More New Sufjan Stevens :: The Age of Adz :: 10/12

Sufjan Stevens :: "I Walked"

Really excited to find out that Sufjan Stevens has a full length coming out October 12th called The Age of Adz. I believe the "Adz" is pronounced like "Odds" but with a thick Boston accent. The cover for the album is exceedingly amazing. Apparently it's loosely based on the outsider artist Royal Robertson. A quick google search reveals that the "prophet's" works that look like this ::

go for about $800.

I'm going to write about this song and try not to go on a personal rant about how it seems that everyone seems to have to have their new album be an electronica discotheque massacre. It's like everybody just found out that loop pedals existed all at the same time. Don't get me wrong, people are doing some amazingly interesting things, but this just seems a little out of character for the Seven Swans Sufjan I first met and loved. Probably why he released that All Delighted People EP, so he could play with those other sounds too. I shouldn't get mad at him for wanting to play with some synthesizers for just one album, and apparently its got a lot to do with the cosmos and aliens, which is great...although if I have to wait five more years for another one...

hold it :: here.

http://asthmatickitty.com/
http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/

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Weird Stalk Was Awesome

Last Friday, August 20th, was Weird Stalk Too. Highlight of the night of course was when I was handed a guitar and asked to play some Rockabilly by the spastic otherworldly Cave Bears. Here's some more photos courtesy of Anti-Gravity Bunny. And Weird Stalk Tree...clever Mr. Bunny...they're definitely going to have to call it that.

Glorious Photographic Evidence

http://antigravitybunny.blogspot.com/

http://whitehausfamilyrecord.com/blastzone/

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New Sufjan Stevens EP :: STREAMING!

Sufjan Stevens has a new EP called All Delighted People streaming right now from his bandcamp! At 60 mins its a pretty long EP. Long enough that it'll have to be a double 12". And there's at least one Simon and Garfunkle reference in there. Glad to see he got over his 50 states freak out. Sufjan Bandcamp

He's coming to Boston on November 11th:

Thursday, 11 November, 6:30pm ($33.50)

Orpheum Theatre, Boston MA

General admission goes on sale 8/13. 

Click here to go to purchasing site.

Mission Statement from Asthmatic Kitty:

"The EP, All Delighted People, is built around two different versions of Sufjan’s long-form epic ballad "All Delighted People," a dramatic homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui, and Paul Simon’s "Sounds of Silence." Sounds delightful, yes! The song was originally workshopped (oh we hate making workshop a verb, but time is money!) on Sufjan’s previous tour in the fall of 2009. Other songs on the EP include the 17-minute guitar jam-for-single-mothers "Djohariah," and the gothic piano ballad "The Owl and the Tanager," a live-show mainstay (and Debbie Downer if you ask us; what’s it doing on a "Delighted" EP?). The full track list is available right here."

All Delighted People:

01 All Delighted People (Original Version)
02 Enchanting Ghost
03 Heirloom
04 From the Mouth of Gabriel
05 The Owl and the Tanager
06 All Delighted People (Classic Rock Version)
07 Arnika
08 Djohariah

http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/all-delighted-people-ep

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Mount Eerie Compilation :: Song Islands, Vol. II

Mount Eerie :: "Where is My Tarp?"

The Microphones and Mount Eerie can be marked by the plethora of non-album tracks, demos and stray recordings. From strange compilations to random 7" from the late 90's and beyond, a lot of stuff showed up from The Microphones on Song Islands Volume I. When The Glow Pt. II was reissued on vinyl, it came with an extra disc of outtakes and alternate versions of songs from that album that were equally interesting, that become poems and experimentations that trail off into a deep nothing. Song Islands Volume II catches stuff from The Glow Pt. II era up to Wind's Poem. One of my favorites from the bonus disc for The Glow Pt. II was called "Where Lies My Tarp?" and its the same version on this album. A little sad we didn't see "Lanterns" on this one.

Song Islands Vol. 2:

01 Where?

02 Calf in Pasture

03 The Intimacy

04 I Whale

05 O My Heart

06 Instrumental

07 Where Is My Tarp?

08 Don't Smoke

09 Get Off the Internet

10 Cooking

11 Give Totally Up

12 Do Not Be Afraid

13 Voice in Headphones (singers)

14 Cold Mountain

15 Cold Mountain's Song #286

16 Heart Lake at Night

17 You Turn Me On

18 A Sentimental Song

19 Mystery Language

20 Waterfalls

21 This Is the Same Ocean

22 In the Rain

23 In Moonlight

24 Thanksgiving

25 Instrumental

26 Uncertainty

27 Limp Climbing

28 Grave Robbers

29 Lost Wisdom

30 (Wind Lyrics)

31 Small House

pwelverumandsun.com

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PREVIEW: Cloud Becomes Your Hand :: Cassette!

Cloud Becomes Your Hand :: "Lord Looks Good"

Stephen Cooper, of Brooklyn performance noise band Living Things, has just released a solo cassette under the intriguing and wonder inspiring name, Cloud Becomes Your Hand. It's got all the bizarre elements of Living Things that you know and love, but contained within a more song oriented structure. Each track has something different to offer, both spooky and joyous, blending digital and acoustic elements with glorious lo-fi production. The release is a tape on the newly minted cassette label of Canada Goose Tapes, a new project by Atomfoam of the Whitehaus.

Catch the group at Weirdstock II @ The Temple in Jamaica Plain on 8/20!
You can hold to tape here: canadagoosetapes.com

myspace.com/stephencoopermusic

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Peace, Loving Video :: Weirdstock!

This is a pretty sweet video from boston.com with interviews by the mythmaker, Brian S. Ellis, that captures Peace, Loving pretty well.

Weirdstock 2 is happening on August 20th at the Temple in JP!

MORE INFO!!

whitehausfamilyrecord.com

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Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Video :: "You Won't Let Me Down Again" :: from Hawk

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan :: "You Won't Let Me Down Again"

Isobel Campbell, Belle and Sebastian cellist, and Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees frontman, have a new album called Hawk. I don't know how I missed this combo, but this is their third album as a duo. Below is a video for "You Won't Let Me Down Again" ::

www.myspace.com/isobelcampbell

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Belle & Sebastian :: Real Cover and TV Show

Belle and Sebastian's Belle and Sebastian Write About Love will be out October 12th. I knew the last cover wasn't quite right, because it was missing that solid color overlay. The group also apparently has got a TV show coming out. Check out a clip and a bit of the new song "I Want the World to Stop" below ::

flickr.com/groups/writeaboutlove

belleandsebastian.com

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Greg Mullen Video :: Pipes that Drain Out to the Sea

Greg Mullen's buddy, Chris Kursel, has made a video for one of my favorites, "Pipes that Drain Out to the Sea" from The Hungry Ocean. It's a pretty glorious combination of super 8 and animation.

gregmullenmusic.commyspace.com/welcometothelifeadventure

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PREVIEW: Colleen Green :: Milo Goes to Compton

Colleen Green :: "Worship You"

This lady is touring with Girlfriends and I just heard this track and fell in love...with it...

It's a really interesting mix of drum machine, glorious fuzz guitar and siren vocals. She's got a purple cassette out on Suffering Jukebox called Milo Goes to Compton. The title is a nice Descendents reference.

sufferingjukeboxrecords.blogspot.com
myspace.com/c0lleen1

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Allison Francis :: Troubled Little Demo!

Allison Francis :: "Troubled Little Mind"

A friend, Allison Francis, has just released a demo and its a sweet acoustic adventure. Download it for free at her bandcamp! The glorious artwork is by Jen Brown.

allisonfrancis.bandcamp.com

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Belle & Sebastian's New Album :: Write About Love

Belle and Sebastian's next album will be called Write About Love, as in "Belle and Sebastian write about love." Sounds like they're taking a risk writing about a topic rarely covered in pop music, but by God if anyone can do it, B an' S can.

They're doing something cool too. They want fans to take pictures or video of themselves writing "write about love" in public or secret places and then upload them to their flickr. Maybe they'll make a video out of it, which would be supercool. The cutest photo will also win some kind of mysterious 'trophy!'

flickr.com/groups/writeaboutlove

belleandsebastian.com

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No Age :: New Album :: Everything in Between

No Age :: "Glitter"

(via pitchfork.com)

No Age is releasing their third album on September 28th. Randy has said that they were experimenting with sound collage and tape looping, which is an exciting prospect. You can even understand the words that Dean is saying. They're getting so mature, just look at these classy monochromatic looking-off-to-the-side-of-the-camera photos::

Also for eargesting is the Glitter single b-side, "Inflourescence."



They're releasing two singles for "Glitter." They're going to have a short and a long version of the song on a 7" and 12". The art is by Brian Roettinger.

7" ::  12" ::

Everything in Between::

Sept. 28::

01 Life Prowler

02 Glitter

03 Fever Dreaming

04 Depletion

05 Common Heat

06 Skinned

07 Katerpillar

08 Valley Hump Crash

09 Sorts

10 Dusted

11 Positive Amputation

12 Shred and Transcend

13 Chem Trails

http://www.myspace.com/nonoage
http://www.subpop.com/artists/no_age

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Girlfriends :: Gov't Seizure 7" Single

“Smart, decade bending, sarcaso surf-creeps”

Coming off their freshly awarded medal of honor from the Boston Phoenix as best garage act, Girlfriends have released the 7” single Gov’t Seizure.

The single song is a speedy side-winding cobweb drawl that groovily drags its feet at the end.  The B-Side “Creep Stuff” is just as much fun as a lazy tempo experiment. The way the band records themselves is really key to the sound. It wouldn't be the same if it was cleaner. Just like their self-titled cassette, the overdriven vocals and white noise splashes from cymbals and amps punctuate both the sound and the lyrics, recalling some older decades. The production also has a few interesting subtle touches, like spontaneous laughter, coughing and rhythmic gargling.

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VASELINES :: NEW ALBUM!! :: Sex with an X

The Vaselines :: "Sex with an X"

The Vaselines are coming out with a new album after two decades of no albums!
Also download "I Hate the 80's" from this flash nonsense below. I'm so glad the Vaselines share my sentiments about the decade I was born in. It's amazing, snag it ::

Tracks:

1. Ruined
2. Sex with an X
3. The Devil's Inside Me
4. Such a Fool
5. Turning It On
6. Overweight But Over You
7. Poison Pen
8. I Hate the '80s
9. Mouth to Mouth
10. Whitechapel
11. My God's Bigger than Your God
12. Exit The Vaselines

http://www.subpop.com/artists/the_vaselines

http://www.myspace.com/thevaselinesband

http://www.thevaselines.co.uk/

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MANNERS : White Wool Fog or the Cave of Light Within LP

MANNERS :: 'Cave Pt. 1'

"A woolly mammoth meditating"

The thing that gets your attention about MANNERS' White Wool Fog or The Cave of Light Within is the fact that it's a cassette and a tuft of dirty wool tied together with orange yarn. When asked about it, songwriter Greg Beson said, "It's just stuff that I like," which makes sense if you know the naturalist, farmer, botanist, stone skipper of Portland, Maine.

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Bright Eyes Sound Strike Tune :: Coyote Song // Live Desaparecidos

This is Conor Oberst's protest song for soundstrike.net against the Arizona immigration legislation, played live. Kind of reminds me of "Napoleon's Hat." There should be a real video coming soon. This has me thinking of the mysterious "last Bright Eyes album ever" due out supposedly this fall. I haven't heard anything about it since Rolling Stone last year. WHERE IS IT SEÑOR OBERST!?
Also here's some video of the Desaparecidos reunion:






http://www.thesoundstrike.net/

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Weirdstock 2.0!! :: August 30th, 2010

This month is the return of Weirdstock!! Last year Weirdstock was a three day mental annihilation of psych art to honor the 40th anniversary of Woodstock.

Friday, August 20th, 8PM to sunrise.
@ Temple Sound and Stage, 670 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA

This year, grab the Weird Stalk by it's roots and put it in a hot cup of water for just the right mind melting sensation.

MORE INFO!!
whitehausfamilyrecord.com


The Players:

BLEVIN BLECTUM
of Providence, RI: Bevin Kelley (Blevin Blectum) is an electronic musician and multimedia composer. Her performances are often loose narratives incorporating live interactive electronic sound, manipulated field recordings, film, action and costume. Her last two records were released on AAGOO. She is one half of the recently reformed digital duo Blectum from Blechdom, and was a member of the audio/visual band SAGAN with Lesser, Wobbly and Ryan Junell.
http://blevin.lsr1.com/info.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h4R_zw4kO0

KURT WEISMAN

of brattleboro, vermont: ex-feathers, gnomonsong, important records, autumn records, member of witch w/ j. mascis, toured europe extensively, beautiful rare new england songbird, poet and glitchwizard - 

http://www.myspace.com/kurtweisman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2RVUk0CUmU

DEAD WESTERN 

of Sacramento, CA: Discorporate Records, Altin Village, Weird Forest ... a deeply marsh mellow crooner w/ scary paint stuff on his face - so scary!

www.myspace.com/soundsofloveandspace

www.discorporate-records.com

www.altinvillage.de
http://kdvsrecordings.org/11.php

www.weirdforest.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGsnT9-d3Uw)

PREGGY PEGGY AND THE LAZY BABYMAKERS

of Cambridge, MA: Angela Sawyer, owner/founder of Weirdo Records, a true staple in the Boston music scene. Member of Excusamwa, Duck That, Human Hairs. Preggy Peggy has been released on great Belgium record label Ultra Eczema

http://www.weirdorecords.com/

http://www.ultraeczema.com/releases/

CLOUD BECOMES YOUR HAND

of Bushwick, NY: Stephe Cooper of the band "living things," a delicious musical omelette sure to tickle and excite all of your senses. upcoming release on canada goose tapes.

http://www.myspace.com/stephencoopermusic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smagNiSPy6I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBuLi0IWmXM

ASHCAN ORCHESTRA

of Brooklyn, NY: The ashcan “Orchestra” is simultaneously the work of composer p. spadine, a large collection of toy and real instruments, and a revolving performance ensemble.

http://www.myspace.com/patspadine

http://vimeo.com/11846367

METAL AND GLASS ENSEMBLE

of Boston, MA: Metal & Glass Ensemble is a Boston-based improvisational group with a rotating membership who create acoustic drone-based music with bowed cymbals and other metal objects, and glasses tuned to a just-intoned 23-note octave.

http://www.myspace.com/metalandglass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAWDMy4XhFk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecs2vGJKhVk

KID ROMANCE

of Jamaica Plain, MA: Honest, unafraid, sexy classic rock. 7" out now on Captured Tracks.
http://www.myspace.com/kidromance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXBwOcwemMs

CAVE BEARS

of Turners Falls, MA: Cave BEARS started as a few disparate "pipe" cells which gradually formed clumps and clots and eventually there was the first finger which died and was used by the second finger as a pick to play the third guitar.

http://cavebears.suchfun.net/

http://www.feedingtuberecords.com/

http://cavebears.suchfun.net/video.html

OMNIVORE
of Providence, RI: Omnivore is Glenna Van Nostrand, a performance artist with a focus on sound art and early telecommunications.
http://www.myspace.com/omnivoresounds
http://vimeo.com/7944421

MOUSE QUEEN
of Boston, MA: quiet noises duo featuring members of Moon Climb the Wall, Rat King, Asteroid M
http://thefmly.com/tag/mouse-queen/

MORGAN SHAKER
of Jamaica Plain, MA: "Mr. Shaker has been called gregariously reclusive and omnipresently invisible, but he prefers “a man’s man”. He is has simple tastes, is disturbed, driven, burning, and well loathed and loved equally." Member of rock band French Cops as well as a founder of peace, loving.
http://www.myspace.com/morganshaker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyJc5Pu3NQs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAWDMy4XhFk

MANY MANSIONS
of Jamaica Plain, MA: Many Mansions is the ongoing recording and performance project of Shane M. Donnelly. inflection-inspired dream perspiration.
http://www.myspace.com/manymansions
http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/many-mansions-concert/20031143-37382207.html

PEACE, LOVING
of Jamaica Plain, MA: compositions for aromatics (w/ 3 professional chefs), dances for handheld tape recorders, working as set designers, video artists, performance poets, instrument builders, and becoming infamous for having a major rotating cast doing all these things at once.
http://whitehausfamilyrecord.com/blastzone/artists/peace-loving/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAWDMy4XhFk

MORE INFO!!

whitehausfamilyrecord.com

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