Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive While most bands utilize social media such as Twitter to connect with fans, Portland, Ore.-based indie trio Nurses are taking Internet pursuits to a whole new level. Last Tuesday the avant pop band performed the first-ever live concert via Chat Roulette, the always-interesting, often-creepy international video chat site. Nurses played a 45-minute set in front of 15 computers in the living room of vocalist and guitarist Aaron Chapman. According to Chapman, playing to unsuspecting Chat Roulette [...]
APFOS favourite The Tallest Man On Earth (pictured on a horse) is now signed to a pretty cool US label! Dead Oceans have decided to raise their ceilings to accomodate the swedish talent who will be slotting in more than comfortably i'm sure alongside other big time indie deliverers as Dirty Projectors and Frog Eyes (recently snapped up from Absolutely Kosher ) As well as tour details for the US, Dead Oceans have promised the new Tallest Man On Earth record called The Wild [...]
This new track from Swedish folk singer, Tallest Man On Earth , has been floating around the internet over the last few days and we just had to get it on our site. This new jam "King of Spain" will appear on the upcoming album The Wild Hunt , due out April 13th on Dead Oceans . The track comes off sounding a bit like some old school Tweedy led Uncle Tupelo with vocals more similar to Dylan on helium. That's good right? Download: Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain [...]
From the Swedish musician’s new full-length, “The Wild Hunt”, out 4/13 from his new label home, Dead Oceans. Click here to download mp3.
( Editor's note: That's a picture of Phillip IV, an actual king of Spain. I am aware that the song I'm posting today is an extended metaphor and not a legitimate wish from The Tallest Man on Earth to be the actual monarch of an Iberian nation. However, it is a rare occasion that I can post a portrait of a long dead regent. If Wilco or somebody releases a single called "Lous XIV," I'll be stoked. Obviously.) I'm supposed to be doing work (grading papers, reading textbooks, sending emails, sifting through academic databases for nuggets [...]
Swedish folk singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson aka The Tallest Man On Earth made a huge hole in my iTunes with his debut in 2008 called Shallow Grave after he played a few sold out NYC shows with Bon Iver. He's returning this year with brand new tunes on a new label home. Check out the first single below. MP3 :: The Tallest Man On Earth - King Of Spain The Wild Hunt will be released on April 13th via Dead Oceans. Technorati Us
[mp3] Tallest Man on Earth: "King of Spain" Can you see a theme developing here today? We're absolutely thrilled to share the news with you today that long-time favorite and friend of Stark, The Tallest Man on Earth (Kristian Matsson) has signed to Dead Oceans and will be releasing The Wild Hunt on April 13th. We have the first track for you, "King of Spain" above. You may recognize the track from his live performances. The Wild Hunt is Matsson's follow-up to his marvelous debut ( and [...]
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