«SXSW News: Mumiy Troll Brings Polar Bear & Pickle Action To Austin» — Moboogie

SXSW News: Mumiy Troll Brings Polar Bear & Pickle Action To Austin

Hi All, This SXSW you`ll finally have the chance to meet the Russian band everyone is a-tingle about. If it hadn`t been for frontman Ilya Lagutenko`s explosive appendix last year, you`d already have had a passionate love affair well underway. Passionate enough for pickles and polar bears….A new digital single, «Polar Bear» is right around the corner. To catch a glimpse of the naughtiness, peek here: http://vimeo.com/6870918

Don`t forget to catch Mumiy Troll TONIGHT performing their new single “Polar Bear■ on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Additional tour dates:

Wednesday, March 10 @ Sullivan Hall, New York, NY

Thursday, March 11 @ Putnam Den, Saratoga Springs, NY

Sunday, March 14 @ Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA

Mumiy Troll began in Vladivostok, Russia deemed “one of the most socially dangerous bands in the world■ by a local Communist party chief in the former Soviet Union; yet, was hailed as “Best Band of the Millennium■ by leading Russian music critics after the fall of communism. Mumiy Troll began playing club dates in their hometown beyond the reaches of Siberia itself, and steadily built a large fan base that now packs arenas in Moscow and St. Petersburg as well as the Baltic States. Having played over 1,000 gigs since the turn of the century, and boasting a back catalogue of eight full-length CDs, Mumiy Troll are the most influential and successful independent artists in Russia today.

Part of Mumiy Troll`s success can be attributed to their multi-genre sound, a hybrid of rock and pop which songwriter Lagutenko calls «rockapops», which was flaunted in its full glory on the band`s 2009 North American debut of Comrade Ambassador. Despite being recorded in Russian, reviews of Comrade Ambassador were overwhelmingly positive. CMJ New Music Report put it this way: “It`s easy to see why Mumiy Troll has made such a splash, even without English translation. The vocals are swollen with an air of restlessness that naturally fuses their half Jet-esque rock and half experimental pop with a punk attitude that wants to scream, but instead walks calmly away, giving the music an edgy, mysterious appeal.■■

Mumiy Troll has just released its first English language EP Paradise Ahead (previously available in MP3 format) as an iPhone application called Appbum (APPlication alBUM) developed by FlySoft. Appbum offers Mumiy Troll music, videos, lyrics, discography and social networking between fans.