This latest release in David Grubb’s long career is something special; an album as approachable and open as this, but with real body and depth, is a rare thing. Presenting instrumental and song-based compositions, Grubbs covers fascinating and engaging ground. Rarely are guitars, voice, violin, electronics and percussion collided in such varied, revealing and enigmatic ways within one album. ‘The Plain Where the Palace Stood’ is an essential listen. The guitar playing throughout is beautiful, especially during the beguiling fluidity ‘I Started To Live When My Barber Died’, sounding like small rivulets of rainwater [...]
David Grubbs latest set of deconstructed tunes, The Place Where the Palace Stood , exists more on what is there than what has been stripped away. It's no real surprise David Grubbs would name an album The Plain Where the Palace Stood, that his set would focus not on the once-standing structure but on the space where it used to be. In his solo records, and with Gastr del Sol, Grubbs has been breaking down and deconstructing all kinds of musical structures, from folk traditions to rock and punk traditions. His music can be as tuneful as it [...]
It's that time of the year again, everybody! The best holiday of the year (yes, better than National Ferris Wheel Day AND Leif Erikson Day) has returned . I've been going to Record Store Day since 2009, and even when I didn't look up the releases beforehand, I'd still walk out of my favorite record store (RIP Cutlers in New Haven) with something unique and special. Unique and special is what Record Store Day does incredibly well, and it's why we love it so much. Since its relatively humble beginnings in 2008, the event has grown in popularity every [...]
I hate to break it to you, but you're gonna be heading toward Record Store Day this Saturday at a deficit. Why? Because there are too many excellent new releases coming out today that you'll want to pick up right now. First and foremost: the latest from Yeah Yeah Yeahs , whose fourth album our Music Director, Don Yates, hails as "their most musically adventurous and stylistically diverse, ranging from playful, unhinged rockers to buzzing, rhythm-driven electro-pop and moody, atmospheric ballads while also incorporating elements from a variety of other styles including hip hop, gospel and roots [...]
Check out album releases for this week. So what's out this week (April 16th) in terms of music? Well, for this week, expect new album releases from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Flaming Lips,...
Apr 11, 8:00am
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‘Post-everything’ veteran David Grubbs takes a scholarly look back at composer John Cage’s divisive yet influential live collection, originally released way back in 1959.
With the release of The Plain Where the Palace Stood (out April 16th via Drag City Records), David Grubbs further cements his standing as one of indie rock’s most influential founding fathers. Beginning in the early 80’s with his high school band (and hardcore progenitor) Squirrel Bait Youth, Grubbs started down a road that would lead to collaborations with avant-garde composers and literary artists alike. Drawing on influences from American traditionalists like John Fahey and Sandy Bull to more recent experimental artists like Loren Connors and Mats Gustafsson, Grubbs incorporates these sometimes disparate elements into a cohesive and seamless whole. [...]
É o regresso de um discreto herói de toda uma geração que buscava novas formas na esfera pop/rock na já distante década de 90. David Grubbs criou os Gastr Del Sol, tocou com os Codeine, esteve envolvido na reformação dos Red Krayola, gravou com outros ilustres como Will Oldham, Dirty Three, Matmos ou Royal Trux e colaborou ainda com Avey Tare, Mats Gustafsson e Loren Connors. Uma pequeníssima amostra que contextualiza, em pleno 2013, a importância deste retorno em nome próprio. An Optimist Notes the Dusk acaba de ser editado pela Drag City e traz consigo uma sonoridade [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: David Grubbs : "The Plain Where the Palace Stood" [mp3] from The Plain Where the Palace Stood Deltafoxx : "Breakin' It Up All Right" [mp3] from Breakin' It Up All [...]
Apr 17, 2012, 8:00am DOA
Wooden Wand and Duke Garwood occupy two sides of a vinyl equation in honour of Record Store Day, with eclectic and exploratory results.
Gastr del Sol — The Seasons Reverse From Camoufleur ( Drag City ; 1997) First seeing you in a snowbank / Then a sweater / And then a swelter
David Grubbs of Gastr del Sol A new documentary titled “ Parallax Sounds ” intends to explore the relationship between Chicago’s architecture and the music created here. Director Augusto Contento interviewed several musicians - who are based in Chicago or at one time were - including famed producer and musician Steve Albini, Battles frontman Ian Williams, Gastr del Sol composer David Grubbs, singer Azita Youssefi, Eternals vocalist Damon Locks, and jazz composer Ken Vandermark. Albini, Grubbs and Vandermark have also contributed to the film’s soundtrack. The documentary is currently $10,000 away from [...]
David Grubbs est l'une de ces figures atemporelles et essentielles du rock US, passablement ignoré de notre côté de l'Atlantique. Homme à tout (bien) faire, musicien, auteur, critique de cinéma, artiste... et membre historique des Squirrel Bait - en compagnie de Britt Walford et Brian McMahan, futurs Slint - et autres Bastro , David Grubbs marque l'histoire du rock expérimental américain - et d'un genre improprement dénommé post-rock - en fondant Gastr Del Sol , groupe ayant vu transiter en son sein Bundy K. Brown et John McEntire (ex-Bastro). Tous deux partis fomenter Tortoise ( lire ), [...]
happy new years, peoples. hope everyone made it home safe and sound, and if you didnt well you probably arent reading this then. i am going to be doing a bunch of random posts throughout the day. so, if you dont have much to do other than chilling on the couch, check back from time to time. i used to love, love, love this record, gastr del sol's 1996 drag city release, upgrade & afterlife . it was perfect for riding the l and the bus in the early chicago mornings. its definitely not for everyone, and [...]
Oct 28, 2009, 8:05pm
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We live in a post-Animal Collective society, so who apart from Kanye West doesn't know who Avey Tare is by now? I'll save my Terrestrial Tones post for another day, I'm still wierded out that Dave has a Wikipedia page... Anyways, a ways back Avey put out a split 123 with David Grubbs titled Crumbling Land , in short it kicks serious night-timing ass. Now I don't have the actual record because I'm not quite that cool, but to make up for it here's an extra tune called "Judy Biworker" which as far as I know isn't [...]
E magari chi ha vent'anni, nel 2009, lo incontriamo a qualche bel concerto post/hardcore/rock/math. Felice (come noi, si intende) e preso. Eppure quando il ragazzo aveva il ruolo di neonato c'era già tutto, o quasi. Anzi, volendo dirla tutta, c'era pure prima. Tuttavia il 1989 un suo significato particolare lo ha, almeno per chi da [...]
Hi everybody. I'm glad you could all make it. Welcome to the annual "Best Albums Of..." post, which is usually the time I put effort into composing a blog entry. In 2005 I wrote small blurbs about the top twenty-five albums of the year. In 2006 I wrote three-word reviews for the 50 best records of the year. Last year I went so far as to craft a complete sentence for my favorite 100 albums of 2007. This year...I don't know, I haven't started the list yet. I think I'm just going to write blurbs about the albums for which [...]
#1 Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons ( Constellation ) ascolta: MP3 Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - BlindBlindBlind #2 Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power And The Amorphous Strums - Dark Developments ( Orange Twin ) ascolta: MP3 Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power And The Amorphous Strums - And How #3 Micah P. Hinson - And The Red Empire Orchestra ( Full Time Hobby ) [...]
I'm in a rotten mood tonight. I don't want to talk about it. Everything just kind of sucked at work today, which is ironic considering it's supposed to be such a low-stress environment. Rather than bore you with details pertaining to the mundane events I am probably overreacting to, I'll simply skip ahead to the mix tape. RULES for uninitiated noobs : With roughly 100MB of webspace, I give birth to a weekly Mix Tape to be deposited on your iPods or Zunes or Kingklangs or whatever the industry is currently pushing on you. Sometimes there [...]
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