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06/18/08

All Music Guide Jo-Ann Green is first to review Infinite Soul: The Best of The Grip Weeds
After 16 years together, it's high time the Grip Weeds were treated to a compilation, and Infinite Soul: The Best of the Grip Weeds cavorts merrily around the band's past pastures, pulling out the best blooms from the group's four albums for listeners' perusal. Having snapped up the Grip Weeds onto his Wicked Cool Records label, Little Steven does the selecting with panache, highlighting their influences and showcasing the diversity of their retro-garage sound. The Weeds' heroes were easy to spot -- they oftentimes wore them on their sleeves -- and the set points out the majority in quick succession: the Who, the Beatles, the Byrds, and the Jam, who are paid tribute to on "Every Minute," "Love's Lost on You," "Save My Life," and "Ready and Waiting," respectively. The Kinks, the Zombies, Bob Dylan, and even Sonny & Cher leave lighter marks elsewhere. But obviously the New Jersey legend wouldn't have been impressed with a mere bunch of apers, and it's the Weeds' own distinctive styling that he showcases across the rest of this set. Tablas and Eastern mystery pulse through "Life and Love, Times to Come"; here the Canterbury scene is pulled toward the garage. A subtle mix of styles highlights the lovely, lilting "Give Me Some of Your Ways," while slippery rock sliding between the decades and subgenres defines the band's "Infinite Soul" sound. Kristin Pinell's sweet vocals illuminate "Closer to Love," one of the few times the lead guitarist steps up to front the band. Add a storming new number, the hard-rocking pop of "She Brings the Rain," and this set indeed brings fans all the best the band has to offer and then some. .

Michael From The Paisley Umbrella Reviews INFINITE SOUL (must be logged into MYSPACE to read it!)
The Who on psychedelics? The Byrds on steroids? Their words, not mine. Apt description, though. New Jersey's The Grip Weeds play psychedelic rock the way it should be: Simple songs, great vocal harmonies, 12 string Rickenbackers, some of the coolest drumming around, but a female lead guitarist who sounds like her parents sent her to early '70s rock shows instead of school. The songs are dense psychedelic rock with supercharged powerchords. It's unimaginable that so much could be fit into small, basic three to four minute songs! The Grip Weeds have set a new standard for psychedelic guitar pop.

Go Here to read the review for Infinite Soul: The Best of The Grip Weeds. There's a damn cool video, too!

06/12/08

THE GRIP WEEDS DEBUT ON WICKED COOL RECORDS WITH “INFINITE SOUL THE BEST OF THE GRIP WEEDS” IN STORES JUNE 24.

The Grip Weeds - Infinite Soul, The Best Of The Grip Weeds The Grip Weeds share the best of their "sparkling, insanely catchy psyche-pop" on this collection, the band's debut for Wicked Cool Records. INFINITE SOUL includes fifteen tracks from their four albums, plus one newly recorded version of the song: "She Brings The Rain." The central New Jersey natives have fanned the flames of a growing audience thanks to immense press, significant radio/internet airplay, and tour dates throughout the U.S. and Europe.
INFINITE SOUL is a greatest hits compilation with all songs handpicked by Little Steven himself. The album will be released June 24th. You can pre-order your copy at Best Buy Online, Amazon, CD Universe and Barnes & Noble F.Y.E. outlets nationwide. online outlets; it will also be available at Best Buy stores. The album will also be available at The Grip Weeds website and direct download from Wicked Cool Records as well as iTunes.
"We like to mix it up in Jersey and The Grip Weeds are a great example," says Little Steven. "A touch of The Beatles, a bit of The Byrds, A dash of The Kinks, pinch of The Who, and a dollop of The Zombies and you get something quite original actually. And quite cool.”

03/03/08

Kurt is featured in Modern Drummer’s April 2008 issue. (Look for the cover featuring Levon Helm and Steve Jordan) in a very cool interview by journalist and rock critic Gail Worley. It’s on Newsstands March 4th- Get two copies and have Kurt scrawl on them for you at the next Grip Weeds gig!

02/04/08

New review of HOVRE in SKOPE magazine! Click here to read.

01/25/08

BIG STUDIO NEWS
House Of Vibes Productions, The Grip Weeds? recording studio, recently took delivery of a Sound Workshop analog recording console. Owned by musician Jan Hammer, this console was used to record the Miami Vice TV show soundtrack and Jan?s music for the last 20 years. It now begins a new life at The House Of Vibes- the first recording session will be with Najma and Gary Lucas, quickly followed by The Smithereens. Then of course The Grip Weeds will resume recording sessions for their 5th album this Spring. Studio tan, anyone?


WHERE'S KURT?
You'll find him soon on newsstands all over the country in the April issue of Modern Drummer Magazine. Kurt gave an in-depth interview on what it takes to be a lead singer and drummer, both at the same time, and not suck at it.

HOVRE REVIEWED IN GOLDMINE MAGAZINE
"In a grunge filled world, The Grip Weeds' 1994 debut arrived like manna from heaven. In many ways, the band was the American answer to Brit-pop, but better, serving up an enticing dish of British Invasion pop, liberally garnished with psychedelia and late '60s hard rock.

Thirteen years on, not only hasn't the album dated, it actually sounds even more relevant. Subtle remixing brings the bass up, and it has been remastered to create a cleaner sound -- all of it making House of Vibes Revisisted a relevation, one that's now packed with extras. There's a trio of early demos and half a dozen exciting period live recordings interspersed with short interviews, while the booklet gives the album's background and the enhanced CD takes you online for even more music, videos, photos, etc. A ground-breaking album breaking new ground all over again. 5 STARS"-- Jo-Ann Greene

12/18/07

10/2/07

Kurt talks drumming on Modern Drummer Website!
Check out Kurt's blog for Modern Drummer at www.moderndrummer.com and myspace sites.

9/28/07

The Grip Weeds go from Basement to Billboard, literally.
"Salad Days", the lead single from House Of Vibes Revisited, The Grip Weeds' first truly DIY independent album has been Top Ten on the Billboard Garage Rock charts for weeks, topping out at #4! Jonathan Clarke at Q104.3 FM also gave the track a spin, and now it's hitting the playlists of Triple A Radio stations nationwide. Stay tuned for more info!

9/25/07

Grip Weeds on Real Rock TV- NJ 10/2 and 10/9
The Grip Weeds will be featured on two consecutive episodes of Real Rock TV- NJ! The shows will air Tuesday, October 2nd and Tuesday, October 9th at 9:30pm on Comcast Cable TV Channel 26, serving Union, Hudson, Essex and Middlesex Counties in NJ. The two half-hour segments are totally devoted The Grip Weeds and include exclusive new live performances, music videos, archival footage and interview clips. Not to be missed!

9/13/07

"Salad Days" is #7 on the Garage Chart in Billboard this week!

8/25/07

House Of Vibes Revisited is now available for download at iTunes. Be the first to review the album there!

8/13/07

On Tuesday 8.14, to coincide with the release of House Of Vibes Revisited, the new music video for the lead single "Salad Days" will premiere here at gripweeds.com. The disc will initially be available for purchase here, or from Not Lame, Jam and Koolkat Musik. Koolkat is offering a deluxe version which includes the CD version of SEE YOU THROUGH, The Grip Weeds' first ever 7" release, previously out of print. However you get it, the disc offers and enhanced link to a special online “Secret Attic Space” with more in-depth info, more video, more audio, and all sorts of added goodies to explore. This link is active on date of release.

8/03/07

HIGHLAND PARK, NJ- THE GRIP WEEDS’ stellar reputation for bringing rock ‘n’ roll’s past into the future has come full circle. With the Aug. 14, 2007 release of HOUSE OF VIBES REVISITED (Ground UP), it’s their own history that New Jersey’s pioneering DIY power popsters are boldly carrying forward.

More than just a fresh coat of paint, HOUSE OF VIBES REVISITED is a home improvement of the highest order. With meticulous precision, the band The Village Voice called “The natural progression from the Who to the Jam to Oasis” spent a year remixing and re-imagining its acclaimed 1994 debut (House of Vibes) for the 21st Century. THE GRIP WEEDS have created a reissue with bonuses galore. Aside from the newly remixed tracks, HOUSE OF VIBES REVISITED features demos showing works in progress, sometimes markedly different from the final versions, and several tracks broadcast live on the radio from 1994 and 1995, plus band interviews and unreleased archival photos. And by inserting the CD into a computer, you gain access to a special online “secret attic space” with more in-depth info, more video, more audio, and all sorts of added goodies to explore.

“Salad Days,” the lead single from HOUSE OF VIBES REVISITED, was just proclaimed “The Coolest Song in the World” on the immensely popular nationally syndicated radio show, Little Steven’s Underground Garage.

For HOUSE OF VIBES REVISITED, the band updated original multi-tracks using digital technology in a way not even possible just a few years ago. The dramatic and sometimes astonishing sonic difference allows listeners to hear the music the way the band always wanted but only now does technology allow them to achieve. Back then in the pre-digital era, THE GRIP WEEDS were at the forefront of the home recording movement, a benchmark of the band’s longstanding dedication to independence through the DIY process.

Long out of print, the original House of Vibes was hailed by Goldmine as “loaded with cool songs that are sometimes trippy, sometimes poppy, sometimes garagy, but always appealingly structured and highly melodic... definitely a road worth traveling...quite a triumph." Featuring an impressive blend of Beatle-esque sensibilities fused with rock edginess, the band’s trademark lush harmonies and high caliber songwriting, the original release put THE GRIP WEEDS on the map.

“The original album was the turning point for us, where everything crystallized,” says Kurt. “Kristin joined the band, it was our first full-length effort, and it was the start of our methodology and way of working."

HOUSE OF VIBES REVISITED will be available at CDBABY.com, Amazon.com, iTunes, at most major digital download destinations and, of course, direct from www.gripweeds.com.

8/1/07

Little Steven has further embraced The Grip Weeds by hand-picking another song (“Love’s Lost on You”) to appear on his Coolest Songs in the World, Vol. 2 compilation, due Aug. 7 on Wicked Cool Records (Sony/RED). It features the genre's big stars like the Ramones and the Buzzcocks alongside independent, up and coming artists like the Grip Weeds. The CD can be ordered online from Wicked Cool Records at http://www.wickedcoolrecords.com/albums.html and will be available in the Little Steven's Underground Garage section in all Best Buy stores. "We like to mix it up in Jersey and The Grip Weeds are a great example. A touch of John Lennon (and an appropriation of his character's name in "How I Won The War"), a bit of The Byrds, A dash of The Kinks, pinch of The Who, and a dallop of more muscular Zombies and you get something quite original actually. And quite cool." -Little Steven

5/23/07

THE GRIP WEEDS COMBINE PERFORMANCE WITH RECORDING IN NJ SEMINAR SERIES

The Grip Weeds are presenting the first in a series of
performance/seminar shows which focus on Do-It-Yourself Recording
June 9, 2007 at Ocean County Library's Toms River Branch

BASEMENT TO BILLBOARD: D.I.Y. RECORDING W/ THE GRIP WEEDS
Live Performance, Multi-Media Presentation and Q&A Session

HIGHLAND PARK, NJ - Make a world-class recording at home! International recording artists THE GRIP WEEDS take you on the journey of a song, from demo to finished product ready for download, with special emphasis on doing it yourself from your own home. Along the way, THE GRIP WEEDS will perform live, show videos and demonstrate basic recording techniques. Topics to be covered are song arranging, making a demo, recording and overdubbing, mixing, mastering and finally uploading the song to iTunes.

The first session in the FREE “Basement to Billboard: D.I.Y. Recording with the Grip Weeds” performance/seminar series will be held Saturday, June 9 at the Ocean County Library, Toms River Branch, 101 Washington St., Toms River, NJ. Start time is 2 p.m. For more info, call (732) 349-6200 or go to www.oceancountylibrary.org.

The idea for the show was hatched when Grip Weeds singer/drummer Kurt Reil participated in a Producer/Engineer panel at Brookdale Public Radio's Guitar Show this past Winter.

"I found that there are many artists out there struggling to make sense of the recording technology now available to them," Kurt says. "We're in a unique position to help because we have been there- The Grip Weeds and our studio were founded on the principle of self-reliance."

Based in Highland Park, New Jersey, THE GRIP WEEDS are a critically-acclaimed psychedelic/garage/powerpop quartet consisting of brothers Kurt and Rick Reil (on drums and guitar respectively), Kristin Pinell (guitar) and Michael Kelly (bass). The band has released four full-length CDs (three on the Rainbow Quartz label), performed throughout the US and in Europe, and has garnered significant radio/internet airplay including several songs spotlighted on Little Steven’s Underground Garage radio shows. THE GRIP WEEDS have produced all of their recordings at their NJ studio (House of Vibes) as well as those of many other artists: Most recently, Kurt engineered and co-produced Meet The Smithereens, a CD tribute to the Beatles by New Jersey's The Smithereens. The Grip Weeds' latest release, House Of Vibes Revisited, is a remixed and remastered edition of their debut disc, which celebrates and cements the band's reputation as D.I.Y. recording stalwarts. Additionally, the band will be featured on compilations to be released on Little Steven’s Wicked Cool Records this year.

Basement to Billboard: D.I.Y. Recording with the Grip Weeds
Saturday, June 9th @ 2pm – FREE!
Ocean County Library
Toms River Branch
101 Washington St
Toms River, NJ 08753

(732) 349-6200
oceancountylibrary.org

Please call or register online to reserve seating.

12/31/06

"Christmas Bring Us" was featured on Little Steven's Underground Garage Christmas show as the Coolest Song in the World this week!! This nationally syndicated radio show reaches over two million listeners via radio and internet streaming. Thanks, Steven!

10/26/06

New Grip Weeds Song for the Holidays! "Christmas, Bring Us"- click to hear a sample. Full song available for download this November- check this site for details.

7/31/06

CHRISTMAS IN JULY ('Yulefest' for our Australian fans)
The Grip Weeds have just completed the recording of their very first Seasonal track, "Christmas, Bring Us", at the House Of Vibes, their NJ recording studio. The song, an original by Kurt, will be released this Fall on Volume 2 of HIFI CHRISTMAS from Vanadalay Records. Says Kristin: "It was weird trying to get into the holiday spirit in July, but I think we came up with one of our best tracks ever, not just for Christmas- I can't stop playing it." More info on how to get your copy soon...

7/12/06

THE GRIP WEEDS featured on Power Pop Compilation to be released in August

An exclusive remix of “Out of Today” is included on THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO VOLUME 2, a new power pop comp to be released this August by JAM Records. The collection features 28 tracks drawn from the playlists of THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO, "one of the best radio shows on the whole friggin' planet", hosted by Carl and Dana on WXXE-FM in Syracuse, New York. This will be the FIRST opportunity for fans to hear the newly remixed version of “Out of Today” from the forthcoming re-issue HOUSE OF VIBES REVISITED (more on this later as it develops). The disc also features a stellar lineup of artists including Richard Barone, The Cowsills and Chris Von Schneidern, and also marks the debut of The Bar (Jim Babjak, Danny Adlerman and Grip Weed Kurt Reil). The CD will be available from JAM Records, CD Baby, Not Lame and more...

6/6/06