Casiotone for the Painfully Alone aka a lone Owen Ashworth put on a mesmerizing show at the itty-bitty chapel at Philadelphia's First Unitarian Church. The venue only holds 50 people, no joke. And so we sat, packed in the pews and watched Owen tap away at his keyboards as he made lo-fi musical magic. For those of you unaware, his latest album Vs. Children contains some of the best songs ever
Festival season has once again walked into our thoughts, dreams and desires; scantily dressed, heavily perfumed, and looking pretty damn good. It has walked by our desk, smiled provocatively (Hmpf, Dour !), shaken its ass in our faces (damn you Primavera !), tempted us to part with large sums of cash (leave me alone Reading! ), sleep (For the last time, NO! Benicassim !) and sanity (Grrr, Glastonbury !). And, like sandwiches ( sandwiches ? is that really the best metaphor you can come up with!? ed.), [...]
Tonight in Baltimore don't miss out on WTMD's first Thursday concert in Mt. Vernon Park. This week the featured band is The Guggenheim Grotto . Also in town is E. Joseph and the Phantom Heart at the Talking Head with The Jagged Hearts and Freeway 111 playing as well. Down in DC Middle Distance Runner , Drink Up Buttercup , Million Year Echo , and New Rock Church Of Fire play State Theatre while Caverns play Fort Reno . Also [...]
DOWNLOAD: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Old Panda Days (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Optimist vs. The Silent Alarm (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cryptacize - Blue Tears (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cryptacize - One Block Wonders (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cryptacize - Mini-Mythomania (Edited by C Spencer Yeh) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cryptacize - Tail & Mane (MP3) Cryptacize " Cryptacize is former Kill [...]
This has been a long time coming, but today I've got 2 CDs worth of amazing summer music. The first disc is more folk based in keeping with last summer's mix , with the second less folky but just as perfect for the summer afternoons in the sunshine. We have a few of the bands that were on the last mix popping up again, but most on here have not been featured on TBW before. As I've been out of the game for a while, some of these have been around for a few months, and then [...]
Here are videos from Casiotone for the Painfully Alone's set last Saturday at Skull Alley. Re-live the entire show! And in HD too! See our review, pics and more videos HERE . Setlist: 1. Ice Cream Truck 2. Optimist Vs. The Silent Alarm 3. Man O' War 4. White Corolla 5. White On White 6. I Love Creedence 7. Traveling Salesman's Young Wife Home Alone On Christmas In Montpelier, VT 8. Young Shields 9. Calloused Fingers Won't Make You Strong, Edith Wong 10. Harsh The Herald [...]
Monday 6/29 * Snailhouse, Sharon Van Etten @ City Winery ( VIDEO: Sharon Van Etten sings in her kitchen for Tripwire ) * Wounded Buffalo Theory, Kabona Zombies, Mike Hunchback and the Weird Fantasy Band, CONDO, In Musth @ The Bell House Tuesday 6/30 * Ezra Furman & The Harpoons, Yellowbirds, Hezekia Jones @ Pianos * Explosions in the Sky, Constantines @ Central Park Summerstage [EF Pick of the Week] [...]
Saturday's show at Skull Alley was an amazing time. The line-up blended a national act, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone , an established Louisville band, Chemic , and a new band with extreme promise, You're My Density . You're My Density was playing its first show and a played to a packed room of eager fans. While there may have been some nerves before the show, they absolutely rocked it. You would have had no idea it was their first show. The sound was tight [...]
We know you've been waiting all week for this one. Tonight, 8pm, Skull Alley, it goes down. ackseat Sandbar is pleased to present Casiotone for the Painfully Alone with Louisville's Chemic and You're My Density for a scant $5. We know the economy's tough and your softball team hasn't been playing great, and, well let's face it, the cat just ain't eatin' as much as you're used to. So you might as well celebrate the return to Louisville of CFTPA along [...]
Well, we are nearing the end of our time in Puglia. We're spending a couple of days in or near Napoli before we fly back on Sunday, presumably troughing like total pigs, rather than paying all that much attention to culture and all that bobbins. Mrs. Toad is doing Sudoku and complaining about the 'wrong sort of paper'. I kid you not, it's just like British fucking Rail and their 'wrong type of snow', but she insists it's just for that reason that she can't solve them, not because they're too hard. Personally I find myself wondering if [...]
For today's Roll Call we call out Owen Ashworth of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
This Saturday at Skull Alley , " Casiotone for the Painfully Alone" is playing with locals "Chemic" and my buddy's new band " You're My Destiny ". I won't be able to make it to the show due to a camping oblication (ahh, relaxing in the woods...) but you guys should get out to this show, especially for a tiny little $5! Even in this economy, 5 bucks is nothing... prepare to get out to a packed house at Skull Alley! Mp3s to sample... Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - [...]
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is embarking on an extensive North American tour! Owen Ashworth, CFTPA 's master tunesmith, is heading out in support of his two spring 2009 releases, Advance Base Battery Life and VS. Children. The tour includes several Canadian dates and an appearance at What The Heck Fest. 06.25 • Russian Recording (Bloomington, IN) 06.26 • Cafe Bourbon Street (Columbus, OH) 06.27 • Skull Alley (Louisville, KY) 06.28 • The End (Nashville, TN) 06.29 • Pilot Light (Knoxville, TN) 06.30 • 529 Flat Shoals Ave w/ Cryptacize [...]
In case you haven't noticed, I have been touting just about everything that Julie Doiron puts her hands on lately. Therefore, I could not be more excited that she is coming to town. I think it would be safe to say that she is just about my favorite. Not only am I totally in love with her, but I think she is a grittier, more tangible version of Feist. Her songwriting is superb, and her voice is always just perfect. She is a fan of spontaneous recording and her records somehow bridge the fine [...]
Τη lo fi miserabilia ποτέ δεν τη φοβήθηκα. Τουναντίον, όπου ακούω πικρά λόγια για δυσλειτουργικά ζευγάρια, μάταιες περιπλανήσεις και προβληματικές σχέσεις γονέων με παιδιά, είμαι μέσα! Μέσα οι Absentee, Arab Strap και λοιποί ελεεινολογούντε ς. Ο Owen Ashworth , τουλάχιστον στα Ettiquette και Advance Base Battery Life κατάφερνε να με γοητεύει. Αυτή τη φορά δυσκολεύομαι. Είτε για ληστές με αγγελικό πρόσωπο μιλάει, είτε προβληματίζεται τύπου: "είσαι γονιός όσο είσαι ζωντανός" και "waded out into the tide/ stung by jellyfish & died/ left a wife & child behind/ ages [...]
Things have changed in Owen Ashworth's world. The low-tech joy of beeping keyboards that his listeners are familiar with are absent from his latest release, replaced by the fuller sound of pianos, mellotrons and organs. As if to signify this, the record opens with a cascade of rolling harps, different samples melded together into a warm and delicate mess, making sure the listener is paying attention. The album starts proper with a song inspired by the exploits of Tom Justice, the "Choir Boy Robber", which sets the tone for the next thirty minutes as Ashworth looks to [...]
< We don't put on a ton of shows, but we could not pass us the opportunity to bring these three bands together for one amazing Saturday night line-up. Backseat Sandbar is pleased to present Casiotone for the Painfully Alone with Louisville's Chemic and You're My Density at Skull Alley on Saturday, June 27th . Each act is going to bring a separate and unique brand of entertainment to the stage for what will be sure to be an [...]
Jun 3, 2009, 6:47pm
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Boogie Boarder are a Brooklyn foursome on the verge of releasing their soon-to-be-summer-splash entitled Pizza Hero ! Been psychedelic'ing out to "Bio Hassle" for a cool minute now and can't get enough of it. Album drops on June 23 and if you forget their name you need not worry because any trip to your local independent record store will result in the checking out of this quirky little album. And if not...then you're lame. Boogie Boarder - Bio Hassle Our Chi-city pal Hollywood Holt dropped a rad tune [...]
Hey there, Georgy girl! Tuesday is now the Mixtape day. Yay! I love mixtapes it's kinda nostalgic. To begin with, here's a little sample of the stuff I've been listening to (sorry, John... I don;t know what you're listening to). I may make another one this evening just because my new mixing software is so much fun. Anyway... welcome back to ourselves. We have lots of stuff to catch on. - Olás!! Agora nossas terças-feiras serão de Mixtape! Iêi! Adoro mixtapes porque lembra quando eu gravava fitinhas pra mim [...]
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