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Boo Frog, Hairspray Blues, Phil White @ Plan B @ 9/16

Erika Katrin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:01:46 +0000

Boo Frog – Everett True

Erika Katrin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:12:51 +0000

Everett True writes on his blog about our debut album

The music is raw and timeless, psychedelic and trippy: all fuzzed guitars and mean gruff male vocals and Dead Moon-flecked female. One suspects there’s only a minimum of musicians playing, because Boo Frog clearly understand the way silence and the space between the silences can unsettle. There’s no bass. Why would there be? Why would there be? Reverb, as ever, is their queen and castle and legacy and floating jetsam pushing aside the barges of woe.

…This seems like everything The Racounteurs could be, but are not in any shape or form. I kept expecting ‘Crushed’ to break into 13th Floor Elevators’ ‘You’re Gonna Miss Me’. Boo Frog are hard. Boo Frog are heavy. Boo Frog crush.

Read the entire review (with links) here: Music That I Like: Song of the day – 128: Boo Frog

Snow Bud 7/14 & Boo Frog 7/16 @ Duckett’s Pub

Erika Katrin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:03:03 +0000

Press Kits

Erika Katrin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:19:45 +0000

Boo Frog was formed 2009, recorded two albums, and are very active. Boo Frog Press Kit.
Snow Bud and the Flower People was formed in 1986, recorded about half-a-dozen albums, actively playing and working on releasing a 25-year reunion album which they recorded with Jack Endino in Spring of 2010.
Napalm Beach was formed in 1980, recorded about a dozen albums, and still plays the occasional reunion show.

Divining Rods, Chris Newman Experiment, Lost Acolytes, and Serpentone are no longer active

Boo Frog w/ Misericords @ Kelly’s Olympian Knife Shop 6/11

Erika Katrin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:01:30 +0000

About Misericords: The members of Misericords have an impressive lineup of previous projects that include SubPop recording artists TAD, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Valis (ex-Screaming Trees), Resonator, Hollywood Lightweights, Bundle of Hiss, Mustard, Foil, Sledge, Control Freak, Quaranteens, Kristen Barry, Daddy Hate Box (members of Coffin Break/TAD), and Yeast (CZ Records). Allen originally got together with Scott in late 2008 to write and record many of the current songs under the moniker of “The Jaggies.” After recruiting Kurt Danielson (ex-TAD) on vocals and Mike Mongrain on drums, the band evolved into its present incarnation, Misericords! Members: Kurt Danielson – Vocals, Allen Tompkins – Bass/Keys, Scott Wade – Guitar, Mike Mongrain – Drums

BOO FROG with MISERICORDS at KELLY'S Friday JUNE 11

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Boo Frog – The One

Erika Katrin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:31:45 +0000

Better Than The Rest – Jeff Larson

Erika Katrin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:47:20 +0000

by Jeffrey Larson of Sonic Recollections.

Okay, so the Cramps made their greatest records with no dang bass player – they didn’t need one! Boo Frog operates on a similar premise, I think. There’s so much great guitar here it takes awhile before the listener even notices there’s a rhythm instrument that’s usually there that ain’t. I haven’t even said a word about the songs – if these were JUST Chris Newman songs, it’d be a great album. But add Erika Meyer’s songwriting, guitar playing & singing into the equation – AND Paul Vega’s drumming (and great carny/Suicide/Jim-Carroll-esque vox on “Mind Bender”), and we’ve got a truly excellent album here. Erika’s “Anabasis” could be a riot grrrl outtake from 1994 (I hope the band doesn’t edit THIS part of the review out – I mean it as a compliment!), and then “Jake the Alligator Man”, complete with theremin from engineer deluxe Mike Lastra, is a psychedelic masterpiece that would fit in between the Seeds & the Lollipop Shoppe on a 60s mixtape. Seems like Erika sings a lot about dead people… and hey! Do I know “Bad Pam?” Newman has been making music for Portland & beyond for the last 30 years now, and will hopefully continue for 30 more – this record proves that his best work isn’t behind him yet. He’s been on a writing/recording/playing-live rampage the last 4 or 5 years, and this newest band of his, Boo Frog, raises the ante further. Glad to know you guys, and glad to keep seeing you live.

There’s a video from the session this album came from at Smegma that’s pretty cool – more contributions from renaissance man Mike Lastra – check it out

Boo Frog/Better Than the Rest, Skullman Records CD 84502-40389-3, 2010.re

Boo Frog Press Kit

Erika Katrin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:18:10 +0000

The music is raw and timeless, psychedelic and trippy: all fuzzed guitars and mean gruff male vocals and Dead Moon-flecked female… There’s no bass. Why would there be? Why would there be? Reverb, as ever, is their queen and castle and legacy and floating jetsam pushing aside the barges of woe. — Everett True

For Web

Boo Frog bio 1-sheet w/ images

For Print

Boo Frog bio 1-sheet (pdf)
Boo Frog high-res photo (6MB zipped 300 DPI tiff – color)
Boo Frog high-res cartoon (1MB zipped 150 DPI tiff – grayscale)
Boo Frog high-res logo

Reviews

Music That I Like: Song of the Day -128: Boo Frog – Everett True reviews Boo Frog (Australia)
“They ain’t lyin’” — Jeff Larson reviews Better Than The Rest
“Put on your boots and fall in love…” — Underdog Fanzine reviews Boo Frog (Germany)
Portland Mercury: Get To Know Boo Frog

Sample Tunes

Video

in the studio…

& live.

Bands

Erika Katrin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:17:29 +0000

Skullman Records is associated with Portland songwriter Chris Newman’s bands: Napalm Beach (who, before 1981 were known as The Untouchables), Snow Bud and the Flower People (1986-current), Divining Rods (2007), Chris Newman Experiment (2008), Lost Acolytes (2009), and Boo Frog (current).

Boo Frog Bio

Erika Katrin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:12:41 +0000

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Boo Frog is a 2-guitar + drums psychedelic-swamp-rock n’ roll trio from Portland, Oregon, featuring the dual vocal, guitar, and song-writing of Chris Newman (of the legendary Napalm Beach) & Erika Meyer (Serpentone). Paul Vega (Wadsworth, Subarachnoid Space, Diesto) drums and sings backup, and sometimes lead, vocals.

Formed in April 2009, Boo Frog released their first, self-titled album October 2010. Their second album,” Better Than The Rest,” was released April 2010.

Band: Boo Frog
Genre: Rock & Roll / Trash Rock / Garage Rock / Swamp Rock
Influences: Cramps, Seeds, Gun Club, Stooges, Sonic Youth
Albums: Boo Frog October 2009
Better Than The Rest April 2010
Members: Chris Newman, Erika Meyer, Paul Vega
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/boofrogrock
Contact: boofrog (at) skullmanrecords.com (or use the Skullman Records contact form).

BOO FROG art by Chris Newman

Paul Vega, Erika Meyer, Chris Newman