Waaay more than necessary, but there were oodles of videos that were highly enjoyable this week. I'm especially proud of Laura Gibson, who stepped out from behind her music to star in a haunting video for her title track song, "Le Grande". Also, watch out for the slow-mo ta ta's in the Labyrinth Ear [...]
Our monthly mix for January 2012: Blogophilia 34 A mix of promotional tracks from The Dadada and other blogs ripped @ 192 kbps . Play gapless. Download all in one zip Tracklist 01. Secret Colours – Faust 02. Mind Spiders - Wait For Us 03. Regurgitator - One Day [...]
The light persistent rain couldn't keep San Francisco's damp masses from huddling together for a night of varied folksters at Bottom of the Hill on February 6th. The evening starter, Oakland's very own singer/songwriter Morgan Manifacier , was accompanied by a celloist. Both were seated, but that did not stop an enthusiastic crowd from gobbling them up. I do suspect a few ringer audience members were in attendance, as the activity near the front of the stage threatened to shake free a couple of ceiling tiles. Manifacier's sound is reminiscent of everyone's favorite [...]
Photos by Philip Cosores It's kind of strange going to see a couple of folk acts in a space like The Echo. The room is everything you'd want in rock'n'roll venue; dark, grimy, and loud, which is not exactly what you want when you're going to see bright, clean, and relaxed music. The challenge for the acts then becomes to use their music to make the audience forget their surroundings and transport them somewhere else. On this occasion Breathe Owl Breathe and Laura Gibson both gave it their best shot, to varying levels of success. [...]
Photos by Philip Cosores It's kind of strange going to see a couple of folk acts in a space like The Echo. The room is everything you'd want in rock'n'roll venue; dark, grimy, and loud, which is not exactly what you want when you're going to see bright, clean, and relaxed music. The challenge for the acts then becomes to use their music to make the audience forget their surroundings and transport them somewhere else. On this occasion Breathe Owl Breathe and Laura Gibson both gave it their best shot, to varying levels of success. [...]
Your Wednesday fare: ► Coldplay , with three Grammy nominations from its fifth album "Mylo Xyloto" visits Club Nokia for a Clear Channel-sponsored benefit show that helps out two Los Angeles-based youth charities, A Place Called Home and Youth Mentoring Connection. ► Acclaimed Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson performs at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery; the program with the Formalist Quartet will be a retrospective concert. ► Oregon songstress Laura Gibson visits the Echo behind her new release on Barsuk, "La Grande." That's her video for the [...]
photos by Jessica Amaya Laura Gibson @ Mercury Lounge It's been exactly one week since Laura Gibson teamed with Alexa Wilding to play Mercury Lounge (on 1/30) and two weeks since Gibson's WFMU appearance ( stream it ). Here are some pictures from the Mercury show. Alexa Wilding is preparing material for her forthcoming LP Coral Dust , [...]
" schon heute lieder, die ich nicht mehr missen mag .", schrieb ich vor einigen tagen. und dachte weiter: "die dank der brüchigen stimme wie jungtiere wirken, die am leblosen körper ihres muttertiers kauern und der stunde harren, da sie wieder gemeinsam durch den stillen, friedlichen wald streifen können. " und dann: ein dräuen, hintergründisches drängen, "time is not" löst sich und öffnet die lichtung. kein blender, wenngleich das gemache innehalten der sonne gilt. mit dem piano zieht laura gibson s stimme ins freie. zweifelsohne ein highlight. freiheit, ungebundenheit, tun, wonach es einem ist. das einfachste [...]
Laura Gibson sang to friendly faces at home in Portland Friday night. Cozy, be-balconied Mississippi Studios played a lovely host - I spied from on high as Mike Midlo , Breathe Owl Breathe , and Gibson played in the spotlight (for the second time that night). A real treat of an evening: little known opener turn out to be gems, songs I hope will be played sound even better live. Growing up in Northeast Portland, we had neighborhood pancake breakfasts in The Madeline School parking lot each summer. The grocer from [...]
LAURA GIBSON, BREATHE OWL BREATHE, MIKE MIDLO ( Mississippi Studios , 3939 N Mississippi) Read our article on Laura Gibson . SLABTOWN BENDER: THE TRASHIES, TOP TEN, UNNATURAL HELPERS, STAN MCMAHON, DENIZENZ, TACOCAT, & MORE ( Slabtown , 1033 NW 16th) It's time to have the funnest blackout you'll never remember with the annual Slabtown Bender. Drink 'em up and dance 'em down at this weekend-long series of shows, tonight with the Trashies, TacocaT, and [...]
Laura Gibson - La Grande (via thetousle )
Parker Fitzgerald Perhaps you read this week's music lead about Laura Gibson , and her excellent new record La Grande , which transplants the local chanteuse's parlor folk into a Wild West landscape filled with guns, gold, and ghosts. Unsurprisingly, Gibson's release show for La Grande tomorrow night at Mississippi Studios is super sold out . Super duper sold out. Super duper sold out with frosting and cherries. And those diced nuts. But good news, music (and [...]
Live This Month: February 2012 (Podcast #270) In Live This Month , we sample some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area. The twentieth installment of the Noise Pop Music Festival takes over a wide variety of local venues later this month - and we'll be covering many of those shows - but there are also plenty of pre-NP events worth checking out. Locally, two bands are seeing the release of records for which it feels like we've been waiting forever: [...]
January and myself didn't get along very well. Anything that could go wrong did. This probably had a large influence on my listening habits as I spent a lot of time listening to songs that I can take comfort in. Of course my top two, Sharon Van Etten and Damien Jurado, had new albums that weren't available to me until late this month but I fell hard for both of them when I finally did get to hear them. You can pre-order both albums and get the [...]
Here are the best of our January posts together with a few tasty new tracks. All in all nearly forty great tunes compiled and neatly presented in one lovely mix. As always, don't forget to check out all our previous monthly mixes listed in the sidebar on the left. Download Night Genes – Soaring Through The Chromosomes mp3 (from Like The Blood) Infectiously catchy, military folk stomp. A real gem. Download Cheyenne Marie Mize – Wishing Well mp3 (from We Don't Need EP) A mix of r&b tinged staccato vocals [...]
Thanks in part to the H.O.R.D.E. Tour the mid to late '90s could easily be looked at as the golden age of jambands, with regional bands turning into national touring acts thanks to an open-minded and enthusiastic fan base that where eager to discover the next big thing. Among the crop of bands that sprang up during this boom was The Big Wu , who formed at St. Olaf College in 1992 and earned a fervent following around the Land of 10,000 Lakes. The Minnesota-based act , who hold the distinction of being the first band on at [...]
" schon heute lieder, die ich nicht mehr missen mag .", schrieb ich vor einigen tagen. und dachte weiter: "die dank der brüchigen stimme wie jungtiere wirken, die am leblosen körper ihres muttertiers kauern und der stunde harren, da sie wieder gemeinsam durch den stillen, friedlichen wald streifen können. " und dann: ein dräuen, hintergründisches drängen, "time is not" löst sich und öffnet die lichtung. kein blender, wenngleich das gemache innehalten der sonne gilt. mit dem piano zieht laura gibson s stimme ins freie. zweifelsohne ein highlight. freiheit, ungebundenheit, tun, wonach es einem ist. das einfachste [...]
We finally say goodbye to January, and wave hello to February. This week starts off slowly with a highly anticipated show at the Crocodile with the very talented Alabama Shakes and guests Quiet Life . If you can't get into that one, check out The Family Crest , who wrap up a month-long residency in Seattle, with Valley Fair , and Brite Lines at the Tractor. On Thursday, a couple of KEXP favorites: Nada Surf and Say Hi also play at the Tractor, and on Friday, Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra, [...]
photos by Jessica Amaya Laura Gibson @ the Rock Shop Though we missed Laura Gibson 's tour -kickoff at Other Music last week, I realized we had this unposted set of pictures from her May show at the Rock Shop. More of them, with a video from the show are below. Listen to Laura's recent WFMU taping (which despite what was listed in her tour dates, apparently happened last week) [...]
Laura Gibson, where have you been all my life? During a recent listen-to-my-inbox session Gibson's new album La ... Continue Reading
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