Is there ever going to be anyone like Thom Yorke again? We're okay for now because Thom Yorke still exists and works. But I've always yearned for his virtuosic, sad, shy vocal rivulets and cryptic little poems in someone else. Could his shtick exist in someone else, somewhere else, and be owned by that person? Or would it be derivative, subject to endless comparison and bashing? I suppose I just want someone to have that drive and courage, new yet familiar, promising and stunning. D.M. Stith, a visual artist otherwise known as David Stith, is a worthy candidate. [...]
All photos by Clint Miller The three of us that embarked on this road trip a week ago have been hitting it hard everyday and after staying up until nearly dawn Thursday night, we had to catch up a little it on sleep. So unfortunately we almost completely missed Friday's day parties. We did, though, make it to the Asthmatic Kitty showcase just in enough time to catch DM Stith . This day party was very much in the peripheral of the where the main SXSW action was, and there was only a small, comfortable crowd for [...]
Imagine the most eclectic and gargantuan city-based music festival on earth where every corner of every street in a city centre/downtown area is seeping with live music from its pores. Now add cowboy boots. This is South by South West ( SXSW ), Austin, Texas, the world's biggest music showcasing event which has been running for 23 years now and that is so vital to the local eco(nomic) system that in 2007 visiting participants to SXSW Film, Music and Interactive injected the city with 95 million tourist dollars. It's a Wednesday, the day after Paddy's Day (which, [...]
Ik dacht dat het wel weer eens tijd werd voor een audio/visuele update dus bij deze.. De nieuwe clip van Franz Ferdinand is weer erg Franz Ferdinand zowel qua audio als qua video. Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls Click here to view the embedded video. Na de review hadden jullie deze natuurlijk nog tegoed: Bat For Lashes - Daniel Click here [...]
New Tunes! From Sufjan's ever-wonderful Asthmatic Kitty Records comes two new artists, DM Stith and Cryptacize. DM Stith has released his debut LP, Heavy Ghosts, and its getting quite a bit of attention from the critics . As far as sound, think the chaos of Sufjan/melodies of Radiohead/voice of Department of Eagles. Eerie and wonderful. DM Stith :: Pity Dance (from Heavy Ghosts [2009]) Cryptacize is the new project of former Deerhoof [...]
DM Stith has just released his first full length album on Asthmatic Kitty called Heavy Ghost and I'm here to say it's outstanding. I'm expecting many comparisons to the likes of Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective. Sure probably not as grand as those two bands, but it is just his first album...let him catch up. Stith's approach to each song is deeply personal. Here's what he wrote on his blog : I made something a year ago that I care very much about and now it's available for friends and [...]
Who? Himalayan Bear What? Long orchestral songs with a voice like DM Stith or Department of Eagles Sounds Like? DM Stith, Department of Eagles, Chris Garneau I adore all the projects of Casey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Blackout Beach), but before you start running away because you can't stand his dead grandma-voice: this is not a Casey Mercer project! No, it's a project of Ryan Beattie who plays the guitar in Frog Eyes and is the lead man in a band called Chet . (Which i don't [...]
Entrenched with a musical background, DM Stith had shut music out of his like for some 20 years. Refusing to sing at age of 8 for the next two decades, Stith instead tried focusing on visual arts and writing. An attempted novel in college, along with a children's book written and illustrated by himself, had failed. [...]
I've known about Bishop Allen for as long as I've been running this blog, but for some reason or another I just have never listened to any of their records. I'm sure I would enjoy their material, and maybe in some other parallel universe I'm praising them just like everyone else, but I guess I'm just waiting for someone to put one of their albums on my lap to listen to. Well, I may not be on the B.A. bandwagon, but there are some other releases this week that I can certainly get behind. [...]
I've been a bit busy this week preparing for SXSW. I want to bring you the very best coverage I can (partying it up with Racheal Ray and The Hold Steady) so I've been lacking a bit on the writing this week. I'd like to attempt to make it up to you by putting together this list of mp3s from the SXSW website of bands playing at the festival. There are hundreds of songs available, and I've just gone through and chosen a few that I really like. In case you only have time for a few, I've put *'s [...]
Αρκεί μια ματιά στο last.fm μου για να καταλάβει κανείς το μέγεθος του κολλήματος που έχω φάει εσχάτως με τον David Michael Stith . Το σοκ και το δέος που μου προκάλεσε το πρώτο άκουσμα του εξαίσιου "Pity Dance", τα οποία προσπάθησα να καταγράψω με τις ταπεινές δυνατότητες των λέξεων σε ένα ποστ πριν λίγες μέρες, ακολουθήθηκαν από επανειλημμένες απολαυστικές ακροάσεις του πρώτου δίσκου του Αμερικανού τραγουδοποιού, Heavy Ghost . Το άλμπουμ επιτέλους κυκλοφορεί αυτό το διήμερο ανά τον κόσμο από την Asthmatic Kitty , και στην Ελλάδα εκπροσωπείται μάλλον από την [...]
All of a sudden, I'm feeling a bit of a buzz around David Michael Stith or DM Stith as he is more commonly known. The Sunday Times and The Observer featured him over the last two weekends. Shane and Jim mentioned him too. He sounds like Daniel Rossen and more specifically, Rossen's Dapartment of Eagles output albeit with the voices of ghosts and spectres shrouded in dusk on a lonely troubadour's walk betwixt desolate nearby villages. Dare I say it? - This year's Bon Iver? Not right [...]
The New Yorker's full-length debut on Asthmatic Kitty, ready to overcome the burden of being dubbed the next Antony & the Johnsons/Jeff Buckley. Isaac's Song Previous posts: Song of the Day: DM Smith - 'Be My Baby' Buy MySpace Posted in Video Tagged: Antony and the Johnsons, Asthmatic Kitty, dm stith, heavy ghost, pity dance, Sufjan Stevens
Vanmiddag sms-te jnnk me dat haar jetlag nu wel ongeveer uitgewerkt was. Stiekem was ik best jaloers op haar Amerikaanse tripje. Met je wederhelft trekken door de USA en samen optreden. Het lijkt me een fantastische ervaring. Een volgend sms-je...
Enjoy 'Isaac's Song' below (via PTV). DM Stith selection at bottom of post. MP3: DM Stith - Around The Lion Legs
Είναι κάτι τραγούδια που σε πιάνουν απροετοίμαστο. Κάποια τυχαίνει να τ'ακούσεις στο ραδιόφωνο στο δρόμο για τη δουλειά, ή καθώς απλώνεις τα ρούχα. Άλλα τα συναντάς τυχαία σε μια βόλτα στο διαδίκτυο, και πας να τ'ακούσεις έτσι από περιέργεια, σε κάποιες περιπτώσεις έχοντας στο μυαλό σου μια γενική εντύπωση για το δημιουργό τους ενω σε κάποιες άλλες μην έχοντας την παραμικρή ιδέα. Ίσως πάλι να είναι η φρέσκια παραγωγή αγαπημένων σου μουσικών. Δεν έχει να κάνει, όπως μας έχει διδάξει η ιστορία. Σε όποια από τις παραπάνω περιπτώσεις κι αν εμπίπτουν, σε σταματάνε απ'ό,τι κάνεις και σ'αναγκάζουν να ψάξεις στα [...]
Monday: Pet Ghost Project @ Cake Shop 8pm $6 Gotta give props to the former Antler Justin Stivers who broke from the group to focus on this project. He has done a fantastic job of building and mixing various styles of rock, indie, and pop together to create something original but undeniably beautiful. Seeing them on Monday night would be a damn good way to kick off your kick. Pet Ghost Project - "The Age of Automatics" Tuesday: Mystery Jets + The Dig @ Bowery Ballroom 7:30pm $20 [...]
via Lost At E Minor In an Ambien-induced stupor a few nights ago, I came across the most appropriate album for my mood. One of the Asthmatic Kitty family members, DM Stith first emerged as a My Brightest Diamond collaborator. Although he still collabs with his labelmates and most recently contributed back-up vocals to Sufjan and Buck 65's "Blood, Pt 2" off Dark Was The Night , David Stith is releasing his first full-length album, Heavy Ghost , on March 10. [...]
Another Friday, another Friday Mixtape. Jeez, is it just me, or has the year been flying by? Oh well, that just means that the summer festival season will be here before we know it. And what better way to dream of the coming weeks and months of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, camping, and everything else that comes with this year's festivals then with a stellar mix of new singles, remixes, and covers, along with mp3s from some up-and-comers you might just want to check out. NEW Singles: "The Box" by The [...]
Feb 20, 2009, 1:00am
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Die allseits beliebte Rubrik "Song des Tages" von 78s steht ganz im Zeichen des wohl besten Musikfestivals auf unserem Planeten, dem SXSW in Texas. Wir präsentieren bis zum Festivalstart am 18.3. ein paar Programmperlen. Heute: DM Stith mit "Pity Dance". Kollege Menzl hat gutes Gespür bewiesen, als er vor nicht allzu langer Zeit ein Stück der EP "Curtain Speech" zum Song des Tages kürte . Am 6. März legt David Stith bei Asthmatic Kitty die Debüt-LP "Heavy Ghost" nach. Ein eigensinniges, extravagantes Werk ist's geworden, das ganz im Zeichen einer spirituellen Zerrissenheit steht. Ein [...]
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