Tuesday, March 29, 2011

C'mon: installment one

Wait-- so in that universe Bradly Cooper has all the potential and knowledge ever? Sir, I can not believe your movie...not at all.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Lykke Li

Have you heard of her? I saw her on Conan a few weeks ago and I can't get this song outta my head.


Man, this video is trippy.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

This one covers covers.

I've been asked why I lobby for the covers I choose to. I don't suggest all of the covers for the band, but a lot of times, the covers I do pick are pretty far out of our genre (whatever that is). The thing is, if there's, say, a pop song I like, it's not really strictly about the song. At a certain point, sometimes as quickly as the second listen-through, I start to hear the song not as it is, but as it could be. Eventually I reach a point where I'm barely hearing the song as it was recorded—I'm hearing it as I would record it. When we decide to do a cover for a song that's out-of-format, that idea of what it should sound like is then filtered through the realm of what's actually possible with a three piece band in a live situation, and there you have it.

Like with Tik Tok, the verses are way dumb, but the parts where she actually starts singing, there's some meat there. Not intellectually—I mean musical meat. Yes, there's musical meat to be found in some Kesha songs. I imagined that song slower—way more epic. And it seemed like an okay idea. The way we do it live didn't quite turn out that way—it's not a huge production—but we still shook the song up a little bit.

Zach out.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

The Raygun's St. Patty's Day show - The set list

In case you missed part of or all of the show last Friday, here's our set list in all its glory. It's come to our attention that a lot of people don't even know what kind of stuff we play. These sets don't tell anywhere near the whole story, but it's a start.

Set I


TIMES VS. TABLES
DA CLUUB
BACK IN 2 YEARS
CLINT EASTWOOD IS SAD (Metallica/Gorillaz mashup)
TIK TOK (Kesha cover)
NO ONE BUT NO ONE
POLLY THE TICK
WHIP IT (Devo cover)
GIN & JUICE (Snoop Dogg cover)
WHITE WEDDING (Billy Idol cover)
SUICIDAL BRIDAL SHOWER
CAPTAIN & THE EAGLE

Set II

GOT A LIVE ONE
THE BED INTRUDER SONG (Antoine Dodson cover)
PUSH-->SHOVE
JAM-->KASHMIR (Led Zep)-->SPITSHINE
TOPPLED GOD
HELLA GOOD (No Doubt cover ft. Haley)
BLACK SHEEP (from the Scott Pilgrim Soundtrack ft. Haley)
WOULD? (Alice In Chains cover ft. Haley)
ANEURYSM (Nirvana cover)
OKAY, THE NEWS
PURGE
WHY A GOOD COLLECTOR NEVER STOPS COLLECTING

Set III

BUDDY HOLLY (Weezer cover)
BULLS ON PARADE (RATM cover)
THAT ONE JAM (INSTRUMENTAL)
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (The Police cover)
CHERUB ROCK (Smashing Pumpkins cover)
ZERO (Smashing Pumpkins cover)
YOU
PUSH IT (Garbage cover ft. Haley)
ZOMBIE (The Cranberries cover ft. Haley)
POKER FACE (Lady Gaga cover ft. Haley)
HORSE WITH NO NAME (America cover)
COME UNDONE (Duran Duran cover)
COMFORTABLE LIAR (Chevelle cover)
TRIUMPHANT PELVIC THRUST




Hm. We sure jammed in a lot of covers in that last one. We likes 'em.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Another Spectacle Tonight!

Citizens! Raygun hits the stage in less than five hours! Hope you're tweezing, waxing, getting pumped, and pre-partying right now. You gotta make the most of these moments, you know? We're playing at Cheers 2 U, the bar we've come to think of as home base. Although it's only been three weeks since our last show at Cheers, we've still got some new stuff to show you, so come on out, it's gonna be a good time.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Want to walk 5K?

As you may know, The (almighty) Raygun will be preforming the after party@ Brian O'Neils Irish Pub for Houston City Dance Tutu 5K benefiting Camp Hope. If you just want to have a beer and watch the event unfold, you're more than welcome to, BUT if you actually want to run or walk, you can signup here. (psst. click the word "here")


WARNING: It's not free to run or walk BUT the money goes to a great cause!

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Okay, (we have) the news.

Hey there all ye faithful,
This is a general update for all you concerned citizens. Where are we going? What are we up to? Well here it is:

Friday, March 18th:
All night long at Cheers 2 U.
You heard me, boys and girls, we're doing it again! Just when you thought you'd recovered from the last one! Come check it out because we will have new material for you...and plenty of tried-and-true stuff, too.

Saturday, March 26th:
Brian O'Neils Irish Pub
5555 Morningside Drive
The Raygun hits the stage hard at 12 noon. Razor sharp.
The Raygun will be following a special dresscode for this show, which is all ages—as family-friendly as we can ever possibly be—and we hope to see everyone there because it's for a good cause.

After these dates, we'll be going on lockdown for at least a few weeks while we go about the dark and mysterious work of recording a full length album. We'll be doing this 100% on our own, so it's probably going to take a while, but hopefully we'll have some delicious, succulent tunes for you by this summer.

We're also jawing a bit about what kind of merch we want to put out, so something like that will probably happen soon. Again, definitely by summer, and that's when we'll be setting up lots and lots of shows, hopefully, at various places in various capacities.

Zach out.