Touring Bands
Posted on | April 30, 2007 | No Comments
Photo by msmail at Flickr.com.
I don’t get out to shows much these days, but some of you probably do. Here’s a list of tour dates I’ve come across from bands I talk about here.
The Six Parts Seven
TUE MAY 1 Greensboro NC, Two Art Chicks w/ Trouble Books
WED MAY 2 Washington DC, Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Sunset Rubdown
THU MAY 3 Norfolk VA, the Boot w/ Trouble Books
FRI MAY 4 New York NY, Union Hall w/ Trouble Books
SAT MAY 5 Providence RI, AS220 w/ Trouble Books
More info at suicidequeeze.net.
Explosions in the Sky
May 1 @ Slim’s, San Francisco, CA w/ Eluvium
May 3 @ WOW Hall, Eugene, OR w/ Eluvium
May 4 @ Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR w/ Eluvium
May 5 @ Croatian Centre, Vancouver, BC
May 6 @ Neumo’s, Seattle, WA w/ Eluvium
May 7 @ Neumo’s, Seattle, WA w/ Eluvium
May 20 @ All Tomorrow’s Parties, Somerset, UK w/ Modest Mouse, Shellac
May 22 @ John Dee, Oslo, NORWAY w/ Eluvium
May 23 @ Kagelbanan, Stockholm, SWEDEN w/ Eluvium
May 24 @ Debaser, Malmo, SWEDEN w/ Eluvium
May 25 @ Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg, GERMANY w/ Eluvium
May 26 @ Feierwerk, Munich, GERMANY w/ Eluvium
May 27 @ Le Romandie, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND w/ Eluvium
May 28 @ Covo, Bologna, ITALY w/ Eluvium
May 29 @ Flex, Vienna, ITALY w/ Eluvium
May 30 @ Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg, GERMANY w/ Eluvium
May 31 @ Primavera Sound, Barcelona, SPAIN
Jun 1 @ Immergut Festival, Neustrelitz, GERMANY
More info at temporaryresidence.com.
Eluvium
May 1 @ Slim’s, San Francisco, CA w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 3 @ WOW Hall, Eugene, OR w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 4 @ Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 6 @ Neumo’s, Seattle, WA w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 7 @ Neumo’s, Seattle, WA w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 22 @ John Dee, Oslo, NORWAY w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 23 @ Kagelbanan, Stockholm, SWEDEN w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 24 @ Debaser, Malmo, SWEDEN w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 25 @ Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg, GERMANY w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 26 @ Feierwerk, Munich, GERMANY w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 27 @ Le Romandie, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 28 @ Covo, Bologna, ITALY w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 29 @ Flex, Vienna, AUSTRIA w/ Explosions In The Sky
May 30 @ Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg, GERMANY w/ Explosions In The Sky
More info at temporaryresidence.com.
Mono
May 2 @ Hailey’s, Denton, TX w/ World’s End Girlfriend
May 3 @ Emo’s Jr., Austin, TX w/ World’s End Girlfriend, Grails
May 4 @ Mink, Houston, TX w/ World’s End Girlfriend, Grails
May 5 @ Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, LA w/ World’s End Girlfriend, Grail
More info at temporaryresidence.com.
Ambient Music Guide’s Recent Releases
Posted on | April 30, 2007 | No Comments
I’ve got it linked over on the sidebar, but it’s worth noting that a good place to start when looking for newly released music (aside from ambientmusicblog.com, of course!) is the Recent Releases section of Ambientmusicguide.com.
Some The Six Parts Seven Links
Posted on | April 29, 2007 | No Comments
After listening to The Six Parts Seven over the course of the last week or so, I did a little looking around on the web for some info, and though none of this stuff is exactly hard to find, I thought I might as well share what I found.
The Six Parts Seven at Suicide Squeeze Records
The Six Parts Seven at MySpace
The Six Parts Seven Wikipedia Entry
The Six Parts Seven at SXSW 2007
The Six Parts Seven – Awaiting Elemental Meltdown
Video: Eluvium, Live at Webster Hall
Posted on | April 28, 2007 | No Comments
77 Million Paintings by Brian Eno
Posted on | April 27, 2007 | No Comments
I had mentioned last month that while I was in London I would try to check out Brian Eno’s Luminous on display at Selfridges. Well, I did, and I liked it, but I didn’t have much to say about it, and I think that’s mostly due to the fact that I had seen it only a couple hours after getting off the plane at Heathrow, and really what I wanted to do in that comfortable dark room was lay down and take a nap.
Well, lucky for you, you don’t have to rely on my jet-lagged description, you can buy the DVD and watch it yourself. A 77 Million Paintings DVD is now available for sale, and you can learn more about the project at 77millionpaintings.com.
Video: Heaven Water Fire Earth (Stars Of The Lid/Eluvium)
Posted on | April 27, 2007 | No Comments
Three Records You Should Have
Posted on | April 25, 2007 | No Comments
Hard to really say this is “ambient” music, but, it’s my website, I can do what I want. As far as intstrumental rock, or post-rock, or what have you goes, you certainly do worse than The Six Parts Seven. The music will sound a touch familiar if you’re into that other post-rock band, but this stuff is certainly a touch less “epic” or even “progressive.” I’m finding the records below to be a really nice accompaniment to the first real spring like mornings and evenings we’re finally getting here in New York City. I think you should have a listen to these yourself.
![[Everywhere][And Right Here]](http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/6parts7-2.thumbnail.jpeg)
Somewhere Someone Else, Wes Willenbring
Posted on | April 6, 2007 | No Comments
A very nice recent acquisition via emusic.com is Somewhere Someone Else, by Wes Willenbring. The record has a really nice pace, and has a nice variety of instrumental sounds, from piano to guitar and on to more traditionally “ambient” sounding stuff.
The record sounds maybe a bit “cold,” but I mean that mostly in the way I meant when I was talking about the Angels of the Universe soundtrack. This means it might get pushed out of rotation for a while as spring and summer come along, but it’s certainly something I see getting a lot of plays towards the end of the year. It’s definitely something I recommend you have a listen to. Wes Willenbring’s web site offers some tracks via streaming if you’re not an emusic user.