The Chicago Sun-Times is a funny little news organization. In the heyday of Swan Fungus (hard to believe it's over, eh?), their online edition syndicated a few of my blog posts. I don't know how it happened, or why it happened, but it did. Stop scratching your head, it's really not worth the mental strain. [...]
Mirah with Thao & Mirah at MHOW in June ( more by Amanda Hatfield ) Mirah plays Dead Herring tonight (8/19) with two fellow female songwriters. She'll be joined by the anti-folk-leaning K Records labelmate and sometimes-collaborator Tara Jane Oneil , who will be playing guitar in Mirah's band, and the guitar drone of Noveller (aka Sarah Lipstate). According to Tara's website , she'll be playing a singer songwriter [...]
Every Monday, we'll be offering you early picks for some of the week's best concerts. Do you think we omitted something worthwhile? Let us know in the comments! Be sure to visit our Local Concert Calendar for an expanded set of daily listings. Regional Bias is Saturday night! Hopefully you aren't yet sick of us writing about Regional Bias , our fifth birthday party/annual fundraiser, which is taking place at [...]
Affinità elettiva. Compagne di tour in Giappone da cinque anni, Tara Jane O'Neil e Nikaido Kazumi non parlano la stessa lingua, ma hanno mille altri modi per comunicare. Il disco nasce nel 2008 durante una one-day session d'improvvisazione, con l'aiuto di un paio di amici, le loro chitarre, qualche oggetto da prendere a colpi e una stufa a petrolio. Solo due anni dopo le due si riuniscono per lavorare di nuovo a quel materiale grezzo, questa volta nelle vuote stanze di una villa vittoriana e con un equipaggiamento di base. Le idee si sono [...]
am 15. mai erschien scheinbar unbemerkt (blöder ausdruck, echt, aber wenn denn nun fast gar keiner reagiert) eine mehr als erwähnenswerte kollaboration ziwschen tara jane o'neil und nikaido kazumi . verantwortlich zeichneten sweat dreams press für japan bzw. k records für den rest, naja für die staaten halt. erstmals über den weg gelaufen sind sich die beiden 2002 in kyoto. seit dieser zeit tourten sie ganze fünf mal miteinander und begannen in 2008 mit den aufnahmen für das selbstbetitelte erstlingswerk, welches ausdruck einer gewachsenen freundschaft sein sollte. ihnen stand ein kleiner raum zur [...]
Anna Joy Springer's fabulist memoir The Vicious Red Relic, Love is due out next month from Jaded Ibis Press . Jaded Ibis is unique in that each of their books has three elements: the book itself, a limited edition art version of the book, and a musical element. For The Vicious Red Relic, Love , Springer (of whom Kathleen Hanna says, ""There is only one Anna Joy Springer. Only one. Her words take me from kitten to monster and back again in a way only she can do.") enlisted Rachel Carns (Kicking Giant, The Need, The [...]
Lower Dens at Bruar Falls ( more by Jessica Amaya ) Lower Dens headlined Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday (2/25). How was that show? Next week Lower Dens will hit the road to get to SXSW followed by a European tour that will last them through mid-April. After a couple of weeks away from the road, they'll play some more shows including one at the more intimate Mercury Lounge on May 1st with [...]
Elyse Marie Pahler knew her killers from the school bus. Elyse, Jacob Delashmutt and Joseph Fiorella attended Arroyo Grande High School in San Luis Obispo, 195 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Roger Casey attended a nearby school. On July 22, 1995 the three boys took Elyse to a hidden location about a quarter-mile from [...]
Elyse Marie Pahler knew her killers from the school bus. Elyse, Jacob Delashmutt and Joseph Fiorella attended Arroyo Grande High School in San Luis Obispo, 195 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Roger Casey attended a nearby school. On July 22, 1995 the three boys took Elyse to a hidden location about a quarter-mile from [...]
Well, here it is, now pulling into the station... the caboose at the very end of the too-long train of "best of 2009" music blogger posts, three weeks into the new one. And, as ever, it most certainly is not a "best of", but simply a "my favorites" - the albums that soundtracked my own personal year. But you knew that.I've said it before, and I'll say it one last time for emphasis: My 2009,
meine mir liebsten songs in 2009 sind kaum mehr an fünf händen abzuzählen. aber eine auswahl wollte getroffen sein. nachfolgend also 50, die mir ohne groß nachzudenken untergekommen sind. dass yo la tengo und laura gibson das glück hatten, gleich mit zweien dabei zu sein, hängt nur mit meiner mangelnden gedächtnisleistung zusammen. es gäbe unzählig mehr, aber die zeit ist zu knapp und das neue jahr will fortan besungen sein. ein letzter blick zurück: 1. scott matthew – for dick 2. josephine foster - she sweeps with [...]
A lot of these I've already written up on the blog, so have a link to the full write-up at the end of the description. The title links to the particular places you can buy it. 1. Christina Antipa- The Royal We - pure goodness. this album makes me crazy. full write-up. Christina Antipa- Beautiful Place 2. Polka Dot Dot Dot- Syzygy - these three understand pop music in a way i never will. how do they make it so catchy? i don't know. full write up. [...]
Former The Microphones frontman Phil Elverum, is coming to Louisville as Mount Eerie alongside the brilliant Tara Jane O'Neil and No Kids . We'd already mentioned that Mount Eerie was coming to Lexington's Red Mile on Oct. 22, the one year anniversary of their Louisville show at Skull Alley . Well, if an hour was to far for you to drive to see this show, you have another show Thursday, November 5th at [...]
There are very few things musically that could make my week better than Karl Blau coming to New York, but this week has topped it. Phil Elverum and his Mount Eerie will be making two New York appearances this weekend as well! Mount Eerie released the wonderful Wind's Poem a couple months back, and if you are a listener or reader [...]
mp3: Tara Jane O'Neil - A New Binding So tonight's show in Palmer was a joy to behold. There is something immensely satisfying about wonderful music in really unexpected places. The night also provided me with a distinct "how haven't I heard this before" moment when Tara Jane O'Neil performed in the sandwich slot between No Kids and the collective Mount Eerie mayhem. I picked up her latest, from K Recs , entitled A Ways Away and I recommend you do the same . Brilliant blend of [...]
We posted about this back in August , but here is a word from TJO and her tour schedule: From TJO: hello people autumn tour of the eastern US is happening. the record came out in may, and now i am touring it. come over, pass it on.... *tjo art sale in a box- ill bring some drawings and prints to sell on this tour. cheap and good looking. all shows all ages. all shows with no kids and mount eerie. ill be playing guitar in mount eerie as [...]
Durante toda esta semana, Super 45 comenta lo mejor del ciclo "Música y Armonía" del 16º Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia Escuchar fado es una vuelta al pasado. Es una suerte de antropología musical en la cadena de distintos estilos que parecen entrelazarse hasta hoy de manera insospechada. Existe un aire de algo etimológicamente antiguo en este estilo proveniente de Portugal, que posee una raíz medieval pagana que alterna con el trance. También, un aire cálido, del Mediterráneo, y moderno en sus acordes complejos. Es el primer día en Valdivia, y la [...]
Mount Eerie (aka the Microphones) have announced a tour. The whole list of dates are after the jump, but the big news is that they'll be playing Todd P's Halloween party. The annual event usually brings some pretty awesome bands to Brooklyn. This year it takes place at Market Hotel with not only with Mount Eerie, but also features performances from Liturgy, Malkuth, Tara Jane O'Neil, and No Kids. Mount Eerie tour dates: 09/17 - Anacortes, WA - Anchor Art Space 09/18 - Portland, OR - Backspace 09/19 - Oakland, CA - [...]
Since we really really really liked Mount Eerie 's most recent full-length, Wind's Poem , it comes with great pleasure to report that Phil Elverum's Washington based project will be spending quite a bit of time on the road in the coming weeks. Beginning this week, the band will embark on what is currently a two month, coast-to-coast trek that includes dates with the likes of Karl Blau and Why? among others. Mount Eerie 2009 Tour Dates: 09/18 - Portland, OR @ Backspace [...]
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The End Of Irony
Consequence Of Sound
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