The Sippy Cups - A biography
When The Sippy Cups began writing the songs that would become their new album, The Time Machine, the band noticed that they all seemed to be about growing up and changing. Even the music was becoming a bit more sophisticated and edgy. It became apparent to them that both their own children, and their audience, had grown up some since their last album, and the themes of these new songs unwittingly reflected that process.
As the songs took shape, the overriding concept that became the album's title also began to take shape. After all, what kid doesn't love the idea of a time machine? But in the case of The Sippy Cups, the time machine they are referring to is not some tricked-out Delorean, but our own bodies, which are constantly growing and changing and moving us through time. They wanted to convey to children and parents how magical that journey through time can be, and how precious the milestones are along the way.
Sippy Rudy wrote "My Loose Tooth" about his daughter Riley's experience with wiggling a loose tooth around in her mouth. Sippy Alison brought in a song called "One Day Soon," about watching her son Henry learn to swim and read. Sippy Paul contributed "Seven is the New Fourteen," introducing math fun for ages 3 to 93. The song was recently selected as the iTunes Music Store's first Children's Genre Discovery Download and had 90,000 downloads in one week! It went on to become #1 on XM/Sirius Radio's Kids Place Live station.
Rounding out The Time Machine are songs like the rousing "Look," which celebrates the ancestors who made us who we are; "My Angry Voice," one for the parents to learn from; "Awake," a slow- building, ethereal paean to the parallels between the natural world and our world; and "Hailstone Man," a rocking number about a WWII pilot who jumps out of a failing plane into a hailstorm, and lives to tell the tale. Character favorites such as Major Minor, Super Guy and Hair Professor round out the journey.
In the three years since the Sippy Cups' first full album of original material, Electric Storyland, was released, the band's career has grown as dramatically as their families have. The band was born at a 2004 community fundraiser, just three musical dads playing kid-friendly takes on Nirvana and Syd Barrett tunes. Five years later, they've performed their sophisticated (and cool-parent-approved) kids' music to major concert halls and rock festivals, including the Austin City Limits Festival and Lollapalooza. The Sippy Cups have scored top-ten satellite radio hits and received accolades from Time, Newsweek, the New York Post, Billboard, Wired, the LA Times and the Washington Post. In 2007, with Alternadad author Neal Pollack, they appeared in a feature on ABC's Nightline. And later that year, the band released their first-ever live concert DVD documenting their colorful, dynamic stage show: Electric Storyland: Live at the Great American Music Hall.
The current Sippy Cups lineup includes singer/keyboardist Paul Godwin, singer/guitarist Rudy Trubitt (The Squids), drummer Jozef Becker (Thin White Rope, The Loud Family), and bassist Ariane Cap, as well as juggler/unicyclist/all-around character Doug Nolan; and joining the band in the fall of 2009 are multi-instrumentalist Gabby La La and juggler/dancer Zack Bernstein. The Sippies all have extensive credentials in the world of grown-up entertainment as well: Godwin has composed award-winning scores for stage and film, including the West Coast debut of Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul and the #1 iTunes film The Tribe. Gabby La La has performed and recorded with Primus' Les Claypool, Bob Weir and Ratdog, Snoop Dogg and De La Soul's Prince Paul. Rudy Trubitt records train sounds for Lionel Trains. Ariane Cap performs, records and teaches extensively. And Doug Nolan is a graduate of American Conservatory Theatre who practices his juggling while presenting environmental education programs throughout California. As the time machine stops at 2009, The Sippy Cups are ready to mark this phase with an album that's grown with their fans and their clans. Expect it to be met -- as they say in "One Day Soon" -- with "the sound of hundreds of tapping feet." Some of those feet are small... some a little bigger than last time around... and odds are, one or two of them will be yours.
When The Sippy Cups began writing the songs that would become their new album, The Time Machine, the band noticed that they all seemed to be about growing up and changing. Even the music was becoming a bit more sophisticated and edgy. It became apparent to them that both their own children, and their audience, had grown up some since their last album, and the themes of these new songs unwittingly reflected that process.
As the songs took shape, the overriding concept that became the album's title also began to take shape. After all, what kid doesn't love the idea of a time machine? But in the case of The Sippy Cups, the time machine they are referring to is not some tricked-out Delorean, but our own bodies, which are constantly growing and changing and moving us through time. They wanted to convey to children and parents how magical that journey through time can be, and how precious the milestones are along the way.
Sippy Rudy wrote "My Loose Tooth" about his daughter Riley's experience with wiggling a loose tooth around in her mouth. Sippy Alison brought in a song called "One Day Soon," about watching her son Henry learn to swim and read. Sippy Paul contributed "Seven is the New Fourteen," introducing math fun for ages 3 to 93. The song was recently selected as the iTunes Music Store's first Children's Genre Discovery Download and had 90,000 downloads in one week! It went on to become #1 on XM/Sirius Radio's Kids Place Live station.
Rounding out The Time Machine are songs like the rousing "Look," which celebrates the ancestors who made us who we are; "My Angry Voice," one for the parents to learn from; "Awake," a slow- building, ethereal paean to the parallels between the natural world and our world; and "Hailstone Man," a rocking number about a WWII pilot who jumps out of a failing plane into a hailstorm, and lives to tell the tale. Character favorites such as Major Minor, Super Guy and Hair Professor round out the journey.
In the three years since the Sippy Cups' first full album of original material, Electric Storyland, was released, the band's career has grown as dramatically as their families have. The band was born at a 2004 community fundraiser, just three musical dads playing kid-friendly takes on Nirvana and Syd Barrett tunes. Five years later, they've performed their sophisticated (and cool-parent-approved) kids' music to major concert halls and rock festivals, including the Austin City Limits Festival and Lollapalooza. The Sippy Cups have scored top-ten satellite radio hits and received accolades from Time, Newsweek, the New York Post, Billboard, Wired, the LA Times and the Washington Post. In 2007, with Alternadad author Neal Pollack, they appeared in a feature on ABC's Nightline. And later that year, the band released their first-ever live concert DVD documenting their colorful, dynamic stage show: Electric Storyland: Live at the Great American Music Hall.
The current Sippy Cups lineup includes singer/keyboardist Paul Godwin, singer/guitarist Rudy Trubitt (The Squids), drummer Jozef Becker (Thin White Rope, The Loud Family), and bassist Ariane Cap, as well as juggler/unicyclist/all-around character Doug Nolan; and joining the band in the fall of 2009 are multi-instrumentalist Gabby La La and juggler/dancer Zack Bernstein. The Sippies all have extensive credentials in the world of grown-up entertainment as well: Godwin has composed award-winning scores for stage and film, including the West Coast debut of Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul and the #1 iTunes film The Tribe. Gabby La La has performed and recorded with Primus' Les Claypool, Bob Weir and Ratdog, Snoop Dogg and De La Soul's Prince Paul. Rudy Trubitt records train sounds for Lionel Trains. Ariane Cap performs, records and teaches extensively. And Doug Nolan is a graduate of American Conservatory Theatre who practices his juggling while presenting environmental education programs throughout California. As the time machine stops at 2009, The Sippy Cups are ready to mark this phase with an album that's grown with their fans and their clans. Expect it to be met -- as they say in "One Day Soon" -- with "the sound of hundreds of tapping feet." Some of those feet are small... some a little bigger than last time around... and odds are, one or two of them will be yours.
The Sippy Cups - News
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March 16, 2009 THE SIPPY CUPS ENTER "THE TIME MACHINE" JUNE 16 SECOND ALBUM OF ORIGINAL MUSIC FROM BAY AREA KID-ROCK SENSATION SAN FRANCISCO -- Bay Area kid-rock band THE SIPPY CUPS will release their new album, THE TIME MACHINE, on June 16 via their own Snacker Disc label. The 13-track album is The Sippy Cups' second collection of original songs, following 2006's Electric Storyland. THE TIME MACHINE was produced by Rudy Trubitt with The Sippy Cups, recorded by JJ Wiesler (Kelly Willis, Chuck Prophet, Jonathan Richman) at Decibelle in San Francisco. See below for a track listing. The current Sippy Cups lineup includes singer/keyboardist PAUL GODWIN, singer/keyboardist ALISON FAITH LEVY (Loud Family), singer/guitarist RUDY TRUBITT (The Squids), drummer JOZEF BECKER (Thin White Rope, The Loud Family), bassist ARIANE CAP and juggler/unicyclist/all-around character DOUG NOLAN. When the group began writing the songs that would become THE TIME MACHINE, they noticed that they all seemed to be about growing up and changing. Even the music was becoming a bit more sophisticated and edgy. It became apparent to them that both their own children, and their audience, had grown up some since their last album, and the themes of these new songs subconsciously reflected that process. Their older fans could grow with the music, even as they greeted a new audience of the pre-schoolers the band has always played for. As the songs took shape, the overriding concept that became the album's title also began to take shape. After all, what kid doesn't love the idea of a time machine? But in the case of The Sippy Cups, the time machine they are referring to is not some tricked-out Delorean, but our own bodies, which are constantly growing and changing and moving us through time. They wanted to convey to children and parents how magical that journey through time can be, and how precious the milestones are along the way. The Sippy Cups were formed at a 2004 community fundraiser, just three musical dads playing kid-friendly takes on Nirvana and Syd Barrett tunes. Five years later, they've performed their sophisticated (and cool-parent-approved) kids' music at major concert halls and rock festivals, including the Austin City Limits Festival and Lollapalooza. The Sippy Cups have scored top-ten satellite radio hits and received accolades from Time, Newsweek, the New York Post, Billboard, Wired, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. In 2007, with "Alternadad" author Neal Pollack, they appeared in a feature on ABC's "Nightline." And later that year, the band released their first-ever live concert DVD documenting their colorful, dynamic stage show: "Electric Storyland: Live at the Great American Music Hall." The Sippy Cups continue to tour the country with their spectacular live show, which includes such wonders as giant balloons, confetti cannons, aerialists and costumed characters bringing the songs to vivid, colorful life. The band will preview songs from THE TIME MACHINE at a series of spring tour dates, including a hometown show April 26 at San Francisco's Bimbo's 365 Club; March dates in Philadelphia and South Orange, NJ; and May shows in Washington DC and New York. See below for a list of dates. THE SIPPY CUPS "THE TIME MACHINE" TRACK LIST 1. Starry Morning 2. The Time Machine 3. Look On Up 4. My Loose Tooth 5. Major Minor Math Lesson 6. Seven Is the New 14 7. One Day Soon 8. Hailstone Man 9. Don't Remove the Groove 10. Super Guy Saves the Dad 11. My Angry Voice 12. Daddy's Lucky Charm 13. Awake THE SIPPY CUPS SPRING 2009 TOUR DATES March 28 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live March 29 - South Orange, NJ - South Orange Performing Arts Center April 26 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club May 2 - - Washington, DC - National Geographic Live! Grosvenor Auditorium May 3 - - New York, NY - Highline Ballroom # # # |
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