Art Vandalay
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I Been Down
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If You Love Me
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Way it Goes
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Omaha to Mexico
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Genre: Americana / Rock / Roots Music
Location MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, US
Profile Views: 18331
Last Login: 9/22/2012
Member Since 10/31/2006
Type of Label Unsigned
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Bio
..Neil Young once suggested that folk-rock dream team Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was a well-oiled machine, while Crazy Horse, his legendary backing band, was a rusty truck you couldn't quite keep on the road. .. ..Well, I'll do him one better: Minneapolis' Art Vandalay is a little bit of both. As in, their album “Dancin' with Your Demons” is well-oiled music to listen to in your rusty truck. But that's not the only reason I bring “Mr. Soul” up: His fans, new and old, will find much to love here, as singer/songwriter Brandon Henry and his comrades in Art Vandalay create music that can only be described as timeless. Not to be outdone, they also bridge the gap between dusty roads and hipster pads — an enormous undertaking if I ever did hear one. .. ..Take this mini-LP's opening track “I Been Down,” for example. The guitar work could easily be confused for some lost noodlings from Young's Buffalo Springfield days, but, once Henry's pleasant lyrics and Calvin Plocher's refrained drumming saturate the scene, you're immediately pushed forward a quarter-century. .. ..Then again, you might not hear that at all. You could listen to “If You Love Me” (the album's best entry point) and just hear Henry's expansive, humming- down-the-highway approach to songwriting for what it is: impossibly catchy. Art Vandalay isn't pop music per se, but the group definitely deserves its very own horde of uncontrollably emotional fans. If anyone starts a sign-up sheet looking for people to storm their performance at Beaner's, my name will be right up there in the No. 1 spot. .. .. .... and .... .. ..............Myspace Layouts..........Myspace Codes..........Myspace Generators..........Myspace Backgrounds...... -
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Brandon Henry-Vocals, Guitars When they can: Calvin Plocher-Drums Mother Banjo-Harmonies, banjo Ben Cook-Feltz-Keyboard -
Influences
Tom Petty, Old 97's, Neil Young, Wilco, Son Volt, Townes Van Zandt, Jimmy Buffett, Foo Fighters, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Roger Cline & the Peacemakers, Ryan Adams, David Francey, Django Reinhardt, Boston, Mike Hosty -
Sounds Like
Americana with a hint of lime.
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Music
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10 Songs | Jan 5, 2012
Review of Dancin' With Your Demons
Neil Young once suggested that folk-rock dream team Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was a well-oiled machine, while Crazy Horse, his legendary backing band, was a rusty truck you couldnʼt quite keep on the road.
Well, Iʼll do him one better: Minneapolis' Art Vandalay is a little bit of both. As in, their album “Dancinʼ with Your Demons” is well-oiled music to listen to in your rusty truck. But thatʼs not the only reason I bring “Mr. Soul” up: His fans, new and old, will find much to love here, as singer/songwriter Brandon Henry and his comrades in Art Vandalay create music that can only be described as timeless. Not to be outdone, they also bridge the gap between dusty roads and hipster pads — an enormous undertaking if I ever did hear one.
Take this mini-LPʼs opening track “I Been Down,” for example. The guitar work could easily be confused for some lost noodlings from Youngʼs Buffalo Springfield days, but, once Henryʼs pleasant lyrics and Calvin Plocherʼs refrained drumming saturate the scene, youʼre immediately pushed forward a quarter-century.
Then again, you might not hear that at all. You could listen to “If You Love Me” (the albumʼs best entry point) and just hear Henryʼs expansive, humming- down-the-highway approach to songwriting for what it is: impossibly catchy. Art Vandalay isnʼt pop music per se, but the group definitely deserves its very own horde of uncontrollably emotional fans. If anyone starts a sign-up sheet looking for people to storm their performance at Beanerʼs, my name will be right up there in the No. 1 spot. --Matt Perrine, Duluth Budgeteer











