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Viking Moses New Single! Werewolves in the City!
22/09/06
“Werewolves in the City are a big problem...”
The great art of the seasonal musical treat has been lost—from REM covering Syd Barrett’s Dark Globe as a Christmas flexi treat or Roky Erikson’s sounds of monsterism— Werewolves in the City resurrects this tradition with its homage to Halloween. Viking Moses moves back to the influences of Butthole Surfers and Meat Puppets, combining punk and psychedelia, the ‘60s and the ‘80s, sheer sonic fuckedup-ness and songcraft (a near unthinkable combo) in his electronic Halloween treat of ‘Werewolves in the City’; add innovation, humour, repulsiveness, big drumbeats and bone-rattling explosions as he howls at the moon ‘Werewolves in the City Are ABig Problem/Why don’t you get out of the sky and stop them/Tearing Up Children, Children in the night/Last night I found a kid’s head on my bike.’ Classic.
Viking Moses supporting Micah P Hinson....
19/09/06Viking Moses is going to support Micah P Hinson ... so errr… LOOK OUT! For the full dates please look below.
02 Oct 2006The Sage | Newcastle, UK
03 Oct 2006The ABC | Glasgow, UK
04 Oct 2006ULU | London, UK | full band show
06 Oct 2006The Social | Nottingham, UK
08 Oct 2006Whelans | Dublin, Ireland
And remember you can get the debut album ‘Crosses’ by ordering it here.
And keep a look out for his forthcoming 7inch only single ‘Werewolves in the City’ which is available on Poptones on the 30th of October. Check it out on his myspace by clicking here: http://www.myspace.com/vikingmoses—its spooky stuff!
Viking Moses' - The Photographic Proof!
13/09/06Wanna catch up on Viking Moses’ latest exploits? Wonder no further as you delve into the photographic genius of Little Pants! Who caught up with Viking Moses at his shows with Tom Brosseau and Nina Nastasia—to view the photos please click here.
To get his debut album ‘Crosses’ please click here.
Viking Moses on Radio One!
11/09/06Viking Moses’ track ‘Dancing by the Water’ was played on Radio One yesterday by Chris Coco. If you want to have a listen to the show just head over to the webpage and download it here.
And remember you can get your own copy of Viking Moses’ Crosses by clicking here.
Sneak Preview of New Viking Moses Single Now!
08/09/06We all love Halloween around Poptones-land way—and what better way to celebrate Halloween than playing his new single ‘Werewolves in the City’, an old-school New Order electronic number of pure gothic horror. Wanna be gothick-4-life? Then take a listen of Viking Moses’ single by clicking here.
Drownedinsound.com chose Viking Moses as their August pick....
07/09/06Viking Moses! – Crosses
Brendon Massei’s first album under this Nordic-cum-Biblical moniker left DiS’s Sam Lewis clutching at superlatives like kids do candy when the storekeeper’s back’s turned. “A more introverted album than anything produced by peers and touring-partners like Devendra Banhart or Akron/Family, being closer to the warm intimacy of Little Wings than the more consciously talismanic Banhart,” penned Mr Lewis in his opening paragraph, prior to leading us readers a merry lexical dance that left us desperate to hear whether or not the hyperbole was justified. It’s perhaps needless to say, given Crosses’ inclusion here, that the purple-tinged prose was perfectly appropriate. An album of love that demands to be loved, Crosses could prove to be something of a sleeper hit for its maker – simple though it is, its charm and sincerity are undeniable.
Viking Moses Tonight With Tom Brosseau and Hush Arbours
05/09/06Click below for more information....
read more... Viking Moses in the NME
05/09/06Viking Moses
Crosses
Poptones
8/10
‘Devendra’s mate pours his heart out’
On first listen, Crosses promises to be the most tweest album ever. After all, it leads with an acoustic version of ‘Michael Row The Boat Ashore’ - already one of the hippiest hyms this side of a church picnic - reworked as a song for a lost lover. Happily it avoids collasping into any goodwill sapping sappiness instead treading a sparse delicate path to folk Edan.
read more... Viking Moses Plays the Pigeon Hole On the 5th of September
04/09/06Alongside Hush Arbours - 7pm at St Moritz, 159 Wardour Street
Big story arcs that go through several songs with returning themes and powerful dynamics… Viking Moses has toured with and/or supported today’s similar international music artists, such as: Devendra Banhart, Cat Power, Calvin Johnson, Ted Leo, Little Wings, Microphones, Mirah, Mountain Goats, Joanna Newsom, Scout Niblett, Will Oldham, Songs Ohia, and more.
Autobiography: I was born to two truck drivers in Midland, Michigan, 1979. I was brought up on a Missouri Ozark farm and also on the desert sands of Las Vegas, Nevada. Back and forth, y’see. Anymore, I write songs and travel far lengths and reaches to sing them for people—record by whichever means possible. SK showed up around summer 2000. Our friendship has earned me the title “Viking Moses”. I am fond of, or perhaps accustomed to, along with this title, a small room, and short spells of attention. I recently visited for the first time, the Little America truckstop in Little America, Wyoming, where my parents are said to’ve conceived me. I bought a postcard with an aerial view of the parking lot, where this probably happened.
If you want to check out his debut album ‘Crosses’ then please click here.
Viking Moses Live Tonight! With Nina Nastasia!
01/09/06Viking Moses is playing a show with the much love, much approved-of, NYC songstress Nina Nastasia who is in Londontown promoting her amazing new album ‘On Leaving’ which is out now on Fat Cat Records. We would love it if you could come down and catch both of these performers at the Local at King’s Head pub in Crouch End tonight. It is an amazing opportunity to catch both of these intense performers in an intimate setting. And remember, Viking Moses album is out now and can be purchased here.
