Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 4:32 pm (EST)
By
GnarlyTown USA
Tenderloin - harsh neighborhood in SF. Also a cut of meat, either beef or pork.
Most know what the Tenderloin is in San Francisco right? As Dave Chappelle says in his For What It’s Worth stand up special, “… there’s nothin’ tender about that Motherfucker at all. That shit was rough!” All you SF Bay’ers might have some understanding of this song, The Tenderloin, from Meanest Man Contest. Basically has to do with, you know, San Francisco’s rough and rugged, Tenderloin neighborhood. The album is called Partially Smart and is on RCRD LBL. Eric Steuer and Quarterbar’s project started back at UCSB (with other members) as Mic.edu but then after their move to the bay area, they changed the name to Meanest Man Contest. Now split between LA and SF, the boys are still making music together, frequently. Check out their tomspace for more songs, and buy their music/albums from their website here…
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 8:49 pm (EST)
By
GnarlyTown USA
What happens when you take sad songs and make them sadder aka more sad? Answer, Quarterbar’s Quarterbar Gets Sad With Motown. Musical renaissance man, Quarterbar had the chance a bit ago to remix aka re-do aka make them more “indie” - Included in the 4 track series are Motown classic sad songs from The Supremes, Jimmy Ruffin, The Four Tops, and Smokey Robinson. Adding some synth, some folk sound, different drumming, and odd guitar and offbeat sounds - he ends up with some nice sounding tracks. There are four songs that he released, some sound better than others in my opinion, but still interesting nonetheless. Rumor is that he got full access to these songs to remix from the label itself - which seems like unless you’re shelling out money, would be damn near impossible. Not everyone will like these songs, and I can hear someone say “why you gonna go and fuck with a classic?” Well, whatever, I think it’s rad he did it and I think he did a hellova job. He also makes the music for LA/SF “indie” rap outfit, Meanest Man Contest (Check back with a song of theirs to come soon!) and also was in the “indie” band Jim Yoshii Pile Up from 1997 until 2005 (I think that’s when they broke up).
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