Fingertips Music reviews Tele Novella’s “No Excalibur”, calling it “all meandering melody and intriguing metaphor and if by the end you haven’t been charmed out of your socks you probably just aren’t wearing socks.” Read the piece here!
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Magnet Magazine features Tele Novella and their new song “No Excalibur” on today’s MP3 at 3PM!
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Sacramento News & Review chooses Tele Novella as Music Pick of the Week and previews their upcoming show:
“This Tuesday, Sacramento rejoices…[Natalie Ribbons’ new project Tele Novella has] only released two songs so far, and already it’s getting some buzz on music blogs—partially because it’s Ribbons’ new project, but also because it is just damn good. Get there early. This show will sell out.”
Read the rest of the piece here.
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Submerge Mag features Tele Novella, their new tracks, and their upcoming Sacramento show:
“[Tele Novella] recorded and released two wonderful psych-pop tracks that are sure to dominate your poolside playlists this summer. “Don’t Be a Stranger” opens with a groovy distorted bass line. It’s jingly and undeniably catchy. On it, Ribbons sings, “I woke up and didn’t feel inspired, I even tried, but trying made me tired.” We’ve all been there. The song’s got such a cool vibe to it and it clocks in at just over two-minutes, as to not get too repetitive and keeps you wanting more…Ribbons and crew are really onto something with these tracks, and we here at Submerge cannot wait for a further glimpse into the intriguing world of Tele Novella.”
Read the rest here.
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Tele Novella performs in Scottsdale tonight – Silver Platter has the show details here.
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Sonic Masala has the full stream of Hibernator Gigs’ forthcoming GBV-inspired comp “Songs in the Key of Bob”, outlining the details of the project and claiming a favorite (Borrowed Beams of Light’s “Stonecutter’s Journal”) – check out the full piece here.
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Ice Cream Man Power Pop features Weird Mob’s debut in its singles round-up, calling it a “great piece of synth driven pop”.
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Impose Magazine features Tele Novella and their new track “No Excalibur”:
Oh, hello there, sweet darling. In a musical landscape drowning in dark, youthful, boyish aggression, there sometimes rises to the top a band for the feminine side in us all (boys included). Tele Novella, the latest project from members of Voxtrot, Belaire, and Agent Ribbons, is all sweetness and sumptuous 60s melodies and vocals as soft as a kitten’s fur. This is not to say that the femininity in Tele Novella is a bad thing—in fact, it serves the band well in a way that has elevated great twee-pop acts like Camera Obscura and Rilo Kiley. And although the #twee label often gets a bad reputation, Tele Novella does everything in their power with this lovely, rich track, “No Excalibur”, to prove that a little lightness never hurt anyone. Roll around in these glockenspiel twinkles and cymbal splashes—you’ll feel warmer after.
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New Tele Novella track “No Excalibur” is included in The Vinyl District‘s Press Play feature.
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“Songs In The Key Of Bob” is a ten minute journey through a shared obsession, inspired by one man’s torment during a bleak stint sorting books in a library warehouse. Adam Brock, front man for Borrowed Beams of Light and drummer for Invisible Hand and Weird Mob, found his mind running to flights of fancy in an effort to stave off the boredom of book sorting, re-imagining the titles of the theses and journals which he came across as Guided By Voices song titles, encountering such names as Cream of the Jesters and Popular Dogs. Brock made up a list of the best titles, which he circulated to several of his favorite bands with simple instructions to pick a title and write the best approximation of a GBV song, keeping the songs short while utilizing 4-track or 8-track cassette recording technology, all in the spirit of Dayton, Ohio’s finest indie band.
The compilation features seven tracks, from the catchy crunch of Invisible Hand‘s opener “Dinosaur Treadmill” to the lowest of low fi burst of energy that is Left & Right‘s “Reexamination Of Fallout Materials”, the sinister groove of Borrowed Beams of Light‘s “Stone Cutters Journal” to the poppy balladry of Weird Mob‘s “Unified Warehouse Terminal”. The mighty Naked Gods throw down the triumphant minute and a half epic “Drinking Penicillin At The Wedding” and Digging Up Virgins conjure the spirit of Tobin Sprout with the gentle “Viet Cong Motivation”. The comp concludes with The Moore Brothers and their hauntingly beautiful “Alice Bird”.
The comp will be available on May 28th in limited quantities on blue vinyl, and can be streamed in its entirety here:
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Faronheit includes new Tele Novella song “No Excalibur” in Friday’s Pick Your Poison feature.
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Sirens of Decay features “Don’t Be A Stranger”, the new song by Tele Novella, calling it “a nice little slice of pop whimsy”.
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Tele Novella, new band from Austin, TX comprised of former members of Agent Ribbons and Voxtrot and current members of Belaire, just laid their first sounds to tape! Check out their first fruits and catch them touring the West Coast later this month:
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5/16/13: Bear Space Art Collective – El Paso, TX
5/17/13: Hotel Congress – Tucson, AR
5/18/13: The Rogue Bar – Phoenix, AR
5/19/13: Che Cafe – San Diego, CA
5/21/13: Ham & Eggs Tavern – Los Angeles, CA
5/22/13: Bootleg Bar – Los Angeles, CA
5/23/13: The Night Light – Oakland, CA
5/24/13: Deva Cafe – Modesto, CA
5/25/13: The National Hotel – Nevada City, CA
5/26/13: HickeyFest – Leggett, CA
5/28/13: Bows & Arrows – Sacramento, CA
5/29/13: The Palm Lounge – Eureka, CA
5/30/13: Cozmic Pizza – Eugene, OR
5/31/13: Record Room – Portland, OR
6/1/13: Dwell Hole – Tacoma, WA
6/3/13: Tsunami Bar & Grill – Wheeler, OR
6/4/13: The Kenton Club – Portland, OR
6/5/13: Heartland – Seattle, WA
6/6/13: Make.Shift Art Space – Bellingham, WA
6/7/13: The Sou’Western – Seaview, WA
6/8/13: The Northern – Olympia, WA
6/10/13: One World Cafe – Moscow, ID
6/13/13: Lion’s Lair – Denver, CO
6/14/13: Burt’s Tiki Lounge – Albuquerque, NM
6/20/13: Arthouse event ‘TESSERACT’ – Austin, TX
6/21/13: Holy Mountain – Austin, TX
6.27/13: Padre’s – Marfa, TX
6/28/13: Padre’s – Marfa, TX with Mikal Cronin
Weird Mob’s “School For Akters” is Magnet Magazine‘s featured download today:
Hailing from the same Virginian lands that Thomas Jefferson strolled in the colonial era, married synth-driven pop artists Dave Gibson and Renee Reighart are Weird Mob. They just released their debut EP, They’re A Weird Mob, via the Hibernator Gigs label…Download EP track “School For Akters,” a song that would even make the dirty-toothed Mr. Jefferson crack a grin.
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Sirens of Decay picks “School For Akters” by Weird Mob as Song of the Week and deftly unpacks the track:
Weird Mob’s sound isn’t exactly lo-fi, but they possess a definite nostalgia for retro noise and maybe a touch of romanticism for the simplistic. Their biggest strength (on top of their awesome songwriting ideas) is their incredible ability to meld an amazing harmony of guitars and keys. The keys really stood out for me in this track – they create this outer space/twilight sensation…I also appreciate how no singular part of their ensemble dominates another. In the end, it all comes down to Gibson’s vocals and his particular style that provides some strangely sunny take on a movie theater cult.
Read the full review here!
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