HOSEY does a Bunch of Devo Covers!

"We smashed the synthesizers to pieces and used the wires to string our guitars. It's a reasonable facsimile."

Hosey brings you a grip of reimagined* Devo songs, on a night hosted by DJ Xerox of Copycat fame. Experience the sounds of Mothersbaugh and the "Whip It" boys filtered through a haze of breakbeats, ZZ Top, and your older brother's choicest hash oil.

Otto's Shrunken Head
14th Street and Avenue B
Wed 6/28 9pm
$0

* and some re-reimagined ones!

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[RECAP] Otto's Shrunken Head 04/14/2017

A couple of days late with this since it took some time to recover from this one.

Thanks to everyone who came out! Thanks to Otto's Shrunken Head for being a cool bar. Thanks to Rock 'Em Sock 'Em for having us play their night!

Big Thanks to Bobby Blue and Mabel for taking pictures!

SETLIST 04/14/2017

Cactus
Building Steam...
Frankie T.
Glass Onion
Syntax =/= Semantics
Clever Girl
These Southern Bones
Arcade Logic
Ultra Deluxe Chick Magnet
So There's a Girl...

[LIVE] HOSEY @ Otto's Shrunken Head 04/14 (NYC)

[LIVE] HOSEY @ Otto's Shrunken Head 01/13 (NYC)

[RECAP] Good Room 8/31/16

Hosey's first show in four(?!) years was a big success! We played as part of Garage Land, a weekly event featuring rock, garage, and punk bands. I'm not exactly sure where Hosey lies among all those genres; maybe wherever bands like Mission of Burma and DEVO fit? No matter, the show was amazing and all the bands killed.

Much thanks to Good Room, which is indeed a good room, and Tommy for booking us. Thanks to the other bands that shared the stage with us: The Heavy Howl, Sly Moth, and David Jacobsin and the Space Wizards. Special thanks to our friend Mabel who took these pictures for us.

SETLIST 8/31/16

Building Steam With a Grain of Shadow
Frankie T.
Glass Onion
Syntax =/= Semantics
Holiday Song
Valerie Loves Me
Walk Through Walls
So There's a Girl...

 

[LIVE] HOSEY at Good Room 8/31

After four long years, HOSEY returns from the darkest sides of the universe with new sounds and new tales to amaze Earthbound citizens.

What started as two men and one computer AI farcasting across the galaxy in search of the rarest vinyl and tastiest sandwiches quickly became an epic adventure between dimensions where living turntables the size of Saturn's rings sing the Music of the Spheres; where nebulae birth sounds instead of stars. A journey where black holes were swallowed, Shrike were slain, and Upside Downs were right-side-upped. And they even saved a cat.

Now, let HOSEY tell you of their adventures the only way they know how: through most excellent tunes.

And it doesn't end with the music! Afterwards, there will be a double birthday celebration. Buy a birthday beer for Patrik Phalen, the enigmatic mastermind behind HOSEY's double timeloop technology. And toast to another year of life with Lindsey Moore, the first human to tame the elusive agave of the red planet and distill Martian Mezcal.

The party will literally never end.

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But seriously, I am ecstatic to announce HOSEY is finally returning to the stage. Playing with our friends, The Heavy Howl, at Good Room in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Wednesday, August 31st, 9pm! Be there!

Here's the lineup:

Doors open at 8:30
HOSEY
HEAVY HOWL
SLY MOTH
DAVID JACOBSON AND THE SPACE WIZARDS

@
Good Room
98 Messerole Avenue
(Meserole & Manhattan Avenue)

$7 at the door

[MUSIC] "Blue Yellow Pink" - A Love Letter to Breaking Bad

As promised, Hosey is back at work on new music and preparing for live shows. Here's our first new song, "Blue Yellow Pink."




It's a sonic homage to the greatness that is Breaking Bad. The finale airs tonight, and I am feeling a mixture of excitement, to see how this whole saga wraps up, and a profound sadness as what might be the best show in the history of television shuffles off the air.

Hello.

It has been a while since we have heard from each other.

Hosey is back.

Writing new stuff. Planning shows now.

Here's an unreleased old (really old) track.



"Uh huh. That's right"

[RECAP] Goodbye Blue Monday 9/4/11

I'm a little late with the recap of the last show, but hey, it's only rock and/or roll. We played another acoustic set in the backyard garage (or "theater" to hear them tell it) at Goodbye Blue Monday. I really love that venue. During the Summer they barbecue burgers and such out back, and the scent of grilled goodness drifting across a stage during a performance of twangy acoustic music is absolutely copacetic.

[LIVE] Hosey at Goodbye Blue Monday Sept 4th, 9pm

What's the end of the Summer without a BBQ? Nothing, that's what. And what's an end of Summer BBQ soundtracked by Hosey? Something. Come out and join us in the backyard garage at Goodbye Blue Monday in Brooklyn for delicious eats and an acoustic set from y'all's trulies. We'll be playing some new songs, old favorites, and some choice covers. There will be a lot of other excellent bands performing, plus cheap drinks and beautiful people, as in super awesome people who know how to have fun. Drinks are cheap and the cover is free. Uh huh, that's right, zero dollars. See you there!

[RECAP] "Blow Up the Moon" Photos & Wrap Up

DJ Doriana auf die einsen und zweien

This past Wednesday night was "Blow Up the Moon", a night of bands, booze, and DJs hosted by Hosey. Catch my recap and some photos after the jump...

[LIVE] Hosey at Otto's Shrunken Head July 27th, 10pm

It's that time of year again! When Hosey takes over Otto's Shrunken Head for an entire night. "Blow Up the Moon" is the theme, as Hughes and I will be making a moon-shaped pinata for your smashing enjoyment. We'll be performing, of course, along with our good friends Intuitions and Proxima Control. Out front Hosey will DJ between band sets. 

[LIVE] Hosey at Goodbye Blue Monday June 18th, 9pm

 Wow. It's been about a year since Hosey last played a show (we've done some performances in the meantime as our side project, Goodbye Bikini Island, which you may have caught). On Saturday, June 18th we will play a set of new and very different material at Goodbye Blue Monday in Brooklyn (see map). GBM is an awesome little venue with a stage inside and a patio out back where bands perform. We will be on the back patio at 9pm. Bands will be playing inside and outside all night. The cover is only $5, and you can be assured that the musicians will be paid out of that.

Beginning Work on a New Album

I am very excited to announce that tomorrow morning, shortly after 4am, Hosey will begin recording songs for our new album:Cavalry!... and I Don't Mean Horses. This one is going to be a wild departure from previous albums, even by Hosey standards. Less sampling this time around, more original components. Earlier Hosey tracks that are somewhat indicative of the new stuff would be "Ludicrous Speed", "Cribs", "Mode 7", and "Just a Few Seconds".

The album's theme, in typical convoluted Hosey fashion, is a post-apocalyptic Western-style nightmare of a young man who loses the love of his life to the seductions of a twisted cult. She is kept in a castle, cut off from the outside world. Unwilling to lose her without a fight, he hires the only person with the balls to take on the castle with him: a helicopter-piloting, sharpshooting cowgirl known only as Harriet. (Did I mention that horses and helicopters are the only means of transportation?)

From the HOSEY Vault - "Oblivion" (1999)

Oblivion by Hosey

This is one of the earliest Hosey recordings I have. I'll have to write more about it later when I'm not so tired. I made it before I had a sampler, so the process I went through to accomplish the recording was kind of interesting.

It features a sample from The Evil Dead. One of the greatest movies of all time. Also, a sample from Transformers: The Movie (1986). One of my favorite movies of all time, but obviously it's not even remotely close to being one of the best movies of all time.

Groovy.

Unofficial "Bootleg" Hosey Shirts

How cool is this? Someone, who isn't me, has designed Hosey t-shirts and is currently selling them through Zazzle.

[VIDEO] "Muse of the Dance" (Hosey music-related)

Untitled from Charles Brice on Vimeo.

This is something I didn't have anything to do with, but it uses some Hosey music so I thought I'd pass it on. This is a really cool video of Nicole Marquez, a dancer currently in Mississippi  who I met while she was in NYC. She has a very interesting story, which I won't rehash here as it is in the video.

I think the video is beautiful. I love all the music she and the director/crew used. I especially like that she used "Cribs" by Hosey, since we wrote that song. There's also music by an up-and-comer whose star is rising fast: Nina Simone! I'm sure she will go far...

[MP3] "The Holiday Song" by The Pixies, as Performed by Hosey

The Holiday Song by Hosey

Hosey performing "The Holiday Song", originally written and performed by The Pixies. Click the little arrow on the right of the player if you deem this worthy of downloading. Song info and babbling after the jump...

All Together Now

Nice try, Sauron

Rounding up some links from the nets I've found interesting. In this (weekly?) installment: Steve Albini rants, Nas slams Def Jam, Kyle Bylin examines some psychological aspects of the correlation between purchasing and liking music, Lego's BrickCon 2010, and other fun stuff

Hosey Blog Write-Up (#02) - Potholes in My Blog

I am absolutely stoked about getting a write-up at this site, Potholes in My Blog. To be mentioned alongside cats as amazing as DJ Shadow, Kid Koala, Dan the Automator, and Madlib is truly one of the greatest compliments Hosey's ever received. I would have been happy just to be compared to these guys in a negative way, as in "Hosey's not as good as...". But, to be compared favorably... it puts me on cloud nine. Those four artists are some of my musical heroes (My friends can attest that I go on and on about Kid Koala at times). It was exposure to them that got me into turntablism and sampling. Thank you, Andrew Martin. I can not explain how vindicating it is as a musician when someone goes out of their way to promote the things we've worked so hard on. 

Click here for the post and free mp3s at Potholes In My Blog's site.