This past week, folk rock band Maps and Atlases released their brand new LP, Beware and Be Grateful , along with the dates of their April European tour. I've been listening to Maps and Atlases for a while now, as well as lead singer Dave Davison's side project Cast Spells , and I can safely say that their music continues to develop both in general sound and in complexity. They create a very low key presence on their albums, yet the quartet from Chicago can really put on a rad show. [...]
All's well that ends well. Sure, it rained all week, but it's nice and sunny outside with just a tiny nip in the air. Naturally, that means it is time to party down while we still can. This weekend, especially, is a doozy. There are so many great shows that it is almost impossible to choose among them. Some of the shows we're all abuzz over are Gypsyblood at Liar's Club , Dead Milkmen at Congress Theater and Local H at the Metro . Let's hop to it, [...]
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The Invisible Children 25 event has artists playing in 18 cities across the US, next Monday night. Check a few posts over to see the full lineup and go here to RSVP for an event in your town. MINNEAPOLIS: ZOO ANIMAL This Minneapolis trio led by Holly Newsom, along with bassist Tim Abramson and drummer Thom Burton will be heading up the Minneapolis 25 at the Loring Theater and we could not be more excited. Their self-described "minimalist [...]
Cast Spells - Letters I came across this song on a recent Sargent House compilation, although it was originally released on a split with Good Old War (back before there was even an iPad 1). Something about the tune has been making me reach for the repeat button all morning and roaming the internet for more Cast Spells loveliness. I think it is the simple beauty of it that hits the hardest. Turns out that Cast Spells is another musical project from the talented Maps & Atlases [...]
Listening to Cast Spells fills you up 'til you burst with alliterative adjectives like GREAT! and GLORIOUS! Words which are not at all too grandiose when talking about work from the genius mind of David Davidson (also from Maps & Atlases ). From the 2009 EP Bright Works and Baton comes a brand new video for "Glamorous Glowing," directed by Behn Fanning. In a swift two-and-a-half minutes, the video perfectly captures the unique, clever and colorful nature of the music itself. Cast Spells [...]
The video for "Glamorous Glowing" was directed by Behn Fanin and comes from Cast Spells' 2009 work, Bright Works and Baton . While you're out take in the Glass Room Sessions version of "Potted Plant." http://www.myspace.com/castspe lls http://castspellsmusic.com/ http://www.sargenthouse.com
Video: Cast Spells (Maps & Atlases' Dave Davison) "Glamorous Glowing" more good stuff A full length Cast Spells album is in the works for release via Sargent House in 2011. w/ Steve Mason 12/14 Washington DC @ Red Palace 12/15 Philadelphia, PA @ M Room 12/16 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory 12/17 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge 12/18 Cambridge, MA @ Great Scott 12/19 Montreal, QC @ Il Motore 12/20 Toronto, ON @ Wrongbar
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With it's release being late last summer, Cast Spells ' Bright Works and Baton is finally getting some of the music video treatment. "Glamorous Glowing" is up first and in the video we see a set of colored blocks coordinating their lighting to the sounds of the different instruments. As this Lite Brite-esque mass floats around the different nature and urban scenes, I cannot help but think that this should be featured on a commercial for Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. Anyone else agree? [...]
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From now until October 15th, Tastemakers Magazine has issued a free download of their hand picked tracks from the wonderful label Sargent House . Check out the tracklist below and make sure you download the compilation while you can! DOWNLOAD :: Tastemakers Magazine's Sargent House Picks - [ LINK ] :: Tracklist :: Gypsyblood - "Take Your Picture" Technology feat. Aaron Chapman from Nurses - "New Weird Pop" Tera Melos - "Aped" Zach Hill - "Memo To [...]
Here is David Davison, of both Cast Spells and Maps & Atlases, performing the Cast Spells song "Glamorous Glowing" from the Cast Spells' EP Bright Works and Baton which came out last year live with members of his band Maps & Atlases and Teri Bender in the Sargent House Glassroom. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is a mouthful. Anyway, if you have seen Maps & Atlases on tour this year they probably played this song during their set, and its origin is just that it is from the Davison solo project called [...]
From Sargent House: In honor of all BBQ's across this great planet we bring you the Sargent House / Rodriguez Lopez Productions $5 or 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 [...]
I've written plenty on Good Old War, so naturally I'm freaking out over the release of their new self-titled album. For those of you not familiar with the trio, let me sum them up for you: harmonies, harmonies, HARMONIES. Keith Goodwin, Dan Schwartz, and Tim Arnold channel Simon & Garfunkel in a way that nearly rivals the folk icons themselves. The guys' latest effort sees them perfecting the organic folk pop they know while branching out into new bluesy territories (as we began to see on their split EP with ATG-favorite Cast Spells [...]
Yesterday, we published the Best New Releases of the Week mix featuring fresh tracks from new releases by The New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene, The Hold Steady and many others. Since there are so many great new releases this week, we broke up the usually one installment into two parts. In today's mix, Part Two [...] Related posts:Best New and Recent Indie Releases: Brimstone Howl, Sunset, Tahiti 80, Chromatic Flights, Doveman & More Best New Releases of the Week, Part One: The... Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
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Apr 24, 2010, 4:31pm
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I'm both shocked and dismayed to realize that I've yet to post about one of my very favorite - top 5, without a doubt - releases from last year. Cast Spells' "Bright Works And Batons" EP came out last August and, although I immediately liked it - mostly because of David Davison's captivating voice - it took me a little while to really love it. It snuck up on me over time, one track here and there on shuffle, until I noticed that it was what I most wanted to listen to [...]
You may have heard about Cast Spells' frontman already, or at least about his other project. Cast Spells is a side project, you see (and a mighty fine one at that) of David Davison, who also just so happens to be in another upcoming (scratch that, they've been around for about 6 years but are only just releasing their debut album) and hotly-tipped band called Maps & Atlases who are releasing their debut album "Perch Patchwork" at the end of June. Cast Spells on the other hand have released an absolutely stellar EP "Bright Works And [...]
Cast Spells es el proyecto paralelo de Dave Davison, cantante del grupo Maps & Atlases. El pasado año lanzaban su trabajo Bright Works and Baton, el cual va a ser nuevamente publicado, esta vez en formato vinilo y en una edición limitada de 500 unidades. En esta ocasión se ha incluido un tema extra, "All Brass", el cual aparecía originalmente en un split que la banda hizo con Good Old War. El disco nos muestra a un Dave Davison muy versátil, con canciones ricas en detalles como la encargada de abrir el [...]
Ryan(StopMe): I'm still buzzing from seeing Kick-Ass at the cinema and went on a Mark Millar Comics spree as soon as I got out of the theatre. First I read the twisted humour of 'Wanted' (So much better than the lame film adaptation), then on to the fascinating 'Red-Son' which is about what the world would be like if Superman was a Soviet instead of a blue-eyed American son, and now I'm halfway into 'Kick-Ass' itself. It hasn't all been Superheroes and Supervillians this week as I've found another ten delightful tunes: [...]
From the inbox: Click here to listen to Cast Spells ' Daytrotter session. It's always impressive when a live performance holds true to the recorded version of a song, as is the case with the song Pioneer Scalps , below. Cast Spells: Pioneer Scalps.mp3 Dave Davison (aka Cast Spells) was also the mastermind behind Maps & Atlases. There's a celebratory Cat Stevens-like quality to his music... or a Cat Stevens [...]
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