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On The Road With Amazing Baby

2010-04-10T11:11:00.000+03:00

Check out Will's photos at the Filler Magazine Website

lookin for that new sound

2010-03-17T10:57:00.000+02:00

So yrs truly got a message saying :

"Yo Wildean....Post this on Keeping Track of Amazing Baby :"

SONIXPERIENCE

There ya go.
Straight from "da source" and all.

cover

2010-03-05T00:29:00.000+02:00

Read, listen... here.

What is it ?

2010-02-05T16:25:00.000+02:00

I'm kind of out of touch with everything.
I know approximately 5-9 people visit this blog on a daily basis, which is why I haven't deleted it yet.
I was wondering if someone would like to step up and co-manage this thing with me.

According to Brooklyn Vegan, Diamond Nights are going to play a couple of shows again this month. I have no idea if Rob's gonna be there but the band is well worth checking out any which way.

MTV has some AB interviews on their website (from January, I guess), but I can't link them up here because I'm posting this shit from Europe.

Old video from last summer

2010-01-08T14:23:00.000+02:00

yes, this motherfuxxer shall blog

2009-12-10T22:06:00.001+02:00

The band gets another mention from Nylon

New York, are you listening ?

2009-12-06T01:13:00.003+02:00

Tuesday December 8th // 8pm // $6
The Music of John Lennon
Featuring performances by members of:

Acrylics, Amazing Baby, Gillian Rivers and the SET Quartet, Here We Go Magic, Lauren Bahr, Nicole Atkins, Psychic, The Royal Chains, & Suckers

Update

2009-12-04T11:14:00.000+02:00

The band is working on their sophomore album and occasionally gigging.

Someone also told me about having heard an Amazing Baby song in a tequila commercial so I suppose things are OK.

I'll update this blog when something new comes up.

Happy holidays.

more from MTV

2009-10-31T16:30:00.001+02:00

Amazing Baby - MTV Shows

I get the horrors

2009-10-26T00:48:00.002+02:00

Amazing Baby - MTV Shows

I've been away, hence the quiet times here on this blog.
Most of you have already watched this but hey, have fun and watch it again.

Supreme Being / official video

2009-10-14T20:18:00.003+03:00

On The Boat with Amazing Baby

2009-10-07T04:26:00.000+03:00

my favorite AB music video so far

'Sucker Blues' featured on Me + You compilation

2009-10-06T04:38:00.000+03:00

Ryma Chikhoune interviews Roan

2009-10-01T22:30:00.002+03:00

visit brightestyoungthings.com to read it

Troubadour show photos

2009-09-30T22:28:00.001+03:00

click pic to see more

Check out the new Historics video

2009-09-29T19:13:00.004+03:00

As it says on YouTube :

Directed by Patrick O'Del and featuring:
John Rattray, Alex Olson, Braydon Szafranski, Andrew Allen, Heath Kirchart, Mike Rusczyk, Chris Pastras, Clint Peterson, Clark Hassler, Kevin Spanky Long, & Matt Hensley.

The song is a cover of Sub Society's A Lot Less.
The clip is a tribute to the original Matt Hensley part in H-Street's Hokus Pokus video (1989) which features the original Sub Society version.

The Portable Infinite interview

2009-09-28T12:43:00.001+03:00

"Headdress" on Last Call 9/23

2009-09-26T21:24:00.000+03:00

Confront Magazine interviews Simon & Will

2009-09-25T13:01:00.002+03:00

Must read, it's loooooooong !

Lazy-i interviews Will

2009-09-24T12:54:00.000+03:00

clickkity click the photo

Simon's feature in Paper Magazine

2009-09-23T12:58:00.000+03:00

click picture to access article

Kimberly Chun interviews Will

2009-09-20T17:43:00.002+03:00

(click photo to go read the interview)

ps. thank you geegee17 for the link !

Hear the new & improved Supreme Being

2009-09-18T21:44:00.010+03:00

Visit Green Label Sound for some music + pictures

Eszter vs. Will Roan

2009-09-17T20:32:00.004+03:00

ps. thank you Eszter for the heads up !

Simon/Paper Mag

2009-09-04T21:15:00.001+03:00

Simon is on the cover of the September issue of Paper magazine.
I don't know if the mag contains anything else on him, like an article/interview.

2 songs from Lollapalooza

2009-08-29T09:05:00.003+03:00

Black and White (The dB's cover)

and Headdress over here.

Spill Magazine interview

2009-08-20T18:29:00.005+03:00

The very kind Melissa Kim tipped me off about her Amazing Baby interview,
which you can read at the Spill Magazine website by clicking the above picture.
Go on ! It's got some good anecdotes.

LiveDaily acoustic sessions

2009-08-18T20:34:00.003+03:00

Click photo to see+hear acoustic versions of
Headdress
Bayonets
&
Sucker Blues

"Headdress" live @ Pier 54

2009-08-14T21:32:00.001+03:00

uploaded by
gundleok

Lollapalooza videos

2009-08-13T01:24:00.000+03:00

Amazing Baby Interview @ URB-ASICS Lollapalooza After-Party from URB Magazine on Vimeo.

some interviews from Fuji Rock

2009-08-13T01:16:00.003+03:00

this is kind of bizarre, but um.. yeah :

there's a few photos and stuff at
the Hard To Explain site

Simon's Secret Playlist

2009-08-12T02:37:00.002+03:00

click on photo to read

CFRE shines a light on Rob & Matt

2009-08-11T02:13:00.003+03:00

The interview is brilliant.
Click picture to read it.

Rob on Rewild :
“None of the band actually plays any music on it.
We went into star formation, head to head, and an album came about.”

★

an extra special
Thank You to
Gonia
for bringing this gem to my attention

3 photos from Lollapalooza

2009-08-10T23:17:00.004+03:00

Click pic to see them full size at the Prefix site

*
ps.
there's also a few photos from the show
@
Flickr

you aint no picasso / Simon

2009-08-10T15:50:00.001+03:00

click pic to read,
it's a good interview

Will + 24/Seven

2009-08-06T23:11:00.000+03:00

Metromix interviews O'Connor

2009-08-05T23:01:00.000+03:00

Simon / The Village Voice

2009-08-04T03:17:00.000+03:00

Clip of Bayonets from Osheaga

2009-08-02T22:58:00.001+03:00

Tandem interviews W. R.

2009-07-30T20:38:00.002+03:00

Roan does the Kata Rokkar Kuestionnaire

2009-07-29T14:51:00.003+03:00

photos from Fuji Rock

2009-07-28T22:04:00.002+03:00

The ShockHound sessions

2009-07-28T16:00:00.001+03:00

(article courtesy of Interview magazine)

Dose interviews Will

2009-07-25T17:06:00.000+03:00

SKIR interviews Will

2009-07-24T14:44:00.002+03:00

click picture to access article

Historics : Strategies for Apprehension OUT NOW

2009-07-21T23:27:00.001+03:00

Don Devore's other band, HISTORICS has a new album out. You can get it on cd, vinyl or download it from most digital stores.

Here's a video for Taverns, a song from the album :

Don is awesome.

Will @ Melt festival

2009-07-21T17:19:00.001+03:00

the microphones are pretty far out, I must say

Keepingtrackofamazingbaby interviews Amazing Baby

2009-07-16T14:20:00.000+03:00

As usual, click on pictures to see them in full size :

☥ Interview conducted in London on July 16th, 2009 ☥
Thank you guys.

Chubby Jones presents, pt. 2

2009-07-16T00:31:00.000+03:00

Chubby Jones presents, pt. 1

2009-07-14T00:23:00.001+03:00

Get Me To The World On Time

2009-07-04T12:53:00.003+03:00

Advance hype :

in
LONDON

they are not the "new" anyone, they are who they are... got it ?

2009-07-03T12:49:00.001+03:00

**

Link courtesy of that lovably brilliant Agent Gonia

The new Headdress video

2009-07-02T14:47:00.003+03:00

¡ WARNING !
If you are afraid of female frontal nudity, don't watch.

Amazing Baby - Headdress - Uncensored from Shangri-La Music on Vimeo.

AB + Nylon

2009-07-02T14:44:00.002+03:00

...

A tutorial by Obi-Wan Devore

2009-07-01T15:38:00.002+03:00

Morning Becomes Eclectic - On Tuesday

2009-06-29T03:30:00.001+03:00

SF station interviewed Simon

2009-06-27T16:27:00.002+03:00

click on picture to access article, as usual

REWILD reviews

2009-06-23T21:07:00.001+03:00

AddictMusic = 3,5/5

A'n'E Vibe = 4,5/5

contactmusic.com = 6/10

Drowned In Sound = 8/10

esdmusic.com = 3,5/5

Guardian.co.uk = 3/5

inthenews.co.uk = 7/10

musicOHM = 3/5

NME = 6/10

NOW Toronto = 3/5

Planet Sound = 7/10

The Skinny = 3/5

SPIN = 3,5/5

Strangeglue = 6/10

UNCUT = 4/5

URB Magazine = 4,5/5

Yahoo! Music = 8/10

(list is being updated all the time)

REWILD is in stores NOW

2009-06-23T14:56:00.001+03:00

URB Interview

2009-06-22T23:31:00.005+03:00

click away, anonymous visitors

Rolling Stone salutes AB

2009-06-18T00:51:00.005+03:00

click away to read the article
+
to watch an acoustic version of The Narwhal

New York Press

2009-06-18T00:45:00.003+03:00

Click picture
to read Amy Kuperinsky's interview with Simon

check out Allen McEachern's photos

2009-06-18T00:42:00.001+03:00

click picture to enter

a talk with...

2009-06-17T01:39:00.000+03:00

Toronto's CityNews writes about AB

2009-06-17T01:25:00.002+03:00

To read the article, click on the above photo

(it features a deal of live photos too)

WOXY.COM Lounge Acts Sessions

2009-06-15T12:59:00.002+03:00

Amazing Baby are appearing on the Future Sounds radio show
that airs at

3 PM Pacific
6 PM Eastern

If you can't catch it today, you can check it out later.

a flash from the Nylon launch party

2009-06-13T17:20:00.002+03:00

The lords make an appearance at 1:12-1:17
Blink and you'll miss it.

AB for FADER

2009-06-11T13:17:00.002+03:00

My favorite video so far !

Radio-o-oh

2009-06-10T14:21:00.009+03:00

Amazing Baby were guests on Ana Calderon's radio show today

They played acoustic versions of
1) Headdress
2) Bayonets

plus a small interview with Simon

Photos from last night's Nylon party

2009-06-09T18:39:00.003+03:00

Shot by that world famous Markthecobrasnake

Spin review

2009-06-09T18:31:00.004+03:00

Matt, Simon & Will do FlyTV

2009-06-06T14:19:00.006+03:00

The Fly - Amazing Baby 'Head Dress' FlyTV In The Courtyard on MUZU.

The Fly - Amazing Baby 'Bayonets' FlyTV In The Courtyard on MUZU.

The Fly - Amazing Baby 'The Narwhal' FlyTV In The Courtyard on MUZU.

ps. a special thank you to
vintageheartsxoxo
for the links

Daytrotter/SXSW Session

2009-06-06T03:53:00.004+03:00

Go listen to grand versions of :
1 Smoke Bros/Headdress
2 Kankra
3 Pump Yr Brakes/Bayonets
4 The Narwhal

(click picture to enter the Daytrotter website)

Will Roan interview

2009-06-06T01:30:00.003+03:00

courtesy of FAQ magazine

(click photo to read)

ps.
extra special thanks to
mouret1
for the heads up

Listen to an acoustic version of Headdress

2009-06-05T02:13:00.002+03:00

Amazing Baby visted
101.9 RXP
and
did a tiny interview
&
performed Headdress

*go listen to it *
☟
HERE
(click on track 2)

Simon's Top 5 Death Songs

2009-06-04T19:40:00.000+03:00

Click the friendly skeleton to read the article

Marie Claire...lol

2009-06-04T18:59:00.004+03:00

Gill Sutherland has reviewed Rewild for women's mag Marie Claire and said the following :

"MGMT fans won't be disappointed by glam rock duo Amazing Baby

If you couldn’t get enough of MGMT’s psychedelic rock-pop, you’ll love these two. Guitarist O’Connor and singer Will Roan make an epic glam-rocking racket that will have you vibrating with joy."

Is that even a proper review, huh ?
That's like, three lines long and says the band is a duo.
I think "duo", I think Simon & Garfunkel :

MTV calls AB "a tribe of beautiful Brooklyn weirdos"

2009-05-30T02:23:00.002+03:00

...and then the reviews start arriving

2009-05-28T13:12:00.004+03:00

from
www.theskinny.co.uk/

click picture
to visit the website

In NYC tonight ? Good.

2009-05-26T12:59:00.000+03:00

Tiny Old Blue Last interview

2009-05-23T03:44:00.000+03:00

Originally posted on YouTube by
SowfiieLowiisex

Videos from yesterday's Pure Groove performance

2009-05-16T10:44:00.001+03:00

Smoke Bros & Headdress

Sucker Blues

Bayonets

***

Courtesy of that Magnificent Gonia

Online store etc.

2009-05-13T12:33:00.000+03:00

Last June, when my AB craze officially started, I felt like shouting my love for their music from the rooftops.
Now you can declare yours buy heading over to their sparkly new website, visiting the store. They got a bunch of different shirts to choose from (however no Black Pyramid shirt for some reason).
You can also pre-order the album there if you want.
And if you want a taste of things to come, they have a free download of Smoke Bros, a track from Rewild.

A review from ThisIsNottingham

2009-05-13T02:14:00.003+03:00

Amazing Baby, the Bodega Social

Brooklyn-based bands are everywhere these days. Most of them idly sit sipping Mojitos in trendy Williamsburg bars, wondering which hat is en vogue in that particular hour.

Amazing Baby, however, are not remotely pretentious, nor do they give a damn about style; they're about psych-rock and a fuzzball racket reminiscent of Sonic Youth. But they're no experimental noiseniks hell-bent on conjuring new, exotic noises from their instruments either. They have tunes aplenty, and if you ever wondered what Super Furry Animals would sound like if they joined forces with Screaming Trees then wonder no more.

The Narwhal gradually transforms its sinister, Rolling Stones mysticism into a heaving, QOTSA throb over several epic minutes; Pump Your Brakes is all space-rock freak-outs, while Head Dress dances along the fret board deliriously providing the set with its unequivocal highlight.

It'd be an obvious cliche to use the word amazing to describe Amazing Baby. But if the cap fits...

***

Written by
Phil Viles
for

This Friday London is the place to be

2009-05-12T20:24:00.000+03:00

There's gonna be two appearances, first at
Pure Groove
(a free instore gig)
and
in the evening (night ?)
at
The Old Blue Last

Go go go !!!

A review

2009-05-12T13:04:00.000+03:00

from
TheNortherEcho.co.uk

So... the album has leaked.

2009-05-10T03:14:00.001+03:00

...however you won't be finding it here.

SXSW Flashbacks from March

2009-05-07T00:53:00.001+03:00

Pump Yr Brakes, as performed at SXSW.
Via Fader.

Amazing Baby: New Jack Swing.

Amazing Baby: Just Cinch It.

From Uncencoredinterview.com

Neon Enlightenment interviews Simon

2009-05-06T11:47:00.000+03:00

Click on the logo above to read.
It's pretty good.

Headdress live in Paris, May 4th

2009-05-05T14:18:00.000+03:00

Thanks to
R O C K E R P A R I S

Bayonets live @ The Daily Habit

2009-05-02T20:52:00.001+03:00

REWILD

2009-04-23T14:04:00.001+03:00

You can pre-order via Amazon.
Available on vinyl as well as on cd.

You'll buy both :
place one on your altar and one on your turntable.

some advance hype because I'm proud and happy

2009-04-22T14:10:00.001+03:00

Headdress live @ The Daily Habit

2009-04-18T14:20:00.001+03:00

This thing's been watched less that 200 times... let's change that

2009-04-06T13:07:00.000+03:00

5 Questions at SXSW with Amazing Baby - Amazing Baby

Nylon magazine

2009-04-04T19:19:00.002+03:00

Amazing Baby - Interview magazine

2009-03-26T18:41:00.000+02:00

Photography Matthew Brookes
Article By T. Cole Rachel

Sitting down on a weekday afternoon with the five members of Brooklyn’s Amazing Baby is a bit like walking in on a party at your best friend’s house that you didn’t even know was happening. As the band members congregate at a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, restaurant, coffee drinks quickly morph into a round of beers and white wines, promptly followed by Bloody Marys, as the road-weary group—fresh off a massive U.K. tour with current rock darlings MGMT—try to sort out just how they became New York’s most buzzed-about band without, until very recently, the benefit of an actual record deal.

Founded by Will Roan and guitarist Simon O’Connor in early 2008 after the demise of previous ill-fated bands, Amazing Baby snagged a profile in NME (New Musical Express) before playing a major live show. “They liked our MySpace page,” says Roan. “We were probably in the Top 8 of some other band they thought was cool.”

Given the somewhat puzzling amount of early interest they’ve received, the two old friends wasted no time recruiting bassist Don Devore, guitarist Rob Laakso, and drummer Matt Abeysekera to fill out the lineup. A four-song EP, Infinite Fucking Cross, came out last July, quickly followed by the requisite amount of blog attention and one particularly memorable YouTube clip in which Amazing Baby plays outdoors to an audience of actual babies. “We were at a weird hippie festival on Martha’s Vineyard,” recalls O’Connor, taking a sip from someone else’s drink. “All the grown-ups were standing up on a hill away from the stage, but all of the babies came down by us and started dancing. Babies make a much -better audience than a bunch of stuck-up liberal-arts students. Babies love to dance . . . But let’s be honest, they’ll pretty much dance to anything.”

As it turns out, lots of full-grown adults like to dance to Amazing Baby as well. Songs like “Supreme Being” and “Pump Your Brakes” show off a certain amount of psychedelic aplomb, veering from guitar-heavy pop tunes to the kind of freaky-deaky space rock that so often garners comparisons to other Brooklynites like Chairlift or the band’s pals in MGMT. While it’s nice to be in the company of so many beloved bands, the endless comparisons can be a bit tiresome. “Journalists desperately want to believe that there’s some kind of San Francisco-y, naked hippie collective in Brooklyn that’s producing all of these great acts, even when it’s totally not true,” says Laakso.

The upside to this fantasy, of course, is that writers in Amsterdam sit down to interview the five bandmates and immediately offer them fistfuls of complimentary magic mushrooms. “It’s awful,” says Roan. “They really want us to be this bunch of drugged-out boneheads. I mean, journalists in the U.K. actually offer you drugs and ask you about how much acid you have taken.” “Well, it worked!” says O’Connor, at which point everyone laughs and raises a glass. Clearly, American rock journalists need to find better connections.

"borrowed" from

HERE.

NME reports from SXSW

2009-03-20T12:18:00.002+02:00

"Amazing Baby previewed several new songs set to appear on their forthcoming debut album during their set at South by Southwest today (March 19).

The Brooklyn band worked up a sweat during their raucous performance at the Fader Fort, which also included songs from their recent EP such as the crowd-pleasing 'Pump Your Breaks'. The hotly tipped band drew a sizeable crowd to the large venue.

Amazing Baby concluded their set with an energetic finale that saw frontman Will Roan wailing on the drums and skidding across the floor. "

Will @ Gallery Bar

2009-03-06T00:55:00.001+02:00

Will @ Glasslands

2009-03-03T10:37:00.002+02:00