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Trip Magnet – A Different Side of Ty Tabor
So… this is a new website… “Trip Magnet – A Different Side of Ty Tabor” (King’s X guitarist)…
It’s quite mysterious… I wonder what will show up next… regardless, if it’s coming from Ty Tabor… it’s bound to be great!
~Dan – np: Mike Patton – Mondo Cane 
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Glen Phillips Live on Paste
Glen Phillips plays live on Paste…
(click picture for Paste video)
He plays “Always Have My Love,” “Rise Up,” “Two Headed Boy” (Neutral Milk Hotel cover), and “Whatever I Am.”
~Dan – np: Kneebody – Kneebody
Derek Webb – Democracy Vol 1 #4
One a month in 2010… a little late for April, but not too late…
Derek Webb‘s Democracy Vol 1 is rolling along… This month, it’s Gnarls Barkley‘s “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul.” I dig the less stripped down, more produced version of this compared to past Democracy Vol 1 issues… worth the slight delay.
Speaking of the delay, Derek’s hometown of Nashville has been through a lot recently with the flooding. Please help out if you can by donating your time or money. Check out Hands On Nashville for more information:
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. My plea for Derek to cover Tori Amos’ “Crucify” is likely not gonna happen. Oh well… I like the first four months’ output regardless.
- 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
If you missed the Derek & Jennifer Knapp tour, check out my review and photos from the Portland Oregon show at the Aladdin Theater on April 27th.
~Dan – np: Klank – Still Suffering
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!
Yoshie Fruchter of Pitom on Klezmer podcast
The latest Klezmer Podcast features an interview and tune from Yoshie Fruchter, front man for Judaic rock band Pitom. 
The Pitom debut (2008) is one of my favorites from Tzadik‘s Radical Jewish Culture series… one of the rare rock bands in the John Zorn Jewish musical revolution…
Listen to the podcast HERE, or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (free).
Check out Yoshie Fruchter‘s Pitom:
Find the Klezmer Podcast on the web, MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook.
~Dan – np: Michael Kelsey – Gruvency
Glen Phillips on SB Creative Community
Here’s a half hour interview (and live session) with Glen Phillips from earlier in April…
Good interview with a hometown interview show (Santa Barbara Creative Community)… he talks about his solo stuff, Works Progress Administration stuff, RemoteTreeChildren, Plover, Toad the Wet Sprocket, touring, etc…
Keep up on all things Glen Phillips over at http://glenphillips.com
~Dan – np: Kaki King – Junior
Sarah Kirkland Snider, My Brightest Diamond & Signal – Penelope
Sarah Kirkland Snider‘s debut album Penelope (New Amsterdam Records, September 2010) is a 60-minute song cycle for female voice, chamber orchestra, and electronics, composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider, featuring vocalist Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond and highly acclaimed chamber orchestra Signal, conducted by Brad Lubman, with sound design by Michael Hammond.
A deft blend of Snider’s classical training and strong interest in indie rock, pop and folk musics, Penelope is a genre-defying work that moves organically from moments of wistful strings-and-harp reflection to dusky post-rock textures with distorted drums and guitars, helmed by a strong sense of melody and a craftsman’s approach to songwriting. Derived from a multimedia-theater piece co-created by Snider and acclaimed playwright Ellen McLaughlin, the work centers on a woman whose long-missing former husband turns up at her door, traumatized by two decades spent in an unnamed war. To restore his memory, the woman reads aloud from Homer’s “Odyssey.” The result is a poignant, haunting story in song.
The New York Times praised the work for having “an elegiac quality that deftly evoked sensations of abandonment, agitation, grief and reconciliation…ably [demonstrating] the poised elegance of Ms. Snider’s writing.”
Penelope has appeared in various guises over the past two years: it originated as a music for a theater piece and then debuted as a song cycle with Signal last May. When Shara came aboard the project, Sarah revised and expanded the songs yet again, tailoring them to Shara’s unique talents and arranging them for Sarah’s dream cast of characters: a 25-person orchestra of strings, harp, percussion, drums, electric guitar and bass, and electronics (with sound design by Michael Hammond). The cycle grew from 40 to 60 minutes. The album comes out this fall!
For more info, and a link to a free download of the first “single,” visit the brand-spankin’-new Penelope website.
~Dan – np: Tegan and Sara – Sainthood thainthood
Derek Webb – Democracy Vol 1 #3
One a month in 2010…
Derek Webb‘s Democracy Vol 1 is rolling along… This month, it’s Bob Dylan‘s “The Times They Are A-Changin’.” I’ll admit, I’m not a Bob Dylan fan (I know, it’s heresy) – but I like Derek’s version regardless of my lack of history with the original.
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. My plea for Derek to cover Tori Amos’ “Crucify” is likely not gonna happen. Oh well… I like the first three months’ output regardless.
- January: The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- February: Coldplay – Fix You
- March: Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’
Derek’s playing at the Aladdin Theater in Portland, OR, at the end of the month with Jennifer Knapp. I’ll be there with my camera in-tow. Look forward to a Jazzsick review later in the month.
~Dan – np: Sarah Kirkland Snider w/ My Brightest Diamond – Penelope
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!
Tool’s Lateralus (Japanese version)
Tool‘s “Lateralus” covered by various players of the Japanese musical instrument, the koto…
~Dan – np: Nellie McKay – Normal As Blueberry Pie
Jónsi’s “Stars in Still Water” video
The new video for Jónsi Birgisson’s “Stars in Still Water” is featured over at Paste…
Debut album, Go, comes out April 6th. North American Tour starts April 6th as well. For more info, go to http://www.jonsi.com/
~Dan – np: Tin Hat – Foreign Legion
Jónsi’s “Boy Lilikoi” video
The new video for Jónsi Birgisson‘s “Boy Lilikoi” is featured over at SPIN…
Debut album, Go, comes out April 6th. North American Tour starts April 6th as well. For more info, go to http://www.jonsi.com/
~Dan – np: Dave Holland – Pathways
Clogs & Shara Worden on WNYC
Clogs with Shara Worden (aka My Brightest Diamond) hit the WNYC studio. The WNYC Soundcheck podcast (from March 23, 2010) features interviews with Clogs’ Padma Newsome and Bryce Dessner (also of The National), and songs with Shara Worden on vocals. You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes (for free).
The new album, The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton, is out now. Click the picture for Amazon options…
~Dan – np: Dave Holland Octet – Pathways
no free download torrent or mp3 here… if you like music, buy it!
Ben Folds Live on Chatroulette
Ben Folds and a crowd in North Carolina on Chatroulette… improvisational pop songs…
’tis a tribute to Merton’s original piano on Chatroulette…
~Dan – np: Chris Anderson – Free: The Future of a Radical Price (audiobook)
Julian Smith TV – Techno Jeep
Behold… Techno Jeep from Julian Smith TV…
~Dan – np: Iron & Wine with Calexico – In the Reins -EP-
Bad Veins @ Extraneous Noise
Check ’em out… Bad Veins doing “Falling Tide” on Extraneous Noise Music…
Extraneous Noise Music also has videos by Royal Bangs, Hanne Hukkelberg, and more on their YouTube & Vimeo channels. More to come… http://www.extraneousnoise.com/
~Dan – np: Incubus – S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
OrigAudio
From the company who brought us a way to unfold our speakers…
…comes a way to turn almost anything into speakers:
Officially cool.
~Dan – np: Fishtank Ensemble – Samurai Over Serbia
Porcupine Tree’s Anesthetize DVD
Porcupine Tree‘s new live film is approaching completion and a special edition will be available in April, with a regular version to follow in May. Anesthetize was filmed live over 2 nights in Tilburg, The Netherlands in October 2008, at the end of the Fear of a Blank Planet tour. The 130 minute live film includes a complete performance of the Blank Planet album and 11 other tracks, and was directed and edited by Lasse Hoile on high definition cameras, with the soundtrack mixed into stereo and 5.1 sound.
The special edition will take the form of a cloth bound hard back 120 page book (as per The Incident and Insurgentes deluxe versions) featuring live photography of the band taken over the last 5 years. The book will house both a DVD and a much higher quality Blu-Ray disc version of the film, as well as 2 audio CDs of the soundtrack including one bonus track not featured in the film. The book and audio CDs will not be included with the standard retail versions of the Blu-Ray/DVD.
~Dan – np: I.E.M. – 1996-1999
Derek Webb – Democracy Vol 1 #2
One a month in 2010…
Derek Webb‘s Democracy Vol 1 is rolling along… This month, it’s Coldplay‘s “Fix You.” It’s OK. Not as good as last month’s cover of The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” But that’s more a function of my view of Coldplay than my view of Derek. Democracy Vol 1 was part of the Stockholm Syndrome pre-order package, but you can still join in over at the DW store. My plea for Derek to cover Tori Amos’ “Crucify” is likely not gonna happen. Oh well… I like the first two months’ output regardless.
He’s also heading out on a short east coast tour with Jennifer Knapp next month… check it…
Derek Webb & Jennifer Knapp – Spring 2010
March 5 New York, NY City Winery
March 6 Manheim, PA Warehouse 54
March 8 Alexandria, VA The Birchmere
March 12 Asheville, NC Pisgah Brewing Company
March 13 Knoxville, TN The Square Room
March 26 Pittsburgh, PA Club Cafe Live
March 27 Sellersville, PA Sellersville Theater
And now for me, it’s off to Portland for PDX Jazz Fest… Dave Holland Quintet and Damien Jurado (non-jazz fest) tonight and Pharaoh Sanders and Dave Douglas’ Brass Ecstasy on Sunday.
~Dan – np: Derek Webb “Fix You”
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!
Ty Tabor – Something’s Coming
King’s X guitarist Ty Tabor‘s next solo album, Something’s Coming, now has a release date and a song streaming over at tytabor.com and molkenmusic.com. It’s out on March 20, 2010 and is up for pre-order over at Molken.
Ty Tabor – Something’s Coming
Besides Ty’s usual fantastic guitarwork and vocals, it features Jimi Hazel and Rick Skatore from 24-7 Spyz, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal from Guns N’ Roses, and Wally Farkas of Galactic Cowboys and Xenuphobe.
Unrelated, the new boxset for Steven Wilson‘s Cover Versions showed up today. It’s fantastic!
Also, unrelated, Derek Webb (who I dig a bunch) just released his entire last album (Stockholm Syndrome) for free. It’s on Noise Trade for free until midnight on Thursday (2/25).
~Dan – np: Steven Wilson – Cover Versions VI
Jónsi “Go Do” Video
Jónsi Birgisson of Sigur Rós has the debut video from Go for the song “Go Do.”
(click)
directed by arni & kinski
Tickets for his US Tour go on sale today at 10am. Check http://jonsi.com/ for more info.
~Dan – np: The Album Leaf – A Chorus of Storytellers
Derek Webb – Democracy Vol 1 #1
One a month in 2010…
Derek Webb‘s Democracy Vol 1 is underway… first up is The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” It’s great. Democracy Vol 1 was part of the Stockholm Syndrome pre-order package, but you can still join in over at the DW store. My plea for Derek to cover Tori Amos’ “Crucify” is likely not gonna happen. Oh well… I like month #1’s output regardless.
He’s also heading out on a short east coast tour with Jennifer Knapp this March… check it…
Derek Webb & Jennifer Knapp – Spring 2010
March 5 New York, NY City Winery
March 6 Manheim, PA Warehouse 54
March 8 Alexandria, VA The Birchmere
March 12 Asheville, NC Pisgah Brewing Company
March 13 Knoxville, TN The Square Room
March 26 Pittsburgh, PA Club Cafe Live
March 27 Sellersville, PA Sellersville Theater
~Dan – np: Derek Webb “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
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!
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