After years being at the forefront of forward thinking electronic music, estimable UK indie Warp Records began branching out in directions you are familiar with (think: Grizzly Bear, Battles, Maxïmo Park -- all brought to you by the label of... CONTINUE READING JAMIE LIDELL, PIVOT COVER GRIZZLY BEAR ON WARP20 RECREATED»
Posted on September 29, 2009 in , , (4 comments)
Tags: Aphex Twin | Bibio | Boards Of Canada | Born Ruffians | Fred Armisen | Jamie Lidell | Pivot | Scarlett Johansson
The jerky, sugar-rush rockers of Born Ruffians invite you to the farmhouse, where there are not cluster flies, alas, but there are plenty of animals at the ready to intrude upon your cooking sessions. This is where you can Like... CONTINUE READING NEW BORN RUFFIANS VIDEO - "I NEED A LIFE"»
Posted on April 11, 2008 in (11 comments)
Tags: Born Ruffians | Elvis Perkins | SXSW
In addition to shooting a ton of performances in Austin last week, we subjected many of our favorite acts to Texas music trivia. You saw part one. In this follow-up, we test the smarts of Islands, My Brightest Diamond, Peter... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S TEXAS MUSIC TRIVIA - ROUND 2»
Posted on March 19, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Born Ruffians | Colour Revolt | Islands | My Brightest Diamond | Pattern Is Movement | Peter Morén | Rogue Wave | SXSW | The Big Sleep | The Cribs | The Ringers | YACHT
Canadian trio Born Ruffians don't pull punches with their brand of jerky sugar rush indie pop; over 11 songs, the band doesn't stray far from Luke LaLonde's spiky comping and singing, and the rhythm section follows suit in well measured... CONTINUE READING NEW BORN RUFFIANS - "FOXES MATE FOR LIFE"»
Posted on January 23, 2008 in (6 comments)
Tags: Born Ruffians
Born Ruffians's first full-length, Red, Yellow And Blue is still a couple months away from hitting the shelves, but we thought you might want to see what the colorful album art looks like. You remember "Hummingbird"'s sugar rush, right? If... CONTINUE READING BORN RUFFIANS UNVEIL ALBUM ART, TOUR WITH CADENCE WEAPON»
Posted on December 21, 2007 in , , (8 comments)
Tags: Born Ruffians | Cadence Weapon
Canadian spunk rock trio Born Ruffians first made waves in earnest with their "Knife" cover last year and were so opening for Peter Bjorn & John at their second Stateside gig at Merc in January. Something's shifted since then --... CONTINUE READING NEW BORN RUFFIANS VIDEO - "HUMMINGBIRD" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on October 30, 2007 in (8 comments)
Tags: Born Ruffians | M83
All we've got to go on is a snippet here (53 seconds at that), but for fellow Grizzly fanboys and girls, it's the best way to spend less-than-a-minute today. The song's called "Blackcurrant Jam," and it's set to appear on... CONTINUE READING NEW GRIZZLY BEAR SNIPPET - "BLACKCURRANT JAM" (AND LOTS OF "KNIFE"S)»
Posted on September 26, 2007 in (13 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Born Ruffians | David Shrigley | Deerhunter | Girl Talk | Grizzly Bear
Spastic Toronto pop trio Born Ruffians have posted two new sing-a-longs from their forthcoming "Hummingbird" 7" at MySpace. It's usually pretty easy to figure out how to stream tunes o'er there, but just in case, the boys offered a "to... CONTINUE READING NEW BORN RUFFIANS - "HUMMINGBIRD" & "KURT VONNEGUT"»
Posted on September 24, 2007 in (4 comments)
Tags: Born Ruffians
Last year we posted about Warp Records' Born Ruffians in-studio performance at KEXP, covering Grizzly Bear's "Knife," giving the standard-in-the-making a pepped-up, jangly-guit R&B shuffle. The track got the Ruffians' some well-deserved blog love, and now they've memorialized their take... CONTINUE READING BORN RUFFIANS COVER GRIZZLY BEAR (STUDIO VERSION), ED DROSTE REVEALS HIS IDEAL»
Posted on April 17, 2007 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Björk | Born Ruffians | Bruce Springsteen | Grizzly Bear | Modest Mouse | Pete Seeger
This year was a great one for Grizzly, and you sorta know shit's going well when you start getting the cover treatment. And so it goes for the Bear, as XL/Warp Records' Born Ruffians taking the doo-wapalicious "Knife" out for... CONTINUE READING BORN RUFFIANS COVER GRIZZLY BEAR»
Posted on December 4, 2006 in (7 comments)
Tags: Born Ruffians | Grizzly Bear
