Sophomore LP “Lightbulbs” To Be Released September 16th On Deaf, Dumb + Blind Recordings
Oct 22 2008 MERCURY LOUNGE NEW YORK
Oct 23 2008 WEBSTER HALL NEW YORK
Oct 24 2008 PARADISE BOSTON
Oct 25 2008 BOTTOM LOUNGE CHICAGO
Oct 27 2008 CHOP SUEY SEATTLE
Oct 28 2008 THE INDEPENDENT SAN FRANCISCO
Oct 30 2008 THE TROUBADOUR LOS ANGELES
Half Cousin The Absentee [...]
Brilliant! This was exactly the way I wanted to release new Gang of Four material. Of Montreal’s new album ‘Skeletal Lamping’ will be released on CD of course and as a 180 gramme double vinyl set but, even better, it can be had in MP3 format when you purchase a variety of goodies from Polyvinyl. [...]
Yordan Bagnell of Typhoon and Dhani Rosa of Eskimo and Sons fame come together under the moniker Doubledutch. They’ve recorded an album due for release on August 31st entitled Gungle Dungn after the studio in which it was recorded. And in the spirit of utter and complete transparency Doubledutch explain the creative process that they [...]
I got a personal email today from Rilo Kiley bassist Pierre de Reeder where he tells me he’s “a happy Pampelmoose visitor” which seems very polite of him. His email was to say that tomorrow he steps out and delivers his solo debut ‘The Way That it Was‘ through Little Record Company.
Pierre’s press release [...]
[Update: I removed the video of Byrne discussing the album as, rather annoyingly, I was unable to undo the auto-play function.] It’s been many years since Byrne and Eno released the ground breaking album ‘My Life In The Bush of Ghosts‘ an album that was an analog precursor to the sampling habits of today’s musicians. [...]
As I’m writing I recall walking into the bar of a restaurant in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles the day I first heard Radiohead’s OK Computer. It was roughly August 1997 and I ran straight into the radio promotions rep of Capitol Records [who shall remain nameless.] I grabbed his hand and shook [...]