I'm participating in the National Blog Posting Month and every day in November, yes including the weekend, I will be posting a blog, except that in my case it'd be a review. Realizing that I may not be able to write an album review a day, I will also sneak in some song reviews. I think this would be a great discipline challenge more than anything. Dave is already scoffing when I told him my plan. To him I said, you'll just say see... you'll see.
I thought Donny Hue And The Colors would be great to start the month off. With a stream of singer/songwriter, it gets hard to not be biased and compared one to another so closely. As with any field, there's always the cream of the crop and Donny Hue And The Colors is definitely one of the few. I was first struck by the video for "Good Time Happening". You can watch it right here. The video is made of over 1,500 photographs and the result is a 3-minute long stop-motion-animation galore. The album, Tell Tall Tales, is just as awesome as the video. Tell Tall Tales is a collection of songs written and self recorded by Donny Hue in Brooklyn. The digital album will be out on November 11.
I know it's such a cliche to compare any singer/songwriter to Bob Dylan and people often so loosely made the comparison. At a Jenny Lewis show recently, someone in the crowd yelled out "Female Bob Dylan!" and I cringed. So, I'm a bit worry to pull one right now. But, I couldn't help but thought of some similarities between Donny Hue's songs to Bob Dylan. I concluded it is the raw, stripped down songs that's striking me as familiar. But, what I enjoyed the most from ell Tall Tales, is the often quirky, almost child-like honesty in his lyrics that fit along his music. I could almost picture the people, places and situations he sings about.
Listen to
Good Time Happening.mp3
Donny Hue and the Colors are on tour on the following dates. We're planning to catch them in Los Angeles. You should check them out too:
10.29.08 - Oakland, CA - Stork Club
10.30.08 - Stanford, CA - CoHo (Stanford U)
10.31.08 - Oakland, CA - Ghosttown Gallery
11.1.08 - Davis, CA - The Firehouse
11.2.08 - Arcata, CA - Greenhouse
11.3.08 - Portland, OR - Valentines
11.4.08 - Bellingham, WA - Green Frog Cafe
11.5.08 - Seattle, WA - Comet Tavern
11.6.08 - Olympia, WA - Vouyer
11.7.08 - Tacoma, WA - Bob's Java Jive
11.8.08 - Portland, OR - East End
11.9.08 - Astoria, OR - Ft. George Brewery
11.10.08 - Arcata, CA - Big Pete's Pizzeria
11.11.08 - San Francisco, Hemlock Tavern
11.12.08 - Santa Cruz - Crepe Place
11.13.08 - Santa Barbara - Biko Co-op Garage
11.14.08 - Los Angeles - Relax Bar
11.15.08 - Los Angeles - Little Joy
11.16.08 - Long Beach - Prospector
I thought Donny Hue And The Colors would be great to start the month off. With a stream of singer/songwriter, it gets hard to not be biased and compared one to another so closely. As with any field, there's always the cream of the crop and Donny Hue And The Colors is definitely one of the few. I was first struck by the video for "Good Time Happening". You can watch it right here. The video is made of over 1,500 photographs and the result is a 3-minute long stop-motion-animation galore. The album, Tell Tall Tales, is just as awesome as the video. Tell Tall Tales is a collection of songs written and self recorded by Donny Hue in Brooklyn. The digital album will be out on November 11.
I know it's such a cliche to compare any singer/songwriter to Bob Dylan and people often so loosely made the comparison. At a Jenny Lewis show recently, someone in the crowd yelled out "Female Bob Dylan!" and I cringed. So, I'm a bit worry to pull one right now. But, I couldn't help but thought of some similarities between Donny Hue's songs to Bob Dylan. I concluded it is the raw, stripped down songs that's striking me as familiar. But, what I enjoyed the most from ell Tall Tales, is the often quirky, almost child-like honesty in his lyrics that fit along his music. I could almost picture the people, places and situations he sings about.
Listen to
Good Time Happening.mp3
Donny Hue and the Colors are on tour on the following dates. We're planning to catch them in Los Angeles. You should check them out too:
10.29.08 - Oakland, CA - Stork Club
10.30.08 - Stanford, CA - CoHo (Stanford U)
10.31.08 - Oakland, CA - Ghosttown Gallery
11.1.08 - Davis, CA - The Firehouse
11.2.08 - Arcata, CA - Greenhouse
11.3.08 - Portland, OR - Valentines
11.4.08 - Bellingham, WA - Green Frog Cafe
11.5.08 - Seattle, WA - Comet Tavern
11.6.08 - Olympia, WA - Vouyer
11.7.08 - Tacoma, WA - Bob's Java Jive
11.8.08 - Portland, OR - East End
11.9.08 - Astoria, OR - Ft. George Brewery
11.10.08 - Arcata, CA - Big Pete's Pizzeria
11.11.08 - San Francisco, Hemlock Tavern
11.12.08 - Santa Cruz - Crepe Place
11.13.08 - Santa Barbara - Biko Co-op Garage
11.14.08 - Los Angeles - Relax Bar
11.15.08 - Los Angeles - Little Joy
11.16.08 - Long Beach - Prospector