The Parlor Mob

Subject: The Parlor Mob Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:59 am

Anyone heard of these guys? They're another retro-styled rock band. Roadrunner signed them at some point and they have an album coming out this month as a download, and on CD in May. About a year ago they had a self-titled EP available for free download, which is gone now. If anyone is interested I'll upload it.

Anyway, these guys have a Wolfmother sound, at least in the vocal department. I really dig them, even though Wolfmother has never impressed me much.

Here's some live/rehearsal clips (the first one is awesome!):

New track here: http://www.myspace.com/theparlormob

So much good rock music out there these days!

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Subject: Re: The Parlor Mob Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:31 pm

Yeah i love these guys, i discovered them a bit over a year ago when i found all these other bands like the Wildbirds, Dirty Sweet, The Coydogs, Delta Spirit etc. Their seems to be a great classic rock n' roll revival happening in the US.

The Parlor Mob remind me of Free for some reason just the sound.
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Subject: Re: The Parlor Mob Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:54 pm

It's cool that this retro trend continues, but I liked Heaven's Basement a lot more. I watched the first Parlor Mob clip there and I got a Zep feel from it (not a plus). I'm also luke warm on Wolfmother, but I enjoy the concept enough to give these guys a chance at least. Not gonna make up my mind based on a couple of songs.

Subject: Re: The Parlor Mob Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:30 pm

I don't really think it's a trend. These bands have been around the entire time; labels and the mainstream media are just now giving them a bit of attention. But there are still plenty out there that are getting little to no attention.

One of the best CDs of this kind I've heard in the last few years is by a band called Levee. The CD is available on CD Baby for $5. By the time they released it they'd already broken up, so how many people are really going to hear this one? Probably very few. It's well worth it, though. Check out these samples:

1 Gotta Keep Movin'
2 Black Boots
3 9 to 5
4 Red Hot Love
5 Change Your Ways
6 All Night Long
7 Love Child
8 I Want You To Be Mine
9 Wild One
10 Lovin' For Free
11 Stormin'
12 Jackhammer

A great sleazy mix of blues and 70s rock. "Black Boots" is frickin' outstanding!

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Subject: Re: The Parlor Mob Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:32 pm

Have you got on my Dirty Sweet recommendation yet, their the best ones doing this at the moment.
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Subject: Re: The Parlor Mob Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:28 am

Subject: Re: The Parlor Mob Sun May 11, 2008 4:30 pm

Bump.

Because their just-released album is killer!
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Subject: Re: The Parlor Mob Sun May 11, 2008 4:50 pm

Me gotta get my hands on this.
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Subject: Re: The Parlor Mob Sun May 11, 2008 6:16 pm

These bands are all killer! I'm getting back into this sound more and more.

Subject: Re: The Parlor Mob Tue May 13, 2008 12:05 am

Subject: Re: The Parlor Mob Thu May 29, 2008 9:49 pm

[url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/shared/downloads/ParlorMob/12%20Can't%20Keep%20No%20Good%20Boy%20Down.mp3]http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/shared/downloads/ParlorMob/12%20Can't%20Keep%20No%20Good%20Boy%20Down.mp3[/url]

EDIT: I frickin' hate how crappy this forum is with translating code. The apostrophe in that link is what makes it look like that. Copy and paste, yo!

Another track from the album. Shows a different side to the band. This album is outstanding, by the way. It's been on non-stop rotation since I bought it.
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