Each month, I make a playlist consisting of an artist of every letter of the alphabet. This is March 2008: 1. Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart - Pop - Best Of Al Stewart Download It Here 2. Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime - Beck - Rock - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Official Soundtrack Download It Here 3. West Coast - Coconut Records - Pop - Nighttiming Download It Here 4. Fools - The [...]
Seven months ago, wedged into a sun-burnt and drunken festival crowd, I saw one of the first Taken By Trees shows. Admittedly, I already had her debut CD Open Fields crammed into my suitcase, purchased on a whim while getting off the metro a few days before. Some people reminisce with photographs, my nostalgia fuels playlists. Of course I was expecting to like the show; after all, she's that ex-Concrete girl right? I was not expecting to be so, well, taken. Amidst the louder acts of the day -- I had just had my [...]
There's a moment in the film Juno , when titular character Juno MacGuff bends down, grabs a flower, and reflects, "I never realize how much I like being home unless I've been somewhere really different for awhile." That world-weary optimism perfectly sums up White Hinterland 's newest offering, Phylactery Factory . The newest project from singer songwriter Casey Dienel , Phylactery Factory (out 3/4/2008) is quite possibly the travelogue of a journey every twenty-something longs to take part in 1 . We're reminded amidst our travels that, "They'll give you [...]
Who: New Bloods Title: The Secret Life Release Date: April 8th Label: Kill Rock Stars Thoughts: Who could possibly have foreseen that a trio of women, featuring violin, bass, and drums, would coagulate to form a sick ass, sort of punk (for lack of a better term) band? Not this guy for one, but goddamn, listening to the new New Bloods album is like a revelation of sorts. It's a bit on the slower
Hot Freaks! , as you might have already seen on the internerd, is back again! We're heading down to Austin, TX for SXSW for our two-day FREE day party at The Mohawk and Club DeVille . The party will be Friday and Saturday, March 15-16 . This year we're joined by our friends at Aquarium Drunkard , Chromewaves , [...]
Photo by Kristen Lidell Okay, that's not entirely accurate - we knew exactly where Hot Freaks 2 was . And the first one . And that's where part the third will be as well - next month, coincidentally running at the same time as a certain music festival in Austin, Texas that shall not be named for we have no affiliation with that event whatsoever, at Club DeVille and The Mohawk (aka "the best bar in America" ) on March 14 and 15 from noon till 6PM, across two venues and [...]
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Amy Winehouse war gestern, Adele ist Gegenwart, White Hinterland ist Zukunft. Gestatten, Casey Dienel aka White Hinterland, der neue "rising star" am Nu-Soul-Chanteuse-Himmel. (more...)
The man who wrote a music for a shoe company has decided to lob his Kelly Kapoor approved efforts in a slightly more conventional direction: a movie company. Sony Pictures is releasing 21 (as in never always double down on 11) this March and has commissioned LCD to write a track, which they entitled "Big Ideas." Other artists on the soundtrack include Rihanna, UNKLE, MGMT, Amon Tobin (contributing old songs), Mark Ronson and Kasabian (doing most likely a Motowned version of Kasabian's "Lost Souls Forever") and D Sardy & Duke Spirit's Liela Moss (doing something [...]
they closed the library yesterday because of the ice and snow. it might as well have been the apocalypse for me. school is pretty tuff. good thing there are pretty songs in the world. here's a new man man song from an up coming cd that's called rabbit habits and some freshly baked talent white hinterland. i'm pretty sure the little lead singer, casey dienel released a solo album that lots of people got excited about last year. their cd is called phylactery factory. white hinterland is going to be at sxsw. last year they got sidelined by a [...]
White Hinterland es el nuevo nombre de guerra de Casey Dienel , una cantante, pianista y compositora bostoniana cuya peculiar combinación de cabaret, pop, folk y jazz se pasea por territorios próximos a Regina Spektor , The Decemberists , Joni Mitchell o Joanna Newsom . Su primer disco, "Phylactery Factory", aparecerá el cuatro de marzo de la mano de Dead Oceans , subsello de Secretly Canadian . [mp3] Dreaming of the Plum Trees (Phylactery Factory, 2008) + info: White [...]
White Hinterland - "Dreaming of the Plum Trees (live on Fair Game)" . Casey Dienel's new project skips, scampers and slips. The piano's all Charlie Brown but here (as opposed to here ) it's joined by a violin with older, wiser years behind it. Here we have an older sibling - someone to teach the girl who skips with bloody cut-up feet and a bloody cut-up heart through the body of the song. Someone to invite Ruby over, the snowy afternoon after Saint Valentine's Day, and to spend a few hours teaching her a new & herkyjerky way to [...]
Thanks to Donewaiting for alerting us to that fact that the official SXSW website now comes fully equipped with bios and mp3s of many of the showcasing artists . This is generally a great way to discover new bands and to assist in planning your SXSW itinerary, and this year is no different. Here are a few of the highlights -- in alphabetical order -- after a cursory glance over the list: mp3: Black Moth Super Rainbow Sun Lips Bodies of [...]
I know, I know, Mother Nature just dumped 50cm of snow on us in the space of a week. This afternoon I saw a snowplow dozer spin its giant wheels trying to clear the snow from the service lane behind my house. It's been cold, wet, windy and nasty these past couple of days. So bear with me for a minute while I try to convince you that spring has arrived early. Exhibit A: Casey Dienel, aka White Hinterland. Wait, where are you all going? Don't leave, I can explain! I know White Hinterland sounds like an awfully [...]
1. Chris Walla - Geometry &C - I've gone a few places on this album. The first two tracks I'd heard ("Sing Again" and "St. Modesto") were amazing, so I bought the record without a second thought. When I finally heard the full thing, I was fairly disappointed with the rest of it. But I gave it time, and blam-wham-thankyouPam, it clicked. This track is power-pop at its current pinnacle. (Totally sweet album packaging as well). [from Field Manua l| buy ] 2. Canon [...]
In effort to raise awareness about upcoming releases as well as finding a place for the numerous submissions we get, this post continues our weekly purging of free and legal MP3's for your listening enjoyment. The number of tracks will fluctuate each week depending on the songs uncovered or sent. It's our hope that you'll find a new favorite or another release to keep your eyes on. MP3: Bowerbirds - "In Our Talons" [from Hymns for a Dark Horse ; soon to be [...]
DOWNLOAD: White Hinterland, "Dreaming of the Plum Trees" (mp3) Back when she was studying at New England Conservatory, Casey Dienel put out a demo called "Grandmother Rock," a quick suite of songs suggesting rocking chairs more than rock-n-roll, a genre you'd coin if you were precocious, shy, and out of love with your generation. Dienel's debut, The Wind-Up Canary , was all of these things; her new album, and new incarnation, even more so. On Phylactery Factory , the debut from White Hinterland (a band, evidently, although [...]
Massachusets nu-piano pop act White Hinterland (the brainchild of 22-year-old singer Casey Dienel) off the SS radar until "Dreaming of the Plum Trees" popped up in the 'ole mailbag. But once begins as a Peanuts-style shuffle turns into a airy...
Misschien is het een beetje 'nerdy', maar ik ben altijd erg gefocused op platenlabels. Zo koop ik bijna alles dat uitkomt op Hush Records en is het voor mij een aanbeveling als een band zijn cd uitbrengt op Misra of Merge . En ik heb volgens mij nog nooit iets gekocht van het label Fat Possum . En dus valt het mij op dat het Dead Oceans label flink aan het opkomen is. Ook bands als Phosphorescent en The Evangelicals zijn overgestapt en hun nieuwe materiaal komt uit [...]
We get hundreds of press releases on a daily basis to our inbox. We love the music and the press agents and labels are sending us trully awesome stuff but it's really hard writing about each and every cool band. So I wanted to share some quick notes with you guys while I listen to music. I have to add that it's quite refreshing to see that the promoters out there are doing a great job sending us music that really connects with what The Plugg is all about. Thanks! [...]
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