Artist.......: Benjy Ferree & Cold War Kids
Album........: Live aux Printemps de Bourges
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2010-01-01
Str.date.....: 2007-04-00
Quality......: 179kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.printemps-bourges.com/
track title time
* Benjy Ferree
1. They Were Here 5:27
2. Why Bother 4:50
3. A Little At A Time 3:13
4. In The Countryside 4:51
5. Private Honeymoon 4:43
* Cold War Kids
6. We Used To Vacation 5:15
7. Passing The Hat 3:32
8. Rubidoux 4:46
9. Saint John 3:52
10. Dirt In The Ground 6:46
11. Tell Me In The Morning 3:45
12. Every Valley Is Not A Lake 3:38
13. Hang Me Up To Dry 4:25
Runtime 59:03
Size 75.70
Release Notes:
Performed : April 2007 (France / Bourges)
** Benjy Ferree * http://www.benjyferree.com/
With a vocal style bringing to mind the quieter side of
Jack White, reclusive singer/songwriter Benjy Ferree found
success in his home city of Washington, D.C., after a
failed attempt at an acting career in Los Angeles. While
working as a bartender at the Black Cat, he met Fugazi's
Brendan Canty, who encouraged him to pursue music. Canty
ended up mixing his EP Leaving the Nest, which was
released jointly by Planaria and Box Theory Records.
Domino issued the record in November 2006 with additional
songs. For his second album Come Back to the Five and Dime
Bobby Dee Bobbby Dee, Ferree recorded a concept album
based on the tragic life of child star Bobby Driscoll. It
was released on Domino in early 2009.
** Cold War Kids * http://www.coldwarkids.com/
Fullerton, CA's Cold War Kids make music with roots that
go deep and wide, embracing influences as diverse as Bob
Dylan, Billie Holiday, Jeff Buckley, and the Velvet
Underground. Matt Aveiro, Matt Maust, Jonnie Russell, and
Nathan Willett began crafting their soulful,
blues-inflected take on indie rock as Cold War Kids in
2004, recording demos in Los Angeles soon after they
formed. After signing to Monarchy Music, Cold War Kids
released their debut EP, Mulberry Street, in spring 2005.
The band's unique sound and impassioned live act generated
a buzz -- particularly from bloggers -- that grew with
each tour and release. Maust's clean but eye-catching
designs for EPs like With Our Wallets Full and Up in Rags
and the group's website also added to Cold War Kids'
mystique. They spent much of 2006 on the road with Tapes
'n Tapes, Figurines, Sound Team, and Editors and appeared
at that year's Lollapalooza. That summer, they signed to
Downtown Records, also home to Art Brut and Gnarls
Barkley. The band's full-length debut Robbers & Cowards
arrived that fall. Loyalty to Loyalty, which moved in a
slower, bluesier direction, was released in 2008.