The Floorwalkers - I Need A Dollar (Aloe Black Cover)
Two weeks ago, The Floorwalkers' Daytrotter Session hit the internet. Now, they’ve released this retro styled video of their cover of Aloe Blacc’s I Need A Dollar. Good choice shooting at the Mug & Brush in Columbus! These guys just cannot stop movin’ and shakin’.
Heading to Memphis, TN this weekend and stopping in Nashville on the way. I definitely want to spend some more time digging through the record stores this time through. If any of you have recommendations of where I should stop, shoot me a message or reply to this post. I took this photo at Goner Records when I was in Memphis last September. I’ll most definitely be stopping there again.
Elvis is King.
PS: If you happen to live in Memphis, or plan to visit soon, check out the great theatre going on at Playhouse on the Square. I’ll be seeing fellow tumblr blogger and best friend Kelsey Hopkins as Natalie in the musical Next To Normal this Saturday.
Class Actress - Bienvenue
Since I first saw Class Actress open for Small Black a while back, I have been obsessed with the music and drooled over singer Elizabeth Harper’s elegant and edgy style. She has just released her golden new music video for the single “Bienvenue” off of her LP Rapproacher. The video portrays every girl’s dream. Elizabeth wanders the streets of Paris while wearing gorgeous Jean Paul Gautier and Dior pieces, quietly inhabits a chic top floor apartment, and falls in love with a handsome French man. Good lord, what I would give to live that life? Tout le monde. Until then, I’ll be living vicariously through Class Actress.
Bienvenue à Paris, mes chéris.
If you have ever seen Columbus’ favorite band of 2011 live in concert, it’s very likely your face was melted off your skull by their fiery electro-rock tunes. The Town Monster is back and making plans to turn up the heat on 2012. Their first mission of the year: take a monster bite out of hunger. How will they complete this mission? By throwing a rockin’, drunkin’, dancin’, boozin’, food collectin’, fundraisin’, party of epic proportions TOMORROW NIGHT (Friday, January 20) at Skully’s Music Diner. This will make the 3rd Annual Full Belly Food Drive that The Town Monster has hosted with CD 101 at 102.5fm. The line up also includes raucous rock n’ rollers, The George Elliot Underground, Karate Coyote, Phil Cook, and C.J. Townsend. Sounds pretty amazing, right? Well my friend, if you need more convincing, check out Spoonfeed Columbus' interview with The Town Monster's drummer and sex cymbal (see what I did there?), Matt Grady.
Interview by Spoonfeed Columbus’ JULIAN SMITH follow him on twitter @DANGERSMITH
Julian Smith: Friday marks the third annual Full Belly Food Drive! Tell me a bit about its history. How did it originate and how has it progressed?
Matt Grady: Our manager, Zach Johnson, originally had the idea to host an annual food drive. Food drives and fundraisers are nothing new in the Columbus music scene, and many bands do a great job when it comes to giving back. The difference with this food drive is that we want to make it bigger each year in terms of how much food is raised and how many people and bands we can get involved with it. We reached out to CD101, now on 102.5 fm, our first year holding the event, and they donated a generous amount of airtime to promote the event and have been a huge help in making each year a success through their sponsorship. Last year we raised over 2,000 lbs of food and we are aiming for 3,000 lbs this year. All proceeds benefit the NNEMAP in the Short North. (It is the church with the butterfly doors on the corner of High St. and E. 3rd)
JS: The Town Monster was arguably Columbus’ most popular band in 2011. Certainly one of its most talked and written about. It seems like it’d be easy for you to blow out a show for the band’s financial gain, but you consistently play free and charitable shows. Why is it so important for TTM to give back to the city its thriving in?
MG: Well, it isn’t just The Town Monster that is giving back. It is everybody that comes out and donates, the bands that play for free, and the radio station donating their resources. As a band, we are simply in a unique situation to organize an event and make it work by bringing together the contacts we’ve made over the last few years.
JS: For those who are living under rocks, what can someone who’s never seen you expect from a Town Monster live set? Do you guys have anything special planned for this show in particular?
MG: You can expect a fair amount of drunkenness, dancing, a lot of energy, screaming. We have quite a few lights that we bring to most shows. Tony Stewart, our dude at Electraplay, has been running lights for us. He knows our music well, recording and producing our first album “Autumn People”. He was around for the Ohio Sessions that we recorded in 2010, and as a result he can sync up the lights to the music pretty well.
JS: What is next for The Town Monster? Any plans for new music or touring?
MG: We do have plans for 2012, but as anybody in a band can tell you, things don’t always work out as planned. With that being said, yes you can expect some new releases and tour dates, but I can’t comment on the details just yet. We think that 2012 will be a good year for us, though.
JS: Give me and all our readers all the important details on Friday’s show. Did you guys pick the line-up yourselves? Did you set a goal for the food drive?
MG: We organized the lineup. The lineup is pretty diverse with rock, hip-hop, electronic, dance. We are playing with our good friends, The George Elliot Underground. They’re a lot of fun and they love to party. I get drunk just watching them drink, it is pretty incredible. Also on the bill is Phil Cook, and Karate Coyote. We were going to have a DJ to close the night, but he had to drop off the bill. We’ve held the event at Skully’s every year. The space is big enough to hold all the people and the food, the sound system is awesome, and John who runs booking at the venue is great to work with. Admission to the event is three or more canned or nonperishable goods and doors open at 8:30 pm. Donors will receive raffle tickets upon entry and drawings will be made throughout the night. The more you donate, the more raffle tickets you receive. Our goal is to have a great time and raise a mountain of food for NNEMAP. — SPNFD
For more information on The Town Monster and the Full Belly Food Drive, please visit:
www.facebook.com/events/314984555207408/
www.facebook.com/thetownmonster
For tracks by The Town Monster, The George Elliot Underground, and Karate Coyote, check out the Spoonfeed Winter Compilation!
My dear friends, Columbus’ The Floorwalkers, recorded an amazing session with the ever cool music website, Daytrotter!!! So proud of these guys!
The Floorwalkers, a Columbus, Ohio, group of roots rockers, give us the feeling that one-night stands can be some of the most beautiful things anyone can ever experience. They don’t need to be justified. It’s good for good’s sake. As a matter of fact, with the amount of tenderness that you hear in lead singer Jon Elliott’s voice and lyrics, you’d swear that these chance meeting and these intimate, naked rolls in the hay were the right way to do these things and that there’s a special kind of appreciation given to these sorts of evenings or afternoons where some sweet looks and some uncontrollable urges tap into one another, flying around like demolition derby drivers bracing themselves for the crash that will really get their blood pumping - kinda the reason they drive in these things in the first place. - Daytrotter
Click the picture to listen to their session on Daytrotter.com.
