Here Comes The Flood: Bee vs. Moth

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December 08, 2014

The Wood Brothers: more tour dates

Roots trio extraordinaire The Wood Brothers have added a bunch of dates to their 2015 Winter tour.

USA & Canada:

01/13 Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
01/14 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
01/15 Napa, CA @ City Winery
01/16 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
01/17 Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre
01/18 Reno, NV @ Cargo
01/19 Chico, CA @ The Big Room @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
01/21 Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theater
01/22 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
01/23 Vancouver, BC @ The Imperial
01/24 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
02/17 Fayetteville, AR @ George's Majestic Lounge
02/18 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck Tickets
02/20 Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
02/21 Avon, CO @ WinterWonderGrass
02/22 Crested Butte, CO @ Center For The Arts
02/24 Tulsa OK @ The Vanguard
02/25 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
02/26 Austin, TX @ The Parish
02/27 New Braunfels, TX @ Gruene Hall
03/19 Savannah, GA @ Savannah Music Fest
03/20 Live Oak, FL @ Suwannee Springfest Festival
03/21 Hollywood, FL @ ArtsPark at Young Circle

Europe:

05/22 Groningen, The Netherlands @ De Oosterpoort
05/23 Hoorn, The Netherlands @ PeTiCantus
05/24 Beverungen, Germany @ Orange Blossom Special
05/30 Ettiswil, Switzerland @ Stimmen Festival
06/03 Antwerp, Belgium @ De Roma
06/04 Rotterdam, The Netherlands @ LantarenVenster
06/05 Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Bitterzoet
06/06 Eindhoven, The Netherlands @ Muziekgebouw
06/07 Nijmegen, The Netherlands @ Lux-Nijmegen

» thewoodbros.com

HCTF review of The Muse.

November 15, 2014

Bee vs. Moth: Shelter In Place

After Austin based trio Bee vs. Moth released their remarkable single Problems with Crowds back in August as the forerunner for their Shelter In Place album, expectations were high. Did they deliver? Would an entire album filled with off-kilter all over the place jazz rock just be a bit too much?

They have found a delicate balance between all out weird and mellow tracks, while retaining their sense of adventure throughout the full album. With an abundance of guest players providing brass and strings Shelter In Place offers a wide variety of styles, ranging from freaky honky-tonk country (Your Dime Ain't Worth a Nickel (In the Jukebox of my Heart)) to proggy pop (Loop 78) to free jazz (Capt. Frank B. Earnest).

As seasoned musicians they are aware of the fact that have you to learn to be tight first to be able to be loose. When done right, skill equals swing. The overused term fucking awesome is in order for this roller coaster ride of an album.

Bee vs. Moth:
James Fidlon: guitar
Philip Moody: electric & upright bass
Sarah Norris: drums, percussion

Shelter In Place is a self-released album. Buy it from the band's website.

Live dates:

12/09 Austin, TX @ Holy Mountain
12/20 Austin, TX @ Vortex Theater - Yule Bazaar
01/23 Austin, TX @ Carousel Lounge

» beevsmoth.com

August 28, 2014

Bee vs. Moth: Problems with Crowds

photo: Will Branch

Genre redefining bands are rare, but Austin based trio Bee vs. Moth has found a new way to present jazz. Throw in a bit of cheesy organ, dip it in DIY punk attitude and get freaky sounding music about halfway Frank Zappa and The Residents. Try to dance to it and you will fall over. Problems with Crowds serves as a taster for their new album Shelter in Place. To Hell with genres and boundaries, find a groove and fuck it up. No safety-nets, no parachutes, but great skill and lots of guts.

Further proof of their risk taking is a joint project with The Invincible Czars to turn Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition into a jazz rock piece of sorts. Want to bet that it will be lot more interesting than the Emerson, Lake and Palmer version?