hey guys,
so glad everyone liked the bedroom covers, maybe we'll do another free album again some time? what do you think? yea, that's what i thought, you buncha freeloaders. just playing, we like free stuff too.
here's some stuff that's been happening that we haven't had a chance to post about until now:
-we are playing LA next week. at the el rey theatre. august 7th. airborne toxic event's cd release show. we play 2nd. doors at 8pm. it's sold out on the site, but i think there may be some tickets available at the venue. (**and if you can't get in to this show, we're playing another the night before, SCROLL DOWN**)
-live 105 homegrown weekend is running all this weekend (you guessed it). we were one of the few local bands selected to be a part of it. tune in to hear some songs off our album, and maybe if you're lucky, a little interview. oh yeah, call in and request us you chumps:
REQUEST A SONG
Request Line 415.478.LIVE
Toll free 1.800.696.1053
TO TEXT US
send messages to FM105 (that's 36105)
or #105 from your Sprint phone
-we announced a bunch of FREE puma in-stores. we did the last one acoustic, without a set list, and just took requests. maybe we'll make a habit of doing em this way... maybe we'll do something completely different. come on by and check it out! there are a few free college shows too, all the dates below:
Oct 20 2008 8:00P
*FREE* Puma In-Store (Acoustic) Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 21 2008 8:00P
*FREE* Puma In-Store (Acoustic) New York, New York
Oct 22 2008 8:00P
*FREE* Case Western (STUDENTS ONLY) Cleveland, Ohio
Oct 28 2008 1:00P
*FREE* UCSB Santa Barbara, California
Oct 29 2008 8:00P
*FREE* Puma In-Store (Acoustic) Santa Monica, California
-we did a really cool session for limewire, which you can get exclusively from them. we did them right at the end of the kooks tour. some versions of songs like you've never heard them before, fo shizzle:
LIVE @ LIME LINK
-we will also be playing the Accidental Rhythm CD Release party, which takes place on Wednesday August 6th at the Gibson Guitar Showroom in Beverly Hills. The showroom is located at 9350 Civic Center Drive, Suite 130. The evening begins at 8pm and we play at 9pm. this shit is FREE, and anyone can come, SO DO IT.
from their page:
"Accidental Rhythm is a new collection of up-and-coming innovative artists from around the world that bends all genres and showcases an eclectic and diverse mix of music that is on the forefront of what is next. The CD, which hits streets on August 19th, features the exclusive physical release of the morning benders' track 'worth the fight'.
The disc is curated and produced by KCRW DJ, Jason Eldredge and Jeremy Wineberg, President of Invisible DJ Records. Jason has been named by Billboard Magazine as one of the "Top 30 Under Thirty" in the music industry and Flaunt Magazine calls Jeremy "The Purveyor of Cool." The release will be available in such retail outlets as Fred Segal, Urban Outfitters, Hear Music and Best Buy."
-we're playing SAN JOSE with our good homies THE MUMLERs, on August 22. not to be missed...
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that's all i can think of for now. more soon!
love,
chris / the morning benders
Friday, August 1, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
do you believe in voodoo?
even though our new portland friends heidi & jordin couldn't get into our last show there, they brought us a box of voodoo donuts from next door. and here's the proof. thanks for making our night!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
the bedroom covers
ok everyone, here it is. what we're calling the bedroom covers- a free album of covers we did in our apartment. our little thank you to everyone for all the love and support you given us over the last couple of months. a big special thanks to all the blogs who posted tracks this last week, and kyle lee for the beautiful artwork.
...and without further ado, here's the tracklist. you can download the album as a whole below. thanks everyone, we love you all!
the bedroom covers:
1. crying - roy orbison
2. mother and child reunion - paul simon
3. why dont they let us fall in love? - the ronettes
4. lovefool - the cardigans
5. i won't share you - the smiths
6. he's a rebel - the crystals
7. marie - randy newman
8. fools rush in - johnny mercer/rube bloom
9. temptation inside your heart - velvet underground
10. dreams - fleetwood mac
11. pull up the roots - talking heads
12. caroline, no- beach boys remix (bonus track)
12.5 why don't they let us fall in love? (live daytrotter version!)
love yall,
the morning benders
Friday, July 18, 2008
daytrotter, live@lime, myspacetv, GOOD, el rey
hey everyone!
we are knee deep in the bedroom covers, i know. we will keep everyone updated on those. there will be another one posted today on a blog, see if you can find it before i put it up here. on another note, here is some more exciting stuff happening right now.
-our favorite site, daytrotter, posts 5 free songs we did at their studio. check it:
http://daytrotter.com/
-MyspaceTV featured a video VIMBY made at our puma in-store acoustic show. if you missed that show, this one captures the vibe. here ya go:
myspace tv - vimby video - puma in-store!
-we did a really interesting session at the limewire studio in brooklyn, during the kooks tour. the benders like you've never heard them before!!@#$ you can only get this from limewire, SO check itt:
live @ lime
-the GOOD block party is this weekend (SUNDAY) in sf (see flier below). it's gonna be a happening time, so don't miss out!
-we are coming back to LA in a couple weeks. THE EL REY on August 7th. SEE YOU THERE HOMESLICES!
love,
the morning benders
we are knee deep in the bedroom covers, i know. we will keep everyone updated on those. there will be another one posted today on a blog, see if you can find it before i put it up here. on another note, here is some more exciting stuff happening right now.
-our favorite site, daytrotter, posts 5 free songs we did at their studio. check it:
http://daytrotter.com/
-MyspaceTV featured a video VIMBY made at our puma in-store acoustic show. if you missed that show, this one captures the vibe. here ya go:
myspace tv - vimby video - puma in-store!
-we did a really interesting session at the limewire studio in brooklyn, during the kooks tour. the benders like you've never heard them before!!@#$ you can only get this from limewire, SO check itt:
live @ lime
-the GOOD block party is this weekend (SUNDAY) in sf (see flier below). it's gonna be a happening time, so don't miss out!
-we are coming back to LA in a couple weeks. THE EL REY on August 7th. SEE YOU THERE HOMESLICES!
love,
the morning benders
Monday, July 14, 2008
The Bedroom Covers - FREE COVERS ALBUM
**UPDATES**
Mother & Child Reunion (Paul Simon) mp3 via:
MY OLD KENTUCKY BLOG
He's A Rebel (The Crystals) mp3 via:
3HIVE
Pull Up The Roots (Talking Heads) mp3 via:
ipickmynose
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)
Lovefool (The Cardigans)
Marie (Randy Newman)
Temptation Inside Your Heart (Velvet Underground)
PS:
- DAYTROTTER just posted our session. One of our favorite sites around... If you haven't been there, you should go check it out ASAP. It's a really great site that does live sessions with bands, and posts a bunch of FREE SONGS for download. We did 5 songs, 2 that you haven't heard anywhere else. Head over there now and download them for FREE, and be sure to drop a line and tell the nice dudes what you think.
DAYTROTTER:
http://daytrotter.com/article/1354/the-morning-benders
pps: it also happens to have a cover song on it!!! IT ALL CONNECTS!!
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OG FULL POST:
hey kids,
have we told you lately that we love you? well in case you didn't already know, here's a bunch of free covers we've put together over the last few months. you can get it all FREE. that's right, no charge. they are someone else's songs after all...
we're calling them "the bedroom covers," and they'll be put up track by track, on a bunch of our favorite blogs around town. next week when they've posted them all, we'll put up all of the tracks here, and some of our older covers too, so you'll have a whole album of covers!
Here is the tracklist...
Mother & Child Reunion (Paul Simon)
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)
He's A Rebel (The Crystals)
Lovefool (The Cardigans)
Marie (Randy Newman)
Pull Up The Roots (Talking Heads)
Temptation Inside Your Heart (Velvet Underground)
my old kentucky blog posted the first track. it's a song by paul simon called "mother and child reunion."
head over to their place where you can grab the MP3:
http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com/
oh, here's a little thing i wrote about how/why we did these:
"These songs sound the way they do, because we recorded them with a laptop and one mic. We used mainly acoustic guitars and shakers because that's what we had lying around, and we couldn't make much noise in our apartment anyway. We didn't spend time arranging any of these either. We learned the chords and the lyrics (which was pretty easy because we've heard all these songs hundreds of times), and we played 'em. What you hear at the basis of the recording is generally a first take. Sometimes we added some background vocals or another guitar part here or there, because the songs we were covering had a lot more going on than us, and we were feeling a bit inadequate...You're always fighting a losing battle when you're recording covers, because 99.99% of the time the cover isn't going to be as good the original. Well, for the record, let it be known that none of our covers are as good as the originals. That's part of why we wanted to give all these tracks away for free."
more soon!
love,
the morning benders
Mother & Child Reunion (Paul Simon) mp3 via:
MY OLD KENTUCKY BLOG
He's A Rebel (The Crystals) mp3 via:
3HIVE
Pull Up The Roots (Talking Heads) mp3 via:
ipickmynose
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)
Lovefool (The Cardigans)
Marie (Randy Newman)
Temptation Inside Your Heart (Velvet Underground)
PS:
- DAYTROTTER just posted our session. One of our favorite sites around... If you haven't been there, you should go check it out ASAP. It's a really great site that does live sessions with bands, and posts a bunch of FREE SONGS for download. We did 5 songs, 2 that you haven't heard anywhere else. Head over there now and download them for FREE, and be sure to drop a line and tell the nice dudes what you think.
DAYTROTTER:
http://daytrotter.com/article/1354/the-morning-benders
pps: it also happens to have a cover song on it!!! IT ALL CONNECTS!!
--
OG FULL POST:
hey kids,
have we told you lately that we love you? well in case you didn't already know, here's a bunch of free covers we've put together over the last few months. you can get it all FREE. that's right, no charge. they are someone else's songs after all...
we're calling them "the bedroom covers," and they'll be put up track by track, on a bunch of our favorite blogs around town. next week when they've posted them all, we'll put up all of the tracks here, and some of our older covers too, so you'll have a whole album of covers!
Here is the tracklist...
Mother & Child Reunion (Paul Simon)
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)
He's A Rebel (The Crystals)
Lovefool (The Cardigans)
Marie (Randy Newman)
Pull Up The Roots (Talking Heads)
Temptation Inside Your Heart (Velvet Underground)
my old kentucky blog posted the first track. it's a song by paul simon called "mother and child reunion."
head over to their place where you can grab the MP3:
http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com/
oh, here's a little thing i wrote about how/why we did these:
"These songs sound the way they do, because we recorded them with a laptop and one mic. We used mainly acoustic guitars and shakers because that's what we had lying around, and we couldn't make much noise in our apartment anyway. We didn't spend time arranging any of these either. We learned the chords and the lyrics (which was pretty easy because we've heard all these songs hundreds of times), and we played 'em. What you hear at the basis of the recording is generally a first take. Sometimes we added some background vocals or another guitar part here or there, because the songs we were covering had a lot more going on than us, and we were feeling a bit inadequate...You're always fighting a losing battle when you're recording covers, because 99.99% of the time the cover isn't going to be as good the original. Well, for the record, let it be known that none of our covers are as good as the originals. That's part of why we wanted to give all these tracks away for free."
more soon!
love,
the morning benders
Friday, July 11, 2008
show tomorrow in LA- GOOD block party in SF next week!
LA TOMORROW at the Avalon w/ Supergrass. We play 2nd. 8PM. ALL AGES.
AVALON - ALL AGES
1735 N VINE/HOLLYWOOD
SAT JUL 12 2008 7PM DRS
....and next week... our first bay area show in a couple months, and the last one until treasure island. BE THERE PEOPLE!! it's for the GOOD magazine block party, which is a really awesome publication that you should know about if you are/striving to be a conscious person.
next BAY AREA show!!:
love,
the morning benders
AVALON - ALL AGES
1735 N VINE/HOLLYWOOD
SAT JUL 12 2008 7PM DRS
....and next week... our first bay area show in a couple months, and the last one until treasure island. BE THERE PEOPLE!! it's for the GOOD magazine block party, which is a really awesome publication that you should know about if you are/striving to be a conscious person.
next BAY AREA show!!:
love,
the morning benders
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
ra ra riot tour dates - we're coming to your city!
hey kiddies,
quite excited to let you all know that we are doing another full US tour come october. this time with the homies in ra ra riot! we have a few more surprise dates for you as well, so if you don't see your city on there, don't get too upset. send us a message and let us know you want us to stop by though, those things really do count...
RA RA dates below and the rest of the dates this month:
Jul 1 2008 8:00P
EL REY THEATRE (w/ we are scientists!) LA, California
Jul 2 2008 8:00P
[rock] the CASBAH (w/ we are scientists) San Diego, California
Jul 3 2008 8:00P
glass house (w/ we are scientists)!!!! Pomona, California
Jul 5 2008 7:00P
Blue Lamp (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Sacramento, California
Jul 8 2008 7:00P
Berbati’s Pan (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Portland, Oregon
Jul 9 2008 7:00P
Neumo’s (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Seattle, Washington
Jul 12 2008 8:00P
Avalon (w/ SUPERGRASS!) Los Angeles, California
Jul 20 2008 1:00P
GOOD Magazine BLOCK PAR-TAY @ 111 Minna SAN FRANCISCO, California
Sep 13 2008 1:45P
MONOLITH @ RED ROCKS!! Morrison, Colorado
Sep 21 2008 12:00P
TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL (hell yeahhhhhh) SAN FRANCISCO BAY, California
Sep 29 2008 7:00P
Modified (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Phoenix, Arizona
Sep 30 2008 7:00P
Plush (w/ Ra Ra Riot!@! yea!@) Tucson, Arizona
Oct 2 2008 7:00P
The Loft (w/ Ra Ra RIOT!) Dallas, Texas
Oct 3 2008 7:00P
Stubb’s (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Austin, Texas
Oct 4 2008 7:00P
Rudyards (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Houston, Texas
Oct 7 2008 7:00P
The Social (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Orlando, Florida
Oct 8 2008 7:00P
Club Downunder (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Tallahassee, Florida
Oct 10 2008 7:00P
Drunken UNICORN (w/ Ra Ra Riot!@$) AtlantA, Georgia
Oct 11 2008 7:00P
Local 506 (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Raleigh, North Carolina
Oct 12 2008 7:00P
Black Cat (w/ Ra Ra Riot) washington DC yo, Washington DC
Oct 14 2008 7:00P
Ottobar (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 15 2008 7:00P
Johnny Brenda’s (w/ Ra Ra Riot) PHILLY, Pennsylvania
Oct 18 2008 7:00P
Middle East Downstairs (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 28 2008 1:00P
UCSB Santa Barbara, California
quite excited to let you all know that we are doing another full US tour come october. this time with the homies in ra ra riot! we have a few more surprise dates for you as well, so if you don't see your city on there, don't get too upset. send us a message and let us know you want us to stop by though, those things really do count...
RA RA dates below and the rest of the dates this month:
Jul 1 2008 8:00P
EL REY THEATRE (w/ we are scientists!) LA, California
Jul 2 2008 8:00P
[rock] the CASBAH (w/ we are scientists) San Diego, California
Jul 3 2008 8:00P
glass house (w/ we are scientists)!!!! Pomona, California
Jul 5 2008 7:00P
Blue Lamp (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Sacramento, California
Jul 8 2008 7:00P
Berbati’s Pan (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Portland, Oregon
Jul 9 2008 7:00P
Neumo’s (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Seattle, Washington
Jul 12 2008 8:00P
Avalon (w/ SUPERGRASS!) Los Angeles, California
Jul 20 2008 1:00P
GOOD Magazine BLOCK PAR-TAY @ 111 Minna SAN FRANCISCO, California
Sep 13 2008 1:45P
MONOLITH @ RED ROCKS!! Morrison, Colorado
Sep 21 2008 12:00P
TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL (hell yeahhhhhh) SAN FRANCISCO BAY, California
Sep 29 2008 7:00P
Modified (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Phoenix, Arizona
Sep 30 2008 7:00P
Plush (w/ Ra Ra Riot!@! yea!@) Tucson, Arizona
Oct 2 2008 7:00P
The Loft (w/ Ra Ra RIOT!) Dallas, Texas
Oct 3 2008 7:00P
Stubb’s (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Austin, Texas
Oct 4 2008 7:00P
Rudyards (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Houston, Texas
Oct 7 2008 7:00P
The Social (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Orlando, Florida
Oct 8 2008 7:00P
Club Downunder (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Tallahassee, Florida
Oct 10 2008 7:00P
Drunken UNICORN (w/ Ra Ra Riot!@$) AtlantA, Georgia
Oct 11 2008 7:00P
Local 506 (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Raleigh, North Carolina
Oct 12 2008 7:00P
Black Cat (w/ Ra Ra Riot) washington DC yo, Washington DC
Oct 14 2008 7:00P
Ottobar (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 15 2008 7:00P
Johnny Brenda’s (w/ Ra Ra Riot) PHILLY, Pennsylvania
Oct 18 2008 7:00P
Middle East Downstairs (w/ Ra Ra Riot) Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 28 2008 1:00P
UCSB Santa Barbara, California
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