Last week, ATG posted about former Fleet Foxes drummer Josh Tillman's new gig as Father John Misty . I had the pleasure of seeing the man in action at Rock and Roll Hotel last Sunday. The venue was packed, with tension mounting as Tillman and his "emotionally heightened persona" waited backstage. He opened up with "I'm Writing a Novel", which is his critique/observation of the L.A. writing scene. It also may have something to do with his experience drafting "a new novel about a pack of post-apocalyptic Chihuahuas." The one thing that was clear throughout the night [...]
You'd think a person would be crazy to leave a gig in Fleet Foxes especially after a milestone record like Helplessness Blues , but that's exactly what J. Tillman did to focus on his solo career. He's no stranger to the solo game with seven albums under his own name, but for his latest, Fear Fun , he's adopted a new moniker, Father John Misty . The standout track is "Nancy From Now On", a song that immediately hooks you with it's vintage acoustic guitar, a smooth, What's [...]
To mix things up going into this weekend, we wanted you to hear some of the best covers from some of our favorite groups. Some of these tracks have been redone by entire groups while others have the quiet talents of solo artists masterfully displayed. Many of these tracks are also free, so click on the Download buttons and set them up on your own weekend mixes. We understand that tons of covers have eluded us or just didn't make it here, so please comment with your favorite covers. Enjoy the weekend! School of [...]
It's quite strange for me to introduce Oso Leone here, since it has been exactly one year since I first listened to their music. And I'll give you a picture on how it was. I always try to be up to date on which concerts are happening in town, but sometimes it's really hard to follow all the good stuff going on. And that's what happened with Oso Leone and me. On one late evening, I saw their cool concert poster, which drew my attention to look for their tracks on Bandcamp, at the [...]
Former Fleet Foxes drummer Joshua Tillman just released Fear Fun on Sub Pop , his first album as Father John Misty . One of the highlights from the LP is "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings," with its stripped down, reverb drenched arrangement and messianic refrain. It owes just as much to Phil Spector as it does Jeff Mangum . Although the video for the track is not a "three hour experimental film" as his website claims, it does feature a violent freak-out from Parks and [...]
As many of you may know, Josh Tillman, a.k.a. the former drummer of Fleet Foxes , released his debut album, Fear Fun , a couple of weeks ago via Sub Pop Records . The album features this track, "This is Sally Hatchet," which now has a video that you can watch above. The clip depicts Tillman as an employee of am eerie pizza place, where he is intruded upon by a firearm-wielding femme fatale. The woman proceeds to display her chops at a target practice, and somewhere along the way, Tillman's hand suffers a serious [...]
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Paging Fleet Foxes fans. You may have heard the devastating news that drummer and backing vocalist J. Tillman has left the band recently. Fear not, however, because Tillman is back under the new moniker Father John Misty and has just released the record 'Fear Fun' on May 1 st 2012. Before you listen and read on however, leave your Fleet Foxes comparisons and expectations at the door, because this is not a 'Helplessness Blues Part 2', this is Father John Misty and 'Fear Fun' and deserves a listen, because it's one hell of a record. [...]
The Fleet Foxes frontman is keeping himself busy with projects like this, which are quite evidently at the top of his street. -James Godwin, May 10th, 2012 Related articles Robin Pecknold - 'Olivia, In A Seperate Bed' (flick-thru.com) Filed under: Music Tagged: Fleet Foxes , Phil Ek , Robin Pecknold , Walkmen
I've loved Fleet Foxes ever since I saw them perform at my college in 2008 after seeing their name plastered all-over Seattle, music websites, and the side of Easy Street Records in Queen Anne. When they took the stage, it was clear they had all undergone what's known as a "beard pact" and each wore a flannel woolier than the last, apart from Robin Pecknold who had lost his clothes somehow and was wearing a large red raincoat. Aside from the heartiness of their sound, I was left [...]
A warm melodic debut from Melbourne's Husky, Forever So is a cohesive chunk of soothing tunes in the vein of Fleet Foxes and The Middle East.
Here's another taste of the Walkmen's upcoming album Heaven. This time around the track features a contribution from Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold. It's a lot more folky thank we're used to expecting from the Walkmen. In fact they may have out Edward Sharped Edward Sharpe on 2012 albums. [via 24B]
I heard the name long before I heard the music. Something about Father John Misty just kinda stuck in my head, despite not having a clue what it would sound like. Now I know, and now I know why people are so stoked on Josh Tillman . The former Fleet Foxes drummer floats honeyed vocals into your brain. So much so that you almost miss the seriously philosophical and emotionally intimate lyrics. In his own words, "People who make records are afforded this assumption by the culture that their music is coming from an [...]
Como ya hemos venido platicándoles, los muchachos de The Walkmen están prácticamente a semanas de publicar Heaven , su séptimo álbum de estudio (sí, séptimo ya), del que hemos tenido algunos buenos adelantos y muchas fotos hogareñas, pues la banda ha decidido utilizar foto "familiares" para los promocionales del mismo, algo que no suena tan alocado si pensamos que una de las influencias de este material fue su reciente paternidad y los cambios que esto ha traído a sus vidas. De la placa ya tuvimos oportunidad de oír el tema que le [...]
Word is J. Tillman never liked his first name, Josh. However, on his highly intelligent, sarcastic, and druggy Laurel Canyon trip Fear Fun , it seems he's finally found his true calling as Father John Misty—a hybrid of the charming rock 'n' roll frontman and everyone's favorite weird uncle. Like other recent albums written in the Canyon, Tillman gets help here from producer and guitarist Jonathan Wilson and delivers a record steeped in immaculately recorded rock instrumentals, from the lingering whisps of organ and piano to quick hits of mandolin and a boatful of guitar. But what elevates this [...]
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Fat Possum Records is pleased to release "We Can't Be Beat," the lead track from The Walkmen 's upcoming album Heaven , on May 29th. The record is the band's sixth and was produced by Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, Shins, Band of Horses) in Seattle. The Walkmen just celebrated their 10th anniversary and are still comprised of the same members that started the group in 2001 - drummer Matt Barrick , multi-instrumentalist Pete Bauer , singer Hamilton Leithauser , guitarist [...]
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Spirit Animal Mix One of my favorite questions to ask random strangers is, "What's your spirit animal, and why?" I'm more interested in the "why", since it's always interesting to see how one personifies their chosen animal. In almost all cases, their animal is somehow wise (e.g., elephant, owl, lion, eagle). If one were to image search "spirit animal" in Google, you'd find awesome pictures like the one above. If one were to ask me, I'd probably tell you the wolf is my spirit animal. Why? Well according to this quiz , it's [...]
Ex-Fleet Fox Josh Tillman, aka Father John Misty Words : Drake Lelane Welcome to the merry month of May, where promises of summer melt under clouds of impending rain. That's Seattle, though... it's enough to drive a Pacific Northwesterner south, like it did with J. Tillman, formerly the drummer for Fleet Foxes. Holed up in the sunnier environs of Laurel Canyon with "enough mushrooms to choke a horse," Tillman took a different approach to songwriting, adopting some Harry Nilsson along other idioms previously made famous in Laurel Canyon. The result [...]
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FATHER JOHN MISTY - FEAR FUN Undoubtedly, Josh "J" Tillman's latest outing under the new moniker Father John Misty is going to be met with comparisons to Fleet Foxes, or, at the very least, will be set up as an offshoot of Fleet Foxes. But that's all so very wrong. Yes, Tillman was the drummer for that folk rock band for the better part of four years, but he's been active as a songwriter for a great deal longer than that. If anything, Tillman's 8th album, [...]
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