True Widow and Uptown Bums, United by Geography and Friends
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
Leave it to the dudes at Transparent to extend their reach from the UK all the way to Denton, Texas, where Fergus & Geronimo and a revolving cast of bands have been cranking out punchy pop music faster than we can keep track. In addition to their own music, as well as the extremely young Fungi Girls‘ way better than we expected new EP, the duo has put Transparent, and by proxy us, onto The Uptown Bums‘ power punky “First Time Caller,” as well as Dallas’ True Widow, who grabbed those lackadaisical grunge breakdowns we didn’t even realize we missed, and drew them out in an epic swell of apathy and stoned whateverness (see also: this). Basically, both bands couldn’t be more different, but did you know that Texas is pretty big? There’s probably a lot going on there.
Download: True Widow, “Duelist”
Download: Uptown Bums, “First Time Caller”
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posted on Oct 27, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Denton, Fergus & Geronimo, rock, Transparent, True Widow, Uptown Bums
The ABSOLUT FADER Visionary Podcast #6 — Exceptional
- story THE FADER
The sixth and final installment of the Visionary Podcast series, curated by The FADER and presented by ABSOLUT as part of our ongoing efforts to advance and advocate the art and music we love, is inspired by the word “exceptional,” which we hope you think this podcast series has been. We’ve got some of the Very Best, the totally Amazing, a Mega jam, an All-American and a claim of ultimate difficulty. Now that the six are done, download them all and listen in order for the full experience of our excellence or jumble them up to see if it makes any difference at all. It doesn’t really matter to us, as long as you enjoy the music. Thanks to all the artists and labels who helped us out along the way.
Download: The ABSOLUT FADER Visionary Podcast #6 — Exceptional
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posted on Oct 9, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Absolut Visionary Series, Fergus & Geronimo, The Amazing, The Count & Sinden, The Very Best, Weekend
Fergus & Geronimo Have New Songs, Talk About Van Morrison
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
With lo-fi bands popping up out of nowhere releasing great singles and then disappearing again, it’s really easy to see them as one faceless, nameless fuzz. Not so for Fergus & Geronimo, who released a 7-inch on Woodsist, seemingly out of the blue, and are now following it up with an even better pair of songs on UK-based label Transparent. Regular FADER contributor Scott Wright talked to the duo about their favorite songs, which reminded us that Van Morrison is awesome and also that Transparent is letting the world download both poppy, garage-y (but not snotty) Motown-influenced sides for free. But we recommend buying this one for the excellent cover art and love of hardworking Americans British people.
Download: Fergus & Geronimo, “Tell It”
Download: Fergus & Geronimo, “Glistening Smiles”
