DM (David Michael) Stith 's haunting, other-worldly debut album Heavy Ghosts , released earlier this year by Asthmatic Kitty, contained some of the most mesmerizing, uniquely left-of-center music we've heard in ages, described by his label as "folk songs with epic electronic gestures". Orchestration that veers from soothing to dissonant forms the backdrop for Stith's dream-state vocal melodies on "BMB" (Be My Baby) presented here in mindblowing video and an alternate audio take (released this summer as part of an expanded EP). A third EP of reworkings and remixes of songs from Heavy Ghosts arrives [...]
Wolf People signed to Secretly Canadian this week, and we've been teased with a track from their upcoming album in 2010. We'll make room for one more wolf band. Neon Indian is the solo work of Alan Palomo , and this is the opening track from the recently released Psychic Chasms . I played this song on my radio show, and I must warn you: it will stick in your head. Western Digital [...]
Here's a new tune, "I Heart Wig (featuring I Heart Lung) , " from the forthcoming DM Stith EP, Braid Of Voices , out 12/8 via Asthmatic Kitty . Read a little more about it here and grab another tune, "Abraham's Song (Bibio Remix) , " from the EP, below, thanks to Pitchfork . I caught David a few weeks back at Schubas [...]
So it's a couple weeks late, and it covers some stuff we've been listening to over the last 3-4 months. But we're still counting it for October, and I'm sure you'll still like it! I swear! mp3: Dirty Projectors - Cannibal Resource mp3: Le Loup - Grow mp3: The xx - vcr mp3: The Swell Season - In These Arms [...]
DM Stith - Abraham's Song (Bibio remix) Have you heard this? Did you know how well this music lends itself to being cut up so other people can wrap themselves in it? I did not. But all of a sudden, three of my favourite remixes of this year are of DM Stith songs. Funny how that happens. The Braid of Voices EP will be out on December 8th. Here is the tracklisting: 1. Braid of Voices (brass version) 2. Easy to be Around (Diane Cluck cover) [...]
Welcome to the official soundtrack to Music Is Art's Best Albums of Fall 2009. This is a 15 song, eclectic collection that combines pop-friendly, r&b, smooth jazz tones to electronic space music and indie rock dreams. Listen to these samples of the preferred new releases of September and October. If something should be [...] Related posts: best albums of summer 2009 artwork by nicoletta ceccoli It's been such a crazy... the best albums of may 2009 artwork by izabella pierce [...]
If you've been keeping up with my Twitter feed , you may have noticed that I've been incredibly busy as of late. I just can't seem to catch a break with finding time to blog now that I currently work two jobs. Of course, those who have been keeping up have come to expect lengthy periods of inactiveness, at least on my part. Mentioning any kind of worthwhile albums from the past three weeks is just a meaningless task, as you can just take a peek below to see the excellent amount of releases at [...]
Last night at 21c , Osso (a quartet from Brooklyn, NY) played their new album "Run, Rabbit, Run" which is an arrangement by a handful of New York composers of Sufjan Stevens ' 2001 instrumental album "Enjoy Your Rabbit" for a classical string quartet. 21c was packed with all the seats filled and a handful of people left standing in the back of the room. DM Stith opened and was the highlight of the evening. He is signed to Sufjan's label, Asthmatic Kitty [...]
[MP3] DM Stith - A Soft Seduction (David Byrne cover) À l'occasion de la sortie du deuxième EP de DM Stith, Thanksgiving Moon, le DS inaugure avec lui une nouvelle rubrique, dédiée aux interviews des Delicious Artists... On the occasion of DM Stith second EP release, Thanksgiving Moon, we inaugurate with him a new DS heading, dedicated to Delicious Artists interviews... Delicious Scopitone: I've read that you own some vinyl collections of 50's-60's love songs. Did you cover [...]
As I've settled in to my new home in Bloomington , Indiana, I've been getting to know who the local artists are, going to shows, and sitting down with people involved in the local music scene. According to Andy Goheen ( Sticky and the Bees , E.P. Hall ) who organizes shows for The Bishop , Bloomington has over 500 bands. Shortly after moving here Nicole O'Neal ( Hipster Spinster ) asked me to co-host a radio show with her. We decided to call it [...]
Picking up from where I left off in Part I ... This will be a relatively pictureless post. Also, no mp3 samples this time! I am without my computer and music collection. Okay, maybe some... Friday (The Delancey) Here's an equation that's not hard to figure out. twosyllable records + Underwater Peoples + Chocolate Bobka = F YEA GOOD TIMES. We made it to the Delancey just in time for Made A Blog favorite Holiday Shores , [...]
Picking up from where I left off in Part I ... This will be a relatively pictureless post. Also, no mp3 samples this time! I am without my computer and music collection. Okay, maybe some... Friday (The Delancey) Here's an equation that's not hard to figure out. twosyllable records + Underwater Peoples + Chocolate Bobka = F YEA GOOD TIMES. We made it to the Delancey just in time for Made A Blog favorite Holiday Shores , [...]
There's so much great music I've been listening to since we stopped posting regularly back in July - and I've got a long list of songs, albums, artists and concerts to throw on here at some point. This is one off the list. DM Stith is one of Asthmatic Kitty's brood - and he makes the kind of beautiful orchestrally driven music you'd expect from their camp. He's worked closely with Shara Worden (which, as The Decemberists know, is a pretty awesome thing to do ), and was apparently inspired by [...]
Ο Michael Brutus Stith γεννήθηκε πριν 55 χρόνια, την τελευταία μέρα του πιο ξερού καλοκαιριού που έζησε η Αμερική τα τελευταία 70 χρόνια. Η γενέτειρά του ήταν μια ήσυχη κωμόπολη, που ζούσε με λιγοστά χρήματα και κυρίως λόγω του εμπορίου που κανονίζονταν δύο φορές τον μήνα όταν ερχόταν ο πλούσιος της γειτονικής πόλης μέσα στη Chevrolet Nomad του 1953. Ερχόταν για να συνάψει συμφωνίες με τους δύο ιερείς της πόλης, ώστε να αγοράζει τη νέα σοδειά των καλλιεργειών. Οι γαιοκτήμονες θα προτιμούσαν να κανόνιζαν οι ίδιοι τις συμφωνίες, αλλά η επιρροή των ιερέων στους ίδιους και [...]
En souvenir d'un voyage au pays du grandiose. hjatalin -debussy- dm stith -thanksgiving moon- sufjan stevens -the black hawk war- patrick watson -traveling salesman-
It has been selling quickly, so hopefully you already know that MyOldKentuckyBlog.com has teamed up with The Indianapolis Museum of Art and Asthmatic Kitty Records for a special evening of music and film at The Toby Theater on November 1st. Performances by DM Stith and OSSO, along with a special screening of Sufjan Stevens' The BQE , will now also include the presence of the man himself! Sufjan Stevens will be on-site to introduce his new film and will answer questions about it, after the event, in [...]
As a few of you know, I have a few musical projects that take up a lot of my time, and one of them is the indie-folk band Bro. Stephen which just finished up a month-long tour and which will keep me out of Louisville for quite some time. Now, you will have to excuse the shameful self-promotion because this really isn't about me. This is about all of the bands that I've met along the way, who you should check out and support in hopes that we can lure a few of these acts to [...]
Have you seen this? "A holograph is projected above a mobile phone by a 3D projecter (not in picture) displayed in the HoloAD booth at the 2009 Taiwan International Invention Show and Technomart in Taipei September 25, 2009. The four-day event that opened on Thursday hosts some 600 inventors and institutions at the Taipei World Trade Center." Oh No! Oh My! : Oh Be One from S/T (2006) MySpace | [...]
Όταν γράφαμε εκείν ο το ποστ για τον DM Stith , φανταζόμασταν μεγάλα πράγματα για τον νεαρό τραγουδοποιό. Δεν τα πήγε καθόλου άσχημα , ειδικά αν λάβει κανείς υπ'όψη ότι τα διάφορα indie institutions (λέμε τώρα!) δεν ασχολήθηκαν και ιδιαίτερα με την περίπτωσή του, καθώς ήταν απασχολημένα με πιο "μοδάτα" και cool ακούσματα... Για το ντεμπούτο του, το Heavy Ghost , δεν μιλήσαμε διεξοδικά, όμως ήταν νομίζω πασιφανές ότι το λατρέψαμε. Το ακούσαμε, το ξανακούσαμε, το λιώσαμε... και επανήλθαμε πρόσφατα, αφού έπιασαν οι πρώτες φθινοπωρινές δροσούλες. Κατέστη σαφές [...]
Venice Is Sinking - Compass Okay ( One Percent Press - 2009) veniceissinking.net Vic Chesnutt - Flirted With You All My Life At The Cut ( Constellation - 2009) www.vicchesnutt.com DM Stith - Pigs ( feat. Jefferson Street Band ) Thanksgiving Moon ( Asthmatic Kitty - 2003) www.dmstith.com [...]
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