
The Olivia Tremor Control, with The Music Tapes / New Hazlett Theater / Thursday 09.15.2011 / 8:00 / $12-$15 Words by Brendan This is by far the coolest giveaway we have done here at Draw Us Lines. First off, we are incredibly psyched that The Olivia Tremor Control are back on the scene, making their first new music since 1999, playing their first live shows in nearly as long, and choosing to swing through Pittsburgh on this tour. I fell into the inviting musical lap of [...]

i hate taking things out of context and i risk doing that here with circulatory system 's recently released signal morning , which comprises probably more than a million fragments of tunes, sounds and ideas all condensed coherently into a very enjoyable album on the brink of an overflow. it reminds me of what i like so much of the olivia tremor control: a decade into listening to their music, i still here fresh sounds and notice new things i never did before, and i continue expect to do so in future. whatever it is, i've chosen just [...]

There, deep in the nether regions of space, a small crack forms in the absolute blackness of nothing, before quickly bursting into a circular tear that burns through space like film celluloid. This tear is quickly followed by a glass-like shattering of the cosmos and the space-time continuum itself rips apart. A gaping hole is formed. Through this hole, in rhythmic time, come a thousand billion footsteps as the armies of Satan march in formation. Horrible terrible beasts of nightmarish origin and with foul weapons lumber through [...]

Fans of Neutral Milk Hotel or of the many other insanely great Elephant 6 projects (Olivia Tremor Control, Hawk and a Handsaw, Icy Demons, etc.) all collectively shit their pants when Circulatory System announced a new record, Signal Morning , coming up September 8th on Cloud Recordings. The last record was like 7 years ago! This is just like The Wrestler , except Hart is back in the game because he's sick rather than being sick because he's back in the game. Is that offensive? Circulatory System, Overjoyed [...]

Circulatory System - This Morning (We Remembered Everything) The sound and spirit of Olivia Tremor Control 's catchy psychedelics is still going strong with Circulatory System , the band Will Cullen Hart formed in the wake of OTC's demise. Although a follow-up to 2001's self-titled LP has been repeatedly delayed, Signal Morning (put together from hours of material recorded in at least seven different studios) is finally due to be released this August through Cloud Recordings - and new Olivia Tremor Control material could be on the way too ! [...]
so here we are in the 09, and finally, and i mean finally the dvd/expanded double cd of major organ and the adding machine is going to see the light of day - this fall sometime via orange twin . if you know not of what i speak, i would behoove you to click here for more info, that is if you dig jeff mangum, kevin barnes, will cullen hart and the rest of the elephant 6 cast of characters. here's something off the soundtrack... his mister's pet whistles [...]

i hate taking things out of context and i risk doing that here with circulatory system 's recently released signal morning , which comprises probably more than a million fragments of tunes, sounds and ideas all condensed coherently into a very enjoyable album on the brink of an overflow. it reminds me of what i like so much of the olivia tremor control: a decade into listening to their music, i still here fresh sounds and notice new things i never did before, and i continue expect to do so in future. whatever it is, i've chosen just [...]