"and they laughed down the highway, until the law came..."
Information
- Members:
- Brian Carpenter
Paran Amirinazari
Jordan Voelker
Andrew Stern
Ron Caswell
Doug LaRosa
Paul Dilley
Gavin McCarthy - Hometown:
- Boston, MA
- Record Label:
- Cuneiform Records
Events
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- Drink Up Buttercup, Blood Warr...
Union Hall, 702 Union Street, Brook...
Thursday, November 12 at 8:00pm
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Beat Circus plays Middle East Upstairs in Cambridge TONIGHT! New songs, new instrumentation, amazing bands. Attendance is mandatory.
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http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainmen
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Call Brian Carpenter a skewed traditionalist. He doesn’t mind. In fact, the multi-instrumentalist and singer/songerwriter for Boston octet Beat Circus likes it. “I have great respect for traditional music,” Carpenter said by phone from his Arlington home. “But Beat Circus...
Beat Circus Saturday Middle East Upstairs with the great Blood Warrior, Mr. Sister, and Guillermo Sexo! New songs and new instrumentation.
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Tune in Friday October 23 to WZBC 90.3 FM at 5:30PM EST for a rare interview with the band. We're taking questions and requests!
http://www.wzbc.org/listen.html
Boy From Black Mountain began as a way of continuing a trilogy of "Weird American Gothic" albums began in 2006 with Dreamland...
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"Beat Circus takes us on a wonderful ride through a strange, gothic
backwoods landscape. Boy from Black Mountain is the perfect
soundtrack to get lost in the woods to.
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Brian Carpenter still helms the band on their third release, "Boy from Black Mountain". If you haven't checked in on the band in awhile you may be surprised to find them not in center ring but somewhere along the appalachian trail. ...
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"Boy from Black Mountain is the prettiest darn dark Americana record in recent memory."
http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/89186
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Beat Circus | Boy From Black Mountain (2009) Review, Boston CD Reviews, Entertainment, World History, Performing Arts, Brian Carpenter, Middle East Downstairs, Beat Circus, Beat Circus
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"At once unique and familiar, Beat Circus take American music to exotic places that feel strangely like its roots."
http://www.bigtakeover.com/reviews/beat-
The Big Takeover: Beat Circus – Boy From Black Mountain (Cuneiform) : Beat Circus – Boy From Black M
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Led by singer/composer BRIAN CARPENTER, Boston’s BEAT CIRCUS specialize in Americana. That term doesn’t mean the eight-piece is another generic roots rock band, however. For Beat Circus, “Americana” incorporates ...
Performer Magazine : The Musician's Resource: Live Review: Beat Circus CD Release, Mucca Pazza, Reve
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The Middle East Downstairs // Cambridge, MA // Sept. 11, 2009To call the event that took place in the Middle East Downstairs on Friday, Sept. 11, singular would be akin to calling the universe big. The description is accurate enough, but there's just no way to convey the true breadth of it. ...
Beat Circus New Boston/NYC shows Oct 24-25 with Blood Warrior!
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BEAT CIRCUS
with BLOOD WARRIOR
Saturday, Oct. 24, 8:00 p.m. doors, $9 adv*
Middle East Upstairs, 472 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA
*Tickets on sale Friday October 2nd at the Middle East Box Office (1-7pm every day) and through Ticketmaster.
BEAT CIRCUS (Boston MA) has just released their third full-length "Boy From Black ...Mountain". The album was recorded by Sean Slade (Radiohead, Dinosaur Jr) and mixed by Bryce Goggin (Akron/Family, Antony and the Johnsons, Bishop Allen) and marks the second release in Carpenter's "Weird American Gothic" trilogy. Singer Larkin Grimm (Young God Records) and cellist Julia Kent (Antony and the Johnsons) are special guests who appear throughout the album.
http://www.beatcircus.net/
"Boy From Black Mountain is the prettiest darn dark Americana record in recent memory." -- Barry Thompson, Boston Phoenix, Sept 2009
"Boston's circus of malcontents not only has the chops but features a fallen hellfire preacher/band leader (the captivating Brian Carpenter) who simultaneously channels Nick Cave and Johnny Cash. " -- Shawn Bosler, Village Voice, January 2009
BLOOD WARRIOR (Brooklyn NY) is a band led by O'Death's Greg Jamie. They are releasing their first EP "Darling Eyes" on Ernest Jenning Records this October.
http://www.myspace.com/bloodwarriormusic
"If there were any irrational ideas that Blood Warrior was merely a vanity project for O’Death’s Greg Jamie, those fears were dispelled within the first minute of Blood Warrior first ever NYC performance. Never mind that Greg is a modest and nice guy probably incapable of such vanity, but Blood Warrior was conceived equally between Greg and the multi-talented Joey Weiss, with significant contributions from Kristin Kellas. Like O’Death, the music of Blood Warrior is faithful to folk and bluegrass, but unlike O’Death’s dark Appalachian influence, Blood Warrior could be better described as melancholy prairie folk. The harmonies were also quite outstanding — as Jamie’s shakey tenor is complimented well by Kellas’ beautiful soprano and Weiss’s rich baritone and supplemented by Weiss’s melodic guitar lines. Blood Warrior will release their first 7″ (”Darling Eyes” featured as track 06 on this recording) on Ernest Jenning Records in October." -- Prefix Magazine, August 2009
MR. SISTER's (Boston MA) Amelia Emmet plays dark yet infectious pop songs with a lush assortment of instruments. Amelia expertly marries the sounds of accordion, banjo, trombone, and acoustic guitar with her captivating voice and exceptional lyrics. Accompanied by Mike Fiore (Faces on Film).
"One of the creakiest, most chilling folk projects to pop up in Boston in ages..." -- Matt Parish, Boston PhoenixRead More
with BLOOD WARRIOR
Saturday, Oct. 24, 8:00 p.m. doors, $9 adv*
Middle East Upstairs, 472 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA
*Tickets on sale Friday October 2nd at the Middle East Box Office (1-7pm every day) and through Ticketmaster.
BEAT CIRCUS (Boston MA) has just released their third full-length "Boy From Black ...Mountain". The album was recorded by Sean Slade (Radiohead, Dinosaur Jr) and mixed by Bryce Goggin (Akron/Family, Antony and the Johnsons, Bishop Allen) and marks the second release in Carpenter's "Weird American Gothic" trilogy. Singer Larkin Grimm (Young God Records) and cellist Julia Kent (Antony and the Johnsons) are special guests who appear throughout the album.
http://www.beatcircus.net/
"Boy From Black Mountain is the prettiest darn dark Americana record in recent memory." -- Barry Thompson, Boston Phoenix, Sept 2009
"Boston's circus of malcontents not only has the chops but features a fallen hellfire preacher/band leader (the captivating Brian Carpenter) who simultaneously channels Nick Cave and Johnny Cash. " -- Shawn Bosler, Village Voice, January 2009
BLOOD WARRIOR (Brooklyn NY) is a band led by O'Death's Greg Jamie. They are releasing their first EP "Darling Eyes" on Ernest Jenning Records this October.
http://www.myspace.com/bloodwarriormusic
"If there were any irrational ideas that Blood Warrior was merely a vanity project for O’Death’s Greg Jamie, those fears were dispelled within the first minute of Blood Warrior first ever NYC performance. Never mind that Greg is a modest and nice guy probably incapable of such vanity, but Blood Warrior was conceived equally between Greg and the multi-talented Joey Weiss, with significant contributions from Kristin Kellas. Like O’Death, the music of Blood Warrior is faithful to folk and bluegrass, but unlike O’Death’s dark Appalachian influence, Blood Warrior could be better described as melancholy prairie folk. The harmonies were also quite outstanding — as Jamie’s shakey tenor is complimented well by Kellas’ beautiful soprano and Weiss’s rich baritone and supplemented by Weiss’s melodic guitar lines. Blood Warrior will release their first 7″ (”Darling Eyes” featured as track 06 on this recording) on Ernest Jenning Records in October." -- Prefix Magazine, August 2009
MR. SISTER's (Boston MA) Amelia Emmet plays dark yet infectious pop songs with a lush assortment of instruments. Amelia expertly marries the sounds of accordion, banjo, trombone, and acoustic guitar with her captivating voice and exceptional lyrics. Accompanied by Mike Fiore (Faces on Film).
"One of the creakiest, most chilling folk projects to pop up in Boston in ages..." -- Matt Parish, Boston PhoenixRead More
Blood Warrior "Darling Eyes" EP Release
Time:8:00PM Saturday, October 24th
Location:Middle East Upstairs
In an interview recently discussing his album Berlin, Lou Reed called the concept album "the kiss of death". Berlin was released in 1973. It was Lou Reed's third album, after the very successful Transformer, an upbeat glam-rock record...
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