Check out DC resident DJ, Gavin Holland's rework of the Travis Morrison Hellfighters (lead singer from the Dismemberment Plan) track "Moneytown". The song has very David Byrne-esque feel to it. Pretty funky. Enjoy... Travis Morrison Hellfighters| Moneytown (Gavin Holland Remix)
Tommy Siegel of Jukebox The Ghost and Ryan Little of Tereu Tereu are good friends and decided to start a label. They called it Bad Friend Records, got it successfully Kickstarted , and they're well on their way to pressing their first 73 comprised some previously unreleased Travis Morrison solo tunes. Morrison spent years fronting the unforgettable The Dismemberment Plan . When it came time for him to go solo, he sought the help of some musicians and formed the Hellfighters to assist with the live shows. The new band started jiving on the road and eventually recorded the album All [...]
Tweet Got plans for New Year's Eve? Whether you'll be a face in the crowd at your area's version of the ball drop or just hanging with friends at a party, chances are you're having a better night than the Dismemberment Plan's Travis Morrison experiences in 1997's 'The Ice of Boston'. The protagonist is alone on New Year's Eve, working his way through multiple bottles of champagne and lamenting the failure of a romantic relationship. As he stands naked in [...]
As we've reported over the last few weeks, 2011 saw the release of plenty of great music. Luckily, in a year with so many great releases, we also had the opportunity to see plenty of great shows. From arena blow outs to dive bar ragers, the following are the 13 best live performances I saw the last 12 months. 1/15: Punch Brothers @ Bowery Ballroom (NYC) Punch Brothers are arguably the most talented touring band today, and their mid-January Bowery Ballroom performance did not dissapoint. Billed as one of their famed "P-Bingo" Nights, Punch [...]
I've never really listened to the Dismemberment Plan before Pitchfork. I guess it's just one of those things where I was too young when they were popular to hear about them and when I was older I never had any friends mention them so I had no reason to check 'em out. So truthfully I [...]
This is the second time that Erin I have attended the Pitchfork Music Festival (the first time being in 2009), and while the bands have always been a big draw, we attended primarily tell sell our humble screen-printed rock n' roll posters at the coinciding Flatstock Poster Festival. Even so, with there being two of us, there is always the opportunity for one of us to sneak off to see some one band or another, and this year was no different. Here is what I saw / what I learned / observed: [...]
During Fleet Foxes' headlining set on Saturday night, I looked up from the crowd to the jumbo-tron on the left and noticed the boom camera was high in the air shooting the audience. It was an endless sea of faces made orange by the stage's flood light and a surprisingly powerful street-light that hung over the main stage. Eighteen thousand people watching Fleet Foxes - if you would have told me three years ago that this Seattle collective would be playing for 18,000 people I would have pushed you down a hill. It's a testament to the spirit [...]
Eric Axelson of the recently-reunited The Dismemberment Plan talks to us about where his band fits in today, the Dischord acts of DC's past, the strange habits of Japanese audiences, and his band's new live record. When DC-based indie rock heroes The Dismemberment Plan disbanded in 2003, a hush spread across the music world. That's not meant to sentimentalize things, here -- yes, the quiet had something to do with mourning, but even more so it was the silence of the vacuum created by a world without The Plan's frenetic, legendary live shows. Vocalist/guitarist Travis Morrison, bassist Eric Axelson, [...]
Pitchfork Fest Friday inspired thoughts about the intimate and situational appeal of much of today's crop of independent artists, and the challenges inherent to translating that allure in sunny festival climes. Fittingly, Saturday's most successful performers were those that were malleable enough to play to the festival, not in spite of it - or just had the charisma and experience to dominate on their own terms. Which is why Gang Gang Dance ruled the afternoon - experienced, charismatic, and shape-shifting in equal measure - letting Eye Contact jams vamp on, pleasant and comfortable and just slightly [...]
Yesterday, at day two of the Pitchfork Music Festival, Erix Axelson and Travis Morrisson of reunited indie stalwarts the Dismemberment Plan talked with us, and we here at Prefix live-streamed the discussion. Above, you can check out the video of what you missed, where the D-Plan compared themselves to stoner older cousins, talked about Dave Matthews Band, and relived Pitchfork's 0.0 of Travis' solo record.
I'd like to think my Pitchfork Day 2 experience officially began while switching from the Blue Line to the Green Line, when the conductor leaned her head out the door and shouted over the intercom, "All male passengers PLEASE make sure you put your shirts on while you're on the train. PLEASE." For a festival noted for heat advisories and fashion-forward missteps (they often look like one and the same), it seemed like an appropriate starting point. First up on my list was Cold Cave, their feedback-laced shoegaze synthpop standing in stark contrast to the blistering heat and [...]
The lineup for the 2010 edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival was heavily weighted towards the young bucks of independent music; this year, it's a more even-handed mix of familiar stalwarts and up-and-comers. On the whole, it's one of the most consistently strong lineups in the festival's recent history -- well worth braving Chicago's relatively tiny Union Park as it gets packed to the bursting point with neon Ray-Bans, sweaty beards, and people gettin' cranky standing in the Threadless booth's unbelievably long line. Prefix contributors Chris Bosman and Susannah Young [...]
Earlier this month at the Roots Picnic , our friends from Philadelphia Music Magazine filmed some of the performances and interviews we did throughout the day. Below, watch the videos of Edward Sharpe's performance and interview with WXPN's Mike Vasilikos and The Dismemberment Plan's performance and Bruce Warren's interview with bassist Eric Axelson. Special thanks to Philadelphia Music Magazine . Check out their web site here and follow them on twitter @phillymusicmag
All towns have stories. Sometimes it's just nice historical folklore or a tale about some out of the ordinary or weird thing somebody did. These are songs that remind me of the suburban town Westfield NJ. This could be your town. West Of The Fields MP3 by R.E.M. from Murmur I always considered this my hometown's theme song but always at the same time I wondered where the fields were? Since we only have sports fields and no wheat or corn anywhere. It's freaking suburbia where the MILF's run wild in [...]
Tina Tyrell Summer's only just arrived - climatologically speaking, at least, druidically speaking the solstice isn't for another fortnight - but already the music industry has us looking towards Fall, at least as far as new albums are concerned. Which is fine, at least insofar as that's typically the season for the year's biggest releases and while "big" is a relative measure, details on a few records I'm looking forward to hearing have come to light over the last few days. For starters, Annie Clark - aka St. Vincent - has wrapped up [...]
The 4th Annual Roots Picnic went down in Philadelphia on Saturday. Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding performed, as well as Little Dragon, Ariel Pink, Dismemberment Plan, Man Man, and Beanie Sigel. Due to scheduling problems, Man Man ended up playing while the Roots and Nas were on, so, sadly, no photos of their hometown set. But check out photos of the other acts and headliner the Roots with Nas in the gallery above.
Photo by Eric Ashleigh You can listen to the interview here . If you don't already follow The Dismemberment Plan on Twitter, you can do so here .
All photos by Eric Ashleigh
This Saturday, June 4th, is the fourth annual Roots Picnic at Festival Pier at Penn's Landing . WXPN, along with Okayplayer , will be streaming the main stage performances starting at 1 p.m. Performers include The Roots , Wiz Khalifa , Nas (backed by The Roots), Esperanza Spalding (backed by The Roots), Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros , Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti , The Dismemberment Plan , and Little Dragon . The broadcast will be hosted by WXPN's Bruce Warren and Mike Vasilikos, [...]
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