DeVotchKa
DeVotchKa is an American band that melds a collection of influences into a … Read Full Bio ↴DeVotchKa is an American band that melds a collection of influences into a blend of rock 'n' roll.
The band's fifth album shows influences of the Arizona desert with producer Craig Schumacher (Calexico, Neko Case) to create a compendium of short stories inspired by the varied moments the band experienced since the release of A Mad & Faithful Telling (Anti-, 2007).
Like many bands, DeVotchKa spent much of their early years traveling the highways and byways searching for gigs and a musical direction. As time went on, the band began to foster important musical collaborations with the unequivocal Calexico and the seminal gypsy punks Gogol Bordello. International tours with Gogol and recordings with Calexico have helped spread the band’s sound around the globe.
Originally a backing band for burlesque shows, in their early years DeVotchKa also toured with fetish model Dita von Teese. Numerous nationwide tours in support of self-released records earned the band an underground following. Their song "How It Ends" introduced the band to a wider audience after being featured in the trailer for Everything Is Illuminated, in a Gears of War 2 trailer called "The Last Day", and in an episode of Everwood (Season 4).
Arcade Fire singer Win Butler suggested to DeVotchKa that they cover the Siouxsie and the Banshees song "The Last Beat of My Heart". The musicians found the idea interesting and they recorded that song for the now critically acclaimed Curse Your Little Heart EP. The band did a world tour in support of their previous album, A Mad & Faithful Telling (released March, 2008). The album reached No. 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and No. 29 on the Top Independent Albums chart.["New World" and "Head Honcho" were featured in a season 4 episode of the Showtime television show Weeds.
DeVotchKa's first big break happened when Nic Harcourt, former music director for KCRW, introduced his listeners to a then unknown rock band of worldly sounds on his daily radio show, "Morning Becomes Eclectic". Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, who were listening that day, stumbled upon the sound for their movie, "Little Miss Sunshine". A critical and box office hit, the film was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and, for DeVotchKa's soundtrack, a Grammy. The little gypsy wedding band from Denver was suddenly known all across the US, playing large venues and major music festivals, including Coachella, Bumbershoot, Lollapalooza, and Mile High Music Festival. After years of toiling in obscurity, the band was selling out shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco and First Avenue in Minneapolis, with breakout performances at Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits Music Festival. The love spread to Europe, which has become a yearly destination for the band.
"100 Lovers" is the album DeVotchKa had always wanted to make. "How it Ends" was recorded and mixed in only nine days, mainly due to lack of funds. On "A Mad and Faithful Telling,” the band had more time and conducted complex arrangements and experimental recording techniques. For "100 Lovers", DeVotchKa spent over a year defining their sound, taking multiple trips to the desert studio to craft twelve new recordings. The final product is the bands strongest album to date, filled with songs fans will love, songs to draw in new listeners, and exciting numbers that fit nicely into their rousing live sets. Guests on the album include members of Calexico and Mauro Refosco, David Byrne and Thom Yorke’s go-to percussionist. With a full tour lined up for the spring and dates booked all over the world, 2011 is gearing up to be the biggest year for DeVotchKa yet.
DeVotchKa is:
Nick Urata: Vocals, guitars, Theremin, trumpet, piano
Jeanie Schroder: acoustic bass, sousaphone
Shawn King: drums, percussion, trumpet
Tom Hagerman: violin, viola, accordion, piano
The band's fifth album shows influences of the Arizona desert with producer Craig Schumacher (Calexico, Neko Case) to create a compendium of short stories inspired by the varied moments the band experienced since the release of A Mad & Faithful Telling (Anti-, 2007).
Like many bands, DeVotchKa spent much of their early years traveling the highways and byways searching for gigs and a musical direction. As time went on, the band began to foster important musical collaborations with the unequivocal Calexico and the seminal gypsy punks Gogol Bordello. International tours with Gogol and recordings with Calexico have helped spread the band’s sound around the globe.
Originally a backing band for burlesque shows, in their early years DeVotchKa also toured with fetish model Dita von Teese. Numerous nationwide tours in support of self-released records earned the band an underground following. Their song "How It Ends" introduced the band to a wider audience after being featured in the trailer for Everything Is Illuminated, in a Gears of War 2 trailer called "The Last Day", and in an episode of Everwood (Season 4).
Arcade Fire singer Win Butler suggested to DeVotchKa that they cover the Siouxsie and the Banshees song "The Last Beat of My Heart". The musicians found the idea interesting and they recorded that song for the now critically acclaimed Curse Your Little Heart EP. The band did a world tour in support of their previous album, A Mad & Faithful Telling (released March, 2008). The album reached No. 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and No. 29 on the Top Independent Albums chart.["New World" and "Head Honcho" were featured in a season 4 episode of the Showtime television show Weeds.
DeVotchKa's first big break happened when Nic Harcourt, former music director for KCRW, introduced his listeners to a then unknown rock band of worldly sounds on his daily radio show, "Morning Becomes Eclectic". Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, who were listening that day, stumbled upon the sound for their movie, "Little Miss Sunshine". A critical and box office hit, the film was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and, for DeVotchKa's soundtrack, a Grammy. The little gypsy wedding band from Denver was suddenly known all across the US, playing large venues and major music festivals, including Coachella, Bumbershoot, Lollapalooza, and Mile High Music Festival. After years of toiling in obscurity, the band was selling out shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco and First Avenue in Minneapolis, with breakout performances at Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits Music Festival. The love spread to Europe, which has become a yearly destination for the band.
"100 Lovers" is the album DeVotchKa had always wanted to make. "How it Ends" was recorded and mixed in only nine days, mainly due to lack of funds. On "A Mad and Faithful Telling,” the band had more time and conducted complex arrangements and experimental recording techniques. For "100 Lovers", DeVotchKa spent over a year defining their sound, taking multiple trips to the desert studio to craft twelve new recordings. The final product is the bands strongest album to date, filled with songs fans will love, songs to draw in new listeners, and exciting numbers that fit nicely into their rousing live sets. Guests on the album include members of Calexico and Mauro Refosco, David Byrne and Thom Yorke’s go-to percussionist. With a full tour lined up for the spring and dates booked all over the world, 2011 is gearing up to be the biggest year for DeVotchKa yet.
DeVotchKa is:
Nick Urata: Vocals, guitars, Theremin, trumpet, piano
Jeanie Schroder: acoustic bass, sousaphone
Shawn King: drums, percussion, trumpet
Tom Hagerman: violin, viola, accordion, piano
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DeVotchKa Lyrics
02 All the Sand in all the Sea All you precious souls And the ? Or bargain basement loves T…
09 Bad Luck Heels My sweet Signorina I've come to see you I got all dressed…
100 Other Lovers All you precious souls And the ? Or bargain basement loves T…
14. How It Ends Hold your grandmother's bible to your breast Gonna put it to…
All the Sand in all the Sea All you precious souls And the ? Or bargain basement loves T…
Along the Way As the gringos block the roads Inside your head Are you sl…
Bad Luck Heels My sweet Signorina I've come to see you I got all dressed…
Basso Profundo I'm concentrate on the wrong side of the law From the…
Blessing in Disguise Is losing something that you love A blessing in disguise W…
Commerce City Sister Can I sleep in your arms tonight, sister? Can I lay…
Contrabanda Have you come to bust me You still don't trust me Some…
Curse Your Little Heart Junto a la luna sangrienta Con tu pequeño corazón Con tu p…
Danglin' Feet Sacrificial sailing feeling super melodramas And I know I w…
Dearly Departed Sweetheart How I miss your heart Beating next to mine The r…
Death By Blonde Well this is one place where Your gods can't dwell It's like…
Exhaustible You and I look good together This day is getting a…
Gasoline Serpent In the gutter gasoline Suffocates our self esteem Desensi…
Girl Is there anybody going to listen to my story all…
Head Honcho We're gonna hit them, hit them where it hurts Listen, liste…
Hot Buritto #1 (I'm Your Toy) You may be sweet and nice, But that won't keep you…
Hot Burrito #1 You may be sweet and nice But that won't keep you…
How It Ends Hold your grandmother's bible to your breast Gonna put it to…
I Cried Like A Silly Boy He wrote you letters, And I couldn't care, 'Cause I know you…
Interlude 1 Oh it's never too late To co-conspire commiserate All it t…
Interlude 2 Welcome my friends Bienvenidos Let's get on with the show …
Life is Short life is short the sky (or heaven) is short life is short …
Lose You In the Crowd Was I put here for a reason I thought there was…
New World There's this place that I know Where they take everything s…
Now It Ends Hold your grandmother's bible to your breast Gonna put it to…
Ocean of Lust It goes ashes to ashes from dawn 'til dusk I am drowning…
One Hundred other Lovers All you precious souls And the ? Or bargain basement loves…
One Last Vow Oh, this sacrament, our lovers vows You wear them like a…
Queen of the Surface Streets Well this is one place where Your gods can't dwell It's like…
Ruthless Welcome my friends Bienvenidos Let's get on with the show Me…
San Sebastian Oh it's never too late To co-conspire commiserate All it tak…
Somethin' Stupid I know I stand in line Until you think you have…
Something Stupid I know I stand in line Until you think you have…
Straight Shot I can draw a straight line Through my mind Right back to…
Such a Lovely Thing It?s an elusive thing This love of which we sing What are…
Sunrise on Cicero Love is like a paradise With rumors flying, and sacrifice …
The Alley It's all the same for all of us A sinking ship…
The Clockwise Witness It don't look right In broad day light It don't feel right…
The Common Good We are only speaking from our conscience He's gonna take us…
The Enemy Guns Oh, my love Here in our darkest hour It is you, my…
The Jaws of the World I snatched you away from the jaws of the world But…
The Last Beat of My Heart In the sharp gust of love My memory stirred When time wrea…
The Man from San Sebastian Oh it's never too late To co-conspire commiserate All it tak…
The Oblivion Oh it's hard to resist on a night like this impossible to…
This Place Is Haunted I'll go away 'til there's no-oe around Leave your house when…
Til the End of Time They're just words, they ain't worth nothing Cloud your hea…
Till The End Of Time They're just words, they ain't worth nothing Cloud your head…
Too Tired There is no moon reflecting in your eyes no romantic midnigh…
Tragedy The end, it shouldn't end like this It's the bottle, she…
Transliterator Lady future's arms are lily white They stretch before you c…
Twenty-Six Temptations Come away, lovely daughters Come away, sons of man Dip you…
Undone Father, You know where I have been And you know what…
Vengo! Vengo! Ti amo Ti voglio Ho bisogno di te Aooh, aooh, aooh, aoo…
Venus in Furs Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather Shiny leather in the d…
We Raise your glasses please into a toaste For we are merely…
Whiskey Breath Mass hallucination on the ballroom floor An ancient rite of…
You Love Me Under the mother eyes of the Mexican sky She was happy…