It's the Supersound

I'm pretty pumped for CockNBullKid to release her debut album. I mean, it's only been 27+ months since I first started loving up on her tunes, so with much awaited and baited breath, I've been patient for the freshman full length. Adulthood will see daylight in February of the impending year [read = not soon enough] but we've waited this long, and what's a few more months to hold out for what will surely be a major player in my repertoire. To get ready and get amped for what's to come, chats are in order, and it's Beaston vs Bull in this installment.

CockNBullKid is currently on tour with Marina & the Diamonds and Kele. She's covered tracks by both artists, which you can grab for free here and here respectively. Also be sure to check out her cover of Rui de Silva's Touch Me over on her 'Space. Loving that. Even better, watch CNBK and Gonzales (her album collaborator and producer) doing a live cover of Destiny's Child Bills, Bills, Bills here. Most amazing!

SB: Describe CocknBullKid. I know it's your music moniker, but if you had to classify that term/phrase as a noun, or a genre of music, what would the definition of it be?
CNBK: Crying till you laugh and laughing till you cry.

 

SB: Talk about your earliest influences in the musical world. Did you grow up playing instruments, listening to mom and dad's old records, or what sparked the notion that "hey I think I need to be making music."
CNBK: It sounds cliche but as long as I can remember I have been into music. My parents don't own a musical bone in their bodies so I'm really not sure. My dad played loads of records round the house, so that probably had some influence. I also went to pentecostal church with  my Mum and younger brother. Music was a big part of that. Asides from that, I have harboured this ambition to be a singer and a writer.

 

SB: Over the past 2 years, a good deal of buzz has started to flow throughout blogs and online publications about your music. What's your response to the good dose of praise that you've been given for the material already out there?
CNBK: For every gushing review there's one saying your hair is shit or whatever. I try not to take it too seriously. I don't want to sound ungrateful to the people who have supported me though. I'm not really famous yet so I haven't read anything too bad or hyperbolic yet. But let's see what I say this time next year!

 

SB: Your debut album is coming out in February 2011. Talk about the process...writing, recording, working with Gonzales, etc.... it's been over two years since you first came out with initial cut On My Own, so how has the music evolved from then til now with the new material on the disc?
CNBK: I feel my writing has come a long since I first released On My Own in 2007. I always wanted to do something bigger, the album is quite unashamed and I'm proud of that. I got to work with great people like Gonzales who I clicked with immediately. He helped me to get back my focus for writing lyrics. I worked with Peter from Peter Bjorn and John- the Scandic have a great sense of humour so I hope that came across in the songs we did together. The album has taken a while and at times it was hard but it was never dull. Liam Howe ended up doing the production on most of the tracks. He is a big kid trapped in a mans body. We also clicked really quickly and he's very easy to work with.

 

SB: What happens next? More writing, recording, performing, etc...
CNBK: The warm up single One Eye Closed is out in the UK on Nov 8, then I go on a nation wide tour with Marina and the Diamonds. Then I do a few dates supporting Kele Okereke. Next single will be out after that then the album in Feb. 

 

SB: Quick questions: please pick one of the two options of eac

David Bowie or Giorgio Moroder
Bowie

Basquiat or Warhol
Warhol
 
Steak or Shrimp
Shrimp
 
NYC, London or Paris
Dying to go to NY, I just know I will love it. But for now gonna stay patriotic and say London.

8-Bit or Vocoder
8-bit

ABBA or Adriano Celentano
Abba! Obv.

Lady Gaga or Coco Chanel
Damn, love them both but I'll say Coco Chanel.

Spring or Fall
Spring

High Fives or Thumbs Up
High Fives

Computer or TV
Computer

Radio or Record Player
Record Player
 
Champagne or Shots
Champagne schweedie.

  

mp3: CockNBullKid - Misery (Hercules and Love Affair Remix)

mp3: CockNBullKid - One Eye Closed (Aspirins For My Children Remix)

Today's going to be a busy one. Know how? I've already busted out 4 posts prior to the bits...which, generally speaking, is the initial post each and every day.

It ain't first, but it's still good...now excuse me, whilst I go wipe the sweat from my freneticishist typing fingers.

Arcade Fire announced they will stream their August 5 show at Madison Square Garden online. link

Shit Robot, the godfather of DFA Records, will be releasing his debut album on September 21. I've heard it and it's massive and you can have a remix of I Found Love from TBD. Yes.

Kele's US tour dates shifted. Get the new lot here.

Free Miss TK & The Revenge and Lemonade show with special Au Revoir Simone DJ set on July 27. RSVP here. Open bar from 9:00 - 10:30pm too.

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals unveil the official clip for Paris (Ooh La La). It's pretty sexy and I'm still 100% in love with this song. link

mp3: Shit Robot - I Found Love (TBD Remix)

Just as that title expresses, Kele has marked his next single, and it's Everything You Wanted, from his fantastic debut album, The Boxer. The song follows Tenderoni, the first official single, and Rise and Walk Tall, two promotional outputs, as the singer's further foray into his solo career.

Everything You Wanted will see a proper release on August 16. In addition to the spectacular original cut, mixes come from some of the biggest names in the land of fixes including: RAC, Punks Jump Up, Fred Falke, Disco of Doom, DJ Mujava, Kutz and Max Tundra. So huge!

To celebrate, I'm hitting you with the Punks Jump Up mix, and you can grab a zip of the RAC, Disco of Doom and DJ Mujava edits here.

mp3: Kele - Everything You Wanted (Punks Jump Up Remix)