A favorite blog of ours here at B3, Said the Gramophone, featured our very own Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned yesterday.  You can check out the post here, they have some interesting things to say about “Everything Is, Pt. III” off the March 2009 EP entitled Charles Mingus’ Garbage Pile.
mp3: A Poet Named Revolver – Goner
SCIENTIFIC MAPS EP RELEASE TONIGHT!!!
$5, 9pm, Valentine’s – Albany, NY
“Galvanic Wizardry”, b3012

Scientific Maps EP Release Show!
Friday, June 31st
$5, 9pm
Valentine’s (17 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY)
with Swimclub & Salon Style

Galvanic Wizardry
b3012
31 July, 2009
Thaaaat’s right.  You heard it here. But here’s what you’d hear if you heard it from the Metroland.
“Just two weeks ago, we named Scientfic Maps Best Pop Band in our Best of the Capital Region issue, based on the quirky-confident songs of  Aaron Smith and the band’s recent “Hold On Whoever You Are”. And now we have further proof, Scientific Maps will release a new EP, titled …

Antony spills the beans on Blood adding more hiss, cracks, and history to his current cassette only release “Through”
B3: What album are you currently listening to over and over?
Antony: Sonic Youth’s “Evol” all the time and “Sister” most of the time. Also rockin’ a few live performances of The Walls Have Ears and more, showcasing slightly different versions of early songs. I got out Skinny Puppy’s VIVIsect VI yesterday and am now listening to Sister full time, along with lots of Beck (One Foot In The Grave ‘n’ Mellow Gold …

It’s a multi-media barrage this week.
Last winter we had a span of snowstorms that left everything under a couple feet of fresh powder.
Here’s an excellent video, filmed and edited by Dave Senigo, of The Hoborchestra‘s “You Know What Happened? The Tide Came In”, from the 2008 release The Onion Family (b3009), shot right in the middle of an afternoon blizzard.

Tim Koch “You Know What Happened? The Tide Came In” from David Senigo on Vimeo.

All of you people can be somewhere all of the time, some of you can be somewhere some of the time, but all of you can’t be everywhere all of the time. If you were unfortunate enough to not be at Valentine’s on July 10th for the debut performance of The B3nson Family Band, with performances by Hop Along and P.S. Elliot then it’s an understatement to say you missed out on a solid show all around. But for your listening and viewing pleasure you have our last two posts, …

Here is a video of our good friend Frances Quinlan, of Hop Along, rocking a version of “Mr. Postman” from a performance July 10th at Valentine’s with The B3nson Family Band. Enjoy!

Mr. Postman by Hop Along, Queen Ansleis from David Senigo on Vimeo.

Filmed by Dave Senigo, July 10th, 2009. Valentine’s. Albany, NY.

B3nson takes the Best Of by storm

Here are some snipets of what Metroland staffers had to say about the B3nsonites they awarded in this years “Best of the Capitol District 2009″ issue.
Best Acoustic Duo – We are Jeneric
“What started with a box of Nerds and a shared love of Emerson and Thoreau has turned into a gorgeous musical arrangement (not to mention marriage) for Jen O’Connor and Eric Krans. The two craft lovely, lo-fi tales of tea and turkey vultures in their haunted Altamont parlor when they’re not off rambling …

So, as seems to be the case (more and more frequently) things are very very busy at camp B3nson- with several new releases on the horizon as well as other shenanigans for the not-too-distant future, we’re all very excited! First of all we would like to thank everyone who came out to see the debut performance of the B3nson Family Band last Friday! We had a grand time and we were so glad to see so many people show up and sing along. Videos and pictures of that performance should …