NEW
VIDEO: ARE YOU FREE Just
released is a new
Mother Hips video for the track "Are You Free" from Pacific Dust. Produced/directed/edited
by Patrick Murphree (who also produced the Stories
We Could Tell documentary) the video was shot over two days in
San Francisco and features Tim Bluhm, professional surfer/model Holly
Beck, Alex Nelson (brother of Jackie Greene) and includes cameo appearances
by band members. Check
it out!!
SECOND
ANNUAL BIG SUR HIPNIC ANNOUNCED FOR APRIL 30-MAY 1! (((folkYEAH!))) & The
Mother Hips will be hosting the 2nd Annual Mother Hips Family Hipnic
on April 30 & May 1 in Big Sur, CA. The event will take place
at Fernwood Resort in Big Sur, CA over two days - April 30 & May
1, 2010. The other artists set to perform include Jackie Greene,
Little Wings, Dawes, Neal Casal (The Cardinals), Farmer Dave Scher
(Beachwood Sparks, All Night Radio), Elisa Randazzo (The Red Krayola),
Parson Red Heads, Nicki Bluhm, Red Cortez, and Sparrow's Gate.
The event was curated by both The Mother Hips, who will headline
both nights, and (((folkYEAH!))) Presents. "The Hipnic is everything
I like about music festivals; great acts, pristine surroundings and
no crowds. This year the camping is on-site so it will be even better.
It's a beautiful place, a beautiful season, and a beautiful group
of people." says Tim Bluhm, Mother Hips front-man, singer-songwriter,
and guitarist.
Tickets are
on sale now!! Only 300 tickets are being released so get 'em while
they're hot! Details can be found at www.folkyeah.com.
UPCOMING
SHOWS AND SUMMER FESTIVALS The
Mother Hips are in Colorado this week before heading
out to SXSW in Austin,
Texas this weekend where they'll be playing a number
of shows along side some other great bands! In April,
after doing a west coast run which will include stops
in Oregon and California, the guys will head east to
play the prestigious Bowery
Ballroom in New York City and Black
Cat in our nation's capital! This summer the Mother
Hips have been invited to play some great festivals including
the 20th Annual
High Sierra Music Festival, Wakarusa in
Arkansas, Desert
Rocks in Moab, among others. See the Tour
page
for details!
TWO
NEW TRACKS FROM 'PACIFIC DUST' ADDED TO ROCK
BAND VIDEO GAME The
Mother Hips have now added two new songs to the popular video
game, Rock
Band.
While the tracks "Time We Had" and "Time-Sick
Son of a Grizzly Bear" from Kiss
The Crystal Flake and
"Red Tandy (alternate version)" from the Red
Tandy EPhave
been included in the video game since its launch back in November
2007, now "White Falcon Fuzz" and "Third Floor Story" from
Pacific
Dust have
been added to the game for download!
PACIFIC
DUST OUT NOW! Our
new 11 song album 'Pacific Dust' is out now in all record
shops and online outlets. Spread the word! It's available on CD, vinyl,
and download. Support your local record shop. It's also available on
iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, and through our own web-store
exclusive offer.
EXCLUSIVE
PACIFIC DUST WEB-STORE OFFERING ORDER
NOW & RECEIVE IMMEDIATE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF PACIFIC DUST +
EXCLUSIVE 7 TRACK BONUS EP! Pacific
Dust is available in all configurations - Vinyl, CD, and digital
download! All orders via motherhips.com come with an exclusive
Bonus Digital EP which includes 3 outtakes from the Pacific Dust
sessions & exclusive unreleased live material! Click
here for order details.
MOTHER
HIPS AT DAYTROTTER! The
Mother Hips stopped by The Horseshack in Rock
Island, Illinois to play some songs, new and old, and have the
Daytrotter guys record them. The
Daytrotter recordings are
made with minimal mic’ing, through discrete
preamps and with some limiting to
the mixing console, where they are printed to 1/4” analog
tape. The
analog master is later transferred to a computer and converted
to MP3 and made available to you!! There is no set formula or pattern
to the recordings. They are all live,
no overdubs, straight to tape. What you hear is what happened in
the room that day.
Check
out the Mother Hips Session where they perform "White Falcon
Fuzz," "Time-Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear," "Kansas City Southern,"
and "Third Floor Story."
MOTHER
HIPS AT HEAR YA! The
Mother Hips stopped by the Hear
Ya Studio in Chicago, IL in November
and rocked out some songs from their latest release Pacific
Dust. Tune
in to check out live versions of "One Way
Out," "The
Lion and the Bull," and live videos of "White
Falcon Fuzz," "Third Floor Story," and "Pacific
Dust"!
THE
MOTHER HIPS NEW ALBUM "PACIFIC
DUST" OUT NOW!
NEW RECORD MIXES PURE AMERICANA STORYTELLING WITH PSYCHEDELIC POWER
POP -
CLICK HERE TO ORDER -
The
Mother Hips have flown under the radar as true indie music pioneers
for almost two decades. With the release of their new album Pacific
Dust, California's unsung
psych-pop heroes tell their story. Hailed by critics for their "rootsy
mix of 70s rock and power pop" (pitchfork.com) and for their unflinching
ability to "sing it sweet and play it dirty" (New Yorker), on Pacific
Dust The Hips' signature sound rings more genuine and relevant than
ever before.
"We
came in to this process with no expectations," says Bluhm.We
went in to the studio and gathered around a microphone and just
jammed for about three hours. We each took home copies of this
jam and listened for about a month. Then we came back together
and, in a way, tried to re-create the best parts of the demo
tape. Pacific Dust is part improvisation, part lucid dream, and
part sweaty rock concert. It is a big step forward for the Mother
Hips."
For
the band's seventh full-length studio album, The Mother Hips
have never been more primed to share their well-traveled tales
- the long days and nights on the road, the gritty politics,
the smart inward reflections and man, the music! - all delivered
with a most appealing balance of Americana storytelling and
their California-burnished rock.
Pacific Dust's compositions about penning a song in your kitchen
at 3:00 am (the thundering album opener "White Falcon Fuzz"), record company politics (garage-rock boogie "Third Floor Story"), and a father and son's relationship through music (on the ballad "Young Charles Ives")
indeed tell the story of many American rock bands. But here's why
it matters: The Mother Hips have survived, and in fact thrived,
throughout the journey - and Pacific Dust, with its bittersweet
melodies, poignant lyrics, and strong and gritty musicianship,
is a perfect example of why.
The Mother Hips owe most of their success to their large and loyal
fanbase. Earlier albums such as Part-Timer
Goes Full, Green Hills of Earth,
and Red Tandy have become
almost cult classics among indie music buffs, and the band's most
recent 2007 release, Kiss the Crystal
Flake, offered proof that the band still continues
to attract new supporters. Over the years, the band has worked
with and played alongside a slew of renowned/respected colleagues
including super-producer Rick Rubin, Wilco, Johnny Cash, and many
others.
Today, armed with their newest release Pacific Dust, The Hips are
poised to take their experience and talent to another level for
this next leg of their already epic journey.
Pacific
Dust was produced by The Mother Hips and David Simon Baker.
It contains 11 songs. track listing to be announced shortly.
The band will
tour this fall in support of Pacific Dust.
MOTHER
HIPS (ACOUSTIC) VIDEOS FROM SARATOGA, CA 6/10/09 Mother
Hips (Acoustic), aka Tim and Greg, opened for Rodrigo Y Gabriela at
the picturesque Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA on June 10th. Watch
acoustic versions of "Time
We Had" and the Everly Brothers' "Gone,
Gone, Gone."
"MAGAZINE"
VIDEO FROM THE INDEPENDENT - SAN FRANCISCO, CA 4/25/09
The Mother Hips took the stage at The Independent in San Francisco on April 25th
and once again treated their fans to their brand of California rock! Check a video of
"Magazine" featuring
Jackie Greene on keys.
MOTHER
HIPS ON TAP TAP REVENGE 2
The
Mother Hips have contributed a handful of songs to Tap
Tap Revenge 2, the #1 free iPhone game of 2008. It's all
free to download and play -- all you need is an iPhone or iPod
Touch. Mother Hips songs included are "Time We Had," "White
Headphones," "Hey Emilie," "Red
Tandy," "White Hills," and "Rich Little
Girl."
The
ESPN Extreme Sports Blog posted a feature on Tim Bluhm describing
his passion for, and contributions to, the state he loves...
California. Check it
out here!
THE
ULTIMATE SETLIST SHOW -
CAFE DU NORD - SF 09.12.08 - DOWNLOAD NOW AVAILABLE!
On September
12th, Mother Hips fans congregated at the Cafe Du Nord
in San Francisco to be treated to a blistering
performance of one unsuspecting fan's setlist which
was submitted weeks prior. The band stepped up to the challenge by
performing some of their older songs that hadn't been played in many
years! The capacity crowd was treated
to a high-energy performance which we are now making available
for download exclusively here. live
at cafe du nord is now available for download in AAC, MP3,
and CD-quality FLAC formats. Complete
downloadable artwork for print is included with this 3-CD,
3+ hour show! Click here for sound
clips.
Courtesy
of Jambase "This Friday was the prime example of why
it is a good
time to be a Mother Hips fan. The first word
went out on the Mother Hips message board The
Grotto months ago. The post was titled "Ultimate Setlist
Show." The idea was that fans build their dream setlist and
submit it to The Mother Hips. The band would then pick a setlist
at random and play it in its entirety. There were few criteria:
the list could not be more than 36 songs, it needed to be two
sets and the band had to have played all of the songs in the
show at least once over its near two decade long history. There
was no real publicity, but word spread from The Grotto like
the tendrils of a grapevine. Those of us that needed to be
at the Café du Nord that night would get there. Fans
that spanned the band's full history gathered and discussed
the impressive possibilities of this "ultimate" idea. No matter
whose list was chosen, it would be an epic show." - Review
by Andrew
Quist
EUROPEAN TOUR
2008 LIMITED EDITION AUTOGRAPHED SCREENPRINTS!
Only
200 available, each hand-numbered by the poster artist, and autographed
by Tim and Greg. The boys grabbed a handful of these to take
overseas for the Europe mini-tour, but have left quantity back
in the States to sale exclusively here.
The limited
edition poster is a 2-color screen-print, 8 x 30.5 inches,
and pressed on 110 lb. Museum White acid free paper. Grab
these before they're gone! The posters will ship around the
first week of July if all goes
well...
MOTHER
HIPS ACOUSTIC ON THE GILDED PALACE RADIO SHOW Making
their first visit to the UK (after 16 years!), the Gilded
Palace has devoted this week's entire show
to the The Mother Hips. The show includes an
exclusive interview with Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacano,
a special performance with T&G
(recorded in their hotel room at KWest-Shepards
Bush, London) and a soundboard recording of
their June 24th show at Camden's Dublin Castle.. Tuck
in!
MOTHER
HIPS ACOUSTIC IN EUROPE! Tim
and Greg, billed as Mother Hips Acoustic, have just wrapped up
a few shows performing in Europe. Two shows were supporting
Rodrigo Y Gabriela in London and Paris, one date was opening
for the Stars in Utrecht, Netherlands and the other two shows
were club dates in London. The guys also did an interview with
BBC Radio 6 Music News... This was the first time the guys played
on European soil! A few of the shows were recorded and may be
available for download here in the near future. Stay tuned... CHECK OUT THE EUROPEAN ACOUSTIC 2008 TOUR GALLERY
TIM
BLUHM INTERVIEW AT THE ROCK BAND VIDEO GAME WEBSITE The
Mother Hips have now contributed three tracks in total to the
popular video game, Rock
Band.
While the track "Time We
Had" from Kiss
The Crystal Flake has
been included in the video game since its launch back in November
2007, now "Time-Sick
Son of a Grizzly Bear" (also from Kiss
The Crystal Flake)
and "Red Tandy (alternate version)" from the Red
Tandy EP have
been added to the game for download. To read an interview from
Mother Hips frontman Tim Bluhm about these songs, click
here.
LIMITED
EDITION SPLIT 7-inch VINYL w/ UK's THE BEES
Camera
Records is proud to release a split 7" vinyl single on April
22 from two acclaimed bands: Isle
of Wight’s Mercury prize-nominated The
Bees (also known as "A
Band of Bees" in America) and esteemed California quartet The
Mother Hips. The single offers two brand new tracks, "Papa
Echo" by The
Bees and "Childish Dreams" by The Mother Hips. The
release marks the first studio recordings since 2007’s Octopus by
The Bees and Kiss
The Crystal Flake by The Mother Hips.
The record is a must have for afficionados who truly appreciate
the psychedelic-70’s-power-pop movement.
“Papa
Echo” from The Bees swirls their well-known
psychedelia with blazing Latin-jazz and salsa rhythms. Side
AA’s "Childish Dreams" from The Mother Hips brings a fresh
punch to the bands' repertoire, "melding heady Revolver-era
vocals with Zombies-esque pop." The antique green sleeve
was screen-printed in NYC with hand-drawn lettering by Hugh Miller
Surratt, the resident poster artist at Michigan State University
from 1970-1975, drawing posters for Miles Davis, The Byrds, Frank
Zappa, and The Grateful Dead, among others.
Orders
are being taken now. All orders received a free download of
each track within 24 hours of placing the order. This is a limited
edition release and these songs will not be available to download
individually without purchasing the vinyl. These tracks will not
be available via iTunes or any other digital distribution retailer.
Order
here.
HOUSE
OF BLUHM Tim
Bluhm's new album entitled House
of Bluhm produced by Jackie
Greene and Tim is out now on Tim's own Little Sur Recording
label. Other players include Jackie Greene, Mike Curry (Jackpot,
Skinny Singers), John Hofer (Mother Hips, Oranger), Steve Adams
(ALO), Dan Lebowitz (ALO), and Nicki Bluhm. For sound
clips and to purchase either the CD or download of House
of Bluhm,
click
here.
MOTHER
HIPS (ACOUSTIC) VIDEOS FROM SARATOGA, CA 6/10/09
