Traditioneel kunnen we ons begin maart weer verheugen op het leukste festival van het jaar. Niet op een zomerse, hip gesponsorde weide, maar in het doorgaans futloze en grauwe Aalst, in het midden van België. Een stad die zo rond carnaval een kleurrijke gedaanteverwisseling ondergaat, en dankzij KRAAK de belangrijkste artiesten van verleden en heden herbergt. Traditioneel ook, duik ik met een nieuwsgierig en onderzoekend oor de line-up in, de taart proevend voordat deze wordt aangesneden. Meer dan ooit staan er artiesten op het KRAAK festival [...]
Call it "Glo-fi," "Chill Wave," or "Dream Pop," Psychchedelia is a genre that has been enjoying a resurgence in Brooklyn as of late, and Sacred Bones recording artist Amen Dunes - the solo project of New York-based vocalist and guitarist Damon McMahon - fits squarely into this category. The band recently released this video of "Bedroom Drum," from their 3rd CD "Through Donkey Jaw" (released in 2011). The vocals come with expected reverberation, however not to the point where the singer's soulfulness is lost, and float on guitars that are heavily modulated, an effect that creates a siniter [...]
Zola Jesus during CMJ ( more by Dominick Mastrangelo ) Sacred Bones Records will take over the Spectacle movie theater in Brooklyn Thursday (1/26) at 8PM, gathering "an unearthed collection of underground weirdness, ...short films, works-in-progress, and a rare screening of the first Sacred Bones film production, Twelve Dark Noons ." The evening will conclude with a "secret feature film screening" and music videos from Gary War , Zola Jesus , Amen Dunes , Moon Duo , Blank Dogs , & [...]
You should go see this show. Really, you should. See you there. Who: Amen Dunes w/ Zak Riles and Dane Waters What: A quite solid Louisville concert When: Thursday, January 26 @ 9pm Where: Zanzabar (Zbar) (You know) Why: Again, we said so How: TAXI! (Not the show) Important links: Amen Dunes facebook page Zak Riles facebook page [...]
Por quinta ocasión se llevará al cabo el Austin Psych Fest , del 27 al 29 de abril en Texas. Este festival, fundado en el 2008 para homenajear el legado musical de la ciudad de Austin como cuna del rock psicodélico, reúne a los mejores actos (desde vintage, pasando por lo moderno, hasta llegar a las nuevas propuestas) que continuamente expanden la posibilidades musicales. Uno de los principales propósitos del Austin Psych Fest es promover y crear un campo fértil para la expresión artística a través de la música y el arte visual, apoyando los comercios locales en Austin y [...]
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Damon McMahon es uno de los tipos que en los años recientes se ha mantenido bastante ocupado componiendo canciones las cuales mas tarde fueron llegando a oidos de algunos de mis sellos favoritos como Sacred Bones en el que como recordaran (y si no, pues ya sabran) el año pasado edito su mas reciente album de estudio titulado "Through Donkey Jaw" del que en varias ocasiones les llegue a poner algunos de los sencillos que fueron apareciendo de este lanzamiento pero ahora, vengo a compartirles este track que aparecio dias antes de que el 2011 llegara a su [...]
Ik weet het, 2012 is inmiddels al aan de gang, maar deze release van vorig jaar mag niet aan uw aandacht ontsnappen. Het is namelijk één van de meest verrassende en fabuleuze compilaties die in 2011 het levenslicht zag. Het mag tevens een prijs ophalen voor het artwork. Want het zijn de evenzo bizarre als prachtige collages van Line Vangrunderbeeck die als eerste de aandacht opeisen, voordat de titel van deze dubbele 7" dat doet. Coveren hier zes artiesten I Hate The Blues van Dead Moon ? Of gaan we nu echt eens horen hoe [...]
# ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2011 # What a great year 2011 has been for music, fascinating and fast moving as always. No amount of words will do having these top 50 records justice, but I felt that there's nothing so impersonal as a list with no explanation. At the same time, writing about 50 albums has consumed so many hours of my time. These numberings aren't infallible, nor are they particularly objective. Look at this post more as a collection of albums which excited me in 2011, and which formed the great part [...]
By now your Christmas dinner is beginning to settle, the realization that you might have to go to work tomorrow is setting in, and your significant other is happy enough with her present to swallow your load. Ah, but the holiday weekend isn't quite over yet. We've still get ten more MP3s to listen to, [...]
The most wonderful time of the year, right guys? 'Twas the end of December, and all through the blogosphere, not a creature was stirring, except for the sounds of music writers springin' chub, strokin' egos, and Bon Iverin' via the storied tradition of the "best of" list. Well, The Decibel Tolls participates in that jive as well, save for the latter. Be it as it may. So yeah, man... 2011... shit. 2011 was a turbulent and gnarly year, and as such, we've been treated to some truly stellar music. Funny how that works - civic and economic tension [...]
This Music Wins Albums Of 2011 #1 // 50 - 41 // Part Two - Coming Soon! #50 Walls - Coracle (Kompakt Records) Banjo Or Freakout 's Alessio Natalizia partners with one half of Allez-Allez to create Walls , who released their enchanting debut album 'Coracle' on Kompakt records towards the end of 2011, with accompanying tour. Its heated and swirling electronica which retains the gentle organic feel of his BOF solo project, but with an overbearing [...]
Douglas Martin listened to 1,498 records this year. By a rough estimate. A bunch of great indie labels released music this year. If I paid tribute to them all, it would feature over 100 albums with a word count that rivals The Iliad . Sub Pop, Matador, Merge, Domino, 4AD, Slumberland, Captured Tracks, Woodsist, In the Red, Underwater Peoples, Goner, Mexican Summer, Hozac, Not Not Fun, Carpark, Hardly Art, and Drag City all released a bunch of new music worthy of your time and money, but one label rose above the fray. [...]
Amen Dunes - For All Been a fan of Damon McMahon 's high-brow, deconstructionist acoustic work since seeing his eponymous tour back in 2006. He gave me a demos CD back then, and I wore a laser groove into that particular compact disc. This hyperminimalist video by Jesse Hlebo is stunning artistry. Get this track on the B-side of Through Donkey Jaw LP from Sacred Bones .
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New blog feature, you guys! Animated .gifs! Corny? Perhaps. But I like them. And when I noticed that many of my photos were shot very sequentially, I couldn't pass up the chance. Besides, with a bill like this, these dudes deserve something more encapsulating than static images. I was in New York for CMJ this year, but mostly for business. While I didn't get to catch a lot of the shows I wanted, I made a special appointment to see a blockbuster-ass bill at the celebrated Williamsburg DIY space 285 Kent (co-promoted by mah boi Ric ). [...]
Words by Brendan Halloween is a strange holiday, when you think about it. For kids, it's that magical day when you can ask your neighbors for candy and they have to give you some! (Fuck that guy who gave you raisins.) For teens, it's that awkward day where you're too old to trick or treat but you're secretly jealous of kids and their candy so you make mischief and mayhem, instead. (Amiright?) For college students, it's an excuse to get drunk and dress ruhl slutty and get away with it, or an excuse to [...]
In 48 hours I'll be airborne, flying east towards Newark Airport, set to embark on a lengthy trip that will take me from the East Coast of these United States all the way around the world to Delhi, India. To say I'm excited would be the understatement of the year. I'm really, really looking forward [...]
I understand where Jesse Hlebo wants to go with his video for Amen Dunes ' " Bedroom Drum ". He wants the viewer to be the story teller. The moving images, we can actually see, are very dark and let's face it, really unspectacular. So you'll need a lot of fantasy to fill the blank spaces. " Bedroom Drum " ist taken from LP Through Donkey Jaw via Sacred Bones . via Amen Dunes - Facebook
by Andrew Sacher DOWNLOAD: Amen Dunes - "Bedroom Drum" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pigeons - "Tournoi" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pigeons - "Dead Echo" (MP3) Amen Dunes Amen Dunes , the current psych-folk project of Damon McMahon is in the midst of a series of CMJ shows. Today (10/21), he'll play [...]
"Through Donkey Jaw" tiene poco rato que salio a la venta y no se si ustedes ya lo han podido escuchar, pero este nuevo album de Amen Dunes tiene cosas bien increibles como este nuevo sencillo titulado "Bedroom Drum" del que justamente hace unos instantes revisando el mail de este 'blog', acabo de encontrar con el video oficial de este track y me parece que tiene la ambientacion correcta de esta pieza de Amen Dunes asi que veanlo y si aun no escuchan nada de este proyecto de Damon McMahon, les recomiendo mucho que le den [...]
It's almost CMJ time, so here's a mix featuring just a few of the bands that are playing (official and unofficial) shows during this year's CMJ . Listen. Melting (mp3) by Hunters Moneybags (mp3) by Mr. Dream Constant Future (mp3) by Parts & Labor In A Strangeland (mp3) by Talk Normal Clips (mp3) by [...]
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