Samuel Benjamin Cohen (born 28 September 1979) is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, artist and producer based in Brooklyn, New York. A founding member of psychedelic rock and pop band Apollo Sunshine, he released several albums with the group in the early 2000s. In 2009 he formed the solo project Yellowbirds, releasing his debut album The Color in 2011. This release was followed by Songs from Vanished Frontier in 2013. The first Sam Cohen recording , Cool It , was released on April 28, 2015 on Easy Sound Records, and Cohen's main feature plays all the instruments. It was later re-released on Danger Mouse's footsteps from Columbia Records, 30th Century Records, on June 3, 2016. Cohen is also known for his original collage on the cover of the album Yellowbirds, and his animated collage video.
Since 2008 Cohen has produced or contributed as a songwriter or musician for the album by Norah Jones, Shakira, Kevin Morby, Pavo Pavo, Dawn Landes, The Bandana Splits, Joseph Arthur, Trixie Whitley, and Walter Martin. In 2012, he is the guitarist for The Bridge Session, a collaboration between Bob Weir Bob the National and the Grateful Dead. From 2012 to 2014, he is the Music Director for The Complete Last Waltz concert, featuring artists such as Nels Cline, Cass McCombs, Dr. Dog, etc.
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Samuel Benjamin Cohen was born on September 28, 1979 in Houston, Texas, where he also grew up. He left Texas to Boston to attend college, meeting one of his future bandmates in 1997, where they attended the Berklee College of Music summer show program. While at Berklee, Cohen began focusing on audio engineering and production recording.
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History
2001-09: Establishing Apollo Sunshine
He formed the psychedelic rock group Apollo Sunshine with Jesse Gallagher and Jeremy Black in 2001. The band released their first album, Katonah , in October 2003 on spinART Records. The album was recorded in Katonah, New York in a warehouse converted into a studio. It was well received, getting 4/5 stars from Allmusic and 7.2/10 from Pitchfork Media. About their voices on the album The New York Times writes that "melodic 60s bouncy style cracked open, breaking through blow blows and feedback before jumping back into the song. Everything is neat and cleverly portrayed, but with a mess the towering is nothing but nostalgia. "While on tour with the band, Cohen continues to collaborate in the studio with other artists.
2005-09: Breakthrough album
In 2005 Apollo Sunshine released an EP titled The Other Side of the World. The band released their second full album Apollo Sunshine on spinART Records in September 2005. In November 2005, it was named Amazon.com Best of 2005: Editor's Choice in Rock list at number 5 , and the band is featured in Rolling Stone as "Artist to Watch". The album received mixed and positive reviews, with Paste Magazine giving it 4/5, Pitchfork Media gave it 7.8/10, and PopMatters gave it 6/10.
Shall Noise Upon is the 2008 album by Apollo Sunshine. It was released on vinyl and digitally downloaded on August 5, 2008. The record was recorded during the summer of 2007 in the Catskill Mountains, in a "house inhabited by spirits" and is located next to the original Uncle Sam's home. The album included Edan, and White Aviation as a guest. For the band's album received their highest score from Pitchfork Media, with 8.0/10. Allmusic gave it 3.5/5. The opening song, "Breeze", is shown near the end of the movie Whip It , and appears on the movie soundtrack. The song "We Are Born When We Die", appeared on the Breaking Bad TV show, during the 12th episode of the fourth season.
2009-14: Yellowbirds
The band Yellowbirds was first formed in 2009 by Cohen as a solo project, shortly after the disbanding of Apollo Sunshine. Cohen began recording new music in his own bedroom studio. With the help of friends on several tracks, he released several singles in 2010. In February 2011 he released his debut album The Color as Yellowbirds, on the indie label Brooklyn Royal Potato Family. It was well received by the majority of critics, with the Ultimate Guitar calling for a "remarkable" guitar work. Early members included George Lewis Jr. on bass (leader of Twin Shadow), Wynne Bennett on key (also Twin Shadow), Max Koepke on rhythm guitar and autoharp (Self Righteous Brothers) and Brian Geltner on drums. Then, Cohen, Brian Office drummer, multi-instrumentalist Josh Kaufman, and bassist Annie Nero create a new lineup that remains consistent until disbanded in 2014.
In 2012 Cohen started writing songs for the band's sophomore album Songs from Vanished Frontier , mainly writing on acoustic guitar. Released on 5th May 2013, it was also well received by the critics, with Allmusic giving it 4/5 stars. Eric Danton of Rolling Stone gave it a positive review, writing that "new songs have a vague summer feel to the setting that surrounds Cohen's vocals crushed with guitar sounds, propulsive basslines and string graphics "After playing a number of performances in the summer and fall of 2014, at a location like Prospect Park in Brooklyn, the Yellowbirds played their last show on November 1, 2014, at the Brooklyn Place, Baby's All Right.
2009-14: Latest project
As a session musician, Cohen has been performing guitar on albums such as Norah Jones' The Fall in 2009. Also in 2009, he contributed vocals, guitars and bass to Sweetheart Rodeo by singer-songwriter Dawn Landes, and in 2011 he produced his debut album by The Bandana Splits. He plays a steel pedal guitar on the Get Me Home, a 2012 album by Russ Irwin. Cohen is Music Director for The Complete Last Waltz concert in 2012 at The Warfield Theater and in 2013 at The Capitol Theater. He remains as director until 2014, featuring artists such as Nels Cline, Cass McCombs, Dr. Dog, etc.
In 2012, he is the guitarist for The Bridge Session, a collaboration between Bob Weir Bob the National and the Grateful Dead. Other projects include producing, engineering, and performing with some of the Eleanor Islands' Blake Hazard albums . Cohen also produced a single "Catch A Break" by Superhuman Happiness, and he produced and played on Mesiko's "Solar Door". He also played guitar with Alecia Chakour. In 2013 he played guitar on two songs from Joseph Arthur's album The Ballad of Boogie Christ, and also played guitar on the Trixie Whitley 2013 album Fourth Corner. He contributed an electric guitar to several songs on the album by Walter Martin in 2014, also helped with the technique.
Cohen is also known for his original collage on the album cover of Yellowbirds and his collage animated video. Sam Cohen's first record, Cool It , will be out on April 28, 2015 on Easy Sound Records, and will mainly feature Cohen playing all instruments. He released the first preview of the album, "Kepler 62," in November 2014 at Stereogum. Hilly Dilly described "Kepler 62" as "partly psychedelic and partly retro, but there was also a splash of cosmic vibrations interspersed in it."
Music styles
Cohen's solo materials and various collaborations are often described as psychedelic in nature, with Apollo Sunshine's "neo-psychedelic/indie rock trio." According to Rolling Stone in 2013, Yellowbirds mixes rock, folk and odd bits of R & D filtered through psychedelic lenses.
Discography
Solo material
Albums
Singles
With Apollo Sunshine
With Yellowbirds
Studio credits
Credit directions
Further reading
- Articles and interviews
- "Yellowbirds Back In The Clear Direction on Songs From Lost Removals ". Rolling Stones . May 28, 2013.
- "Sam Cohen -" Kepler 62 "(Stereogum Premiere)". Stereoge . 5 November 2014.
- Discography
- Sam Cohen at Allmusic
- Sam Cohen on Discogs
See also
- List of guitarists
References
External links
- Bands
- YellowbirdsMusic.com
- ApolloSunshine.com
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