So, the Festival descendeth upon Edinburgh once more, and once more we are beset by London-based Home County Yahs braying their zany way through the city until finally someone snaps and sets fire to their stupid fucking stilts once and for all. Actually, as I confess pretty sharpish, I am the classic Edinburgh Festival hypocrite, if I'm being honest with myself. I love it as much as I loathe it and I enjoy moaning about it almost as much as I enjoy the Festival itself. As a native you really do have to have the right [...]
Well, after a bit of a lull last week there's all sorts of crap going on in and around Edinburgh this week, so choose wisely because trying to attend everything could just be the end of you. As well as the usual recommendations there are a couple of half-recommendations this week; gigs I feel I should want to go to, but am actually not that fussed about. Crystal Antlers (I mean, come on, they have Crystal in their name, they have to be good, almost as guaranteed as having Fuck in your name last year, or Bear the [...]
Contrast Podcast #158 honors the egg as springtime symbol of fertility and new life. Eggs are also well-known as fragile, and I couldn't resist Rasputina's song about how bringing back an egg through shark-infested waters is this island's method of choosing a king. That's the kind of guts we need from our leaders! My other two choices, also posted, are excellent songs too. The number of songs about eggs or by bands with eggy names is pretty amazing-just check out the podcast and see. And there is also the album title [...]
Lach is one of the founding fathers of the sound know as 'antikolk'....and he has inspired countless of artsts into doing amazing things with acoustic guitars...he is truly a living legend! He has a brand new record out that I have been spinning all morning,...here is a track for you off of 'Calm Before The Storm' Lach - 'This Ain't A Song' MP3
Sometimes, a person's bio alone makes me want to listen to his songs. I'd have to say Lach , acknowledged founder of the Anti-Folk movement, is just such an individual. Case(s) in point: His stage name was adopted from a Danish porn magazine in the seventies. Once, when Bob Dylan came by to see Lach, he was too hung-over to let him in. Lach was thrown out of The Lone Star in NYC for yelling "You're in America now pal!" and hitting Billy Bragg with a pack of Marlboros during a Bragg pro-communist speech. Lach discovered and [...]
Download: Lach -- "Egg" Download: Lach -- "I Want To Be With You" In 1983, a club booker at Folk City, located in Greenwich Village, turned down Lach, a young singer songwriter. His reason? Lach's style of folk was too punk. Lach then opened up his own club on the Lower East Side called the Fort; which hosted its first event the same week as the New York Folk Festival. His event was called the New York Antifolk Festival, which is still held annually, now at [...]
Download: Lach -- "Egg" Download: Lach -- "I Want To Be With You" In 1983, a club booker at Folk City, located in Greenwich Village, turned down Lach, a young singer songwriter. His reason? Lach's style of folk was too punk. Lach then opened up his own club on the Lower East Side called the Fort; which hosted its first event the same week as the New York Folk Festival. His event was called the New York Antifolk Festival, which is still held annually, now at [...]
I had a feeling this week would be taking a turn for the worst, considering when I went outside earlier in the week, I had noticed that pollen was out and about in full force - which made me cry a little inside, as now I am racked with allergies. What better way to combat the spring allergy season then with some new album releases, which there are more than plenty of. A few albums i'm interested in checking out include A Silver Mt. Zion's 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons , Plants & Animals' [...]
This hit my inbox from Lucas at Team Cleremont. I have been meaning to post about this guy for sometime now. I kinda like the whole punk folk thing and much as say Weller is considered the Modfather, this guy is the leading influence in this genre and pretty damn good to boot. Thought you all might be interested in some background information Lucas sent me : "In 1983, a club booker at Folk City, located in Greenwich Village, turned [...]
More than 50 songwriters, musicians, bands, spoken word artists and other performers from the world of Antifolk will take the stage of Sidewalk Café (94 Avenue A, NYC. Club Phone: 212-473-7373) for the 2008 Fortified Summer Antifolk Festival, running February 19-29. The Festival provides the opportunity to tap into a cross section of the creative and expressive musical community centered in the East Village. Now in its 23rd year, Fortified Entertainment, an entertainment company run by Lach, presents the Antifolk Festival. audio by Lach: egg.mp3 [...]
Here's what to expect at NYC's Sidewalk Cafe: Tues. Feb.19: 7:30-Kenny Cambre, 8-Andrew Duncan, 8:30-Ben Krieger, 9-Kelsey Bennett, 9:30-Dan Costello, 10-Art Sorority For Girls, 11-Carl Creighton Wed. Feb.20: 7:30-M. Lamar, 8-P. Dizozza, 8:30-F. Hoier, 9-Dibs, 9:30-E. Devlin, 10-C. Holford, 11-Bernard King Thurs. Feb.21: 7:30-The Elastic No-No Band, 8-Joe Crow Ryan, 8:30-Brendan Kerwin, 9-John Houx, 9:30-Ben Godwin, 10-Soft Black, 11-Phoebe Kreutz, 12-Level II Fri. Feb.22: 7:30-Herb Scher & The Key-Lime Pie Revue, 8-Preston Spurlock, 8:30-Bendik, 9-Erin Regan, 10-Mike Baglivi, 11-Creaky [...]
Lach is kind of an underground legend. His name is like one of those names old ballers drop in conversations; " I played two games with Earl Manigault one Sunday ." It's really the same as mentioning playing a show at the Fort. I could easily tell you lots of things from his wikipedia but it's probably better to say he is one of the driving forces behind the anti-folk movement and let you decide if that matters to you or not. Lach's new record - The Calm Before - is about as honest an effort [...]
Lach - Egg Feist - Intuition Tall Firs - Hairdo Ida - Lovers Prayers Excepter - Kill People Animal Collective - Grass * Wolf Parade - Shine A Light * Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
In effort to raise awareness about upcoming releases as well as finding a place for the numerous submissions we get, this post continues our weekly purging of free and legal MP3's for your listening enjoyment. The number of tracks will fluctuate each week depending on the songs uncovered or sent. It's our hope that you'll find a new favorite or another release to keep your eyes on. MP3: The Battle Royale - "Racecar" MP3: The Battle Royale - "Scream Scream" [...]
In 1983, a club booker at Folk City, located in Greenwich Village, turned down Lach , a young singer songwriter. His reason? Lach's style of folk was too punk. Lach then opened up his own club on the Lower East Side called the Fort; which hosted its first event the same week as the New York Folk Festival. His event was called the New York Antifolk Festival, which is still held annually, now at his new club, the Sidewalk Cafe. Lach is credited with coining the phrase 'Antifolk', which has served as a [...]
just an advanced warning that i probably wont be around much, if at all, next week. i have enrolled in a ccna bootcamp and its mildly important that focus all my efforts on passing the certification at the end of the week. whist organizing my cds for the ongoing burn-a-thon for the eventul sell off, i came across a few poster children records that i havent listened to in a long while. the strange thing about the poster kids is that i found most of my poster kids love was filled by seeing them live rather than diggin [...]
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