Heirlooms of August - Jerry Vessel, former Red House Painters bassist and touring member of Mark Kozelek's Sun Kil Moon, is the guiding creative force behind this new project that features members of American Music Club, Ani Difranco's band and the RHP's...after a number of years in the Bay Area, Vessel left San Francisco behind to return to the rural confines of California's San Joaquin Valley // Release : Forever the Moon (June 21, Caldo Verde) // Sounds like : gorgeous acoustic chamber pop tapestry woven with a dense, rich folk/country thread...elements [...]
Red House Painters - ja Sun Kil Moon -yhtyeistä tuttu singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek saapuu kesän päätteeksi soolokeikalle Suomeen. Akustisen kitaran tukemana surumielisiä laulujaan esittävä yhdysvaltalaismuusikko esiintyy Helsingissä Kuudennella linjalla keskiviikkona 3. elokuuta. 2000-luvun taitteessa hajonneen folk/alternative-yhtye Red House Paintersin sekä edelleen aktiivisen Sun Kil Moonin keulahahmona parhaiten tunnettua Mark Kozelekia pidetään Mark Leneganin ohella kaihomielisen vaihtoehtorockin mestarina. Artistin ensimmäinen soololevytys Rock’n’Roll Singer -ep julkaistiin vuonna 2000 ja sittemmin mieheltä on ilmestynyt valtaisa määrä pitkäsoittoja, singlejä, cover-levyjä ja kokoelmia. Kozelekin yli 20 vuotta kestäneen uran tavaramerkeiksi ovat muodostuneet vahvatunnelmaiset [...]
We live in a hectic world. Our minds are occupied by iPods, iPhones, iPads, laptops, twitter feeds, facebook updates . . . it is enough to drive you mad. This information overload has started to invade our music, too, as bands forget that negative space can be as effective as studio tricks - that a well-timed note can resonate louder than ten mediocre ones. Summertime Kids, the solo project of Nick Roberts (who also is a member of And the Giraffe), understands this theory. His EP, "Table Manners," brims with maturity despite his youthful age of nineteen, and [...]
Whether you're a fan of Red House Painters/Mark Kozelek/Sun Kill Moon or a soon-to-be fan (yep, those are the only two choices), you've got to admit the guy possesses a special voice, so smooth it can melt the cheese over ... Continue reading
"A cynic is just a disappointed romantic. They want the world to be different, but know it isn't, can't, and will never be." -Some guy I used to talk to in the 902s Since about 1996, this is what I had always imagined Mark Kozelek to be. More than anything else, his brooding ways made him the misanthropic soulful white man of mystery to me. Teenage girls love that stuff; big girls do too. The perceived vulnerability, rejection, passion, and sad sweetness. The tortured artist (a little extreme, but not by much). Prolific songwriting. Talent [...]
markkozelek.com Who: Mark Kozelek What: Former Red House Painter , current Sun Kil Moon -er and all-around revered singer, songwriter, guitarist and curmudgeon Why: Sun Kil Moon released Admiral Fell Promises last year and while you'd expect that the band as a whole would tour in support, the Koz only ever seems to come to Canada solo. And that's when he even comes at all (or doesn't cancel) so we should take what we can get. [...]
[DOWNLOAD Hawkwind's Space Ritual HERE] Of all the bands destined to carry the torch of both Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd into the stratosphere, Hawkwind arguably were the most successful at delivering a product both scary and psych-inspired, brutal yet ... Continue reading
Circa due mesi fa esce la curiosa notizia che ci sarà un concerto acustico solista di Mark Kozelek nelle frange della bassa padana poco sotto agli Appennini, tra Emilia e Romagna, in una chiesina di un posto di quelli che una volta qui era tutta campagna. Mark Kozelek a Villanova di Castenaso. Provate a dire ‘Bob Dylan live a Poggio Rusco’, così si capisce l’effetto che fa, e perché immediatamente prenoto un volo da Londra apposta. (Se non sapete chi è Mark Kozelek, ecco , io non lo direi troppo in giro.) Ma insomma una [...]
Red House Painters . I think I listened to their latest album, Songs for a Blue Guitar , only once before tonight - and didn't give it a good listen at that. Some cool tracks on this one... A Neil Young-inspired 11 minute thrasher here with "Silly Little Love Songs"... A Cars cover! "All Mixed Up"! Completely revamped... And the song that pushed me again toward the album after hearing on Sirius XM's The Loft - the title [...]
E poi ci sono quei weekend che se avessi ancora un calendario fatto di carta li avresti cerchiati di rosso con un bel contorno di punti esclamativi, preparandoti a una tripletta di gran concerti come da queste parti non se ne vedono spesso. Si parte stasera con gli Sleigh Bells al Covo , per quella che si annuncia una serata sudatissima e molto, molto rumorosa. Nonostante la proposta del duo di Brooklyn non sia in fondo niente di più di un sapiente pop ammiccante disteso su beat hip-hop molto [...]
Five years ago I moved out of the San Francisco Bay Area for the snowy, crisp mountains of Colorado. I absolutely love my adopted home, our vibrant music scene, and the fresh air here, but no foolin' I do often long for my hometown hills. Over the holidays I went to San Francisco for a week to stay at the Noe Valley apartment of friends who were out of town and graciously let me "housesit." It was a part of town I had never stayed in before. When I first let myself into their empty place on [...]
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One of the fundamental goals of running a music blog is to introduce people to new music. The primary method of doing this is to highlight new releases, either via up and coming bands that show potential or tried-and-true musical mainstays that generally please the masses. Lost in this growing blogging race are the building blocks that got us to where we are, the albums that sounded like the hot new thing before the hot new thing was even a thing. So, in an effort to spotlight some artists or albums that might not have hit Hype Machine lately, Listen [...]
I løbet af februar måned løber en ny festival med navnet Frost festival af stablen i København og her man netop offentliggjort at Mark Kozelek er tilføjet programmet. Mark Kozelek var op igennem 90erne frontmand i det efterhånden lagendariske slowcore band Red House Painters. Efter Red House Painters gik i opløsning dannede Kozelek Sun Kill Moon og samtidig har han også udsendt plader under eget navn, hvilket han også optræder under når han spiller til Frost festival den 21. februar. Frost festivalen foregår spredt ud over det meste af byen og over mange dage, Mark [...]
Sure, people talk about how amazing New York, Chicago, Austin and the like are. But that's easy. When a city is big, of course there will be cool stuff - because there are lots of people there. What about when a city isn't some huge metropolis and cultural center, but it somehow finds a way to be awesome? That's what On the Scene is about. We're kicking it off with Mike Adams of Husband & Wife and Crossroads of America Records , as he gives us the lowdown on Bloomington, [...]
In a year that's seen chill-wave-no-wave-witch-house -glo-fi-lo-fi (delete as applicable) erupt over the internets like a virus (before eventually imploding in on itself), one band have remained a constant - cruising steadily throughout the crud, Yuck - masters of their own destiny - have set their own pace whilst casually overshadowing whatever *scene* is in vogue in any given month. By now, we know all about their nineties inspired college jams that soar with ease; filled to the brim with melodic pop hooks and blissed out guitar breaks. But underneath it all, what music actually makes them [...]
Desertshore may be a new name, but at least one of the faces should be familiar. The band began as a side project for Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon guitarist Phil Carney and classically trained pianist Chris Connolly. After a few years of periodic collaboration and jamming, what finally emerged is Drifting Your Majesty , an aptly titled record with the sound you'd expect from the players involved. It is important to note that the record was produced by Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters mastermind Mark Kozelek, as his influence is spewed all over [...]
( Sad Songs & Waltzes is a recurring feature on Muzzle of Bees, where artists share their favorite sad songs. Previous contributors include Megafaun , Delta Spirit , Damien Jurado , Conrad Plymouth , and Roadside Graves .) With the year coming to a close next month I've been revisiting a lot of my favorite records from earlier in the year. One record that has continues to amaze me is Decibully's World Travels Fast , released on Listening Party Records . I wrangled BJ [...]
( Sad Songs & Waltzes is a recurring feature on Muzzle of Bees, where artists share their favorite sad songs. Previous contributors include Megafaun , Delta Spirit , Damien Jurado , Conrad Plymouth , and Roadside Graves .) We're very excited to be presenting Frontier Ruckus in Madison ( High Noon Saloon , November 10th ) and Milwaukee ( Cactus Club , November 12th) later this month. Their album, Deadmalls & Nightfalls , is one of our favorites of the year and we cannot wait [...]
photo stolen from Facebook, taken by a guy named Daniel mak First-time listeners either love Mark Kozelek's hollow voice and pluck-and-strum guitar style or their ear takes in the mellow sounds and classical guitar as something lonesome that fades into the background and is better suited for a dinner party rather than a road-trip soundtrack or top ten play lists. But the ghostly troubadour’s die-hard fans would tell you that his mournful voice and simple guitar arrangement reminds [...]
SPOOK HILL :: SEPTEMBER MIXTAPE :: BOY ATTRACTIONS Walker and I have had this one in the works for a while. We decided a month or so ago (after our last mixtape) that we wanted to try something a bit different from our usual mixes. We settled on the idea of compiling our favorite songs recorded before 2000 that were relatively unknown or obscure (or at least if the artist was relatively known, one of their hidden gems). That was really the only restriction. Interestingly enough, there was a clear divide in the years [...]
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