Black Moth Super Rainbow
My friend, Donna, is the drummer in a band. Our dogs, Bean and Ginger, are buddies, too. They like to mix it up, some long stride running, some wrestling, some roughhousing, some good natured fun. Donna's band Black Moth Super Rainbow (BMSR) likes to mix it up, too. A little psych, folk, and pop in a big rich electronica stew.
They opened for Flaming Lips on their 2007 tour and have been featured performers at SXSW. Here is a sweet taste in a low tech clip from one of their performances of 'Sun Lips' in Austin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=vwn6g_s7UVY&NR=1
Please. Asking nicely. 
I have been listening to their 2009 release, Eating Us, for weeks and again ever since I got home from the park today, where Bean and Ginger mixed it up big time. Its not the first time for Bean and Ginger and its not the first time I put the heavy vinyl Eating Us disk on my turntable --- and it won't be the last. Beautiful, hypnotic and funky. From the first keyboard notes of side one to the last chords of side two BMSR create an ethereal and melodic groove - warm, lively, psychedelic and rhythmic. Really cool, stuff, readers, you should check them out. What I especially love about BMSR is how they connect the dots for me between the the late sixties psych music I like so much - from Blues Magoos' Electric Comic Book and Iron Butterfly, for instance to late sixties proto-electronica like Beaver & Krause's In a Wild Sanctuary.
I have been listening to their 2009 release, Eating Us, for weeks and again ever since I got home from the park today, where Bean and Ginger mixed it up big time. Its not the first time for Bean and Ginger and its not the first time I put the heavy vinyl Eating Us disk on my turntable --- and it won't be the last. Beautiful, hypnotic and funky. From the first keyboard notes of side one to the last chords of side two BMSR create an ethereal and melodic groove - warm, lively, psychedelic and rhythmic. Really cool, stuff, readers, you should check them out. What I especially love about BMSR is how they connect the dots for me between the the late sixties psych music I like so much - from Blues Magoos' Electric Comic Book and Iron Butterfly, for instance to late sixties proto-electronica like Beaver & Krause's In a Wild Sanctuary.
Do you know THAT awesome 1970 Moog infused record? Oh, man. You should!
But, lets get back to 2011. Just listen to this track - featuring a banjo - from Eating Us and tell me you don't think BMSR rocks post-millennial big time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4CazYAWgHw
How often do you get to hear a banjo on a psych / electronica release?
So, Donna, please Donna, play a gig in Pittsburgh.
Soon.
Please.
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