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Download: New Ruins - "Ships"The Parasol press page for the New Ruins' new song, titled "Ships," and taken from the East Ill. group's upcoming album, The Sound They Make, notes that the track bears sonic resemblance to a "droney acoustic/electric rock, songs rendered in sepia-tone, awash in rural melancholy." At first, I immediately thought of Zelionople, but the moment that New Ruins jangly,
Conducted by Capt. Obvious Obvious: From what I've read, a lot of "The Sound They Make" was written while you and J. Caleb were 600 miles apart. Was it difficult developing ideas in this manner? Elzie: The long distance stuff was pre- The Sound They Make when we were at college. After graduation I moved to Champaign where Caleb was living and we both had stuff that we were separately working on and shared some [...]
It's been a good year for bluesy, percussion-driven, Midwestern rock. The obvious leader is of course The National, but another record very much in the same vein (if not quite as good) that has not been getting nearly the attention it deserves. The band is called New Ruins and the record is The Sound They Make ( eMusic ) (and a hat tip to Amy at Shake Your Fist for introducing me to them) It's the sound of the small town, of short, cold February days, of summer evenings that [...]
I meant to post this weeks ago. Life has been hectic. Hectic but good. Enjoy. 01. New Ruins - " Book Lung ". One of those songs where the music (haunting) mimics the lyrics (" Your ghost still walks all around these hills... "). | Myspace | Purchase 02. Eastern Conference Champions - " The Box ". Reminds me of the anthemic moments of Hope of the States , but better. " And I've got nothing to complain about... " | [...]
Flowers - New Ruins Book Lung - New Ruins Last weekend, peeling labels off emptied beer bottles in a country & western bar on the north side of Chicago, some friends and I discussed (there was no argument; we agreed) why probably no one in the room was an authentic cowboy. Not the regulars (ragged, unrepentant drunks, chins hanging low to the bar), nor the proficient two-steppers with their ironed [...]
Whether or not you recognize it as such, the good town of Champaign, IL is something of a musical mecca. Just after the grunge movement ended people were attempting to name Champaign as the new Seattle because of all the promising new artists coming out of the town. Bands like Hum and Poster Children were some of the names to get exposure on a national scale during the mid-90s, but of course as time went on the hype died as well. As indie music hits the upswing once again, the good news is that new musical discoveries are being made [...]
Tera Melos - (Is Good for What Ails You) (Springman 2007) Tera Melos - Drugs to the Dear Youth EP / Springman Roseville, California. Molly Ringwald? Jonathan Taylor Thomas? Summer Sanders? 18 boxcar explosions in a Southern Pacific railyard in 1973? No, I suppose these aren't the best of reasons to care about the Sacramento suburb. But it turns out that Springman's Tera Melos haven't given up the fight for Wikipedia notoriety (somewhere, Susan Peters is laughing - disambiguate that ). In fact, their latest instrumental EP [...]
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