Recent blog posts about Big Sir from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/bigsir/ 2013-05-22T09:48:59+01:00 text/html 2013-02-24T20:19:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4798180/tonight-in-la-311-the-reflections-biceratops-black-marble-more/
Sunday fun day: Alternative reggae-rockers 311 (pictured) headline the Roxy Theatre. DJ Unite also spins. The Reflections conclude their residency over at the Satellite tonight. The Dead Ships and the Breakups round out the bill for tonight's finale. Matt Embree's new band, Biceratops , stops by Bootleg Bar tonight. Big Sir (Lisa Papineau and Juan Alderete of Mars Volta)and Flying Hand support. And over at the Echo, Part Time Punks brings in Black Marble , Cold [...]]]> text/html 2012-09-10T18:14:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4498067/tonight-in-la-lavender-diamond-the-lonely-wild-kitten-steve/
It's a happy Monday indeed: Lavender Diamond kicks off its residency at the Echo (they took Labor Day off). With the quartet's new album "Incorruptible Heart" on the way Sept. 25, Becky Stark and gang will be joined by Bart Davenport , Bouquet and David Scott Stone. Free with an RSVP to Do213 . Buzz Bands LA hosts the second night of the Lonely Wild's residency at the Satellite we'll be on hand to DJ, Seasons and Son Ark will support, and [...]]]> text/html 2012-04-19T15:35:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4211610/listen-to-sargent-house-podcast-2/
It's the return of American label Sargent House 's podcast presented by 2XM's Niahm Hegarty. This second edition features an interview of Marfred Rodriguez Lopez from Zechs Marquise , talking about his youth living around At The Drive-In and opening for their first reunion gig. There's also an interview of Marriages , a new band from Red Sparowes members Greg Burns, Emma Ruth Rundle, Dave Clifford and music from Chelsea Wolfe , Big Sir , Tera Melos , Deafheaven and Russian Circles .]]> text/html 2012-03-30T17:31:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4167707/tonight-in-la-races-matthew-dear-big-sir-todd-snider/
Your Friday Fixings: Races celebrate the release of their debut album "Year of the Witch," which just dropped this week on Frenchkiss Records, at the Echo. Living Things and Incan Abraham join the party. Ghostly International's star and avant-pop artist Matthew Dear headlines tonight's installment of First Fridays (a week earlier than usual) over at the Natural History Museum. Dear is currently on tour in support of his "Headcage" EP which highlights his producing and DJ skills with smooth crooning and dark electro. [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-29T12:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4102378/weekly-download-22912-cherub-josh-the-stampede-and-more/
There's just not much love left in the world, particularly for Cherub . They just hate against those rich hoes and those high class folks who just made it too quick (or stepped in a pile). You all know what I'm talking about. Champagne and cocaine is apparently the fix for that predicament. Don't try this at home! But seriously, we've got a slew of good mixes this week on our Weekly Download with a Gorillaz cover by Animalweapon and a Lana Del Rey cover of "Video Games" that might actually [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-29T11:53:33+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4096899/weekly-download-22912-cherub-ariane-moffatt-and-more/
There's just not much love left in the world, particularly for Cherub . They just hate against those rich hoes and those high class folks who just made it too quick (or stepped in a pile). You all know what I'm talking about. Champagne and cocaine is apparently the fix for that predicament. Don't try this at home! But seriously, we've got a slew of good mixes this week on our Weekly Download with a Gorillaz cover by Animalweapon and a Lana Del Rey cover of "Video Games" that might actually [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-09T19:04:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4049503/big-sir-release-before-gardens-after-gardens/
Big Sir's new album Before Gardens After Gardens occupies an unique headspace that in itself has been enough to promote repeated play. The album opens with "Regions", built on a vocal line and trafficking bass with other buzzes and whistles appearing by end. "Ready on the Line" arrives with the offsetting of beats and pulses setting the backdrop for vocal expressions and talk of radio. Elsewhere the mood travels from slightly eerie to more reflective slipstreams with implications of dance dispersed as well. Good show. Listen to a few tracks below to zero in on things. [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-07T15:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4043109/new-music-tuesday-of-montreal-a-place-to-bury-strangers/
To celebrate todays crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Big Sir, Liz Greene, Francis Harris, Mark Lanegan Band, Scott Matthew, of Montreal, A Place To Bury Strangers, the Plimsouls, Pretty Good Dance Moves, Chuck Prophet, Royal Baths, Silver Swansand Sharon Van Etten. Also, votefor your favorite of todays new releases.]]> text/html 2012-02-07T11:45:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4042813/new-music-releases-for-tuesday-272012/
One of the most fruitful weeks yet this year for new music releases. We're proud to feature Philadelphia's own Dr. Dog whose Be The Void is out today. We're quite excited about this album, not only because they're from Philly, but their last effort Shame Shame featured some great tracks such as "Jackie Wants A Black Eye" and "Where'd All The Time Go". Lots more to get to this week including The Twilight Sad with their creepy-titled No One Can [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-01T21:50:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4030687/the-swag-report-93/
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 93 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by artists including Useless I.D., Copywrite, Cursive, Shigeto, Bonesetters, oOoOO, Real Estate, Escort and more! So much more! DATE: 02-01-12 WRITER: Don Loder Awright Junky, Yeahyeahyeah, I know whatcher thinkin'. My bag o' SWAG is a little lighta dis week right? Yeah, I heardja, but ya know what? What I missed out in quantity, I made up for in quality - le's get inta da SWAG Report. Once agin dis [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-01T15:48:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4029673/big-sir/
"The Kindest Hour" will appear right at the halfway mark on Big Sir's upcoming 11-track album, Before Gardens After Gardens , ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/media /big-sir/the-kindest-hour-pref ix-premiere/61228/]]> text/html 2011-12-21T19:33:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3944217/fuzzy-freebies-155-free-downloads-of-the-day/
Final post for this year, yes you read that right, for this year. We're taking an extended break until January 2nd 2012. It's the first one since 2003, the first one in eight years, the first time in 3.000 days exactly today! There's flights to be taken - I'm off to Europe in a couple of hours - rellies to visit, hopefully good times to be had and so on and so forth. We wish you all a very nice Christmas, and if you're not into all that Christmas stuff, just have yourself a nice time [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-20T15:45:02+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3941327/check-out-big-sir-ready-on-the-line-cos/
Big Sir , the Los Angeles-based project of vocalist Lisa Papineau (M83, Air) and The Mars Volta bassist Juan Alderete, will release their third album, Before Gardens, After Gardens, in February. The two composers articulate, electronic-tinged blend of R&B, jazz, and hip-hop falls somewhere between Papineaus acoustic solo work and Alderetes forays into prog-rock as part of The Mars Volta. Before Gardens, After Gardens first single Ready on the Line spikes Papineaus exquisitely harmonized Bjorkian voice with whistles, chimes, and mechanical claps. The subtle background heartbeats, reminiscent of Timbaland's early work with Aaliyah, [...]]]> text/html 2010-05-29T20:17:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2584739/sargent-house-holiday-sale-all-albums-for-s5-or/
From Sargent House: In honor of all BBQs across this great planet we bring you the Sargent House / Rodriguez Lopez Productions $5or less for any file size you want download sale! This weekend through June 1st. All artists in our digital record shop will have full albums / tracks/ eps ranging anywhere from FREE to $5 and if you just want to hear their albums you can do that too, that is always Free. Also remember, if you want to kick down some extra you can always [...]]]> text/html 2010-03-10T10:04:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2393081/lisa-papineau-releases-red-trees-2010-tour-dates/
The highly-accomplished singer/composer Lisa Papineau releases her Sargent House debut, Red Trees this spring. The album is the second solo venture from the active collaborator known for her vocal contributions to Air and M83 , as well as writing with The Mars Volta bassist Juan Alderete de la Pea in Big Sir . Buy Music: Lisa Papineau on amazon.com [...]]]> text/html 2010-02-14T14:16:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2334871/it-looks-to-be-a-big-year-for-my-kind/
It looks like it's going to be a big year for my kind of music. New albums are coming from Broken Social Scene, Frightened Rabbit, Miles Kurosky, Big Sir, Shout Out Louds, Sally Seltmann, Dosh, Owen Pallett, Blockhead--the list goes on and it's only February. Forget all that mushy Valentine's crap, this is the kind of sweet stuff that makes my heart beat faster. Aside from chocolates, of course. Here's an assortment of classics, if you will, a la the famous Whitman's sampler . [...]]]> text/html 2010-01-13T01:18:04+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2253832/snow-mix-by-popular-demand/
I mentioned the other day that I "had" to make a mixtape because I lost a bet and I put up a few songs from it. After thinking about it (and asking a few friends), I decided to go ahead and post the whole thing. So here it is in its entirety. I call it "Snow Mix." How original is that? It's not got much to do with snow, actually, but I didn't know what else to call it! The Sweet Serenades -- "Mona Lee" [...]]]> text/html 2009-12-07T21:56:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2180115/listen-to-sargent-houses-holiday-sampler/
Sargent House has treated its fans to another compilation .. this time in the form of a Holiday Sampler! CLICK HERE to listen/purchase the sampler .. the tracklist is below. Enjoy the 18 tracks from these amazing artists! 1. Fang Island - Daisy 03:18 2. Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Desarraigo 05:54 3. Lisa Papineau - White Leather Pants 03:41 4. Good Old War - Texas Blues 03:17 5. RX Bandits - Bring Our Children Home 06:18 6. This Town Needs Guns - Panda 03:25 7. Red [...]]]> text/html 2009-12-01T19:15:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2164606/contest-win-ben-gibbards-and-jay-farrars-one-fast-move/
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I'm having trouble moving on to new music as I'm still processing 2008. I suspect this is a metaphor for my life, but for the moment I'm just going to examine it at face value. I've been thinking about how my top-ten list didn't include any female artists. Mates of State is a male/female duo, this is true, but none of the others are fronted by women or were solo women artists. I know this shouldn't bother me just for that reason alone, and [...]]]>