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Loudvine - The Beauvilles Feel Some Los Angeles Love

posted May 30th 2009, 00:21

Huge thanks to Loudvine.com, Los Angeles' premier live music site, for championing these fine chaps!

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Florida based rockers The Beauvilles rock. Catchy, I know, but seriously what more can you say about these dudes?  As I listened to them the other day, with each knob dial turn making it just a bit louder, I realized I should probably turn my stereo down for fear my anal retentive neighbors would come knocking on my door(again), and complain about the music being too loud.

We wont get into the tragedy of apartment living, but we will say this about The Beauvilles-I do not personally know these four dudes, but I think they are deranged(and we mean that in a good way) and determined to make rock and roll, pure to the very core  and the only way they know how; essentially lifting a middle finger at everyone while living every line and every power chord as if it were their last.

Amen to that, music, for the sake of making music and sharing it with the people. What a concept! More people should listen to The Beauvilles. Play The Beauvilles and give yourself a treat. But please do it for the band itself that has put so much of their soul into making this music, so play it really stinking loud. You will thank yourself. They have quite a few upcoming shows in Florida in June and July and hopefully these dudes will make their way to the left coast were we will be ready to welcome them with open arms!

Orlando Weekly: Happy-Go-Lucky - An Interview With Gleeful Pop Band XOXO

posted May 19th 2009, 15:06

Happy-go-lucky: Is there another layer to Orlando's gleeful pop band XOXO?

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For a FREE DOWNLOAD of their single "The Dissociative Fugue" click here!

 

By Justin Strout

For the record, I just wanted to play some Wii.

Local indie pop band XOXO have just recorded their debut EP, C’est la Vie, and after about a year of intensive name-building, playing every regional show they could get their hands into – not to mention this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival – it’s time I got to know them.

But I’ve been pummeled by a head cold for going on a week now and I could really use some fun, something that XOXO happen to specialize in. From their scattershot tour blogs hosted by Orlando Sentinel to the infuriatingly sunny rainbow beaming out from a guitar case on their album cover, to say nothing of their now-famously cute band name that translates to “hugs and kisses,” who better to shake me out of my funk? To make things even more impossibly exultant, perennially merry Jeff Ilgenfritz of Mumpsy produced C’est la Vie. And he just bought a Wii. “I’ve been totally downloading everything with Mario or Zelda/Link from the old consoles. Valhalla!” he boasts. That sounds perfect.

Instead, I’m sniffling my way toward Seven Sisters Coffeehouse on Mills on a muggy evening. XOXO singer Noah Kussack and bassist Kyle Raker sit out front to greet me. Apparently, the Seven Sisters are doing well enough in this economy to afford closing by midday. Wally’s is a block away, but they only take cash. For all their DIY attitude toward music, Kussack – who rode his motorcycle directly from his day job pimping cell phones – and oxford-and-tie admissions rep Raker are all plastic. We settle in at Will’s Pub across the street.


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The Beauvilles' "Snow" Wins Best Video at Sunscreen Film Festival

posted May 6th 2009, 23:56

We are very proud to announce the video for The Beauvilles' song “Snow” won the award for Best Video at The Fourth Annual Sunscreen Film Festival.

 Congrats boys!

 

 

XOXO - CD Release Weekend Starts Tomorrow

posted Apr 29th 2009, 18:30

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Posted Wednesday, April 29th 2009 by Scott Harrell

X.O.X.O. - say "hugs and kisses," or don't, depending on your willingness to indulge - crafts an equally earnest and quirky sort of indie-pop that's really too original to describe via the usual comparisons to Weezer . Shades of everything from the Elephant Six collective and Of Montreal to disco, go-go and edgy post-folk are evident in the band's sound, without ever sounding cluttered. Mostly, it's just beat-happy and innately catchy, with a melancholy scrim of clouds sometimes obscuring its inherent sunniness.

The Orlando group has a new album out called C'est la Vie, and it's pretty damn irresistible.

24 Hour Service Station is co-releasing the record with Orlando's Post Records. 24 Hour Service Station is handling the CD and Digital, while Post presses vinyl and CASSETTE. Yep, they are putting music on tape!

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The Beauvilles: Emergent rock stars hit their stride

posted Apr 21st 2009, 21:30

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Who they are: Shawn Kyle (vocals, guitar), Chris Tolan (guitar), Johnny Barker (bass), Craig Holmes (drums).

Their story: Mentions in Rolling Stone and other national media outlets, a headlining set this weekend at South by Southwest — all of it was a long time coming for one of Tampa’s most hard-working bands, the Beauvilles, a majestic, intense and dynamic rock band with no convenient comparisons or gimmicks, just the artistic vision of frontman Shawn Kyle.

The goods: Click here to listen to the Beauvilles' single Snow. And keep reading for the full story on how Kyle went from lounge lizard to roots rocker to alt-glam hero...

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