
Молодой человек с именем книжного злодея ставит на плечо магнитофон и подпевает кассете, записанной пару лет назад. Он чувствует себя некомфортно, закрывает глаза, и начинает свою историю. Не знаю, как вы, а я однажды соберусь с мыслями и пойду встречать тигров. Живую версию можно посмотреть у La Blogotheque , а текст и сам выучится. Берегите себя.

A l'heure où l'on vient d'apprendre que La Machine accueillera - comme elle a accueilli Troy Von Balthazar avec chaleur le 15 avril dernier - Chokebore ( lire ) le 31 octobre prochain ( réservation ), nous avons eu la chance de passer une fin d'après-midi plus que gracieuse en la (bonne) compagnie de Troy, plus parisien que jamais ces temps-ci - suite notamment à une exposition photo réalisée par Magalie Boyer ( lire ) et dont il fut le sujet/l'acteur. L'occasion était trop belle donc pour ne [...]
Friday 15th, rendez-vous at la Machine for a double party with the songwriter Troy Von Balthazar and Wagon Christ, Walls, Gordon Shumway and DJ Oof.

C'est un fait, Chokebore est de retour. Un groupe que l'on a eu grand plaisir à (re)voir jouer ( lire ), un groupe que l'on a apprécié interviewer. Il se murmure qu'un nouvel album est même déjà prêt. Ce qui n'obstrue en rien les visées solitaires d'un de ses principaux promoteurs : Troy Von Balthazar qui non content de sortir un album, l'intimiste et varié How to Live on Nothing ( Third Side Records , 2010), sillonne l'Europe depuis presque un an comme il sait si bien le [...]

Magali Boyer, photographe émérite et présente l'année dernière dans nos pages ( voir ), a initié avec Troy Von Balthazar un travail de longue haleine sur l'image de l'artiste. Elle en exposera le substrat du mardi 29 mars au samedi 23 avril à la Flaq à Paris ( plan ) et ce à l'occasion de la tournée de celui-ci en concert le 15 avril prochain à la Machine du Moulin Rouge. Hartzine y sera et vous recommande chaudement d'être présent le jeudi 31 mars, à partir de 18h, date du vernissage [...]
This guy has lots of things to tell and he had the great idea to do it in music. Troy is definitely a rich man - in the deep "soul" way, like his music. Between rock and folk and sometimes experimental, TVB offered us a great concert, intense and full of great feelings. Beautiful.
This guy has lots of things to tell and he had the great idea to do it in music. Troy is definitely a rich man - in the deep "soul" way, like his music. Between rock and folk and sometimes experimental, TVB offered us a great concert, intense and full of great feelings. Beautiful.

It appears there is truth behind the popular phrase about time speeding by the older you get. After hitting the ripe age of 30 back in September and taking a nice little road trip from my home north of Seattle to the Southwest town of Albuquerque at the end of that month, time seems to have slipped by with ease. And it appears I haven't done one of these podcast things since July! I took that photo up there somewhere along the side of the highway in northern [...]

Part poet, part wanderer, Troy Von Balthazar is a man of many words and places. He grew up surfing in Hawaii, cut his teeth as the front man of the '90s sadcore band Chokebore, and now spends the majority of his time couch-surfing around Europe writing novels when he's not writing songs. His second album, "How to Live on Nothing" (out last month Third Side Records) is a kaleidoscopic recap of the various beds he's woken up in, the new faces he's encountered in every locale, and the melancholy way things always seem to stay the same wherever [...]

Je te sens triste... timber timbre -i get low- angil & the hidden tracks -kids- troy von balthazar -catt- the divine comedy -ya sumeera-
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, there was Chokebore. And let's just say if you spent any time in the MAGNET offices circa 1993, you would be very familiar with Chokebore. (Those of you who didn't can catch up here.) Anyway, Troy Von Balthazar fronted Chokebore, whose biggest commercial claim to fame was [...]

ARTIST: The SWAG Report 30 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Ratatat, Corin Tucker Band, Method Of Defiance, Quinn Marston, Lykke Li, The Creepshow, The Sainte Catherines, The Details and more! So Much more! DATE: 10-28-10 WRITER: Don Loder Happy 30th folks, Wow - this is gettin' a little ridickulous - I'm still gettin' away with this shit! Maybe the biz has decided this could work - that guys like me givin' stuff away might help 'em sell somethin' or somethin'. [...]
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There's something a little off about the music Troy Von Balthazar creates, and that's a good thing because there's also something a bit normal about it. The normal meets the slightly off; quite interesting. How To Live On Nothing is Von Balthazar's latest work and it combines the standard traits of folk and pop and rock with bits that are slightly more original. How To Live On Nothing may, for the most part, be normal, but it's the electronic and psychedelic subtleties Von Balthazar ads are what [...]
Troy Von Balthazar's How To Live On Nothing is out today. See how it makes you feel with a listen to "CATT" and "Dots And Hearts" . Dots And Hearts http://www.troyvonbalthazar.ne t/ http://www.myspace.com/troyvon balthazar
is a singer-song writer from New York, that will released his new album How to Live on Nothing out October 26th. (Third Side Records). Which will give an adventure into the gloomy sadcore movement. check the single Dots and Hearts. I feel like hell but I look okay. » Ideally, one should be able to stop at this impeccable confession, slipped into the heart of the shattering Tigers, to paint the portrait of Troy Von Balthazar. [...]
Oct 12, 2010, 8:21pm
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Zoo hangouts will resume in three weeks after a hiatus for CMJ adventures. In the meantime, check back to find out where all the fun is gonna happen! See you soon, New York. If I Ran the Zoo, 10/12/10 Stag Hare - Island (pick up the Antelope Island 73 with our pals WYLD WYZRDZ ) Levek - Ancient Amazon/New Fashion (Viernes Cover) Lucky Dragons - Wooden Cave Loop ( stream / buy ) The Octopus Project - Glass Jungle [...]
If you are a fan of Viva Voce, Sparklehorse, and some Fruit Bats, the you will enjoy former Chokebore frontman, Troy Von Balthazar 's solo effort, How To Live Off Nothing . Indie folk is what you get when you put on his record and if his first single a beautiful, intimate pop tune called "Dots and Hearts," (Video below) then I'm sure the rest of the album will be as excellent when it is released on October 26th. If you want to hear more from Troy Van Balthazar then stream another [...]

Not to sound like a 20-something youngster or anything, but it's always interesting to hear new music from relatively obscure artists in a later stage of their careers. In this case, I speak of Troy von Balthazar, who was a member of the sadcore (think Nirvana) band Chokebore in the '90s, and who released his second solo album, How To Live on Nothing , in September. The album caught my attention in a stumbling, low-key sort of way; this song juxtaposes a breezy, beachy folk aesthetic (think Fruit Bats) with desolate, sweet lyrics. Do enjoy. [...]

ein dauerbrenner. und dennoch ein verborgener. wenn man mal misst, wie viele chokebore tatsächlich mitbekommen haben? gerade die reunion zuletzt und die damit verbundenen konzerte machten deutlich, dass nach oben hin noch einiges offen war. dann trieb sich troy aber fleißiger weise auch in solo herum. sein wundervolles debut warf leider aber auch nur wenig wellen auf. daneben gab er ebenso unbeachtet eps heraus, schrieb ein buch und hat bereits ein zweites beendet . und doch ist er, wenn man ihn sieht, jung geblieben, frischen gesichtsausdrucks und jederzeit freundlich. es sei denn, er versteigt sich gerade mit seinen chokebore [...]