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Beloved Binge
Indie / Pop / Alternative

Off for the summer, booking NE/Midwest tour Fall!



Durham, North Carolina
United States

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Member Since11/21/2004
Band Websitebelovedbinge.com
Band MembersRob Beloved: singing, strumming, drumming
Eleni Binge: drumming, singing, strumming

Booking & Press Contact:
Eleni @ Porch Life Productions: porchlifeproductions *at* gmail.com



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From Porch'n Tour

InfluencesJohn Lennon, the Cure, 7 Year Bitch, Leonard Cohen, Yoko Ono, The Pixies, Echo and the Bunnymen, Moby, Elliott Smith, Magnetic Fields, Nick Drake, M Ward, Grandmaster Flash, Guided by Voices, Beethoven, Joy Division, Polvo, Don Cabalerro, Ottoman Bigwigs, the Strokes, Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Morphine, Yo La Tango, Def Leppard, Metallica, Modest Mouse, Babe the Blue Ox, the Doors, Bowie, the Smiths, the Sundays, the Meters, Black Sabbath, Kid Sensation, White Stripes, Marvin Gaye, Jolly Mon, Le Tigre, Cake, Squirrel Nut Zippers, the Beatles, DJ Krush, Stan Getz, vegans, greek village songs, Dalares. Hmm. People local-style and/or we've seen in person are even more influential, I'd say: Midtown Dickens, Future Kings of Nowhere, Wigg Report, Pneurotics, Red Collar, Sequoya, Screaming Females, Cantwell, Gomez, & Jordan, Hammer No More the Fingers, All Your Science, eberhardt, Scott Waite, Sawteeth McTweedy, Airport Blvd, Dawn Dineen, I know I'm forgetting bands and I'll wake up feeling bad. I'll add YOU later... and we love Megafaun.

Taken at the cd release party at the Duke Coffee House 2008
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Background BB

Before Beloved Binge: Eleni grew up around classical musicians singing x-mas music harmonies with her mother on long trips to California. According to her mother, she sang “Frère Jacques” at age 3. On Dad-Day Sundays she listened to old Greek songs in a van played from an ash-covered tape recorder.

Rob picked up a guitar at 11 and promptly learned every Metallica song available. He grew up listening to the Beatles and the Doors, which explains his uncanny ability to sing “Riders in the Storm” at karaoke bars.

Community: Beloved Binge is motivated by those willing to strip down to nothing and flash them what’s inside. They also want to help reduce suffering brought on by modern factory farming practices.

Tour: Beloved Binge is on a year-long national tour in 2008-9. Current show/tour dates are posted above.


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   About Beloved Binge


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Eleni also made a documentary called Seeing Through the Fence. Check out the screening schedule here.

A FEW KIND WORDS:

Live show:
"this was an awesome show--how much talent can you squeeze into a 2 piece--he plays guitar, she sings, plays keyboards, and plays the drum kit--catchy songs that stick in your head for days--now they are a pop band--but with that cool indie garage ethic--" From Shrieking Shack Shows (DIY house show, Lexington, Kentucky).

Bryan Reed, Independent Weekly "Sitting behind the drumkit, Binge not only sets the rhythm but sings, plays keyboards and plays guitar. Like her own motion, Beloved Binge songs are busy, using shifting rhythm and keys and two different verses sometimes sung at once."

Blender Theory era

Jersey Beat:
"Beloved Binge nailed it: Twisted, lo-fi indie homage with just enough mad science and tongue-in-cheek irony...The band services up a stereophonic celebration of jangly off-kilter guitars in the vein of They Might Be Giants, The Flying Lizards, B-52's, etc., that accent tight, catchy little pop songs that, at first, seem simple; but repeated listenings reveal the band’s wicked humor, and their amazing less-is-more approach."

Colorado Springs Independent (Reverb):
" ...upbeat, stripped-down and muffed-out indie-pop rock. Taking turns strumming, humming and drumming (while swiping pages from the K Records playbook) Rob Beloved and Eleni Binge conjure up happy memories of indie rock's fun-loving and far less pretentious past..."

Duluth Budgeteer:
"With a sound as infectious as this, Beloved Binge can keep on singing about Lordonlyknowswhat and people will still be listening.....What’s most striking about this album, however, is that no matter how absurd the lyrics get...the more you want to listen.”

VivaIndieBlog:
"Intelligent, inventive, amusing..."

New Haven Advocate: “Minamalist weird guy/girl duo Beloved Binge [are] a fun and goofy outfit...”

Chris Parker, Independent Weekly “Catch BELOVED BINGE, too: Rob Beloved and Eleni Binge hit the road soon for a year, and, in the Durham duo's absence, we'll lose a K Records/ Teen Beat blend of generous hooks and captivating quirks. Songs about MySpace couples come backed with the struggle to like people, and shifting time signatures springboard from trebly, staccato riffs.”

Feature in the Olympian (Olympia, WA)

Grayson Currin, Music Editor, Independent Weekly "Eleni Binge's time shifts behind the drum kit and Rob Beloved's serpentine-note guitar lines suggest a certain affinity for math rock. But perfection and precision are subsumed by an overarching playfulness."

Ross Grady, trianglerock.com "The countdown is on...all the pieces are falling into place for their year-long tour starting this fall. See 'em while you can, because you know you're gonna miss their off-kilter gtr/drums call-and-response artrock."

Other Places era

The Independent Weekly:
"Beloved Binge “delivers plain-spoken, pensive songs…downright thrilling for those on the receiving end...”

David Menconi, News and Observer, from Critic’s Picks:
“...it's nice to have Seattle's transplanted Beloved Binge...in our midst. On "Other Places"…the tandem of Rob Beloved and Eleni Binge play stripped-down punk rock that doesn't feel thin, combining the howling abandon of Sleater-Kinney with a very fine attention to poppy detail…”

Currents:
"The melodies are simple, the sound a stealthy mix of guitar, drums, plucky vocals, and a little bouzouki (traditional Greek stringed instrument), but the resulting songs of Durham duo/couple Beloved Binge...are scrumptious treats."

Independent Weekly, from Music Worth Leaving the House For:
“If Lee Ranaldo and Fontaine Toups had wed, Beloved Binge ...would have been their Teen Beat babies.”

Diversions:
“Beloved Binge…brought with them a sound that is as rooted in Northwestern lo-fi pop…as it is in East Coast (specifically D.C.) punk…[and] succeed in creating varied songs…the band can…craft a catchy melody, but also knows when to step on the distortion pedal.”

The Raleigh Hatchet:
“…a truly unique duo. Right off, the delightful spin of “New Year” is “Faces,” which features Eleni’s talent for balancing vocal harmony and power. It also shows the knack Beloved Binge has for transitioning into completely different rhythms flawlessly…”

Independent Weekly:
"Like wonderful Chicago co-eds The Spinanes, Beloved Binge hustles through minimal guitar-and-drum pop obsessed with sparseness, space and sear. But they do it with the gumption of 764-Hero and, occasionally, the enthusiastic bluster of Sonic Youth."

* b * b * b * b *

Blender Theory on iTunes:
Blender Theory is now available on iTunes!

Blender Theory now available, hard copy style!
Recorded by Jerry Kee - live, analog - at Duck Kee Studios.
Album design by Quick Brown Fox Design.

Buy the CD
BELOVED BINGE: Blender Theory
click to order

Read a review here. And a little snippidy dippidy here. Or here: Jersey Beat.

* * *

Beloved Binges' previous full-length album Other Places, recorded at Zero Return Studios in Atlanta is available at CD Baby and on iTunes. Two-piece, live, analog style.

Beloved Binge for Sale
album coverBELOVED BINGE: Other Places

Rubble pop rooted in punk pot infused with a hint of old Greek mountain village uprising.

Buy the CD

* iTunes! *
.99, baby!
Local Durham folks can also purchase the album at the best lil' record store: Chaz' Bull City Records or Offbeat records.
Chapel Hill: CD Alley.
Raleigh
: School Kids Records

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Booking Contact:
Eleni @ Porch Life Productions: porchlifeproductions *at* gmail.com
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Press Contact:
Eleni @ Porch Life Productions: porchlifeproductions *at* gmail.com
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**Bands **
Beloved Binge receives many questions about touring the Triangle area. Here is a great comprehensive site with more information about the bands and clubs in the Triangle: Triangle Rock.


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Beloved Binge's Friends Comments
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Taradactyl





Jul 13 2009 11:26 AM

INVISIBLE





Jul 4 2009 5:50 PM

INVISPINHOOK copy
Amadeus





Jun 29 2009 12:27 PM

The Cranes Are Flying





Jun 28 2009 2:14 AM

Hey Beloved Binge, I just got an okay from the slightly deranged manager of The Cranes Are Flying (wait … that’s me :-) to pass on this free download of the title track from the upcoming Banging My Head EP. I hope you enjoy it … any feedback is welcome. Best of luck with your music, and thanks for the friendship.
- Trevor

Just click on the Last.FM logo below, and when you get to the album page, click on the blue “free download” next to the second song.

Free MP3s on Last.fm

“The elastic pulse of new single “Banging My Head” is exceptional”
The State newspaper, 6/19/09, “Pick of the Week”



American Art





Jun 25 2009 4:40 PM

hey so we're back again with new members and completely new songs. It would be cool if you could check out our page and let us know what you think, even if you don't think anything of it. We have all the info on what's been happening in our new blog. We are playing shows again so come see one and come talk to us. -and again sorry for commenting like this. thanks american art
Radio Phoenix





Jun 20 2009 11:43 PM

Underwater Getdown decided to throw us a benefit out of the goodness of their hearts, and we love them for that (actually, we love them anyway, but that is beside the point). Support community media, support local music, and have a kickin' good time all at once for a measly 5 bucks!
iNSANE





Jun 19 2009 7:02 AM

Thx for the add!

insane
Jaime





Jun 17 2009 6:38 PM

What? I'm a pumpkin in a tie? What?
...fighting words, buddy.....
RAW DOG





Jun 17 2009 10:45 AM

I like the riff on 'Greek Turkish Coffee'!
Faber Optimé





Jun 15 2009 12:40 AM

Hey there,

Here's one from left field...

Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?

A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:

Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella

Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.

Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.

I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4

Help to raise awareness.

Say have you checked out my web site recently?

Take care and keep in touch.

Best,
Faber.

"Just a guy trying to make the world a better place."

oddSTAR





Jun 12 2009 4:46 PM

Hi Beloved Binge!

oddSTAR is competing for a spot at this years Bele Chere Festival!


WNC Magazine is looking for the "Last Band Standing" and we wanna BE THAT BAND!

Finalists will battle head-to-head @ The Orange Peel July 8th, and the winner gets to play @ Bele Chere!

Please help us win!!
Just visit the link below to place your vote for oddSTAR!!!
You can vote once a day until June 24th!

http://www.wncmagazine.com/lastbandstanding

THANK YOU so much for your help!!!
Trekky Records





Jun 9 2009 4:55 PM

Are you guys home? We'd love to see you!
Ladybug Lemonade





Jun 9 2009 4:36 PM

i tagged some photos, more to come, awesome seeing you both! love lady
Starmount





Jun 8 2009 4:11 AM

BLACK ACACIAS





Jun 7 2009 3:57 AM

a promo for the first album
oddSTAR





Jun 6 2009 6:41 PM

Asheville Black Ball


Party Starts downtown @ 2:00pm

The Ball will be at 11 Grove St.

all Local Artists ...

Poets, Healing artists, Visual artists, Performance artists
Pleasure Saucer is bringing the surreal
3 Bands, Burlesque, Sideshow acts, accordions and mimes clowns.

And far more mayhem than that.

VIP at 11 on Grove opens at 2:00 PM

Scandals and Boiler Room open at 4:00 PM

Check out WWW.ASHEVILLEBLACKBALL.COM for more details!

See you at the Ball!
Crimson_Resolve (Is in the Studio!!)





Jun 5 2009 9:24 PM


Mother Nevada





Jun 5 2009 12:10 AM

Hey How did the show go in Hartford?
Taradactyl





Jun 4 2009 11:28 AM

Misty Dawn





May 27 2009 4:04 PM

If you are flying a canoe across the desert and all of the wheels fall off, how many pancakes does it take to shingle a roof?

Click me!
Pacific Screen Printers! (206) 778-3100





May 26 2009 8:43 PM

Hey guys! Diggin the music, keep up the good work. Interested in getting some quality band shirts printed up to promote yourselves? Let me know!!

Clipart music





May 25 2009 4:15 PM

ClipArt & Gagarin 205 proudly present




Αληθινός άνθρωπος / ορχήστρα, ο 30χρονος Yoav – Εβραϊκής καταγωγής, μεγαλωμένος στο Cape Town της Νότιας Αφρικής και με έδρα, τα τελευταία χρόνια, τη Βρετανία – ξεκίνησε να ασχολείται με τη μουσική από πολύ μικρή ηλικία. Από την πρώιμη κλασσική παιδεία που του προσέδωσε η οικογένειά του (η μητέρα του είναι τραγουδίστρια της όπερας) μέχρι να φτάσει να θεωρείται σήμερα ως ο “πρώτος dance / folk / techno / pop τραγουδοποιός, ο Yoav διέγραψε μια πορεία η οποία χαρακτηρίζεται από ποικίλες, συχνά ετερόκλητες, επιρροές και μετακινήσεις από τη μία “μουσική πρωτεύουσα” στην άλλη, σε αναζήτηση της πολυπόθητης επιτυχίας.

Οι πόρτες θα ανοίξουν στις 21:00 και εισιτήρια προπωλούνται, προς 30 ευρώ, στο Ticket House (Πανεπιστημίου 42 / τηλ. 210 3608366) και το www.ticketpro.gr.



THE VEILS
ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 2009

Doors Open: 21:00 / Τιμή Εισιτηρίου: 25 €
Προπώληση: Ticket House + www.ticketpro.gr

H ClipArt και το Gagarin 205 παρουσιάζουν τους υπέροχους Veils. Το συγκρότημα από τη Νέα Ζηλανδία – το οποίο έχει ως “έδρα” του, εδώ και χρόνια, το Λονδίνο – θα βρεθεί στην Αθήνα, για πρώτη φορά, το βράδυ της Παρασκευής 5 Ιουνίου, στο Gagarin 205 Live Music Space.
Swink Studios





May 23 2009 8:21 AM

Beloved Binge! Thanks for being a friend. Please take the time to check out the Studio's bands on our playlist. Use the links to check out the band's pages. Do what you you can for your local scene. You are the people that make the music scene happen! Tell me what you think!
Sierra Grille Music





May 22 2009 7:21 AM

We'd like to thankyou for playing Sierra Grille!
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Dawn Dineen





May 22 2009 3:08 AM

DD, IHAY, TC, BB - DC... June 3rd.
BRING IT! xoxoxo
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