Dopo aver suonato nella band di Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond ha poi esordito come solista nel 2006 con il suo Bring Me the Workhorse. Da lì sono iniziati mesi di tour che l'hanno portata a dividere il palco con artisti come The Decemberists, The National, St.Vincent, Devotchka, Sufjan Stevens e molti altri. La data di Roma sarà l'unica occasione di vedere My Brightest Diamond in autunno in Italia. Continua a leggere My Brightest Diamond: unica data italiana l'8 dicembre a Roma... Commenta »
Devochka has announced some fantastic news for the holidays. The group will be doing some shows at the very intimate, Mercury Cafe , at the end of December. You can buy tickets, here . Devotchka-How it Ends [mp3] More Info Below: Tickets: NYE 2009 at the Mercury Cafe Take part in a Denver tradition by [...]
Coverville 624: The Gram Parsons Cover Story 0 5 2009-11-05 19:29:08 admin Featuring: 1 Wild Horses The Flying Burrito Brothers Q's Ultimate Songwriters Orig. Flying Burrito Brothers/Rolling Stones 2 [...]
![[Live Review] The Young Republic + Don't Move, Thekla, Bristol, November 1st 2009](http://cache.elbo.ws/posts/2096566_lg.jpg)
There are perhaps 12 people on this ship who aren't either venue staff or members of one of the two bands, and it's a real shame as I doubt those 12 or so people will see a better show this month.Openers are Coventry's Don't Move , who certainly do move a lot, putting on an energetic peformance unfazed by the low turnout. Don't Move are quite a lot unlike anyone really, playing a punchy jangly pop that recalls The Byrds, The Smiths, The Housemartins and the better songs by Franz Ferdinand, that blends into moments of sharp electric blues [...]
Frank Yang I'd been intending to see London, Ontario's Olenka & The Autumn Lovers for a long time - at least a year, and certainly they're on my schedule every time CMW or NXNE rolls around - but it just hasn't happened until now. So I won't dwell on time and opportunities lost and just be thankful that finally, I am enlightened to their myriad charms. Calling them a folk band is accurate but insufficient; however trying to get more specific can be tricky. Their musical roots are Olenka Krakus', which is to [...]
Frank Yang Last Thursday night was spent at The Garrison, the newly - opened west-end venue that'll be home to the final year of Wavelength as well as a plethora of other local music happenings. A fine example of this was this evening's bill, featuring bands with long names from near, far and sorta-near-but-not-that-close: The Wilderness Of Manitoba , Slow Down Molasses and Olenka & The Autumn Lovers . Slow Down Molasses represented the "far", hailing from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and were up first. I'd spent some [...]
Like New Year's Eve , Halloween is another holiday that a lot of bands choose to celebrate in style. There's just something about mixing the live concert experience with all the fun and choas of Halloween that really brings out the freaks. While most bands typically play into the Halloween vibe in some way, touring bands often approach Halloween as an opportunity to really create a unique live music event. Just as we did with our New Year's Eve concert round-up , we've compiled a list of Halloween concerts that will be going on this weekend (see below [...]
[Ghosface Killah (doll)] Monday October 26 Honor Society w/ Esmee Denters @ Bluebird Theater Mat Kearney w/ Vedera @ Gothic Theatre The Supersuckers @ 3 Kings Tavern Papa Roach w/ Jet, Kill Hannah @ Ogden Theater Jay Brannan @ Larimer Lounge Dragonette @ Larimer Lounge (late show) Barcelona w/ Speakeasy Tiger @ the Black Sheep Red Cortez w/ Kyle Galanaugh @ Soiled Dove Turd Merchants Of Death @ Fox Theatre Death Before Dishonor w/ Steel Nation @ Marquis Theater [...]
Here, for no apparent reason, is a collection of bands named after places. Architecture in Helsinki I never knew the city was renowned for its flair for buildings. I guess it's catchier than Architecture in Slough. Beirut A New Mexican who named his group after a Lebanese city and plays eastern European, French and Mexican-influenced folk. Somebody has identity issues. [...]
It's the buzz of the blogs: brand spankin' new Federal Trade Commission guidelines for bloggers now require full disclosure of any personal benefit received gratis . With bloggers on both sides of the fence, it's not yet clear whether that would include those gifts garnered purely as part of the review process, such as passes to shows, and promotional and review materials both digital and tangible of any value whatsoever. Like many culture vultures and blogwatchers, though I recognize the need to create some sort of oversight which would [...]
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Swedish folk musician turned Denver resident, Elin Palmer varies her song-craft between orchestration and experimentation. Her songs mesh the two arenas of folk, often dabbling in a fairly sizable amount of pop as well. Palmer's brilliance is partly due to her mystic voice - the Swedish accent is truly what does it. But wherever the unique instrumentation dominates, sheer brilliance ensues. Title track "Postcard", and epic closer "Whaleboat" find Palmer developing that interesting balance between the two sounds (orchestral and experimental). The former, as the opening song on [...]
Filed under: Around the World Call it the revenge of the band geeks. It seems that everywhere you turn these days, you can find the folks who probably got a lot of grief for their stints in their high school bands -- marching and otherwise -- wielding their horns and drums and even accordions with great pride. Brass bands and various derivatives might just be the hippest things going. Well, brass bands have always been hip in the Balkans and in New Orleans, so it's no surprise [...]
Prepare for some bowel-shaking sub bass frequencies as dubstep pioneer Mala returns to Dublin to take over Crawdaddy on Friday, November 20. The Digital Mystikz and DMZ label founder will be joined by his main MC Sgt Pokes for some twisted dubbed out beats and off-the-wall rhymes. Support is from Safetyboy of the Reach collective, who who tore up the Twisted Pepper last Friday night, with a little help from dubstep heavyweight N-Type . Doors are at 11.30pm and tickets are €15 , available [...]
A new song by Wait. Think. Fast. from their album-in-the-works. The bands steps into the studio next month with producer Craig Schumacher (Neko Case, Calexico, Devotchka). For now, here is a video of Wait. Think. Fast. playing "Trouble" in a Living Room Session made by band member Matt Beighley.
Pop/Rock - In 1971, noted singer and songwriter Harry Nilsson - named by John Lennon and Paul McCartney at the time as their "favorite" American performer - embarked on the creation of The Point, a magical project of pop whimsy that married bright, breezy songs to the animated TV film of boy discovering the joys and pains of nonconformity. Led by the hit single "Me and My Arrow", The Point has shown staying power as a brilliant multi-media effort and simply a great collection of songs from one of the era's best and smartest pop practitioners. [...]
Photographic Evidence / On Further Review by Sean Hafferty and Ryan Spaulding The Paradise -in Boston (10/13/09) Alex Brown Church at the Paradise last night Sean Hafferty photograph ONE OF THE BEST NEW SOUNDS OF 2009 - Sea Wolf arrived [...]
Photographic Evidence / On Further Review by Sean Hafferty and Ryan Spaulding The Paradise -in Boston (10/13/09) Alex Brown Church at the Paradise last night Sean Hafferty photograph ONE OF THE BEST NEW SOUNDS OF 2009 - Sea Wolf arrived [...]
I had a nice little trip out to NY, saw family & friends, caught an improv show in the city (Magnet Theater....it was hilarious) and saw Paranormal Activity (It did what it was supposed to...scare the fuck out of me). Now it's back to business... No Kuestionnaire today, I just back yesterday and barely had time to piece one together, but I'll make that up for you this weekend as we will be getting exclusive access to the Treasure Island Festival ! So expect some surprises and awesome 'treasures' [...]
We sent Mark Stock to Austin City Limits because—well, because he wanted to go to Austin City Limits, and because we wanted to hear about it. It's going up a bit late due to unforeseen circumstances at the home office. -Ed. Friday Local legend and troubled grunge born songwriter Daniel Johnston plays a sobering set of hits. His arms shake violently and he can barely bring a bottle of water to his face. The guitar he plays convulses as though being electrocuted, the work of wheelbarrows worth of [...]
Andrew Bird - Think About Your Troubles From 'Songs From A Point', that is due out end of October. Based on the soundtrack to Harry Nilsson's animated children's story from 1971, this collection delivers covers by DeVotchKa, Nada Surf and Martha Wainwright, to name but a few. Enjoy, Graf
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