The Atlanta-based and self-proclaimed art rockers in Pillage & Plunder play a mix of indie/prog and jazz/punk. The threesome plans to release debut LP The Show Must Go Wrong, in August. Download jazzy album track “Beetlejuice” below. We are proud to premiere today on magnetmagazine.com. LISTEN HERE…
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“A juggernaut of vicious guitar riffs and pounding rhythms.” – Examiner.com
“Fine music packaged in retro-sexy feathers, hair, hats, animal skins, beads, fringe. … Blackfoot Gypsies construct songs that make you want to both ponder their relatable lyrics and shake your ass until your cheeks are numb.” – No Country for New Nashville
“Meaty, swaggering and devoid of irony.” – Nashville Scene
“Making Keith Richards’ riffs sound clean by comparison.” – Creative Loafing
“Future rock & roll icons.” – Soundstamp
“May cause rowdiness and an urge to drink Jack & waters until your lights go out.” – The Angry Grad
“A high haired mix of sixties garage band sounds and caustic ’70s rocker blues through a psychedelic filter.” – Star News Online
“The bombast of reckless experimentation with unmarked pharmacy bottles from grandma’s medicine cabinet, tempered with a sturdy appreciation for the bluesier side of late, late sixties rock ’n’ roll.” – The Downcast
“Those outlaw gypsies horsewhipped us all the way to the Deep South–harmonicas blazing. War paint melts when your face gets rocked up. By the end of the show, something always gets busted or broken. Blood and tufts of fur.” – No Country for New Nashville
Nashville’s Blackfoot Gypsies are a rock ’n’ roll band—straight up, no modifiers necessary. With four years, four releases, and countless miles under their belt as a two-piece guitar & drums powerhouse, Zack Murphy and Matthew Paige have recently added fellow brethren Dylan Whitlow (bass) and Ollie Dogg (harmonica), bolstering their passionate, careening, undeniably American sound. Seeing the band live is like watching someone cling to a firehose at full blast or dig their heels in atop a thrashing mechanical bull… holding on for dear life, slowly guiding and reacting to forces at the brink of their control, somehow coming up aces in the end.
Blackfoot Gypsies have shared bills with everyone from the Alabama Shakes and Trampled by Turtles to Futurebirds, The Ettes and The Carolina Chocolate Drops. Their second full-length LP, Handle It (coming fall 2014), is the band’s debut as a full-throttle four piece. Drawing inspiration from the downhome roots of the Delta blues and the foreboding ghosts of country music’s past, Murphy, Paige & Co. go to the same well as Zeppelin, the Stones & The Faces, coming up with bucketful of angsty rock ‘n’ roll that’ll jolt your flatlined heart back into perfect rhythm.
Rock is dead? The Blackfoot Gypsies call bullshit. They’re living proof it’s alive and well.
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Casey Hood recalls with remarkable clarity the moment she was struck with the words and melodies for the song “The Hand You Deal Yourself,” the title track from Lily and the Tigers’ third and most recent album. As the singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter behind the group’s haunting soul-folk numbers, Hood is one of those rare musicians blessed with the gift of spontaneous music. Songs come to her as though they are being handed down from a higher power. It usually happens while she’s in motion, and it happens without warning. READ HERE…
Atlanta’s Pillage & Plunder draw influence from punk and funk to create a bouncy, lyrically honest yet upbeat sound. Undoubtedly appealing to ska and punk fans alike, the infectious tones of ‘The Last Date’, taken from their forthcoming debut full-length ‘The Show Must Go Wrong’, move from steady minimalist songwriting to a catchy punk experience. By layering the sounds, the three piece sound much bigger than might first be expected. LISTEN HERE…
Tomorrow night, Gringo Star, Atlanta’s psych-pop rock ‘n’ rollers will be hitting the stage at the Black Cat, opening for Cincinnati’s “trash pop” Tweens. If you’ve seen Gringo Star before, you know they’ve got something up their sleeves.
“I like trying to switch it up” said Nick Furgiuele, bassist and co-lead vocalist of Gringo Star. “There’s nothing I hate more than seeing a band where it feels like they’re just playing 14 of the same songs in a row.” READ MORE…
There are a ton of good rock bands coming out of Nashville these days. Just yesterday The A.V. Club premiered the new video from the Kopecky Family Band, for instance. Today, we’ve got the new single from The Wans, yet another band from Music City U.S.A. “I Can’t Fix You” is off the band’s debut LP, He Said, She Said, out Sept. 2 and is one of 40 songs the band originally wrote for the record. The trio whittled that list down to 10 tight jams, all recorded live on producer Dave Cobb’s board, which has, at one point or another, been used on albums by The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. That fits The Wans aesthetic, which mixes Zeppelin, Cream, and “newer” bands like Nirvana to come up with a sort of ‘60s meets ‘90s sound that should fly with modern listeners. LISTEN HERE…