Brandon Can't Dance
» Friday Night is all about not dancing this week because our featured artist can't boogie, but we still like him. It's not his fault he was born super white.
We're F'ing with the routine this week. Friday Night is all about not dancing because our featured artist can't boogie, but we still like him. It's not his fault he was born super white.
Brandon Can't Dance is the bedroom electronic project of Brandon Ayres. He's released four volumes of weirdo home recordings with his fifth due in the coming weeks. We have "Your All Normal," which will be on his fifth installment.
Ayres is from Drexel Hill, PA, which is a place we envision to be much like the farming community from Footloose. It's our subtle New Yorker way of mocking rural upbringings and unexplainable lapses in dance moves. We have a sneaky suspicion that Brandon can dance, but we're happy to feature his song as our tribute to dance-less, brooding weekends that tend to happen when it's colder than a witch tit at night.
Brandon Can't Dance's Vol. 5 is out January 29 on Beast Reality with a release show at Silent Barn.
Download his previous volumes and a slew of other free albums on the Beast Reality site.
Brandon Can't Dance, "Your All Normal"
Posted on January 15, 2010. More on: brandon can't dance, beast reality, silent barn
and by the way i'm not a music insider and i don't know who Ray Weiss is and how he fits into the picture. please enlighten me. as for poor writing, i have oodles of hate for the phrase "oodles of hate". but that's a matter of taste.
— sarahana on January 20, 2010
sarahana! i thought this was a posting about Brandon Can't Dance, but all I've read is horseshit! the last thing i want from music -- or for music to be about -- is money and fame. where's YOUR anger coming from? are you struggling? does it feel good? sorry if i chaffed your ballsack!
— Conor Meara on January 20, 2010
and to make things clear, i only have love for Brandon Can't Dance. i have oodles of hate for poor writing and Ray Weiss.
— Conor Meara on January 20, 2010
Conor, it sounds like your ire is more personal than about the words in this post (I mean, let's face it, Footloose=awesome!). Trust me, as someone who has spent the majority of his adult life struggling just to promote great independent artists, it's not worth the anger. There's no difference between small-market and large-market capitalism, and the moment you entered the ring (buying a blog name, paying for CDR's or instruments, promoting your bands), you're a part of the game. I think it's safe to say none of us are getting "rich" or "fame" from this, so all you can do is continue to do things the right way and hope for the best.
— Always Right on January 20, 2010
hi again conor. there is a link to the band's music and there is the announcement about the release. the rest is all play. music is supposed to be fun. you don't have to write a thesis to describe a band. people have EARS and TASTE and the ability to make their own JUDGMENT. my anger is quite simply coming from your accusation against the post, which i fail to understand. i thought that much was obvious.
— sarahana on January 20, 2010
I play in a band with Ray Weiss called Space Jam. Hes a nice dude. BRANDON RULES!
— Tim Rusterholz on January 20, 2010
Swelling pride academy. Noice noice my tall praline.
— Jamantis on January 20, 2010
Conor and Kevin, what did you think this was, Pitchfork? You won't find any thesis here. Just love letters in the form of candid banter. By the way, I hope this isn't the year of TOUCHY labels and TOUCHY musicians taking out their ANGER of failed money-making-fame-seeking models on the few independent outlets (such as IMPOSE) whose day-to-day struggles are NO DIFFERENT from a struggling musician's.
— sarahana on January 19, 2010
Win.
— Curdo on January 19, 2010
hey blake -- you absolutely missed the point and are a terrible writer. go drive a car. love, conor. p.s. you're not subtle either.
— Conor Meara on January 16, 2010
This was a really stupid article for a not stupid artist.
— Kevin Taylor on January 16, 2010
Brandon CAN dance!
— Sara on January 16, 2010
p.p.s. have you ever heard Rasputin's Secret Police? Gorgeous? Wynne Records? does Le Rug make your genitals hard? balls too?
— Conor Meara on January 16, 2010
wow, so much hate, what is this, Brooklyn Vegan? I like the Footloose reference--kinda witty way to tie in his name and locale. Pennsylvania sucks.
— Always Right on January 16, 2010