In last week's paper, Christian Schaeffer interviewed singer-songwriter Michael Zapruder , who's playing at Cicero's tonight. Read his article here . However, the musician also works as a curator for Pandora , a "personalized internet radio service that helps you find new music based on your old and current favorites." He had some interesting things to say about how his job and creative life collide. MP3: Michael Zapruder, "Ads for Feelings" [...]
With everyone going to or coming from CMJ in New York, the IA region has a ton of shows coming through the area. Not many multiple city stops to tell you about, but plenty of local and one-off shows. Toronto's Born Ruffians is one of the bands making multiple stops. They are on tour with fellow Canadians Plants & Animals . Friday, they take on DC at the Rock & Roll Hotel. For the remainder of the weekend, sBach joins the [...]
We're having our first ever NYC/CMJ show tonight at Crash Mansion . The showcase is co-hosted by our friends at Sidecho Records . Details are above and a little mix is below. If you're around town, stop by and say hi. Via Audio - Developing Active People Middle Distance Runner - The Sun and Earth Murder Mystery - Love Astronaut 1090 Club - Second Hander Michael Zapruder - Ads For Feelings The Johns - Shake It
As local indie rocker Michael Zapruder and his band tour around the country promoting their upcoming record Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope , he'll be blogging from the road via The Bay Bridged. We hope this will be the first of many tour blogs from local musicians. Enjoy! Tuesday 10.14.08 - Day one. We're moving down California's spine, down the 5 to Bakersfield. We'll be away for weeks. Bakersfield is big music town, but will [...]
As local indie rocker Michael Zapruder and his band tour around the country promoting their upcoming record Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope , he'll be blogging from the road via The Bay Bridged. We hope this will be the first of many tour blogs from local musicians. Enjoy! Tuesday 10.14.08 - Day one. We're moving down California's spine, down the 5 to Bakersfield. We'll be away for weeks. Bakersfield is big music town, but will [...]
San Francisco-based Michael Zapruder will return with his new album, Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope , on its new release date of November 18th, 2008 . The record will see release on Zapruder's new label home, Sidecho Records (home to Via Audio). Recorded with Scott Solter in two weeks of marathon day-and-night sessions, it's another beautiful record of sinuous melodies that straddles the line between classic songwriting and experimentalism. Download: Michael Zapruder--"Ads for Feelings" Tour Dates [...]
San Francisco-based Michael Zapruder will return with his new album, Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope , on its new release date of November 18th, 2008 . The record will see release on Zapruder's new label home, Sidecho Records (home to Via Audio). Recorded with Scott Solter in two weeks of marathon day-and-night sessions, it's another beautiful record of sinuous melodies that straddles the line between classic songwriting and experimentalism. Download: Michael Zapruder--"Ads for Feelings" Tour Dates [...]
Twin Cities: - Just announced: No Surprises at the Nomad World Pub. The October 25th kickoff show will feature Nobot , Dearling Physique , Tartufi and Altatl with an art showcase provided by the Art Institute of Minnesota's Triston Milton . - "Outraged at the treatment of journalists, protestors and ordinary bystanders by this year's Republican National Convention in St. Paul MN, Sage Francis has taken to the mic to do what he has done best over his 10 year career: raise awareness [...]
Recently I had to reformat my mp3 player and quickly threw a slew of songs into the player. In the bunch were some older tracks by a band called Ox . And in amongst those was this cover of Cheap Trick's "Surrender". Give it a listen and/or download... come to think of it, try out the rest, as well. Pssst... that's a new * Franz Ferdinand track sitting down there. ox surrender ox [...]
Going Home by Chris Cotton Ads For Feelings by Michael Zapruder Flamingo by Kellarissa Superstar Car Crash - Salme Dahlstrom Motorcycle by The Rumble Strips David's Lamentation by The Good Players [...]
There are those who will suggest, with varying degrees of self-awareness and (intentional) hilarity, that an entire generation of media-bombarded, entertainment- and style-obsessed young people is essentially making the same mistake as the Baby Boomers: assuming that the stuff we buy can define us. What people who earnestly hate on blog-hopping 20-somethings don't get, and Michael Zapruder probably does, is that-- unlike our parents' generation-- even if we thought we could be defined by things we acquire, we still wouldn't [...]
the latest album from the bay area's own michael zapruder , dragon chinese cocktail horoscope , recorded and mixed at tiny telephone studio , will see release later this fall. we were great fans of the previous effort by zapruder and his rain of frogs, new ways of letting go - nor were we alone - so news of a new album was greeted with some measure of anticipation. the first single from d.c.c.h ., "ads for feelings" (see the video here ), has more of the experimentalist-pop vibe [...]
Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope , the new album from Michael Zapruder is due out October 28, 2008 on Sidecho Records . Recorded by Zapruder and Scott Solter with contributions from Zapruder's Rain of Frogs in a self-imposed two-week limit of time, the album's eleven tracks certainly adhere to the mission statement brought by Zapruder which included the idea of negative capability . Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope Track Listing 01. Happy New Year 02. Lucy's Handmade Paper 03. Ads For Feelings ( [...]
San Francisco's Michael Zapruder releases his new album, Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope , on October 28th on Sidecho Records. Recorded with Scott Solter (Mountain Goats, Two Gallants, Pattern is Movement, John Vanderslice) in two weeks of extensive sessions. audio: Ads for Feelings http://www.michaelzapruder.com / http://www.sidecho.com/
Michael Zapruder 's album came to me quite a while back, and I did give it a listen, finding some of the songs to be stunning right off the bat. But somehow my plans to post about it got lost along the way. Now, I've got to thank my new mp3 player for rekindling interest in Zapruder's music. The album (Zapruder's second solo effort) is titled, New Ways Of Letting Go [August 15, 2006] , on Howell's Transmitter . The Rain Of Frogs are described as a collective on his homepage and the [...]
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