It’s not just your favorite nutritionally deficient purple colored sugar water, it’s a new EP-length set of demos from The Bosch.
And it’s a free download. No DRM. No catch:
Engineered, produced, and mixed by James Call with The Bosch. Horn Section on “Back to Reality” graciously provided by The Porn Horns. Full liner notes
That sentence sounds much cooler when Patrick Stewart says it…
Clear your calendar. Tell your friends. Tell your family.
The Bosch play the Mercury Lounge on September 25 at 9 PM. Yes, it’s a Monday, but do you really have anything better to do on a Monday night? Monday Night Football? It’s not even on broadcast anymore. The Raconteurs? Pfft. They’ll be playing again on Tuesday. Two and a Half Men? Come on!
So we hope that you make it on the 25th. But also, so that we can play the Mercury again– perhaps even on a night that’s not a Monday. And I, for one, like playing and seeing shows there. The sound is good. The stage is big. The room is nice. It’s conveniently located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The bands playing there are typically very good. (This lineup looks to be no exception).
And we’ll have new songs, a new lineup (well, new to those of you who didn’t make it to Trash in July), new instruments and new, um, news.
See you then!
Oh yeah, the details:
The Bosch
play The Mercury Lounge
217 E. Houston St. (at Ave. A/Essex St.)
Subway: F to 2nd Ave.; J/M/Z to Essex St.
Mon. Sept. 25
9 pm
These are exciting times here at Bosch World HQ.
The band is featured on Clear Channel’s FormatLab Indie Undiscovered (CH 1009) channel.
Andrew was featured in the The New York Times, The Washington Post and Wired News for writing a parody song about Sen. Stevens’s “The Internet is a Series of Tubes” speech and having the parody song deleted from MySpace. See the full details at Andrew’s blog: A series of tubes: the song: the story.
And, most importantly, this week, we debut our new lineup, with Valerie Sauve, Quebecouis veterinarian and expert four-stringer. Here are the details:
DJ Mojo presents
THE BOSCH
this Wed 7/26
At TRASH BAR ( www.thetrashbar.com)
256 Grand Street btw Driggs & Roebling, Williamsburg (L to Bedford)
Bosch at 10
Open Bar 8-9
Do you remember The Bosch set from the show at Tonic this April? The one featuring Porn Horns sitting in? Yeah, we’re kind of hazy on the details, too, but fortunately filmmaker Jack Ferry was there with his video camera and produced this most awesome of videos:
Download: The Bosch – Come On Phillie (High Resolution Quicktime, requires Quicktime 7, 70 MB)
Download for iPod video: The Bosch – Come On Phillie (Low resolution .m4v Quicktime/iPod, 12 MB)
There’s lots of big-time news from out in Bosch Country- where the flavor is.
First off, there’s an extra-special big time spectacular show out at Union Pool. In adddition to it being our first gig that hallowed hall of pompadours, cuffed jeans, and sweetly crafted hot-rods, our dear friends, Country Club and the Porn Horns, graciously invited us to perform along with them at their “Pee in the Pool Party”- ganking one of their promotional posters is reason enough to attend, trust me!
Most important though, for those of you unaware, our dear Brett Beyer is jumping overboard from the S.S. Boschitania. He’s doing it to earn his living, and, of course, to help out the Congolese(his actual plans include grad school and more intense commitment to his voice-over work, among others).
For over two years, Brett has been the rock conscience of our band, keeping things real, and our collective eye on the prize of accessibility and fun. He will be missed, although he is sure to continue to provide us much fun and companionship as drinking buddy and confidante.
Needless to say, it will be an extra-special opportunity (READ: YOUR LAST!!) to see the all X-Y chromosomed Bosch in action…..that’s right!! We also would like to introduce you all to our brand new band member, Ms. Valérie Sauvé (last name rhymes with okay, although she’s well beyond that qualification). Hailing from Montreal, Quebec, and impressively employed as a veterinarian, Valérie is a natural fit into our type of groove. She’s a long-time drummer turned bassist, and is super enthusiastic about our tunes. Hurray!!!
After this Saturday, The Bosch will retire to our ultra-secret Bosch-cave to work on new material, new arrangements of old favourites, and bring Valerie up to speed (about 180 BPM).
-Holt, Matt and Andrew
Here’s the latest news from Bosch central:
1. This Friday, May 19, The Bosch play at Sin-é with our friends in A+P, who ROCK (yes, with capital letters.)
Sin-é
150 Attorney st (between Houston and Stanton).
11:00 PM
with A+P (midnight) and Orange Park (10 pm)
2. Should we be proud or embarrassed? “The Movie Director” was used in the soundtrack of the MTV series My Super Sweet 16 (episode #305 “Alex.”) We’re the “featured artist. ” The show reruns quite a bit, so don’t be surprised to hear the sweet sound of the Bosch while watching your favorite guilty pleasure reality show.
3. We are in the midst of recording some of our newest songs with the able assistance of Mr. James Call and the creative aid of beer. We hope to be done soon– before we get kicked out of the studio.
The Deli Magazine interviewed The Bosch recently: The Bosch: surf rock for skateboard punks
Matt: One way to think about The Bosch is to recognize how different Holt’s father and mine are. Holt’s Dad is an airline pilot who owns twelve firearms. Mine is an art curator with an alternative lifestyle. Interestingly, they both have moustaches; perhaps they represent the two sides of the mustache dialectic? Anyway, if we get famous enough, I think those two ought to have a TV show where they drive around Virginia in a van, solving mysteries. But that’s a good way to think about the band’s aesthetic – no, really.
The interview will also appear in the next print issue of The Deli (#6). That issue will be released on April 27. You know, that happens to be the same day that The Bosch will be playing a show at Tonic that is hosted, by of all people, The Deli Magazine. What a coincidence! Also playing that night will be The Negatones, Semi-Precious Weapons, Mistakes and Right On Dynamite. Listen to all of these bands in the Deli’s playlist.
While the Bosch boys rocked out at Bar 169 I managed to patch into the security camera system to get some live video of the show. I’m not done splicing all of the film together, but here’s a little taste of what went down:
-Josiah A. Pseudonym
This Thursday, Mar. 30, get ready for a Boschtravaganza at Bar 169.
Before, after and in between bands, special guest DJ’s will be spinning, including:
Bar 169 is located at 169 E. Broadway (at Rutgers St.) By subway: F to East Broadway.
Also, The Bosch will be making a special guest appearance at Logjam’s April Fool’s show on Saturday afternoon (around 4:30 pm) at Cake Shop (152 Ludlow St.)
Guten Morgen, Loyal Readers. It’s 7:45am, Cleveland time, and last nights cocktail of shuckin’ oysters and single malt Auchentoshan hasn’t settled too well. To quote my little protegé, Holt “Dr. Feelbad” Richardson, stickman for my music-business-plaything The Bosch, “I’m sittin’ on the can, takin’ out the trash.”
I’ve been milkin’ the VIP treatment here in Cleveland-town the last few days, my old man was Miles Davis’ horn tech, and he grew to be a trusted ear to Miles over the years, our families tight enough to get me the invite to the Rock Hall induction ceremony for Miles… but enough about me- I know you’re here for more news about our precious boys Matt, Andrew, Brett and Holt.
The next month will see our foursome hittin’ the town, packin’ brand new songs over which they’ve been slavin’ for weeks, and two swingin’ gigs: Thursday, March 30th has the boys, along with the inimitable DJ MOJO, curating a night of rollickin’ rock- At the 169 BAR in Chinatown, along with up-and-coming duo A + P (with whom The Bosch had the distinct pleasure of sharing the bill at Sin-é.) These two guys break it down with soul, taste AND manage to bring fun to the proceedings. Hard to beat. Perhaps the stage-antics of metal heroes WHITE LIMO, close friends of Bassman Brett can manage- the last gig The Bosch played with these cats included a turkey carving- via gasoline-powered chainsaw. It was Thanksgiving, after all.
Select members of the Bosch extended family will be guest DJing all night, along with the inviting house pool table and the odd locale of East Broadway, how could yah miss it?
Next on the agenda-Thursday April 27th, Bosch-Heads can delight in the opportunity to rock out at Tonic for The Deli Magazine launch party.
Along with my behind-the-scenes prodding (avec Aiguillon De Bétail) The Bosch boys have weasled their way into favor with these fine folks, who produce a dedicated magazine about the local NYC scene. If you haven’t had the chance to give it a look, you oughta check em out at www.thedelimagazine.com. They’re in a bit of a pinch regarding their physical paper printing, needin’ to increase advert revenue, and there’s a little 20 second survey about businesses who might advertise. I say turn off yer don’t-give-a-damn switch for 5 minutes and help ‘em out. The Bosch and I would be much obliged.
Also, Saturday April 1st at 4pm- think about swingin’ by THE CAKESHOP. Our good friends LOGJAM!! will perform. This will be a unique opportunity to see “LOGJAM!!” as well as a performance by LOGJAM!!.
Till next time, don’t eat Oysters in months without the letter “R.” OR with copious amounts of High-End Scotch.
yerz truly,
J.A Pseudonym
Welcome to 2006! So far this year, The Bosch have moved into a surprisingly comfortable and convenient new rehearsal space, played a rocking Sunday night show at The Merc’, received some nice reviews for Buy One, Get One, and have some other intriguing developments on the horizon.
In the immediate future, The Bosch get down to Death Disco this Wednesday (Jan. 25th) at The Delancey, on (not surprisingly) Delancey St. in the Lower East Side by the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge. Death Disco is always free, always a good time, and The Bosch are playing with some excellent bands, including The Great Shakes (who helped WOXY’s Lounge Act pioneer podcasting) and El Jezel (who recently released their shiny new album.)
See you on Wednesday! The password is “death metal.”
-Josiah A. Pseudonym