Band of the Month: Where’s Moo
This month’s BotM was written for us by Deviant. Thanks, handsome.
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Band Of The Month: Where’s Moo
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Get Those Damn Kids Off My Lawn
Maybe it was the shots of Fernet–a digestif drink popular in San Francisco–or it could have been the heavy pot billowing from my mouth, but the music playing on Michael Mangum’s computer sounded aurally pungent, like a mix of the familiar with the futuristic, the dystopian future with the familiar rocking past. I was blown away by the guitars seemingly playing power ballads in slow motion, with a lead singer who sounded like a young Michael Stipe.
“Hey…this is pretty good. Who is this?”
“It’s me,” Michael replied with a grin on his face.
Apparently the dope was great because I’d forgotten that he’d gotten up to play his music to me. I was understandably red-faced.
Michael Mangum is the lead singer of local Los Angeles band Where’s Moo, and thankfully–while their music is indie–it isn’t unforgivably detached from reality (no chimpanzees playing bagpipes and smoke machines shaped like squids here, this is straightforward jamming rock mofo)
Where’s Moo infuses the traditional sounds of Sonic Youth and the Kinks into an even more melodic frenzy. I was overjoyed to discover what seemed like raw talent pouring out of the computer speakers.
Here’s their myspace page, check it.
Hey you see? Their music is like that warm cardigan sweater you used to wear in college that you didn’t have the heart to throw out. It’s like the entirety of 90’s LA rock scene has been ground up and born anew within the Where’s Moo average song running time of 4 minutes and something seconds.
The airy female voice on the record is Jocelyn Horvath, Matt Soule beats the drums, Michael Crowley plays the cello, and their new bass player Kevin Manwarren is totally the dude in those disgusting Oreo pizza hut commercials. Check him out!
THAT IS FUCKED UP.
Where’s Moo have released two albums already: Slow Politics and Dear Friend Dopamine. Both albums are bound to please, I defy you to play any 4 tracks and not find 1 song endearing. You can listen both albums on their site here and find the albums for purchase and download on iTunes.
The band is unsigned and needs all the support they can get, so if you enjoyed their pure rock sound then spread the word.
Also drink fernet branca, its the official drink of the band.
Previous Band of the Month Posts:
Six String Sonics - Chubby Chasers - Bear Force 1 - The Great Kat
The BossHoss - Dead 50s - Sullivan - Craptain Jack & the Shmees
What is it with fucking Americans that they think if its a disc shaped food they can call it a pizza ? Totally fucking retarded.
Mexican pizza ?
Thats like a chinese hamburger or Russian sukiyaki.
I thought Indie was dead alredy ?
It’s called innovation, you fucking commie!
That’s what Americans do!
Bagel: Mail call. Check it. Chop Chop. Or, thump, thump. Whatever.
In bagels case its “hump hump”
That innovation is about as innovative as cutting one end off a short blanket and sewing it to the top and calling it a quilt
Must be hump hump because it is not working. So Hump Hump, Bagel. Hump away to your inbox! Just don’t hump your inbox. Or do.
What are you talking about? Those Pizza Hut commercials were some of the best of the last year.
Where’s Moo is a great band. They sound like having Sonic Youth, Warrior Soul, The Cult and REM on the same recording.
The commercials are great in the comedic sense.
But you have to understand that I’m a professional chef in many areas and have an associates in Rest. Management. And have run about 10 restaurants in my life across the country. The ignorance that Americans have towards food has never ceased to astound me.
The ” Cult”
Now you’re talking my language.
Correction: Michael Crowley plays the Cello, but I’m sure he also plays around on his cell sometimes.
Americans can be stupid for many reasons, but I think most Americans know for sure that the Oreo pizza is a crock of shit.
Love that commercial too - totally funny, tho the oreo pizza sounds disgusting (and so are the chemical ingrediants in oreos)
Where’s Moo is awesome too..they also sound a bit like Radiohead..
Love that you do Band of the Month
Shorty: I got nothin
Kevin: Fixed.
LA: I agree. Oreo pizza has to be at least as disgusting as Oreos. Now, throw some nutter-butters on a pizza and I’m there!
I love how at the top it says ‘BoTM’ and then it says ‘Deviant’. Am I the only one that caught that? Hilarious. Always had thought he was a ‘TOP’. I kill me.
Oh snap!
BTW, Kevin: Is the dude’s name really Man Gum?
I think that’s a pet name.
I guess I could’ve gone with:
‘Botm’? Deviant? That’s not what Larry Craig said.
Oh shi-
Notice that I’ve written (ridden) the BotM. Just sayin’….
Yes its Mangum, no relation to Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel who wrote the excellent album Aeroplane Over The Sea about how rocking Anne Frank was:
http://www.slate.com/id/2185219/
I urge michael to change his name to Michael Magnum, sort of like how David Bowie changed it from David Jones….and thus became MUCH fucking cooler than the guy from the Monkees.
Guess that makes you uni-vers-al. Someone stop me plz.
And it all breaks down at the role reversal,
got the muse in my head, she’s universal,
spinnin’ me round, key’s coming on to kev.
I just like making people feel very uncomfortable. Or mildly uncomfortable.
We all like what comes naturally
Uncomfortable is certainly understating it.
Noone likes what comes prematurely though.
Bagel: You found what I was talking about. There is more. Much more! You will have fun with this!
I was born prematurely. Hmmm. Must be what is wrong with me. Or right with me. Something like that.
You’re just ahead of your time lil bit.
Born at an early age.
Premature is good. Just brings round two around alot quicker.
Specially if you can do premature 10 times in five minutes.
I don’t have any problem with premature ejac.
My business is done pretty quickly, so the sooner he finishes, the sooner I can get back to my video games.
Actually I’m with Bagel on this one. If I can get two quick 2-3 minute sessions in, I’m one happy camper. Fuck the Kama Sutra, I just want some easy action baaaaabyyyy.
Then I go back to my stories.
The path to enlightenment must be under construction.
I erect, I dont construct
I’d rather destroy something.
The Path to Enlightenment? Is that a new strategy sim?
I think it’s more of an RPG.
I disagree…and I hate to say this, except with mIcky.
Ouch.
Wait, which thing do you disagree on?
Oreo pizzas are disgusting, premature ejaculation isn’t always bad, Where’s Moo rocks, Kevin pitches and catches, KW is flirting with Kevin, or it’s fun to make ppl uncomfortable?
(did I miss any?)
K
You said no weapons !
Unless you were refering to a really pissed goose
Seems the ban has been lifted.
ALRIGHT !
Wheres my poppers ?
Jesus, I really didn’t think about that before I typed it.
1. The oreo pizza won’t even exist in another month. If you miss it, just buy some fucking oreos.
2. Premature ejaculation is great if you have somewhere else to be in a hurry, otherwise you have more time to ‘talk’. Can’t tell you how much I enjoy talking after sex. I don’t, I get the post coital retardation where muttering anything other than ‘Can I piss off of your balcony’ may cause my brain to melt.
3. Still not sure about the Moo.
4. Can’t speak for him, I just have a thing for puns.
5. The world may never know.
6. Yes.
For the last fucking time , there is no such thing as an Oreo pizza!
Is there any mediterranian flat bread under it ? NO!
Is there any red sauce ? NO!
Its like JUMBO shrimp. Its a gastronomical oxymoron.
Stop it! Just stop it !
mozzarella or mozzarelle?
no no no no, you misunderstood, I disagree with sex only being 3 minutes, fuck it takes me three minutes to take my clothes off. I agree with coming prematurely…but ya gotta keeping coming back for more.
Original pizza was more of a torta`
It had no cheese and was just some doughscraps with tomatoes , basil, thyme and olives that were not suitable for eye appeal.
No fucking pineapple.
Wheres Entomo ? He knows.
real Italian pizza has no cheese on it. thick crust and just tomatoes. we call here, tomatoe pie and it’s cold.
@ Micky: My point was more about how I didn’t think the “Oreo Pizza” was disgusting. I agree that most Americans don’t know jack about food. I’m one of ‘em. One of my latent fears would be having to pair a wine with an entree among company who would know the difference. I guess I know what I like. Believe me, I’d never question a chef with several decades’ experience on how to classify a food. By the way, how would you classify that Oreo confection” Also, bagel and I love The Cult! I llisten to the Electric CD all the time.
@ Kevin: Nicely done. Great band, too.
@ K-Unit: Thanks for that fresh perspective on premature ejaculation. I’ll keep that in mind.
Cap, that was for Micky, a little restaurant humor playing off the extremely American tendency to pronounce the word with the ‘a’ sound at the end. Most culinary types prefer that it be pronounced with an ‘L’ sound at the end of the word. I really need a new job, I can’t possibly get anymore clever operating like this. Correct me if I’m wrong, Mick, I just wasted alot of decent people’s time. Oh, and I made you guys sit through that too I guess. My bad.
Soy, you’re welcome, for some reason I feel the need to let everyone in on my sexual quirks.
Italians pronounce their words like that. mozzarelle, prosciutte, etc….we don’t pronounce the G’s in our names either.
why because your single.
Cap, you’re right. And yes, I suppose being single has alot to do with it. A little.
Soy,
The Cult just has a sound with BALLS, love Ians voice, its infuckincredible.
I love all kinds of shit food, dont get me wrong. Its the names that freak me out.
Its an Oreo pie. I like pie.
Dont let the wines intimidate you. Any one can figure it out with just a little understanding of compliments. The only problem is that there are so many mixes and matches and possiblities in the paring up it gets intimidating.
The basic is this.
Light with light.
Robust with robust.
Sweet with sweet.
And in that order. Your appetizer should never overpower your entree`.
Sweets like ports and sherrys are usually saved for dessert or after dinner.
I know all this is dorky , but I care. I want to see all of you enjoy life
well, I’m not single and I always feel the need to let everyone in on my sexual quirks, well not everyone. Talking about sex is good for the soul.
Micky, it’s true, it’s not rocket science, seafood throws me off a tad every now and then. I prefer reds, not big on my wines being sweet, enjoy them to have an alcoholic finish, that’s me. Pinot Noir, some Cabs, great. Merlots and chiantis don’t hold up to well in my book. Unless there’s no food present.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure that everyone knew about most of my quirks well before my divorce. That either makes me healthy or a horrible person.
thanks mick, I just started to become a wine drinker, never had the taste for it but when Danielle left her husband it was the only thing I had in the house so I had to indulge. so now I go to the State Store and I stand there for an hour figuring out what I want to try. Sometimes I get help and sometimes I don’t. I found one that I like. thanks, that’s the second time you have helped me.
I like the red pinot noir, the fat cat, I think it’s called. don’t like dry, don’t like sweet. it’s hard to find one just right.
If your seafood is based in red somehow like a boulliabase or fra diablo its usually hard for any wine to drown it out.
The original purpose of wine was of course the high. But later became instrumental in cleaning oils off your palate so that your next bite was clean and fresh.
There are traditions in matching that I shit canned a long time ago.
Just stick with the basics.
Chianti is garbage, it has no consistant uniformity to its character other than being made from inferior harvests with added sugar.
Just like shitty beer. The hops are bottom of the barrel. But you can throw in a little sugar for extra alcohol production and get your ass kicked.
Since I quit drinking a long time ago its really hard to stay ontop of this game anyway
I pretty much drink what I like, if it doesn’t compliment the dish, my cat gets fed well and I get hammered alot quicker.
When you get to the mouthwash gimme a call
Yeah, produces some horrible morning breath. They make mouthwash for cats?
Dont do it !
The cats mouth will foam forever !
( I tried it once)
Roger that. Get any pictures?
I wish, it was fuckin hilarious. Except when he started shaking it off, like Hootch.
He was bitchin and moaning, sounded like he had a sock in his mouth.
Sounds like one of our interns.
Sounds like all of em, cept for the one with my dick in her mouth.
And who would that be, Micky?
Depends what time of day it is.
What day is it today, what time? Choking! *coughing*
Is your mouth foaming ?
So, would a Merlot be a good compliment for steak, for instance? Riesling with a cheese plate–or would that be too “fruity”?
Soy, depends on what else is on that cheese plate. I’m gonna say yes. I like deep reds with steak, can’t say why, that’s just me.
Cheese wines in my opinion shouldnt be sweet. Even though cheese platters are served with fruit its the cheese that should be the focus. Dont pick your wine to compliment the fruit
How often do you see sweet cheese unless its Tiramiso ?( marscapone cheesse)
I would have the reisling with fruit alone, or some fresh fruit dessert.
I cant see rinsing down brie with a sweet wine. But thats just me.
I would go with a port before I went with a white if I were doing a cheese n fruit deal.
If your BBQing a steak, go get a fucking beer, a good beer.
If your gonna dress it up with madagasgar sauces and shit you’re gonna end up looking for wines to compliment your sauce and not the steak.
I like lamb with a good cab, merlot is fine, I just think its overrated cuz people like to say the word.
Its cool to say ” Latte`” well, it was for a while.
Here Soy, give this a spin. Its been a favorite of mine for years. Its a really good all around almost chianti but made with some standards.
Its hard to do this intelligently because I cant do wine tastings any more.
Try the Vapolicella, let me know what you think.
http://www.madwine.com/bova20.html
Yeah, the last cheese platter I stumbled upon put brie with steamed/roasted/heated until soft pears. While you could taste the cheese, it really came off more as a desert. On the beer thing, do yourself a favor and stay away from the wheats. I like a beer with a little bite to it, if you want to stay affordable, I’d go with Becks. Mostly because of the shiny label with the key on it. I’m assuming that the package stores in WV don’t carry the widest selection of brews, but I could be wrong.
For taste I usually went with a Grolsche. But I love my darks. Killians Red ( that has a “K”) Pollaner makes some great ales.
But more odten than anything I would drink to get fucking plowed.
Old English 800 and fifth of Jack, and a helmet.
Yeah, my OE never came with a helmet. Should have. I was actually thinking Groelsh, but I got this picture of Soy visiting multiple Package Stores trying to find it.
If he goes by my spelling he may never find it.
Yeah, I made an error on that one too. Coulda swore there was an ‘e’ in there somewhere.
I went with the tail end of a Porsche, cant loose right ?
Right. Correct.
Where’s Moo kicks ass…I adore them!
Where’s Moo exposes their sound with these incredible haunting melodies and those slices of fermented, ethereal vocals by Jocelyn! Her voice adds such an essential element to this sound! Thanks for opening up different worlds to otherwise mundane sounds.
xoxo
LM
@ Micky: Thanks for the advice. I’ll check that Vapolicella out. I just have to develop a palette for wines. It’s a bit intimidating to figure what should be complimented. I guess the most overwhelming taste (meat, sauce, cheese, etc) in the dish and go with that. I grew up among a family of tee-totallers, so i didn’t have a real reference. I mostly like lagers and light ales, though any brew that’s well-made tastes great in the right situation. Grolsch is pretty good and Killians is the best red in its price range.
@ Key: When I got out of college and got my first decent-paying job, I decided I wanted to be a connoisseur of something, so I chose beer. I’ve tasted 300+ labels from 6 continents. Here in NC, there are some pesky “blue laws” that sometimes get in the way, but even Wal-Mart has a decent selection of brews when they’re allowed to sell ‘em. Some of my favorites are Kronenbourg (French Lager), Polar (Venezuelan Lager-very crisp and great on a hot day) Stuttgarter Hofbräu (German Lager) and Pilsmer Urquell (Czech Pilsner). I like a little smoother brew, usually, but sometimes a little bit of bite is good. Becks is a good brew, though I prefer Warsteiner. My German ex had a joke: How can you spot an American? –He’s the one drinking Becks! Low blow, indeed.
Oh, and your imagination is right on the mark—WV package stores have ‘Beast, PBR, Bud, and Miller High Life; little else. When they get Bud Ice or Molson Canadian, they treat it like some exotic brew!
I heard somewhere that Chianti was good with fava beans and census-taker.
Its good for water displacement. Or getting chicks to stay where there at.
I forgot who makes it. Its been about 25 years, its called ” whitecap’
pronounced ” wit-e cap” Its a german pilsner. Good stuff. Never seen it in Hawaii.
Germans take their bier very seriously. You’re probably familiar with the Reinheitsgebot, a law from the 1500s that sets very strict standards that are largely still followed among German breweries. Because it limits the kinds of preservatives used in beer, it’s sometimes a hassle to export. For this reason, many German beers in the US are brewed here under license to a domestic brewer. Others just don’t bother.
It’s kind of sad, but there are some kickass brews we ‘Muricans will never get the chance to try. I’d love to have a frosty glass of Stuttgarter Hofbräu, but I have to go to Germany to get one. Whitecap may be another casualty. Also, shit is so expensive in Hawaii already. Some companies decide to bypass the state altogether. I guess it’s the price of living in paradise…that and volcanoes.
“I pretty much drink what I like, if it doesn’t compliment the dish, my cat gets fed well and I get hammered alot quicker.”
KW: I ♥ U
No active volcanos on my isle. My mom lives right on the side of Mauna Kea, cheap land.
I did a beer tasting in Newport about 20 years ago. Two to a bottle. We tried about 20 beers that they guy shipped himself.
A lot of beers in Europe have yeast sedement on the botton. When you order it you specify if you want it shaken or not , so as to blend in the yeast or leave it at the bottom.
He went on to explain how the head needs to intentionally be full so to let the gases out and smooth the beer.
The brewery this guy used to work at had lines from decades ago running across and under the street to a few neigborhood bars.
We could learn a thing or two about infrastructure from the Germans.
He started saying how you should take the head in your mouth and roll it around and savor it.. The waitresses blushed.
We all got ripped.
I got turned on to Polaner, which later began to export to us.
Oh ! I forgot to mention.
When the day came in the 70s that they started shipping Coors to the state it was like the lunar landing.
Times have changed alot since then.
We have one of the largest tourist trades in the country. You can bet your ass you can get pretty much what you want here. The hotels and establisments insist on it.
French bistro I captained at in the 80s served me a shot of Maison Brillet cognac for my birthday at 250.00 a shot.
Key, about those pronounciations, L or A.
I dont know and I dont give a fuck.
But you cant make pizza with Oreos.
But yea, Americans are fucking idiots like that. The lates example would be Olive Gardens Chicken “ROLLATINI”
The figure if they roll the chicken around in some shit and put “TINI” at the end its Italian.
Make me fuckin sick.
Micky, could just listen to you go on and on and on and on. Does that make me bad??
Hey Pants and LM! Woot Woot to fans of fine music
No Lil bit.
You were always bad
Is that what makes me good? I am lost. Sort of. Ok, never really knew where I was, so the lost thing really does not matter. FFS, I am going on and on again. Someone make the bad men stop!
Soy: Pilsner Urquell is great in my book. So is Warsteiner (I prefer the Dunkel on tap, lived off of that shit for 6months). I’m more of a stout guy myself, I do drink alot of Red Stripe though. Only because I like the little brown bottles and they remind me of Haiti. The beauty of living in Colorado is the beer selection everywhere you go. Tons of good microbrews all around.
Bagel: I know.
Yea ! Forgot about the Warsteiner and the Urquell.
But its been so fuckin long since I had a beer I cant remember why I liked it , but I did.
All this booze talk is getting spooky. Makes me want to go grab a beer or 5000.
Thats when the restraining orders and doctor bills start piling up again.
‘a beer or 5000′
That’s one of the more honest bits of funny I’ve encountered. This morning. Last night I put down a sixer of Landshark. Island lager my ass. Not so good. Not so bad, but I should have known better. Seriously, I’m ashamed by my faith in product marketing.
Dont feel bad, I drank worse with intention.
@ Key: Y ou’re right about dunkel brews. The tap is so much better than the bottle. In some of your bigger markets, you can buy Warsteiner kegs. I might get one for this weeekend.
@ Mickey: In college, I drank Milwaukee’s Best (affectionately known among my crew as “‘Beast”), PBR and Olympia simply because they were cheap and abundantly alcoholic. Of course, we weren’t drinking it because of the taste. I think it’s hi-larious that Pabst Blue Ribbon is hip and it out-prices some imports and premiums at a lot of places.
You can get the party kegs of Warsteiner at any liquor store in town. You can also go to any of our microbreweries and pick up jugs to go.
Soy, dont forget Keystone.
Sorry Key.
@ Key: There used to be a chain of stores called Mr. Dunderbak’s. They were like a world market with candies, snacks and drinks from all over. My roommate and I used to go get a mini-keg of something about every weekend. Now, I have to drive to another city for such a keg. Imports aren’t as popular down here.
Let’s not for get about Sapporo and some of the other Japanese lagers.
@Micky: How could I forget Keystone at 8 AM on Sunday with a bomb going off in my head? Yep, Keystone is something you don’t forget.
Ever had filippino beer?
Dont
I don’t like beer much.
I prefer the classy wines, like Cisco Red
“It looks like a winecooler. It smells like a wine cooler. But it isn’t.”
-U.S. Surgeon General Antonia C. Novello
I’ve had that shit. taste like koolaid and rum
and aquanet
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