(Self Released / Mississippi Records, 2011) Bloody gorgeous, muddy, bluesy solo guitar improvisations from this Pacific Northwest guitar-neck strangler. And occupying a well-fitting place with Mississippi Records (even as one the very few contemporary artists they've put out). Anderson's certainly in touch with old-age blues. On The Golden Hour , the blues/delta/ragtime lineage is immediately apparent, but with a new-style corrosiveness and grit, grandeur, and most importantly, soul. Did I mention how gorgeous this record is? Nowadays, if you are releasing a solo guitar record, there's some obligatory sense in the critic [...]
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10. Marisa Anderson – The Golden Hour Bij zompige en rauwe deltablues denk je misschien in de eerste instantie aan het doorleefde gezicht van een bejaarde neger, sjokkend van bar tot bar in de staat Mississippi. In ieder geval niet aan een jongedame uit Portland, Oregon, hoewel de naam van het label Mississippi Records wellicht al een subtiele hint geeft. Datzelfde label bracht begin dit jaar The Golden Hour uit, album nummer twee voor Marisa Anderson . Anderson neemt onder meer de deltablues als inspiratie voor improvisaties op gitaar en [...]
"This record contains 12 improvisations for guitar and lap steel. All songs were recorded using a four track quater inch reel to reel tape recorder. All songs are presented as they were recorded, with no overdubbing, looping or other layering." So reads the back cover to Portland guitar extraordinaire Marisa Anderson's LP The Golden Hour , released by the elusive Luddites over at Mississippi Records. The album, inspired by everything from Delta blues and gospel music to West African guitar and country and western, is as warm and intimate a recording as you're likely to [...]
CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW VIDEO A nice concept and execution on visualising sound... 14KT: "I want to share with you my first ever video of "The Inside" off the album, "The Golden Hour." I wanted to do a video for "The Inside," because everyone I speak to, that's like their favorite song off the project [...]
It's night #2 on April's Rumble circuit, and PEPPER RABBIT and THE GLOBES move south to Portland this evening after kicking off the The Rumble: Seattle on Monday. In PDX we add local up-and-comers THE GOLDEN HOURS , for this 3-band line-up that's FREE to the city of Portland. We've even made it easier on you and have added TRUMER PILS beer specials all night long. The RUMBLE: [...]
So we've given you two weeks to rest from the hangovers of SXSW, THE RUMBLE is ready to unleash a week of parties up and down the West Coast with line-ups that are sure to represent. As usual the party's always free! LA's own PEPPER RABBIT will be headlining all of The Rumble West Coast dates and we couldn't be more excited to have this three piece from Silver Lake. Not to be confused with the myriad of other hare [...]
So this is it, the first FensePost Podcast. A few weeks ago I sat down and compiled a mix of various songs; some new, some old, most finding some relation to garage rock or garage pop. Hence the title, From The Garage . The theme is loose, so some bands fit and some don't. There are sixteen songs total here, stemming from local Seattle and Portland acts on across the world. New Zealand, Sweden, Canada... you get the picture. Enough banter - listen to the FenseCast already. [...]
Message from KT himself: Whatupdoe? First off, I must say THANK YOU for supporting me and my music!! As a result of your support, I want to share some upcoming music from my 2nd album entitled "Nowalataz". Also due to the success of my first album, "The Golden Hour", I will be releasing "The Golden Hour 2XLP" on (LIMITED EDITION GOLD VINYL w/ Full Cover Artwork) coming end of September. I will also be on tour with Mayer Hawthorne/Buff1/Houseshoes begining September 5. A physical release of the "Nowalataz" Digital/CD is [...]
We're now half way through 2009, so I figured it was about time to collect a few favorites from the year thus far. I've put together 10 must-hear albums from the first half of 2009. To alleviate any bias, and because I'm totally obsessed with this style of categorization, I'm putting them alphabetically. A few albums are missing from this list and deserve bonus recognition. I've chosen five artists I find absolutely amazing to list as honorable mentions. Why? In some cases, I haven't had the chance to [...]
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It's been a very long time since anyone has heard from The Golden Hours. That is, if you were aware of their existence to begin with; their brief lapse into the reality of 2006 saw them delivering some pretty amazing lo-fi folk via Not Not Fun Records in The Mystery & Her Crew and after a moment's notice, they were gone. Well, not any more. They've returned with Spooky EP , to be released via Eggy Records on cassette. The mere four songs is a departure from [...]
Portland, OR Dang, I love this song from The Golden Hours - simple instrumentation and vocals that you just don't hear every day. "Shallow Breath" The Golden Hours on MySpace
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