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It was the last day of November in Ottawa. Headed up to Raw Sugar Cafe to see Kathryn Calder and Himalayan Bear . It was a pretty nice standing up intimate show. Thanks to CBC Radio 1 's Q where she was a musical guest that same day. The show started off with Himalayan Bear from Victoria. It was just a solo musician by Ryan Beattie. The music was very [...]
Himalayan Bear - "How Could Death Contend" Ah, the lonely hunter. His territory marked, allotted to his charge. An oblong on the map, a flag of equal shape, a crest of cresting hill, raised up each windless dawn. And in the eve, be it lake-sparkled sunset, or swaying cloudy cough, crank it down, crank it down, crank it down. The hunter's only love is the first meal from a catch, he'll howl a song or tell a tale, the only ears the trees. If he doesn't use his tongue, it will dry up, turn to [...]
Absolutely Kosher Some sad news in the world of independent music. Absolutely Kosher , the label that brought you offerings from The Wrens, Pinback, The Mountain Goats, The Hidden Cameras, Sunset Rubdown and a host of other indie bands, is folding up the tent after one final release. Himalayan Bear 's Hard Times , will come out October 11, 2011 , and will be the final release on the Absolutely Kosher label. (I guess that mythical "next record" from The Wrens will come out out another [...]
der letzte besuch bei absolutely kosher liegt ein geraumes weilchen zurück. wax fang waren da von interesse. nun kommen wir zurück, da sich mit dem signing von himalayan bear ein höllisch guter, neuer programmpunkt im kalifornischen label abzeichnet. "hard times" wird am 11. oktober erscheinen und vornehmlich das soloprodukt von ryan beattie sein, der dem einen oder anderen als lead sänger von chet oder auch als gitarrist von frog eyes bekannt sein sollte. das neue produkt ist bereits der dritte solooutput des mannes aus victoria und fesselt mich. schwärmerisch kann man [...]
New Pornographer Kathryn Calder kicks off her first ever solo tour next month in support of her solo debut Are You My Mother? Download " If You Only Knew ," and check out the video for " Arrow ." Calder will of course be playing one show with the New Pornographers alongside Thao & Mirah, then it's off for a short run on the west coast with Himalayan Bear and Karl Blau. We caught up with Calder and fellow Pornographer, who told us about their intent to release solo albums. Sort of. [...]
Chet Grow Old Gracefully Himalayan Bear Sounds Are Birds Nobody and Mystic Chords of Memory Broaden A New Sound Beach House Master of None Toro y Moi Master of None [...]
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 [...]
For those out of touch with home: Himalayan Bear - Sounds Are Birds , from ...attacks the brilliant air . There is a croon that bleeds into the final tracks. There is some blood that croons into the final tracks. My seascape: _____________________
I have never understood the Chet-----Hawaii connection. All possible explanations (childhood trips? love of blue water sport? relative Canadian geographic distance? birthplace?) seem to be eclipsed by something less romantic like 'thrift store record appreciation'. Can anyone explain? Regardless of the source, what a wonderful thing it is. Himalayan Bear - I Swam with Turtles
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