bottom of the hudson

While I scroll my ipod looking for songs to put on, Bottom Of The Hudson always jumps off the screen at me. Naturally, I click in and choose my favorite song of theirs, ‘Bee Hive‘ (from 2007’s Fantastic Hawk onAbsolutely Kosher). I miss this band and it reminds me of a time when I felt like every which way I turned, there was a new band or song that was blowing my mind. Not to say that 2010 doesn’t have that vibe (and I’m sure in 2013 I’ll be looking back to these days), but the older songs in my ipod are now musical nostalgia, taking me back to a certain time and place that I don’t think about every day. I’m always amazed by musics’ ability to do this.

Check out Bee Hive if you’re not familiar already.

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So I heard this news today. Really sad to hear this. My thoughts go out to the band and their families in this difficult time.

Bottom of The Hudson are a band from Brooklyn who I really wished I had gone and seen last week when they were on tour in Toronto.? Transforming from a one-man recording project, Eli Simon (main writer and singer) recently recruited local Philly and NY brethren to complete a 5 piece line up making sure to include keyboards, air organs, clarinets, or whatever instruments may be lying around at the time. The band is currently supporting the release of Fantastic Hawk (Absolutely Kosher), an LP that Paste Magazine says has “..moments when this album is amazing, and when it soars.”

The more I dig into this band who I hardly knew, the more I want to know about them. Start off here by listening to Bee Hive. Then, go looking for Handwriting. Find more on their myspace.