In the stable: Chuck: part-time drums
Katie: cello
Matt: harmonica, ukulele, guitar
The Williamsboy: guitar, banjo, bongos
Curt: percussion, glockenspiel
Diana: guitars, keyboards
Anyone else interested in playing? Please? We need people who do these things: keyboard, guitar, trumpet, washboard, penny whistle, bongo drum, spoon, glockenspiel, chord organ, xylophone, microphone, telephone????
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Influences
The Williamsboy, Matt Schatz, The Beatles, The Smiths, The Kinks, Trembling Blue Stars, Belle and Sebastian, Orange Juice, Camera Obscura, The Field Mice, Os Mutantes, Galaxie 500, John Lennon, Slowdive, Jens Lekman, Daniel Johnston, Possum Dixon, Edwyn Collins, The Clientele, Blur, Kevin Ayers, The Zombies, Super Furry Animals, Sebadoh, Eric Gaffney, Beck, The Small Faces, Rita Lee, Mojave3, The Pixies, Pulp, Bob Dylan, Jonathan Richman, REM, Magnificent Men, The Cure, The Four Seasons, My Morning Jacket, The Raincoats, scaresthedaylights, Nellie McKay, Brenda Lee, Of Montreal, OMD, Pavement, T Rex, Pavement, The Ronettes, Elvis, Flaming Lips, Shangri-La's, The Band, George Harrison, Twice As Bright, Princess Superstar, Simon and Garfunkel, Billy Bragg, The Pogues, The Exeter Popes, Radiohead, Minutemen, The Wedding Present, Silver Jews, Syd Barrett, Townes Van Zandt, Vitesse, Big Star, blah etc.
My name is Marc. I write and record songs in New York City and play them live with a swell gang of musicians. Please visit our new website for more learning.
Some nice things some nice people said about The City and Horses:
Time Out New York says, "The singer-songwriter behind the City and Horses refers to himself merely as Marc, hinting at the breezy informality of his indie-pop tunes. Unassuming as it might seem, though, the Brooklyn outfit’s debut, I Don’t Want to Dream, is both wise and disarmingly wistful."
Radio Butt says,"This NYC band has only 1,500 listeners according to their last.fm profile. And yet it sounds like it should have at least 100,000! The City and Horses plays cutesy belle-and-sebastian-ish indie pop with a surprisingly soothing effect conveyed by both wide-eyed lyrics and gentle strumming/tinkling/rattling.."
The Sky Report says I Don't Want to Dream is full of "erudite pop songcraft that’s comfortable without coming off as overbearingly scholarly or too cute to handle, hot potato" and describes the sound as "Pastoral-punk" and "Nerdy-sexy-cool pop music."
Rawk Blog says, “'Little Finland' hits all the right notes: teddy bear lead guitar, wind instruments borrowed from Belle & Sebastian, and wistful lyrics about a girl who’s 'not innocent.' 'Oops, I Did It Again' this ain’t, but you may find yourself dancing anyway."
Indie Rock Cafe says, The City and Horses is one of the bands to watch in 2009.
Another Form of Relief says "I Don't Want to Dream" is, "one of the most pleasant sounds of the year so far."
EarDrumsMusic says, I Don't Want to Dream is a "wonderful album" that's one of the best of 2009 so far.
Hypeful says that "the opening of 'I Love The Girls' has the kind of innocent and offbeat charm that would fit nicely into a Wes Anderson soundtrack."
Das Klienicum says something in German. Hopefully it's nice.
MP3Hugger.com says I Don’t Want to Dream is “a year round pleasure, a gentle stroll that’ll bring some order to your chaotic life. Take ‘I Love The Girls’ for example and realize that life’s simple pleasures has a brand new addition.”
In Big Takeover 63, Executive Editor Mick Lewis writes, “I Don’t Want to Dream [kicks] off in grand style with ‘A Thousand Lashes,’ a Kafka-esque curlicue on crimes of passion that is whipped with an irrepressible guitar riff, and visis twee indie pop in ‘Little Finland,’ early dB’s power pop on ‘Russian Military Badges,’ Belle & Sebastian-style self-analysis on the intersection between love and work on ‘Your Father’s Factory,’ and Eastern Bloc emigrants on the clever, charming, and catchy ‘I’ll Marry You (East Beats West).’ This is one City where you needn’t dream of perfect idiosyncratic pop; it’s yours for the taking. Giddy-up!”
MP3Hugger.com says "'Little Finland' ranges from the subtle to the beguiling" and that The City & Horses are "the missing link between Teenage Fanclub and a whole host of artists from the Sarah label." I could just hug MP3Hugger!
Monkey calls "Little Finland" "a little gem" that "starts as Teenage Fanclub and ends as Belle & Sebastian yet has a homespun charm all of its own."
Cable & Tweed says "Marc Louis is a talented and prolific singer-songwriter with quite a flair for pop and Pro Tools."
The Spoilt Victorian Child says "It's just stunning how somebody this talented hasn't been signed. Criminal. The worlds gone mad I tell ya!" Oh, Simon!
Culture Deluxe says The City & Horses are "a sound somewhere between Mercury Rev and Teenage Fanclub, but perhaps a more obvious reference point would be The Velvet Underground". And then they interviewed me.
SixEyes says "The City & Horses is a catchy, jangly, lo-fi project out of New York from generously talented, and generous, Marc Louis. Listen to the sweet and achy jangle of 'Little Finland' and then get excited when I tell you that the tiny 3 song EP which contains this song is just one of many free downloads written and recorded by Louis over the past ten years."
A penguin roams around Rome listening to "Little Finland". Video made by my friend A Boy with Glasses.
This is to inform you that you are wished a merry period of time up to
and including December 25th and a happy period of time after, but not
including, December 31st. The dates, December 26th to December 31st
inclusive, can also, for purposes of this wish, be considered a time of
merriment and/or happiness, at your discretion. Please be advised that
wishes for peace, goodwill, comfort, and joy are also in effect as of
this correspondence.
Have a happy annual gift giving day all the way out there in new york!
<3<3<3 Daniel Campbell
jojo i..m gonna tell u!!! tath is sure jajaja!!! i feel like the killers gonna have more time to develope what they are !!! and explote the stageee to fascinate us!!! jajaja depeche mode well what can i say.... they have history!!! ufff!!! welll with gahan there uff!!!1 hum hum jajaja and KOL kings of leon jajajja welll they really like me ....i like the kind of country, rock... and another verients of rock they play jojo is like a velvet underground reencarnated in some lost town jajajajaj
so i dont remember if i told you i learned how to play "little finland" on my ukulele... but this was a looong time ago. like. 2 years ago. but of coarse i forgot how to play now.. but, still love the song. and if i remember how to play it ill share the video of it :D
even better news I will be in NY for the weekend of december 13th for my friends wedding so I expect to meet up for some coffee, tea and maybe some witty banter....at the very least ;) To be in your presence is always an honor....
Youtube videos, just looking to listen to something good and interesting and I think I found it :) At first it was the video for "A Thousand Lashes" that caught my eye and I listened to it and I loved it! And then I checked out more of the bands music and I also enjoyed it very much so.
So I'm guessing I'm gonna have to shed some serious cash to come see ya'll. I would so love to! But I'm sort of broke right now, maybe some day...Hmm, I've always wanted to take a cross country road trip to NYC....Well if I ever do, hopefully I get to see you play with your band ;) By the way my name is Coni, you pronounce it like Connie...just missing a couple letters..haha
