In the stable: Chuck: part-time drums
Katie: cello
Matt: harmonica, ukulele, guitar
The Williamsboy: guitar, banjo, bongos
Curt: percussion, glockenspiel
Diana: guitars, keyboards
Anyone else interested in playing? Please? We need people who do these things: keyboard, guitar, trumpet, washboard, penny whistle, bongo drum, spoon, glockenspiel, chord organ, xylophone, microphone, telephone????
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Influences
The Williamsboy, Matt Schatz, The Beatles, The Smiths, The Kinks, Trembling Blue Stars, Belle and Sebastian, Orange Juice, Camera Obscura, The Field Mice, Os Mutantes, Galaxie 500, John Lennon, Slowdive, Jens Lekman, Daniel Johnston, Possum Dixon, Edwyn Collins, The Clientele, Blur, Kevin Ayers, The Zombies, Super Furry Animals, Sebadoh, Eric Gaffney, Beck, The Small Faces, Rita Lee, Mojave3, The Pixies, Pulp, Bob Dylan, Jonathan Richman, REM, Magnificent Men, The Cure, The Four Seasons, My Morning Jacket, The Raincoats, scaresthedaylights, Nellie McKay, Brenda Lee, Of Montreal, OMD, Pavement, T Rex, Pavement, The Ronettes, Elvis, Flaming Lips, Shangri-La's, The Band, George Harrison, Twice As Bright, Princess Superstar, Simon and Garfunkel, Billy Bragg, The Pogues, The Exeter Popes, Radiohead, Minutemen, The Wedding Present, Silver Jews, Syd Barrett, Townes Van Zandt, Vitesse, Big Star, blah etc.
My name is Marc. I write and record songs in New York City and play them live with a swell gang of musicians. Please visit our new website for more learning.
Some nice things some nice people said about The City and Horses:
Time Out New York says, "The singer-songwriter behind the City and Horses refers to himself merely as Marc, hinting at the breezy informality of his indie-pop tunes. Unassuming as it might seem, though, the Brooklyn outfit’s debut, I Don’t Want to Dream, is both wise and disarmingly wistful."
The Sky Report says I Don't Want to Dream is full of "erudite pop songcraft that’s comfortable without coming off as overbearingly scholarly or too cute to handle, hot potato" and describes the sound as "Pastoral-punk" and "Nerdy-sexy-cool pop music."
Rawk Blog says, “'Little Finland' hits all the right notes: teddy bear lead guitar, wind instruments borrowed from Belle & Sebastian, and wistful lyrics about a girl who’s 'not innocent.' 'Oops, I Did It Again' this ain’t, but you may find yourself dancing anyway."
Indie Rock Cafe says, The City and Horses is one of the bands to watch in 2009.
Another Form of Relief says "I Don't Want to Dream" is, "one of the most pleasant sounds of the year so far."
EarDrumsMusic says, I Don't Want to Dream is a "wonderful album" that's one of the best of 2009 so far.
Hypeful says that "the opening of 'I Love The Girls' has the kind of innocent and offbeat charm that would fit nicely into a Wes Anderson soundtrack."
Das Klienicum says something in German. Hopefully it's nice.
MP3Hugger.com says I Don’t Want to Dream is “a year round pleasure, a gentle stroll that’ll bring some order to your chaotic life. Take ‘I Love The Girls’ for example and realize that life’s simple pleasures has a brand new addition.”
In Big Takeover 63, Executive Editor Mick Lewis writes, “I Don’t Want to Dream [kicks] off in grand style with ‘A Thousand Lashes,’ a Kafka-esque curlicue on crimes of passion that is whipped with an irrepressible guitar riff, and visis twee indie pop in ‘Little Finland,’ early dB’s power pop on ‘Russian Military Badges,’ Belle & Sebastian-style self-analysis on the intersection between love and work on ‘Your Father’s Factory,’ and Eastern Bloc emigrants on the clever, charming, and catchy ‘I’ll Marry You (East Beats West).’ This is one City where you needn’t dream of perfect idiosyncratic pop; it’s yours for the taking. Giddy-up!”
MP3Hugger.com says "'Little Finland' ranges from the subtle to the beguiling" and that The City & Horses are "the missing link between Teenage Fanclub and a whole host of artists from the Sarah label." I could just hug MP3Hugger!
Monkey calls "Little Finland" "a little gem" that "starts as Teenage Fanclub and ends as Belle & Sebastian yet has a homespun charm all of its own."
Cable & Tweed says "Marc Louis is a talented and prolific singer-songwriter with quite a flair for pop and Pro Tools."
The Spoilt Victorian Child says "It's just stunning how somebody this talented hasn't been signed. Criminal. The worlds gone mad I tell ya!" Oh, Simon!
Culture Deluxe says The City & Horses are "a sound somewhere between Mercury Rev and Teenage Fanclub, but perhaps a more obvious reference point would be The Velvet Underground". And then they interviewed me.
SixEyes says "The City & Horses is a catchy, jangly, lo-fi project out of New York from generously talented, and generous, Marc Louis. Listen to the sweet and achy jangle of 'Little Finland' and then get excited when I tell you that the tiny 3 song EP which contains this song is just one of many free downloads written and recorded by Louis over the past ten years."
A penguin roams around Rome listening to "Little Finland". Video made by my friend A Boy with Glasses.
Hi The City and Horses, thanks for accepting my friend request. I appreciate the opportunity to introduce You to the music of ALIEN SKIN.
If you enjoy the atmospheric melancholia of the songs on MySpace, you can listen to all of DON’T OPEN TILL DOOMSDAY on my Official website (below) … AND while you’re there, grab the free promo downloads including: The Unquiet Grave, After the Funeral & Burning In My Hands!
ohmmm don..t worry i could teach u little by little.... jajaja but really my english isn..t good so help with that jajaja sometimes i can..t understand me jajajaja kisses marc!!!
I love your R&B tunes Marc, look forward to listening to the full new record. by the by I've got a comedian harmonists record! and picked up a video about them once but never got to watching it.
Anyhow, thanks for your interest in playing a show in NYC, but me and Bridget are booked for Japan and then China in Nov now instead, with a few gigs in Japan on the way now:)mega exciting. The Americas next year!
But one day I will see your great tunes I hope, and if you ever come to Australia...? you should, and we can help you with some shows and shenanigans.
hey i finished to wath the new video jajaja wow , i like it jojojo i hope everything goes fine!!!! and the new image in u..re perfil!!! so fine !!! each time i getting more crazy for u! jajaja u..re so good on it!!!the music ahahahha :) xoxo marc!!!
I wouldn't say I'm a 'friend' of camera obscura exactly, hehe. Met them though, lovely, lovely bunch. Proceeded to make a tit of myself and act like a cookie cutter groupie. I rambled much in the manner I'm doing now. Anyway, I like your songs, and don't lie about such a serious thing like that. Wishing you all the best.
wow that..s ok!!! jajaja nice? me?? no, no, i..pm rude i..m so heavy jajajjaja XD jajajja ....... well i..ll try to get the album :) jajaj i was seieng u in you tube jajaja i have to say that could be so nice and really peaceful listening at live!!!! thanks a lot marc!!! and i hope to go and see u someday !!!:) wii!!! jeje kisses i love to come and send u a comment jajaja cause the first song i can listen is little finland <3
hi!!!! wow no dude!!!!i know i..m in loved with the song "little finland" .... awrrr really... mmm do u know where i can find u..re album, is there on music shores like mix up?? or just by internet in my casse.... good luck in brooklin!!!! i hope to find u here in mexico someday.. could be at live, in a vive latino or something like motorocker fest wow i don..t know now is one of my goals!!! jajaj XD xoxo
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