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"The real weirdness award goes, however, to a Norwegian sextet called Real Ones, which gave a jaw-dropping performance at a South Street Seaport daytime show on Friday. It seemed at first be a harmonically inclined, tall and handsome troupe of country rockers. Then the band busted out a sitar. Then it sang a love song to Slovakian capital Bratislava. Then it slowly let the instruments fade away during a pretty little tune, lead the audience in a brief call-and-response vocal blues, shifted the song up a step to a new key and continued to lead the audience in an back and forth a capella chant.
It was a challenge, but there was something extra in it for anyone who tried to sing along: the Music Marathon, as it is every year, is a user-defined experience. Those who continually make the wrong choices will find themselves getting less and less out of it, indeed having the “worst CMJ ever.”
As Real Ones sang, quoting “Moon River” during the breezy number “Lonesome Town”: “There is such a lot of world to see.” There was a follow-up lyric, however: “Not all of it,” the band sang, “is worth it.”"
http://www.nypress.com/21/44/music/music.cfm
"I did not expect a band from Norway to come out looking like a southern rockabilly band.... they played a song that featured the sitar - it seemed like some weird psychadelic 60's jam-band tune and the singer sounded a bit like Jeff Tweedy."
"these guys have world class talent. they are real entertainers and really talented musicians. I got the feeling they could write and perform songs in any style they wanted. and they were genuinely having fun performing."
"I'm so excited! Thanks for opening up our minds to this one. Sitar. 60's psychadelic!!! I'm in and listening close."
"i'm surprised these fellows haven't gotten much more exposure in the states yet, or at least the city. they've been stopping by the past couple of years and put on a great show!"
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/10/real_ones_on_th.html
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