So, I am at Blockheads blog, really dig that blog, not to much of a preteingious point to it. A hopefully fan base to probably push a novel as sir 50 cent. But, its really nice with snipetts of just shit. But, occasionally he gives way to the ears a oppurtunity for really great freaking music. Which in this case is a few movies also.
But most important a punki-badass band, who are they…
Beat the Devil’s Shilpa Ray is a petite powerhouse, roaring and moaning about love, horror and Solomon Grundy in a raw, bluesy alto while pumping atmospheric chords on a harmonium. –The New York Times
Shilpa Ray—let’s call her what she is, New York City’s best frontperson—has added theremin to her harmonium playing, and her vocals remain a killing weapon, a portal to generations of blues singers howling from beyond the grave. — Time Out NY
Beat the Devil is an experience, and from the very first song of their set I was enthralled. The band produced a dark ragtime-punk sound along the lines of a mixture of the spirit of Man Man, a New Orleans funeral procession, Tom Waits, and Billie Holiday. They’re the kind of band that defines what I wish current Lower East Side bands would have the courage to sound like. Not that they could, however, because lead singer Shilpa Ray’s voice is one in a million and the LES has lost pretty much all of its growl. If you long for sultry dark dirgey folk rock that climbs into your mind and never lets go (“wow wow, a WOW WOW”), then this is the band you’ve been waiting for. –EARFARM
Listening to Beat the Devil is like taking your first punch in the face. –Spin.com
There is also a couple of movies, one being a 1941 bogart film called Beat the devil, with a Tony Scott film also (1993). They rock everyone should be a fan…you have three days to comply or else.
