I've probably said this here before, but no album has more excited for 2010 than Laura Gibson's collaboration with sound sculptor Ethan Rose. Though we still don't have too much concrete information on the release, we do know this: the record is called Bridge Carols , and it's out on February 9 via Holocene Music. A few months ago I spoke to Gibson about Bridge Carols (at the time she couldn't reveal the title), and she mentioned that the basis of the project was to make each other uncomfortable. Rose's music, until this point, [...]
photos by Fresh Bread Orba Squara @ LPR Despite suffering a car crash followed by a breakup , Marissa Nadler made it to NYC this past weekend to play two shows with Alela Diane (who also played an in-store at Sound Fix while she was here). The first of those two shows was Friday night at Le Poisson Rouge with Orba Squara opening (11/13). That's where the pictures [...]
Che Shannon Wright non sia ormai più considerata 'un'esordiente' è alquanto ovvio, visto il cospicuo numero di dischi a suo nome (ben sette se non si conta l'eccezionale collaborazione con il cantore d'oltralpe Yann Tiersen ), ma che potrebbe far sorgere dubbi circa la qualità della scrittura o il peso specifico delle composizioni nonché il livello dell'ispirazione, che non sempre è facile da mantenere alto. Dubbi che si rivelano assolutamente infondati, vista l'eccezionale caratura di questa nuova uscita: nove affreschi sonori, ora sognanti ("Father"), trasversali (le taglienti "Trumpet's on New Year's Eve e "Embers In [...]
One of the perils of playing Minneapolis' 7th St. Entry is that there is only a thin wall separating the tiny club from the First Avenue Mainroom, leading to a fair amount of noise bleed from some of the louder acts. And as far as noise goes, Wednesday night's imbalance between Dinosaur Jr. (Mainroom) and a three band female folk lineup (the Entry) was about as large a gulf as there is. However, even though whenever the door opened the ladies were drowned out by J. Mascis' screaming guitar; they still put on an admirably lovely show.
Marissa Nadler performed a wide variety of tunes tonight at Schubas . Accompanied by Carter Tanton , of the band Tulsa , on a few tunes, I was surprised that they only played two tunes off the new release, Little Hells , out via Kemado . I guess it doesn't too matter because all of her tunes are hauntingly beautiful. Marissa , apologetic for the lack of stage banter, had confessed early on that she's terribly shy. Again, not a big [...]
Alela Diane , along with bass player, Tom Bevitori , performed a solid set of tunes tonight at Schubas . Mostly sticking with the greats off her newest full-length, To Be Still , out via Rough Trade , Diane 's voice seemed to be spot on. The slightly tired two also confessed their recent love for "mainstream hits," which they listened to, on their nine hour drive to Chicago. Though some older and newer tunes were played as well, they also decided to cover [...]
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Radio K presents ALELA DIANE and MARISSA NADLER The Entry / 8:00 pm / 18+ and LUCY MICHELLE $10.00 adv | $10.00 door Alela Diane & Marissa Nadler Lucy Michelle
Frank Yang In leading up to Friday night's show at Lee's Palace, I'd wondered aloud as to why it had taken The Wooden Sky so long to play a proper hometown show, what with their latest record, the ex If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone having come out all the way back in August. Walking into Lee's, I got my answer - they were building their sets. The stage was breathtakingly decorated with all manner of props and sculptures built of paperback [...]
Welcome to the new, not-really-improved BabyStew This Week In Chicago listing. What's new about it, you ask? Absolutely nothing, except that it now covers the week from Monday through Sunday rather than Sunday through Saturday. It always seemed weird to me not to be listing Sunday shows until the morning of – when not many people are reading blogs – for the sole purpose of sticking with the conventional definition of "week" ( i.e. , Sun-Sat). But convention be damned. So here's what's going on in Chicago this "week". [...]
Pixies will perform Doolittle and associated b-sides in their entirety to mark the album's 20th anniversary. Both Fillmore shows are SOLD OUT. Monday November 16 Pixies w/ No Age @ Fillmore Auditorium Everclear @ Blubird Theater 3 Inches of Blood @ Marquis Theater Wolfmother w/ Heartless Bastards @ Ogden Theatre Tuesday November 17 Pixies w/ the Fluid @ Fillmore Auditorium Atonal Melee @ Larimer Lounge Mr. Gnome @ Hi-Dive Sailor Jerry @ Blubird Theater [...]
Frank Yang In leading up to Friday night's show at Lee's Palace, I'd wondered aloud as to why it had taken The Wooden Sky so long to play a proper hometown show, what with their latest record, the ex If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone having come out all the way back in August. Walking into Lee's, I got my answer - they were building their sets. The stage was breathtakingly decorated with all manner of props and sculptures built of paperback [...]
[The internet has a habit of making friends of strangers and I guess I would have to describe Campfires & Battlefields as my best friend-I've-never-met. He is one of the longest standing readers and commenters of this blog, and has written another two fine Sunday Supplement posts for us this week. Cheers C&B.] To me modern German music has always been about the monosyllabic pioneers of Krautrock. Can. Faust. Neu! Or perhaps the ear-shattering crunch of Einsturzende Neubauten's strategies against architecture. Brilliant stuff, but forbidding too; and sometimes a little too Baader-Meinhof for my bourgeois ass. [...]
[The internet has a habit of making friends of strangers and I guess I would have to describe Campfires & Battlefields as my best friend-I've-never-met. He is one of the longest standing readers and commenters of this blog, and has written another two fine Sunday Supplement posts for us this week. Cheers C&B.] To me modern German music has always been about the monosyllabic pioneers of Krautrock. Can. Faust. Neu! Or perhaps the ear-shattering crunch of Einsturzende Neubauten's strategies against architecture. Brilliant stuff, but forbidding too; and sometimes a little too Baader-Meinhof for my bourgeois ass. [...]
tonight in NYC * ATP Movie * Walter Schreifels @ Court Tavern * BOAT, miniboone @ Bruar Falls * Alela Diane @ Sound Fix Records * French Horn Rebellion @ The Cameo * John Zorn Improv Night @ The Stone * Textual, Soft Circle @ Monkey Town * Apex Fest III @ Chashama Arts Center * Skeletonwitch, Black Anvil @ Union Pool [...]
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Day 1 is complete. Here are the songs the popped up on the iPod on Day 1 of my cross country move (while I was tracking them). This is also why I love using shuffle. I wouldn't have picked out most of these if I were building a playlist from scratch. Wilco - Monday Stephen Malkmus - Gardenia Marah - Wild West Love Song Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers Gogol Bordello - Immigrant Punk Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone The Beatles - Don't Ever Change Alela Diane - White As Diamonds [...]
Recommended Show: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009 PEACHES, AMANDA BLANK, & JESSICA 6 @ TERMINAL 5 610 West 56th Street Manhattan, NY 10019 $25, 7PM Jessica 6's performance at The Box felt a little bit like a strip show, but the band might actually be sort of tame compared to the Terminal 5 headliner tonight, Peaches. Check out after the jump for more shows going on tonight--AND check out a lit of shows going on during the day as well (even though CMJ is over, Saturday afternoons seem to still rock). [...]
The Washington City Paper lists five songs about books. In the Guardian , Martin Amis reviews Vladimir Nabokov's posthumous novel, The Original of Laura (in bookstores on Tuesday). The Baltimore City Paper interviews Deastro's Randy Chabot. CP: References to cartoons definitely come up a lot in descriptions of your music. Is it that much of an actual influence? RC: [...]
DJ/Rupture / Maluca The Fader Presents One Step Beyond Launch your weekend with drinks and dancing at the most explosive party this side of the Milky Way. See and be seen under the stars as live bands, DJs, and VJs present the hottest music and project dynamic visuals at the Rose Center for Earth and Space. Cocktails keep the party going. DJ/ Rupture Matt Shadetek Feat Jahdan Blakkamoore, Maluca November 13, 2009 Buy Tickets 9pm - 1am tonight [...]
My lovely girlfriend Rachael will be DJing tonight in the gallery part of Le Poisson Rouge! So if you're heading to the Alela Diane, Marissa Nadler, Obra Squara show at the same location make sure you stop by to have a drink, hear some great tunes, and say hi!
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