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Yann Tiersen, SXSW, Nellie McKay
Well… triple threat news again. This time it’s all about a touring Tiersen, a festival in Austin that every-indie-body loves, and my favorite Nellie (rhymes with McPie). In order of recency…
OK… so 3 hours ago I found out that French musician Yann Tiersen was touring. Touring the U.S. Touring through Portland… holy crap. For those who don’t know Yann Tiersen, click his name above or know that he makes great French music that got a lot more prominence with the Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie Amélie. I never thought he’d play any semblance of a decent North American tour… Anyway, here are the tour dates:
Apr 15 – Maison Française WASHINGTON
Apr 16 – Irving Plaza NEW YORK
Apr 17 – Club Soda MONTREAL
Apr 18 – Club Soda MONTREAL
Apr 19 – Mod Club Theatre TORONTO
Apr 21 – Logan Theatre CHICAGO
Apr 22 – Triple Rock Social MINNEAPOLIS
Apr 24 – Blue Bird DENVER
Apr 25 – Urban Lounge SALT LAKE CITY
Apr 27 – Richards VANCOUVER
Apr 28 – Neumo’s SEATTLE
Apr 29 – Wonder Ballroom PORTLAND
May 1 – Great American SAN FRANCISCO
May 2 – El Rey LOS ANGELES
May 8 – Queens Hall EDINBURG
May 9 – ABC 1 GLASGOW
May 10 – Duchess YORK
May 11 – Academy II BIRMINGHAM
May 13 – Junction CAMBRIDGE
May 14 – Electric Ballroom LONDON
May 15 – ATP fest “The Breeders” MINEHEAD
May 17 – Pheonix EXETER
May 18 – Komedia BATH
May 19 – Concorde II BRIGHTON
Jul 4 – Centro de artes e do espectaculos FIGUEIRA DA FOZ
Jul 5 – Casa das artes VILA NOVA DE FAMALICAO
Jul 6 – Centro cultural de Belem LISBOA
I just got my tickets (the Portland show is available from TicketBastard). I’m. so. excited.
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The SXSW music festival is a’going on again. I don’t really have a desire (or time off during busy season) to go to it this year. If I had time off in March, I’d be in San Francisco anyway. This year’s SXSW schedule is out (http://www.sxsw.com/).
If I went, I’d totally check out Peter Mulvey (he’s awesome) on the Signature Sounds stage, and Fol Chen on the Asthmatic Kitty stage… OK, and maybe Tori Amos, but she’s far from indie (she’s got a new one coming out in the spring, titled Abnormally Attracted to Sin).
Oh, and I’d probably also check out Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head on whatever stage they’re playing at SXSW… as you can’t argue with a band name like that (though I will say I’ve never ever heard the band). Hot!
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The live taping of Nellie McKay and Mia Doi Todd on Mountain Stage was recently posted. It was taped March 2008 but recently posted on NPR.org on January 27, 2009. Go here for the streaming link hook-up. Nellie played: Real Life, Long and Lazy River, Mother of Pearl, Testify, Buttons & Bows, and Zombie; and Mia Doi Todd played: River of Life and Esperar Es Caro.
~Dan – np: The Rutles – Archaelogy
My Brightest Diamond @ Le Poisson Rouge (Dec 2008)
I’m reusing this press photo of My Brightest Diamond, because I think it’s rad…
Baeble Music recently recorded My Brightest Diamond‘s entire concert at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC last year (12.13.08). I’ve only watched the first few songs so far, but it is fantastic. The setlist is very similar to the Eugene show that I went to in late November 2008, with a few songs swapped around in the order.
** Watch the full concert at baeblemusic.com **
** Watch the full concert at baeblemusic.com **
** Check out the blog & photos from the show as well **
I can’t get the embedding to work (WordPress.com blogs are like that sometimes on non-YouTube/Google videos); so just click the link or picture above. Baeble Music has tons of other live shows that they filmed on their site as well. Check ’em out: http://www.baeblemusic.com/
And as an unrelated side-note…
…the February 1 [2009] interview with John Zorn on WNYC‘s Ear to Ear with David Garland is excellent. It’s 76 minutes of new John Zorn music and insight into the overworked, overjoyed musical genius. It is available in its entirety for download over at WYNC’s website:
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/eveningmusic/episodes/2009/02/01
It features some recent music [fall/winter ’08] and some as of now unreleased music. Score!
~Dan – np: The Beatles – Let It Be
SC3 @ the Great American Music Hall
Well, I was proven wrong for my naysaying only a week later, the Secret Chiefs 3 have followed up on their promise, and the live DVD is officially set and ready to go. This was posted to the Web of Mimicry store on Friday:
Live at the Great American Music Hall captures Secret Chiefs 3 in concert with what many consider to be the best of their many line-ups in 14 years of playing.
Shot in 2007 at one of the band’s favorite haunts, in San Francisco, this DVD does justice to a group whose live energy usually exceeds the recorded medium. Renowned for their ultra-elaborate CD productions, Secret Chiefs 3 has also garnered a reputation for the power and immediacy of their live shows. Their fanbase has swelled in recent years and grown accustomed to this live incarnation (the Secret Chiefs 3 bootleg scene is thriving), and they demand an official release! Not just some audience-hand-cam and stereo-mic-job thing, this DVD boasts a pro six-camera shoot with live sound mixed by Billy Anderson, with the multi-channel outs mixed for DVD by Trey Spruance and Randall Dunn (producer of Earth, SUNN O))), Kinski, Wolves in the Throne Room, etc). And it comes with a really nice six-panel gatefold digi-pack with original artwork. At the show, Secret Chiefs 3 performs a set of both familiar and as-yet-unreleased music. The line-up includes Ches Smith (Xiu Xiu, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog), Shahzad Ismaili (who also plays with Graham Haynes, Laurie Anderson, and Tom Waits), Timb Harris (Estradasphere), Rich Doucette, Peijman Kouretchian, and Jai Young Kim.
Live at the Great American Music Hall DVD also includes an award-winning and seriously dimensionally altered 80-minute stop-motion animation feature film directed by Tawd Dorenfeld that uses Secret Chiefs 3’s live show as a soundtrack.
It’s a pre-order for a March 3rd release. Mine’s on order… yay…
Oh, and a side note… the Fol Chen CD out on Asthmatic Kitty (entitled Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune’s Made) is really really fun and rad. It’s poppy-electronic-indie rock goodness. Quirky, yet melodic. Totally a gem in 2009, if you ask me.
~Dan – np: Jamie Saft – Black Shabbis
Jacob FREE Jazz Odyssey
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey have released their new studio album, Winterwood, for FREE. Go here… http://www.jfjo.com/info.php?i=3160
They’re also embarking on a tour which (of course) swings through Eugene when I’ll be out of town. So, three times through Eugene in 10 months… first time the same time as an in-town Ani DiFranco gig, second time when it was a ticketed show behind a ticketed festival (grumble), and third time when I’ll be 100 miles away for work. Sigh. At least they’ve proven that they’ve got love for Eugene… and I’m sure I’ll get to see them… eventually.
Anyway, here are their tour dates (as of 1/29/09):
01/29/09 :: George’s Majestic Lounge – Fayetteville, AR
01/30/09 :: Jardine’s – Kansas City, MO
01/31/09 :: Mojo’s – Columbia, MO
02/10/09 :: Winston’s – San Diego, CA
02/11/09 :: Largo – Los Angeles, CA
02/12/09 :: Yoshi’s – Oakland, CA
02/13/09 :: HopMonk Tavern – sebastopol, CA
02/14/09 :: New World Ballet Co. – Arcata, CA
02/18/09 :: Indigo – Eugene, OR
02/20/09 :: Eastside Club – Olympia, WA
02/21/09 :: Goodfoot Lounge – Portland, OR
02/22/09 :: Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
02/25/09 :: Hodi’s Half Note – Fort Collins, CO
02/27/09 :: The B-Side Lounge – Boulder, CO
02/28/09 :: Owsley’s Golden Road – Denver, CO
03/28/09 :: The Parish Room – Austin, TX
And I’m glad I’ll at least be spinning their new album for free in a bit.
~Dan – np: The Bad Plus – These Are the Vistas
Her Morning Elegance
So, thanks to Barry for pointing this video my way…
I’d never heard of musician/director Oren Lavie or directors Yuval & Merav Nathan before. This video for Oren’s song “Her Morning Elegance” reminds me of something Michel Gondry* would do (“in camera” special effects)…
Enjoy!
*– Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, Be Kind Rewind, several Bjork / Radiohead / White Stripes videos, et cetera…
~Dan – np: The Bad Plus – These Are the Vistas
Isis, Geo 100, and a Secret DVD
A trio of music news about Isis, George Hrab, and the Secret Chiefs 3…
As foretold in Pitchfork, post-metal band Isis is due out with their follow-up to the amazingly great In the Absence of Truth (2006) on May 5th on Ipecac Recordings. The release is April 21 for the special edition vinyl. Wavering Point is their 5th full-length album, and it features TOOL guitarist Adam Jones on a coupe of songs. The blurb in Pitchfork cracked me up…
And this is just a wild guess, but I’m thinking most of the songs will start out really quiet and pretty and they they’ll get epically loud and crunchy and they’ll last for about eight minutes. Call me crazy.
…because it’s true.
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George Hrab‘s Geologic Podcast (i.e.- the best free thing on the internets) just turned 100. With one every week (give or take), that’s roughly 2 solid years of putting out an almost album’s worth of comedy and musical goodness every stinkin’ week!? Check him out:
http://geologicpodcast.com/
http://geologicrecords.com/
Oh, and he’s working on album #6… which is oh so nice…
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And according to the prophecies and the motto of “screen shot or it didn’t happen,” I present you with this gem of “based on their track record, it probably won’t actually come out on time“… the Secret Chiefs 3 have a live DVD coming out in “March” on Web of Mimicry:
We shall see…
~Dan – np: Baby Animals – Shaved and Dangerous
Shark Remixes & Holy F’s Mia Remix
Last fall, Asthmatic Kitty released My Brightest Diamond‘s Shark Remixes Volume 1 (by Alfred Brown). It is a great remix EP… yet, the initial press release said something about a Vol 2 in Nov and Vol 3 in Dec. Well, our Thanksgiving gift has now arrived…
Shark Remixes, Volume 2 is done by Son Lux. It’s only $1.99 on iTunes for four songs… you can try out two of the tracks for free over at Asthmatic Kitty’s website (right click links below, “Save As”):
- Inside a Boy (remixed by Son Lux)
- To Pluto’s Moon (remixed by Son Lux)
- the other 2 songs are on iTunes
Our Christmas gift (i.e.- Volume 3)… well, maybe March? Whenever it comes out, I’m sure it’ll be great…
EDIT / UPDATE (1/28/09): a 4th volume was just announced, and the four EPs are slated for a hardcopy release in the spring/summer.
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And, in true blog fashion, as I’m writing one up I stumble on some other good news…
Canadian live electronic / post rock band of awesomeness, Holy Fuck, have done a remix of Mia‘s “Paper Planes.” You can get a copy of the track over on Nialler9’s blog.
~Dan – np: AsvA – Futurists Against the Ocean
Diva Zappa
Diva Zappa‘s contributions to the recent aaafnraaa birthday bundle 
digital release on Frank’s 68th birthday are excellent… very quirky, she’s very much a Zappa offspring. It’s on iTunes. The whole album’s worth owning, especially for a Zappa fan. Diva’s tracks are “Alice” (my fave) and “Espanoza.” Melanie Starks take on “Dumb All Over” is another gem… of course, I’m quite fond of the lyrics to that one…
The tracklist for the album:
- Dancin’ Fool (Disco Version) by Frank Zappa
- More Trouble Every Day by FZ
- Gorgeous Inca by FZ
- Ancient Armaments by FZ
- America The Beautiful by FZ
- You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch by Dweezil & Ahmet Zappa
- Saturday Girl by Dweezil
- Alice by Diva Zappa
- Espanoza by Diva
- Dumb All Over by Melanie Starks
- Twenty Small Cigars by Joe Travers
- Lacksadaisial by Joe Travers
- Dirty Love by Cree Summer (Dweezil & Ahmet)
~Dan – np: the aforementioned aaafnraaa
PS- “aaafnraaa” stands for “anything anytime anywhere for no reason at all again,” a motto of Frank’s.
PPS– Fave Instrumental Albums of 2008 to be posted Monday AM (for those who care).
Astral Inter Planet Space Captain Christmas Infinity Voyage
OK, so before the main thrust of this post, here’s a short word from Jack Black…
With that being said, I think “piracy” might only relate to something that’s supposed to be sold and someone steals it? I dunno… regardless… since 2001, indie quirky folkster Sufjan Stevens has made “Songs for Christmas” EPs and distributed them to friends and family. In the fall of 2006, his record label Asthmatic Kitty released the first five volumes in a kick ass EP boxset (for a really great price – – 5 EPs for $14.99):
Since then, he’s done three more volumes… for friends and family. Well, Volumes 6 & 7 haven’t made their way onto the internets, yet*… but Songs for Christmas, Volume VIII: Astral Inter Planet Space Captain Christmas Infinity Voyage has been made available by one of Sufjan’s friends and/or family. So… I guess we’re all included in his friend’s list this year. Click the picture/tracklist below to go to another blogger’s post who has download links at the ready:
01. Angels We Have Heard On High*– By “yet,” I mean… if you find Vol 6 or 7, tell me, yo! :)
And, kids… just like when Volumes 1-3 got leaked in early 2006… when the official product comes out, you gotta support the artists (with your wallet, not your mouse button)! I know I’ll buy it if it comes out… but until then, enjoy it as a Christmas present from Sufjan’s friend and/or family who likes to re-gift.
Happy Festivus tomorrow!
~Dan – np: Medeski Martin & Wood play John Zorn‘s Masada Book Two: Zaebos
Clare & the Reasons – Daytrotter Session
Brooklyn-based French-pop group Clare & the Reasons came through the Daytrotter studios (likely recorded around the same time as My Brightest Diamond, as they were on tour together). Four songs, in-studio for FREE…
http://daytrotter.com/article/1520/clare-and-the-reasons
1) Pluto 2) Alphabet City 3) Can Your Car Do That? I Don’t Think So 4) Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Tears for Fears cover]
If you like what you hear, check more out on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/claremuldaur
Past Daytrotter Sessions I’ve blogged about (and dug):
- My Brightest Diamond #2
- Damien Jurado
- Talkdemonic
- Aimee Mann
- Ani DiFranco
- The Bad Veins
- Kaki King
- Holy Fuck …and David Bazan, My Brightest Diamond, Erin McKeown
~Dan – np: John Zorn – The Crucible (with Mike Patton, Joey Baron, Trevor Dunn & Marc Ribot)
Holy F**k in-studio & Derek Webb news
It’s not that I intend to bring together two disparate artists for my music news post. I mean, I surely do love it… but it’s usually just a function of me liking way too much music, and news comes in to me in spurts that are as controllable as a trying to plug the holes in a colander. This post is brought to you by a foul-named (but primarily instrumental) Canadian electronic band that totally pwns (Holy Fuck) and a contemporary Christian artist for whom I still have a lot of respect despite philosophical differences (Derek Webb).
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Holy Fuck first… needless to say, Holy Fuck is in the list of artists that whenever I hear news about them… up it goes. They’ve been an obsession since late ‘05 / early ‘06, and they just keep gettin’ better. They make what’s best referred to as “live electronic” music. They’ve got a 23 minute in-studio performance on UK’s Channel M. Due to WordPress video posting capabilities, I am unable to do the streaming thing (it only seems to work for me for YouTube). So, click the picture to be taken to Channel M’s website:
>> Holy Fuck – In Session on Channel M <<
They play The Pulse, Royal Gregory, Frenchy’s, interview segment, Super Inuit, and Lovely Allen.
Holy Fuck’s albums are rad, instrumental grooves of deliciousness – – two self-titled LPs, along with a self-titled EP. The 2nd self-titled album is the best, IMO. You can pick it up from the Beggars Group (USA) or Young Turks (UK). They’ve also got some split 12″ vinyl. One last year with the band Celebration (no longer available), and one this year with Foals where they each cover the others track (it’s on vinyl – but you can DL the mp3s here). You can also check Holy Fuck out on the MySpaces.
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Derek Webb, formerly of the folky / hip-with-the-college crowd CCM septet Caedmon’s Call, has continued to make compelling music (which is the opposite that Caedmon’s Call has done without him, IMO). Anyway, per a recent emailing, he’s working on his follow-up to The Ringing Bell.
He’s collaborating with long time friend and former Caedmon’s Call bandmate Josh Moore on what is rumored to be a more experimental, electronic album. Teasing with programmed and decidedly more ‘inorganic’ elements, the album called Stockholm Syndrome is shaping up to be Derek’s “most ambitious album to date.”
We shall see. It’s expected out by May 2009. More info on Derek at derekwebb.com.
Dan – np: NIИ – The Slip
nine inch nails / NIN
Glen Phillips (another side project) & more Maynard news
Glen Phillips (of Toad the Wet Sprocket) released a great Plover side-project about a month and a half ago. I dig it a-plenty. Find out more about it over here.
Fresh off the heels of Plover is another Glen side-project called Remote Tree Children (or the all jammed together RemoteTreeChildren). Their debut, Veterans of the Loudness Wars, is available @ Band Camp. I’m downloading it now; so I can’t speak to it’s greatness*. But knowing my hyperbolic ways and my mostly undying love for Glen Phillips, it’s gonna be better than a basket full of shiba inu puppies. Better off for you uninitiated and/or hit hard by economic downturn(s)… it is mother fuppin’ FREE (or $10 if you want lossless).
>> http://remotetreechildren.bandcamp.mu/ <<
on the MySpaces: http://www.myspace.com/remotetreechildren
It’s FREE!! But… support indie music if you are able!!
* Update: Holy poop skittles, the lead off track is fuuuuuun & funky & kinda disco-y (in the good way)… and the rest of the album doesn’t disappoint at all. For such a late in the year release, this is still definitely a contender for Best of the Year for me. Seriously. I only type with mild hyperbole.
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Also, fresh off of the news of a Puscifer live show in Vegas in Feb ’09… Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle) blabbed to The Pulse of Radio that he and guitarist Billy Howerdel (APC & Ashes Divide) have been working on some fresh material for A Perfect Circle:
I doubt if we’ll do any touring or, you know, do a full album. We might do some one-off shows here and there if the timing’s right and it seems like a good vibe and a smart thing to do. But most likely we’ll just kind of concentrate on… one or two songs at a time, rather than investing all the time and money and effort into making those plastic discs that no one cares about anymore.
The whole “plastic discs that no one cares about anymore” is troubling. I’d hate to see only electronic releases in the future, but I guess new APC is new APC. I gotta roll with the punches in this new, yet unfortunate, digital age…
The article also said that his main band, TOOL, has been on vacation since early 2008, although Keenan said that he expects the band to begin writing a new album sometime in 2009.
Yay!
~Dan – np: Beck – Modern Guilt 
Opeth “Burden” single
Opeth released an internet-only single today for “Burden” (from the Watershed album). Sigh… where has the metal gone? Anyway, this single is definitely more in the non-metal / Damnation-era style – – which is fine, I suppose. I only bought the b-sides: “Mellotron Heart” and a cover of Alice in Chains‘ “Would?”
“Mellotron Heart” is a reworking of their first single, “Porcelain Heart,” but on mellotron and mini-moog. It’s pleasant, but mellower than the original – – which was mellow to start.
The cover of “Would?” is a surprisingly true to the original version of the Alice in Chains hit. From Opeth, I think I expected more re-working for a cover version. No offense, Mikael, but if I wanted to listen to a straight-up version of “Would?,” I’d put on Alice in Chains’ Dirt.
They should have made this the cover art…
Anyway, the “Burden” single can be obtained from the iTunes or (I’m sure) other music retailers on the Intertubes.
Also out on iTunes today (which I haven’t vouched for yet)… a new one from Kevin Max, a many artist collaboration called “Price of Silence” with Jurassic 5’s Chali 2Na (I’m sure other big names, too – – I just heard of it from his MySpace bulletin), and the new DM Stith album (he’s done some great work with My Brightest Diamond, Sufjan Stevens, and other Asthmatic Kitty artists).
~Dan – np: Beck – Odelay (deluxe edition)
Ellery, Ric Hordinski & Free Holiday Music
As mentioned around Thanksgiving, Ric Hordinski (guitarist extraordinaire from Cincinnati) is having his annual holiday show with pop duo Ellery (Dec 12th @ Ric’s Monastery Studio in Cincinnati).
Well, same as last year, Ellery is giving away their holiday EP for free. It’s called December Days. Last year’s was a 3 song EP. This year has an additional fourth track, the brand new collaboration with Ric Hordinski called “We Can Dream Tonight.”
Get it here: http://www.ellerymusic.com/downloads/decemberdaysep2008.zip
It’s free, yo!
~Dan – np: Ty Tabor – Balance
My Brightest Diamond – Daytrotter Session
Brooklyn-based pop-stress My Brightest Diamond (aka Shara Worden) came through the Daytrotter studios for a 2nd go round. Four songs, in-studio for FREE…
http://daytrotter.com/article/1515/my-brightest-diamond-encore-session
1) From the Top of the World 2) Inside a Boy 3) Apples 4) The Gentlest Gentleman
If you like what you hear, she’s got some great albums on Asthmatic Kitty Records.
Past Daytrotter Sessions I’ve blogged about (and dug):
- Damien Jurado
- Talkdemonic
- Aimee Mann
- Ani DiFranco
- The Bad Veins
- Kaki King
- Holy Fuck …and David Bazan, My Brightest Diamond, Erin McKeown
~Dan – np: Noctaluca – Still the Wicked Rest
Damien Jurado – Daytrotter Session
Seattle-based singer-songwriter Damien Jurado has a Daytrotter Session up now… four songs, in-studio for FREE…
http://daytrotter.com/article/1512/damien-jurado
1) Dimes 2) Everything Trying 3) Gillian Was a Horse 4) Ohio
If you like what you hear, he’s got some great albums on Sub Pop & Secretly Canadian Records.
Past Daytrotter Sessions I’ve blogged about (and dug):
- Talkdemonic
- Aimee Mann
- Ani DiFranco
- The Bad Veins
- Kaki King
- Holy Fuck …and David Bazan, My Brightest Diamond, Erin McKeown
~Dan – np: Geologic Podcast #93
Talkdemonic – Daytrotter Session
Portland, OR-based post-rock / electro-acoustic group Talkdemonic has a Daytrotter Session up now… four songs, in-studio for FREE…
http://daytrotter.com/article/1494/talkdemonic
1) CSJ9 2) Shallow Doldrums 3) Bering 4) March Movement
Past Daytrotter Sessions I’ve blogged about (and dug):
- Aimee Mann
- Ani DiFranco
- The Bad Veins
- Kaki King
- Holy Fuck …and David Bazan, My Brightest Diamond, Erin McKeown
~Dan – np: J.C. Hutchins – 7th Son: Descent (audio book)
MBD “Tainted Love” and Streaming Concert
Shara Worden (aka My Brightest Diamond) is on a new covers compilation, Guilt By Association Vol 2. Also on the compilation are Matt Pond PA and Kaki King (two other artists I like). For the complete tracklist, go here. MBD’s version of Soft Cell‘s “Tainted Love” is on the compilation, but also available HERE for FREE. Yes, free as in “free.”
(photo by Fazimel)
Also, filed under “late to the dance”… MBD’s Seattle Triple Door concert on Wed the 19th was streaming over on Synclive.com. Well, it’s no longer streaming (except in time-lapse continuum locales), but the entire hour and 58 minutes of Clare & the Reasons (opener) and My Brightest Diamond are archived. Go here (click the Synclive picture below):
Tonight is MBD in Eugene… so… it’s gonna be an AWESOMELY heels-over-head* DAY!!! I’ll have pics and a review of the show posted by Sunday at the latest…
*– no puppies were harmed in this (I hope)
~Dan – np: J.C. Hutchins – 7th Son: Descent (audio book)
Ani DiFranco’s iTunes Originals session
Ani DiFranco unexpectedly showed up in my weekly iTunes email this morning. I love the iTunes Originals series… it’s a good mix of interviews, album tracks, and in-studio iTunes exclusives. Well, Ani’s got one out as of today (11/18/08).
$9.99 for 24 tracks (includes interviews). Just do a search for “Ani DiFranco iTunes originals” in… um… iTunes… duh! I’d post a direct link, but apparently those are local drive-specific.
~Dan
Opeth “Burden” video
I’m not psychic… I just knew that a video was impending for Opeth… well, as correctly guessed yesterday, I’m following up two rap posts in a row with a Swedish death metal post. Well, sort of… the latest video by Swedish death metal band OPETH is here… it’s called “Burden,” and it’s barely even regular metal (sigh):
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/video/view.aspx?songID=2362
I guess making a video for a 10-minute long brutal onslaught isn’t all that “commercially viable.” Alas, we got “Burden” instead.
~Dan – np: Miles Davis – In a Silent Way
-Eyvind Kang
-Frank Zappa
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