Sam Champion Pre-Release $3 at AmieStreet.com

Posted by Brandon - 27/08/08 at 10:08:35 am

Sam Champion’s anticipated sophomore release “Heavenly Bender” is only three bucks at AmieStreet.com. The three dollar pre-release deal lasts until this Friday!! Snag this release before it jumps to a mainstream release and full price on September 2nd. 

Listen to Sam Champion’s first single:

Sam Champion’s “Be Mine Everyone” From Heavenly Bender.

Bon Iver Joins Okkervil River’s “The Stand Ins” Project

Posted by Brandon - 27/08/08 at 09:08:12 am

YouTube - Blue Tulip - Bon Iver.

OKKERVIL RIVER have added another artist cover to the video project for their upcoming release “The Stand Ins”. BON IVER provides his cover of “Blue Tulip” (above). 

Keep checking Okkervil River’s youtube page HERE, as they will be uploading more videos soon.

Past performances have included singer/songwriter David Vandervelde and Will Sheff and Carl Newman of The New Pornographers.

Anthony and the Johnsons to Release New EP & Full-Length

Posted by Brandon - 26/08/08 at 03:08:12 pm

From Secretly Canadian:

Antony and the Johnsons emerged onto the international stage in 2005 with their breakthrough I Am A Bird Now. The group were awarded the Mercury Prize in the UK and toured the world. Since then Antony has collaborated on tracks with Bjork for her latest album Volta, appeared in the Leonard Cohen documentary I’m Your Man, featured as vocalist with disco stars Hercules and Love Affair, recorded for the Todd Haynes bio epic of Bob Dylan I’m Not There, and collaborated with Charles Atlas on a European tour of their stage spectacle Turning. Now Antony and the Johnsons have emerged with a new album, The Crying Light, which will be released January 2009. “Another World” is the first single, and it will be released as part of the five-song Another World EP which is being released on October 7th. 

On “Another World”, Antony lists the things he treasures about the natural world, and then expresses how much he will miss them. “Another World” is hypnotic and affecting, as well as timely. 

The EP Another World also includes “Shake That Devil”. Part exorcism and part Shangri La, Antony calls out shape-shifting perpetrators, and banishes them one by one. 

Two other songs, “Crackagen” and “Sing For Me“ are pastoral and surreal. Finally the epic “Hope Mountain” closes the EP; an episodic narrative set after a flood; people gather on a mountain to witness the emergence of a holy girl.

*Gracing the cover is a photo by Pierre-Oliver Deschamps, taken in 1984, depicting Japanese dance legend Kazuo Ohno.

The Best Children’s Albums Ever

Posted by Netzley - 26/08/08 at 02:08:23 pm

Inspired by today’s post by Boing Boing about Kimya Dawson’s new children’s album Alphabutt, I made a list of children’s albums for a friend today and thought I should share for all you parents. These are albums you will like as much as your kids.

Elizabeth Mitchell - You are My Flower
Taking a step away from her work with Ida, Elizabeth Mitchell has created some wonderful kids albums which you shouldn’t miss. This is a great album for rainy and relaxing days, and for grown ups and kids alike. Don’t miss her other albums as well, You are My Flower and You are My Little Bird.

Frances England - Fascinating Creatures
Much like Elizabeth Mitchell, Frances England brings a little folk and a lot of love to her music. Here are some lyrics, “I’ll ride the Tour de France in my underpants/Alp D’Huez, chasing Lance/Pedal faster and close the gap/At a hundred miles an hour there’s no time for naps.” Need I say more.

Dan Zanes - Night Time
He’s got quirky lyrics and nice simple arangements. On this particular album, of which he has many all of which are good, Aimee Mann and Lou Reed show up to lend a hand. He has a whole host of albums and from what I can tell you’ll like them all.

Renee & Jeremy - Its a Big World
Another wonderful and soft album that will have you playing it when your kids aren’t looking

Peter Himmelman - My Green Kite
Some of the arrangements on this album are complex enough to pass up many artists making music for adults but they are built for kids through and through.

Various Artists - For the Kids
This has Billy Bragg and Wilco and Tom Waites on it. Yep, it has some gems.

Various Artists - Jazz For kids
Every kids needs to learn how to appreaciate jazz. This one includes Ella Fitzgerald singing Old Mcdonald.

Johny Cash - The Johny Cash Children’s Album
Not a joke. He has one and it has wonderful music on it. With Cash’s simple song writing and titles like Nasty Dan, Dinosaur Song, and Why is a Fire Engine Red, how can it not be good.

Woody Guthrie - Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child
From the song writing master himself comes a childrens album full of grassy grass, swimmy swim, and washy wash. He influenced Dylan and now he can influence your children too.

TV on the Radio Streaming New Single

Posted by Brandon - 26/08/08 at 11:08:10 am

TV on the Radio are streaming their new track “Golden Age” at TVontheRadio.com. The Brooklyn based quintet follow-up 2006’s universally acclaimed Return to Cookie Mountain with the release of Dear Science on September 23rd via DGC/Interscope Records. New songs on third full-length album will be unveiled throughout North America in September starting in Portland, OR, with festival appearances in Colorado and California. The band will be joined by special guests Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and The Dirtbombs, (who will open select dates).

TV on the Radio Tour Dates

SEPTEMBER
05 Musicfest NW, Portland, OR*
06 Showbox, Seattle WA*
07 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver BC*
09 Macewan Ballroom, Calgary AB*
10 Starlite Room, Edmonton AB*
12 Knitting Factory Boise ID*
13 In the Venue, Salt Lake City UT*
14 Monolith Festival, Red Rocks CO
19 Street Scene, San Diego, CA
20 Treasure Island Festival, San Francisco CA

OCTOBER
10 Electric Factory, Philadelphia PA+
11 Lupos, Providence, RI+
13 Wilbur Theatre, Boston MA+
14 Masonic Temple, Brooklyn NY+
15 Masonic Temple, Brooklyn NY#
16 Masonic Temple, Brooklyn NY^
18 Bogarts, Cincinnati OH+
19 Vogue Theatre, Indianapolis IN+
20 First Ave, Minneapolis MN+
21 First Ave, Minneapolis MN+
22 Riviera, Chicago IL+
24 Voodoo Festival, New Orleans LA+
25 Tabernacle, Atlanta GA+
26 Bijou Theatre, Knoxville TN +
28 Lakewood Theatre, Dallas TX+
29 House of Blues Houston TX+
30 Stubbs, Austin TX+
31 Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City OK+

NOVEMBER
02 Ogden Theatre Denver CO+
06 Wiltern, Los Angeles CA+

*Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson to open
+The Dirtbombs to open
#Telepathe to open
^Dragons of Zynth to open

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