The Rosebuds

Name: The Rosebuds

Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina

Members: Kelly Crisp, Ivan Howard

Albums: The Rosebuds Make Out (2003), The Rosebuds Unwind EP (2005), Birds Make Good Neighbors (2005), Night of the Furies (2007), Life Like (2008)

Has toured with: British Sea Power, Ladybug Transistor, Land of Talk, Jeffrey Lewis, The Loners, Love as Language, The National, She & Him, Shout Out Louds, Superchunk, Tigercity, Max Tundra, Telekinesis (upcoming)

If the band was an animal, they'd be: A pair of Carolina Parakeets

Or if they were a food, they'd be: a bathtub mint julep

What about a piece of furniture?: a gazebo

Okay, how about something to wear?: a comfortable pair of jeans

Animal, vegetable... pick a mineral: whatever the earth churns up after a storm

Side characters from The Simpsons: Brandine & Cletus Spuckler

Deadly weapon: dueling pistols

Name an author: Tennessee Williams

Related Articles:

Featured in "Married Indie Couples"

Review of Night of the Furies

Interview with Kelly Crisp in 2007

Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on May 24th, 2007

Review of The Rosebuds as part of CMJ 2007 Day One at Bowery Ballroom on October 16th, 2007

Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom on October 16th, 2007

Live review from Music Hall in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on January 18th, 2008

Photo gallery from Music Hall in Williamsburg

Photo gallery from Music Hall in Williamsburg on May 11th, 2008

Interview with Kelly Crisp in 2008, Part I

Interview with Kelly Crisp in 2008, Part II

Review of Life Like

Review of The Rosebuds as part of CMJ 2008 Day Five at Mercury Lounge in New York, NY on October 25th, 2008

Photo gallery from Mercury Lounge

Featured in "Top 40 Albums of 2008" 

Live review from Bowery Ballroom on January 16th, 2009

Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom on January 16th, 2009

Review of The Rosebuds as part of SXSW Day Four at The Parish in Austin, TX on March 21st, 2009

Photo gallery from The Parish

Tour dates:

9/25/09 - Guangzhou, China - Classic Club
9/26/09 - Wuhan, China - Return 77
10/2/09 - Belfast, Ireland - Black Box*
10/3/09 - Cork, Ireland - Cyprus Avenue*
10/5/09 - Manchester, England, U.K. - Dulcimer*
10/6/09 - Cardiff, Wales, U.K. - Buffalo Bar*
10/7/09 - London, England, U.K. - Windmill Brixton*
10/9/09 - Toulouse, France - Le Saint Des Seins*
10/10/09 - Vic, France - Jazz Club*
10/12/09 - Barcelona, Spain - FNAC In-Store*
10/13/09 - Valencia, Spain - El Loco Club*
10/14/09 - Madrid, Spain - Moby Dick Club*
10/15/09 - Murcia, Spain - Media Club*
10/16/09 - Salou, Spain (Terragona) - Zeppelin Club*
10/19/09 - Dudingen, Switzerland - Bad Bonn*
10/21/09 - Munich, Germany - Feierwerk*
10/22/09 - Mannheim, Germany - Alte Feuerwache*
10/23/09 - Bochum, Germany - Banhof Langendreer*
10/25/09 - Dresden, Germany - Beatpol*
10/25/09 - Berlin, Germany - Lido*
10/27/09 - Hamburg, Germany - Knust*
10/28/09 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg*

* w/ Telekinesis

MP3 Stream: "Cemetery Lawns"

MP3 Stream: "In the Backyards"

The Rosebuds playing "I Better Run" live @ Music Hall in Williamsburg on January 18th, 2008:

The Rosebuds playing "Nice Fox" live @ Bowery Ballroom on January 16th, 2009:

The Rosebuds playing "Bow To the Middle" live @ Bowery Ballroom on January 16th, 2009:

The Rosebuds playing "Boxcar" live @ Bowery Ballroom on January 16th, 2009: