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Playgrounder Must See: The Snowdroppers

MoreFeb 1, 10:46pm whiteboydancefloor

So you've decided that heading to Playground Weekender is just the ticket for you. Four Days is a long time to be watching live music and if you're not prepared it can result in the discovery of both holy grails and total flops. I was unfortunate enough to see Yumi Stynes and the channel [V] misfits demonstrating their interpretation of music as THE PUNISHERZ. I give you my first hot tip: The Snowdroppers . My good friend and music taster Elise gave me [...]

carcrashlander - where to swim (2009)

MoreFeb 1, 1:58am das klienicum

hier hatten wir bereits einiges aus der karriere des cory gray, vorsitzender von carcrashlander , berichtet, sessionmusiker, unterstützer (u.a. the decemberists, grails, norfolk & western, graves) und schließlich auch unterstützter bei seinen ersten soloausflügen, durch u.a. dave depper (bass), shelley short, laura gibson (backing vocals), adam selzer und nate ashley (guitar), brian wright (drums) und amanda lawrence (viola, violin), das selbstbetitelte album erschien vor zwei jahren auf parks and records . nun ist der zweitling da, wir hatten es bereits verkündet, hier . eingetroffen ist "where to swim" mittlerweile auch und wir können einige worte darüber [...]

Jerry Solomon – Past the 20th Century (Fountain Records, 1971)

MoreJan 23, 2:49pm Swan Fungus

Back in July of 2009 I wrote, "This is it. This is the holy grail. I've made it my business to seek out someone with a copy of this album to provide me with a recording I can share with you all. I know two or three off the top of my head, but this thing is…it's pretty scarce, to say the least. The first copy I've ever heard about auctioned to the public sold for over a thousand dollars, and that was without a cover. What makes it so cool? Los Angeles native Jerry Solomon, a "real person extraordinaire, [...]

• Jerry Solomon - I Just Don't Fit This Modern Age
• Jerry Solomon - Past the 20th Century

Artist:	Jerry Solomon
Title:	I Just Don't Fit This Modern Age
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Year:	1971

Artist:	Jerry Solomon
Title:	Past the 20th Century
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Year:	1971

Ten for '10: And So I Watch You From Afar

MoreJan 3, 11:25pm Heavier ~ Than ~ Air

Inevitably, as another musical year dawns, we begin to move from the favourites that kept us company the previous 364 days and speculate at which bands might fuel our fire during the next 12 months. As these scribblings are wont to do, we head home across the Atlantic for the third band in this mini-series. Northern Ireland, to be exact, to dig on Belfast boys And So I Watch You From Afar . [...]

• A Little Bit Of Solidarity Goes A Long W... » 01 A Little Bit Of Solidarity Goes A.m4a

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For all you seekers out there

MoreJan 1, 4:11am 20JazzFunkGreats

A New Year begins, a New Year where 20jazzfunkgreats will continue treading the echoey halls deep in the heart of the rocky mountain where a wealth of holy grails rest, of all sizes and materials, overflowing with pristine water, scented wine and translucent liquids over which glittering fairies hover with an emerald twinkle in their [...]

• Florene - Deal with it
• The Miracles Club - a new love

Artist:	Florene
Title:	Deal with it
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Artist:	The Miracles Club
Title:	a new love
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TOP 10S FOR 2009: John Roger Olsson (The Grand Opening/Hearts No Static/Will Gambola Sing)

MoreDec 20, 2009, 12:00am It's a trap!

Might be too late with my list this year. But in case I am not, here it comes: BEST ALBUMS: 01. Tim Hecker - An imaginary country 02. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I wish we were an eagle 03. Early Day Miners - The treatment 04. J. Tillman - Year in the kingdom 05. Olle Ljungström - Sju [...]

I Rock Cleveland's 2009 Year End Extravaganza Bonanza: The Year's 20 Best Albums

MoreDec 14, 2009, 7:00am I Rock Cleveland

Before we get to I Rock Cleveland's Top 20 Albums of 2009, I would like to note a couple things. First, all the usual caveats apply, i.e., this list represents on man's opinion, lists are made to be argued about, and this list by this particular writer does not include much, if any, mainstream pop, R&B, or hip-hop. This was not done out of some nefarious plan to boost one form of music at the expense of others, nor was it done because this particular writer refuses to acknowledge music contributions by certain segments of the population, rather [...]

• Boston Spaceships - Question Girl All Right
• Wizzard Sleeve - Pterodactyl Meltdown

Artist:	Boston Spaceships
Title:	Question Girl All Right
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Artist:	Wizzard Sleeve
Title:	Pterodactyl Meltdown
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The Top Ten Negative Reader Comments Of 2009

MoreDec 11, 2009, 11:20pm Swan Fungus

Now that December is upon us, we turn to the Year-End list. Across all forms of media, the next few weeks will be filled with cloying fits of nostalgia, hindsight-enriched wistfulness, and even some good old fashioned navel-gazing. Each Friday this month, Swan Fungus will conclude the week with a new year-End list. This week I will be exploring ten noteworthy additions to the great tome that is my collection of Top 10 lists. I've already discussed the ten best Swan Fungus top ten lists of the year. The best albums of the year and the best deaths of the [...]

Apse – Climb Up

MoreDec 10, 2009, 12:00am indie shuffle

click image to view artist in itunes Sounds like: Grails, Mr. Gnome Download audio file (10-The-Return.mp3) What's so good? If Mr. Gnome had a male singer, they'd sound like Apse . And if you like Mr. Gnome , then the psychedelic, post-rock, experimental grooviness of Apse is sure to garner your attention. This music isn't pop. It isn't meant to sit in the background while [...]

• Apse - All Mine
• Apse - The Return

Artist:	Apse
Title:	All Mine
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Year:	2009

Artist:	Apse
Title:	The Return
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Turtle Power

MoreDec 9, 2009, 8:04pm Heavier ~ Than ~ Air

Alongside the requisite Brooklyn locale on their Myspace, Dragon Turtle are unafraid to list an unknown outpost of rural Pennsylvania, where much of their material is conceived. Similarly, on their debut album Almanac , their musical outlook demonstrates no qualms in setting their accessible, succinct slice of left-field indie, Island of Broken Glass , out there nearby the sprawling, psychedelic desert burner that is Moon Fallout . [...]

• Dragon Turtle - island of broken glass

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Fuzzy Lights

MoreDec 7, 2009, 11:37am Wine, Women And Song

A rather wonderful debut album by Cambridge-based group Fuzzy Lights, A Distant Voice combines deft instrumental composition with haunting songwriting, featuring an especially electrifying violin presence that goes way beyond the call of duty, bringing to mind the wildly expressive bowing of Warren Ellis, able to articulate plaintive, lyrical melodies one moment and transform into a wild, untethered vehicle for free expression the next. The songwriting (particularly when there's a vocal in the mix) is far from conventional, but the arrangements are enormously beautiful, as best exemplified by the curious rustic space-rock of 'Safe Place'. "As well as touring [...]

Barn Owl

MoreDec 6, 2009, 8:39am Wine, Women And Song

D on't be fooled by the Beatrix Potter-baiting band name, this San Francisco duo are cut from the same mold as arch doom-mongers Earth, purveying glacially paced gothic stoner rock that draws plenty of parallels with Dylan Carson and co. circa Hex. Throughout, there's the distinct feeling of a version of Americana gone wrong. Skeletal electric guitars intone with a tentative, death-knell twang at the beginnings of pieces before accumulating a more fully formed state of dread by the end. You can hear trace elements of the blues in 'Procession Of Golden Bones' and there's [...]

Where We Live: Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN

MoreDec 5, 2009, 11:00am Consequence Of Sound

There is not much left to say about the Ryman Auditorium that has not already been said. This venue is an absolute must visit for any serious, self-respecting music fan. It is, for all intents and purposes, one of the Holy Grails of live music. Even the bands that play there display an overwhelming sense of awe at having the chance to grace its legendary stage. I've never been to a show there where the performer didn't repeat how honored they were to be there over and over again. If you perform at the Ryman, you know you've [...]

White Magic

MoreDec 4, 2009, 6:10pm The Cargo Culte

"Wherever I go people start talking about me, saying that my legs and hands can fetch a fortune in Tanzania," --Mary Owido, Nairobi, Kenya The belief that albino body parts hold magical powers and can confer longevity has been long held in East Africa. Albinos are feared by some in this region as "ghosts from Europe" or as embodiments of evil spirits. These outcasts were ripe for exploitation by Tanzanian witch doctors who decided to embark "on an exciting new marketing exercise" beginning in 2007, capitalizing on both widely held bigotry and [...]

• Brigitte Fontaine - Genre humain
• Crime in Choir - Fools Guild
• Grails - Take Refuge
• Melvins - The Kicking Machine
• Pelican - Dead Between The Walls
• Snakefinger - Magic and Ecstasy [Ennio Morricone]
• This Heat - Health And Efficiency

Artist:	Brigitte Fontaine
Title:	Genre humain
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Artist:	Crime in Choir
Title:	Fools Guild
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Year:	2009

Artist:	Grails
Title:	Take Refuge
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Artist:	Melvins
Title:	The Kicking Machine
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Year:	2008

Artist:	Pelican
Title:	Dead Between The Walls
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Year:	2007

Artist:	Snakefinger
Title:	Magic and Ecstasy [Ennio Morricone]
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Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	1983

Artist:	This Heat
Title:	Health And Efficiency
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Year:	2006

Bong

MoreNov 27, 2009, 6:01pm Wine, Women And Song

B ong's Bethmoora is not for the timid, the non-adventurous: it's not for the "kvlt," the "trve;" it's not for those whose clothing is coordinated, whose haircuts cost triple digits; it's not for the closed- or narrow-minded. Bethmoora is for those who love heavy doom, spacey doom; it's for those who love Sleep, Electric Wizard, Yob; it's for those who think the Earth is alive, that everything has a heart beat: it's for those who worship Sabbath, Floyd, Purple; it's for those who know that both innerspace and outerspace are equally vast; it's for [...]

Pavement taps more bands for All Tomorrow's Parties 2010

MoreNov 23, 2009, 9:50am Consequence Of Sound

More bands that Pavement likes (for All Tomorrow's 2010, curated by Pavement ): Broken Social Scene, Calexico, The Fiery Furnaces, The Walkmen, Mission of Burma, The Raincoats, Atlas Sound, Blitzen Trapper, Spiral Stairs (who is also in Pavement), Grails, Wooden Shjips, and The Clean among others. They join the some other bands that Pavement likes: Enablers, Endless Boogie, The Fall, Faust, and Quasi. Find all Pavement's favorites here . Then, head here to buy tickets where you'll be greeted with lots of "sold out"'s.

Zak Riles, R. Keenan Lawler, Nate Salsburg, Mike Tamburo, Ben Reynolds @ the Swan Dive – 11/24

MoreNov 22, 2009, 9:40pm Backseat Sandbar

ZAK RILES (of GRAILS, from Louisville) R. KEENAN LAWLER (from Louisville) NATE SALSBURG (from Louisville) MIKE TAMBURO (from Pittsburgh, PA; on the New American Folk Hero label) BEN REYNOLDS (from Glasgow, Scotland; on the Tompkins Square and Strange Attractors Audio House labels) at the SWAN DIVE 921 Swan Street 8 PM, $5, 21 and over ZAK RILES is [...]

T. J. Johnson (pt.2)

MoreNov 14, 2009, 9:54pm Beat Electric

I spent a lot of time going through pictures taken during the riots that took place in Brixton, London in April of 1981, it was hard to choose one, I didn't want to pick anything too explicitly powerful, or anything with a copyright notice on it, both of which were hard. T. J. Johnson emigrated to the UK from the Caribbean as a youth and produced this record for the London based Switch label in 1982 in the aftermath of the riots, and the storied apex of the UK disco funk [...]

• T. J. Johnson - Come On Let's Do It (Let's Rock)
• T. J. Johnson - Pretty Lady

Artist:	T. J. Johnson
Title:	Come On Let's Do It (Let's Rock)
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Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	1982

Artist:	T. J. Johnson
Title:	Pretty Lady
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Year:	1982

Holy Sons, "Criminal's Return"

MoreNov 14, 2009, 2:00pm Brainwashed

Important Records describes this seventh(!) solo album by Grails/Om drummer Emil Amos as "going toe to toe with Roger Waters in the race to become the most bitter songwriter in the world", but I don't quite see it (too bad, as I love bitterness). Instead, it seems like an exuberant and odd (though sometimes surprisingly successful) collision between existentialist introversion and the virile extroversion of the best classic rock.

Om:

MoreNov 10, 2009, 6:06am Prefixmag.com

Al Cisneros has been chartering the path for Om (rhymes with "home") ever since the legendary doom.metal band Sleep broke up in the '90s, and he's swung the rudder hard to starboard recently. With original drummer Chris Hakius departing, Cisneros filled the drum position with Grails/Holy Sons member Emil Amos. God Is Good , their fourth record, has some significant differences from the brooding mantra-metal of the previous recordings. Here, Cisneros and Amos discuss working together, the new album, and the spiritual aspects of music. Al, on [...]