andrew arida - keyboards;
mark haney - double bass;
rick maddocks - vocals, guitars, miscellany;
jon wood - tenor guitar, lap steel, miscellany;
geoff gilliard - drums
Influences
luis bunuel, the bush administration, can, miles davis, the band, johan cruyff, calexico, william basinski, radiohead, portishead, talking heads, bela tarr, construction sounds, the pueblo de los muertos singers, the apocalypse, peckinpah, waits, brian eno, fela kuti, van morrison, the prisoner, flaming lips, john coltrane, ukelins, robert bresson, wurlitzers, juju, armless chairs, havana
Sounds Like
stories, "underwater gracefulness", calexico, dark undertows, sepia-tinged waltzes, brian eno, "can get quite ethereal", lo-fi country explorations, the national, rusted-out nightmares, wilco, "strikes just the right balance between atmospheric improvisation and linear song structure," tom waits, "it's by no means country, but without country this music wouldn't exist," califone, van morrison, getting darker, boxhead ensemble, smoke and the surprisingly beautiful end of the world
The Beige will be performing on a CD Release Concert in Vancouver to celebrate its second album, El Ángel Exterminador:
Time: Saturday, January 23, 2010. Show at 7:30pm sharp (doors 7pm)
Place: St. Paul's Anglican Church (1130 Jervis St., between Davie and Pendrell)
Tickets: $12 advance and $15 at the door. Available at Red Cat Records, Zulu Records, Highlife Records and through thebeige@telus.net
The Beige's live shows feature broad strokes of improvisation, weaving together off-kilter pop and jazz, narrative and groove, minimalist and maximalist, traditional and avant-garde. now with spikier edges. the beige complement most interiors.
stuff written about the debut cd "01":
"The Beige's wonderfully designed CD is home to a collection of textured, rootsy folk-pop music heavy on the ambient atmosphere...a brilliant level of depth to the recording...Ladies and gents, meet your new favourite atmospheric roots-pop band." -- Indieville.com
"A record that fuses popular and experimental forms into a coherent whole is a rare thing, and this is a record of rare beauty." -- Americana UK
"The Beige is a new musical force in Vancouver" -- Marke Andrews,
Vancouver Sun.
"A gorgeously spacious thing.... as melodic and lyrically striking as Wilco at its most incisive--and more overtly catchy." -- Ken Eisner, The Georgia Straight.
"Let’s not try too hard to categorize the Beige. We’ll just say that Maddocks writes damn good songs that allow the band to take all sorts of twists and turns through interesting corners of the sonic spectrum." --Eden Munro, Vue Weekly
"the beige have managed to work their mellowing magic on me. I'm finding it very difficult to shit all over them." -- the Nerve
And BTW -- Great News: AUX is coming to Rogers Digital Cable this fall as a full-fledged music channel. If you love our lineup now, you won't believe what we've got in the works!
I just wanted to let you know The Best Revenge are headlining a show at the Balmoral (159 E.Hastings) this Saturday. You should come check us out if you can.
Dear friend
I am sending you this to let you know that my first release on the web through myspace and audigist is now accomplished.
Now you can visit my page at: www. myspace. com/chakradar to listen and download my music.
Thank you for the support and friendship.
Peace and love
When Dalí's whip wielding wife Gala (Dita Von Teese) joins the head-shrinking session between Dalí and Freud, reality is turned on its side in this exciting and informative short film.
The film and soundtrack are both available now... so, come see the trailer and get a song or two.
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