Deep Rest Cover of Monogamy

Monogamy (Deep Rest Version) by Science Heroes

Our good friend Cory Anderson AKA Deep Rest recorded this cover of Monogamy from our album Transmission Zero Hour.

Deep Rest has an incredible handle on the art of creating mood with music. Mostly it's a profoundly melancholy mood but he has also mastered the sardonic with his songs.

Do yourself a favor and at least listen to the songs I've hyper linked here. They are beautiful and interesting and catchy.

March 19th at Redoux Parlour with Tunnel Kings and Control, Inc

On March 19th we played The Redoux Parlour in Eugene, Oregon with fellow Eugeniuses The Tunnel Kings and Control, Inc.

The Venue
The Redoux Parlour is more than a clothing store: they're designers as well. I know nothing about fashion myself, so it's probably best if you check them out for yourself--across from Sweet life, next to Laughing Planet in the Whiteaker distract.

There is a small stage in the store and once all the clothing racks are cleared out, it makes for a really great venue. Comfortable wood floors for the audience to stand on, clothing lining the walls creating a nice sound space. It works out really well. Definitely catch a show there, but do some shopping before hand as well.

The Tunnel Kings
We first played with The Tunnel Kings a few years ago at The Black Forest. They were minors and got kicked out as soon as they came off the stage. I was impressed with the raw talent of those kids at the time, but they've even come a long way since then. I was standing there on Friday, just listening, and my friend Jeff leans over and sort of understates, "The guitar players in this band are really good." The fact of the matter is The Tunnel Kings are a solid rock band in every regard. Song writing, musicianship, presence--it's all there. Here's a video of one of the songs I enjoyed.

The Tunnel Kings from Science Heroes on Vimeo.

Control, Inc.
Lady's and gentlemen Control, Inc.:

Control, Inc. from Science Heroes on Vimeo.

I couldn't explain it, you just had to see it for yourself. I told them after the show, "Eugene's not ready for you, but they should be." I love this band.* We need one or two more doing the same type of thing so that we can start a scene.

Science Heroes
Remember when I mentioned that we put a little extra into our live shows that might not necessarily be on the recording. Well, here's an example. This is the end of New World as we play it live. If you have Transmission Zero Hour, you'll recognize the beginning part of this video, but after a while it will diverge into something else completely. The sound quality isn't great in here, but, enjoy:

New World Extro from Science Heroes on Vimeo.

Coming up in future posts: more details on upcoming performances and projects, I do a little review of Archeology's new album and showcase another local artist. -Andy Hero


*Duo, really.

Science Heroes in "The Dropout"

Here is an article about us by River Donaghey in The Dropout. About our new album, Transmission Zero Hour, Donaghey writes:

"Weber and Martens’ history together shines through on Transmission Zero Hour. It is not a debut record from a band that recently formed and wrote an album together. The nine songs on the disc sound stage-tested and perfected; the tracks blend together into a cohesive album, showcasing a band that’s found its niche through years of playing together."

Not a bad review, you ask me.

Don't forget to come see us tonight at Redoux Parlour w/ Tunnel Kings and Control.

Northwest Tour Dates

We've settled on some dates for a small Northwest tour. They are as follows:

Eugene - Wed, May 5
Portland - Thurs, May 6
Seattle - Fri, May 7
Spokane - Sat, May 8
Olympia - Sun, May 9

The Eugene show is planned for Gutenberg College to celebrate the birthday of their "patron saint" Soren Kierkegaard, but the rest of the dates do not have venues booked yet. So, help us out. If you know of any good venues in any of these cities, or bands that might be a good match for us, let us know.

Trailer for New Film by Mythoscope

Babylon Video

Here is a video Josiah put together. The footage is from the window of the Apollo 10 space capsule.

Science Heroes - Babylon from Science Heroes on Vimeo.

In other news, We are playing the Redoux Parlour (780 Blair Boulevard Eugene, OR) on March 19th with Control and Tunnel Kings. It's all ages, $3 cover. See you there.

The Muse Lounge w/ Archeology and the Slants (2.27.2010)

As you may well know, we released our first full-length album, Transmission Zero Hour, on Saturday February 27th, 2010. We played a show at The Muse Lounge in Eugene, OR with The Slants and Archeology that same night. It was a hell of a show and a really top-notch venue. Here's some of the lovely people in attendance:

Muse Lounge-Audience (2.27.10) from Science Heroes on Vimeo.

Yep, just your typical Science Heroes love fest.

The Venue:
The Muse Lounge is new in Eugene. The building used to be "Jo's Bar and Grill" over there on 21 6th Ave next to what used to be Taboo. Nice atmosphere, staff, stage, sound--all of it as good as it gets. If you get a chance to see a show there, go; you'll be right up close and personal with the artists and Joel (the sound tech) will make them sound awesome.

Archeology:
Although Archeology sounds nothing like Science Heroes (they'd be more at home playing with The Shins, Fleet Foxes or Blitzen Trapper), I think we have a similar approach to song writing: unique song structures with divers influences and strong narrative elements. I was really impressed with the songs they played from their new album--which comes out March 16th, btw. Exquisite vocal harmonies and pop hooks galore. Here's one of my favorites from their performance that night:

Archeology at Muse Lounge from Science Heroes on Vimeo.

These guys are hot shit right now. They're getting tons of buzz* and critical acclaim in Portland where they're from. They played with Frightened Rabbit recently. As the story goes, Frightened Rabbit actually found them on myspace and asked if they would open for them--I'm waiting for David Bowie to do the same for us. We've been playing shows together since the early days of Science Heroes and you can't ask for nicer or more insightful guys to shoot the breeze with about the music industry and what's working and not working for independent artists.

Science Heroes:
Here's a video of us performing Pistols at Ten Paces off our new album:

Pistols at Ten Paces from Science Heroes on Vimeo.

It's a fun song that does a good job getting bodies moving. You might notice some variation between the live version of the song and the studio version. We try to do things a little different when we play live. When we perform New World, for example, it has a really kick ass extended jam at the end of it that comes right out of left field. One of these days we'll get good video of it and post it to the blog, but until then you'll just have to come out and see us perform live.

The Slants:
What can I say about The Slants? How about this: my dear friend, award winning poet Tobin Johnston had such a big man crush on them after the show that he came up to me practically begging for $6 (he had $4 already--god knows how he got it) so that he could buy their CD. This bohemian (e.g. cheap ass) motherfucker probably hadn't even downloaded our album yet (for FREE mind you) and he's hitting me up for money to buy The Slants' album. I'm not surprised, really; The Slants have that effect on people. Look at all the people they're effecting in this video.**

Science Heroes has a lot to learn about showmanship from these guys, that's for sure. After the show, we had a great conversation about what makes a good stage performance; they liked our gear, we liked their sweet break moves. The Slants have a new album coming out on March 16th as well.

So that was the Muse Lounge show. Don't forget that you can stream our album for free at our music store (click on 'music' in the panel to your right) and download it for as much or as little as you want to pay for it--free even.

*The sidebar with the top 20 Portland artists; they're #9.
**This video is not of the show at the Muse Lounge. As if you couldn't tell.