The Brunettes onstage at the Wiltern TheaterHere is a concert review that kind of fell by the wayside. Indie Mom and I saw the the Brunettes from Aukland, New Zealand, when they opened for Beirut at the Wiltern Theater on May 30. They are quite a crowd onstage, with six or seven members, but the main focus is on the duo of Jonathan Bree and Heather Mansfield.Mansfield and BreeThe couple have ...
Wherefore art the Brunettes?I saw this adorable band from New Zealand in May of 2005, playing at the Avalon in Boston along with Rilo Kiley and Nada Surf. I think they'd just finished touring with the Shins. I didn't even look for a CD that night because we were in a hurry to get back to the T after the show, and I've been trying to figure out where the hell to get one (digitally) ever since....
New Zealand's cute-as-fuck boy/girl duo (maybe twee?) The Brunettes have been pumping out all sorts of great videos, mp3s, interviews, etc. surrounding the release of their latest their latest album, Paper Dolls, of which the single "Red Rollerskates" is a...
Last month, I fell, much as if I WERE on a pair of skates, hard for the Robbie Loggia remix of The Brunettes' cutesily intriguing song, Red Rollerskates. That's not to say I don't love the original too. C'mon now, I'm all for equality...remix or not.So with an adorably cut out and shaped up video to accompany the song, you can rest assure that the remainder of our afternoon will be floating on ...
Confession. I don't really know a whole lot about The Brunettes, other than the fact that they hail from Auckland, New Zealand and make easy listening pop tunes. And to top it off, I also am slightly emptyheaded when it comes to all things Robbie Loggia. This changes starting now.Loggia comes out of our lovely borough of Brooklyn and we're continuing on in the super funk and groover trend we se...