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To get you excited about the upcoming release of Slow Dancing Society's album Priest Lake Circa ’88, Hidden Shoal Recordings is offering a track from the album as a free download.
Download A Warm Glow (.zip)
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The new Sigur Rós album með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust can be streamed in its entirety via last.fm.
Paris, Texas musician Allan Hubbard has a nice set of guitar-based instrumental work available for free download on his site through June. Well worth looking into.
The site is frames-based, so I'll link straight through to the mp3's right here. Mist Twilight Moon Fog Startled Slumber Zeke
And, if you like what you hear, Allan says he's got some new work coming out this month.
I stumbled across Swedish band Tape, who play quiet, spooky instrumental stuff with a bit of found sound added in as texture. Luminarium is their latest release from Häpna Records. They've got another couple records, all worth your time, but I think this latest release is likely their best.
Artist Scott Hansen, who produces some nice music as Tycho, has created a nice print for Barrack Obama's 2008 campaign for President of the United States.
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Here's a quick video I took of Stars of the Lid performing at the Good Shepherd Faith Church as part of the Wordless Music Series. Some photos and a bit of a review coming later this week.
The always brilliant 12k label has three new releases available, including work from Sawako, Taylor Duepree's reissue of Northern, and a compilation of previous work from Richard Chartier.
"Sleep-Rocking: Stars of the Lid"
"I'm a really big sports fan," says Wiltzie, causing the reporter to cough up Diet Coke from surprise. Wiltzie reels off his teams: the Cubs, the Spurs, the Dallas Stars (hockey = very macho). There's tennis, which he played competitively. And English Premier League football — soccer to you. Wiltzie likes that "there's a finality to it. We could always have two different opinions about music but in sports there's a winner and a loser."
What I want to know is, which EPL team does he support? If it's Tottenham, I may have to boo him at the show tomorrow night.
Pittzburgh City Paper talks to Adam Wiltzie from Stars of the Lid: Stars of the Lid brings elegant soundscapes to the Warhol.
I've never really been much a fan of his work, but Kevin Kelly has posted an interesting email from Robert Rich discussing how he's been able to make a living as a "microcelebrity."
So let's look a bit at the finances. If I can make about $5-$10 per download or directly sold CD, and I sell 1000, I clear a maximum of $10,000 for that year's effort. That's not a living. Let's say, after 20 concerts I net about $10,000 for three to four months worth of full time effort. That's not a living.
The Coachlight Woods is a new record from Portland's Glowworm. It's mostly stuff of the post-rock variety, but with some interesting instrumentation. It's a bit more quiet and introspective than your standard slow-build-into-kaboom post-rock. Been listening to it over the last few days quite a bit.
Related Official Glowworm Web site Glowworm MySpace Profile Glowworm on Virb.com
Christopher Bissonnette has a really nice new release available titled In Between Words. It's six tracks of stretched out, quiet drones and fuzz. Really delicate and well done. Highly recommended for those of you interested in the more subtle side of ambient music.
In Between Words is a collection of works, that continue Christopher Bissonnette’s explorations into orchestral and spatial acoustics. Cultivating an increasing interest in field recording and found sounds, Bissonnette has woven spatial ambience into these new compositions, while still concentrating on moments of near empty space between 'instruments'
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A bit off-topic, and the music isn't particularly good to boot, but I thought people might find this video worth watching.
“It’s so beautiful,” a beaming young girl clad in the requisite librarian chic said to the fellow manning the Stars of the Lid merch table. “I don’t even know what it is, but isn’t it beautiful?”
Nice review of an LA Stars of the Lid show. Looking forward to seeing them in a few weeks here in New York City.
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