Le détail. Les détails. La profusion des détails. Plus je tente d'avoir une image globale de cette rencontre avec Esmerine, et plus je me rappelle des détails. Petit je pouvais rêver des heures en pensant aux nouvelles briques de Lego que j'allais pouvoir assembler, une fois ouverts les cadeaux de Noël. Il y avait de la maniaquerie dans l'air quand j'imaginais les assemblages et dessinais les plans des futures constructions. Je fermais les yeux et ressassais les imbrications patientes et complexes. Voir jouer Bruce, de Godspeed You Black Emperor, voir jouer Beckie, de Silver Mt Zion, relève d'une [...]

the holidays should be about family, friends and cheer. they're also a time where we give thanks to everything and everyone that has helped us along the path of our lives. booze and gifts are nice too. this is a playlist for you, dear reader. take it with you on your road trip to grandma's house or chill with it at home with a nice bottle of brandy. cigars are optional but highly suggested. Hail Santa - a together in digital dreams holiday mixtape
Dei Molasses se ne parlò verso la fine dell'anno passato durante una gradevole ospitata. All'epoca il riferimento era "A Slow Messe" (Fancy/Alien8 Recordings, 2003), disco caratterizzante vedendo i Molasses sì come formazione ruotante intorno a Scott Chernoff, ma aperta a contributi (in gran parte d'area Constellation) decisivi nel destrutturare la canzone autorale in forme [...]

Como é do conhecimento geral, os Silver Mt. Zion surgiram no panorama musical para prestar homenagem ao cão de Efrim Menuck que tinha falecido recentemente. O mentor dos Godspeed You ! Black Emperor pretendia somente honrar o seu fiel companheiro, e ao contrário de muitas das bandas, não tinham ambições específicas, nem pretensões de uma longa e proveitosa carreira. Entretanto, passaram dez anos! E ao longo dos últimos dez anos muita coisa mudou no panorama musical. A dita música alternativa e indie tornou-se uma verdadeira mina de ouro, muito graças à internet, que ajudou, sem dúvidas, a divulgar muitos dos [...]
the silver mt. zion 's latest release, kollaps tradixionales , stands out for its unmistakable symmetry spread over 4 lp sides. sides 1 and 4 begin and end the record with with the ebb and flow of long, winding movements reaching deep into their familiar repertoire of mournful strings, tensely depressed piano keys, and cries of desperation by orchestra leader efrim menuck. side 2 builds upon their more recent obsession with punk and blues with a more crushing brutality delivered in two parts, both inseparable components of the live favorite "metal bird". in contrast, side 3 turns on [...]

let's kill first the banker with his professional demeanor let's televise and broadcast the raping of kings let our crowds be fed on tear gas and plate glass 'cause the people united is a wonderful thing Download A Silver Mt Zion - "Movie (Never Made)".mp3 [...]

i will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at. so said shakespeare. and course when iago speaks, it's meant in the pejorative. but what i dig most about thee silver mt. zion (and every obsessive-alphabetisers nightmare variation of) is that willingness to open up, holler fuckit here i am, here's what i am, jackdaws be damned. constellation described their last album, 13 blues for thirteen moons, as a big raw angry tender racket. a summation so succinct it rendered any review following [...]

The always evolving, moving and intense Montreal group Silver Mt. Zion have morphed yet again into Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. Quite the astronomical and fitting name for their newest, upcoming release on Constellation Records entitled Kollaps Tradixionales . Take a listen to "Kollaps Tradicional (Bury 3 Dynamos)" - a 6+ minute post-rock doom jam. The new LP will be available for purchase on Feb 16th [Feb 8th in the UK] Technorati Us

Kollaps Tradixionales é o nome do próximo disco dos canadianos Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. A banda, convertida agora em quinteto, perdeu parte do nome (Tra-La-La Band) e três membros, entrando o baterista David Payant. O novo disco que irá sair a 8 de Fevereiro, promete uma significativa alteração na sonoridade, abordando os temas de forma mais blues, deixando os poderosos riffs de guitarra característicos do álbum anterior. Alguns temas fizeram parte do reportório apresentado ao vivo durante a digressão de 2008, nomeadamente metal Bird.

Filed under: News UPDATE: The New York Times confirmed on Friday that singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt has indeed passed away at the age of 45, following a brief coma that was the result of an overdose on muscle relaxers earlier this week. Family spokesperson, Jem Cohen, did not specify if the overdose was intentional but Chesnutt, a paraplegic who often sang about death, had admitted in interviews that he had attempted suicide several times before. A tweet written on Thursday morning by his [...]

Filed under: News Earlier today, Spinner sadly reported that well-loved and respected singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt was in a coma, following what was largely believed to be a suicide attempt. Sources now confirm that Chesnutt has passed away at the age of 45. San Francisco's Examiner , reports that Chesnutt was proclaimed dead just hours after slipping into a coma. Entrenched in the Athens, Ga. music scene, Chesnutt was a songwriter's songwriter; he first earned the admiration of R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe in the late '80s [...]

Filed under: News UPDATE: After multiple reports of Vic Chesnutt's passing Thursday night, his label, Constellation Records, confirms that the singer-songwriter is still in a coma following an apparent suicide attempt. Earlier today, Spinner sadly reported that well-loved and respected singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt was in a coma, following what was largely believed to be a suicide attempt. Entrenched in the Athens, Ga. music scene, Chesnutt was a songwriter's songwriter; he first earned the admiration of R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe in [...]

Filed under: News In tragic news, the New York Times has reported that singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt is in a coma. While the cause is technically unconfirmed, it is widely believed to be the result of a suicide attempt. News about Chesnutt's condition initially spread via Twitter by his friend and fellow singer-songwriter Kristen Hersh, who sent out the following tweet on Thursday: "Yeah, I can tell you what I know but no one knows much: another suicide attempt, looks bad, coma -- if he survives, there may be brain [...]

Tobias Ott nasceu na Alemanha em 1976 e é conhecido pelos seus trabalhos nas áreas da tipografia, arte e design com foco em fotografia, xilogravura, colagens, livros de cópia única e cinema experimental. As suas obras são inspiradas em cemitérios e lugares melancólicos. Tobias escreve poemas, e gosta de fotografia abstrata fotos e de street art. Não realizou muitos trabalhos na área musical mas deixou uma marca pessoal na obra produzida. Não é de admirar ter escolhido os Silver Mt. Zion para realizar parte da sua obra no campo da fotografia musical, pois os Silver Zion encaixam perfeitamente no perfil [...]

Starting November 5 in Iowa, Grant Hart (of legendary 80s act Hüsker Dü) will hit the road in support of his new album, Hot Wax . What's perhaps most intriguing about this album is the inclusion of accompanying artists inlcuding Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Silver Mt. Zion . When the epic nature of the classical-meets-post-rock meets a powerful 80s alt-guru like Hart, greatness is sure to ensue. Says Hart about the song "Narcissus, Narcissus": ...my first attempt at combining [...]
MUSIC NEWS - MNN is pleased to present " Flirted With You All " from Athens, GA based Vic Chesnutt's upcoming release, AT THE CUT (out September 22 from Constellation Records). On the new record, Vic's enlisted Guy Picciotto of Fugazi and several members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Listen to Flirted With You All , here And this fall Vic will embark on a six-week North American tour in support of At the [...]
Con Efrim e Guy. Un po' come l'altra volta. "At The Cut ": a settembre, se vi volete bene, sul vostro lettore.

Silver Mt Zion sera en France cet automne pour quelques dates : 26/10 Cabaret Aléatoire, Marseille 05/11 Le Phare, Toulouse 06/11 C.C.O. Festival Just Rock, Lyon 07/11 Festival Musiques Volantes, Metz 08/11 La Laiterie, Strasbourg 09/11 La Vapeur, Why Note, Dijon 10/11 Club 106, Rouen 11/11 Bataclan, Paris