Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Shepherd's Bush Empire

Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Shepherd's Bush Empire
London, England July 7th 2012 (Photo by Bev Davies)

Cate Le Bon @ Shepherd's Bush Empire

Cate Le Bon @ Shepherd's Bush Empire
London, England July 7th 2012 (Photo by Bev Davies)

Hallock Hill news: summer 2012

HALLOCK HILL NEWS

WFMU

23 July at 9:00pm. I'm honored to have been asked by Dan Bodah to perform on his show, the Airborne Event, on Monday, July 23rd. The show will be broadcast from The Costello Plan in Brooklyn (1213 Cortelyou Road). It would be great to see any and all of you there. For those who cannot attend, you can listen to WMFU's live stream of the show at http://www.wfmu.org. Years ago when he was on the Sunday morning shift from 6 to 9am, Dan almost single-handedly got me back into music with this show. His diverse taste is second to none, so it is a real thrill for Dan to invite me for this. 

THE 1794 MEETING HOUSE

11 August at 7:30pm. The 1794 Meeting House in New Salem, Massachusetts has developed a new series for August: Northern Routes - 4 Adventures in New Music. I'm excited to be one of those adventurers, and will be opening for Bunwinkies and Marissa Nadler. You can find details about tickets, directions, etc. at http://1794meetinghouse.org/. Other dates will have performances by 200 Years (featuring Ben Chasny), Son of Earth, MV & EE, P.G. Six, Crystalline Roses and Red Heart the Ticker. Promises to be an excellent series of shows. 

THE UNION | A HEM OF EVENING

My first album The Union will be re-released by MIE Music on August 20th as a double LP with my third album A Hem of Evening. Originally released on CD by Hundred Acre Recordings last May, The Union contains pieces for acoustic and electric guitar. A Hem of Evening is all acoustic and is accompanied by a book of prose poems and photographs. It is now available for pre-order at MIE: http://miemusic.co.uk/releases.html. There will be US distribution -- email me if you're in the US and want to know when that's available. Might save you a few on postage that way.

Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Shepherd's Bush Empire

Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Shepherd's Bush Empire
London, England July 7th 2012 (Photo by Bev Davies)

FOXYGEN Us Tour 2012

FOXYGEN US TOUR 2012

07/19/12 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar w/ La Sera & Magic Trick & DJ Mario Orduno


07/20/12 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo w/ La Sera & Magic Trick

07/23/12 Los Angeles, CA - Origami Records

07/25/12 Gottage Grove, OR - Axe & Fiddle

07/26/12 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge w/ La Sera & Magic Trick

07/27/12 Seattle, WA - Barboza w/ La Sera & Magic Trick

07/28/12 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret w/ La Sera & Magic Trick

07/29/12 Olympia, WA - Northern

08/07/12 San Franciso, CA - Brick and Mortar Music Hall w/ Dylan Shearer

09/11/12 Sacramento, CA - Luigi's Slice & Fungarden w/ Moonface

09/12/12 San Francisco , CA - The Independent w/ Moonface

09/13/12 Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place w/ Moonface

09/14/12 Visalia, CA - Cellar Door

09/15/12 Las Vegas , NV - Beauty Bar w/ Moonface

09/16/12 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress w/ Moonface

09/17/12 Phoenix, AZ - The Rhythm Room w/ Moonface

09/19/12 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo w/ Moonface

múm Premieres New Video and Single

múm Premieres New Video and Single with Stereogum

  

Rarities Compilation Early Birds Out July 17 on Morr Music 

 
                 Download New Single "0,000Orð" at SoundCloud (Available to Post) 

 Experimental Icelandic collective múm has released a new video for "Hvernig Á Að Særa Vini Sína" (How to Hurt Your Friends) directed by Máni M. Sigfússon, and new single entitled "0,000Orð." Premiered with Stereogum, both tracks are taken from Early Birds, a compilation of 15 songs recorded between 1998 and 2000. Out on July 17th through Morr Music, the album comprises long-lost and extremely rare tracks taken from demo tapes and limited edition vinyl releases. Early Birds acts as a pastiche of the band's formative years, but the soft electronic glitches, incorporation of traditional and unconventional instruments, and múm's minimalistic melodies remain the common thread.

In the year of 1998 pop music had an "anything goes" mentality: guitars and electro, retro sounds or wicked forays into the digitized future. At this time, founding members Gunnar Örn Tynes and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason had been making music together as múm for about a year. The two bandmates were basically nomadic drifters, constantly moving from one basement studio to the next, traveling through Europe, recording anything and everything that came to mind. Whenever they felt like getting some fresh air, they would go out with their DAT recorders to do field recordings - only to return to some unfurnished apartment in Reykjavík, Montpellier or Berlin in order to mix and combine all the recorded material. Early Birds is all about those days. Both the LP and CD version include a booklet that explains how each of the 15 (mostly instrumental) tracks came to be. 

   

Early Birds Tracklisting

01 Bak þitt er sem rennibraut
 02 Póst póstmaður
03 Gingúrt
04 Glerbrot (Previously lost)
05 Hvernig á að særa vini sína
(Previously unreleased)
06 Bak þitt er sem rennibraut
(Bústadavegurer fáviti megamix eftir Músíkvat)
07 Insert Coin  (Bjarne Riis arcade game mjiks eftir múm)
08 Loksins erum við engin (Natturuoperan song)
09 Náttúrúbúrú
10 0,000Orð
11 lalalala blái hnötturinn
12 múm spilar la la la
13 Hufeland
14 Volkspark Friedrichshain (Previously
forgotten)
15 Enginn vildi hlusta á fiðlunginn, því
strengir hans vóru slitnir (getiði ekki verið góð við mömmu okkar)

For more info, please visit:    

http://mum.is/

http://www.facebook.com/mumtheband

http://press.morrmusic.com/release/press/id/588

SOULSAVERS "The Light The Dead See"

 

 

THE LIGHT THE DEAD SEE OUT NOW
COLLABORATION WITH DAVE GAHAN
 

 

 

WATCH SOULSAVERS INTERVIEW PARTS 2 & 3 HERE

 

 

‘A perfect pairing... absolutely beautiful.’ 8/10 – NME

'Heavyweight Soul' 4/5 - Mojo
 

“Magnificent songs about demons and failings, morality, regret, faith and devotion” – The Guardian

 

“a wonderfully cinematic album, a sonic backdrop to the end of the world painted in sorrowful and sweeping strings, coalescing organs” – Consequence of Sound

 

“Beautiful - both melancholy and uplifting at the same time"- CNN

 

Soulsavers have now unveiled the second and third parts of their four-part interview series chronicling the production of their latest album, The Light The Dead See. Part one can also be viewed here; stay tuned for the fourth and final part.

Out now via Mute, The Light The Dead See is the band’s fourth studio album, with collaboration from Dave Gahan, recorded at various locations across the globe and mastered at Abbey Road. This follow-up to 2009’s Broken, can be purchased now on CD or download. LP format will be available July 17th.

 

The Light The Dead See Track Listing:

1. La Ribera

2. In The Morning

3. Longest Day

4. Presence of God

5. Just Try

6. Gone Too Far

7. Point Sur Pt.1

8. Take Me Back Home

9. Bitterman

10. I Can't Say

11. Take

12. Tonight

 

Venturing out from the studio to the road, Soulsavers were invited to support Depeche Mode on the European leg of the band’s vast 2010 Tour of the Universe. Here, the seeds of The Light The Dead See were sewn. With Gahan penning lyrics for the music and recording his own vocals in New York, then Machin building up the results into fully-formed and arranged epics, the international project was a case of “chemistry working”. The album was mastered at Abbey Road earlier this year.

 

“There was no real script,” says Rich Machin of the extraordinary fourth album The Light The Dead See, a set of songs of majesty and momentum. “It just rolled and rolled; it was effortless.” Joining forces with Dave Gahan it immediately became clear that this was going to be something very special. “We realized we were coming from the same place in so many ways,” adds Machin. “He’s really laid himself bare on this record, his contribution is astonishing.” Says Gahan, “Everything about it was relatively unplanned, surprising: a magical thing. We were a perfect match and I’m very, very excited about this record.”

 

Soulsavers – the music and production team of Rich Machin and Ian Glover – have been a growing force since 2003’s debut Tough Guys Don’t Dance. 2007’s It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s The Way You Land brought their dark flair to a wider audience. The inimitable Mark Lanegan served as primary singer, though there were also vocal contributions from Will Oldham and Jimi Goodwin. In 2009, third album Broken confirmed that Soulsavers were moving away from early electronica to earthier guitars, use of space and what Machin described as “a soulful twist.” Lanegan again led the vocals on stand-outs such as ‘You Will Miss Me When I Burn’ and ‘All The Way Down’, with other guest vocalists including Oldham again, Jason Pierce, Richard Hawley, Mike Patton and Gibby Haynes. Clearly, there was no shortage of acclai med singers ready to lend their lungs to Soulsavers’ stirring, seductive, soothing or startling creations.

 

Soulsavers: Website | Facebook | EPK| Album Stream

 

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