We’ll be seeing Phoenix’s own Miniature Tigers open for The Dodos on Wendesday night at Modified, a venue that’s stirred quite the buzz around town the past couple of days. Anyway, the Mini T’s have been riding high and touring the country on the strength of the debut LP Tell it to the Volcano, an … Continue reading New Miniature Tigers: Lolita (live, acoustic)
Phoenix’s own Miniature Tigers stopped by AOL’s The Interface for a session as they continue their seemingly non-stop tour in support of the debut LP Tell It to the Volcano. I posted two of the four songs below (Cannibal Queen and The Wolf). Get the other two and an interview here. You can also get … Continue reading Miniature Tigers on The Interface
With the unveiling of the Metro Light Rail in December 2008, the greater Phoenix area finally has a decent mass-transit system on which to host busker-esque performances by local musicians. (Sorry, buses just won’t do.) Like the Black Cab Sessions, the folks behind the The Train Tracks capitalized on the novelty of public transportation in … Continue reading Miniature Tigers on The Train Tracks (photos)
I had been checking Daytrotter religiously since I found out about a month ago that Miniature Tigers swung by the studio for a session. Wouldn’t you know: The one day I don’t check, it’s posted. Thanks to Ashley for the heads up. The Mini T’s played four songs, including two from the excellent
It seems pretty clear that Phoenix’s Miniature Tigers are on the verge of a big year. Aside from the physical release of the excellent Tell it to the Volcano (
This year, I’ve asked a few Phoenix-area musicians/people of interest for their year-end, best-of lists: albums, songs, whatever. This installment comes from Charlie Brand, frontman/writer for Miniature Tigers, who released the excellent Tell it to the Volcano in August. Brand offers up a list of the albums he listened to most in 2008, whether they … Continue reading Guest list: Charlie Brand of Miniature Tigers
Phoenix’s Miniature Tigers, who played our Oct. 13 show with Birdmonster, are streaming a new demo on MySpace called Japanese Woman Living in My Closet. The song, even in its infant stages, sounds like a logical extension of the group’s catchy-as-hell 2008 album Tell it to the Volcano. Highly recommended. [STREAM]: Miniature Tigers | Japanese … Continue reading Stream new Miniature Tigers demo
If you haven’t seen that flyer over there on the right, I’m really happy to have added Miniature Tigers to the Oct. 13 Birdmonster and Kinch show at Yucca Tap Room. The group (from Phoenix!) is getting some airtime on Sirius’ Left of Center, and the band just released a new video for the single … Continue reading Miniature Tigers: Cannibal Queen (video)
For as long as I’ve kept this blog – coming up on damn near eight years now – I had never kept a running log of live shows I’ve attended. I decided last year I should probably change that, if for no other reason than to remind myself exactly where all my money is really … Continue reading Taking inventory: 2012 shows and looking beyond
Better late than never … albums to follow soon. I had a feeling about England in May, and in the seven months since, nothing changed my mind. Before even trying to decipher the lyrics – which appears to many, including myself, to be mostly a futile task – the song’s triumphant swell of music had … Continue reading Favorite song of 2010