Photo by: Lance ConzettMany thanks to all who voted in the Mercy Lounge / BMI Road to Bonnaroo series last night for Uncle Skeleton. The troupe will be gathering up and headed off to Manchester, TN in early June to play for the throngs of people willing to face the Tennessee heat. Everyone in the band is entirely appreciative, flattered and completely excited.
Read up on all the competition here.
Chad McClarnon has been working on a short film entitled “A New Life” and asked Uncle Skeleton to provide the score. This video documents the recording of the string arrangements for the piece “Reception” – which will be included in the film. As more information makes its way out in the world regarding the film, we’ll be sure to let you know.. in the meantime, enjoy the video.
Check out this great promotional video for The Rabbit Press courtesy of Tripp / Jenna Watt. Aside from being an engaging piece of stop motion it also features upcoming Uncle Skeleton music. LP3 is lurking.
Warm Under the Covers was named in the Nashville Scene Top Albums of 2010; no small feat given all the great music that comes out of the Nashville music scene in a given calendar year. Many thanks to all who voted and even more thanks to all those who listened.
Photo by Weston HeflinThursday nights Next Big Nashville performance at Mercy Lounge went incredibly well. The event was thankfully documented by the likes of Weston Heflin and Seth and Julia Walden. Many thanks to them, the whole band, all the staff at Next Big Nashville / Mercy and especially everyone who came out to see us.
Jason Wilkins by Eric EnglandMany thanks to Next Big Nashville founder Jason Wilkins for mentioning Uncle Skeleton in this exclusive interview with Huffington Post. Jason talks about the festival, its progress and the fact that Nashville isn’t just country music; citing Uncle Skeleton as a prime example. Here’s the relevant pullquote:
MR: Now, you have one hundred and fifty signed, unsigned, indie, and nationally recognized artists who will be performing over the four nights. I like to champion newbies, so who are some of the lesser known names?
JW: Yeah, some of the lesser knowns. There’s a national band that I’m particularly fond of right now. They’ve got kind of an Arcade Fire meets boys raised on gospel and Bruce Springsteen approach to what they do, and they’re called The Apache Relay. They’re a fantastic live band, and probably a complete unknown from a national standpoint right now. There’s a band called Uncle Skeleton who is very interesting. It’s actually a son of a famous Nashville songwriter and artist, and he gets in there and makes kind of electro, glitchy, strange pop music. But then, live, he delivers it almost like E.L.O. with full strings and everything too.
MR: Who’s the father?
JW: The father is Steve Wariner.
MR: Oh, of course, Steve Wariner, yeah.
JW: Yeah, he and his son, Ross used to have a band called Kindercastle, and his new one is Uncle Skeleton. He really puts a lot into the presentation of it. He’s very much got the Jeff Lynne, Brian Wilson, mad genius approach to it. …
Mad genius? I’ll take that as a compliment. Hat tip to Aaron Hartley for the heads up on the interview and the mention.
Warm Under the Covers contributor Keegan DeWitt just released a remix EP for the track “Say La La” – originally taken from his album Nothing Shows. The Uncle Skeleton remix of said track can be heard here or in the widget above. Do yourself a favor and go download the entire thing.
After long last, the official follow-up to Pancho Chumley is available in its entirety in both digital and high-quality vinyl formats. Much work went into creating Warm Under the Covers and it’s safe to say that you’ll enjoy it every bit as much as the first record, likely more.
Site updates are on the way but in the meantime – go download the album or get the limited edition vinyl. You won’t regret either.
In preparation for the full-on release of Warm Under the Covers, please partake in the first track from the forthcoming record. The full download and pre-orders for the vinyl will be available May 29th, 2010.
If you’re curious about what the rest of the record may entail, take a look at this favorable review courtesy of Patrick Rodgers.
Nine tracks, eight artists – all wildly different takes on songs from Pancho Chumley. It is a point of pride to present REMIX; an EP of songs from a wide range of Uncle Skeleton family and friends. The compilation serves as a hold-over for the next full-length record; currently well underway.
Remixes were provided by Jensen Sportag, DPAUL, Makeup and Vanity Set, Wild Cub, Justin Kase, Karius Vega, Tuggie D Warbux and Nahnee Bori.
The whole thing is available as a completely free download; ready for your consumption.
