Tag Archives: The Phenomenal Handclap Band

Live Video: The Phenomenal Handclap Band on the Morning Show

For their recent in-studio session on the Morning Show, the New York collective The Phenomenal Handclap Band pared down to a five piece from their usual eight but lost none of their funky psychedelic sound. Rollicking keys, tribal beats, repetitious harmonies, groovy synths — it’s all there in this rendition of the insanely infectious and [...]

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Thursday News Threads

CMJ just announced the initial lineup of the 2009 Music Marathon. Hundreds more bands will be announced in the following weeks, but among those performing at various showcases and club around NYC on October 20th - 24th are many you’ll hear on KEXP: Broadcast, School of Seven Bells, Atlas Sound, Japandroids, The Budos Band, Suckers, [...]

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Out This Week 6/23

New album by Dinosaur Jr.! Not much more needs to be said about that. It should be on top of everyone’s CD stack this week. Never mind the bad band names on the rest — Lord Cut-Glass, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Amazing Baby, Spinnerette, Deer Tick, Sunset Rubdown, Pete Yorn (sorry, Pete!) — there’s actually [...]

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