Little Green Cars make lively folk rock heavy on the harmonies. Their debut album, Absolute Zero, arrives in March via Glassnote Records, home to Mumford & Sons and Two Door Cinema Club. And with this soaring a cappella rendition of “Red” at the Tibet House in Chelsea, done exclusively for The Bowery Presents Live channel on YouTube, it’s clear the Dublin five-piece is poised for bigger things.
In an interview, also filmed at the Tibet House, Stevie Appleby and Faye O’Rourke reminisce about the band’s beginnings, their childhood influences and why writing happy music is a challenge. Watch the interview: http://tbp.im/VP1Bnt. See them perform “The Consequences of Not Sleeping”: http://tbp.im/VQWfrO.
New York City psych-rockers Guards, led by frontman Richie James Follin, are poised for a breakout in 2013 thanks to their sunny, reverb-heavy rock tunes. “I definitely think it’s power pop,” Follin says. “’70s music, but kind of more evil.” The band’s debut full-length, In Guards We Trust (see its artwork and track listing below), arrives via Black Bell Records on February 5th, and we had the opportunity to capture their set back in September, when they supported Two Door Cinema Club at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Here’s the album’s lead single, “Silver Lining.”
They’re each just 20 years old, but the five members of Dublin’s Little Green Cars have already been making music together for five years, a brand of folk-tinged rock filled with layered harmonies and stirring melodies. But it’s an urban brand of roots rock, according to The Guardian, “more Brooklyn than Nashville or Texas.” Watch their acoustic version of “The Consequences of Not Sleeping” done exclusively for The Bowery Presents Live channel on YouTube. Their debut album will arrive in early 2013 via Glassnote, the label that brought us Mumford & Sons, Two Door Cinema Club and the Temper Trap.
In an interview, also filmed at the Tibet House, Stevie Appleby and Faye O’Rourke reminisce about the band’s beginnings, their childhood influences and why writing happy music is a challenge. Watch the interview: http://tbp.im/VP1Bnt. And subscribe to The Bowery Presents Live to watch more performances and interviews like these, and the latest info on our upcoming live-streaming shows.
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Exclusive Video: Circa Survive Perform in a Tattoo Parlor
Philly rockers Circa Survive have truly embraced the indie spirit, self-producing and self-releasing their newest album, the acclaimed Violent Waves. The Alternative Press calls it “strong and focused, creatively fierce and yet cohesive” despite the pressure the band’s taken on. According to Rolling Stone, “Sharp Practice,” the album’s first single, “packs a slinky guitar progression that grooves in and out behind frontman Anthony Green’s howling vocals.” And that comes through even in this stripped-down, acoustic performance in a tattoo parlor done exclusively for The Bowery Presents Live channel on YouTube.
Also, the band talked about listening to Metallica and Tool as kids and how, in self-financing and self-producing their new album, they learned to take creative compromise a step further and to work together in a more constructive way. Watch the interview. Subscribe to The Bowery Presents Live so you don’t miss anything, like more performances and interviews like these, and all the latest info on our upcoming live-streaming concerts with Bon Iver and Two Door Cinema Club.
They may have grown up in a tiny rural Canadian town, but playing what Spinner calls “beer-drenched power-pop indie ditties you’ll love singing along to,” has taken the four guys in Hollerado across the world, touring with the likes of Jack White’s the Dead Weather, Girl Talk and Andrew W.K. They make the kind of music that marries the upbeat energy of Weezer with the wit of Stephen Malkmus, a combo that comes across in this cool rendition of “On My Own,” performed on the move, in a van, exclusively for The Bowery Presents Live channel on YouTube. While driving around Brooklyn the guys talk about being lucky to make another album, getting to see movies their girlfriends won’t let them and cheese being a reason to live. Watch the interview. Subscribe to The Bowery Presents Live for more performances and interviews like these, and all the latest info on our upcoming live-streaming concerts with Bon Iver and Two Door Cinema Club.
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