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Blogger Takes a Liking to Our New Album

http://dakotapunk.blogspot.com/2009/06/b-take-listen.html

"Okay, on to sound. From track one, I was immediately thrown into a raging pulse of rock goodness. Too bad I was driving, as I tend to have a lead foot when listening to this kind of fast, easy and cheap rock. Most of the songs deal with soured relationships, nights of debauchery, and chaos, and the lyrics and music are a chopped-up combination that supports the meanings well.

Brendan Corcoran, the lead singer, wrings out as much treble as he can from his voice, sounding a bit like Jello Biafra might have first thing in the morning circa 1978. The rest of the band punches out a solid accompaniment of crackle and crunch minced with an almost inaudible thread of tasty underlying buzz."

Read the full entry here. 

RFT Homespun Review of 'Chords to Live By'

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2009-06-24/music/homespun-b-and-e-chords-to-live-by/

Homespun: B & E

Chords to Live By

(self-released)

Published on June 23, 2009

Chords to Live By is a clever title for B&E's first full-length, but it's a bit misleading: There's only one type of chord this quintet knows, and it's the power chord. The album delivers twelve funny, cynical rock songs full of supercharged guitars and knowing winks; in fact, the Hold Steady's Craig Finn will be pissed that B&E wrote a song called "Killer Riff" before he did. Still, the quintet's HS jones — evident on the lovably shambling 2007 EP, We Regret Everything — has turned from '70s classic rock toward '80s pop-metal.

But even with the amps turned up to eleven and the cheap stomp boxes permanently set to "shred," singer Brendan Corcoran remains the undeniable center of this band. His yelping, affected vocals allow him to hold court with the fervor of a pilled-up holiness preacher (as he does on the opener "We Are All a Mighty Fine Mess") or sputter out of control (like on "You're a Mess"). That the word "mess" is included in two song titles is no mistake — B&E is interested in the sound of things falling apart, both in the love-gone-wrong story-songs and in its sometimes-sloppy musicianship. Corcoran's full-throated strain is part of the band's charm, but his vocals reach their reedy limits on "The Day We Got the City Back," and the shredding guitars often fall out of sync with the shuffling drumbeats. But if B&E isn't quite the shit-kicking bar band it wants to be, Chords is a good start. 

Rock Candy Covers B&E

Old school band photo promoting our new school new album...

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/rock-candy/rock-candy/2009/06/local-rockers-be-celebrate-new-album-sat-at-deluxe/

06.23.2009 1:07 pm

Local rockers B&E celebrate new album Sat. at Deluxe

Local rockers B&E will release their new album, Chords to Live By, Saturday at Deluxe in Maplewood.

The band plays old school garage and punk rock with some commercial glam mixed in. Frontman Brendan Corcoran’s voice hearkens 1970s figures like John Lydon and David Bowie and he often loses it on the mic, squealin’ and squawkin’ through a typhoon of rage. The two guitar assault is grungy and lo-fi.

The album features backup vocals from Jason Potter (Left Arm), Kat Kissick (Midtown Thieves) and Sunyatta Marshall (The Helium Tapes).

All in all, not a bad listen. Bring your earplugs to the show (safety first!)

B&E CD release show with Left Arm

10 pm Sat., Deluxe

You can also buy the album on iTunes and here.

http://www.myspace.com/bandelive

More B&E shows

Thursday, Blueberry Hill

July 18, Way Out Club

July 31, Lemmons

Aug. 14, Vintage Vinyl

2 Big Shows This Week

Thursday, June 25 - AdStock X - Blueberry Hill on Delmar Blvd.

We take the stage at 8:30 p.m. 

And we all remember what happened the last time B&E played AdStock...

Then the BIG show is Saturday, June 27 @ Deluxe in Maplewood.

It's our CD Release Party w/ friends Left Arm opening up. 

CD Release Show - June 27 @ Deluxe

It's happenin'. You comin'? (Potter made this for us.) 

'Chords To Live By' Lyrics Posted

Wondering what the hell Brendan's saying? Good news. The lyrics are up. 

They're posted in 2-parts on our MySpace blog. 

Just click here to hit up our page.