Artist: Daniel Johnston

Difficile de mieux commencer le festival, difficile d'exiger figure plus emblématique pour ouvrir le bal de ces Concerts à Emporter en marge de l'Optimus Primavera Sound à Porto. Sur la liste des sessions rêvées, celle de Daniel Johnston figurait en bonne place, en tête de liste, non loin de Tom Waits, très certainement. On savait aussi que l'exercice ne serait pas aisé, l'homme est un brin lunatique et un peu affaibli mais nous étions certains que, quoi qu'il arrive, quelque chose d'assez intense ou émouvant pouvait en ressortir. Avec les Concerts à Emporter, d'autant plus dans des villes inconnues, rien [...]

Photo Gallery of Optimus Primavera Sound Day 2 in Porto, Portgal (May 31, 2013)

It's bright, if not quite early as the sun-dappled trudge out toward the Parc del Fòrum begins. The streets immoderately luminous, I've consistently been left perplexed by the Catalans' natural adaption to debauchery, as well as by their seemingly regenerative recuperation techniques. They party hard as Andrew W.K. on the WKD, and yet forever come up smiling the following morning. It's impressive, and this eternality factor is lucidly reflected in the generation-spanning audience the festival itself attracts. Down beside the l'Auditori, a girly boy smoulders smoking outside the lobby of the nearby Hotel Barcelona Princess. Truth be known, [...]

Este fin de semana se llevó a cabo el Primavera Sound en Barcelona con bandas como My Bloody Valentine , Blur , Swans , Daniel Johnston y más. Según informó Stereogum , la cuenta oficial de Twitter del festival, anunció que el primer confirmado para la edición 2014 es Neutral Milk Hotel . Como informaron hace unas semanas, Jeff Magnum y sus muchachos regresarán este 2013 con algunos conciertos y con gira programada para el 2014, aunque después del anuncio oficial, las fechas de la gira de [...]

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The Devil and Daniel Johnston es un documental que sacó a la luz pública la vida y arte del prolífico músico e ilustrador  Daniel Johnston , cuya obra   siempre irá de la mano con su manera de percibir el mundo -con sus trastornos maníaco-depresivos y esquizofrénicos como filtros-. Los complicado estados mentales del artista le han permitido introducir una profunda sensibilidad a cualquiera de sus creaciones. Además de tener su propio documental, mucho se ha escrito sobre esta figura de culto, pero no existía publicado ningún libro en el que e plasmara el día [...]

By this time next week, we'll already have (albeit only ephemerally) relocated to Barcelona for day upon day of decadent overindulgence and musical extravagance, for this year's edition of the quintessential left field festival,  Primavera Sound , is now upon us. I can practically taste the Estrella Heineken fizzling away at the rear of my palette and, truth be known, the way this British springtime's currently panning, out I'm almost relishing the prospect of inevitable sunburn. Almost... Storms are currently forecast for the week though that can't be right, right..? Anyhow – as is so often our wont [...]

• Fuck Buttons - Olympians (Radio Edit)
• Jesus And Mary Chain - Cracking Up
• Scottrek112 - “Monomania” - Deerhunter (Live)

The recently-reformed Neutral Milk Hotel have added dates to their upcoming reunion tour. The Jeff Mangum-led band had already been scheduled to play a series of shows at the tail-end of the year, but have now confirmed a handful of additional North American outings. This will see the group tour throughout October with the likes of Elf Power, Half Japanese and Daniel Johnston, the latter two playing at  Mountain Oasis Festival in Asheville with the band. It was also revealed last week that Neutral [...]

I mange år kæmpede Simon Stålhamre med mindreværdskomplekser og turde ikke vise sine sange frem for omverdenen. Det ændrede sig, da han en dag mødte Jacob Snavely, som overtalte ham til at tage sine sange seriøst. Kort efter kom Christopher Cantillo til og de dannede Small Feet. Lad mig slå fast med det samme, at Simon Stålhamre godt kan pakke sine mindreværdskomplekser langt væk! Han besidder et åbenlyst sangskrivertalent og formår med sin stemme, at ramme en rå ærlighed og naivitet, som kun få kan. Sammenligningen med Daniel Johnston ligger lige for, men man kan også sagtens mærke Stålhamres kærlighed til Neil Young [...]

Such is the curse of the esoteric, Cargo is pretty sparsely populated upon entry into the perfectly irrational world of Nashville lo-fi godfather R Stevie Moore . The deactivated confetti cannon shan't go spurting its load tonight although explosive onstage antics are seemingly sure to ensue, guitarist J.R. Thomason swigging liberally from Moore's bottle of red as he fiddles about with bits and pieces of obstreperous machinery. Naturally, this necessarily wacko scene is set to the soundtrack of James Chance's unapologetically demented Contort Yourself. And it's as its squiggly improv abates that Moore emerges in fairly unflattering [...]

“And this is the room /one afternoon I knew I could love you” - King of Carrot Flowers Part 1 Jeff Magnum, main musician for long-dead indie rock legends NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, has fans slavering at the news of a reunion.  The line up will be Magnum, Jeremy Barnes, Scott Spillane and Julian Koster.  Members The post Neutral Milk Hotel announce reunion appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .

• burcukrcgcl - Neutral milk hotel | in the aeroplane over the sea

"Busqué esperanza en todo mi alrededor, a la gente parecía no importarle. Pero el rock and roll ha salvado mi vida" , confesó Daniel Johnston desde la letra de Rock n Roll / EGA y en su segunda presentación en vivo. Serán pocas las oportunidades de presenciar un show tan espontáneo y sin embargo, brutal. El lunes pasado, el músico de 52 años tuvo su primer contacto con la fascinación que genera entre el público argentino en la inauguración de su muestra de colección [...]

This is exactly the kind of news I needed to hear today.  Jeff Mangum will reunite Neutral Milk Hotel later this year for a tour!  Only five dates have been announced so far, but considering the last tour was in 1998, this is a great start.  It all kicks off October 22nd in the band's hometown of Athens, GA.  Stay tuned for more. 10/22 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club (w/ Elf Power) 10/23 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club (w/ Half Japanese) 10/25 – Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (w/ Half Japanese [...]

It is still an unfortunate state of affairs that most people know Daniel Johnston for his struggles with mental illness and for a t-shirt that Kurt Cobain liked to wear a lot. Unfortunately, despite the superb documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston bringing his story to a wider audience, his music often takes a back seat. He began releasing cassettes in the early 1980s, and although he is no longer as prolific, he has excelled himself with this entire Space Ducks project, which comprises this album, a hardback comic book and an [...]

Before he celebrates the 30th anniversary of the release of Hi, How Are You at London's Barbican, Daniel Johnston is giving fans a little preview of his upcoming album/comic book Space Ducks . Feraltone will be releasing the soundtrack and comic book April 29. It also features tracks from some familiar names, like Unknown Mortal Orchestra , Jake Bugg , Eleanor Friedberger , Deer Tick , Fruit Bats and more. Pre-order Space Ducks: An Infinite Comic Book Of Musical Greatness , which [...]

Fotos por Rodrigo Ferrari Se hizo difícil escribir respecto de lo que pasó ese domingo 21 de abril. Es difícil explicar, además, qué es lo que vamos a buscar cuando decidimos ir a ver a Daniel Johnston. Vamos a ver a un artista complejo, influyente y frágil, cuya carrera ha avanzado los caminos del azar antes que la aclamación popular. Que regularmente no suena en las programaciones radiales ni la prensa chilena pareciera estar demasiado atenta a su legado. Ver a Daniel Johnston era, ante todo, una apuesta extraña. [...]

Por Judith Gómez Machado Un poeta de mirada aniñada, un artista sin filtros y el amigo imaginario que todos quisieran tener. A lo lejos, y sobre el escenario de Niceto Club, la figura de Daniel Johnston pide a gritos un abrazo cálido. A su alrededor lo secundan Maxi Prietto , Shaman Herrera y la banda de músicos-hermanos que estos dos eligieron a la perfección. El afecto alcanza a Daniel y lo [...]

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In a career that has spanned more than 30 years and seen more than 20 full-length releases as well as various dalliances with the likes of Yo La Tengo and Jad Fair , Daniel Johnston has, strangely, been more consistently well known for how beloved he is to other musicians than for his own output. His first exposure to many was in the form of a t-shirt worn by Kurt Cobain bearing the Hi, How Are You?  album cover image; [...]

El legendario cantautor low-fi finalmente se presentará en Niceto Club  los días 23 y 24 de abril (osea martes y miércoles de la semana que viene) a partir de las 21. Para la ocasión hay un show preparado en tres partes con una banda local especialmente ensamblada; a continuación repasamos los detalles y te recordamos que todavía quedan entradas que puede ser compradas en  Ticketek . El primer dato importante a tener en cuenta es para aquellos que compraron sus entradas para los shows cancelados. Los [...]