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Grace Basement
Rock / Alternative / Indie

"NEW SENSE ORDER INFO BELOW"

St. Louis,
United States

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Last Login:  7/6/2008
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   Grace Basement: General Info
Member Since9/23/2005
Band Websitegracebasement.com
Band MembersKevin Buckley (vocals, guitar, fiddle, etc.), Ben Phillips (bass guitar, vocals, etc.), Sean Price, (drum kit, vocals, etc.), Eileen Gannon (keys, harps, etc.), more folks (well played instruments, etc)........
InfluencesGuided by Voices, The Bothy Band, John Hartford, The Beatles, Neutral Milk Hotel, Planxty, The New Pornographers, Future Clouds and Radar, Gillian Welch, Kinks, Harry Nilsson, Apples in Stereo, that dog, Fleetwood Mac, Gram Parsons, Big Star, Wilco, They Might be Giants, XTC, R.E.M, Nada Surf, Matthew Sweet, Ron Sexsmith, Beach Boys, The Shins, Dylan, Matt Pond PA, Frank Black and the Catholics, Pixies, Shakti, Bee-Gees, The Byrds, Jellyfish, Weezer, Ben Kweller, Ween, N. Young. Emitt Rhodes, Elliott Smith, Pavement, Creedence.
Record LabelDren Records www.drenrecords.com
Type of LabelIndie





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 20 2008 8:00P
Off Broadway w/ The Linemen and The Cole Men St. Louis, Missouri
Sep 6 2008 8:00P
Schlafly Bottleworks - Art Outside Maplewood, Missouri

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Nestor = Free Ep!!!  (view more)

RFT Music Award Nominations. Podcast "Nestor"  (view more)

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Electronic Musician Magazine - Grace Basement  (view more)

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   About Grace Basement

Grace Basement plays guitar based rock music written by a fiddle player who sings and plays fiddle and guitar with a drummer and a bass player. Some songs are pop songs, short and sweet. Others are more free forms...enjoy.



This is a video for "I Miss Everything," featuring Kevin's tribute to John Hartford and Kermit the Frog. Directed by Brendan Burke.

Here's the first record

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and some notable quotes...

Voted "Best New Band" by The Riverfront Times (2007)

“The music is smart, and the tone is varied without being scattered; specifically, it's a genre-hop through alt-country, basement pop, fuzzy rock and acoustic folk…. More surprising is the source, 27-year-old Kevin Buckley, who plays every instrument on the record and who is primarily known for his mastery of the fiddle. New Sense is packed with simple harmonic riffs, complex vocal harmonies, and tossed-off lyrics that spring to life in the record's joyful atmosphere.”
- Christian Schaeffer, The Riverfront Times (July 2007)

“The sound is crisp, lush and ever-flowing streams of stellar guitar work and earth fiddle make "New Sense" a wonderfully arranged, smoothly harmonized and accomplished display of what song-craft should be about. VERY Highly Recommended."
- Bruce Brodeen, Not Lame Records (2007)

“Pretty hooks, jaunty verses, slightly-raggedy vocals… He's got real skill as a writer, and he imbues his songs with just enough of an off-kilter perspective to shear off the sharp edges of craft.”
- Jon Worley, Aidabet.com (2007)

“…the Beatles' melodic smarts; Guided by Voices' songwriting quirks; Superchunk's sunny, grungy riffs…”
- Annie Zaleski, The Riverfront Times (November 2006)

“The creative spark comes in many ways. For renowned fiddler Kevin Buckley, it started innocently enough with a project recorded on a Tascam 424 mkII 4-track cassette machine in his parents' basement and ended up as New Sense (Dren Records, 2007), a full-length CD recorded in Adobe Audition that blended power pop and Americana rock and was released under the moniker Grace Basement.”
- Diane Gershuny , Electronic Musician Magazine (Jan. 2008)

"Delicious Pop! New Sense is one of the few great comfort albums! I've listened to it a hundred times and it sounds better with each listen!"
- Nick Acquisto, The Space Parlour, KDHX

“This is a real awesome debut CD. The same kind of enthusiasm that emerged from the first Johnny Polonsky album "Hi My Name is Johnny" is here After a few listens, this one really sticks with you and the song melodies grows like a weed garden in your brain. That makes it a top ten contender in my book."
-Aaron Kupferberg, Powerpopaholic.com (2007)

TO PURCHASE NEW SENSE, CLICK ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING LINKS


NOT LAME RECORDINGS

MILES OF MUSIC

AMAZON.COM

EUCLID RECORDS

VINTAGE VINYL


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   Grace Basement's Friend Space (Top 20)
Grace Basement has 792 friends.
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Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers





Jul 5 2008 11:44 AM

hey! we're playing ciceros in STL on july 8th at 10pm...hope you can come out!
Mort





Jun 29 2008 8:45 PM

I was secretly wondering when you'd get around to Dylan (although he was probably covering that song, I'm not sure) and it sounds completely lovely. The video looks great as well. Nice work gents.
VIA DOVE





Jun 29 2008 12:44 PM

I Miss Everything is a stellar tune. Nice work. Hoorah for chimes.
insightclopedia brown





Jun 25 2008 7:16 AM

Secretly Stephie





Jun 24 2008 6:47 PM

Also: ..


Secretly Stephie





Jun 21 2008 7:20 AM

Nestor makes my day better.
Rats and People





Jun 18 2008 2:23 PM




Jason





Jun 13 2008 5:54 PM

Hey what happened to the Bellacino's gig? Did I imagine it?
Theodore





Jun 8 2008 10:18 PM


If you don't come... we'll never play your CD release show... not that you'd ever ask. Love.
Russ





Jun 6 2008 2:02 PM

Congrats on the nom' Kev. Super-deserving. Lemme know how I can support.
The Poorhouse Says





Jun 5 2008 9:40 AM

DAFTLY David JAMES





Jun 4 2008 8:52 PM

Have any of you guys had a chance to check out Julia Nunes. Well she has 42 you tube videos and looks super cool. Anyway I am trying to get her to play a stl show this summer tour and I thought maybe you guys could invite her to play a show with you. Let me know what you think.
Sarah





May 27 2008 7:20 PM

hey KB what's fun in your town. Pig and I will be meandering through on our way back west soon. You and Joe Kile are the only friends I have in St. Loo.
RADRISA girl of the mountains





May 24 2008 12:53 PM

i may show up to your next show
byeee
Theodore





May 17 2008 6:23 PM

super conductor





May 17 2008 2:17 PM

way to play your fiddle diddle with those bearded men!
Bridget





May 16 2008 8:57 AM

I will today, now that it isn't raining! Went the ballgame yesterday, and it was miserable! How about you?
jackieboy





May 15 2008 9:03 PM

hell yes i will be there.
Charlene Adzima





May 15 2008 7:48 PM

Who's that skinny dude with the tenor banjo? Mighty fine song and arranging skills there, Caoimhin--hope to have a few tunes again someday...

Char
Bridget





May 15 2008 6:52 PM

Still in TN?
GoldTooth





May 9 2008 8:06 PM

Thanks for adding us! Our cd is now available to purchase on-line! Check it out!
Beth Bombara





May 8 2008 1:12 PM

small poster 5-12
My Other Side





May 6 2008 6:51 PM

John Henry & The Engine (Record in Stores)





Apr 17 2008 8:01 PM

Under the Yellow Moon
Beth Bombara





Apr 16 2008 11:22 AM

hey thanks for the add. you should play sometime soon.
STL Vicars & Tarts





Apr 15 2008 4:36 PM

Vicars & Tarts Postcard

For more information, visit http://www. stlvicarsandtarts. com
or http://www. myspace. com/stlvicarsandtarts

Or you may e-mail us at: info@stlvicarsandtarts.com

Beautiful Visual Art Provided by:

Mark Berry, Rich Brooks, Jenn Carter,Danielle Correll,Greg Correll, Jimmie Dearduff,Robert Frank (FERD), Catherine Gravias, Ana Hartenbach, Christine Ilewski, Tim Jordan, Connie LaFlam, Joe Laverty (The Hermit), Andrea LeFreniere, Emily Miller, Dallas Moses, Carmelita Nunez,Sara Parry, David Saint, John Schnellmann, Thomas Shepherd, Marianna Simms, Ryan Strong, Rob Tapley Bustamante, Cos Van Mun, Cam Vancely, John Williams, Terri Willits, Hao Zheng, Anitra Zobeck


Scheduled Entertainment Includes (not in particular order of appearance):

Albino Alley Cat Revue
Beaver Soup
Blair and the Facts of Life
Chapters
Furious Vixen
Gravity Plays Favorites
Caleb Travers & Big City Lights





Apr 15 2008 10:40 AM

We ARE friends! This seals the deal, though. I wouldn't have spoken to you in public before.

Sounding great as always! Congrats on the nomination!

Caleb
bad folk





Apr 13 2008 1:58 PM




Gregory





Apr 10 2008 7:01 PM

I hope you guys make millions of dollars so I can be a leach off of Phillips and never work again. Just wanted to let you know that, get that out in the open, you see. Oh, great work by the way...
Yours truly.
Dirty 30s





Apr 6 2008 3:32 PM


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Mason Brown





Apr 6 2008 8:55 AM

Cross me again, sir, and I shall be athwart your hawse and rake you from stem to stern!
Kelly





Apr 4 2008 12:26 PM

Kevin, you're a spark of inspiration! You really have a nice voice. See you at Tionol this weekend. Kelly
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Billy Coma





Mar 24 2008 8:00 PM

the return of Billy Coma

BILLY WAKES UP!

Saturday March 29th at the Iron Barley

Featuring Doc and Longhead from the original Billy Coma and new members,
Jamey Almond formerly of The Trip Daddys on Guitar and Lorne formerly of
the Electric on Bass!

Tight Pants Syndrome





Mar 21 2008 2:06 PM

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Casper





Mar 19 2008 5:56 AM

Thanks for the message! Sorry I missed the show. Will try for next time for sure. Happy Easter!