Tag Archive for 'wordless music'

you warriors are good. real good.

Published
by
gregor
on January 2, 2008
in new stuff, old stuff and shows
. 4 Comments

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man, what a new year’s eve! fuckin par-tay! all i know is it ended up at about 5 am in a heated/passionate intermingling of limbs and various other party parts. there was a moment last night, when i was sandwiched between the two finnish dwarves and the maori tribesmen, where i thought yeah, i wish this night would go on forever. no that didnt happen. i actually sat at work and watched that daredevil guy jump the length of a football field. awesome! hope you all fucked shit up appropriately.

hey, any of you peeps in the atlanta and/or tampa area use t-mobile? i just signed with ‘em and was curious how the coverage was in the area. judging by the maps, it seems like it should be pretty good. i totally geeked out and got myself a blackberry pearl - which i am mildly psyched about. thanks for any input.

for those of you in the nyc area there’s a very cool performance going on at the church of saint paul the apostle on 1.16 and 17. the 50 piece wordless music orchestra conducted by brad lubman will feature works of gavin bryers’ the sinking of the titanic, jonny greenwood’s popcorn superhet receiver and john adams’ christian zeal and activity. tickets are 30 bucks and can be purchased by clicking here.

a record i totally neglected last year was hallelujah the hills’ collective psychosis begone. its a great pop record that really tries not to be, much akin to jay bennett’s summerteeth era wilco. i am not sure why i just started getting into within the last week of the year cause it’s pretty great and its not a record that requires any amount of work to realize so.

hallelujah the hills from collective psychosis begone

let it wave

cataloging candy’s demise

monster eyes

hallelujah the hills site

here be the flaming lips @ cats cradle on 7.29.87. its a nice soundboard recording - not great but nice enough. thanks to the original taper, as always.

1. intro

2. one million billionth of a millisecond on a sunday morning

3. just like before

4. with you

5. unplugged

6. charlie manson blues

7. death valley 69

8. 7 chinese brothers

9. maximum dream for evel knievel

10. staring at sound

11. prescription: love

12. scratching at the door

13. summertime blues

i really got nothing for you up here today

Published
by
gregor
on September 20, 2007
in nirvana, shows and the 1900's
. 9 Comments

can one or two of you fine peeps do me a solid? i am testing out this new theme but i seem to be having an issue when viewing it with internet explorer. for those of you using ie, can you either confirm or deny that when you click on a single post, the sidebar is all the way at the bottom of the page? kisses, greg.

oh, yeah if you are looking for an internship and are in the new york area domino records is looking for someone. they are saying that you must be available at least one full day a week, be committed to at least a 3 - 6 month internship, have a knowledge of their catalogue, friendly, focused, blah blah and you must get virtually hard or wet at that prospect of working at domino. if this sounds exciting and you think you are more than capable, email them at radio@dominorecordco.com

i forgot to mention that the teenage prayers are playing at star bar, atlanta, tomorrow evening as part of the atlantis music fest. check em out and report back.

if you are a new yorker, please do go check beirut’s two performances as part of the wordless music series. well, in this case there will be words, but thats really not the point. tonights show is at the brooklyn masonic temple and their performance on the 24th is at ny society for ethical culture. tickets are a measely 25 bucks and doors open up @ 6.30. upcoming participants in the series are grizzly bear on 11.3 and fat cat recording artist max richter, who is making his first ever us concert appearance.

wordlesss music

i cant say i was a huge azure ray fan, but i was a big fan of the ladies of azure ray - orenda fink in particular. well, azure ray is no more, but fear not orenda has a new band, art in manila, and a new record, set the woods on fire, out now saddle creek. art in manila are out on tour, right now, with rilo kiley. orenda will be pulling double duty during the tour as not only the leading lady of art in manila but a member of rilo kiley during their performances.

set the woods on fire

the abomination

art in manila myspace

check out this outtake from 1900’s cold and kind entitled “everybody’s got a collection.” cold and kind comes out on 10.2 and they are playing a few shows with oakley hall. check their myspace page for dates, including info on the record release party at the empty bottle on the 12th.

everybody’s got a collection

the 1900’s myspace

on a presumably cold night this past february in chicago, the men of backyard tire fire took the stage for a sold out show at the double door. that show featured the band playing their most excellent vagabonds and hooligans in its entirity. didnt make it to the show? no problem, they have the entire show available for download on their site, for free bitches! they are starting a fall tour on oct 5 at the university of illinois and along the way they will share the stage with jason isbell, craker, lynyrd skynard, and phonograph. check their site for exact dates. here are a couple of tracks from the show..

vagabonds and hooligans

apparitions

backyard tire fire site

here is a very cool comp of the originals of some of the more popular nirvana covers. even i have never heard the original “love buzz.” another idea i had been playing with but yet have been to lazy to get around to. someone is always one step of me, or is much more ambitious than yours truly.

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