guest mix: weird fall from a. horton of FM TOWNS (part of the eepsociety collective ) 01. kavinsky & lovefoxx - nightcall 02. marc bolan and t.rex - teenage dream 03. leonard cohen - iodine 04. the aluminum group - two lights 05. prince - lady cab driver 06. lou reed - make up 07. joy electric - how friends are made, then lost 08. luna - moon palace (live) 09. blur - top man [...]
[Photos by acidjack] Phil Elverum is one of those elusive and otherworldly presences in music, who can take the simplest organ line or bell tone and build a surprising, hauntingly beautiful song around it. Best known for his work under the moniker The Microphones , Elverum rechristened the project Mt. Eerie in the middle of the last decade, but continues with many of The Microphones' themes and sounds. This show at 285 Kent, presented by the legendary ToddP , had the type of intimate feel that echoed the very bedrooms where Elverum has [...]
DONATE: Karl Blau's KELP Lunacy Advanced Plagiarism Society (KLAPS). My familiarity with Karl Blau's music is something which has come about only recently; having warmed to his contribution to one of my favourite albums of last year , and sought out some of his recent work as a result, its clear that he is a truly prolific, 'local hero' in the North West of the US. In a musical career spanning nearly 20 years, he's poured his time into creating a subscription series called "KELP Lunacy Advanced Plagiarism Society" through which he releases the music [...]
[The New Classics is a reoccurring segment in which we examine our favorite indie releases that are bound to replace our parent's "classic rock" stash hidden in the attic or the basement. These aren't reviews, these are uneditied testimonies and opinions about why we love what we love. Can we get a witness?] Artist: The Mircophones Album: Mount Eerie Released: 2003 Label: K Records Producer: [...]
Total Slacker - "Crystal Necklace" MP3/download In the wake of Altered Zones do any non-Pitchfork blogs matter anymore? I hope so. Read me! Just compiled a new Top-10 - and yes, it had been awhile - and designated Mt. Eerie's great Live in Copenhagen triple-LP (with etching on Side 6) as Album of the Week [...]
Phil Elverum isn't used to answering questions. Usually, he's the one asking them. At the core of every one of the Anacortes, Washington-based musician's songs is a question about the inexplicable. Hell, "What?" and "How?" are the names of two of his songs. In many ways, the man is more of a philosopher than he is a folkie. His work, under the names The Microphones and, currently, Mount Eerie , is all about asking, not telling. But it's not answers he's after. He's merely obsessed with the wonderment of his own existence. That must be [...]
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Mt. Eerie - "I Want to Be Cold" MP3/download Mt. Eerie - "In Moonlight" MP3/download "I know you're out there," the crowd sings, as if they'd known the leader of the refrain their whole lives. And, well, if you're young enough maybe you did grow up climbing Mt. Eerie with Phil Elverum ; he was, in fact, Gumshoe's first non-local - as in, they were from Olympia, not Spokane; my world was small then - feature story assignment for The Local [...]
A look at the very Wolves In The Throne Room-like art for "Stratospheric Passenger." Servile Sect - Stratospheric Passenger download [...]
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As fun as it is to laugh at all the 2012 hype, some people actually believe the world is going to end in less than 3 years (you know, because it didn't happen on Y2K). Those people should listen to Locrian . They've been foreshadowing - without coming out and saying it - endtimes for quite some time now, first with Drenched Lands , then with the "Endless Plains / Flat Horizon" cassette (which I reviewed for TMT's "Cerberus" column; should be out soon) and now with this medieval split-pea-green marble 73. [...]
I know this pic has nothing to do with fall; I just liked it. First and foremost the songs on this mix tape really have nothing to do with fall. They are just a compilation of songs I've been enjoying since the leaves started turning. I feel compelled to make this statement because someone will inevitably leave a comment calling bullshit on "Walkabout" being a fall song and demanding that it should be heard under the summer sun. I'm aware of this, but it turns out I also enjoy "Walkabout" in the fall. [...]
Last week was jam packed with great shows-Kurt Vile, Tickley Feather, Talk Normal, Thao Nguyen, Le Loup, X.O., Real Estate, and a bunch of others. DC9 hosted one of the best shows of the week with Julie Doiron & Herman Dune, who were traveling together on a two-week tour through Canada and the East Coast. Julie Doiron-who [...]
If you've noticed, I switched up the format of Radio Dick over the last couple of weeks into semi-review mode as opposed to the bag-o-tunes mentality. However, just this once, I'm going back to the old-school mode, specifically using the "I've got too much grading to do" argument. The end of the first nine weeks just ended at the high school where Brian and I are gainfully employed. This equates to very little time to write prose on the merits of these tracks. Just take our word for it and check out each of these bands; most of these tracks [...]
Mount Eerie - Appetite Mount Eerie - Stone's Ode
Why? ::: Photo by Chona Kasinger on assignment for Sound on the Sound [Editors Note: We're excited to welcome the first contribution from local photo phenom Chona Kasinger, who as it turns out is a mighty fine writer as well. Now that we can almost legally unleash her on Seattle's bars and 21+ shows, Chona will be contributing to Sound [...]
I've been burnt out on shows lately. Unless the conditions are perfect I usually end up annoyed, tired, bored, or pissed off at something/someone. I've seen way too many live bands to be impressed by much. So it goes without saying that I have recently been skipping out on shows that a year or two ago I would not have missed for the world. I knew that No Kids could get me out of my funk though. I had complete faith and walking into Kilby and seeing it packed with high school hipster youth decked head to toe in anything [...]
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It doesn't take a genius to figure out why people continue to feed at the K Record trough: They consistently pluck the Pacific Northwest's best out-sound talent -- from Beck to Modest Mouse to Arrington Dionyso to Karp to The Microphones / Mt. Eerie -- and give it a place to stretch out. "Stay as long as [...]
They are picking the grapes in the Willamette Valley this week. I know because I had to drive down to the federal prison on the first really truly gray and windy day. The September segue is finished. And so tonight is all about walking home from work while the sun was long gone, wishing I had a heavier jacket, roasting a chicken in my apartment, and listening to Mount Eerie in one ear, and calling my friends with the other. Flaming Home - Mount Eerie, Julie Dorion, Fred Squire [...]
TREE CATHEDRALS.
The Gumshoe Grove
nyctaper
This Music Wins
Draw Us Lines
Consequence Of Sound
Salad Days Music
All Our Noise // We Are Live
Citizen Dick
Der Schwarze Salon
Sound On The Sound
Forest Gospel
Go West Young Tex
Childish Gambino
The Shins: “September” (b-side of “Simple Song” 7”)
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)![Niki & The Dove - The Fox [OFFICIAL VIDEO]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/youtube/l2f6UbMnlq4_130.jpg)
Niki & The Dove - The Fox [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
The FADER
Chromatics: “Into The Black”
Download: The Violet Lights - "Sex and Sound"
Sunday Means Eight Of The Best
Whitney Houston uncovered
