I caught Austin’s Harlem twice last weekend here in town; Friday night at a house party in Chinatown and the following night at Spaceland. As expected, both shows were beautifully unhinged; the wheels teetering, barely staying on the tracks as the trio bashed out Lenny Kaye approved blasts of garage rock strewn with keen pop sensibilities.
As I’ve mentioned here in the past, the band has an interesting, if eclectic, ear when it comes to cover material (Royal Trux, Devo, The Flamin’ Groovies, etc). While I don’t remember catching any of the aforementioned covers this past weekend, I did end up in a conversation with someone at the bar concerning the band’s surprisingly sober/bizarre cover of Q Lazzarus’s “Goodbye Horses.” Yes, that “Goodbye Horses;” the tune one Jame Gumb “dances” to in his lair during the last third of Silence of The Lambs. Ah yes…the ‘tuck‘.
If you’re heading to Austin during the Film/Interactive portion of SXSW, Harlem, covered in BBQ sauce, will be playing Aquarium Drunkard’s party Saturday night (at Red Eye Fly) with The Strange Boys and Vega. I doubt you’ll hear any Q Lazzarus jams but with any luck you will catch some”South of France.”
MP3: Harlem :: Goodbye Horses (Q Lazzarus cover)
MP3: Harlem :: South of France
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Not the Aquarium Drunkard sect would especially care, but The Airborne Toxic Event has been doing a killer cover of the same song for the last year or so.
That Harlem record is pretty good.
1 | Mouse February 24th, 2010 at 10:55 amI would fuck me.
and this cover.
2 | Nick February 24th, 2010 at 11:24 amHarlem, vega, and strange boys= money well spent!
3 | subetaks February 24th, 2010 at 11:26 amhave you heard this recent cover of “Goodbye Horses?” reaaaaally like this one and the band’s really great as well: http://cllct.com/release/postcardsfromtelstar
4 | JW February 24th, 2010 at 12:33 pmDo you need a film or music badge for that party at red eyed?
5 | Will February 24th, 2010 at 5:45 pm@Will – no badge required
6 | Satisfied '75 February 24th, 2010 at 6:36 pmwould you fuck me? I’d fuck me.
7 | Matt February 24th, 2010 at 7:30 pmI’m not sure if the song is creepy first, or if it’s creepy because it accompanies one of the creepiest scenes in film history. That said, despite the bizarre and uncomfortable feeling that washes over the goosebumps it gives me, I can’t turn away when it’s playing.
It puts the lotion on its skin.
8 | j.crosby February 24th, 2010 at 8:53 pm@jcrosby – yeah, I will never be able to disassociate the track with that scene in the flick.
- Signed
Buffalo Bill
9 | Satisfied '75 February 24th, 2010 at 9:53 pmThis cover intro’d me to Harlem a while back, great tune.
Would love to see them in Canada sometime…
10 | Ponytricksone March 2nd, 2010 at 11:18 amcheck out my cover of goodbye horses at http://www.myspace.com/esionofnoise
11 | esion May 16th, 2010 at 10:38 pm