We had the pleasure of meeting Patrick Watson at Cafe Du Nord last week, almost a year to the day after we last saw him there before. He and his band, The Wooden Arms , played yet another technically and emotionally impressive set. Plus, they not only brought back the Stupid Suit (with added lights!) they debuted a new track: Sit Down Beside Me . Hear a live version remastered by a talented fan from the Watsonia fansite: Patrick Watson "Sit Down Beside Me" (live) [...]
Montreal indie pop musician Patrick Watson and his once eponymous band, now called The Wooden Arms (after the 2009 album of the same name), have some touring to do in the near future. This is their longest U.S. tour to date, in fact, and on the largest stages - perhaps the largest being their appearance at Sasquatch. The tour begins in Brooklyn on May 6th. After a few days in the East Coast, Watson and crew will hit Chicago and Denver on the way to a six-date West Coast swing, culminating in the Sasquatch! gig on [...]
Patrick Watson 's third full-length album Wooden Arms did what any good album should do, and divided music critics last year. While some praised it's audacity to experiment with nods for album of the year, others denounced its sound as too organic and went as far as describing the sound as "a group of classically-trained buskers"; while I tend to lean with the latter, I am not far enough over to become part of the busker camp just yet. Sometimes using what sound like household items can make a song (see: Cries of the Dead from [...]
Another great song up today, this time from the Montreal indie-rock singer/songwriter/band-of-the- same-name Patrick Watson . The Great Escape can be found on Watson's 2nd full-length album Close to Paradise , released in September of 2006. The album would go on to be named the best Canadian independent album of 2007 by the Polaris Music Prize , edging out an array of fantastic works such as Neon Bible from Arcade Fire , The Reminder from Feist , and Skelliconnection from Chad VanGaalen . Watson's most recent full-length release, [...]
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Μπορούμε να πούμε με σιγουριά ότι στις φετινές μουσικές βιτρίνες δεν υπάρχουν καθόλου νεο-folk τραγουδοποιοί με πλούσιες μελωδίες κι ενορχηστρώσεις. Ούτε καν στις εκπτώσεις δεν εμφανίστηκε κανένα ρετάλι. Στις κολεξιόν των προηγούμενων χρόνων είχαν παρουσιαστείί κάποια δείγματα. αλλά ήταν μινιμαλιστικά, ταπεινά και ήσυχα. Φορέθηκε πολύ ο Bon Iver, ο Iron & Wine, ο Phosphorescent. Τους δοκιμάσαμε κι εμείς εδώ στο some beans και μπορούμε να πούμε ότι μας άρεσαν. Φέτος, λοιπόν, λέγαμε ότι θα ήταν η τελευταία λέξη της μόδας. Ερχόταν και ο καινούριος δίσκος των Grizzly Bear ήδη φορτωμένος με hype μήνες πριν βγει, και πιστεύαμε ότι [...]
Patrick Watson's "Wooden Arms" has a nice ebb and flow effect on you like the water spilling up and splashing into a rocky shoreline.. it fills all the voids, enveloping the rocky crags and smoothing out the rough edges. It may hit you when you least expect it but you can count on it rising to meet you at some point and in the end you have changed, a bit of you has passed away, a better part of you is left there standing above it all, watching and waiting for the next wave to come along and bring [...]
Although Patrick Watson may have won the Polaris Music prize in 2007 with Close To Paradise , the Canadian's latest experiment in sound could possibly win him a prize for the most eclectic album of all time if such a prize existed. From the opening strings of 'Fireweed', Watson takes you through a nocturnal journey of noise that measures like a rollercoaster ride back into a soundtrack for The Wizard of Oz , past a New Orleans bar at 4am on a Saturday night, picking Billy Holiday up on the way home. If [...]
As the dying sunlight bleeds through Union Chapel's wondrous stained glass windows, the brightest light in Islington tonight beams out from pearly whites amongst a wash of troubadour stubble beneath a tweed flat cap. For years Patrick Watson has resided in the shadows of his acclaimed compatriots from Feist to Metric, rustling up a wholesome blend of genuine eccentricity, resounding innovation and impeccable composition. Tonight, as the lights involuntarily dim, a swirling musical wind whistles around the unsung alternative genius of an era shrouded by the dull, claustrophobic smog of guitar leads and Casio tones. The hallowed cylindrical [...]
Patrick Watson just released a video for "Fireweed" off of his latest release Wooden Arms . I was stunned by the simple imagery of a man walking alone and then turning into an illustration. And in a way, it's pretty fitting for his new album. One of the best for 2009. Click here to view the embedded video. There's an amazing Yahoo! video shoot of Patrick Watson performing in a pinata shop in LA. One of the songs even features his new megaphone suit that I was trying [...]
I'm still kicking myself for having to miss Patrick Watson's show at City Winery. For anyone who also missed the show, there are a number of pro-shot live video that have gone up on the 'net. Here is some footage from WNYC Studios that was recorded earlier this month: Here is a wild performance of 'Hearts in the Park' that was filmed in a piñata shop in downtown Los Angeles: Lastly - here is Patrick's latest video "Fireweed", which is the opening track from Wooden Arms . [...]
May 15, 2009, 1:53am
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Juno Awards nominee, Polaris Prize recipient, and bearer of the honor of opening for James Brown, Patrick Watson, has just released his self-directed video for "Fireweed." The expression of vulnerability serves this prelude to The Giving Tree well, definitely worth the watch. A few interesting notes on Patrick Watson for those new to the tunes is that Patrick Watson is a band as well as the man fronting it, he has toured with Amon Tobin, uses various items to make different sounds such as playing a bicycle, and his latest album Wooden Arms was released on [...]
The video is from Patrick Watson's latest release, Wooden Arms , the atmospheric and gorgeous follow-up to 2006's Close to Paradise . Grab the mp3 and learn more "after the jump" [mp3] Patrick Watson - "Fireweed" Patrick Watson [ MySpace ] is a musical mad scientist. He's an internationally acclaimed singer, composer, songwriter, and producer. Patrick Watson is also the name of this mad genius' band, [...]
We received Patrick Watson's newest effort, Wooden Arms awhile back, but only recently plunged its depths. What originally caught our attention was not only the fact that Watson has toured with Elvis Perkins, The Cold War Kids and Feist, but that he used bicycle parts as a percussive backing.* The video above for "Fireweed" is a beautifully artistic, depicting a man on fire traveling across what looks like the New Zealand country side or maybe something from Cormac McCarthy's The Road . Who knows. The expansive camera work creates landscapes that are [...]
[via Yahoo's The New Now ] Piñatas , a musical saw, and a backpack full of megaphones. Those are just three elements that come into play in this new video performance of "Hearts in the Park" from Montreal-based singer-songwriter Patrick Watson and his band the Wooden Arms . Recorded live at a downtown L.A. piñata shop during the band's current two week tour of the U.S. and Canada, "Hearts in the Park" is actually the iTunes bonus track included on the group's latest release Wooden Arms. [...]
It has been a year in the making, but finally La Blogotheque have uncovered what they feel is the best Take Away Show so far: Patrick Watson road-testing songs from the forthcoming album, Wooden Arms , around Paris from day 'til night. Of the four videos, I like this one best: Patrick Watson and co. have left their Soirée de Poche (an intimate concert recorded and uploaded seperately a year ago) to continue the performance on the streets in true Take Away style. To see all the videos, click here - and check out that [...]
The opener played tunes on what looked like a big wooden Gameboy. The lighting cast huge, eerie shadows on the wall behind the band, shadows broken only by the lights strung on three dead-looking potted trees. The first song featured a hand-cranked wind machine and a wailing lament in his trademark dreamy high voice. He played what looked like a raggedy miniature piano for one song that he admitted the band fished out of the garbage. He topped it off by walking into the crowd with a strange speaker contraption strapped to his back made of megaphones. And it all [...]
Stream: Patrick Watson - Beijing (from NPR's site) The new disc, Wooden Arms , from Polaris prize winner Patrick Watson will be released in the US on Tuesday and Patrick is kicking off his tour tomorrow night at City Winery. In a recent write-up, the Village Voice said that Wooden Arms " is even more impressively layered with all the strings and keys, piercing solar vocals, and expansions of a small circus—one that could still mop the floor with the Arcade brigade. " [...]
Patrick Watson , he of otherwordly falsetto vocal talent (see this video ), is set to release a new album with The Wooden Arms, May 5, appropriately titled Wooden Arms . We excitedly have, "Man Like You," a gorgeous track with layered acoustics, to give to you off the new album. Watson is not the type for a party scene, so be careful when you listen. He can have a huge effect on your psyche. Check here for Patrick Watson & The Wooden Arms 2009 tour dates. [...]
Patrick Watson - Man Like You Patrick Watson won the Polaris Music Prize for his/their last album Close to Paradise but the forthcoming Wooden Arms is even better; a strong collection of songs of wistful introspection and gorgeous melodies that will quickly find a host of new fans. I think Beijing is the standout track but Man Like You is available for a free and legal download from the album's official site (and thus why I'm playing it here). Wooden Arms is released 28 April in Canada, 5 [...]
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