Impressively thorough look at the making of the Beatles video game, from NYTimes.
I’ll write more soon.
“The Beatles: Rock Band” behind the scenes
August 18, 2009 by nutsberriesmusic‘People think this state is a bunch of mountain man ski bums living in the forest with our animal friends’
May 10, 2009 by nutsberriesmusicJunior’s Cave, an online indie music magazine, just published a Nuts + Berries interview, I talk about the concept of laptop punk, why DFA Records and the Talking Heads are a big inspiration to me, and how the rest of the world looks at Colorado.
We also discussed how online music services like Tunecore, Sonicbids and Dropcards are changing the industry and creating room for acts like Nuts + Berries. Enjoy.
Big Oriental show a big success
May 8, 2009 by nutsberriesmusic
Photo by Amanda Arthur
Nuts + Berries had a great time at the Oriental Theater on Thursday with Bedsit Infamy, Little Dead Things and Kissing Party. I got to play a very high-energy set from the floor of the auditorium. This was 10 times better than playing on a stage by myself — lots of bad dancing and crowd interaction. Also, one fan turned up wearing the first-ever Nuts + Berries bootleg t-shirt. What a night. (Bedsit turned in a noisy, energetic set, too.)
by Amanda Arthur
The evening started weird. The soundman had no iPod or CDs so I did an impromptu DJ set with the handful of tracks in my iTunes library. I used Ableton to slaughter the songs beyond recognition. I blasted “Machine Gun” by Portishead and it sounded like the roof was about to collapse.
Nuts + Berries setlist: Look at all the Progress/A Better Mousetrap/A Good Friend is Hard to Find/Your Whole Garden Sprouts/The 1st Year Sex Didn’t Sell/ Meth Mouth/ The Edgar Song/Forgive Your Hometown/Li’l Fingers/Arch Deluxxx/Flevoland
Next Nuts + Berries show announcement coming soon.
Chintzy promotional video
April 30, 2009 by nutsberriesmusicI lack the talent, contacts and budget to get a respectable director to cobble together a promotional video for one of my songs off the EP. So I was forced to do it myself. It is cheap and nonsensical.
Surprise show surprisingly bad
April 30, 2009 by nutsberriesmusic
sara armijo took it.
The Nuts + Berries rollercoaster played something between an open rehearsal and a morgue tonight. The “little surprise show” scheduled for Quixote’s True Blue got inexplicably moved at the last minute to Dulcinea’s 100th Monkey. Madness ensued. Many fans got lost along the way. The new venue was a charming bar next to a porn shop and a block away from a Korn concert at the Fillmore. I saw no perverts or Korn fans at Dulcinea’s.
I made quick work of the hippies in the bar, driving most of the patrons out the front door by the end of the second song. And there was a large “Bitches Brew” mural by the toilets. I guess it was an OK night after all.
Thanks to Superfan Sara Armijo for being there. She got to hear this setlist: Edgar Song/The 1st Year Sex Didn’t Sell/Dayglo Cowtown/A Good Friend is Hard to Find/Feet in the Snow/Li’l Fingers/A Better Mousetrap/Meth Mouth.
“Meth Mouth” is a weird set closer but at some point you have to take the horse out behind the barn and shoot it.
The Quentin Young Band turned in a nice set, though. Their sound man amused himself by running Quentin’s vocals through about 10 seconds of delay.
Next week’s big show at the Oriental Theater should be exciting. I am prepared for anything after tonight.
A little surprise show
April 27, 2009 by nutsberriesmusic
sara armijo again
On Wednesday, Nuts + Berries will open for Quentin Young and his band at Quixote’s True Blue in Five Points. (That’s 2637 Welton St.) It’s my first time there. The show starts at about 9. If it costs money, I haven’t heard.
If you can’t make it, help me fill the Oriental Theater on May 7 instead.
New Bedsit track
April 27, 2009 by nutsberriesmusicA new song by the Bedsit Infamy is up. Visit the band’s MySpace page and click on “Hey! Hey!” in the music player. Hope you like it.
The song will appear on the band’s next LP, if there is another LP.
sara armijo makes the best fliers
Like Nuts + Berries, Bedsit will perform May 7 at the Oriental Theater.
Big show coming up
April 27, 2009 by nutsberriesmusic
once again, sara armijo
Nuts + Berries will appear May 7 with a bunch of Denver bands you may know: The Bedsit Infamy, Little Dead Things and The Kissing Party.
The show is at the Oriental Theater, at 44th Avenue and Tennyson Street in Denver. Doors at 8 p.m.
Nuts + Berries is unqualified to play a barn like the Oriental Theater, so bring a friend. Or 10 friends. See you there.
The most important artwork you will see this year
April 11, 2009 by nutsberriesmusic
Amazing feature from the Washington Post.
Preserved for posterity
April 2, 2009 by nutsberriesmusic
I played a Nuts + Berries show at the Meadowlark two weeks ago. In case you missed it…
Forgive Your Hometown/Look at all the Progress/A Better Mousetrap/A Good Friend is Hard to Find/Meth Mouth/Flevoland/1st Year/The Edgar Song/Arch Deluxxx
I keep these so I can make sure I don’t play the same setlist twice. It was a fun show with lots of showboating and horseplay.
Next up, a May 7 show at the Oriental Theater with The Bedsit Infamy and others. Hope to see you there. There might be another show before then, too. Exciting stuff.
