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Tuatara : Trading With the Enemy - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect Tuatara creates a pretty original sound throughout (the only other band slightly comparable would maybe be Morphine), shifting through an ever changing variety of moods, from upbeat (the album opener "The Streets of New Delhi") to funky and groovy ("Smuggleros Cove"), and even melancholic ("Angel and the Ass"). Tuatara's second release, 1998's Trading With the Enemy, shows the band expanding their lineup (a total of 9 members) and focusing their sound even further. Since Tuatara has rapidly grown between their first and second releases, it will be interesting to see where this intriguing, ad-hoc band winds up next. www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,348601,00.html   (313 words)

Trading With the Enemy : Music by Tuatara, reviewed by Carey Dean Potash Seen by many as a faux instrument, lumped somewhere in the bell family, and barely ahead of the triangle in the evolutionary chain of high school band instruments, the xylophone lacks the brashness of the electric guitar or the coolness of the drums. A tuatara is a three-eyed reptile commonly found off of the islands of New Zealand (Webster's Dictionary). Tuatara takes you around the world in 12 songs, making stops in the Orient with the Kitaro-like "Kyoto Song" and India with the haunting mysticism of "Wormwood." Each song contains several twists and turns, traipsing across different continents and different musical styles. www.pifmagazine.com /SID/607   (873 words)

Tuatara's eclectic jams form organized chaos Tuatara is also the backup band on his solo debut, "West," which Buck co-wrote and produced. His melancholy was a great contrast to the high-voltage jams of Tuatara, as the intimacy of his voice was to their instrumental soundscapes. Tuatara played the Gallery Theatre in support of their new instrumental, jazz-influenced album, "Breaking the Ethers." (l- r) Barrett Martin, Skerik, Justin Harwood, and Peter Buck. www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /DB/issues/97/05.15/ae.tuatara.html   (1448 words)

Tuatara: Cinemathique: Pitchfork Review Actually, the wait was technically over around 1996 when this here band Tuatara formed and recorded their first album, but everyone pretty much forgot about them about two months after Breaking the Ethers was released straight to cut-out bin. And counted among the lofty ranks of Tuatara is a fairly stellar group of individuals in terms of name recognition. Tuatara offer a proficient exotica vibe, a decent 70s-style cop show car chase theme, a funky porn-style number, and even a bit of Gamelan. www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/t/tuatara/cinemathique.shtml   (728 words)

VH1.com : Tuatara : Tuatara Back with Noir Sophomore Album This is more immediate." Buck said he sees some of the beauty of the wide-ranging Tuatara as the freedom from "conventional" pop music structures, especially since the band works without a vocalist. Trading with the Enemy is the second Tuatara album in less than a year. To hear them tell it, the members of Tuatara could crank this kind of music out seven days a week. www.vh1.com /artists/news/3546/03101998/tuatara.jhtml   (656 words)

101cd.com - Buy cheap UK R.E.M. - Up (+DVDA) [Digipak] (CD Album) - Product Information for catalogue number 8122739522 CDs DVDs UP is unlike any other album in the band's long catalogue--a bold, brilliant spark of musical genius and genuine empathetic revelation. Although a drum machine is used at times (Beck drummer Joey Waronker and Tuatara percussionist Barrett Martin also guest on many tracks), an array of disparate sounds, from vibes to violin, infuses the songs with a newfound expressiveness. Entertainment Weekly (10/30/98, p.114) - "...UP is the sound of the band trying to reshape its sound and vision. www.101cd.com /video/info.asp?id=6262417   (596 words)

North Coast Journal - Oct. 28, 2004: THE HUM - Held hostage Friday night at Six Rivers Brewery catch the Humboldt debut of a band called Tiptons (formerly known as the Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet), an all-woman quintet led by Jessica Lurie of the Living Daylights featuring four saxophones and a percussionist, Elizabeth Pupo-Walker from the band Tuatara. Although his band was by no means a jam band, while touring the country with the Jackmormons, Joseph befriended a couple of rising jam combos, Phish and Widespread Panic, who came west for the first time as openers for Joseph's band. I was actually present at the band's last performance some time ago at the Shanty. www.northcoastjournal.com /102804/hum1028.html   (596 words)

R.E.M.: Life's Rich Pageant ---Ink Blot Magazine In the wake of punk and new wave, the garage band sound of the Chronic Town EP, released in 1982, was R.E.M.'s first taste of critical worship, something that washed over into 1983 when the band's full length debut Murmur was universally considered the best album of the year. The band's exodus to major label Warner Bros. allowed their unique sound to reach an even bigger audience, as 1989's Green continued garnering critical praise for the band while selling over a million records. Tuatara, Hindu Love Gods, Robyn Hitchcock, U2, Patti Smith, Radiohead, Vic Chesnutt, 10,000 Maniacs, KRS-One, Billy Bragg, Drivin' and Cryin', Fleshtones, Grant Lee Buffalo, Patti Smith, Warren Zevon, Neneh Cherry, B-52s, Golden Palominos, Kristin Hersh, Butter 08, Smashing Pumpkins, Oh OK, the Db's, the Troggs. www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/REM_Pageant.htm   (573 words)

CMT.com : Tuatara : Biography It would be four years until more recorded output from the band saw the light of day, but in the spring of 2002 the Cinemathique album found release on Fast Horse Records. Trading with the Enemy followed in 1998, and several songs from the album found their way into movie soundtracks. More oriented towards lush and ethereal tones, the record was followed by a small US tour. www.cmt.com /artists/az/tuatara/bio.jhtml   (186 words)

Zeek: Music: The Fast Horse Hootenanny Tuatara features a barrage of talented multi-instrumentalists, notably REM's Peter Buck and the ubiquitous Scott McCaughey, who also serve as the core members of Minus 5 (one of their albums is called "The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy." Geddit?). I knew that Peter Buck sometimes played with sometimes REM-sideman Scott McCaughey in a band called Tuatara, so when I was in the same city that they were, I went to see them, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Peter Buck. And it hit me -- Tuatara wasn't about Peter Buck the rock star - it was about the music, and he was just a part of it. www.zeek.net /music_0209.htm   (613 words)

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Music Fast Horse rides in Meanwhile, Buck says he and his Fast Horse partners have been speaking to many artists, but what’s certainly on the schedule is a live Tuatara disc and another album from Davis. R.E.M.’s Peter Buck has been part of the indie-music landscape for more than two decades, ever since 1981, when his then-scrappy band from Athens, Georgia, put out their first 45, "Radio Free Europe." Longer, really, if you count his days as a record-store clerk and fan. In interviews and conversations Buck hardly ever fails to mention a new band, rare singles, or a foreign sound he’s just fallen upon, often proselytizing with the same fervor white blues artists had for their African-American idols in the 1960s. www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/music/other_stories/documents/02592467.htm   (1520 words)

Zeek: Music: The Fast Horse Hootenanny I knew that Peter Buck sometimes played with sometimes REM-sideman Scott McCaughey in a band called Tuatara, so when I was in the same city that they were, I went to see them, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Peter Buck. Tuatara features a barrage of talented multi-instrumentalists, notably REM's Peter Buck and the ubiquitous Scott McCaughey, who also serve as the core members of Minus 5 (one of their albums is called "The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy." Geddit?). The world-jazz Wayward Shamans, the Seattle supergroup Minus 5, the esoteric and exotic Tuatara, and the legendary Delta bluesman Cedell Davis descended on downtown New York for two nights of showmanship and energy, proving that sweating profusely can actually be enjoyable, given the proper musical environment and several plastic cups of Corona. www.zeek.net /music_0209.htm   (1520 words)

Tour Dates: Stone Gossard's side project Brad plans short tour >> liveDaily Formed in Seattle in 1992, Brad features Gossard on guitar; Shawn Smith (Satchel, Pigeonhed) on vocals and keyboards, Regan Hagar (Malfunkshun, Satchel) on drums, Mike Berg (Satchel) on bass, Thaddeus Turner on guitars, keyboards and bass (Maktub, the Flava Crystals) and Elizabeth Pupo-Walker (Tuatara, the Flava Crystals) on percussion. The rock band Brad, which features Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard, is heading out on a short West Coast tour on Nov. 26-Dec. 2. According to Sony Music's Pearl Jam website, Brad's third studio album is in the can, but the label and release date are undetermined. www.livedaily.com /news/Stone_Gossards_side_project_Brad_plans_short_tour-3937.html?t=7   (331 words)

Punknews.org Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache The Jade Shader - Curse of the Tuatara Unlike my car however, Killswitch Engage have been on an incredible ascendancy in the past couple of years, with the band largely spearheading the re-emergence of metal into the mainstream arena, and doing such with their integrity fully intact. On Killswitch Engage's meteoric path, the band has whethered a dramatic line-up change with the addition of Blood has Been Shed's commander Howard Jones into the lead vocal position, and drummer, Justin Foley coming on board as well. www.punknews.org /reviews.php?op=albumreview&id=2935   (2622 words)

CNN.com - The unstoppable man of music - Apr 15, 2004 R.E.M.'s record is due in the fall, and he expects to work on another Tuatara record, a Minus 5 record and perhaps some more work with Wilco. He co-founded college radio faves the Young Fresh Fellows in the '80s and formed the Minus 5 -- a revolving unit that has included R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, John Wesley Harding, the Posies' Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow and several others -- in 1993. The songs showcase McCaughey's ever-present sense of humor, but McCaughey says he's struggled with the "novelty band" rap that other bands, such as They Might Be Giants, have been saddled with. www.cnn.com /2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/15/scott.mccaughey/index.html   (676 words)

Punknews.org Norm Arenas of New End Original/Texas Is The Reason hit by car The Jade Shader - Curse of the Tuatara I was just thinking last night "My goodness, Texas is the Reason would be an awesome, awesome name for a band." They've beat me to it, apparently. good luck getting better man. Texas is the reason was an awesome band. www.punknews.org /article.php?sid=7508&mode=thread&order=0   (1428 words)

MTV News - Tuatara To Tour With Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan Lanegan's newest solo album, "Scraps at Midnight," arrives in stores on July 21 (see "Screaming Trees Vocalist Finishes Up New Album"), and the vocalist will support Tuatara for the first five dates before re-joining the band for a July 22 show in San Francisco. As Tuatara prepares to release "Trading With the Enemy," its sophomore album of world music-tinged, ethereal pop, the group is planning to embark on a short tour with Screaming Trees vocalist, Mark Lanegan. Peter Buck of R.E.M. and Barrett Martin of the Screaming Trees, will kick off the June and July dates with a special June 14 show in Washington, DC, that will be held after the curtain drops on that day's Tibetan Freedom Concert. www.mtv.com /news/articles/1433907/19980601/story.jhtml   (640 words)

Resources on the Star Tortoise from academic institutions Tortoise is a great band to play when you’re driving, cooking, studying or after the party is starting to die down. Turtle, Tuatara, Crocodile Checklist--Index : African gavial African helmeted turtle African keeled mud turtle African mud turtles African pancake tortoise African serrated star tortoise African serrated... Indian star tortoise Geochelone elegans, Galapagos tortoise Geochelone nigra, Galapagos tortoise Geochelone nigra. mongabay.org /conservation/Star_Tortoise.htm   (640 words)

Manah from heaven (Seattle Weekly) Manah's self-titled record, released last year, gives a schematic idea of its sound, but what didn't get captured on plastic was the band's knack for improvisation. After a three-month hiatus —in which multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Thomas Armstrong journeyed to Brazil, and percussionist Elizabeth Pupo-Walker worked on Tuatara's upcoming record— Manah is writing new songs and preparing for a summer tour of the West Coast with shows around town. Because Manah has no keyboards or guitars, Gauci can focus on melody and rhythm, two elements that usually take a backseat for a jazz sax player. www.seattleweekly.com /music/9818/music-mccarthy.html   (929 words)

WFUV City Folk Playlist: The WFUV Long Player with Darren DeVivo Charlie is also a member of the group Garage A Trois, which features Hunter, drummer Stanton Moore (from Galactic), saxophonist Skerik (from Critters Buggin and Tuatara) and vibraphonist and percussionist Mike Dillon (also from Critters Buggin). The Charlie Hunter Quartet returned in 2001 for their final album, and Charlie's last on Blue Note - 'Songs From The Analog Playground.' 2003 brought Charlie Hunter has two projects, including his new band the Charlie Hunter Quintet. Charlie Hunter Trio was the debut, released in 1993 for Les Claypool's (of Primus) label Prawn Song Records. www.wfuv.org /wfuv/playlists/lpr030712.html   (342 words)

BILLBOARD McCaughey, Buck, and Stringfellow spent a month this summer touring as an incarnation of Minus 5 along with Tuatara -- the instrumental group featuring Buck, McCaughey, and Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin -- Wayward Shaman (Martin's other band), and bluesman Cedell Davis. Titled "Down With Wilco," the album features Minus 5 principals Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck, and Ken Stringfellow working with Wilco members Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Glenn Kotche, and Leroy Bach as well as a host of others, including the Spinanes' Rebecca Gates and High Llamas frontman Sean O'Hagan. The album was largely recorded in late 2001 in Chicago with McCaughey and Tweedy at the production helm. www.billboard.com /bb/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1766953   (342 words)

Billboard.BIZ The group, which includes multi-instrumentalists Scott McCaughey and Ken Stringfellow along with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, will be joined on the road by Tuatara -- the instrumental group featuring Buck, McCaughey, and Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin -- Wayward Shaman (Martin's other band), and bluesman Cedell Davis. In an announcement on R.E.M. fan site Murmurs.com, McCaughey said Martin will be playing with all four groups, and Buck and McCaughey will be playing in all but the Wayward Shamans, including stints as Davis' backing group. The album, tentatively titled "Down With Wilco," is "slated for a fall release," according to McCaughey, though he didn't specify on which label. www.billboard.com /bb/biz/newsroom/printable_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1512632   (342 words)

Fast Horse Recordings Cedell Davis And it gets weirder: In addition to Davis’s core band of drummer Joe Cripps and guitarist T. Houston Jones, both fellow Arkansawyers and longtime Davis sidemen, a raft of Seattle rockers joined in —R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey of the Minus Five, keyboardist Alex Veley and former Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin. Cripps and the Seattleites are involved in differing capacities with two other Fast Horse Recordings signees whose music could scarcely be more different than that of CeDell Davis -- Tuatara and Wayward Shamans. But it is only in more recent years that recordings of Cedell Davis have been made available. www.fasthorserecordings.com /cd_info/cd_cedell.html   (474 words)

Critters Buggin featuring Skerik - index page - Free MP3 downloads, CDs, Bio Info, Tour Dates, Lyrics and More!" The band formed in 1993 and released their first record Guest the following year on their friend Stone Gossard's Loosegroove label. The eclectic, Seattle-based group Critters Buggin' consists of bassist Brad Houser drummer and Matt Chamberlain, both formerly of the New Bohemians, and percussionist Mike Dillon and saxophonist Skerik, a former member of SadHappy and Tuatara. Critters Buggin featuring Skerik - index page - Free MP3 downloads, CDs, Bio Info, Tour Dates, Lyrics and More!" artists.iuma.com /IUMA/Bands/Critters_Buggin_featuring_Skerik   (98 words)

Constellations: Crack Baby Along with Keith Lowe and his cohorts, he's a man of many talents, doing his more traditional thing, with his Syncopated Taint and sometimes CS, doing the funky thing with Stanton Moore, and doing the freakout-rack-of-effects thing with Critters Buggin' or Ponga, and the exotica post-lounge of Tuatara. I guess they arent' for everyone (somewhat of jam band and musical kidney pounding), but I can't think of too many (maybe no) younger saxophone players that I'd rather see than Skerik. When I first moved to Seattle, every damn show listing for Keith Lowe would say "Keith Lowe (of Fiona Apple)". www.omniversemusic.com /cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=19   (98 words)

Tall Dwarfs: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more Music.com With 1984's SlugBucketHairyBreathMonster, Tall Dwarfs [+] scored their most successful record to date; the track "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" was a cult hit across New Zealand, and with its inclusion on the Flying Nun compilation Tuatara, it received significant international exposure as well. Pioneers of the lo-fi aesthetic and towering figures of the New Zealand pop music scene, the Tall Dwarfs were formed in 1979 by singers/songwriters Chris Knox[+] and Alec Bathgate [+] following the demise of their previous band, the legendary Toy Love [+]. The long out-of-print first four Tall Dwarfs [+] EPs were mined for the subsequent Hello Cruel World [+] best-of collection; the first of their records to earn proper worldwide release, it won them considerable global media coverage. music.com /group/tall_dwarfs/1   (98 words)

Overstock.com, save up to 80% every day! Although a drum machine is used at times (Beck drummer Joey Waronker and Tuatara percussionist Barrett Martin also guest on many tracks), an array of disparate sounds, from vibes to violin, infuses the songs with a newfound expressiveness. UP is unlike any other album in the band`s long catalogue--a bold, brilliant spark of musical genius and genuine empathetic revelation. Additional personnel: Joey Waronker, Scott McCaughey, Barrett Martin. www.overstock.com /sm-rem-up-cd-and-dvd-a-digipak--pg-proframe_pi-1141758_ti-82125.html   (534 words)

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