not paying a whole lot of attention to the ...
If you click on the "Radio Birdman":http://mog.com/music/Radio_Birdman Mog artist page, you will note that I have written about them several times, and why not they are one of my all time fave bands... and I just got back from seeing them for the second time. Now any time you see a band once and have a good time, they put on a great show, and you leave all keyed up and ready for more... there i...