5 String Banjo, Bass Drum, Tambourine and Singing.
Influences
Lots of field recordings and other music from the distant past...Dock Boggs, Uncle Dave Macon, Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Sonny Terry...music from the recent past...The Ramones, Led Zeppelin, The Replacements, Violent Femmes, AC/DC, The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Big Star, The Pogues...music of my contemporaries, peers and friends...Shellac, Lightning Bolt, Neutral Milk Hotel, Will Oldham, Jawbone, Gillian Welch, Tom Waits, Bjork, Nina Nastasia, Bob Dylan, Angus Maclaurin, TV on the Radio, Gogol Bordello, Lucinda Williams, Beastie Boys, White Stripes, Calexico...this could go on and on...
Sounds Like
"He plucks that banjo like a madman, like the devil himself." New York Press
"There's no niche or category to file this under. It's just simply amazing." -Autopia
"Whirling one-man banjo ninja is in fighting form." -Europe Intelligence Wire
"A stone-cold classic performer that blasts all other singer-songwriters out of their soporific, arrogant, self-obsessed torpor with his pinpoint melodies, frantic enthusiasm and homespun, heartfelt wordplay, one-man-band Roebuck's lightning fast banjo (dude can shred quicker than Kerry King man!) and incessant hotstepping to the beat really will get your juices flowing. Aided by yet another pristinely sparse Steve Albini recording that just lets Roebuck do what he does best, live, in the flesh, no airs or graces, just pure musicianship in action, and my god is it catchy!" -CollectiveZine
Phillip Roebuck is a Virginia-born, New York-bred singer/songwriter and bare-bones one-man band. Using a classic depression-era type drum apparatus, worn on his back, and a ragged-but-right banjo style, Roebuck's music is steeped in roots but undeniably fueled by rock. Some highlights include...
John Peel Show - BBC - October 13, 2004
All Tomorrow's Parties - England
w/Shellac - Chicago
w/American Music Club - London
w/Nina Nastasia - U.S. Tour
w/Ralph Stanley - Chicago
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FEVER PITCH is the most recent album - recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago and mastered by Nick Webb at Abbey Road Studios in London.
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ONE-MAN BAND was recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago and mastered by Nick Webb at Abbey Road Studios in London.
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INERTIA - This two volume set is the earliest record of the one-man band. Volume I was made in New York City using the original suitcase apparatus, including live tracks from the Times Square subway station. Volume II covers a session done in Seattle using the current set up.
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UNDER THE MATCHLIGHT predates the one-man band by a few years. It was recorded alone in a barn in Pungo, Virginia.
String Theory Recordings November releases In Stores Now! STRR001: CC Rock "String Theory", featuring 4 tracks of House Music (including mixes from CC Rock, Aleksus Sanchez, Locklear & Poppin, & RioTGeaR) and STRR002: Dubclot "Yout Man", featuring 4 mixes of intelligent Breakbeats (including mixes from Dubclot, James Nao, and Beat Mavericks). Available at all major online music retailers.
Coming Soon! String Theory Recordings presents, STRR003: 0045 & El Nino "Act Like Ya Know" in stores December 8, 2009. Featuring 4 tracks of intelligent dance music, including mixes from, CC Rock (Breaks mix), 0045 & Ethan Klein (Disco House mix), Justin James (chicago) (Fidget House mix), and the original mix by 0045 & El Nino (Tech House mix).
Coming Soon! String Theory Recordings presents, STRR002: Dubclot "Yout Man", in stores November 24, 2009. Featuring 4 mixes of Breakbeat dance music. Including mixes from Dubclot, Beat Mavericks, and James Nao.
Check out the debut release on String Theory Recordings, STRR001: CC Rock_String Theory , in stores November 10, 2009. Featuring 4 mixes of House music (Progressive, Deep, Tech). Including mixes from CC Rock, Aleksus Sanchez, Locklear & Poppin, and RioTGeaR.
hey brother awsome performance at the lazy horse last night! anytime your in va i will come see that show. all that stuff you do with the banjo and the singing and the dumming is phenomenol but i really enjoy the lyrics. great song writing!!!! i loaded up my rifle, the dying hopes of love. and when i pulled back on the trigger, blew up like love does. keep rocking out
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this is great stuff...hopefully see you in the UK sometime!
Andy Merangue