the carlos Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 New song on his Myspace. I love it!@ Miles Kurosky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 I like the song "A good man is easy to kill" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Edit after listening: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 joly cripes, charles...thanks for the heads up. this is awesome! p.s. check out his do! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deepseacatfish Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Teh sweet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I've been waiting for this album since just after Yoko came out and Miles was talking about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 oh my, this is all kinds of great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bedbug Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 p.s. check out his do! Very Richie Tenenbaum! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAngerer09 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 wow, this is really good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Miles is in the news again! This time ... at Pitchfork! http://pitchfork.com/news/36731-former-beulah-frontman-miles-kurosky-prepares-debut-solo-album/ copied here for your reading pleasure ... Former Beulah Frontman Miles Kurosky Prepares Debut Solo Album Around the turn of the decade, the San Francisco indie pop crew Beulah cranked out ornate, catchy Beach Boys pastiches, generating themselves some serious buzz in the process. But after releasing beloved albums like 1999's When Your Heartstrings Break and 2001's The Coast Is Never Clear, Beulah broke up in 2004, and we haven't heard much from the band's principals since. Well, former Beulah frontman Miles Kurosky has signed with the Shout! Factory subsidiary Majordomo, home to the Airborne Toxic Event, the Von Bondies, and Earlimart. And he's just finished work on a solo album, which is set for a March 2010 release. A U.S. tour will follow.In a press release, Kurosky said, "Shout! Factory made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Needless to say, I've never been happier to find the head of a horse between my sheets. I'm very excited to be part of the 'family.'" http://mileskurosky.com/ And I guess he has a website, nothing much there yet "until the missus learns how to build a website." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I can't wait to hear this new album. Plus gotta catch one of these shows! article here: http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/113856-miles-kurosky-ex-beulah-announces-tour-first-solo-album.html MILES KUROSKY (EX-BEULAH) ANNOUNCES TOUR, FIRST SOLO ALBUM 3 Song EP Available On iTunes Tuesday, January 12 January 6, 2010, 10:46 PM by altsounds Miles Kurosky (ex-Beulah) has announced national tour dates for March and April following the release of his solo debut, The Desert of Shallow Effects, March 9 on Majordomo Records / Shout! Factory. Touring with a full band, Miles will be hitting several major markets, including Austin, TX for SXSW. These dates will be the first chance in several years for fans to see Miles perform live. A 3-song EP preview of the album will be available exclusively on iTunes starting Tuesday, January 12. For Miles Kurosky, former leader of indie-rock heroes Beulah, the six years since the demise of the San Francisco-based band have been tumultuous. In addition to writing the most personal and sophisticated music of his career, he got married, but also suffered from severe shoulder problems that made playing the guitar—and even lifting his arm—impossible and required two reconstructive surgeries. Then, just as he was recuperating, that horror was followed by kidney troubles that also required hospital time. “When you're having a surgery every few months for a couple years, you don’t do anything, really,” says Miles, explaining the lengthy break between Beulah’s final release and his first solo. “You just kind of hang around. Your main thing is not being in pain.” For Kurosky, the period dominated by his illnesses and convalescence provided ample time for self-reflection and an opportunity to reassess his identity. “I wanted to evolve,” he says. “We all want to be something greater than what we truly are when we stare at ourselves naked in the mirror.” It ultimately emerged as a larger-than-life post-pop masterwork, its tracks a pastiche of all manner of stringed instruments and keyboards, horns and percussion—all in service to the voice and words of Miles Kurosky. For fans of Beulah who’ve been wondering for so long now when that band’s creative center would re-emerge and what direction he might take, The Desert of Shallow Effects, produced by Kurosky and former Beulah member Eli Crews (Deerhoof, Why?), will feel comfortable but also surprising and fresh. “To me this album sounds like a logical progression, almost as if I was still in Beulah and I took it to another level. I think it’s different but only because I’m different as a human being and as a songwriter.” and from his myspace Jan 6 2010: TOUR DATES............ O Cracker Barrel, my Cracker Barrel! Our fearful trip has just begun. How I miss your grandmotherly embrace and your delightfully mass produced faux rustic décor. Not to mention your charming and utterly authentic clientele, who, when not waiting for the rapture and praying for lower taxes, gorge on your better than Denny’s home cooking. I can almost hear them whisper “You know, Obama’s gonna take away our guns and pot roast. It’s on page 9,992 of section A, subsection G, paragraph 3, line 4 of his socialist manifesto.” O Cracker Barrel, fear not. The tree of liberty will be watered with your delicious gravy… .. .. Well, you get the picture. Like the ill fated Kurtz, I’m going up river, into the belly of the beast…the horror. Tour dates are below. March 16 - Dallas, TX - The Cavern March 17, 18, 19 - Austin, TX (SXSW) March 20 - Houston, TX - Rudyards March 22 - Nashville, TN - The Basement March 24 - Washington, DC - DC 9 March 25 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's March 26 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge March 27 - Allston, MA - Great Scott March 29 - Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox March 30 - Columbus, OH - The Basement April 1 - Chicago, IL - Schubas April 2 - Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar April 3 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room April 5 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge April 7 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo April 8 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill April 9 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge April 10 - Seattle, WA - The Tractor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sandoz Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 this is really the best news i've heard in a long long while Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Cannot wait until i can download the EP tomorrow night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nobody Girl Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Stereogum has a song from the EP up. Really, really good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MeDave Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 awesome news!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sandoz Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I picked up his new record tonight. I am a happy mamma Quote Link to post Share on other sites
explodo Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I like this maybe more than I should. Just great to hear him back and making music (that sounds a lot like Beulah). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I am fairly underwhlemed by it so far. I feel it's lacking and I have the feeling of "this is all we get after a six year wait?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I listened to it on the way to Chicago last weekend, loved it, started listening to it a second time but decided against it because I was in really bad traffic and it didn't deserve that! I definitely want to catch a show still, undecided where. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sandoz Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I am fairly underwhlemed by it so far. I feel it's lacking and I have the feeling of "this is all we get after a six year wait?" If you have been following the trials and tribulation of Miles over the past 6 years (see excerpt below from Beulah website, a 2007 entry), then I think this record has a much more profound impact on you. Take an hour to put on some headphones and read the lyrics (in the CD insert) as you listen. It's quite a visceral experience; pain, loss, shame, love, hope. This record is a glimpse into the Hell where he has been the past 5-6 years. I think it's an amazing piece of work, and I am so happy that Miles is back. It's really quite startling when you realize how dark and sad some of these songs are, when on first-listen they seem like happy, sugary poppy songs on the surface. Total sick irony. from: http://www.beulahmania.com/news/2007news.htmlHello friends of Beulah, Since many of you have been asking about the status of Miles' solo album we thought this might be a good time for an update. Here's the good news: Miles is about 70% finished with the record. He just needs to add the vocals and some minor instrumentation. Now for the bad news: As was previously mentioned in the older news section, Miles had two surgeries on his shoulder in 2005/2006 which prevented him from playing guitar for about a year. Around this same time he was diagnosed with a disease of his large intestine/colon which has led to some problems with his kidney. After visiting the emergency room on 4/24, he was scheduled for surgery 48 hours later. Unfortunately there were some concerns with his blood work and the risk of cardiac arrest so his surgery was rescheduled for this past Friday. The surgery was a success and he's doing well. Here are a couple of pictures. The reason this is noteworthy is because Miles was scheduled to finish recording on April 30th. That said, all recording is canceled until he recovers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Yeah, I had read that on the Beulah site back when it was originally posted. The album just doesn't do it for me though. I know I should spend more time with it but...I purchased it off of i-tunes, so no lyrics for me. I'll wait for a cheap used copy to show up... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pnêyu Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 The San Francisco gig turned out to be a mini Beulah reunion--I mean, even more so, what with two guys from the last touring incarnation of Beulah already in the band. Bill Swan chipped in on trumpet and backing vocals, and he generally goofed around with Miles. For the encore, they took and attempted requests from the audience (I got my "Silver Lining"!), and at the very end, they turned the mic over to a longtime fan who actually had a pretty good handle on "Maroon Bible." Miles joked that when the evening turns into Beulah karaoke, it's probably time to call it a night. Miles vowed that he's never going to tour again. While I hope this isn't true, I'm glad I got to see him and his band all the times I did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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