The Cat Empire - Two Shoes
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Artist: The Cat EmpireEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-02-06
Music Label: Velour Recordings
Soundtracks:
- Sly
- In My Pocket
- Lullaby
- The Car Song
- Two Shoes
- The Chariot
- Sol Y Sombra
- Party Started
- Protons, Neutrons, Electrons
- Saltwater
- The Night That Never End
Free Music Notes for Two Shoes
Free Music Review: If you like reggae,ska, jazz, salsa, hip-hop, rock n roll dance bands.....
Hit: 5 Stars
then this is the band for you. What an incredible body of work these guys have put together. I just recently discovered them, so I had the treat of essentially getting two discs by them in one week. I think I would have to call them my favorite band now, and this is probably the best disc of 2007. That is saying a lot, because I feel that 2007 was a great year music with a lot of excellent releases, made even more apparent by a truly dismal 2006 group of discs (except for their debut disc and a handful of others.). I have never heard a band blend so many different styles in such a creative fashion. You want your next party to be a hit? Throw on "The Cat Empire" CDs and throw "The Teddybears" CD in the mix as well.
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For six guys from Melbourne, Australia, to travel half the world to record their second record indicates titanic success for their first. And that's what led the jazzed-up, funked-out popsters Cat Empire to a studio in Havana, Cuba, to follow up that million-selling debut. Here, the band takes its Latin leanings a step farther, creating room for what is billed as the Empire Horns--trombone, trumpet, and sax--in its driving, thriving beat. Lead vocalist Felix Riebl's witty intellect and dripping Aussie twang are the Cat's most distinguishing merits (see the Bob Marley love-fest of a title track and the first line of the offbeat "Sly": "If frizzy hair was a metaphor for festival time/Then this woman is a goddess of that festival shrine"). Yet compatriot Harry James Angus demands equal billing here, with contributions like the ska rave "Saltwater," the punkish memoir "The Car Song," and "Protons, Neutrons, Electrons"--an uproarious showtune of a song complete with delightful piano break and "zip-a-dee-doo" chorus. Still, co-stars aside, this is a complementary sextet that's seemingly comfortable with nearly any style of music--and willing to circle the globe to prove it. --Scott HolterThe Cat Empire's Two Shoes -- their second consecutive double platinum LP in their native Australia -- brings Australia's most dynamic musical export to the the US. Live music fans (and anyone at Bonnaroo this year) may already have had the opportunity to catch one of the band's legendary shows -- but until now recorded material was as hard to find as Vegemite. Looking for inspiration beyond the beaches of Melbourne, TCE journeyed to Havana, Cuba to record Two Shoes with producer/engineer Jerry Boys (R.E.M., Rolling Stones) in the studio where the Ry Cooder's Buena Vista Social Club LP was recorded. The result was a record that captures all the energy of a live band at its peak, but also sacrifices nothing in the way of songcraft. Compared to everything from Cake to Madness to Sublime, The Cat Empire's genre-bending is a trademark of the music scene in Melbourne. The band was founded in 1999 by vocalist/percussionist Felix Riebl and bassist Ryan Monro and quickly built up a massive following down under with its incendiary live shows, leading within two years to two double platinum releases on Virgin/EMI. Fueled by the internet word-of-mouth, the band has already sold out venues from Irving Plaza to the Troubadour. The band will headline an 11 date US tour in support of this LP at 500 -1000 cap venues.
Following on from their double platinum self-titled debut, Melbourne 6-piece The Cat Empire return with their 2005 album 'Two Shoes'. The album was recorded in Cuba with producer Jerry Boys on board and features the infectious first single 'Sly'. Virgin. 2005.
Following on from their Double Platinum Self-titled Debut, the Melbourne 6-piece Return with their Album 'two Shoes'. 'two Shoes' was Recorded in Cuba with Producer Jerry Boys (Rem, Buena Vista Social Club, Billy Bragg, Wilco).
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