I can’t figure out how to post the video in this post, but click here to be taken to the 37 minutes of concert footage on NPR. [reposted from NPR] “Last year’s collaboration between St. Vincent (Annie Clarke) and David Bryne was surprising on many levels. The album they wrote and recorded together, Love This Giant, is inspired and artful,…
Merry Christmas! Earlier in the month I recorded two versions of the song, Silent Night. You can stream/download both songs below. This first version is a bit calmer than the others, and features the guitar. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/72450946″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This version is pretty bouncy, but I recommend listening to it with…
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/52711779 w=500&h=281] <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/52711779″>Landfill Harmonic film teaser</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user7746747″>Landfill Harmonic</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> Landfill Harmonic is an upcoming feature-length documentary about a remarkable musical orchestra in Paraguay, where young musicians play instruments made from trash. For more information about the film, please visit facebook.com/landfillharmonicmovie.
Not that anyone asked, but I thought that I’d share some of my favorite music albums from the past year. In no particular order, here are five that I’ve really connected with over the past 12 months. Love This Giant / David Byrne & St. Vincent Swing Lo Magellan / Dirty Projectors Be The Void /…
David Byrne is brilliant. His music, films, visual art, books and journal entries have held my attention since I first heard the album Talking Heads: 77 when I was in high school. Byrne was the lead singer and lyricist for the band, and I remember listening to the song “Don’t Worry About the Government” and…
Somehow I filed this away and had forgotten all about it until now. Utah Gutter/Country band John Ross Boyce and His Troubles didn’t learn their lesson after I made the album artwork for “Black Shuck, Old Crow”, and they asked me to make a logo for their band. I wanted to make something dark and…
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Radiohead’s OK Computer, Stereogum asked some of their favorite musicians (including Vampire Weekend, Cold War Kids, and My Brightest Diamond) to participate in a song-by-song covers compilation. Indicative of the album’s continued importance, each invitee jumped at the chance; the results are personal, intense, tellingly various. Slow down, dig in, enjoy.…
The Tumbledown Library have just released their first music album, The Children’s Planet. Head Librarian, Jefferson Craig, describes the project as “an album about The Children’s Planet, which explodes and sends its inhabitants across the galaxy. Hear where everybody, from Abigail to Zach, ends up!” I can’t stop listening to these 27 tracks, where (following the intro)…
Meet the newest band member of the band John-Ross Boyce and His Troubles: miss Angela Moore on violin! Check out my drawings of the rest of The Troubles here.