A BIG YES... and a small no

About Me

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After surviving a kidnapping in Colombia, a trial for felony assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, and a humdinger of a heroin addiction, Kevin Kendrick decided that life was too short to keep denying his true love of pop music, and once and for all abandoned his classical and jazz upbringing to start Brooklyn-based A Big Yes and a small no. Calling on his former band mates from the critically acclaimed Fat mama, he, Jonathan Goldberger, Sir Joe Russo, Erik Deutsch, and Jonti Siman assembled a group hailed as "the hippest pop band you've ever heard in your life" by Village Voice critic Richard Gehr, and released Jesus That Looks Terrible On You in May of 2008 to much critical success and heavy college radio play. With their sights set on finding the right help for releasing the next record, A Big Yes and a small no plan on entering the studio again this summer.
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"What makes this album great is its clever lyrics that teeter on the brink of novelty, but sustain multiple listenings without wearing out the joke." - Emily Hulme, AM NY
"A freak-jazz ghost haunts one of the dandiest new pop groups you'll hear this year." - Richard Gehr (The Village Voice)
"Their debut tip-toes schizophrenically through jazz, pop, indie and ska with the comfort of an outfit who've been playing their trade for a decade or two but the vibrancy of one only just getting started." - PopMatters (7 out of 10)
"Every track is immensely enjoyable, with smart and funny lyrics, and well-crafted melodies. It's a feel-good album that's not afraid to take listeners down into the dumps." - (5 stars) PopSyndicate
"Like great pop music from Burt Bacharach to Brian Wilson, the virtuosity is designed to be hidden and seem effortless." - Chris Parker, BLURT (ex HARP)
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Member Since: 8/16/2006
Band Website: What's A Website?
Band Members: KEVIN KENDRICK...Vocals, Vibraphone, Guitar, Harmonica
JON GOLDBERGER...Guitar, Pedal Steel
ERIK DEUTSCH...Keys, Guitar
JONTI SIMAN...Bass
SIR JOE RUSSO...drums, vocals
MOIRA MELTZER-COHEN...Back-Up Vocals

Influences: Spiritualized...Low...Salad Fingers...The Shitty Rainbows...The Gun Club...Big Star...Arto Lindsay...Red Krayola...Spacemen 3...Reverend Gary Davis...The Easy Beats...Blues Magoos...Speed Mcqueen...Charlie the Unicorn

JESUS THAT LOOKS TERRIBLE ON YOU (2008)
1. I'm Always Manic (When I'm Around You) 2. Composure 3. Jesus That Looks Terrible On You 4. Faded Away 5. If You Won't Beg 6. This Doesn't Feel Like Goodbye 7. What a Fucking Mess This Turned Out to Be 8. Looking Over My Shoulder

Sounds Like: Pow Wow! needs a nap
Record Label: NOPE

My Blog

Vote on OURSTAGE

There are lots of bands up for voting on Our Stage so it's likely you won't even get a chance to vote for us. That's okay!! The monthly contests are fortuitously determined by a complex line of stat...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:27:00 GMT

Writeup in The Deli

Check out A Big Yes and a small no on The Deli's Open Blog!! ................
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:58:00 GMT

E X P A N D I N G

Thanks to the support of our darling fans these last few months, A Big Yes and a small no have decided to pioneer the frontiers of previously uncharted bandscapes. We love Myspace as much as ever, bu...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Ten Best Albums of 2008

Hello, Pop Syndicate picked our record, Jesus That Looks Terrible On You as one of their "Ten Best Albums of 2008"! You can check it out here:http://www.popsyndicate.com/site/story/best_of_2008_m.. .
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:11:00 GMT

AM NY interviews me about being kidnapped in Colombia and pop music

Here are links to my interview in AM NYhttp://weblogs.amny.com/entertainment/music/amfm/blog/2009 /01/a_big_yes_and_a_small_no.htmlhttp://weblogs.amny.com/ent ertainment/music/amfm/blog/2009/01/a_big_ye...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:22:00 GMT

AM NY interviews me about being kidnapped in Colombia and pop music

We won The Deli Artist of the Month contest and got a hilariously whining email from Pow Wow!

We are The Deli Magazine Artist of the Month for March! Check us out at www.thedelimagazine.comMore IMPORTANTLY, read this email that Pow Wow! sent us on the last day of the voting when Joe turned it...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:14:00 GMT

Vote for A Big Yes and a small no!!! www.thedelimagazine.com

A Big Yes and a small no is nominated for The Deli Magazine's Artist of the Month Poll. We really need this, so please go to www.thedelimagazine.com and vote. It takes THREE seconds, seriously. No ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:12:00 GMT

Interview on Smart Ass Radio

I tell the story of my Colombian kidnapping to Smart Ass Radio. Check it out at:http://smartassradio.com/?p=1112
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:02:00 GMT

Blurt Magazine (formerly Harp)

Hello, Chris Parker wrote a really nice feature about us in Blurt that says, "Like great pop music from Burt Bacharach to Brian Wilson, the virtuosity is hidden, and designed to seem effortless."h...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:43:00 GMT