Kevin Olsen: guitar, vocals Artie Rodriguez: bass Neil Levine: drums
Influences
Some folks we like: Guided By Voices, Neil Young, Yo La Tengo, Shudder to Think, Destroyer, Sparklehorse, Barkmarket, Karp, Medicine, Pavement, Built to Spill, Cat Power, Big Star, Neko Case, Lightning Bolt, Trans Am, The Replacements, PJ Harvey, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Otis Redding, Mercury Rev, Belle & Sebastian, Buffalo Springfield, The Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr., Red House Painters, David Bowie, Pixies, Babe The Blue Ox, Ramones, Sonic Youth, Autechre, Motown, JSBX, Dump, Silver Jews, Chavez, Elvis Costello, Galaxie 500, X, Wipers, The Smiths, Captain Beefheart, Hank Williams, Booker T. and The MGs, Cocteau Twins, Bad Brains, Smog, MC5, Bach, Robyn Hitchcock, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Willie Nelson, My Bloody Valentine, The Dirtbombs, His Name is Alive, The Thermals, The Stooges, The Who, Velvet Underground, Minutemen, Bjork, The Sonics, Decoder Ring, The Band, Royal Trux, The Shins, The Wrens, Sigur Ros, Herbie Hancock, T. Rex, Wilco, Archers of Loaf, Oneida, Can, Neu!, Arcade Fire, New Pornographers, Ween, 400 Blows, Big Business, Liars, Battles, Camera Obscura, Doug Sahm, Cheap Trick, Daft Punk, Wong Kar Wai, Francois Truffaut, Ingmar Bergman, Charles Simic, Simon Armitage, Leo Tolstoy, Gabriel Garcia Marquez...we could go on forever.
"Kuma's debut reaches out and hooks you. Serious or fun, beautiful or scary, each song has its delights and sonic surprises. The sound is full, the segues are inspired, and the mix works like an extra band member or captures the action like a well-placed camera. The songs draw on all kinds of rock, from pop to metal to little bits o' country and soul, but you can't pin down the influences to somebody's record collection. These guys love music, and their music is easy to love." -PERFECT SOUND FOREVER
Kuma is a band from New York City. Their debut album, Up To Now, You've Had It Easy, was produced by Kevin Olsen, engineered by Grace Falconer (They Might Be Giants, Ramones, Misfits), and mastered by Alan Douches (Trans Am, My Morning Jacket, Sufjan Stevens...).
Kev-Sorry I missed Do the Collage...I'll definitely be at the Willie Mae benefit on Sunday, how bout you? Rasputina?...I mean who doesn't love the cello?
Glad we kicked out the pork-roll jams on the bday of Kev inhaling the tunes of ween in the tight-n-tall venue of Terminal 5. Looking forward to the Neil Young show. Keep it r...ock.
Hey KUMA! Happy freakin' birthday!!! Yes still up North, but will be back in Dec. sometime. Will be having a get together. Keep you posted! Have fun at Ween!
back to da basss babe,,, a 5 string acoustic now,, getting the hang of it. But I feel the need of fredlessss. Soon I will let you hear what,zzz up xxxQue
Hey Kev,
No offense to bears...they're just a metaphor for someone who will tear off your head with one swing if you go near them when they don't want you around.
Rock on dude!
Tom
kevin, we played a uptown hogs gig with you guys a few years back. you were bringing back the feather boa- sg guitar combination on stage in a big way. I still remember it. Just started the myspace thing and thought I'd drop by. Still sounding good! Jim
Had a great time, hope you enjoyed it too. I *might* have tickets to Lou Reed on the 30th if you're interested. I'll know more next week. Man - would that be something? That would be a hat trick for me: Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, & Lou Reed. I could die a happy punk rocker come May!
