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Introduction to Elliott Smith
Next week (Nov 2nd), a new Introduction to Elliott Smith release comes out. There aren’t any new songs, but it’s being put out digitally, on CD, and on vinyl, too. That, in and of itself, means I need to get it… as I have all of his albums on vinyl… can’t stop… :)
More importantly, if you don’t know any Elliott Smith, this would be the album to get. You will soon fall in love.
XO,
~Dan – np: Sufjan Stevens – All Delighted People 
Mondo Cane on Vinyl
One of the best records out this year is Mike Patton‘s Mondo Cane. You may know Mike Patton for Faith No More, Mr Bungle, or other avant-garde projects… well, Mondo Cane was recorded at a series of European performances, this album features traditional Italian pop songs as well as a rendition of Ennio Morricone’s “Deep Down.” Sung in Italian, Patton worked with a full orchestra and choir to create the unique new sound. There will only be 5,000 made of the triple-gatefold 180g vinyl.
It comes out November 22nd, and it’s available for pre-order NOW on Amazon.
~Dan – np: Sufjan Stevens – All Delighted People
Sufjan Stevens reveals health problems
New info from Sufjan Stevens during his recent Toronto show…
“I probably shouldn’t go into the gory details of what I went through, but I will say that I did get very sick last year and had some serious health issues that were really confusing and mysterious and debilitating. For several months, I couldn’t really work and was forced to focus on my physicality and restoring myself. It took several months before I could even get back to working again and recording music…It was a virus I had that affected my nervous system and I no longer had control of my responses to circumstances and events…It was really bizarre.”
Read the rest over at Exclaim.
His Fall 2010 tour is underway now. One week until the Portland show… squeeee…
~Dan – np: Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
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The Indigo’s Le Serpent Rouge Tour
Le Serpent Rouge: An Evening of Beguiling Dance and Strangely Familiar Music featuring internationally renowned belly dance company The Indigo (Rachel Brice, Mardi Love and Zoe Jakes) is going on the road.
The Indigo have charmed the hearts of princes and tramps alike, while musically The Crow Quill Night Owls and The Gallus Brothers have seduced the tympanums of thousands with their arresting interpretations of old timey country blues, jazz and pop. Sometimes enchanting, sometimes macabre, often raucous, but always delightful, this outfit breathes new life into the movement and spectacle of a bygone era in their new knockdown revue.
For links and more info, go to http://www.theindigo.net/
For the Facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155356034500388
Here are the dates (check The Indigo website for workshops):
- 11/5 – Seattle, WA – Market Theater
- 11/6 – Bellingham, WA – Wild Buffalo
- 11/9 – Ashland, OR – CultureWorks
- 11/11 – Sabastopol, CA – Hopmonk Tavern
- 11/12 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
- 11/14 – Reno, NV – The Great Escape
- 11/16 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
- 11/18 – Tucson, AZ – Solar Culture
- 11/20 – Albuquerque, NM – Low Spirits
- 11/23 – Los Angeles, CA – King King
- 11/28 – Santa Cruz, CA – Moe’s Alley
- 11/30 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
- 12/1 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
See ya at the Eugene show!
~Dan – np: Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
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Burlap to Cashmere returns
Behold the return of Burlap to Cashmere…
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http://www.burlaptocashmere.com/
Yeah, I liked ’em way back when. I’m hoping they’re not more Jebus-y. I bet they are. We shall see. I always liked their musicianship, Greek folk influences, and Steven Delopoulos’ lyricism and singing…
~Dan – np: Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
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Gizzy Goolespie
In honor of Dizzy Gillespie‘s birthday, the Google changed its homepage logo to this neato, nifty logo…
Have some salt peanuts in his honor! He would have been 93 years old.
Also, this is the 7th anniversary of Elliott Smith’s death. This makes me sad. I miss him.
~Dan – np: Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
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Berbati’s Pan in Portland (RIP in 2011)
As reported in the Portland Mercury…
After 17 years of hosting live music, Berbati’s Pan will cease booking concerts starting the first of next year. The restaurant half will stay operational, while the venue itself will be split between a smaller room under Berbati’s control (that might, on occasion, host events), and an expanded space for Voodoo Doughnuts to better serve the tourists that see it necessary to lineup on SW 3rd during all hours of the day and night for a freaking doughnut. But the days of Berbati’s consistently hosting music are numbered.
“Attendance was really down and it’s not like rent went down with attendance,” explained booker Matt King. “Plus competition was a major factor as well.” King took over the booking reigns from Anthony Sanchez around April of last year, a job he did along with publicity for the club. “The writing had been on the wall, and the club has been struggling for a number of years before I was involved,” said King.
The final show in Berbati’s as we know it will be on New Year’s Eve. No word yet on the lineup.
I’ve only been there a few times, but they were always great shows… Berbati’s Pan will be missed.
~Dan – np: The Weepies – Be My Thrill
PDX Jazz 2011 schedule
About 3 weeks ago, the Portland Jazz Fest (aka PDX Jazz Fest) announced their 2011 line-up and theme (Bridges & Boundaries – Jewish & African-American jazz playing together), well, last night, they announced the actual schedule for the main line-up. Many more side shows will fill-in, but here’s the schedule for the main shows:
- Friday, February 18, 7:30pm, Winningstad Theater, Randy Weston
- Saturday, February 19, 7:30pm, Winningstad Theater, Anat Fort
- Sunday, February 20, 7:30pm, Winningstad Theater, Dave Frishberg
- Thursday, February 24, 7:30pm, Newmark Theater, Don Byron
- Friday, February 25, 7:30pm, Newmark Theater, Esperanza Spalding
- Friday, February 25, 9:30pm, Crystal Ballroom, Poncho Sanchez
- Friday, February 25, 9:30pm, Alberta Rose Theatre, Nik Bartsch’s Ronin
- Saturday, February 26, 2:00pm, Crystal Ballroom, The 3 Cohens
- Saturday, February 26, 7:30pm, Newmark Theater, SFJAZZ Collective
- Saturday, February 26, 8:00pm, Tony Starlight’s, Gerald Clayton
- Saturday, February 26, 9:30pm, Crystal Ballroom, Regina Carter
- Sunday, February 27, 2:00pm, Newmark Theater, Joshua Redman
- Sunday, February 27, 7:30pm, Crystal Ballroom, Maceo Parker
Nik Bartsch’s Ronin & SF Jazz Collective (featuring a Stevie Wonder catalogue) are my top two picks for the festival. Tickets for PDX Jazz Members went on-sale yesterday (10/13/2010). General public on-sale date is Saturday, October 23rd. Consider joining and supporting this great jazz festival!
~Dan – np: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey – Stay Gold
Shara Worden & Sarah Kirkland Snider – Penelope
On October 18th, at (le) Poisson Rouge in NYC, Shara Worden (aka My Brightest Diamond) will be performing the music of Sarah Kirkland Snider backed by yMusic, a six piece chamber ensemble with violinist Rob Moose at the helm (who has played on MBD’s albums).
The album, entitled Penelope (which comes out on October 26th) is a 60-minute song cycle composed by Snider for Worden and the orchestral group, Signal, based on texts by playwright Ellen McLaughlin, derived from the music theater piece of the same name she and Snider wrote together in 2007-2008.
Here is a free taste: “This is What You’re Like” mp3
Penelope is up for pre-order on the Amazons…
The songs loosely tell a story: A woman’s husband appears at her door after an absence of 20 years, suffering from brain damage. A veteran of a modern war, he doesn’t know who he is and she doesn’t know who he’s become. While they wait together for his return to himself, she reads him Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, and in the journey of that book, she finds a way into her former husband’s memory and the terror and trauma of war.
Oh, and sorta related to My Brightest Diamond… her labelhead, Sufjan Stevens‘ new album The Age of Adz comes out today, and it’s on special deal over at the Amazons. $3.99 for the download version (for a limited time).
But it’s also out on CD & vinyl, and you know those are better for your diet anyway. :)
~Dan – np: Holy Fuck – Latin
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Iron and Warner
the death of an indie rocker.
Iron & Wine, aka Sam Beam, has been on indie Sub Pop since inception. I&W pulled a rat out of a hat and notified us all today that they just signed to Warner Bros. The new album, Kiss Each Other Clean, is due out in January 2011.
Why would they choose to join a major label at this point in their already successful career? Discuss.
Hopefully he signed on with good terms for I&W (and rights to their own masters). Other than that, I’ll buy their new one, but I won’t like supporting WB as I did Sub Pop.
Sidenote… fall tour dates…
- October 12, 2010 Iowa City, IA IMU Main Lounge
- October 13, 2010 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
- November 13, 2010 St Louis, MO The Pageant
- November 14, 2010 Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall
- November 15, 2010 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
- November 16, 2010 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
- November 17, 2010 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre
- November 18, 2010 Miami Beach, FL Fillmore Miami Beach
- November 19, 2010 Tallahassee, FL The Moon
- November 20, 2010 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
David Bazan’s Christmas 2010 7″ vinyl
It’s October… leaves are starting to change, school is in full swing, days are getting even shorter, and David Bazan‘s annual Christmas 7″ vinyl is up for pre-order… starting with the Pedro the Lion days (2002’s The First Noel 7″), it’s become an indie rock tradition to get your mits on the meloncholy holiday tunes pressed to wax from Bazan.
For 2010, the songs are “WISH MY KIDS WERE HERE” and “I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY.” Suicide Squeeze Records has it – limited to 1000 copies (200 Orange, 400 Opaque Red, 400 Opaque Yellow). This 7-inch EP opens with a Bazan original, a heartbreaker of a track titled, “Wish My Kids Were Here.” The flip revisits an old favorite, Longfellow’s “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” an update on a song he first recorded/released, in 2002, at the start of the series.
ORDER HERE:
http://www.suicidesqueeze.net/index.php?section=store&ID=91
Act fast… 1,000 doesn’t last long.
~Dan – np: Holy Fuck – Latin
Jónsi in-store appearances
Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi plans to play acoustic sets at six record shops, part of his Go Closer series on his U.S. tour (previously announced here).
Jónsi hit Portland in April (review with photos), and I was going to go to the Las Vegas show (10/21), but am now not able to go.
For those who get to go to the tour or any of these in-stores – have fun!!!
October 2010 In-Store Dates
17 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Origami Vinyl
22 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Slowtrain
26 – Austin, Texas @ End Of An Ear
30 – Asheville, N.C. @ Harvest Records
31 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Criminal Records
November 2010
3 – Chicago, Ill. @ Reckless Records
~Dan – np: The Weepies – Be My Thrill
Over the Rhine – The Long Surrender (virtual listening party)
So, Cincinnati folk-duo Over the Rhine has a new album coming out… it’s called The Long Surrender, and it comes out 1/11/11. If you helped out with the pre-order campaign (mentioned back here and here), they are having a very special internet streaming listening party from Friday, October 8th at 6pm (PST) through Sunday, October 10th at 6pm (PST).
I’d post the link to the streaming-goodness… but I don’t want to get fired as a fan… again.
Look for a mini-review from me sometime next week.
~Dan – np: The Weepies – Be My Thrill
Dave Douglas – Spark of Being making of video
Check out the “making of” feature for Dave Douglas‘ Spark of Being…
And, if you’re lucky, they have a handful of dates…
October 7th, 2010
Spark Of Being in MN: preview in CityPages
Event screens at 8:00 @ Walker Art Center [tickets] [map]
October 8th, 2010
Spark Of Being in KC: preview in Kansas City Star
Event begins at 8:30PM @the Blue Room [tickets] [map]
October 24th, 2010
Spark Of Being in NYC
Event screens at 8:00 PM @ the Highline Ballroom [tickets] [map]
~Dan – np: The Weepies – Be My Thrill
Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane in SF
Wanderlusting took some fantastic photos of Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane show at San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival this past weekend… check ’em out (click the picture below for more):
Stubbadubb also posted a photo of Mr Bungle / Secret Chiefs 3 frontman Trey Spruance playing guitar with Mondo Cane. Here’s hoping Mike and Trey keep up the showing up in the same places together… :)
Also, here’s some video of the show…
I’m so jealous… wish I could have gone…
~Dan – np: The Weepies – Be My Thrill
John Zorn THE DREAMERS on vinyl(!!)
So, there was a hint a few months ago about a vinyl release from Tzadik… my hunch was that it would be John Zorn / The Dreamers O’o release (out on CD in 2009). Well, posted on Tzadik graphic artist Hueng-Hueng “Chippy” Chin’s Chippy Design flickr site yesterday was this…
“The Dreamers vinyl”
(click for larger)
It’s available for pre-order at Amazon under the title Dreamers – The Gentle Side… out Nov 23rd, 2010.
Update (10/8): the picture disc…
~Dan – np: Frank Zappa – Meets the Mothers of Prevention
Derek Webb – Democracy Vol 1 #9
One a month in 2010…
Derek Webb‘s Democracy Vol 1 is rolling along… This month, it is “The Sound of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel, featuring Derek’s wife Sandra McCracken.
For those not in the know, Democracy Vol 1 was part of the Stockholm Syndrome pre-order package, but you can still join in over at the DW store and get the following (plus future releases):
- January: The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- February: Coldplay – Fix You
- March: Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’
- April: Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul
- May: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
- June: U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name
- July: Huey Lewis & the News – Power of Love
- August: The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
- September: Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
~Dan – np: Misha Mengelberg – Four in One
Democracy Vol. 1 is the first in a series of subscription based albums of cover songs that Derek will be recording annually, starting January 2010. Those who participate will not only receive the exclusive album, but will democratically decide what songs Derek will record.
Ever wished you could hear Derek cover your favorite Beatles song? Or Backstreet Boys song? Or even re-record your favorite old Caedmon’s Call song? Here’s your chance. Songs will be nominated and voted down to 12. Derek will record them (demo quality) and deliver them digitally (320kbps MP3s), one song per month for 12 months. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this unique collaborative project with Derek Webb!
Erin McKeown Anniversary tour / Earshot Jazz 2010
Two unrelated PacNW tour updates…
Erin McKeown is hitting the West Coast on her upcoming Distillation Anniversary Tour and the annual Earshot Jazz Fest in Seattle just put out its 2010 program…
Erin McKeown Distillation Anniversary Tour 2010
- OCT 8* One Longfellow Square Portland, ME
- OCT 9* Iron Horse Northampton, MA
- OCT 17* Highline Ballroom New York, NY
- OCT 20* Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL
- OCT 22* Rex Theatre Pittsburgh, PA
- OCT 23* IOTA Arlington, VA
- OCT 24* World Café Live Philadelphia, PA
*with Distillation producer Dave Chalfant - NOV 6 Someday Lounge, Portland, OR
- NOV 8 Triple Door Seattle, WA
- NOV 11 Largo at the Coronet Los Angeles, CA
- NOV 14 Cafe DuNord San Francisco, CA
The Earshot Jazz Festival’s official program is over at: http://earshot.org/Publication/pub/10october.pdf. Or you can check out just the schedule over at http://earshot.org/Festival/schedule.html. Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Vagabond Opera, Toshi Reagon, Dave Peck, Ornette Coleman (film), Brian Blade, Ziggurat Quartet (mulltiple shows), DJ Spooky, Eugene Chadbourne, and more… sounds like a great three week line-up.
I hope to hit Erin’s Portland (Oregon) show… I saw her this past spring, and she puts on a great show. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it to any of the Earshot shows this time. Damn the 5-6 hour drive. Now, if they can get John Zorn back in 2011… I’m there!
~Dan – np: Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
Sigur Rós – homage or fromage?
Reposted from the sigur-ros.co.uk site… Sigur Rós doesn’t allow for their music to be used in advertisements. So some advertising companies have gotten “creative” (*cough*) and pretty much ripped them off. Listen for yourself:
Svefn-g-englar
the original
Hoppípolla
the original
Olsen Olsen
the original
Jónsi’s Go Do
the original
They seem like outright theft to me. Sigh. I guess at least the thieves have good taste.
~Dan – np: Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
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Radiohead might trash new album
As reported in SPIN…
Radiohead finished recording songs for their follow-up to 2007’s In Rainbows, but that doesn’t mean it’s ready to be released. Drummer Phil Selway said the Oxford quintet will return to the studio early next week to “take stock” of their new material — and possibly “throw it all out.” “Maybe we need to go back to the drawing board,” he told the Canadian Press. “It’s all up in the air at the moment.” Selway, who explained that the band has “been working on material on and off for a year,” added that while the songwriting process for In Rainbows was shaped by extensive touring and live experimentation with the songs, the new album “was quite the opposite.”
Fucking teases… maybe “throw it all out” is British for “give it to us for free.” But knowing Thom Yorke, he’s a perfectionist. I bet they’ll scrap it and start over.
Sigh.
~Dan – np: Medeski Martin & Wood – The Dropper
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