Art Brut‘s frontman, the irrepressible and extremely funny Eddie Argos, has been working on a side project with girlfriend Dyan Valdes (of the Blood Arm) called Everybody Was in the French Resistance…NOW! The interesting bit about this side project is that it isn’t just any side project: Argos and Valdes decided to go through the decades of popular music, writing and recording song responses to 12 famous tunes throughout popular music history for their album Fixing the Charts, released on Cooking Vinyl earlier this year and available now.
Responses to songs from artists as varied as the Mamas and the Papas, Frank Sinatra, and Avril Lavigne made it to this album. Even the show tune standard “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” made famous by Gerry and the Pacemakers in the ’60s and now forever linked to my footy team, Liverpool Football Club, did not escape Argos and Valdes’s touch. They just played at South by Southwest last month, and the Austin Chronicle noted of their performance, “…Argos’ wry wit and genial irony has a half-life longer than a SXSW showcase allows. Plus, he’s legitimately funny.” Catch this act at a venue near you.
Tour Dates
Apr 23 – Echo / Los Angeles
Apr 24 – Casbah / San Diego
Apr 27 – Bottom of the Hill / San Francisco
Apr 29 – Mississippi Studios / Portland
Apr 30 – Red Room Coffee and Concert House / Kennewick, WA
May 01 – High Drive / Seattle
May 04 – Turf Club / Minneapolis
May 05 – Frequency / Madison, WI
May 06 – Schubas / Chicago
May 07 – Majestic Café / Detroit
May 08 – El Mocambo / Toronto
May 09 – La Sala Rossa / Montreal
May 11 – Great Scott / Boston
May 12 – Mercury Lounge / New York City
May 13 – Union Hall / Brooklyn
May 14 – North Star / Philadelphia
May 15 – DC9 / Washington, DC
May 16 – Local 506 / Chapel Hill
May 17 – Earl / Atlanta
May 18 – Bottletree / Birmingham
May 19 – Exit In / Nashville
May 21 – Mango’s / Houston
May 22 – Emo’s indoors / Austin
May 23 – Hailey’s / Denton, TX
May 26 – Rhythm Room / Phoenix
Everybody Was in the French Resistance…NOW!: myspace
