ARTIST: Tigers and Monkeys
TITLE: Loose Mouth
LABEL: Little Lamb Recordings
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 186kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 37m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-01-00
RIP DATE: 2007-02-16
Track List
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1. Pinata 2:40
2. Loose Mouth 3:28
3. You Know 4:24
4. Rave On 4:19
5. Fire Escape 3:06
6. Kissing the Boys Goodbye 3:32
7. Dig Up 3:10
8. Stay Up 3:19
9. Sweet William 2:50
10. The Ballad of the Smoking Gun 2:51
11. From Where I Stood 3:39
Release Notes:
Comin' on strong from New York City, by way of Nashville, Gainesville, and
Atlanta here's TIGERS & MONKEYS! Not some rag-tag, hole-in-the-wall typical
Brazilian fusion wanna-be band, no this is the real thing! T&M will lift you up
and take to a place where rock, blues, soul, and garage unite and stand on their
tippy toes with drinks in the air toasting all the heathens that join their
celebration. The band is led by the talented Indian (dots not feathers) -
American female musician, Shonali Bhowmik whose inspirations come from classic
artists such as the Beatles, Big Star, Dean Martin and The Pixies. T&M is a
veritable potpourri of races, religions and sexual orientations (North and
South)! Formerly of Atlanta's formidable Ultrababyfat (no relation to Kimora Lee
Simmons), Ms. Bhowmik, whose day job is as a lawyer and comedienne with The
Variety Shac, sings in a raspy soulful voice that she was born with (she doesn't
smoke!)
The name of the band was inspired after a trip to the Bronx zoo where bassist
Jason Lam (think James Iha with dark hair) found a discarded cereal box of
frosted flakes and immediately conceived of the name 'The Tigers.' 'Monkeys' was
added when guitarist/keyboardist/drummer Russ Dungan, of the South, (think white
trash) saw a monkey wrench on one of his morning golf cart rides along the
Hudson River Park where he often cruises. Other members in the Tigers and
Monkeys collaborative are Joachim Kearns (guitar), Jeff Sheinkopf (keys, drums),
and Antonia Santangelo (percussion, dancing) with Amy Miles and Ali Smith
occasionally adding backing vocals. The band plays pretty cool rockin' songs
that sometimes have hand clapping and foot-stomping in them. Sometimes even the
audience does these things!
Tigers and Monkeys has shared stages with Sleater Kinney, The Shins and Ted Leo
and The Pharmacists. Following a show opening for Urge Overkill at New York
CityÆs Bowery Ballroom, the band was approached by an enthusiastic sound
engineer, Kenny Lienhardt. Over the past year Kenny has been recording Tigers
and Monkeys as well as the talented Matt Gill and the result is the highly
anticipated ôLoose Mouth!ö This is their first full length release and it comes
out in early 2007! Check it and them out!