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September 06, 2011
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THE RETURN OF THE UNSACRED HEARTS:
Sat Aug 27. Fort Useless. Brookyln.
It's been two years since our pal Jeremiah started a DIY event space in Brooklyn (36 Ditmars Street, one block from the Myrtle Avenue/Broadway stop on the JMZ trains) and named it FORT USELESS. This was flattering to us since our first LP was called In Defense of Fort Useless and was exciting since we knew Jeremiah to be a great guy and a keen rock lover. But hence, around that time, the Unsacred Hearts' activity as a live entity began to dwindle, what with our regular bass-man Andy Bean becoming fully ensconced in his mission to fill the world with two-man-music, Joe and I making babies, all of us getting married, Dave working on his doctorate, Joe becoming a lawyer, etc etc boo hoo. But all this time we were slowly broiling our greatest achievement which is the album called THE HONOR BAR. Now that it is done, we have resolved to resuscitate our always visceral rock-show which at its peak has been known to melt faces, break hearts and build beery bridges of sweaty communal love for the-rock-and-roll. For this show, Dave and Joe and I are lucky enough to play with Misters Chris Buckridge (bass), Brian Kantor (percussion) and Josh Kaufman (musical genius). That's six Hearts. We are gonna sound GOOD.
So come to this celebration on Saturday Night August 27th at Fort Useless. It's the space's 2nd birthday. I'm not certain exactly what time the Hearts hit the stage but it doesn't matter because the mighty GOLD STREETS and the incredible SHARK? need to be seen and heard by your eyes and ears respectively. Don't slack. Get with us 8PM at FORT USELESS. There will be beer.
-Travis
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SBR48: ROCKETSHIP PARK releases the Second Album CAKES & COOKIES Digitally as a 100% Free Download and Physically as a Deluxe 7"+CD+Cookie set.
Serious Business Records proudly announces the digital and physical release of ROCKETSHIP PARK's second album CAKES & COOKIES.
For the next month, we are offering the entire album as a free download from WFMU's Free Music Archive and on Bandcamp. "Fast Friends" can be downloaded right here.
The record is also available starting today from iTunes, Amazon digital or your favorite digital retailer.
PRE-ORDER HERE: http://seriousbusinessrecords.com/releases/show/66-Cakes-and-Cookies
Rocketship Park is masterminded by a multi-instrumentalist, song-man, producer, vocalist, and auteur by the name of Josh Kaufman who also collaborates with Jack and the Pulpits, Dawn Landes, Caithlin De Marrais, Yellowbirds, the National, Josh Ritter, Balthrop, Alabama, Benji Cossa, Higgins, Seb Leon, and too many more to list.
Rocketship Park:
CD tracklist
7" tracklist
A. Fast Friends
B. Catherine / Pistachio
Chococate, butter, sugar, yummies.
Lyrics, credits, high-res photos can be found here.
CAKES AND COOKIES
Listen to the record!
Once you've done this, if you need more information, read further. Rocketship Park is masterminded by a musical auteur by the name of Josh Kaufman. Josh spent many years writing and recording hours and hours of fantastic songs beloved and worshiped by his friends but never officially compiled or released, much less promoted. It wasn't until 2006 that he mobilized Rocketship Park, an entity designed as a band but ultimately evolving as his solo vehicle. In 2007, with the help of some incredibly talented friends, Josh and his band made Off and Away, the first Rocketship Park record. NPR described how Kaufman "fleshed out smooth, folky songs about life and loss, family and friendship, while harnessing a simple, seemingly effortless beauty." These songs scored the lives of a loyal and devoted few.
In the intervening years since Off and Away's release Kaufman has become a busy side-man, a working musician and producer whose unique talents have brought him to the studio and/or the stage with the likes of Dawn Landes, Caithlin de Marrais (of Rainer Maria), the National, Josh Ritter, Yellowbirds, Balthrop Alabama, Benji Cossa, Higgins and too many more to list here. These artists play with Josh because nobody can do what he does. He's not just a guitar player, a keyboardist, a bassist, a drummer, a producer, an arranger, a singer, a composer, a song-man, a lyricist, or the greatest guy ever, although he is all of these things exquisitely and without peer; Josh is a force of Josh. Nowhere is this force better embodied than on the eleven pop songs that comprise Cakes and Cookies.
Kaufman's busy touring and recording schedule kept him from finishing the second Rocketship Park record for nearly three years but ultimately allowed him the time to mold an utterly seamless work. Cakes and Cookies resulted from several years of sporadic sessions with Serious Business' Travis Harrison, engineer Halsey Quemere, and an expanding cast of collaborators including Dawn Landes and the National's Bryan Devendorf. Kaufman's pop songs speak multitudes in verse and chorus. To deem his compositions "catchy" would be accurate but would undersell their eloquence and power. He makes beautiful, utterly delightful pop music no one else could ever make.
Listen to the record!
ROCKETSHIP PARK
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Advance Word, Advance Love for ROCKETSHIP PARK's Cakes & Cookies
- One of our favortie blogs BOLACHAS gave us some advance love for Rocketship Park's new record Cakes and Cookies which you will soon own as a delicious CD+7"+Cookie set. Read below...
From the bunch of CDs the guys at Serious Business sent us some months ago, by bands we never had the pleasure of listening before on the other side of the pond, one stood up from the rest (if we exclude the ones by the amazing Benji Cossa, whose records we listened over and over). That record was Rocketship Park’s “Off and Away“. Rocketship Park is the brainchild of the multi-instrumentalist, song-man, producer, vocalist, and auteur Josh Kaufman, and he returns next June 27th with his new record, “Cakes and Cookies”, which you can already stream in its entirety after the jump. First 300 orders come with a limited edition (hand numbered and letter-pressed) 7″ and a homemade cookie/sweet treat that should be as delicious as the finely crafted pop gems you can listen to on the record. Guests on “Cakes and Cookies” include Dawn Landes and The National’s Bryan Devendorf!
You can also download the track Fast Friends for free, clicking the link below.
MP3: Rocketship Park, “Fast Friends”
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FRI MAY 6: THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND at BOWERY BALLROOM ... and a US tour all May
Dear Friends,
Happy Spring from The Two Man Gentlemen Band! Our Spring & Summer touring season begins in earnest this week. Join us as we pilot our minivan up and down the east coast. And play some two-man music, too!
FEATURED ENGAGEMENT
Friday, May 6th
THE BOWERY BALLROOM
New York, NY
Opening for The Infamous Stringdusters!
FULL SCHEDULE
Details at www.thetwogentlemen.com/schedule.
RSVP on Facebook and we'll know to expect you!
May 5 - Brighton Music Hall - Allston, MA Opening for The Infamous Stringdusters
May 6 - The Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY Opening for The Infamous Stringdusters
May 7 - The State Theatre - Falls Church, VA Opening for The Infamous Stringdusters
May 8 - The Taphouse - Hampton, VA
May 9 - The James Beard Awards - New York, NY (Songs about food!)
May 10 - 529 - Atlanta, GA
May 11 - The Engine Room - Tallahassee, FL w/ Shotgun Party
May 12 - The Social - Orlando, FL w/ Shotgun Party and Holy Ghost Tent Revival
May 13 - House Party - St. Petersburg, FL w/ Shotgun Party
May 14 - Tropical Heatwave Festival - Tampa, FL
May 15 - The Monterey Club - Ft. Lauderdale, FL w/ Shotgun Party
May 17 - The Wormhole - Savannah, GA
May 18 - The Pour House - Charleston, SC
May 19 - The Canal Club - Richmond, VA
May 20 - Roxy & Dukes - Dunellen, NJ
Visit www.thetwogentlemen.com/schedule for complete details (start time, tickets, etc) on these and all upcoming shows. Tell your friends!
THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND - ¡Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta! by seriousbusiness
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Rocketship Park: Austin Music Weekly's 5th Street Session.
Josh Kaufman recently shared the following on his tumblr page.Back in March Sam Cohen and i were down at South by Southwest playing a lot of music together. One afternoon we sat on his cousin Pierre’s porch and tried to figure out George Harrison guitar lines after and before taco times. Mostly we were playing Yellowbirds shows! It was a blast. Here is a video of a Rocketship Park song called “Stuck w/ Me” from our upcoming record “Cakes & Cookies”. This was made minutes after arriving in Austin, Texas for the festival. That’s my grandson Mr. Sam playing bubble guitar and Mr. Me on the strumble guitar.
Buy some Rocketship Park music as a Passover or Easter gift to me and yourself!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/its-not-you/id407553786
http://seriousbusinessrecords.com/releases/show/35-Off-and-Away
This same session yielded a killer version of the Yellowbirds song "the Rest of My Life" which you will watch now.
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