Friday 5/4: Live Film Score
Ernst Lubitsch's The Oyster Princess
at Discovery Green in Houston

This will be our second KUHF-sponsored film event in Houston. Seating is out on the lawn of Discovery Green, and admission is free to the public. We'll perform our score live with the film! The set-up is great, with a big stage on one side and a big screen on the other. Check back here for more information. In the meantime, listen to our appearance on KUHF's The Front Row from our last visit to Discovery Green to perform The Cameraman.

This trailer features some of the new music we've written.

New Release!
7" Single: "Josephine, Beauty Queen"

Sarah took a theme from our Cameraman soundtrack and spun it into a new song. Josephine played the part of Buster Keaton's monkey companion in The Cameraman, and our first vinyl pressing pays tribute to her impressive acting abilities. An alternate arrangement of Philip's "Tuesday in Tuskegee" appears on the B side. Sarah hand screenprinted every cover of this limited pressing. The artwork comes from a linocut print in which Sarah crowned our primate friend. Those of you without a place to spin a platter can hang this hand-made gem on the wall and use the included download code to grab mp3s of the music. Other digital downloads of this limited release will not be made available. Visit our store or come to a show to get your hands on custom pink vinyl and hand-printed covers.

Discussing The Cameraman score with KUHA Public Radio in Houston

In November 2011, as part of their Silent Film Concert Series, Houston Public Radio presented our live film score to Buster Keaton’s 1928 comedy The Cameraman (1928). The day of the concert, we appeared on The Front Row to play selections from our original score and discuss how the project came together.

Listen to the broadcast

Watch a clip from the film

"I Listen to Coffee All Day"

Animated by Jessica Dreesen. One of two videos from our
most recent album.

Pictures at an Exhibition

Hear a demo recording!

Pictures at an Exhibition was written by Modest Mussorgsky (Night on Bald Mountain) for solo piano in 1874. Pictures has been orchestrated and interpreted by other composers (most notably Ravel) and even a couple of bands (Emerson Lake and Palmer, Mekong Delta). So it's time we put our signature on one of classical music's most beloved, recognized, and walked-around-a-museum-to pieces! More Info about our double band version with The Invincible Czars.

Bee vs. Moth on NPR's
All Songs Considered

"I hear the sounds of Ornette Coleman and the band Television.
And sometimes in the same song." - Bob Boilen

  Listen to the show online

Samples from Acronyms

Get a CD or download copy of our latest album.

We are quite pleased with the kind reviews the album has received from
The Austin Chronicle other folks.