Download: Summer Hymns -- "Start Swimming" Download: Alina Simone -- "Black Water" Friday, July 27th—Caledonia Lounge (Happy Hour show), Athens, GA—Free Go There Now! Summer Hymns . Zachary Gresham's long-running project Summer Hymns just released what might be its finest album ever, 2006's Backward Masks, a cohesing of the band's experimental and traditional elements. Summer Hymns' songs are bittersweet and frequently lovely, but they come imbued with a shocking and caustic wit, which often translates to the band's free-flowing live performances. [...]
Download: Summer Hymns -- "Start Swimming" Download: Alina Simone -- "Black Water" Friday, July 27th—Caledonia Lounge (Happy Hour show), Athens, GA—Free Go There Now! Summer Hymns . Zachary Gresham's long-running project Summer Hymns just released what might be its finest album ever, 2006's Backward Masks, a cohesing of the band's experimental and traditional elements. Summer Hymns' songs are bittersweet and frequently lovely, but they come imbued with a shocking and caustic wit, which often translates to the band's free-flowing live performances. [...]
Oakland-based Jason Munn, who designs under the name the Small Stakes is a genius. He designs show and tour posters with simple but amazingly apt and effective designs. I always love his posters and buy them every time I see one at a show that I go to. (I now You can check out his posters at his website and also at gigposters . I asked Jason to put together a short mix and asked him a few questions. Here are five of his top [...]
(Press release from Team Clermont ) Team Clermont , a full-service PR firm based in Athens GA, has announced the dates and line-up of its 10th Annual Summer Festival and Blue Ribbon Ball on June 18. The Summer Festival celebration is a music event that showcases artists on Team Clermont's client roster as well as other favorites, both national and local, over the course of four nights (and a day, too!). The last night of the festival, The Blue Ribbon Ball, is affectionately known as "The Prom," and [...]
Now that the Gossip are all big and famous (in the UK anyway), having only one vid for their hit "Listen Up" just won't do. Beth stayed mostly in the bedroom on the the first one , but this time she's dancing on bars and inviting a couple of her gender-bending friends for support. This is what a year and a friendship with Kate Moss will do to you. If after seeing that, your wildest dreams are to see Beth Ditto nude on the cover of NME ... well, take [...]
There are a lot of good shows tonight. This has been a pretty crazy day and I'm running behind, so I'm just going to list them... Baltimore's Two if by Sea is joined by DC locals The Alphabetical Order and Paul Michel at IOTA . You don't get a much better regional music showcase than this. Two if by Sea - Summer Borne For Sleep The Alphabetical Order - Submarines Paul Michel - The Ways and Means [...]
The fine kids of Gentleman Auction House are putting on a party at Off Broadway tomorrow night, March 21st, ostesibly to celebrate the Spring Equinox, with a pair of Asthmatic Kitty bands, the Castanets and Shapes and Sizes , and St. Louis' Laite . It's a great lineup and promises to be a dandy of a time. MP3's: Gentleman Auction House - Every One Has Taken Their Hat Off But You Castanets - All That I Know Castanets - [...]
More great work from the band The Theater Fire . Here's their first-hand account of SXSW sets by Donovan, Peter and the Wolf, The Castanets, and Tiny Vipers. Our first full day at the festival and we saw some great shows. The highlight of the day was Donovan's solo acoustic set at the Central Presbyterian Church. Still spry and ever the showman, he had the crowd clapping and singing along to such classics as "Season of The Witch", "Hurdy Gurdy Man", "Yellow is The Color", and during "Mellow Yellow" he [...]
A few shows for the Ottawa folks. Hope to see you out. Download: Menomena - E Is Stable Download: Castanets - All That I Know To Have Changed In You Shapes And Sizes - Island's Gone Bad Download: Mice Parade - Nights Wave
broken train :: beck fall :: devendra banhart mount wroclai [idle days] :: beirut unchanging window // chord simple :: broadcast no light to be found in you :: castanets there is no there :: books make everyone happy [...]
Gothic-Lo-Fi-country-avant-som ething, with Castanets from San Diego. Castanets - As You Do MP3 (2004) More info at MySpace and Asthmatic Kitty Records
As are many independent labels, Asthmatic Kitty was brought into being to give a community of artists (in Holland, Michigan) a way to send their music further afield. Founded in 1999 it has since spread out operations to Lander, Wyoming, Indianapolis, Indiana, and New York City. Home to about 10 artists, here's a sampling of about 20 mp3s... (the asthmatic kitty roster can be found at emusic ) (and, oh yeah... pssst... you can find loads more here , just do a little searching) [...]
This Saturday afternoon Peter & The Wolf , Castanets , and Jana Hunter will play on the Empty Vessel Project . They will perform on a salvaged WWII Navy Rescue boat, which doesn't look seaworthy but could probably hold a music show. Supposedly these bands are touring on a boat as a protest to high gas prices among other things. Austin's Peter and The Wolf play folk music cast under the shadow lo-fi sound. Their boy/girl singing dynamic works dark and lo-fi because is not always in sync, which keeps it [...]
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Lemaitre – Time To Realize
Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
The National - The Rains Of Castamere [Game of Thrones Soundtrack]
Sound of Summer (v. 3.1)
