Like every other blogger we get plenty of emails. Well, when we say plenty, we figured out we get one every 11 minutes, all day, every day. It's somewhat boring to go on about it, but our point is that there's a whole stack of music waiting in our inbox every time we fire up our Gmail. Naturally, we don't like to miss out on any exciting artists, so we do our best to wade through when we get time, although it's more like using a thimble to bail out The Titanic. Sometimes this means that we have to rush [...]
Photo by Philip Cosores As Pitchfork have pointed out, Merrill Garbus and her tUnE-yArDs band are set to delve in soundtracking. They'll play on the 23rd April, during the San Francisco International Film Festival, and will re-work some of their own tracks to provide an audio accompaniment to some classic Buster Keaton films (19202s One Week , 19182s Good Night, Nurse! , 19212s The Haunted House , and 19182s The Cook , to be particular). Overall, that should equate to 88 minutes of music, so there'll be [...]
Photo by Philip Cosores As Pitchfork have pointed out, Merrill Garbus and her tUnE-yArDs band are set to delve in soundtracking. They'll play on the 23rd April, during the San Francisco International Film Festival, and will re-work some of their own tracks to provide an audio accompaniment to some classic Buster Keaton films (19202s One Week , 19182s Good Night, Nurse! , 19212s The Haunted House , and 19182s The Cook , to be particular). Overall, that should equate to 88 minutes of music, so there'll be [...]
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Tweet As the story goes, when Frànçois Marry arrived in Bristol, England from France in 2003, he wrote a note accompanied by a picture asking for people to make music together with, taped it in his window, then proceeded to check out local car boot sales for instruments. Starting out with a hodgepodge of found instruments (including a keyboard he played with his foot), Frànçois began playing live in Bristol in early 2004. 2005 - 2007 saw him collaborating with various local [...]
Highlights : Tune-Yards, BLONDES, Balam Acab, Musicmaker Social, Michael Kiwanuka, !Kaboogie Sixth Birthday with Miss Dynamite. This is the weekly list of recommended gigs taking place over the next seven days in Dublin published every Tuesday. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend events not present in the comments below. Ticket giveaways: Friday February 10th: !Kaboogie Sixth Birthday: Miss Dynamite, Champion, Lakker, Replete @ Twisted Pepper How to enter - Email freebies@nialler9.com along with your full name, and [...]
Although most New Yorkers are probably still on a high from last night's Giants Superbowl win (or nursing a hangover), I'm looking ahead to a week of NYC-area shows. Plenty of good options on the table this week, including Jay-z, Bjork, tUnE-YaRds, KDTU covering the Stones, and two nights each of Primus and Tea Leaf Green. Read on for all the highlights as I'm seeing 'em...
Or, Why Johnny Can't Spell without Abusing His Caps Lock Very recently mostly-esteemed music critic Chuck Klosterman took aim at tUnE-yArDs and the zeitgeist in general, cranking out an oddly restrained character assassination piece entitled " The Pitfalls of Indie Fame ." The central point of the article, that no one's going to be listening to Tune-yards (I won't be abusing my Shift key, if you don't mind) a year from now, managed to get drowned out by [...]
The line-up for this years Sasquatch Festival came out on Thursday night and it is a pretty decent looking list. Even though there is roughly a -12% chance that I will be able to attend this year, I thought it would be kind to preview some songs from artists that I would be excited to go see. This is just a small sampling so head over to The Official Site for more info about bands playing and how to get tickets. Enjoy! Free mp3: Active Child - Hanging [...]
The Pacific Northwest Festival we've all been waiting for has just announced a killer lineup! Sasquatch takes place at the Gorge on May 25th - 28th.
Music fans could barely contain themselves waiting for tonight's announcement during the Sasquatch! Launch Party at the Neptune Theatre for this year's lineup of the Sasquatch! Music Festival. The 11th annual event will take place, as always, at The Gorge in George, WA, on Memorial Weekend (four days this time: May 25-28). And the lineup is epic! Here are just some of the bands now listed on the website : Jack White, The Roots, Beck, The Head & The Heart, Bon Iver, The Shins, Alabama Shakes, The Joy Formidable, Mogwai, Beirut, Feist, Silversun [...]
Music fans could barely contain themselves waiting for tonight's announcement during the Sasquatch! Launch Party at the Neptune Theatre for this year's lineup of the Sasquatch! Music Festival. The 11th annual event will take place, as always, at The Gorge in George, WA, on Memorial Weekend (four days this time: May 25-28). And the lineup is epic! Here are just some of the bands now listed on the website : Jack White, The Roots, Beck, The Head & The Heart, Bon Iver, The Shins, Alabama Shakes, The Joy Formidable, Mogwai, Beirut, Feist, Silversun [...]
alabama shakes, the : live at 40 watt club, athens (january 13, 2012) anna calvi : tiny desk concert (january 26, 2012) girl in a coma : tiny desk concert (january 30, 2012) kristin hersh : live at knitting factory, new york city (april 29, 1999) patti smith : new york 2011 screaming females : tiny [...]
I love getting PR emails about artists who have personally reached out months before, and Elephant & Castle has come back to us in a big way with a collaboration with tUnE-YarDs ' Merril Garbus. "En Memoria" almost sounds like something Daedelus would have produced, with sweeping arrays of orchestrated samples that cyclically give way to Merrill's gorgeous vocals. He'll be releasing his second album on Plug Research this March, and they've promised a full length that will sound something like [...]
Monday, venerable music writer Chuck Klosterman ( @CKlosterman ) posted a column on Grantland that examined w h o k i l l, the latest album by tUnE-yArDs which was named album of the year in the 2011 Pazz & Jop poll (and #18 on the HT Poll ) . The article, titled "The Pitfalls of Indie Fame," quickly stirred controversy as Klosterman's typical hyperbolic tendencies found their way into his assessment of Merrill Garbus, who essentially is tUnE-yArDs. The Village Voice's [...]
via Instagram @centralalleySome people are mad at rock 'n' NBA critic Chuck Klosterman at the moment. This has to do with "The Pitfalls of Indie Fame," published yesterday on ESPN-offshoot commentary
As the embodiment of gutsy vocalist last year, Merril Garbus' appearance on Elephant & Castle's 'En Memoria' has a refreshing daydream quality to it. It's a gentle riposte to a year spent looping guttural vowels through alluring melodies. Elephant & Castle is the pseudonym of David Reep and his album is out on his Transitions LP in March on Plug Research . More tracks here . Need you be reminded that tUnE-YarDs play The Button Factory on February 12th, if you've never seen her live and [...]
Ambient-leaning electro composer Elephant & Castle (aka David Vincent Reep) is gearing up to drop his first full-length LP Transitions soon, and he's warming up his audience with an album cut that features his most famous guest – first single "En Memoria" boasts a vocal contribution from Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus. Continue reading: Tune-Yards x Elephant & Castle - "En Memoria" Read more articles like " Tune-Yards x Elephant & Castle - "En Memoria" " on PMA | Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: Elephant [...]
In the event you were busy Christmas shopping and missed out, Oakland's Mwahaha dropped their self-titled debut back in December to a fair amount of acclaim. In the interest of getting your week off on the right foot, MOKB is pleased to premiere the video for Love , a spacey harmonic little ditty that calls to mind both Silver Apples and Lodger -era Bowie, and which features a guest turn from Merril Garbus of tUnE-yArDs on backing vocals. And if you likes what you hears, [...]
Mondays are for pressing all your buttons. Elephant & Castle (feat. tUnE-yArDs) – En Memoria (via soundcloud) Plants and Animals – Lightshow (via soundcloud) Kayln Rock – Valentine Alvin Purple – Huh her / Please Please (via bandcamp) Ventury – Volcano (via soundcloud)
This is your Daily 2% – Chilled and Ready to Serve . We will try to bring you one "chill" track every day. This is for when you get home and you are trying to unwind. You reach for that glass of wine or that unlit Black & Mild or maybe you reach for something more herbal. This track is for those times. We are just your milkmen and I'm here to make a delivery. Chill... Today's delivery is brought to you by tUnE-YarDs . Now, if you've only heard the track "Gangsta" then you may find [...]
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