The Whitehaus Family Record Family Record Vol 2 :: Are You In Paradise?

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The Whitehaus Family Record 

Whitehaus Family Record Family Record Volume 2: Are You In Paradise?

November 11, 2011

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Jamaica Plain's The Whitehaus Family Record have released their second vinyl compilation this month. It features a lot of the Mango Nebula's favorite artist's including Greg Mullen, Gracious Calamity, MANNERS, The Needy Visions, Shai Erlichman, Chris North from The Points North, Shira E. from Tiny Tornadoes, and the Woodrow Wilsons. Buy the MP3s or vinyl here.

Find out about the first Whitehaus Family Record Family Record here.

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Chris North :: Architects of Love and Forgiveness

Below the jump, a new song from Christ North of The Points North in Jamaica Plain, MA. It's a curious little oddly shot (in a good way) piece and even features The Whitehaus Family Record Family Record in the background. There was even a "this machine kills fascists" guitar in there. It's got some good lyrical commentary and reaches into a hymnal direction, which is definitely not out of reach for The Points North.

thepointsnorth.bandcamp.com
whitehausfamilyrecord.bandcamp.com

Chris North- Architects of Love and Forgiveness from Chris North Alspach on Vimeo.

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Do It Together Boston :: 2010 Review, Part II

On a snowless day in January, I moved to Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Since the previous summer I had been working to promote and prepare releases with an art collective called The Whitehaus Family Record. Through the group and other associated collectives, I saw most of my favorite shows of 2010 and the Whitehaus even had a hand in one of my favorite records of 2010.

My new apartment was just down the street from their four story house that is best explained as a living and breathing art project. Junk, toys and broken instruments dangle from every corner and every chandelier as an ongoing dumpster diving piece. The place houses anywhere from ten to fifteen people, stacked high on homemade bunk beds or sometimes even living behind a curtain under the stairs. They are any manner of artist including poets, musicians, and visual artists. On any given day, one could walk into the house and find them performing a number of rarities: from remixing the audio from children’s VHSs on a floor littered with pedals to eating extremely salty oysters and preparing a living beverage called Kombucha.

What makes the Whitehaus and also the other musicians in Boston all the more interesting is that they tend to share a collective ethic both musically and spiritually. At the Whitehaus they call it The Yes Wave, and it also serves as their genre to subvert categorization. Sure, it’s based around openness , inclusion, and anti-elitistism, but it’s really about addressing and accepting everything that comes your way. To welcome whoever or whatever comes to your door and wants to play in your living room, to be open to whatever someone is trying to show you.

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+++2011 :: Feliz Año Nuevo+++

The Points North :: "Auld Lang Syne"

The Woodrow Wilsons :: "New Year"

Here's a couple of other things to listen to, if you're tired of the obligatory Death Cab for Cutie tune

Happy New Year.

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The Points North Song :: "We Have Opened Up!"

The Points North :: "We Have Opened Up!"

Jamaica Plain's old world folklorists have released a new single, which hopefully will be a preview of an album coming very soon. Last I heard these folks were recording with Sun of Bees. This song REEKS of a wintry Jamaica Plain (slashBoston) in the greatest way possible. I'm pretty sure that's the steamy factory just outside the Arboretum. The photo and the lyrics of walking the streets evoke the city so well. A lovely tune from some of the nicest people in town.

myspace.com/thepointsnorth

grindingtapes.org/artists/the_points_north/we_have_opened_up

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