kc Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 PJC presents BEIRUT with special guests BORN RUFFIANS. Tuesday, October 3rd 7:30pm sharp! @ The Pepper Jack Cafe 38 King William St. (905)525-6666 www.pepperjackcafe.com Advance tickets $10 Beirut: Gulag Orkestar While it may sound like an entire Balkan gypsy orchestra playing modern songs as mournful ballads and upbeat marches, Beirut's first album, Gulag Orkestar, is largely the work of one 20-year-old Albuquerque native, Zach Condon, with assistance by Jeremy Barnes (Neutral Milk Hotel, A Hawk and a Hacksaw) and Heather Trost (A Hawk and a Hacksaw). Horns, violins, cellos, ukuleles, mandolins, glockenspiels, drums, tambourines, congas, organs, pianos, clarinets and accordions (no guitars on this album!) all build and break the melodies under Condon's deep-voiced crooner vocals, swaying to the Eastern European beats like a drunken 12-member ensemble that has fallen in love with The Magnetic Fields, Talking Heads and Neutral Milk Hotel http://www.beirutband.com/ Born Ruffians aim to take the rough out of ruffians. Primarily because it wasnt there in the first place, but also because it just aint their style. Luke Lalonde, Steve Hamelin and Mitch DeRosier are Born Ruffians, but thankfully for their audience, are currently tame. With electric guitar, electric bass guitar, a set of drums and the occasional interjection from a trombone, keyboard, shlang dang or jazz flute, their music is tightly knit into a rock and roll top hat, from which they pull out a dancing, indie rabbit (def: indie rabbit: n. A small furry, long-eared animal with cred and an angular haircut and/or sweater vest). http://www.bornruffians.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted September 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Jump on board everybody!These guys are going to be huge. There is a nice article on Beirut in this week's Eye magazine http://eye.net/eye/issue/issue_09.28.06/music/lead_1.php and The mighty View:http://viewmag.com/viewstory.php?storyid=4498I'm extremely stoked for both these bands. The soundguy should even be cool.www.animalhospitalmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 this should be a great night for hamilton folks -- i love born ruffians!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Fuck M I am so glad to hear you dig Born Ruffians. I have this new good buddy Ferenc 'Fez' Stenton who goes by Green Go when playing music. He knows them from Midland and is always going on about them, praise I don't take lightly. Fez is also in this live jungle group The Architects, they played at WEMF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted September 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Born Ruffians were just signed by a pretty big agent in the States, who is sure to be putting them with some high profile bands/shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 zero -yup, love 'em. they are effin witty guys to boot.luke (from BR) also has some pretty cool solo stuff that he writes under the moniker "skeleton (me)"kc - yeah i think they are doing a US tour w/ Hot Chip ... and just got a pretty sweet NME review this past summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 You've got to meet this kid Ferenc Stenton (Green Go) he comes out of the same creative hotbed (Midland) and to my mind is going many of the same places. Ridiculously talented musician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted October 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Little known fact. (Some Mexican kid told me in San Blas, Mexico) The term "Gringo" came from the Latin Americans wanting American soldiers to leave mexico and central america. The colour of their uniforms were green, thus green go>gringo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Little known fact. (Some Mexican kid told me in San Blas, Mexico) The term "Gringo" came from the Latin Americans wanting American soldiers to leave mexico and central america. The colour of their uniforms were green, thus green go>gringo.Not quite.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GringoAloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 You've got to meet this kid Ferenc Stenton (Green Go) he comes out of the same creative hotbed (Midland) and to my mind is going many of the same places. Ridiculously talented musician.Hah I'll have to let our guitar player know that his much left behind hometown, where he reportedly was cheers'd to the tune of "here's to beers and no queers!" by an old classmate, is in fact a creative hotbed.Deeps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunkyb Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 This is going to be a great show. Ken, you are bringing in some great acts, what good taste you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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