Entries by Udbhav Gupta
The Other Side of Your Face Stems
Georgy Kozubov - Schriftomahia
All Around and Away We Go Stems
Feeling bored today? Why not make a remix of a Twin Sister track. All of our music is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license, so you can use these stems for whatever you want, as long as you're not charging money. Personally, I've always wanted to hear Ghostface, GZA, Raekwon and the rest of the Killa Beez over our music. We'll be posting the stems from the rest of Color Your Life over the next couple of weeks.
Orientalism: A Mix of Indian Film Music
My father, an emigrant who left India in 1991, collected all of these songs over the years, digitizing old tapes, ripping CD's from midwestern libraries, and spending long nights reclaiming bits and pieces of a past life via a 28.8 kbps modem connection. Some of them are really bad quality rips, but I guess that emphasizes the distance these songs have had to travel to make it here.
The songs themselves are mostly taken from the 70s, a heady time for Bollywood films and their music. Growing up in a house where I only really heard this music through the conduit of late night tipsy singalongs, I've had minimal exposure to the recordings themselves. Listening to them again now, what's clear is how amazingly weird some of the sounds are. Moog synthesizers, surf rock guitars, big band inspired horns, and a distinctly Indian rhythm section and sense of melody make for some really interesting experiments. The giant who stands over most of this is RD Burman, as he had a hand in writing, producing, and performing in almost every song on the mix. So, if this music is new to you, and you like what you hear, he is the best place to start. The tracklist is below:
April 28th at Mercury Lounge
Mercury Lounge
April 28, 2010 7:30PM
217 East Houston New York, NY 10002 (Directions)
With:
Morning Benders,
Papa,
Twin Shadow
$12/$15
April 11th at Silent Barn
Silent Barn
April 11, 2010 8PM
9-15 Wyckoff Ave, Queens, NY (Directions)
With:
Alex Bleeker & the Freaks,
Baybee Teeth,
Second Floor Stories,
Weed Hounds
Live at WNYU 3/8/10
We played The New Afternoon Show at WNYU today. Thanks to Jenn Pelly for having us on.
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Email Nuggets #1: Origins
As a band that's kind of scattered throughout Long Island and Brooklyn, we've made a lot of use of email to stay in touch and make decisions. As a result, we've built up quite a sizable archive of exactly what we were thinking and talking about at a point in time. In light of this, we're publishing a continuing series of snippets of our email conversations.
To kick things off, we have us naming both our band and EP. A bit of context is probably necessary to understand the following exchange. We were calling ourselves Dreaming Kids at one point, but decided we didn't really like the name. Secondly, Andrea and Eric used to play together as Vampires. Hope you enjoy the emails below.
SXSW march 19th Brooklyn Vegan Day Party
Club DeVille
March 19, 2010 12PM
900 Red River Street Austin, TX 78701 (Directions)
Free!
SXSW March 19th at Galaxy Room
2nd stage of the Frenchkiss showcase. 21+
Galaxy Room
March 19, 2010 7:45PM
508 E 6th St Austin, TX (Directions)
With:
Admiral Radley,
An Horse,
Freelance Whales,
Jupiter One,
Les Savy Fav,
Local Natives,
Phil and the Osophers,
Say Hi,
Suckers,
The Antlers
SXSW MICRO-PIXEL-RITES House Party 3/18
The ladies of PIXELHORSE, Visitation Rites, and Microphone Memory Emotion are throwing a house party with beer, BBQ, and vegan food.
A house in Austin
March 18, 2010 1PM
1204 Salina Street Austin, TX (Directions)
With:
Alex Bleeker & the Freaks,
Big Troubles,
Campfires,
Cloud Nothings,
Coasting,
Family Portrait,
Pill Wonder,
Pure Ecstasy,
Rangers
April 14th at DC9 (Washington DC)
DC9
April 14, 2010 8:30PM
1940 9th St. Washington , DC. 20001 (Directions)
With:
tUnE-YarDs,
Xiu Xiu
$12
April 13th at the First Unitarian Church (Philadelphia)
First Unitarian Church
April 13, 2010 8PM
2125 Chesnut St Philadelphia, PA 19103 (Directions)
With:
tUnE-YarDs,
Xiu Xiu
$12