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Pretty Bird. Smash. |
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| Location: | TUCSON, Arizona |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jul 30, 2008 (488 days back) |
About Me |
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| "Baked Alaska: Love Songs for Awful People" should be done soon. The songs in the player are some pre-final-mix band recordings and some solo Brian demos.
Brian Field started doing open mics in 2007 after having given up music for a decade or so. Then he put together a band called Traffic Violator with Courtney Robbins, Fen "Hero Alligator" Ikner, and Miguel Monroy, but didn't last all that long. Around spring of '08, he met Matt Anderson, who helped him cultivate a different sound. Matt Anderson grew up in Kansas, and was in Manhattan bands The Hard Guilt, and Egomaniacs when he lived there. Now he's got a project with his buddy Ben Laden called Awestrich. He plays guitar, writes, programs in that band. You oughta check that out. Awestrich is in our top friends when ya scroll down. Here's a video of Brian and Courtney. One of Brian's pretty songs. Live shows with Matt are more obnoxious. But pretty in a different way. Do Not Resuscitate - Club Congress, Tucson - 2/23/08We are called "Pretty Bird. Smash." and we are hardcore anti-folk. We will melt your hearts and faces. Wanna read more? Here's some words from a couple dudes who liked Brian's solo stuff enough to write something. PB.S. press is forthcoming. Well. Hopefully. From professor/music writer/photographer Charles Bertsch, on Mog.com about a demo he got his hands on: “[Field] consistently steers clear of the alternative Southwestern ornaments - some would say clichés - that have dominated the indie scene here for two decades...You could say, in fact, that Field’s music goes out of its way to resist being placed, an admirable quality that could well make it more difficult for him to get the attention he deserves...In Field’s case, however, the force and specificity of his lyrical invention may yet be enough to make up for the easy ways out he tries hard not to take...At first glance, these lyrics may seem too matter-of-fact, banal even. The closer you look and the harder you listen, however, the more it becomes apparent that what seems simple here actually represents deft maneuvering to avoid the pitfalls that leave so many songwriters staring up at the jungle from six feet down...Field’s half-sung delivery and rhythm-forward acoustic guitar work sometimes reminds of The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle. But whereas the latter tends to retreat into an irony shell when things get too real, Field pushes forward in the quixotic quest for sincerity. In that regard, he reminds me more of the solo acoustic side to Hüsker Dü and Sugar’s Bob Mould.”.. From Ben Cook, formerly of Saint Rorschach and currently of Chicago's Ghostrunner Assembly on Brian Field playing acoustic: "If Brian Field played an electric guitar and had a full backing band, he'd be one of the loudest motherfuckers on Earth...or at least in Tucson. And I would know. But he doesn't, so you can actually hear the notes he's playing, which is really pretty cool." .. From me: |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 12/10/2006Band Members: Brian Field and Matt Anderson. Period. Influences: Dismemberment Plan, Springsteen, Donovan, MC5, Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Mountain Goats, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonic Youth, Tom Waits, Six Finger Satellite, John Chance, Crooked Fingers, Elvis Costello, David Wilcox, Fugazi, Bob Marley, Propaghandi, Hendrix, Dylan, Mike Patton, Scarce, Shudder To Think, NOFX, Sly and The Family Stone, Arab On Radar, Bad Brains, Rollins, Jane's, Rapeman, Shellac, Killing Joke...and lots of other stuff I don't sound like at all, but always emulate when I'm fucking around making noise on the guitar. Sounds Like: At times in the past: Elvis Costello, Jonathan Richman, Bob Mould, Bright Eyes, Luka Bloom, Against Me!, Sufjan Stevens, Mountain Goats, Springsteen, Creedence? Joe Walsh? Gordon Lightfoot? Really??? Anyway, my projects are getting progressively louder and more formidable and obnoxious. Record Label: Self-released Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Acoustic / Post punk / Powerpop) |
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My Blog |
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NEW FRIEND POLICY! |
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| I've decided to purge the friendlist and leave Pretty Bird. Smash.'s friendship open only to those who actually have an interest in the music, and those who I actually have an interest in. If you wann... Posted by Pretty Bird. Smash. on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:06:00 PST |
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Ode To A Fly |
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| I threw up a big chunk of an old demo that I did with my old band in 19 hundred and 93, when I was just a little boy with a dream of being badass. It's the one called Ode To A Fly. It won't be there l... Posted by Pretty Bird. Smash. on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:26:00 PST |
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Dropping Out |
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| Hiya,I just learned about compression, so I re-posted Dropping Out - a louder version. If anyone wants it, shoot a message and I'll give you a Yousendit link. This isn't the version that will go on th... Posted by Pretty Bird. Smash. on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:27:00 PST |
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Sunday Drives |
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| If anyone is looking for the version I did with bass and drums (I cannot imagine anyone would be, but), I took it down out of embarrassment. It'll go back up once I make it not so ghey. I was going fo... Posted by Pretty Bird. Smash. on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:08:00 PST |
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Oh my God. |
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| Got your attention, huh. I have a "mass message" list. I send them out when I put a new song up, have a big show coming up, or wanna tell people I love 'em. If you wanna be on this particular list, le... Posted by Pretty Bird. Smash. on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:29:00 PST |
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Remix of Curse Hard Currency |
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| My favorite guitarist in town did a noise remix of Curse Hard Currency under his noise monicker, The Worthless Cocksuckers - www.myspace.com/twc. If all arsonists were crazy talented art school drop-o... Posted by Pretty Bird. Smash. on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:51:00 PST |
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Name That Tune |
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| I got a few good suggestions for song titles. I really coulda gone with any of them. I was really hoping someone would have suggested Coconut Asshole Farm, or God Therapy Boot, or something equally as... Posted by Pretty Bird. Smash. on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:16:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Matt, Awestrich, Club Congress, Courtney Robbins, fen, Giovanni, The Mighty Megatron, serpe, Eyepiece Photography, Jenna, Don Jennings, Kenan, Little Black Cloud, The Mighty Joel Ford, The Worthless Cocksuckers, Al Foul, Drive Like Jehu, Lightning Bolt, Big Business, Against Me!, Butcher & the Melancholy, Ryan, Nathan Jay Moody, lost art, keli, Matt Brown, The USM, Chemikal Junkie, Hero Alligator, SHINE, Santini, The Snake Handlers, Rich, Michael P. Nordberg, jane, you ignorant slut, the fuckin kennies, Geoffrey J., Bohemia, FAST HEART MART, Moosepuggle, Alizabeth, The Dusty Buskers, The Monitors, The Stoves, Timm James, Bryan, Diego
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