Recent blog posts about 16 horsepower from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/16horsepower/ 2013-06-20T08:37:27+01:00 text/html 2013-06-13T16:27:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/5003958/10-essential-alt-country-albums/
Americanarama: The top 10 list. The post 10 Essential Alt-Country Albums appeared first on Treble: Music news, reviews, interviews and more .]]> text/html 2013-04-21T13:12:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4905730/it-came-from-the-youtubes-early-sunday-morning-edition/
jay admittedly, i love this record. i am just as surprised as you may be that that just came out of my mouth, but really its a damn fine record. The post it came from the youtubes: early sunday morning edition appeared first on Captains Dead .]]> text/html 2012-03-20T23:24:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4144260/woven-hand-live-in-malm-sweden-5202/
other than the sunny day real estate show i saw all the way back in 95, me thinks, i havent seen a more intense show than david eugene edwards and his 16 horsepower at schubas sometime in the late 902s, early 002s. i know i have spoken, in depth, about bout both shows so i wont bore you, but the latter of the two artists was absolutely amazing, mesmerizing. sadly, he doesnt play the states too often, or if he does he just doesnt come to where i live. he has since disbanded 16 horsepower and gone onto woven [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-06T11:26:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4047914/blue/
Goiania, Brezilya , Eyll 1987: ki kat toplaycs bo bir araziye atlm metal bir tp buluyor. eki darbeleriyle kryorlar ve iinden mavi kl bir ta kyor. Byl ta k yayyor, havay maviye boyuyor, kendisine dokunan herkese parlt veriyor. Kat toplayclar bu kl ta blyorlar. Komularna tatan paralar hediye ediyorlar. Kim tenine srterse karanlkta ldyor. Btn mahalle adeta bir lambaya dnyor. Yoksullarn yurdu, birden bire k zengini oluyor, enlik oluyor. Ertesi gn, kat toplayclar kusuyorlar. Hindistan cevizi ve mango yemilerdi, ondan olmasn? Ama btn mahalle kusuyor, herkes kabaryor ve yanyor. Mavi k yakyor, yiyor ve [...]]]> text/html 2011-09-27T13:37:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3749828/stacks-16-horsepower/
A lot of my "that's where I heard it first stories" revolve around record stores because, frankly, I used to spend a lot a lot of time in them. This story is no different. The same night I found (with an extraordinary sense of glee that has stuck with me for, what, nearly 20 years now) Hunters & Collectors' 2-disc live set Living In Large Rooms and Lounges (utterly essential, in my opinion) and realized that one of my favorite bands from college was not only still recording, but still viable a half a world away, [...]]]> text/html 2010-12-25T15:10:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3071391/quelques-albums-de-2011-que-jattends-impatiemment/
Quelques albums de 2011 que j'attends impatiemment Wire - Red Barked Tree (11 janvier) Cheveu - 1000 (11 janvier) 16 Horsepower - Yours Truly (18 janvier) The Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde (18 janvier) Tennis - Cape Dory (18 janvier) Destroyer - Kaputt (25 janvier) Cold War Kids - Mine Is [...]]]> text/html 2010-12-17T13:17:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3053668/talk-talk/
Check out a new column I penned, 'Talk Talk', for Reverb about local music that includes: 16 Horsepower, Candy Claws, DeVotchKa, Git Some,Tennis, Wentworth Kersey, and Wovenhand. Phewwww. You can read the column here .]]> text/html 2010-07-08T07:05:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2671131/woven-hand-un-viaggio-spirituale-nellamerica-perduta/
Mea culpa: non avevo mai ascoltato con tanta attenzione i lavori dei Woven Hand (e dei precedenti 16 Horsepower ). L'altra sera ho avuto l'occasione di assistere ad un loro concerto gratuito a Bologna e devo dire che sono stati in grado di colpirmi fin da subito (cosa che non era successa con gli ascolti distratti dei loro dischi). Il protagonista senza dubbio il leader David Eugene Edwards: si dimena (sullo sgabello) come posseduto da qualche incantesimo di antichi sciamani indiani, sputa versi come un Nick Cave in estasi spirituale e si [...]]]> text/html 2010-07-04T15:27:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2666413/woven-hand-in-tel-aviv-only-a-mircale-kept/
Funny how your being changes in a second, once chemicals and germs runs through your body and shake your brain up. Woven Hand's show last night in Barbie club, Tel Aviv, was supposed to take over me, dissemble me, chew me up and spit me on the ground. I was supposed to devote myself to them like a dog devotes to his owner after he kicked the poor bastard's head, a devotion and respect reserved only to those the master who's in charge of the time a dog goes out to pee, eat and sleep. Woven Hand was supposed [...]]]> text/html 2010-04-23T13:46:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2498753/the-poor-wayfaring-stranger/
It's been a while since I just wrote about a song (the others are here and here ), and even though this won't actually get posted for a week or more, tonight is made for a night of meditating on "Wayfaring Stranger". This weekend was horribly overshadowed by death with an internet/real life acquaintance losing his wife many decades before he should have, and our tech guru, Trevor, losing a pet. I know some of you have no idea how sad losing a pet can be, but anyone who's ever lost [...]]]> text/html 2010-03-06T06:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2384006/woven-hand-tavastia/
Tummasvyist vaihtoehtorockia soittava Woven Hand saapuu 31. toukokuuta Helsingin Tavastialle. Kulttisuosiota nauttineen alt-country -yhtye 16 Horsepowerin ( @ Spotify ) vokalisti David Eugene Edwardsin nykyinen kokoonpano Woven Hand perustettiin vuonna 2001 alunperin miehen sooloprojektiksi, mutta vuosien saatossa Woven Handista on muodostunut Edwardsin pbndi. Vaihtoehtorockia, folkia ja americanaa sekoittelevan yhtyeen kappaleet ovat synkki tutkimusmatkoja ihmismielen syvereihin ja kristilliseen mytologiaan. Erityisen tunnistettavaksi Woven Handin soundista tekee vokalisti/kitaristi Edwardsin hieman Mark Laneganin ja Nick Caven mieleen tuovat vangitsevat lauluosuudet. Woven Handin kaksi ensimmist albumia olivat viel selkesti Edwardsin soolo-albumeita, mutta viimeistn 16 Horsepowerin hajoamisen jlkeen [...]]]> text/html 2009-10-30T17:44:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2090771/bite-sized-sets-at-comet-shortstack/
AON's Bite Sized series features exclusive performances and clips of live sets shot at Comet Ping Pong. Featuring a combination of touring bands and local talent, our hope is that this series helps to give you a taste of what goes on at a venue on the rise in the District. DC is probably still most [...]]]> text/html 2009-10-18T21:12:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2062559/wedded-coverfolk-songs-and-a-story-of-weddings-and-their/
This weekend, my wife's brother got married: a wedding a long time coming, and as such, planned to the last detail. His blushing bride wore vintage lace in cream and brown, as befit the season and their shared love of the natural world, and for moment there, time stopped, like it should, when he in his best grey suit turned to watch her come up our impromptu aisle, her flower-girls tight against her, unsure of the attention. The minister was lighthearted and blessedly brief, the speeches fine and poignant, and throughout it all, [...]]]> text/html 2009-09-10T18:06:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/1978542/autopsy-iv-is-denver-bound/
In a never ending effort to give you, the reader, the most current and up to date coverage of the Americana scene as ninebullets.net sees it I am off for Denver, Colorado for the Suburban Home Records 14th Anniversary Party. That's right, I'm going for you. Not for the booze, not for the party, not cause 5 of my favorite bands are playing under one roof. Nope. Not for that at all. I'm going strictly as a journalist and as a professional I'll aim to cover the events unfoldings in the same manner my journalistic/writing hero, Hunter [...]]]> text/html 2009-08-05T15:08:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/1903633/16-horsepower-black-soul-choir-et-brimstone-rock/
16 Horsepower tait un groupe de folk rock, inspir par la country et les autres musiques traditionnelles amricaines, form de David Eugene Edwards (chant), Jean-Yves Tola (batterie), et Pascal Humbert (basse). Ils ont splitt en 2005 aprs avoir enregistr 4 albums studio (et 1 EP), que je dcouvre en ce moment. Leurs textes sont tout le temps trs engags (avec pas mal de rfrences religieuses), et mme si vous ne comprenez pas ce que Edwards raconte, il vous suffit d'avoir des oreilles en tat de marche pour sentir sa rage dans "Black Soul Choir". Qu'est-ce que c'est [...]]]> text/html 2009-05-08T04:36:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/1712995/jersey-homecoming-day-9/
I am most comfortable on the road. Something about the security of a car and the openness of highways calms my nerves. I am able to extricate myself from my own head and rest my inner monologue. Even if it's just for 30 minutes or an hour, I liken it to a good night of sleep. So today I ventured down to Princeton, New Jersey. I wasn't looking to spend much money at the Record Exchange, I just wanted to find a couple items I might be able to turn around and sell. Also, I'd get to be in my [...]]]> text/html 2009-04-21T15:17:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/1677827/mad-mackerel-recommends-the-sad-bastard-book-club/
We recently came across the Sad Bastard Book Club on the excellent Ninebulletsblog, and on hearing a couple of the tracks posted there, we immediately went online here to Devil's Ruin Records to order the CD.Depending on what you believe, the album is based around the band's imaginings of the life story of a suicide victim that lived in their cramped apartment before them, and whose bloodstains]]> text/html 2009-04-20T01:52:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/1670253/sit-and-listen-to-the-rain/
It's been a cold, rainy and lazy Sunday here in Chicago. The better part of the day I've been sitting here in my room searching for new music in the blogosphere, lurking on last.fm and listening to some pretty mellow and sad bastard tunes. Perfect rainy day listening in my opinion. I thought I would upload my playlist to share with you all. Enjoy! 1. I Can Not Have Seen the Light - Magnolia Electric Co. 2. Won't Be Long - Ferraby Lionheart 3. Wisconsin - Bon Iver 4. My Sympathy [...]]]> text/html 2009-03-06T14:02:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/1574406/tsururadio-presents-an-interview-with-therealaarondunn-with-accompanying-musical/
All Photography by therealAaronDunn *** Warning to our beloved readers The following special presentation contains imagery and links that may not be suitable for youngins, our more sensitive bears, or people wasting time at work. If you are easily offended by nudity, two photographer music-freaks jibber-jabberin, you are at work (tsk, tsk), or you are home-schooled 12 year old who never heard the word nipple before, you may want to come back a different time, day, or year. *** Im very excited about todays [...]]]> text/html 2008-12-01T20:14:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/1381844/2008-galore-pt-6-40-31/
So, we are getting tired of all this new music, and starting to listen to some old stuff again. But that doesn't stop me from guiding you through my 50 best records of this year. The sequel, starting with number 40 40. Turner Cody - First Light ( B.Y Records ) Sounds Like: Born too late, but okay, we can still sing along with your (anti)folk songs; Benji Cossa [...]]]>