Howe Gelb "Dust Bowl"

Howe Gelb (Giant Sand), his new album “Dust Bowl” is available NOW on its bandcamp, HERE.



released 26 April 2013

The Pedal Steel Guitar Sounds of Mathias Danielsson

The Pedal Steel Guitar Sounds of Mathias Danielsson
Mathias Danielsson (Makajodama, Øresund Space Collective, Heavenly Blues, My Brother the Wind, Gösta Berlings Saga) is a Swedish guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, and pedal-steel player.






From the album "Lost Out At Sea" by The Greek Theatre (Truce Records 001 2013) 
Written by Fredrik Persson. Pedal Steel Guitar by Mathias Danielsson



from the album "Holiday Hearts" (2013) by Heavenly Blues.



from Makajodama's self-titled album (Laser'sEdge, 2009)
Mathias Danielsson - Pedal Steel Guitar, Guitars, Electric Bass
Karin Larsdotter - Electric Cello
Johan Klint - Acoustic and Electric Violin, Organ,
Mattias Ankarbranth - Drums and Percussion.

Spare Machine "Hit or Miss: A Collection of Wayward Recordings"

Moholy-Nagy László

Spare Machine - 10,000 Feet, 500 Balloons (from "Hit or Miss")

Spare Machine - The Ballad of Barry O (from “Hit or Miss”)

Spare Machine, crafting fine songs since 2007, is a solo project of Mark Janka (Chicago's Lesser Birds of Paradise). And Now, "Hit or Miss: A Collection of Wayward Recordings" is A FREE downloadable album of his demos and outtakes, available at the Spare Machine bandcamp page, HERE.


Spare Machine - Breakdown Routines (from "Hit or Miss")


"This collection of songs is largely made up of demos that were recorded, for the most part, quickly and poorly by Mark Janka (Spare Machine, the Lesser Birds of Paradise). These recordings feature much audible noise floor, questionable writing, and awkward delivery. There are some some rather nice moments as well. The two outtake tracks from Lesser Birds of Paradise's A Suitable Frame sessions were properly recorded."

Released 27 April 2013 / Mark Janka: songs, demo recording, performances

Aki Tsuyuko - Rainbow Train

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Aki Tsuyuko - Rainbow Train

From the album "Hokane" (Thrill Jockey, 2006).

Pet-Tich-Eye

Limited Edition Screen-printed Poster
you can grab one HERE

Stream the tracks from Pet-Tich-Eye (previously posted), the Triangle Creative Collaboration Project. Available on their bandcamp.



Track 3 from the Pet-Tich-Eye record. This song is the collaborative effort of Joe Hall of Hammer No More the Fingers/Blanko Basnet, Matt McCaughan of Bon Iver and Phil Moore of Bowerbirds. Album Art by Steve Oliva.


Track 10 from the Pet-Tich-Eye record. This song is the collaborative effort of Brad Cook of Megafaun, Jeff Stickley of Hammer No More the Fingers and M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger featuring Chris Boerner, Matt Douglas, Nathan Golub and James Wallace. Album Art by Shaun Sundholm. 

Sonny & The Sunsets - Green Blood

"Death? Afterworld? Android lovers dying in the streets bleeding green blood? Homeless girls? Dogs stranded here from other planets? What are Sonny & The Sunsets getting at on Antenna to the Afterworld, a fast-moving record of new wave synths and post punk beats?"

"On Antenna to the Afterworld, Smith likens himself to a space being visiting Earth using wry humor, gritty poetry, and a myriad of musical lenses fleshed out by drummer Kelley Stoltz's Joy Division-like beats, Ryan Browne's new wavish basslines, and Tahlia Harbour's deadpan vocals."

Stream the new Sonny & The Sunsets song 'Green Blood' taken from their upcoming album "Antenna to the Afterworld," due out on June 11th via Polyvinyl Records. Pre-order, HERE.





私小説という呼び方はホントは好きじゃないのですが、それでも、ソニー・スミスには私小説家の魂が宿っていると思うのデス。

The Grand Style Orchestra

The Grand Style Orchestra - Aunts Aren't Gentlemen

The Grand Style Orchestra brings you a luxury Casio-driven experimental jazz. Download the other tracks (recorded live, January 2013 at N Russet Street, Portland, OR) via SUPERMEGACORPORATION.

Daughn Gibson

Daughn Gibson - Reach Into The Fire
featuring samples of "An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum" by Shabazz Palaces and "Life on Earth" and "Slow Motion" by Tiny Vipers.

Daughn Gibson - In the Beginning
taken from 2012 debut "All Hell" LP (White Denim)

The former Pearls & Brass drummer, Daughn Gibson will release his first full-length "Me Moan," due out on July 9th via Sub Pop.  
Pre-order with a free limited-edition Daughn Gibson 7" single 'Every Night I Fall in Love' b/w 'Brandy and Daughn', HERE.

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Daughn Gibson - The Sound Of Law
The first peek into Daughn Gibson’s forthcoming "Me Moan"

Monnone Alone - The Business World

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Monnone Alone - The Business World

Monnone Alone is Mark Monnone, best known as the bass player and co-songwriter in Australian band The Lucksmiths.  This song 'The Business World' is taken from the upcoming Monnone Alone debut full-length "Together At Last," due out on May 24th via The Lost And Lonesome Recording Co..  The album was recorded at Marlborough Farms, Brooklyn and Sheahan Drive, Melbourne 2010-12. Produced by Gary Olson (The Ladybug Transistor) and Gus Franklin (Architecture in Helsinki, The Smallgoods), and features performances by his friends Kyle Forrester (Crystal Stilts) Linton (The Aislers Set), Hamish Kilgour (The Clean) and Ryan McPhun (Ruby Suns), as well as a duet with Bec Rigby of Melbourne beach party R&B favourites The Harpoons. 


"Back in Melbourne, Monnone Alone grew to be a band with the introduction of Gus Franklin (Architecture in Helsinki, The Smallgoods) on drums and Connal Parsley (Your Wedding Night, Francis Plagne) on bass. Described by Mess+Noise as "classic indie pop with groggy vocals worthy of Stephen Pastel", Monnone Alone's sound has been shaped by the likes of Jonathan Richman, Television Personalities and Flying Nun."

Monnone Alone — The Business World

MARINE FLOWERS

(via)

Marine flowers - The Biosphere of Coelenterata
マリン・フラワーズー腔腸動物の生活圏ー（東京シネマ新社）
NPO法人科学映像館

The Woolen Men - Hold It Up

from jeffrey kriksciun

The Woolen Men - Hold It Up
off their self-titled LP on Woodsist, animated by Jeffrey Kriksciun

The Woolen Men are the Portland-based "pop - basement - kitchen - punk" trio (Alex Geddes, Lawton Browning and Raf Spielman aka Polyps).

released 01 February 2013

Woods – Gods’ Children (The Kinks cover)

Stream the Woods' new track (The Kinks cover) taken from their upcoming single, due out on on July 9th via Woodsist.

"The recording of these songs serves as a farewell to Rear House, Woods’ home, recording studio, creative refuge and beloved shithole for 10 long years. “God’s Children” is a classic Kinks tune from the soundtrack to the 1971 British film “Percy.” “Be All Be Easy,” originally from 2011′s Sun and Shade, was rerecorded to capture the live form that’s taken shape since it’s original release. Both are the first to feature new drummer, Aaron Neveu." --Woodsist

"Percy" is a 1971 British comedy film, based on a novel of Raymond Hitchcock (father of Robyn Hitchcock), The film was directed by Ralph Thomas starring Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Elke Sommer and Britt Ekland.

Split Single

Stream two tracks prepping upcoming Split Single debut full-length album. The songs were written & produced by Jason Narducy in the summer of 2012. Performed by Jason Narducy, Britt Daniel (Spoon, Divine Fits) on bass and Jon Wurster (Superchunk, Mountain Goats, Bob Mould Band) on drums. Mixed by Matt Allison and Jason Narducy.

Split Single is a rock band fronted by Evanston, IL native Jason Narducy. Jason is also a member of the Bob Mould Band. He was formerly in Verbow, Robert Pollard's solo bands, and Telekinesis.

Split Single Soundcloud, HERE.

Bright Moments vs Serge Gainsbourg

Bright Moments feat. Emilie Simon - Ah! Melody (Serge Gainsbourg Cover)

Kelly Pratt, aka Bright Moments recorded a Serge Gainsbourg cover featuring Emilie Simon, a French singer, songwriter and composer of electronic music.

Julian Lynch - Gloves

from Sarah Kinlaw

Julian Lynch - Gloves
Director/Producer: Sarah Kinlaw


“Thankfully, the Real Estate affiliate held onto the Phil Elverum-esque ‘Gloves,’ otherwise we wouldn’t have the track’s bizarre Sarah Kinlaw-directed video…” 


from Julian Lynch's new album "Lines" LP (2013, Underwater Peoples) The vinyl is available on April 30th. Order, HERE.

The Brother in Elysium

The Brother In Elysium:
Artwork And Publications by Jon Beacham, 2008-2013
Exhibition at Boo-Hooray April 12 - 26, 201

"Boo-Hooray is pleased to present the first comprehensive overview of the artwork and publications of Jon Beacham and his publishing imprint The Brother In Elysium. The focus of this show spanning the years 2008-2013 explore ideas of the artist / printer / publisher as an inherent lineage in post WWII American art and literature. Beacham's collages, his serial artist publications, film, photography and hand made books will all be displayed as components of the artist's focus on a grand, unfolding American narrative.The opening reception is tomorrow, April 11, from 6-9pm and the exhibit runs through April 26."

The Catalogue for the The Brother In Elysium exhibition at Boo-Hooray is now available for purchase at the Boo-Hooray webshop. Printed 4-color offset / perfect bound / edition of 500. It contains 33 color plates covering work between 2008-2013.

Llano Del Rio

from Jim Bromley

Llano Del Rio
Video by Jim Bromley. Music by Trent Reznor, 
use granted under Creative Commons license.

"Once a utopia for Socialist visionaries, century-old Llano del Rio is now just dust in the High Desert wind." --by Elisabeth Ggreenbaum Kasson, from the article "Promised Land" (LA Times Magazine May 2012)

34°30′23.3″N 117°49′37.5″W

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Frank Black & Catholics -  Llano del Rio
2000-02-27 Boise, Neurolux Lounge

She & Him - I Could've Been Your Girl

Stream She & Him's newest single 'I Could've Been Your Girl' taken from their forthcoming new album "Volume 3," out on May 7th via Merge Records / out on May 2nd via P-Vine (Japan).

まるで...NRBQに捧げたようなトラック！　ジョーイ・スパンピナートがゲストに迎えられた曲もアルバムには収録されてマス。





hellogiggles


Videochat Karaoke with
Zooey Deschanel + Abigail Chapin (The Chapin Sisters)
"If I Could Only Win Your Love" (Louvin Brothers cover)
via HelloGiggles

Akron/Family Perform “Samurai”

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Akron/Family Perform 'Samurai' for Audio-Files
アクロン／ファミリーの最新作、６枚目にあたる『SUB VERSES』より。
国内盤はP-Vineから4月24日、日本先行リリースですヨ。

"Akron/Family is performing 'Samurai' during this performance, which is an adapted poem by Robert Pinsky. This audio and video was recorded during a taping of AUDIO-FILES, a music/documentary TV show. For more information about the full 30 minute Akron/Family episode, visit audio-files.com."

The song 'Samurai' is taken from Akron/Family's forthcoming new full-length "Sub Verses," out on April 30th via Dead Oceans. It was recorded in El Paso and Seattle, and was produced by Randall Dunn.

Glenn Jones – Bergen County Farewell

Glenn Jones - Bergen County Farewell (from "My Garden State")


Guitar player Glenn Jones, founding member of Boston experimental rock group Cul de Sac formed in 1990, will release his fifth full-length and second for Thrill Jockey Records, "My Garden State." Out on May 14th via Thrill Jockey Records.



released 17 February 2012
“Twilight Peaks,” a formal reissue of Basho’s last recordings, has been available via Smeraldina-Rima. It was mastered for vinyl and CD in its entirity by Glenn Jones (of Cul de Sac fame) and Matt Azevedo, from the original demo tapes.

Spectrals - Milky Way

Stream the Spectrals' first single 'Milky Way,' from the forthcoming new full-length "Sob Story." It was produced by former Girls member JR "Chet" White. Out on June 18th via Slumberland Records (US) / June 3rd via Wichita Recordings (UK).






taken from 'Get A Grip' single, one of the first songs for 2011's Slumberland debut album "Bad Penny."

LE TON MITÉ Japan Tour

from Hôtel Rustique

LE TON MITÉ : I Grec
"I Grec" from the full length recording "Kumokokudo" by LE TON MITÉ.
Released by Sweet Dreams Press, Tokyo. もうすぐ来日！

Sweet Dreams Press presents
Le Ton Mité Japan Tour 2013

4月20日（土）東京・八丁堀 七針
4月21日（日）東京・立川 ギャラリー・セプチマ
"逆まわりの音楽 その５"
4月22日（月）岐阜 本田
4月23日（火）名古屋 パルル
4月24日（水）金沢 オヨヨ書林・タテマチ店
4月25日（木）京都 喫茶ゆすらご
4月26日（金）鳥取 ボルゾイ・レコード
4月27日（土）松江 清光院下ギャラリー
"コンサートクモコクド"
5月1日（水）広島 ふらんす座
5月2日（木）松山・三津 アジとサバ
5月3日（金）松山・道後 ワニとサイ
5月4日（土）神戸 のらまる食堂
5月5日（日）大阪 FLOAT
"FIELD UPSETTERS"
5月6日（月）奈良 sonihouse
5月8日（水）京都 ユーゲ
"HOTEL MOTEL TIME -avec Hôtel Rustique-"
5月10日（金）仙台 book cafe 火星の庭

詳細はコチラでどーぞ。

Yves Montand - Le Temps des Cerises (Cherry Blossom Time)

from the album "Chansons Populaires de France: Yves Montand" (Smithsonian Folkways)

'Le Temps des cerises (さくらんぼの実る頃)' is a song written in France in 1866, with words by Jean-Baptiste Clément and music by Antoine Renard. The song is strongly associated with the Paris Commune. It is believed to be dedicated by the writer to a nurse who was killed in the Semaine Sanglante ("Bloody Week") when French government troops overthrew the commune. (Wikipedia)

むかしむかし、羽仁五郎の本で初めて知ったパリコミューン！

Majical Cloudz - Childhood's End

from Emily Kai Bock

Majical Cloudz - Childhood's End
From the first single off the upcoming album "Impersonator."
Starring Devon Welsh's father Kenneth Welsh who is known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle, and played the father of Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator.


Majical Cloudz - Childhood's End

Majical Cloudz is centered around Montreal songwriter Devon Welsh (a frequent Grimes collaborator), who joined with Matthew Otto to collaboratively produce and perform his songs. "Impersonator," their first for Matador  Records, will be released on May 21st.

The Moore Brothers "California Sister"

Stream the Moore Brothers' digital single from their upcoming new 6th full-length "California Sister." Order, HERE. Also... listen Anna Hillburg's self-titled debut album, Greg Moore has written 3 songs and played for her.





thanks to Arata-san.

Songs In The Key Of Bob - Under The Influence Of Guided By Voices

This limited pressing 7" compilation "Songs In The Key Of Bob - Under The Influence Of Guided By Voices" is the first release from Hibernator Gigs, a record label, a video production outfit out of Charlottesville, VA. It features seven original songs written and recorded in the style of Guided By Voices, including The Invisible Hand, Moore Brothers. Artwork by Thomas Dean. Out on April 30th.





"The origin of the comp began in a dusty library warehouse sometime in 2011. Adam Brock (The Invisible Hand), who happens to be a member of several of the bands featured on the comp, was employed in said warehouse sorting books. To stave off boredom he began to imagine the elaborate titles of the theses and journals he came across as though they were the titles of some lost classics by his low fi heroes, Guided By Voices. He made a list of his favorite titles, such gems as Cream of the Jesters and Viet Cong Motivation, and sent the list out to some of his favorite bands. The rules were simple: find a title that inspires you and write a GBV inspired song, no longer than two minutes, then record it using a four or eight track cassette recorder, in order to truly capture the GBV aesthetic." --Hibernator Gigs Records

ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE: HOMEMADE RECORDS 1958-1992

ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE: HOMEMADE RECORDS 1958-1992
Edited by Johan Kugelberg, Paul Major and Michael P. Daley

Enjoy The Experience begins when the custom pressed American record plant came into existence and ends, largely, with the birth of the CD. As such, it is a snapshot of America in the second half of the 20th century and manages to collate a bevy of tales and albums released by the brave souls who took the plunge and committed their musical vision to wax in the fifty states between the years of 1958 and 1992.

Packaged as a hardcover, and weighing in at 512 pages, it is the seventh major book by Johan Kugelberg, the author and editor behind The Velvet Underground: New York Art, Born In The Bronx and Punk: An Aesthetic (Rizzoli), True Norwegian Black Metal (Vice), and Beauty Is In The Street (Four Corners). Enjoy The Experience is the first publication by Sinecure Books, co-owned by Eothen "Egon" Alapatt (Now-Again Records) and Johan Kugelberg. The book is co-edited by legendary record collector Paul Major and Michael P. Daley.  

Pre-order, HERE.

It is rain in my face.

from "Languish in the Evening" EP 
released 11 January 2013
written, recorded, and produced by Mat Jones (aka It Is Rain In My Face.) in Louisburg, NC