Hank Williams, Roxy Music, Captain Beefheart, Bob Dylan, The Who, Nick Cave, Sex Pistols, The Kinks
Sounds Like
"Like co-productions of Kurt Weill and Neil Young..." -- The Village Voice;
"Indebted equally to Scott Walker’s bile-drenched crooning, Frank Zappa’s twisted surrealism, and Harry Nilsson’s deceptively sing-song melodicism..." – New York Magazine;
"An impossible amalgamation of Berthold Brecht and Jello Biafra" – Splendid;
"…heavy beats mingled with brief flights of speed, wistful melodies, hypnotic washes of color from a thrumming Autoharp (that democratic, grade school dulcimer), and clever lyrics clothed in the taunting, indulgent rhymes of playground impromptus." -- SF Bay Guardian
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY:
"Frightening yet endearing" – The New Yorker;
"A strangely narcotic collection of sexy (if slightly unsettling) songs" –
TimeOut New York;
"His style is happily stream-of-conscious, weirdly romantic, even silly. This makes his approach to music and film making Duchampian, even fearless"
– Philadelphia City Paper;
"Like a slyly arranged meeting between Mother Goose and Larry Flint"
– Charleston Post;
"Otherworldy rock and roll that’s surprising and hilarious" – Elle Magazine;
"This gesamtkunstwerk revolves around a very distinct artistic vision" – Sentamentalist;
"Every album is a solar eclipse of images that emotes a strange euphoria in your bloodstream" – Panache;
"Their specialty is a dark and sometimes cryptic sarcasm that encases a surprising core belief in the power of love" – SOMA;
"Cory McAbee comes on like a modern William Blake, spinning twisted and surreal tales full of symbolism" -- Santa Barbara Independent;
"Cory McAbee is the closest thing to Leonardo da Vinci that we’ve got." -- SF Bay Guardian
"How to describe this? Disturbing, beautiful, and frightening, all in one savage aural assault" -- Etch Magazine
Thanks for the email head's up - I loved the film The American Astronaut and I'm so excited about this new band! I enjoyed the video and can't wait to hear more. The animation took caught me off guard, clever and funny!
Les anges ont le coeur qui bat... "Heartbeats", nouveau titre en ligne / new title online Angels with beating hearts... We hope you like it! Bises/bacci/küssen/besos/kisses/beijos from France to all!!! AngelF
So I have decided to become a blog journalist cyber-revolution. The news on TV is mostly all nonsense and advertisements and it's completely biased towards the status quo because the networks are owned by very wealthy corporations. NBC is even owned by General Electric which makes LOTS of money off defense contracts, and that makes me wonder just how critically they're gonna look at the war. Intelligent people tend to watch TV very little anyways (except perhaps for The Daily show and Adult Swim)...
I've always believed that people who complain should do it better themselves or else shut up... so that is what I am doing. Check this out and comment if you like. Come back often and if you like what you see share it with people you know.
Just made my own version of a Billy Nayer "Best Of"... 13 of my favorite songs off of three different albums. You guys totally rock and I wish I could turn on more people to your music than I already have!
Hey we got a present from you on Fri! Thank you soooooooo much, it's the most beautiful vinyl in the world! Hope you are all well and happy! We love ya all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I was shopping at Everyday Music in Portland today and was flabbergasted that they didn't have The Billy Nayer Show. I even looked under "N" just in case! What's this world come to? I think you guys are beyond terrific... I have been a fan since I first saw y'all play, and have seen you guys three times now. When is the new album coming out, purportedly containing the track Reno??? I keep watching the Cory McAbee interview on YouTube just to hear it, and remember when I first heard it at my first show!
Since you have forever changed birthdays in my mind, and I've finished all my lunch & I'll eat all my fries, AND those shit eating monkeys have sorted things out, when will be able to celebrate again?
