Taking a step back from his duties in Barn Owl seems like a golden opportunity for Jon Porras to break out and make a record that sounds nothing like Barn Owl. I'm envisioning a quiet folk record or a more rock-inspired, Sonic Youth-esque instrumental album. Instead Porras returns a solo effort that draws directly from the roots of Barn Owl and his solo work as Elm to create something unique. Black Mesa builds on the atmospheric instrumentals of Barn Owl but the sound of Porras' songs tread into the spiritual. These songs demand a certain [...]
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Quickly knocked out at 7am one morning as Adam Loomis tried to rouse himself to face another day stocked high with a myriad of creative tasks. That space between sleep and wakefulness meant his vocals appeared a tad drawn but then the digital side effects have such a sprightly jig they more than substituted for that empty coffee jar. This is taken from one of a hatful of free releases Loomis has put out on the brilliant Rack & Ruin Records , your only labour is a few moments of broadband. KD [...]
Caity Colvard caught Abe Vigoda (not the wrinkled co-star of The Godfather, but the band) partying with the Vivian Girls at the Lounge on Elm on Tuesday night as both band geared up for a trip t... Continue reading "Picture Show: Abe Vigoda (the band) with Vivian Girls at the Lounge on Elm" >
Shows_The Intersection . Posted in 2010, concert venues, concerts, music Tagged: the elms, the intersectio
Whew... almost missed out on the first Friday Mixtape of 2010! See, it's been busy here between the hoidays, and my regular schedule has gone to the dogs whilst I'm on a short vacation with my family. Not to mention that SquirrelFood HQ is getting fresh paint, and so all my technology is unplugged, boxed and hiding beneath a drop cloth in the middle of a room, now colored "Wild Honey". Yep, sounds tasty doesn't it?. Anyway, I managed to dig out the lappy two thousand, and connect to somebody's network to upload this first volume of the year. I [...]
Dylan, Etc's Top 40 Albums of 2009 Part 2: #1-20 A Memphis punk who relieves himself onstage. A Somalian rapper who describes his country's civil war in blood-curdling detail. A mysterious group of ABBA wannabes about whom nothing is known save a few cryptic videos. All these artists produced some of this year's best albums. Yesterday we counted down #21-40 of the Top 40 Albums of 2009, but those were [...]
Move over, John Mellencamp, your days of unopposed sovereignty as Seymour, Indiana's favorite musical son may be numbered. Seymour-based rockers The Elms are a band on the rise. They play an all-American brand of bold, rootsy rock 'n' roll that seems to have reached a new level with their fourth album, The Great American Midrange . The band is fronted by singer/guitarist Owen Thomas, who started The Elms some 10 years ago with his drumming brother Christopher. The Elms are a band on the move, but we got Owen to slow down long enough to let us [...]
Cloud Burst is the final release from this trilogy from Elm, and it is one that Adam Loomis is most pleased with. If "ForThemFromThem" showed his playful electronic side, and "Significant Piano Movements" showed his thoughtful pianist persona, then "Cloud Burst" is the one that gels Elm all together. Complete with vocals, electronic sequences, guitar, violin, and more, this release is a very exciting one in terms of where Elm has come from and where he is heading to. Adam took a new approach to this album with regards to lyrics, recording and instrumentation, and so it shows [...]
Adam Loomis' output is breathtaking, what makes it so impressive is the fact that he can rattle of albums at breakneck speed with no affect to the quality of his work. Significant Piano Movements is the second album in the Elm trilogy, and this was recorded in one afternoon, in one take, on his fathers piano. Loomis, the eternal perfectionist does say, "There are a few notes that sound like they might not belong, but are you going to be the one to break the news to them?.....poor notes". To my untrained ear I am not sure where [...]
The first release of the Elm trilogy (which sounds like a Horror movie marathon in the making), is ForThemFromThem. This album is a very personal one to Adam Loomis as it was inspired by those few special cherished moments with seldom-seen people. The album is a playful trip that encapsulates Elm's electronic side. This release is definitely an upbeat joyous offering, some tracks verge into the area of indie-dance, whereas other tracks, including the delightful opener "Jamyum" are more at home with some 8-bit references. A personal favourite is the almost spiritual "Worth it Wounds", a [...]
Finally a wider (sort of) release from Jon Porras' Elm rises from the ranks of Digitalis. Porras is more commonly known as one half of the great, dark beast that is Barn Owl, and up until now Elm served as a sparser version of their barren psych incantations. Nemcatacoa finds itself more in line with Barn Owl's recent recordings and even more so with their live sound, but seems also to hold itself rightly as its own step into the abyss. Strangely spiritual without ever getting lost in the misplaced mysticism that can befall many drone-psych albums, Porras [...]
The Elms The Great American Midrange The Elms have mined old school classic rock when that genre's popularity has seriously waned in this brave new world of rap, electrona, folk and post punk music mash-ups. Still, they have evolved along the way leaving their Christian Rock in the rearview mirror and making peace with their Mellencamp [...]
Elm brings you the album "I am". Twenty tracks of ups, downs, ins, outs, twists, turns, pulls, pushes, sights, smells, sounds, tastes, and feels. Enjoy listening, dancing, daydreaming, and more, to the riffs, licks and phrases of this Indie album fresh off Adam Loomis' brain, tongue, and soul. I am, is a meaty double album well over the hour mark which will be essential to the Elm fanboys (and girls) out there. This album is the first from Elm since "Yours Truly", which was of course a collection of older songs that he had put together - so [...]
So I survived my first year at SXSW. I learned that it is possible to live off a diet of alcohol and Zone energy bars. I learned that it is almost ridiculous to make a schedule for SXSW and the best things happen when you are being spontaneous. I learned if you act important enough, you can get into almost anything-backstages included. I learned it is possible to get sunburn in Texas even if you had spent most of your time inside venues. I learned that it is a good idea to carry a power strip, water and batteries in [...]
The mind of an innocent, Minnesotan, long-haired romantic melted into soundwaves. Yours Truly was Elm's original stage name. The songs on this album were recorded in 2007, under that name, and were only released to some friends. In fact, the first track on the disc, A Different Kind Of Matter, was the first song Adam Loomis ever recorded. He used his mom's electronic keyboard (which layered tracks onto floppy disks), his best friend's dad's Macbook (for recording the vocals and layering that "not-quite-right" pre-made drum track), and his love-sick brain (for thinking up those catchy lyrics). [...]
elm fog water shroud 2008 the big eyes family players leave your memories in the past 2008 (française version) Pour rentrer, j'ai pris le train. Je me tais. Aphone. Vaincu par le froid et l'humidité. Je regarde l'obscurité et les brumes dissiper les souvenirs attachés aux paysages traversés. [...]
Here's how the story goes: *Penned and performed by Susan & Emily Hsu (of Exit Clov), 'Inamorati' also features the voices of fellow district songstresses Laura Burhenn (ex-Georgie James) and May Tabol (Pree, ex-Le Loup). John Thayer of Exit Clov also plays percussion on the studio track. The song's live debut took place at the [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Steve Earle , The Pretenders, Moe and Arlo Guthrie are a few of the acts who have just been added to the roster for the 2008 annual Farm Aid benefit concert. Others confirmed to appear at the September 20 Massachusetts event at the Comcast Center in Mansfield are; Jerry Lee Lewis, Nation Beat, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Jakob Dylan and the Gold Mountain Rebels, Danielle Evin, Jamey Johnson, Jesse Lenat, Will Daily, One Flew South and The Elms. As MNN previously reported (see [...]
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