Brian Grosz Posts Three New Tracks as Free Downloads

DOWNLOAD: Brian Grosz - "Lady on the Low" (featuring a remix by Touch)

Originally released on the album Bedlam Nights (Exotic Recordings), "Lady On The Low" is now coupled with a Big Beat remix from one of the album's original engineers, Touch. While the original track represented everything we've come to expect from Grosz (bloozy swagger atop industrial clang), Touch has mangled and man-handled the song to the epic heights (and lows) of Latin dancehalls, gay discos and the over-tanned, fist-pumping legions, popularized by the subhumans of the Jersey Shore. And, in all honesty, that is far from a bad thing.


DOWNLOAD: Brian Grosz - "Once in a Lifetime"

Drawing heavily from the fever-dream/acid-trip lyrics of the original, Grosz re-imagined the Talking Heads classic "Once in a Lifetime" with a snarling two-string slide-bass and the percussive rhythms of a steam-punk submarine. And while there is "Water dissolving / And water removing" - it's also quite clear that the water Grosz sings about is on fire and the tide is quickly rising.


DOWNLOAD: Brian Grosz - "Seraphim"

Seraphim - named for the classification of Old Testament angels who sing the praises of God - is a pair of American standard spirituals, "Ain't it a Shame" and "Jesus on the Mainline." The former channels the essence of old Sun Records 45s with the sawdust and sideshows of a state fair while the latter evokes a late-night, kerosene-lit singalong on the front porch of a shotgun shack - having enlisted vocal talents from Emily Zuzik, Earl Greyhound's Matt Whyte, Suzanne Cerreta, Michael Fortner and Sean Toussaint.

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James Apollo Plays NYC on Sept. 10th and 11th // New Disc Out Oct. 12th

Pray for Rain - James Apollo by CrashAvenue
DOWNLOAD: James Apollo - "I've Got It Easy" (Live on the BBC)
STREAM: James Apollo - "Morphine and Wine" (Live on KEXP)

James Apollo has been on the road since his sixteenth birthday and his music reflects a drifter's view of the backroads and highways of the world. This is classic Americana with both Bob Dylan and Tom Waits being easy points of comparison.

In support of his upcoming release Til Your Feet Bleed (due out October 12th), James is playing free shows in Manhattan and Brooklyn on September 10th and 11th.

Friday, September 10th
James Apollo
The Living Room
154 Ludlow Street
New York, NY 10002
free / 8pm doors / 10pm set / 21+

Saturday, September 11th
James Apollo
w/ Numbers and Letters
Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211-1312
free / 8pm show start / 9pm set / 21+



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James Apollo