Another goodtime partytime, folks. Be sure to stop by and give everyone hugs while they fill your ears with love. Austin is going to be so much fun this year! smallplates : We are pleased to announce our 2013 SXSW showcase, thrown with our favorites Father/Daughter Records and Gold Robot Records . It’s gunna be a helluva time! RSVP .
For my first show back from vacation, I decided to lay off the vinyl. After all, I received a few packages of records in the mail and that means another vinyl-only show should be coming up in the near future. The November 30 playlist includes new tracks by The Ocean Floor, Nicholas Jaar / Theatre Roosevelt, Rhye, GLISS and Dangerous Cans, among others. Here's the full list! Radio Playlist "My Hands And My Feet" by I Love You Avalanche off 4-Track Demos [...]
There's a head-clearing cinematic breeze to the track "Roman Ruins" by Los Angeles band Line & Circle . It's the sort of song that might soundtrack a scene in a romantic drama where the protagonist and his or her love interest realize they can never actually be together—there's a touch of cheese and melodrama, but that tragic sentiment is also completely genuine. It's a song that gets caught in your gut, and only escapes when you turn up the dial on your stereo, crank down the car windows, and drive without really thinking or knowing where you're going. ( [...]
LA-based indie band Line & Circle have released a new 73, "Roman Ruins" b/w "Carelessness", through White Iris Records that perfectly introduces the band's throwback early 902s alt rock sound. Starting out as a duo of core members Brian J. Cohen & Brian Egan, the pair have [...]
Roman Ruins - Wildflower This rules. via goldrobot : I was hanging out with Graham Hill (Roman Ruins) recently, and we were reminiscing about this video for “Wildflower” is really quite amazing. Major props to Land O’ Goshen for his editing/directing skills. The track is off the Homebuilding LP , which came out earlier this year. We’ve got less than 20 copies left of the limited edition 12” (pressed on milky clear wax), so you better act fast .
photo by Megan Kathleen McIsaac Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s selection, featured on the Morning Show with John Richards, is “Roman Ruins” by Line & Circle from a 2012 single on White Iris . Line & Circle - Roman Ruins ( MP3 ) [...]
So welcome to the eighth installment of my series Get To Know Your Neighbor. It’s my way of saying thanks to those folks that have been cool to me, and a chance to give back to the community that I love so much. This was also an opportunity for me to give you, the reader, some insight into the blogs that have influenced me. Consider it my own personal take on #FF (Follow Fridays). The series will consist of a five question interview with a different blogger/writer each time, along with a few word associations and of course, a list [...]
A new series comprised of music dug, then forgotten, remembered, possibly forgotten again, re-remembered, and now shared. Throwback California band The Allah-Las have setup a radio series dubbed Reverberation where they string together crate-dug gems into 9 to 12 song capsules. Hard to find rarities, overlooked classics, the occasional unreleased Allah-Las jam, and newer treats from White Fence and Sonny Smith all flow neatly from one heady space into the next. This week they reminded me of how much I dig Robyn Hitchcock and [...]
So March was cool. I did a lot of school work, turned 22, and heard a lot of cool music. Here's some cool tunes. 1. Speedy Ortiz - Taylor Swift 2. Stagnant Pools - Consistency 3. Chevalier Avant Garde - Axion 4. Roman Ruins - Wildflower 5. Beach House - Myth 6. Wtchs - YNG ADLTS 7. Holograms - ABC City 8. Gliss - Morning Light 9. John Maus - No Title (Molly) Download
Give Them Space Bear in Heaven - I Love You, It's Cool Roman Ruins - Homebuilding Just as I was nearing the end of the newest Bear In Heavenoffering, something fascinating happened on the track “Warm Water”. At the one minute-sixteen second mark, thesound of a faucet or a pipe leaking is introduced. [...]
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Roman Ruins is the solo project of 31 year old Graham Hill ( Beach House, Papercuts ). When the Oakland based singer/songwriter is not designing architecture or creating tangible landscapes in real life, he sets to work with music. Layer after layer is added to Hill's tracks, queueing one another and tempting sets of tracks to become full songs. In February of 2012 the extent of hill's work ethic was realized by way of a 10 song full length titled Homebuilding - a release that has been earning him a lot of deserved attention. While [...]
So, this Oakland dude Graham Hill who makes music under the pseudonym Roman Ruins also gigs as the drummer of this band called Beach House . And he's an architect. Busy guy it seems. He made this like whole album that's pretty cool but nobody knows about it. But they should, especially cuz it's available digitally PWYC. (via PRTLS )
On devrait s’intéresser plus souvent aux batteurs des groupes qu'on affectionne, à ces membres de l'ombre, qu'on prend souvent à tort pour les laborieux de la troupe, les bas du front du fond de la scène... En tous les cas, depuis que le premier LP de Roman Ruins est arrivé entre nos mains, on réfléchira à deux fois avant d'avoir ce genre de préjugés. Derrière ce projet au patronyme impérial, se cache Graham Hill, qui officiait jusqu'à maintenant derrière les futs des recommandables Beach House et Papercuts . Par ailleurs architecte de métier, le bonhomme [...]
Purportedly there is a sex tape featuring Adele that was set to hit the Internet yesterday. Paparazzo Jean Claude Elfassi was supposed to post uncensored images from the tape on his personal blog, and the magazine Public was going to feature them as well. The tape was allegedly made with her ex-boyfriend that inspired many of 21 's songs, so the release of the tape is his form of revenge. Read more »
My Soundcloud Picks of The Week: Playing Catch Up Edition w/oOoOO & Butterclock, Nick Waterhouse, Jonti, Stepkids, Matthew Kyle, Yardgames, SertOne, Motion Picture Actress, Roman Ruins and Young British Artists Due to having so much fun in NYC last week, and finally making my way back to the Sunshine State, I completely lagged on my Soundcloud picks of the week last Saturday. Too many delicious finds for me to not share. Hope you hear something you might have missed last week, and most importantly enjoy! oOoOO [...]
Cuando escuché Roman Ruins supuse que era una agrupación, pero resulta que no, no es así. Luego vi que era un californiano de nombre Graham Hill , para lo cual pensé éste era mi primer contacto con el chico. La sorpresa me la llevo al ver que es el baterista en los tours de Beach house y que también toca para Papercuts, y yo pensando que era una banda nueva, recién salidita en el 2011 quizás, y resulta que RR está sonando desde el 2007: fue el primer release de la disquera Gold [...]
Roman Ruins - Wildflower You know when you get ahold of an amazing new project, and it keeps popping up in your world? That’s the case with Oaklander Graham Hill who “ began constructing these songs while on tour in Europe in early 2010, daydreaming in the van about his pregnant wife at home.” You can feel that tension here - the forlorn desire of ‘missing’, that state of perpetual mind-out-of-body that those types of separations create. I love the way this video diptych treatment directed by Land O’ Goshen understands that and recreates it visually. [...]
Roman Ruins is the project of Graham Hill who has played drums for Papercuts and Beach House. It should be no surprise that Hill has a spectacular ear for percussion creativity. On "Mighty Love", the track opens with the sound of feet running on a crunchy surface and slowly becomes the backbone for a dreamy and expansive track filled with twists and turns. It takes a bit for all the sounds to come together, but once Hill's Beck like vocals kick in, the track hits a nice groove that holds strong until the end. This [...]
Montage Populaire – ‘Reject Reinstall’ Experimental glam pop from UK. These fellas are new on the block, yet act like they own it - convincingly. This song is boisterous, melodic, and inventive with a jovial, harmonious chorus, noisy breaks that channel the art rock of Roxy Music , and playful synth sounds that are reminiscent of Olivia Tremor Control or of Montreal . ‘Reject Reinstall’ is the lead track from their debut EP Not All Bombs Explode. Can’t wait for this one... [...]
Certains Graham Hill n'ont pas de chance et se gaufrent en avion à l'apogée de leur gloriole sportive, faite de courses automobiles, de champagne d'années soixante-dix. D'autres ont le boule légèrement bordé de nouilles et accompagnent sans trop se mouiller sur scène des groupes comme Beach House et Papercuts . C'est le cas de Graham Hill donc, par ailleurs architecte et designer d'espace du côté d'Oakland. La trentaine bourdonnante, l'idée lui vient alors de sortir des bois, et de projeter ses constructions mentales et atypiques dans un entrelac musical à la fois champêtre et onirique, Roman [...]
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