Can’t Help Thinking About ‘Fashion’

It’s been too long!

We recently covered a couple Bowie tracks—one of which now appears on Fashion, a great freebie for Fruits de Mer members. You can get a taste of our rendition of “Can’t Help Thinking About Me” here, at the 1:20 mark:

To hear the complete track, as well as Cary Grace’s cover of “Black Country Rock,” check out Gideon Coe’s Radio 6 show from 9 November. You can stream the show for eight more days.

For more information about the Fashion freebie CD, give Fruits de Mer a visit here.

Thanks a lot for listening!

Record Collector Magazine’s Modern Collectibles Vinyl Series / IPO Festival

It’s been a long time, but we’re happy to report that our cover of the Bee Gees’ “Red Chair, Fade Away” is on Plankton—A Fruits de Mer Compilation, the first installment of Record Collector’s Modern Collectibles vinyl series. It’s selling for £19.99 plus shipping. Get it now, before it goes for way more on eBay—which it will (FdM’s A Phase We’re Going Through comp just went for $454!).

Also, the International Pop Overthrow festival is currently underway, and we’re playing the L.A. leg of it August at Fais Do Do. Check the SHOWS section for more info.

—Dan, Dan and Jerry

Bluefat’s Best Music of 2012

We want to extend a sincere thank you to John Payne and Bluefat for including us in their Best Music of 2012 lineup. It definitely makes all the hard work worth it!

Please pay Bluefat a visit and check out all the insight its contributors have to offer devoted followers of music, art and film.

Happy New Year!

We hope everyone is enjoying a great start to the New Year! To kick off 2013 with style, we put together a rather fitting montage to accompany the title track off the record. As always, thanks for your continued support!

New Review at New Untouchables

We’ve updated the Reviews section with a review by Graham Lentz over at New Untouchables. If you just want to click on through, click here. Thanks, Graham!

We’re live at 4th Street Vine in Long Beach, December 8th!

There isn’t a whole lot better than quality beer and wine, except for live music. Come out to Long Beach on Saturday, December 8, and enjoy both! The show begins around 8pm with the fantastic Rockford and ends with our set. Hope to see you there!

Time change for this weekend’s Vamp Soundout! show

7 o’clock it is. Hope to see you there!

We’re live in Oakland on Saturday, October 13!

Post-IPO and Clifton’s Corner

We had a great time playing Fais Do Do last Friday and are working on setting up more shows in the near future. With any luck, that will include another adventure in Northern California. We’re also just getting started on a new Fruits de Mer collaboration, which we’ll be able to tell you more about soon, hopefully.

Please check out Vol. 16 of Clifton’s Corner over at Aquarium Drunkard, a great independent audio blog. Clifton, aka DJ Soft Touch, is a sought-after L.A. DJ who spins soul, R&B, funk, psych, and other great tunes at some of the L.A. area’s most popular bars. He‘s a great friend with impeccable taste, which is why we were taken aback/flattered/touched when he included three Sidewalk Society tracks in this installment of Clifton’s Corner. (He’s also one of L.A.’s most stylish men. Nothing to sneeze at.)

As usual, we’re grateful for everyone’s support!

—Dan, Dan and Jerry

“Nice Boys” Live at Fais Do Do

We played several tracks off Venus, Saturn and the Crescent Moon live at the International Pop Overthrow festival, Friday, August 3, 2012, at Fais Do Do in Los Angeles. Here’s one of them.