Damien Jurado’s album Caught In The Trees comes out September 9th on Secretly Canadian. Another musician whom I’ve kept up with for many years, acquiring everything he does. Listen to the song “Gillian Was A House” below.
“Caught In the Trees marks the dawn of a new era for Damien Jurado. It may not be a huge departure from some of his past albums musically, but lyrically Jurado has taken a giant leap forward and there is no turning back.”
Upcoming Dates:
08/30/08 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot
09/07/08 Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s
09/09/08 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
09/10/08 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
09/12/08 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
09/13/08 Seattle, WA - Triple Door
09/25/08 Chicago, IL - Schubas
09/26/08 St. Louis, MO - Biliken Club
09/27/08 Madison, WI - University of Wisconsin Memorial Union
09/29/08 Cambridge, MA - T.T. The Bear’s Place
09/30/08 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
10/01/08 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall
10/02/08 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
10/03/08 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Chapel
10/04/08 Columbus, OH - Milo Arts
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Pre order at Secretly Canadian or Amazon.
Listen to more Myspace.
“Corey Arnold is a photographer and Alaskan crab fisherman. During October, January and February he can (or cannot) be found aboard the F/V Rollo in the Bering Sea. The rest of the year is packed with travel, gallery exhibitions, magazine and ad photography assignments with a bit of backyard gardening, cat maintenance, and skateboarding in Portland, Oregon.”
You can view his photographs and find out more at http://www.coreyfishes.com
(Thank you Aaron Farley for showing me this.)
“Nonpareil Of Favor” is the new track off Of Montreal’s upcoming full length Skeletal Lamping coming out on October 7th via Polyvinyl Records. Available for pre order now is their 7″ single ID Engager out September 9th. It’s a little taste of what’s to come on Skeletal Lamping, so check it out.
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Pre-order ID Engager (7″ single) at Polyvinyl.
Find out more at Myspace.
I like the way Daniel Shea documents things, in the not always so obvious ways. I love his Baltimore project (and not just because The Wire.)
Kids Aflame is the debut full-length by Arms, aka 26-year-old Brooklynite Todd Goldstein. TG also plays in other bands, The Harlem Shakes and the sea & the gulls. The record came out June 30th on Melodic Records and I just discovered it today. Learn more about Arms.
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Purchase the record at iTunes or Amazon.
Listen to more at Myspace.
This is the first single off the new Land Of Talk album - Some Are Lakes out on Saddle Creek October 7th.
“Singer/songwriter/guitarist Elizabeth Powell set about making an album that could encompass a great deal with very little, an aesthetic in stark contrast to the orchestral pop and digi-tweaked indie chic. With bassist Chris McCarron and drummer Andrew Barr (The Slip), the band set up in an old converted church outside of Montreal and recorded 9 songs with the helping hands of Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). The tenth and final track “Troubled” was recorded in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Vernon’s parents’ home.”
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Pre-order Some Are Lakes at Saddle Creek or Amazon.
Visit Land Of Talk on Myspace.
Carlo Van de Roer’s Orbs Project is his newest work in progress. On top of the photos, he is screen printing a single opaque circle which adds a magical element that I really like. You can view them here. I first discovered him via 20×200 when they were selling prints from his Swim series.
Visit Carlo’s site.
Carlo’s 20×200 edition prints: (sold out)
Untitled (Bondi Baths, Sydney, Australia) 2007
Untitled (Astoria Park, Queens, New York)
Tiny Showcase has started a new poster series and to start it off they’ve invited Ray Fenwick to guide us towards living a new and far more thrilling life of mystery.
Tiny Showcase says: “A world renowned mystery expert, let Ray take you on a tour of all things mysterious. From secrets to secret passages to footprints that suddenly stop and seem to lead nowhere, after incorporating just a few of Ray’s simple suggestions, you’ll find there’s no longer any excuse (or desire) for leading an inconspicuous life devoid of intrigue.”
Tiny Showcase updates their site with a new print for sale every Tuesday at 7:30pm EST. You should sign up for their mailing list to be notified every week. They sell out fast. Go check it out.
I didn’t understand why everyone was so into The Wire. I tried to watch it the summer of 2006 but it was on a small TV and it was 100 degrees outside, just couldn’t get into it. I tried again 2 years later and made it through the first season thankfully. So start it up, after you get through the first 5-6 episodes you really get it. You won’t be able to stop.
Get the Season 5 DVD at Amazon.
Listen to last month’s discussion of The Wire presented by the Museum of the Moving Picture.
Download episodes of The Wire on iTunes.
Visit The Wire website at HBO.
I’ve bought and collected everything Phil Elverum has ever done. Even the weirdest of The Microphones albums have some how been listened to.
Lost Wisdom by Mt. Eerie, his newest offering, will be in stores Oct. 7th, 2008 out on his label P.W. Elverum & Sun. Lost Wisdom has Julie Doiron on it. I also have everything she’s done. So this is a total all star album for me.
Here’s Mount Eerie - “With My Hands Out” (that has been redone on the new record):
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Listen to more Mt. Eerie at Myspace.
You can download Mt. Eerie - Seven New Songs (2004) for free at Archive.org.
Listen to Julie Doiron at Myspace.
