I unfortunately missed the first few nights of this festival, there was just to much good music going on in Chicago. So while Gruff trumped Hair Police and the Lucksmiths won out over Pere Ubu, nothing was going to keep me from missing this final night of the Wire Adventures in Modern Music (AIMM) festival. The line up was interesting, as is the magazine???s prerogative, with heavy Japanese rock trio Boris and soft and spacey Galaxie 500 spin off Damon & Naomi on the same bill. Besides being [...]
. death as it shook you you gave it a fool's look you said I am an empty page to you give me your hand give me you blood don't misunderstand I once had all the words I forgot all the words held the binding lightning began to burn away we began to burn away held the binding the lightning began to burn away the body burns away the body burns away the body burns away - Songs Ohia [...]
. Dream pop. (Yes, I am still alive.) So here is a cool group Damon & Naomi , a dream pop from Boston, Ma. Formed sometimes in '91, Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang created the band from Galaxie 500 (shoegazer/slowcore) ashes. They have several early album in the mid and late nineties, but to me their interesting works are " The Earth is Blue " (2005) followed by several collaboration with japanese avant guarde/psych folks guitarist Michio Kurihara . (see his collaboration with Boris). This album and subsequent collaboration have distint dreamy [...]
Named one of Pitchfork's Best of 2006, Boris comes to Philly all the way from Japan to melt your face with blistering guitars and pure metal madness. Joining them is the quieter side, Damon & Naomi with Michio Kurihara. Don't know them? Take two members of Galaxie 500 and throw in a Japanese guitar hero, now of Ghost and Stars, and there you have it. If you miss them in Philly, they will be back around in DC later in the month. 10/02: First Unitarian Church , Philly 10/26: Black Cat , [...]
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This week's edition of The Daily Graboid comes in a day later than usually expected. Why is this you ask? Well, if you see below, there happens to be an overwhelming amount of quality album releases this week. I woke up yesterday morning to check out the releases lists and all the usual chores I go through when compiling everything and just decided that there was no way to listen to everything and have a post ready by the time I had to go to work. I think this post might have the single most mp3s as far as I [...]
A strange pairing of musical styles indeed, Damon & Naomi will be heading out on tour in support of their new album, "Within These Walls", with Japanese noise monsters Boris. The common thread between these bands may be guitarist Michio Kurihara (Ghost), frequent collaborator with Damon & Naomi and good friends with Boris. (more...)
If it's burning a hole in your pocket... The new Damon & Naomi album is out now - Within These Walls takes a step down a darker alley... Buy Within These Walls from 20|20|20 Buy Within These Walls from Amazon US Buy Within These Walls from Amazon UK MP3: Cruel Queen Net, Blogs and Rock 'n' Roll [...]
Try it on for size! Sample new releases this week! photo of Devendra Banhart by me It's another wallet-buster of week for new releases, particularly if you're a fan of the indie folk and roots based music. There are reissues out from legendary folkers Pentangle and Karen Dalton and a whole bunch of new releases from artists either considered "new indie folk" or at least influenced by them, like Devendra Banhart, Iron & Wine, Cave Singers, Sir Richard Bishop, Jose Gonzalez, Loney, Dear, Tuung, and Two Gallants. [...]
Damon & Naomi...remember them? 2/3rd's of the legendary Galaxie 500 and also the under appreciated Magic Hour. Well Damon & Naomi has announced that a new album called "Within These Walls" will be released via their own 20|20|20 Records on September 25, 2007. The record will feature contributions from Michio Kurihara (long time collaborator from Ghost),Greg Kelley & Bhob Rainey from the Espers, and the avant-garde horns of nmperign. A track from the new record "Cruel Queen" can be download from the Damon & Naomi's website . Damon & Naomi did say that "(Within These [...]
Fund drive month continues. First of all thank you everybody who has donated, I am sure Moka is busy building the personalised playlist by now. (haa haa ..., have fun Moka.) Back to business. I think it would be fun as a historical note to see what certain amount of donation can buy in term of consumer electronic gadget. For $48.37, people could by the first transistor radio, TR-1 . It was actually listed at $49.95 and at today's dollar would be around $395. " Consumer Reports [...]
Damon And Naomi, out of Damon And Naomi, and once of Galaxie 500, are about to launch the first in a series of albums, the International Sad Hits. The concept is simultaneously high-falutin' - all four artists are united by a shared common thread to their Altaic languages - and as basic as it comes - a love of melancholy. The acts are Turkey's Fikret Kizilok, Korea's Kim Doo Soo and Tomokawa Kazuki and Mikami Kan, a pair of Japanese artists. Kizilok died in 2001, after a thirty-year career of mixing western rock with [...]
Living in New York, I think it's only fair that I make a post dedicated to the greatest city in the world! I wouldn't live anywhere else and New York I thank you for being my home for 23 glorious years. Andrew WK - I Love NYC Madonna - I Love New York Interpol - NYC Keith Caputo - New York City Damon & Naomi - New York City [...]
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