12/30/2011
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The Best of Angel Ceballos Photographer 2012
ZOLA JESUS
WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS
YUCK
WIRE
HUGH CORNWELL
THE BLACK ANGELS
SMITH WESTERNS
SPECTRUM
GREENHORNES
FOXYGEN
The Best of Angel Ceballos Photographer 2012
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BEST of 2011
BEST of 2011
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Bands at SXSW 2012
GLISS
CLOUD NOTHINGS
CAVEMAN
PRINCE RAMA
CRAFT SPELLS
FOXYGEN
RINGO DEATHSTARR
THE BLACK ANGELS
HUGH CORNWELL
THE BLACK RYDER
THE WEDDING PRESENT
MAGIC WANDS
PSYCHIC ILLS
All photos by Angel Ceballos
Bands at SXSW 2012
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A holiday note from Alessi's Ark
A Holiday Note and Free Download from Alessi’s Ark
A holiday note from Alessi's Ark
Read more / Permalink12/19/2011
Godard's "Weekend" @ Cinefamily
Godard's "WEEKEND" (brand new 35mm print!) Thursday, January 5th - Wednesday, January 11th! SCREENING SCHEDULE: |
Godard's "Weekend" @ Cinefamily
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Gavin Friday "Catholic"
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Gavin Friday "Catholic"
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Marissa Nadler "In Your Lair, Bear"
"In Your Lair, Bear" with SPIN
Download her covers of "Learning to Fly" & "Motel Blues" feat. Carter Tanton
12/31 - Boston, MA - Boston Public Library-Rabb Hall
w/ Cass McCombs, Ida and Drew O'Doherty
Marissa Nadler "In Your Lair, Bear"
Read more / Permalink12/13/2011
Cate Le Bon: US Tour
Cate Le Bon announces 2012 headlining tour, premieres new video - "Fold The Cloth" with Paste Magazine, to live stream Daytrotter session today
VIDEO: "Fold The Cloth" -
DAYTROTTER:
http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/cate-le-bon/20055214-37382618
A new force in song craft, Cate Le Bon currently resides in Cardiff's infamous French quarter and befitting a songwriter who only writes in the dark, her music is a heady and highly personal Gallic stew of equal parts Nico, Malkmus and the chronicler's own emotional observations on the impossibility of existence.
Disheartened by the constant stream of dead animals she found herself burying in her parents farm in Penboyr, West Wales, and inspired by her fathers impeccable record collection (The Velvets, Neil Young, Pavement et. al) Cate packed her things and begrudgingly set sail for the neon lights and ample rehearsal space available in her country's capital.
Following a string of club night shows in the city, Cate caught the attention of Super Furry Animals front man Gruff Rhys who over a cigar and a glass of brandy offered her some support slots with his band. Cate continued to gig extensively in the UK releasing singles and a Welsh language EP (Edrych Yn Llygaid Ceffyl Benthyg) on the Indie Record label Peski.
Knowing that there's never too much of a good thing, Rhys roped Cate into his hip hop exchange program Neon Neon. What began as a guest vocal appearance on their debut single, "I Lust You," resulted in a year of touring the world as part of their band.
During a month's break from the road, with her confidence and enthusiasm doubled, Cate retired to Y Gerlan in the mountains of North Wales for a prophetic 10 day recording session which resulted in the release of her debut full length album Me Oh My to rapturous critical acclaim. On the back of the album's US release in April 2010, Cate completed a two month tour stretching from SXSW in Texas to Café Hotel in Los Angeles, sending postcards from Boston, Buffalo, San Francisco and New York along the way.
Like a dutiful daughter Cate returned for the British festival season, seeing out the summer at Glastonbury, The Great Escape and Field Day to name a few, and snatching free time between performances to write new material in her North Walian bolthole.
At the dawn of 2011, Cate re-entered the studio to start work on a new record of her own. Drawing on her experiences of the last year, Cate has created collection of pop nuggets that sound like they've fallen off the back of a broken carousel, imbued with the playfulness of Faust and Syd Barrett and the tropical melodies of Os Mutantes. Existential word play abounds and fuzz fused guitar lines tear through like an angry bee in a CAN on CYRK, which is due in the US via The Control Group label in early 2012. "Puts Me To Work" is the first single from that record.
CATE LE BON
02/08 - Cambridge, MA @ TT The Bear's
02/09 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
02/10 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
02/11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kungfu Necktie
02/12 - Washington, DC @ DC9
02/14 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
02/16 - Madison, WI @ The Frequency
02/22 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
02/23 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
02/26 - Santa Monica, CA @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
02/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bardot Hollywood (School Night)
Cate Le Bon: US Tour
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Caveman: three LA shows this week
Caveman is playing three LA shows this week.
Caveman Tour Dates:
12/08/11: Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo (RSVP HERE and info HERE)
12/09/11: Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room (ticket HERE)
12/10/11: Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar (ticket HERE)
12/11/11: San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar (ticket HERE)
Caveman: three LA shows this week
Read more / PermalinkSchool of Seven Bells "The Night"
School of Seven Bells premiered their new song "The Night" on Pitchfork. The song is the first to be released, as well as the lead track, from the new album Ghostory due out February 28th next year.
Take a listen and let me know what you think! The song is now downloadlable from Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/vagrantrecords/sviib-thenight
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS
"The Night" track download: https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1306529852/f2934544c923acccbac936938368c289
"The Night" on Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/vagrantrecords/sviib-thenight
School of Seven Bells "The Night"
Read more / Permalink12/06/2011
Neon Indian: US tour 2012
Pre-sale info. is here: http://www.neonindian.com
Prior to the full tour, the band has a pair of shows on New Year's Eve (Lights All Night Fest in Dallas) and New Year's Day (A special event w/ The Flaming Lips and Yoko Ono in Oklahoma City). There are also dates in Japan and Australia in Feb. & March.
Bio:Neon Indian is the brainchild of Alan Palomo, who's 2009 debut record Psychic Chasms not only earned the 20 year-old a spot on numerous year-end lists, but assisted the forming of a genre that, though known by a few names now (hypnagogic pop, glo-fi, chillwave), summoned a very unique and specific electro-mangled sound. Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and SPIN all praised Palomo for his adventurous new sound, and he was tapped to perform at top festivals like South by Southwest, Bonnaroo, and Sasquatch and also scored opening slots for bands ranging from Massive Attack and The Flaming Lips to Phoenix and Chromeo. Written and recorded last winter in an efficiency apartment in Helsinki, Finland during its short solstice days, Era Extraña was ice sculpted from arpeggiated synth-scapes and scribbled journal entries made during his stint there alone in constant solitude. "It's the closest you can get to feeling like you're at the edge of the earth," he says. "And there were moments where I lost sight of what I was really there to do." Era Extraña was released on September 13th on Palomo's own Static Tongues imprint in conjunction with Mom + Pop Music in the United States, Transgressive Records in the United Kingdom and Europe, Dine Alone in Canada, Arts&Crafts in Mexico, Pop Frenzy/Inertia in Australia and Big Nothing Records in Japan.
"Rather than the deeply submerged sounds of its debut - which drew the attention of the Flaming Lips, who tapped the band for a collaborative EP - Mr. Palomo is taking the same milky synths and putting them to use in pop that's crisp and ecstatic." - The New York Times
Neon Indian: US tour 2012
Read more / Permalink12/04/2011
More best albums of 2011
Gruff Rhys "Hotel Shampoo"
The Black Lips "Arabia Mountain"
Crystal Stilts "In Love With Oblivian"
Seapony "Go With Me"
Corridor "Real Late"
Thomas Dybdahl "Songs"
Foxygen "Take The Kids Off Broadway" EP
Meat Puppets "Lollipop"
Thousands "Sound of Everything"
Braids "Native Speaker"
Black Box Revelation "My Perception"
Craft Spells "Idle Labor"
Mia Doi Todd "Cosmic Ocean Ship"
Foster The People "Torches"
Portishead "Chase The Tear" EP
All Photos by ANGEL CEBALLOS
More best albums of 2011
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