Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
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Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players | |
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| Genres | Anti-folk |
| Years active | 2000–2011 |
| Labels | Bar-None, Tired and Lonesome, Cass, Sarathan, Tummy Touch |
| Past members | Jason Trachtenburg Tina Trachtenburg Rachel Trachtenburg |
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players were an American indie rock/art pop family band. It consisted of main vocalist Jason Trachtenburg, his wife Tina, and their child Rachel.
Overview
The band's members consisted of father, Jason Trachtenburg, who played guitar and piano and sang; mother, Tina Piña, who ran the slide projector and was a backup vocalist; and daughter, Rachel, who played the drums and sang backup.[1] Born on December 10, 1993, Rachel was only six years old when she began performing publicly.
Their trademark was the slideshow itself: slides collected from "
thrift stores, etc." were constantly shown in order to "turn the lives of annonymous [sic] strangers into pop-rock musical expos[é]s based on the contents of these slide collections". The band sings about things that occurred in the places shown in the slides, such as public execution (Mountain Trip to Japan, 1959) and McDonald's' competitors (Wendy's, Sambo's and Long John Silver's) "using network television to take advantage of efficiency".[2]
History
Jason first met Tina at a
dog-walking
business called The Dog Squad by day while Jason was an open-mic performer by night. However, his music act, The Terriers, failed to find audiences.
While dog-walking with Rachel, Tina found an old slide projector and a box of slides at an
Supercute! in 2009, and Jason formed his band, The Pendulum Swings, also in 2009. Tina continues her artistic endeavors in the parks of Manhattan, where she is known as the performance artist Mother Pigeon.[3]
Discography
- Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
- Vintage Slide Collections from Seattle, Vol I (2001)
- Adventures in Middle America, Vol. 2 (2004)
- Lost and Found (2011)
- Kate Nash – "Kiss That Grrrl" CD single (UK) (2741841)
- 1. "Kiss That Grrrl" – Kate Nash, 3:44
- 2. "Kiss That Grrrl" – performed by The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, 4:42
DVD releases
- Self-released untitled 4-track DVD
- "Middle America" live music video
- "Mountain Trip to Japan, 1959" music video
- "Look at Me" – live on the Conan O'Brien show, 3 January 2003
- Sundance Channel documentary
- The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway (2006)
Unreleased songs
- "World's Best Friend" – performed at Lamb's Theatre in 2006 on The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway with The WoWz
- "Charcoal Gray" – a song commissioned for a private party [citation needed]
- "Let's Go On Tour With Kate" – released on the band's website; music video featuring Kate Nash
References
- ^ Bevilaqua, Steven (June 17, 2003). "The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players". Paste.
- ^ Greenhaus, Mike (April 8, 2004). "Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Makor, New York, NY-3/27". www.jambands.com.
- ^ New York Post video "A New York gem: this woman is "mother" to hundreds of pigeons" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPhHU863P14
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