Alpha Saloon are widely known for their unique style of Ultra Pop: big cinema by means of Zukunftsmusik. Great and bona fide timeless songs in mellifluous wide screen format.
Take-no-prisoners-style.
While reggae bands are usually playing reggae and metalbands are of course
playing metal, Alpha Saloon are playing Ultra Pop-thus simply leaving every single song the right to sound like what it wants to sound like.
Just as heterogenous and flamboyant is their following: it includes art school folks and fashionistas as well as punks, die hard cry-babies, mad cultists and happy goths that regularly come to see the shows and have a good time.
The four young maîtres-musiciens, a collective of hard rocking nuclear physicists as it is, have (altogether) spent almost 200 years playing with the finest orchestras at the worlds leading operahouses but still never quit their dayjobs as teenage russian lesbians.
A night with Alpha Saloon: living and enjoying music at the Château. And then some, of course...
Alpha Saloon Live
While Alpha Saloon are a full four piece band in the studio, they usually enter the stage as a two-person outfit, consisting of Ahab (providing guitars and vocals), and the grim Dr. Ultra (on drums, vocals and occasional keyboards). So their live sound is of course a lot rawer, stripped down and deconstructive, with vivid dynamics and an obvious crush for rough and ready rock and roll. On the other hand, the reduced setup allows them to explore the field of awkward acoustic ballads as well.
ALPHA SALOON DEBUTALBUM " HELLO WELTGEIST!" released!
Alpha Saloon "Hello Weltgeist!" OUT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ORDER AT ELDER SOUND RECORDS MAIL ORDER> or download at I-Tunes !!!>>>>>>>>>>> Tracklist:
1. Sun bears gold
2. The great song of inconfidence
3. Drinking in stereo
4. Contro Venezia passatista
5. Mama Alemania
6. Lonesome skymarshals in the sky
7. Pretty dancing person
8. Modern times, modern people, modern talking
9. To avoid the apparently stupid
10. Uber German
Can you imagine Robert Johnson, Dale Cooper, Debbie Harry and Karl or Groucho Marx gathered around a tropical style rattan table (bending under loads of empty and half empty cocktail glasses), on a casino terrace in a blade runner version of Las Vegas, avidly discussing urbanism, vernacular music, party sociology and substance abuse anecdotes - while popular songs from aeon old 78’s are jangling through some distorted P.A.? And intermingling with that the frantic record-scratching carried over from a nearby 80’s New York block party and the muffled noise from a crowded Mexican speakeasy next door (operated by a former ship’s cook from the Bucovina)?
If that sounds like a gathering you’d like to join, then “Hello Weltgeist!” might be just down your alley. A jet propelled rollercoaster ride through Indie-Rock, weird old America, Disco, future-electro, New Wave, Turntablism, 70’s Punk, Country/Western, Glam, Grunge and Mariachi. Well, it’s all Pop after all, isn’t it?
Fortunately, Alpha Saloon have based this eclecticism extravaganza on a groundwork of solid songwriting skills, mostly evading mere novelty. Yes, terribly talented tunesmiths they are: “Hello Weltgeist!” offers a shitload of catchy melodies, lucsious chord changes and elegant, witty lyrics, that go far beyond your usual “songs about love and the weather” fare. And the band seems to be very serious about what they have to say: every song on the recording is performed like they were navigating burning ships or something...
(Erich Zann, 09/2006)
Check out the two new videos! they were produced by our dearest friends from dilettante-films.com>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
"LONESOME SKYMARSHALS IN THE SKY"
Get this video and more at MySpace.com "UBER GERMAN"
Get this video and more at MySpace.com
wie waers mit einem taenzchen am mittwoch ? > RED ROBIN > KASSETTE BOYS > DAVE ELLESMERE "The And..." - Voltairestrasse 5, am Alexanderplatz Start: November 11th 2009, 11 PM
A 4 track EP, titled Call Signs, it provides the perfect introduction to the band prior to the release of their debut album, Grappling Hooks, in early 2010.
You can hear samples from all 4 EP tracks on the NAO Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/naoband
It's ma fuckin birthday I can spam if I want to. Big Ned (Lynch fuelled Doom'n'Roll, all the way from the Black Lodge, via Optimo Records) and The Tremolo Beer Gut (all the way from Copenhagen) are kicking and punching off an early-start Hot Club 2nd Birthday Party tonight (Sat 24 Oct) at Sleazys, Glasgow, from 9pm til 3. Free ltd edition (1/50) print and 80min mix CD (1/150) to the earliest arrivals.
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Hey guys and gals, We are spending hours sending comments and emails to let everyone know that we are seeking bands to participate in the next installment of our compilation series, aptly titled “Volume 5”. Our compilations have been around since 2007 and feature:
* Professional artwork and packaging * Professional mastering (normalization) * Over 1,000 copies made off a glass master (NOT BURNED) * Booklets with every bands logo or picture * Short bios and contact info for every band * 50-100 copies sent to EVERY ARTIST to sell or distribute within their own fan base
If you are interested in this promotional opportunity, please contact us for more information. MNR has worked with over 60 bands since we started out over three years ago, and every single one of them has been happy with our work (see our blog "What the bands think of our Comp. Discs" for testimonials).
This is an excellent way to promote your music in several new areas with minimal cost and effort, not to mention, another great looking item to add to your merch table!
I've been working on my first vinyl for two years now, but it's here! 5 little songs on a 7" called Sur La Route, with guest vocals of Julien Pras (Calc) and David Lespes (Pull) recorded in Bordeaux. You can listen to a few songs in my player, but for only 5 euros you can get a copy here: http:http://www.snowstar.nl/index.php?s=store. Thanks for the support!
Just stoppin by to show some love ! be sure to return it ! and let me know what u think of this song on my page because i might make the video ! its the pink looking demo tape on my page ok just click on play and listen ! and hit me back
Der Hardrock Roboter gibt sich die Ehre: Sa. 25.7. im Wild at Heart, aber nicht an die große Glocke hängen ;) Schönen Freitach, die ständige Vertretung
BE MY WEAPON (David Freel, SWELL & Ron Burns album “march/2009” disponible
"Avec BE MY WEAPON, David Freel reconduit plutôt le fantasme qui a présidé à la naissance de (Swell), celui d'une musique tout à la fois américaine et sortie de nulle part. La nuit lui appartient." Magic
North Atlantic Oscillation's "Hollywood Has Ended", from the forthcoming album Grappling Hooks, is featured in this month's Police Box compilation from TenTracks. It's here:
In case you haven't heard, TenTracks is a new music delivery service where you can buy exclusive 10-track compilations for £1, i.e. a mere 10p per track.
This month NAO are in the illustrious company of the excellent Found, Orkestra Del Sol, Fence Collective luminaries James Yorkston and King Creosote and exactly 5 others. Once again, that's £1 for ALL TEN TRACKS. Not bad, really.
Unser Debut-Album AUGEN AUF UND DURCH ist draussen! erhältlich in allenonlinestores (z.B. itunes, musicload, amazon, mp3.de, u.v.a.) - und ab 22. Mai in den Läden!
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