tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51253264617091045752024-03-12T21:55:48.774-05:00EXERCISEA band from St. Louis.EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-44865114893296807732010-05-06T15:02:00.005-05:002010-05-18T22:49:51.183-05:00Always Respond to Other BandsWe get about a thousand messages/emails a day from bands looking for shows or needing help booking in some way. It's almost impossible to respond to all of them, even any, but here's my new advice: Respond to all of them. Be nice when you can't help them and just say "sorry, hopefully next time." <br />You never know who's going to be great someday, and then you end up with messages that you never responded to like this one:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">From: Surfer Blood<br />To: EXERCISE<br />Subject: September Dates<br />7/22/2009 5:14 PM </span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Hey guys dig the jams!<br />We are working on a September tour up north and was wondering if you would like to join us! Were looking to play September 19th or 20th at either Firebird, Off Broadway, The Koken Art Factory, Lemmon's, Fubar, or The Wedge. We've had most venues respond back, but were still working on the bill to conifrm. Other bands of interest for that night are: The Hibernauts, Bunnygrunt, Target Market, Say Panther, ect. What do you think? Thanks.<br />Tyler<br />PS. I saw that you guys are play Piano's in NY a week before us. Tite! </span><br /><br /><br />Blew it. Sorry for not responding, guys.EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-83140991460122107842010-04-25T22:29:00.010-05:002010-04-26T03:39:59.787-05:00I Did This For FunThe band Yeasayer is holding a remix competition online for their song "O.N.E." They give you the stems and multitrack files from the original song, along with a shitty editing program that everyone is required to use to make their remix. But its completely free, and the whichever remix gets the most votes online wins something cool, or something. I mostly just thought it would be interesting to try, so I made the most club-bangery song I could muster up for 3 in the morning. <br /><br /><object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://aviary.com/flash/aviary/audio/embed/player.swf' height='24' width='290'> <param name='movie' value='http://aviary.com/flash/aviary/audio/embed/player.swf'> <param name='FlashVars' value='soundFile=http://aviary.com/apps/webv2/getfile.aspx?fguid=5d3eac86-a072-102d-a9f3-0030488e168c'> <param name='quality' value='high'> <param name='menu' value='false'> <param name='wmode' value='transparent'> </object> <br> <a href='http://remix.maddecent.com/Entries?&&page=6'>T.W.O.O.N.E (EXERCISE REMIX) by exercise </a>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-33121862044776062162010-04-18T23:03:00.002-05:002010-04-18T23:06:53.271-05:00Advice for MusiciansListen to the stage manager and get on stage when they tell you to. No one has the time for your rock star bullshit. None of the techs backstage care if you're David Bowie or the milkman. When you act like a jerk, they are completely unimpressed with the infantile display that you might think comes with your dubious status. They were there hours before you building the stage, and they will be there hours after you leave tearing it down. They should get your salary, and you should get theirs.<br />-Henry RollinsEXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-61453710539781211342010-04-13T22:19:00.005-05:002010-04-13T22:57:07.852-05:00I've Been Thinking<span style="font-family:courier new;">I was driving down Big Bend tonight, and my ipod dug up a gem of a song. You know when you go back and listen to music you used to love, but you never listen to anymore, and it's still good? There's no better feeling. It makes you feel better and smarter than everyone. So this song by Soul Coughing comes on called "Misinformed," totally not a great band in the long run, but they had some jams, and this song was a staple of my 13 year old world, and it still gets me going.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">This got me thinking about other music from my past, which led me to my computer to type what I'm currently typing. Here is my (ever-growing and changing) list of </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >under-rated, under-recognized, under-appreciated</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> bands, that everyone should know and love, at least in my head:</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">1. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >McLusky</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">. If you've never heard this band, pick up a copy of "McLuskyism: A Sides." They should be in the Rock n Roll hall of fame for this album.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">2. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Cake</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">. I know they had some popular singles, and everyone knows who Cake is, but they have such an amazing catalog that no one knows. They were my absolute favorite band for a long time, and I have no shame saying it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">3. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >The Cadets</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">. Lesser known, but equally as great. They are from Florida, now defunct. Emperor X was the bass player.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Here's my list of albums that fall into the same category:</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">1. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >The Cadets</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> - "On the Death of Science as a Major World Religion"</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">You'd be hard pressed to find a copy of this, but it is easily one of my top 5-ish favorite albums ever. I'll give you a copy if you promise to love it as much as I do.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">2. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Doug Martsch</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> - "Now You Know"</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">There is one song on this album I don't care about, the rest of them are insane. Almost makes you wonder why he ever started Built to Spill.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">3. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Holopaw -</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> "Holopaw"</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">If you've ever listened to the Ugly Casanova album, this is the guy Isaac Brock collaborated with from that. It won't grab you right off the bat, but it will work its way in, deep.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">4. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Sparklehorse</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> - "It's a Wonderful Life"</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I am usually never phased or sad when a "celebrity" dies, but when Mark Linkous killed himself a couple weeks ago, I felt really depressed by it. For some reason, I relate to him and his songs a lot, this album shaped the way I write music from a very early age. And I know because of his suicide, Sparklehorse has been getting more attention lately, but I never heard much about this album back in the day (there also weren't 3 million music blogs in 2001), and its so good, in a very strange way.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I'm sure this list will grow now that I'm thinking about it, but this is my top-of-the-head run at it. Any takers?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">-Bo</span>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-34940750170464716362010-03-12T17:00:00.001-06:002010-03-12T17:12:31.116-06:00Everything sounds better when a bunch of little kids sing it.<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mZ1zV1l2KQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mZ1zV1l2KQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-13647627386488200862010-03-09T03:11:00.001-06:002010-03-09T03:11:42.241-06:00SPECTACULAR<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XJk8ijAUCiI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XJk8ijAUCiI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-24788848737025659592010-03-05T02:48:00.004-06:002010-03-09T03:14:32.938-06:00Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Hello.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I'm sick of looking at this blog unchanged month after month. So, I'm going to start writing here to keep it entertained.</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />We have been practicing less than we should for a band who is trying to write a new album. But it's safe to say we have a few solid tracks, and a couple more in the works that will be super hot jams, at least in someones book. I feel confident that a "sophomore slump" will not be the case. Another tour will be happening this summer, and I imagine by the end of that, we will be ready to record again. We have gone through 2 samplers since you last saw us, and are obtaining yet another new one soon. We also invested in a 4X12 Ampeg Cab for Trevor's keyboards. Goodbye DI. Hello Awesome. </span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">In other news, we have a show tomorrow, March 5, at The Firebird, with our friend and expert DJ, Safety Words. It'll be a blast.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">-Bo</span></span>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-61896915202600837402009-12-26T15:05:00.002-06:002009-12-26T15:07:53.074-06:00In Chinese<span style="font-family: courier new;">Here's a live basement demo of a new song of ours, "In Chinese." Sorry for the low quality, but enjoy!</span><br /><code><span class="anchor"></span></code><code><span class="anchor"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?nnindmdnzmj">EXERCISE - "In Chinese"</a><br /></span></code><span class="general_text"><span class="article_text"><p> </p></span></span>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-82580606068285674592009-12-20T17:28:00.003-06:002009-12-20T17:30:58.947-06:00A music video!<span style="font-family: courier new;">Our friend Noah Blackwell made this awesome video for the song Robot. Enjoy!</span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hLDor08L89c&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hLDor08L89c&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-78157764064078773342009-12-10T12:57:00.002-06:002009-12-10T12:57:34.917-06:00Our Best Review Yet<span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_cpMain_cpMain_cpMain_BulletinRead_ltl_body" class="readbulletinBody" style="font-family:courier new;">“Robots” – Exercise<br />This song from the album “Grandma’s House” gives the genre alternative a horrible name. It’s the type of noise that you would deem a heinous act against humanity for playing. Banging your head against the wall or babysitting 10 screaming bratty 2-year olds who need to be changed would be a better use of your time.<br /><a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcmV2aWV3Zml4LmNvbS8yMDA5LzA3L2xhc3Qtd2Vlay1pbi1mcmVlLWFtYXpvbi1tdXNpYy1kb3dubG9hZHMv">http:<wbr>/<wbr>/<wbr>reviewfix.<wbr>com/<wbr>2009/<wbr>07/<wbr>last-<wbr>week-<wbr>in-<wbr>free-<wbr>amazon-<wbr>music-<wbr>downloads/</a><br /><br />We live for this shit.</span>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-24119968614968020812009-11-05T15:40:00.002-06:002009-11-05T15:47:03.393-06:00A wave of things is washing over me<span style="font-family:courier new;">Here Here!<br /><em>Grandma's House</em> CD is now</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">available for purchase at Insound!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Shipping takes just a few days, and its only 9.99!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Here's the slinky: <a href="http://www.insound.com/Exercise_Grandma%27s_House_CD/productmain/p/INS68726/">http://www.insound.com/Exercise_Grandma%27s_House_CD/productmain/p/INS68726/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Slee you slater!</span>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-63061504966684821832009-10-13T13:01:00.002-05:002009-10-13T13:04:34.727-05:00No way!<a href="http://heartonastick.blog-city.com/whalewhalewhaleathrun.htm">Better later than never?</a>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-86714742865292160772009-10-05T21:52:00.004-05:002009-10-05T22:01:09.206-05:00Grandma's House Review (A good one this time)Here is a review of our album from the September printed issue of <a href="http://elevenmusicmag.com">Eleven Magazine</a>.<br /><br /> "In the thriving genre of experimental indie rock, either you get it or you don’t. There is a prodigious fault line: when done well, it can lead the listener down the post-modern rabbit hole into the depths of meta-consciousness. When unsuccessful, it is jarring, clumsy noise. Fortunately for St. Louis (and the world), Exercise gets it, and they’ve finally polished up an album for us to chew on. Grandma’s House is a promising debut, especially when you listen with your eyes closed (so as to better visualize the rabbit hole.<br /> Their years under the moniker Berlin Whale (known and beloved in St. Louis 2005-2008) brings creative cohesion to the trio’s recordings. They’ve moved away from Berlin Whale’s dance-pop roots into a more serious, acousmatic sound, exemplified by the song “Tail Feather,” which best pairs Trevor Berkholtz’s eerie tape tracks with Bo Bulawsky’s jangly guitar.<br /> Justin Hickey’s drumming stands out on “Claustrophobe” and “Panama.” His versatile command of the kit gives structure to the band’s scattered, ambient sound. The album’s remarkable accessibility is highlighted by simple lyrics draped over each track. The uncluttered physical imagery on songs like “Robot” (do you know/you’re just skin and bones) provide balance to the density of Exercise’s many layers. The album is bookended by stripped down, reflective songs that slow down enough to allow a bit of layer dissection – a sort of preparation, then detox from their intense, studious sound.<br /> Overall, it is evident that Exericse are up to the hard task of creating concentrated, quality music. They might benefit from reading a little more Pynchon, but Exercise is well on their way."<br />- Nelda KerrEXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-77243678466967187132009-10-05T01:33:00.004-05:002009-10-05T01:53:28.155-05:00Things of potential interest<span style="font-family:courier new;">There are a couple things on the horizon we'd like to tell you about.<br /><br />For one, EXERCISE is taking a break from playing shows so we can write some new songs. We have been dying to write some new material and start working more on album number two, and the only way for us to do this seems to be going into hideout for a while.<br /><br />BUT, we will be playing one more show on Saturday, October 10th at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center with our friends from Brooklyn </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.myspace.com/starringband">STARRING</a><span style="font-family:courier new;">. (They are also a side project of </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.myspace.com/pterodactyl">this band</a><span style="font-family:courier new;">'s drummer). They are an awesome, awesome band, and we're very excited to play with them again, and we would love for you to come to the show! This could be the last time we play this set of songs, ever (happy? sad? who knows).</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />ALSO. EXERCISE is playing as </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.myspace.com/coldbearscout">Cold Bear Scout</a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> this Tuesday, October 6th at the Luminary Center for the Arts in St. Louis, with another awesome, awesome band from Brooklyn called </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.myspace.com/suckerstheband">SUCKERS</a><span style="font-family:courier new;">. (Damn you, Brooklyn). We are having a mucho good time playing with Cold Bear Scout, and we are super excited for this show, and encourage you to come to both shows if you can! </span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Lastly, if anyone is interested, here are the latest blog sightings about our band.</span><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://weeklytapedeck.com/2009/09/23/exercisetail-feather/">Weekly Tape Deck</a><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://gimmetinnitus.com/2009/07/mp3-exercise-robot/">Gimme Tinnitus</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Now go do stuff!</span>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-66330444445921812202009-09-22T21:07:00.005-05:002009-09-22T21:10:22.573-05:00KWUR In-Studio<span style="font-family:courier new;">Hey! Click the pic to check out our live session on 90.3FM KWUR.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kwur.com/blog/2009/09/stack-sessions-exercise.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnCnHTsrn4mhl0nFn_wUCbz-rWJh3l136KjeFL3aZhwnqxlfgsaAHEgWrjRPTmGe1XJujJ0y9QJfaAyoPpThwcDJ0kPbuHYTvdkEqcIB4uxRXyJnThubRivyZS54g9zVJxFWl04320iN_/s320/kwur1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384478998595531826" border="0" /></a>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-84206593509926295042009-09-01T22:14:00.003-05:002009-09-02T00:43:38.149-05:00Tours are weird.<span style="font-family:courier new;">I have been meaning to blog about this tour since the day we got back, but am just now getting around to it. We embarked on a 12 day tour to the East Coast in mid-August. Chicago was the first stop, followed by Cleveland, followed by Philadelphia, and then up to New York City.</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> I will hopefully be able to piece together some video footage of these events occurring as they unfolded.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">We played 3 shows in NYC and had a radio spot on our day off. The first show was August 16 at Pianos. We had heard a lot of good stuff about this place, but the show was pretty mediocre, i.e. no crowd. The next day, we played at The Annex. This place rules, really good sound, small and intimate setting, but still big enough to have a balcony area, solid wooden interior, and a stage that has no stairs and is literally 6 feet off the ground (you have to climb to get on it). We were slotted to play at 9, we would be the 3rd of 6 bands to play that night. About 5 minutes til 9, as we were getting ready to play, someone came running in from outside and said "Is that your blue van out front?!" This is a phrase that no one wants to hear when it's their vehicle. The follow up to it can only be bad, it will never be, "because it's awesome!" It will only ever be, "because its getting towed," or, "because someone just hit it." Ours was the latter.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/777pyghon777">Margaret Raven</a> was the band playing after us. As they pulled into a parking spot out front, they hit the back drivers side of our van - doing some bumper damage, but most conveniently giving us a monumental flat tire. Back inside, it was the biggest crowd of the tour thus far, and in our time crunch to start playing, we told the band we would deal with everything after our set (very stupid). They assured us that since they were playing the show as well, they would be around all night and we would trade info and get it paid for, etc. We played our set, it went well, people danced, and all was fine. Then we went back outside to find them, and they were gone. Trevor had a phone number of one of the members who assured us again over the phone that they had just left momentarily, and that they would be back very soon. But they never came back.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">The police were called, who were mostly unhelpful. They took a report, but since we had no license plate number or even last names, they couldn't do much. Around 2am, after the police had left, we called for a tow truck. While waiting for the tow, the Department of Sanitation strolled through and gave us a $65 ticket for being parked illegally after 2am. Thanks! Right after that, a very nice man walked by and offered to sell us valium, but we had to refuse.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">At about 4 in the morning, we finally got the van to the nearest 24 hour garage, and they slapped a new tire on for the $100 we made that night at the show, and were on our way.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Our radio spot was the next day, and after sleeping in and strolling through central park, we headed back down to where we parked the night before.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">We knew it before we could even see it, the tire was flat, again. It was 6 o'clock, we had to be at the radio studio at 630. We couldn't move our van = radio spot canceled. (In hindsight, we should have loaded as much gear as possible into a cab, gone to the radio station, and dealt with the tire afterward. God Dammit.) Call Triple A, another 2 hours of waiting for a tow truck.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Tow back to the garage. Garage says, "Do you have enemies? Because someone stabbed your tire."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">We say, "No, that's ridiculous, please fix it."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Garage guy says, "I can patch the tire but it will be flat again in the morning."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">We say, "replace the tire."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Garage dudes say, "No, it's not our fault. It went flat after you left the garage."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">"But you gave us a bad tire, no one slashed it, the hole is too small for that."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">"If you want another tire, you buy one."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">"Then give us a receipt for the first one so we can give it to our insurance."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">"No. The boss isn't here, come back tomorrow morning."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">"What? Then you just write one for us, you're the guy who put it on our car yesterday anyway."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">"Only boss can make receipt."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">"Then just give us a new tire."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">"No."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">At this point, a thunderstorm blows through, and we sit in the car for about an hour trying to figure out what to do. Eventually, we decide to just buy another damn tire from these people, but when we go to do that, oddly enough, they don't have anymore.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">They tell us to go to 29th St. and 10th Ave, basically on the other side of Manhattan, where there are two tire garages. We make the drive on our slowly leaking tire, and pull into a gravel lot with no lights and a sign that says TIRE.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">At this point our luck changes. They have a used tire for us that they will put on our car for $35. "But we want a new tire," we say. They say, "No, only used." We say "OK."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">So after about 30 hours of absolute stupidity, we had a tire that would, in the end, get us back to St. Louis. That night, we went up state to my girlfriends house and got drunk and skinny dipped, and forgot all about the tire story.</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">And that's the tire story.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Here is some video documentation of the tour... if anything, it proves that we actually did it. More to follow.</span><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dC7NAc2JVfU&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dC7NAc2JVfU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-5478921143594187422009-08-11T17:12:00.000-05:002009-08-11T17:13:26.942-05:00I don't know what to make of the world anymore.WOW.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HOHriDR8F8o&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HOHriDR8F8o&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-21766753128820795522009-07-27T00:28:00.001-05:002009-07-27T00:29:25.096-05:00The best song i've heard lately..Quantum Jump - Lone Ranger<br />Thanks, Noah.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I2SuqRQ7_QQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I2SuqRQ7_QQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-52885218275285531112009-07-17T12:42:00.003-05:002009-07-18T15:10:13.962-05:00Albums! Shows!Thank you everyone for being so awesome last night. The CD release show couldn't have been more fun. We still have a few limited edition copies left if you want one!<br />You can also grab our album digitally at the following places:<br /><a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/">iTunes</a><br /><a href="http://www.emusic.com/album/Exercise-Grandma-s-House-MP3-Download/11452057.html">emusic</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grandmas-House/dp/B0029AYS9S/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1247765854&sr=8-3">Amazon</a><br /><a href="http://www.play.com/Music/MP3-Download-Album/4-/9786733/Grandma-House/Product.html">Play.com (UK)</a><br /><a href="http://www.7digital.com/artists/exercise/grandmas-house/">7digital.com (UK)</a><br /><a href="http://www.goodnoise.com/artist/Exercise-MP3-Download/12242238.html">goodnoise.com</a><br /><br />OR<br /><br />If you're in St. Louis, you can pick a copy up at one of these places:<br /><a href="http://www.euclidrecords.com/index.jsp">Euclid Records</a><br /><a href="http://www.vintagevinyl.com/">Vintage Vinyl</a><br /><a href="http://www.apoprecords.com/">APOP Records</a><br /><br /><br />We also have a few more shows coming up soon!<br />July 25 - The Luminary Center for the Arts with Abe Vigoda<br />Aug 1 - Crestwood Local Music Festival at the Crestwood Mall<br />Aug 8 - PBR Me in St. Louis 2: FREE PBR Blowout! at The Koken Art Factory<br /><br /><br /><br />See you round!<br /><br />love,<br />exerciseEXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-17456383010279213742009-07-15T13:12:00.002-05:002009-07-15T13:14:56.034-05:00Our first official not-so-glowing review...<span style="font-family: courier new;">The Riverfront Times came out with a review today of our new album...<br /><a href="http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2009-07-15/music/homespun-exercise-grandma-s-house-self-release">http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2009-07-15/music/homespun-exercise-grandma-s-house-self-release</a><br /><br />Anyway, Come to our CD Release show Tomorrow at the Firebird!<br /></span>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-54229865970633130122009-07-09T00:32:00.001-05:002009-07-09T00:34:34.032-05:00Something I found today..<span style="font-family: courier new;">If you're into googling your own band name, or even your own name name, you might find something like this:<br /><br />"Don't bother Googling the band Exercise—you won't find anything about them until page 50 or so. They're still small fries on the national scene, buried beneath a bunch of jock-jam CDs and ab rollers. Maybe that'll change now that the St. Louis band has a proper record under its gym belt, chock full of challenging post-rock jams that are characterized by aerobic musicianship and limber beats. Fans of bands like Animal Collective and Xiu Xiu will be motivated to perform extreme chin-ups, or at least run some sprints.</span>"<br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">- <a href="http://www.lawrence.com/events/2009/may/25/32073/">http://www.lawrence.com/events/2009/may/25/32073/</a></span>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-89056489350432156352009-07-01T10:17:00.001-05:002009-07-01T10:17:25.980-05:00Band Meeting<span style="font-family: courier new;">just thought we would give an update about our lives since we haven't really been "communicating" lately:<br /><br />the album artwork, disc art, and master cd are all in the hands of a company in california, who will press and print our album. its kind of scary just sending everything you've worked on for the last year to some people you don't know, and trusting that everything comes back the way you want it and imagined it all this time.. but we'll get it back in a week or so, and we couldn't be more excited.<br /><br />our cd release show is all set for July 16th @ The Firebird. Netherfriends are playing with us, if you haven't seen them live lately, you really should. They put on an incredibly fantastic live show.<br /><br />what else...justin got sunburned pretty bad when he went fishing last weekend, he also phish-ed when they played in Indianapolis last week. bo is going to new york citay today to see his girlfriend. trevor continues employment at the retirement community, he should really be receiving community service trophies as well as paychecks. we've been writing a new song, we're digging it very much.<br /><br />our tour to the east coast is coming together nicely. we look forward to that immensely. there is something about playing shows, sleeping terribly and driving many hours everyday with the same people that somehow equals the most fun thing in the world. not sure why.<br /><br />can't wait to see you.<br /><br />love,<br />exercise<br /><br /></span>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-18911194155778698852009-06-17T15:58:00.006-05:002009-06-17T16:12:55.906-05:00ALBUM RELEASE!<span style="font-family: courier new;">So, we didn't win the best new band award sadly, thank you for voting though! I don't think we have enough friends between the three of us to win things...<br /><br />BUT! We have officially announced our CD RELEASE! "Grandma's House" will drop the night of <span style="font-weight: bold;">July 16th at <a href="http://www.firebirdstl.com">The Firebird</a></span>, where you'll be able to buy the debut full-length for the first time! It will also be available on itunes, and several other online music stores following the release show.<br /><br />The show will be ALL AGES, with our band bff's Netherfriends.<br />Annnnnd, if you are lucky enough to snag one of the first 50 limited edition copies of the album, you will receive a "special surprise" album insert, with surprise special things in them..<br /><br />Hooray!<br /><br /></span>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-41719812994152205522009-05-29T22:53:00.002-05:002009-06-09T17:01:23.423-05:00Tour<span style="font-family:courier new;">We got home from our tour with <a href="http://www.netherfriends.blogspot.com/">Netherfriends</a> (follow the link for more tour footage) a few days ago. It was incredibly fun, and we were all sad</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">to go home. There are many stories to be told, too many to type out, but after sifting through tons of video footage of the tour, we have tried to compile something watchable.. not sure if we succeeded, sorry for the randomness. </span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I wish we had more video of us actually playing the shows, but that's on Netherfriends camera, not ours..<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WQnOSe0KgjI&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WQnOSe0KgjI&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jvy4B5iKCw0&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jvy4B5iKCw0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /></span>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125326461709104575.post-13723182524329962009-05-19T14:57:00.004-05:002009-05-19T15:08:05.268-05:00Shirttttttt sonnew shirts are finished! just in time for tour..<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gBZcqs8aXCo67nfnAoMpQFMMU_e8IjKeKeuf1hZsi7msfjfWOThchf874aGgl7KY2y38HmMRHs6c3VvRQ7-1rMzYma0sLj8Hvm_8TfBuzQedZayt1Vh9H8LmYFE7YzudsTWfKYrQy4TF/s1600-h/IMG_0336.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gBZcqs8aXCo67nfnAoMpQFMMU_e8IjKeKeuf1hZsi7msfjfWOThchf874aGgl7KY2y38HmMRHs6c3VvRQ7-1rMzYma0sLj8Hvm_8TfBuzQedZayt1Vh9H8LmYFE7YzudsTWfKYrQy4TF/s320/IMG_0336.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337627683285688066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCI0ovq8M2XfsGVQ52_k_9YaB9xv49KLF0dqaeogimr4ASKHPFg0Xr8DEKR8cApnkskjroi1Tbd6-1sVoWa5yyfbwTlCWtD5S85XeqpBQjtpVQByR-FGCqJ_pmYRj0cJ2x8yDDn3vWCf9/s1600-h/IMG_0365.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCI0ovq8M2XfsGVQ52_k_9YaB9xv49KLF0dqaeogimr4ASKHPFg0Xr8DEKR8cApnkskjroi1Tbd6-1sVoWa5yyfbwTlCWtD5S85XeqpBQjtpVQByR-FGCqJ_pmYRj0cJ2x8yDDn3vWCf9/s320/IMG_0365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337628635606767234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhF1xEeDXSALPmlcrrj4KM0amNqkPlp_yI0IaR9JarNsLy_pYH4F1qKGZsK_UvaT3WkqYD701X5me5k3FSmOPybpCm7mkcE44krAnshT3mEnfCV9NxeXc6qwnW45TB-Z7XEWhJ2SjXpnh-/s1600-h/IMG_0373.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhF1xEeDXSALPmlcrrj4KM0amNqkPlp_yI0IaR9JarNsLy_pYH4F1qKGZsK_UvaT3WkqYD701X5me5k3FSmOPybpCm7mkcE44krAnshT3mEnfCV9NxeXc6qwnW45TB-Z7XEWhJ2SjXpnh-/s320/IMG_0373.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337628626126822610" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhnjDx0gYp-Ph9xBBlGvONDkYPxwm59N1sP3uti8IjPm-Oi1VyHvb5Ld7kiUvCsLWs51n7QkSMzluRjvqxL5ixbPIZJ2md7Mc4VaaX_AZOuYdFrnTPKyAluQV8cA9Vatf_vS6f1FM0hpq/s1600-h/IMG_0348.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhnjDx0gYp-Ph9xBBlGvONDkYPxwm59N1sP3uti8IjPm-Oi1VyHvb5Ld7kiUvCsLWs51n7QkSMzluRjvqxL5ixbPIZJ2md7Mc4VaaX_AZOuYdFrnTPKyAluQV8cA9Vatf_vS6f1FM0hpq/s320/IMG_0348.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337628623322575602" border="0" /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></span></a></div>EXERCISEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10770439749046003497noreply@blogger.com2