Sunday, November 26, 2006

Mark Kozelek release news

"Mark Kozelek will release his first full-length concert album, "Little Drummer Boy Live," Nov. 28 via his own Caldo Verde imprint. The two-disc, 20-track set was recorded at shows in North America in Europe over the last year and finds the artist backed on several tracks by Red House Painters guitarist Phil Carney.

Highlights include two previously unreleased songs, "Moorestown" and "Unlit Hallway," plus an early take on "Carry Me Ohio" taped in Philadelphia, a version of the seasonal favorite title track from Helsinki and "Mistress," recorded last winter at 4AD's 25th anniversary concert series in London.

To coincide with the release of "Little Drummer Boy Live", Caldo Verde Records are holding a special Christmas guitar giveaway via their website.

Tracks:
Trucker's Atlas ; Salvador Sanchez ; Cruiser ; Katy Song ; Little Drummer Boy ; All Mixed Up ; Moorestown ; Unlit Hallway ; Duk Koo Kim ; Four Fingered Fisherman ; Lily and Parrots ; Carry Me Ohio ; Bubble ; Mistress ; Michigan ; Void ; Down Colorful Hill ; Rock'n'Roll Singer ; Glenn Tipton ; Tiny Cities

In addition, Kozelek will on Jan. 23 unveil an expanded reissue of Sun Kil Moon's acclaimed 2003 debut, "Ghosts of the Great Highway." Originally released via Jetset, the album will now include a six-song bonus CD featuring an alternate take on "Carry Me Ohio," an acoustic version of "Salvador Sanchez" and two interpretations of Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere." A live-on-radio version of "Gentle Moon" recorded in Portugal and the previously unreleased instrumental "Arrival," originally penned for the film "The Girl Next Door," round out the album."

(from billboard.com)

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Beirut on BBC1

A couple of weeks ago Beirut performed live in Maida Vale Studios for Rob Da Bank's show on BBC1. The session was broadcast last Monday and can be streamed for seven days. [listen]

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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Kristin Hersh live and "In Shock"

"Throwing Muses will be playing one more show this year. It's on December 16, 2006 at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA. Tickets are available at Virtuous. 50FootWave will be opening the show and we're happy to have Kristin's newest favorite band, The Moore Brothers playing in the middle slot.

Kristin Hersh will be playing a very special one-night-only show on January 11, 2007 in London at The Arts Theatre (on Great Newport Street, London, WC2). Tickets are on-sale soon, if not by the time you read this. K will be showcasing songs from the soon-to-be-released "Learn to Sing Like a Star" as well as some favorites from records past. The line-up will be featuring Bernard Georges and Rob Ahlers on bass & drums, respectively, along with The McCarricks on strings.

4AD will be releasing a single for "In Shock" on January 22, 2007. It features 3 "non-album" "b-sides" (whatever those terms mean anymore!) The tracklisting is:

01. In Shock
02. Windowpane
03. Blackstone
04. Poor Wayfaring Stranger

... and Kristin is in the process of selecting a director for the video for "In Shock". Yes. That's what I said. Video."

(from Throwing Music newsletter)

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Monday, November 20, 2006


The Making Of "Wolf Like Me" on mtvU

"Brooklyn-based TV on the Radio's second full-length, Return to Cookie Mountain, mixes electronica, dance and rock into haunting, fiercely intelligent pop music. Watch the band create a modern-day take on Romeo & Juliet as they shoot the album's first video, Wolf Like Me." [watch]

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Beirut on KEXP

Zach Condon's KEXP studio session from Oct. 24, 2006 is now available in the Seattle, WA radio station's online archive. [Listen]

Tracks:
Mount Wroclai ; Elephant Gun ; After The Curtain ; Closing Song ; Ederlezi

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TV On The Interface

TV On The Radio dropped by AOL's "The Interface" this week for an interview and played stripped-down versions of some of their live favourites. [Listen]

Tracks:
Wash the Day ; Young Liars ; Province

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Saturday, November 18, 2006

Legendary Pink Dots

It's strange, beautiful and rare: Get Kenedik's latest release - it's a 50 Foot Wave 7", on clear vinyl with pink splatters, and besides that features an exclusive remix of "Hot Pink Distorted" by Jack Drag. You can buy it here or there.

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Throwing Muses - Live at the Bowery Ballroom

"Official bootleg of the Throwing Muses show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City, NY recorded on August 12, 2006. This show was part of the mini-tour to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the first Throwing Muses album. The show was recorded 50/50 off the board and with an audience mic by John Overstreet and mastered by Nick Zampiello/New Alliance East. This is an audio CD-R which will play on any CD player."

Track Listing:
Hazing ; Soul Soldier ; Start ; Furious ; Shimmer ; Fear ; Shark ; Colder ; Mercury ; Pretty or Not ; Hate My Way ; Bright Yellow Gun ; Cottonmouth ; Mexican Women ; Vicky's Box ; Bea ; Pearl ; Mania

(from throwingmusic.com)

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Barbara Carlotti live/interview

Barbara features in a couple of French language interviews with concert footage:

Telerama Radio "Next": "Barbara (Carlotti) chez les Zombies!" [read/listen]

OC-TV.net: "L'autre Barbara" [view]

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Friday, November 17, 2006

The Mountain Goats on AOL "The DL"

John gets interviewed and plays three songs in the current issue of "The DL", a new AOL Music Show.

(from largehearted boy)

Tracks:
Song For An Old Friend ; Woke Up New ; Maybe Sprout Wings

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Thursday, November 16, 2006

Lon Gisland EP release news

"Beirut's newest recording the Lon Gisland EP, recorded this summer at Seaside Lounge, will be avaialble through Chouette on 12" (OUE-01) in just a few weeks. Please be patient as we finish the vinyl pressing procees."

(from Chouette's MySpace page)

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Monday, November 06, 2006

Wolf & Cub on Triple J (repeat)

The 40+ mins broadcast of sheer power will be repeated next Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 5 pm local on Triple J.

Set list:
Rozalia Bizarre ; Death Rattle Snake ; This Mess ; Spirals ; Seeds of Doubt ; March of Clouds ; Steal Their Gold ; Vessels

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Sunday, November 05, 2006

TV On The (Minnesota Public) Radio

On October 8, 2006 Bill DeVille of St. Paul, MN based station MPR talked with Tunde, Kyp and David "about their art, both musical and visual" (photo credit: MPR Photo/Derrick Stevens). [read/listen].

Tracks:
Young Liars / Dry Drunk Emperor / Wash The Day Away

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Wolf & Cub live on Triple J and jtv

Wolf & Cub played an exclusive one hour show at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel ("The Gov") in their hometown of Adelaide on Wednesday 25 October as a part of Triple J and jtv's AusMusic Month series.

Triple J "Live at the Wireless" will be airing the show this Monday 6 November at 8 pm local time (9 am GMT).

ABC TV will broadcast the concert on Saturday 11 November at 11.35 pm local. The airings are also supposed to include an interview conducted by triple j's Mel Bampton.

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Friday, November 03, 2006

Kristin Hersh on KEXP

Kristin's recent in-studio performance on Seattle's KEXP is now available in the station's online archive. The archive also features an earlier session by Kristin from which the photo is taken.
If you happen to read the Throwing Music message board you will have known before that the session features in-studio versions of three songs from the new album "Learn To Sing Like A Star" due out in January 2007.

And (thanks to scottfromturlock) if you read the message board you will also have noticed this link.

Kristin Hersh live at KEXP on Oct. 3, 2006:
Winter ; Under The Gun ; Sugar Baby ; Soul Soldier

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Johann Johannsson on YouTube

A few very interesting Johann Johannsson videos have been uploaded to YouTube in the last few days:


"The Sun´s Gone Dim and the Sky's Turned Black" video [link]

IBM 1401, A User´s Manual (live in Italy 2006) [link]

IBM 1401, A Users Manual (live in Vienna 2003) [link]

IBM 1401, A Users Manual (interview & live in Reykjavik 2006) [link]

Johann has mirrored the first two vids on his Audio Visual page.

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