Top show picks should you need aural cleansing after watching the Grammys: ► Guitarist-around-town Blake Mills (pictured) quietly released a very good solo album, "Break Mirrors," in 2010. The guy who has played with Julian Casablancas, Jenny Lewis, Band of Horses, Jesca Hoop and Simon Dawes (among others) plays a free show tonight at the Satellite. ► Chris Schlarb's Psychic Temple [whom we told you about Saturday] performs at the Smell. ► It's My Bloody Valentine night at Part Time Punks at the Echo , and one [...]
[From our Dept. of Anti-Grammys:] Back in the early days of this Internet portal , we introduced you to composer/producer Chris Schlarb , along with his project I Heart Lung . The Long Beach-based multi-instrumentalist has collaborated with myriad musicians on the avant-garde tip, but it's his tour de force that got our attention last November. His album "Psychic Temple" — two years and 1,000 hours in the making and "the album I have been waiting 15 years to make," he says — [...]
Chris Schlarb is a musician, composer and producer based in Long Beach, California. His 4-track, 33-minute release, Psychic Temple , has an impressive guest list, including Mike Watt and Juliana Barwick. Together they have composed a beautifully crafted work that brings the listener to a relaxed and peaceful place. Schlarb's attention to detail is reflected in his folk-jazz melodies creating ambient layers as breathtaking as Monet's "Water Lilies." Tracks like "Dream State > Police State" effortlessly create a brushstroke of pure genius. Honestly, an album as art is rare today, and Psychic Temple is giving us [...]
Chris Schlarb Psychic Temple (2010, Asthmatic Kitty) RIYL = I Heart Lung, Mary Halvorson, Dirty Three Composer/guitarist/collagist Chris Schlarb isn't one to rush things. It has been a good three years since his gorgeous debut, Twilight & Ghost Stories ( one of my favourite records of the past decade ), blew my mind. What a gift that album was. The stretch has allowed me ample time to get completely psyched for his follow up, which has now finally been released, and I must say, is stunning. As an [...]
er ist von den besonderen einer. und solche heben wir gern aufs tableau. so geschehen zuletzt im rahmen einer liz janes begutachtung . da tauchte chris schlarb als kompagnon und sideman auf. eine rolle, die er immer wieder gern einnimmt. namen könnten da unzählige präsentiert werden, nur eine auswahl: mike watt, sufjan stevens, nels cline, dave longstreth (dirty projectors), diane cluck, the weird weeds, dm stith. aber nicht weniger oft tritt er nur für seine persönlichen belange in den ring. er ist musiker, komponist und produzent und lebt in long beach. er veröffentlichte sein erstes album [...]
It's a strange week for releases thanks to Thanksgiving and (perhaps more important) Black Friday. This means all the major labels are itching to get their big names out there resulting in many albums coming out on Monday instead of the usual Tuesday. And in an even odder move Justin Bieber has a Wal-Mart exclusive My Worlds Acoustic record set to be released actually on Black Friday--a very atypical move--but Bieber can do pretty much whatever the hell he wants anyway. But of course, the teen heartthrob isn't the only superstar putting out a record just [...]
It's time to listen to the tracks I have not posted recently. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. These are just some of the songs that would get there own individual posts on here on GIMME TINNITUS, if I only had the time. This mix is just all over the place. Listen. Downloadables: Hawaii (mp3) by No Joy I Can See (mp3) by XBXRX (pay-what-you-want for their self released album [...]
After keeping the party exclusive as half of I Heart Lung , one couldn't help but get the feeling that guitarist Chris Schlarb, shrouded in the duo's envelope of drone, was plotting something. Something, big. Welcome to big. On November 23rd, Asthmatic Kitty will digitally release Psychic Temple , a four-composition, 29 musician undertaking over one thousand hours in the making. A far cry from the "hey let's make a record" M.O. of I Heart Lung, Psychic Temple is the sound of [...]
In 2007 we released Twilight & Ghost Stories, a 40-minute modern composition by Long Beach based Chris Schlarb. By tying together dozens of pieces of music from dozens of musicians, Schlarb not only used Twlight as a sort o...
Chris Schlarb Twilight & Ghost Stories (Asthmatic Kitty, 2007) Chris Schlarb's Twilight & Ghost Stories is possibly the most painterly album on this list. The music feels like it was created by a variety of brushing, smattering, splotching, dragging, clouding and blending. Schlarb has created an accumulated hodge podge of collected sounds stretched, sifted and gorgeously assembled into this singular, jazz-informed collage. Beautiful and heartbreakingly quaint. -Thistle
DOWNLOAD: Chris Schlarb - Section IV (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Chris Schlarb - Section I (MP3) To those located in the New York City area, Asthmatic Kitty are happy to announce a rare opportunity to experience a performance of musician and producer Chris Schlarb 's debut solo record, Twilight & Ghost Stories in its entirety. Chris will be performing this modern composition on Saturday, February 7th, at The Stone [...]
I came across this when I was over at AK earlier in the holiday and have had it on ever since in my Christmas playlist and I thought I'd post it here. Enjoy...oh, and Happy Holidays... From Chris Schlarb, We didn't have much money this year so we started a tradition instead. Every year, as a family, we will try to make a short Christmas album with everyone contributing. This year, we got a little Fragile with it. We have tunes as a family, and tunes [...]
MOKB is giving away three copies of Asthmatic Kitty's new DVD Encyclopedia Asthmatica to three lucky MOKB email subscribers. You can get registered all this week, and we'll pick three subscribers at random early next week. You might have caught the trailer for the DVD back in February. Its pretty sweet. If you're already signed up, you're already eligible. You can read more about it at AK . We've been touting AK artist [...]
Chris Schlarb Twilight & Ghost Stories (12.2007, Asthmatic Kitty) Verdict = A Mess of Patchwork Beauty With Twilight & Ghost Stories , seasoned experimental guitarist Chris Schlarb has sewn together a patchwork quilt that is as comfortable, sentimental and ragged as the one you've been draggin' around since child birth. Employing field recordings, and friend's recordings along with his own instrumentation and final editing, Twilight & Ghost Stories floats by like a like bright midnight clouds that alternately obscure and reveal the stars that shine behind them. Some of the notable [...]
Chris Schlarb brought in over forty collaborating musicians, over a five-year period, to help him create his latest album, Twilight & Ghost Stories . Sufjan Stevens on piano, Ray Raposa on guitar, Dave Longstreth (Dirty Projectors), John Ringhofer (Half-Handed Cloud), Liz Janes, Parker Paul and many more lending vocal help. Rafter Roberts mastered it all. Basically, the vast majority of the Asthmatic Kitty family seemed to share a piece of themselves to create this record. The record itself has been described as [...]
5 years in the making with over 40 musicians collaborating on this project...quite an ambitious effort. A work of personal identity and deep catharsis, Twilight & Ghost Stories is a dense 40-minute modern composition featuring a disparate cross-section of musicians from the avant-garde, independent folk, jazz and electronic communities. (Asthmatic Kitty describes it in a nutshell) mp3: Chris Schlarb- "Section I" mp3: Chris Schlarb- "Section IV" official site: Chris Schlarb
Thanks to Rich of Cable & Tweed for the heads-up on the Next to Last Festival , which will be held in Athens, Georgia on December 8-9. There aren't nearly enough festivals in the winter and in my opinion, there should be more. Personally, I love cold weather and wouldn't have any problem at all standing outside to watch amazing bands perform. Admission will be $15 a day and $20 for the entire weekend. Here are some more details below (full details are on the website ), along with [...]
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