Hello All,
It's been a while......so lets get right to it.
We got a couple shows coming up that might be worth your while to check out. Moga will be forming what some call a "super-group" with the very great band Chukka. Many instruments will be played, passed around, sat on, etc. But we have a great time playing together, so it will be fun live! Our first super-group appearance will be @ The 201 in Providence on April 9th.
We just added a date with our good Philly Friends The Great Vibration on April 23rd @ Murph's Bar.
ALSO, we will be playing this years Hemp- Fest at URI. This is an all day event and we will be taking the stage around 3PM. Bands like Hardig Rhode, amongst others, will be playing. This will also be a Moga/Chukka super-group deal, so CHECK IT OUT!
All info about this is on our page, hope to see you all there!
_M
Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Playing BENEFIT FOR HAITI RELIEF SHOW @ URI next week!
Hello Everyone,
We were just invited to play the Haiti Relief Benefit Show @ the URI coffeehouse next week, Friday the 26th.
We will be joining Roz Raskin and The Ricecakes, Formal Action, and others.
This should be a good time and its for a good cause, so we hope to see you there! More info here:
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=roz+raskin+and+the+ricecakes&init=quick#!/event.php?eid=316791137166&ref=mf
Monday, February 15, 2010
2-13-10
Once on a snowy day
I met a friend
This friend was large, and a bit furry
His name was sage.
We met in the woods and walked about
talked to eachother
and worked it out
I came back to life
and saw a man.
His name was sage...
I met a friend
This friend was large, and a bit furry
His name was sage.
We met in the woods and walked about
talked to eachother
and worked it out
I came back to life
and saw a man.
His name was sage...
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tee- Shirts for sale...
Hello everyone!
We got some shirts still for sale. There are mens & womens, all sizes. Below is what the shirt looks like, modeled by the lovey Aly. E-mail (mogamusic123@yahoo.com) or talk to one of us to get your hands on one.....!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Open up,eternal lips, and swallow me
Everyone,
All our winter shows are finished and we'd like to thank everyone who supported us during them! We had a great time and love you all!
Although Max will be leaving us now, it will only be for a short period of time and we have big plans for when he comes back! These plans are the recording of our first LP. We have a bunch of new tunes and just need to sort out the ones that will fit on this....we are super excited to record and use a bunch of our new musical toys, including our Wurlitzer up-right piano and hammond L-100 organ, amoungst others.
In terms of shows, we have one we just booked on MARCH 5th, @ THE CARRIAGE HOUSE in PHILLY, Thanks to our good friend Dave from Great Vibration. More info on that soon!
All our winter shows are finished and we'd like to thank everyone who supported us during them! We had a great time and love you all!
Although Max will be leaving us now, it will only be for a short period of time and we have big plans for when he comes back! These plans are the recording of our first LP. We have a bunch of new tunes and just need to sort out the ones that will fit on this....we are super excited to record and use a bunch of our new musical toys, including our Wurlitzer up-right piano and hammond L-100 organ, amoungst others.
In terms of shows, we have one we just booked on MARCH 5th, @ THE CARRIAGE HOUSE in PHILLY, Thanks to our good friend Dave from Great Vibration. More info on that soon!
Monday, January 11, 2010
EP Review
Long-time music enthusiast and talented musician Ben Foreman wrote this review about the Moga EP last night.
MOGA EP
Opening with something that could be directly taken from a Harry Nilsson record Moga's EP bursts with a Seventies-esque indie aesthetic. For the entirety of the album you're transported to a different time and place, which is so unbelievably rare these days that that single fact alone should be enough to make you want to go out and pick this up immediately, not to mention that these songs are really good!
All of the songs are firmly rooted in the Pop world, but they draw from so many different pools of influence they manage to not fall into the pitfalls of the so-called "Pop Cliche." Many people have a tendency to hear the phrase Popular Music and cringe, forgetting that some of the best albums of all time were clearly pop (Songs in the Key of Life anyone?). In fact, there's really nothing wrong with good Pop, it's just that no one has done it in years! Moga take this Pop medium that has been trampled over and again and manage to actually breathe life into it!
The funny thing about this band, at least to me, is how clearly Rhode Island it sounds. Just like the small state they hail from, they draw from a vast array of influences and manage to make something wholly unique, yet completely familiar ("Break My Bones" could easily have been on an early Paul McCartney album). Take a song like "Mountaintop," how easy is it to picture this being a Slowdive song? Which it clearly is not! In no small part due to the Grace Slick vocals by way of Ana Mallozzi (which are superb by the way). Her being on the song is just one of the many ways this band manages to make you think they're taking you one way and just turn the song on it's head and take you down "the road less traveled."
Yes, there are points when the songs go on slightly long, or the use of synth is a little over the top, but it doesn't ruin the songs by any means. My biggest gripe is with the song "Canopy," whereas all of the other songs have a dynamic layering to them, this one just seems very one sided and not at all of the same caliber as the rest. That being said, this band is the best thing Providence has going for them right now.
MOGA EP
Opening with something that could be directly taken from a Harry Nilsson record Moga's EP bursts with a Seventies-esque indie aesthetic. For the entirety of the album you're transported to a different time and place, which is so unbelievably rare these days that that single fact alone should be enough to make you want to go out and pick this up immediately, not to mention that these songs are really good!
All of the songs are firmly rooted in the Pop world, but they draw from so many different pools of influence they manage to not fall into the pitfalls of the so-called "Pop Cliche." Many people have a tendency to hear the phrase Popular Music and cringe, forgetting that some of the best albums of all time were clearly pop (Songs in the Key of Life anyone?). In fact, there's really nothing wrong with good Pop, it's just that no one has done it in years! Moga take this Pop medium that has been trampled over and again and manage to actually breathe life into it!
The funny thing about this band, at least to me, is how clearly Rhode Island it sounds. Just like the small state they hail from, they draw from a vast array of influences and manage to make something wholly unique, yet completely familiar ("Break My Bones" could easily have been on an early Paul McCartney album). Take a song like "Mountaintop," how easy is it to picture this being a Slowdive song? Which it clearly is not! In no small part due to the Grace Slick vocals by way of Ana Mallozzi (which are superb by the way). Her being on the song is just one of the many ways this band manages to make you think they're taking you one way and just turn the song on it's head and take you down "the road less traveled."
Yes, there are points when the songs go on slightly long, or the use of synth is a little over the top, but it doesn't ruin the songs by any means. My biggest gripe is with the song "Canopy," whereas all of the other songs have a dynamic layering to them, this one just seems very one sided and not at all of the same caliber as the rest. That being said, this band is the best thing Providence has going for them right now.
Friday, January 8, 2010
End of 09' news & press, etc.
Happy 2010!
Crazy that it is already 2010....! The future is coming fast. Any who, we just wanted to inform you folks about some stuff going on and some press we have gotten during the 09'/10' transition.
Anti-Music did a short write up about us and our shows here:
http://www.antimusic.com/news/10/jan/05M
A couple of our songs in MP3 format were kindly posted by someone over at "The Hype Machine":
http://hypem.com/track/968211/Moga+-+Col
Call It Folk Blog posted one of our videos on their weekly video posts:
http://callitfolk.blogspot.com/2009/11/this-weeks-videos.html
We also have 2 dates in NYC coming up: Jan. 12th at The Shrine World Music Venue and Jan. 13th at Goodbye Blue Monday w/ Tall Tall Trees!
More stuff to come. Very much thanks to everyone who has been coming out to our local shows and purchasing some CD's etc. We love ya!
_M
Crazy that it is already 2010....! The future is coming fast. Any who, we just wanted to inform you folks about some stuff going on and some press we have gotten during the 09'/10' transition.
Anti-Music did a short write up about us and our shows here:
http://www.antimusic.com/news/10/jan/05M
A couple of our songs in MP3 format were kindly posted by someone over at "The Hype Machine":
http://hypem.com/track/968211/Moga+-+Col
Call It Folk Blog posted one of our videos on their weekly video posts:
http://callitfolk.blogspot.com/2009/11/this-weeks-videos.html
We also have 2 dates in NYC coming up: Jan. 12th at The Shrine World Music Venue and Jan. 13th at Goodbye Blue Monday w/ Tall Tall Trees!
More stuff to come. Very much thanks to everyone who has been coming out to our local shows and purchasing some CD's etc. We love ya!
_M
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