NYHETER UKE 35 - 2013
PURE BATHING CULTURE MOON TIDES Memphis Industries MI0273CD / MI0273LP
5060146094122 / 5060146094139
CD/LP
Portland er som kjent et av de mest spennende stedene for nye favoritter for tiden og her kommer enda en: Pure Bathing Culture, en duo bestående av Daniel Hindman og Sarah Vesprille fra Vetiver. Guardian beskriver dem på følgende måte: ”Recalling the gauzy, sun-dappled haze of Beach House and the dreamier side of Fleetwood Mac”. Akkurat det er en linje tekst som i alle fall overbeviser oss og noen lytt på platen backer den engelske avisens utsagn perfekt opp. ”…a blissful and quietly cosmic experience” 4/5 Q “A perfect summer record for those who found the last Beach House album too wintry” 8/10 UNCUT 4/5 THE GUARDIAN https://www.facebook.com/purebathingculture
DISAPPEARS ERA Kranky KRANK182 / KRANK182LP
0796441818228 / 0796441818211
CD/LP
Disappears mørke blanding av drivende kraut, garasjerock og shoegaze har lenge vært favoritter i kred-pressen og med Era fortsetter de å imponere tross flere utskiftninger i besetningen siden sist. For nye lyttere kan bandets sound løst beskrives som en reise fra Suicide via Sonic Youth og My Bloody Valentine til samtiden, og av kontemporære, sammenlignbare band kan for eksempel A Place To Bury Strangers nevnes. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Disappears/130849953637535
MANDOLIN ORANGE THIS SIDE OF JORDAN Yep Roc YEP2338 / YEP2338LP
0634457233829 / 0634457233812
CD/LP
Mandolin Orange, en North Carolina-duo som opererer innen Appalachias old timey-tradisjon og som gjør akkurat det svært godt. På This Side of Jordan er de dessuten backet av et framifrå band som mykt støtter opp under de flotte vokalarbeidene. En naturlig sammenligning er Gillian Welch og David Rawlings og andre navn som kan trekkes frem når man skal prate Mandolin Orange er The Civil Wars, Nickel Creek og Alison Krauss. http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/08/album-premiere-mandolin-orange-this-side-of-jordan/
https://www.facebook.com/MandolinOrange
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NYHETER UKE 35 - 2013 SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION WASSAIC WAY RTE 8 RTE803 / RTE803LP
CD/LP
0634457608528 / 0634457608511
Duoen Sarah Lee Guthrie og Johnny Irion har siden 2005 gitt oss nydelig tradisjonell folk, og på Wassaic Way får vi mer av nettopp dette. Platen ble spilt inn av Wilcos Jeff Tweedy og Pat Sansone i deres Loft i Chicago og de, samt Wilcobassist John Stirratt, Spencer Tweedy og andre, er med på instrumenter og vokal. Fine greier. “…an album that captures Guthrie and Irion’s remarkable melodic strengths and marries them to Tweedy and Sansone’s sympathetic and beautifully shaped production.” 3.5/5 AMERICAN SONGWRITER http://www.sarahleeandjohnny.com/
VARIOUS ARTISTS THE SUN ROCK BOX 1950-1959 Bear Family BCD17313
8CD
5397102173134
Bear Family har nylig gitt oss bokser fra Sun Records-arkivene med fokus på country og blues, og nå har turen kommet til rock’n’roll-sjangeren. 8 disker med 255 spor i alt som presenterer det beste av rock’n roll fra sjangerens første år – Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison og et utall andre. Historien fortelles i en 224 sider tykk bok som også følger med. ”The definitive Sun rock’n’roll box” 5/5 MOJO ”…essential” 9/10 UNCUT
GROOMS INFINITY CALLER Western Vinyl WV107 / WV107LP
CD/LP
0656605464428 / 0656605464411 Grooms fortsetter på Infinity Caller å feire 90-tallet og feier videre med sin Sonic Youth/Polvo/Dinosaur Jr.-lignende fuzz-indie. Bandet var nær ved å legge gitarene på hylla, men en invitasjon fra Michael Azerrad til å spille på et Our Band Could Be Your Life-arrangement sammen med St. Vincent, Wye Oak og Dan Deacon ga dem en ny boost. Vi takker Azerrad for det. http://www.stereogum.com/1437111/grooms-i-think-were-alone-now-video-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/
CELESTIAL SHORE 10X Hometapes HT063CD / HT063LP
0656605716329 / 0656605716312
CD/LP
Slacker-prog? Ja, det er vel omtrent beskrivende for Celestial Shores musikk der de blander math-rock med lo-fi på en elegant måte. For fans av Deerhoof, Dirty Projectors og lignende. “…proggy music with a comfortingly slacker-rock edge.” FADER “mesmerizing...” STEREOGUM https://www.facebook.com/CelestialShore
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NYHETER 35 - 2013 ESMERINE DALMAK Constellation CST096 / CST096LP
0666561009625 / 0666561009618
CD/LP
Esmerine med Godspeed You! Black Emperors Bruce Cawdron og Silver Mt. Zions Rebecca Foon i front og Besnard Lakes’ Jace Lasek i kontrollrommet leverer instrumental rock med world-snitt (platen er delvis spilt inn i Istanbul med lokale musikere) på Dalmak, deres fjerde album. http://exclaim.ca/News/esmerine_draw_on_turkish_music_for_dalmak http://www.esmerine.com/
11 PARANOIAS SUPERUNNATURAL Ritual Productions RITE023CD 5060195515326
CD
11 Paranoias består av Ramesses Adam Richardson, Electric Wizards Mark Greening og Mike Vest fra Bong. Den innvidde vil da straks skjønne at vi skal til den psykedeliske doomens verden. “Most bands can’t reach these levels of primeval heaviness...these four tracks are blackened, psychedelic doom nightmares that will shake your house down if you play it too loud.” KKKK KERRANG http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15665-reapers-ruin/ https://soundcloud.com/11-paranoias
CENTAURA LAWDY, LAWDY, LAWD Numero Group JR011LP 0825764601115
LP
Centauras Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawd tilgjengelig “for what amounts to the first time”, som Numero Group sier det. Platen ble spilt inn i Birmingham, Alabama i 1978 og gir oss en blanding av funk, disco, boogie og Muscle Shoals-style southern soul. Obskurt og deilig i beste Numero Group-ånd.
GEORGES VERT AN ELECTRIC MIND Melodic MELO088LP 5060168040657
80’s synth og disco i forening når franskmannen Georges Vert gir oss An Electric Mind. Referanser er Giorgio Moroder, nyere electro og The Loft. LP i begrenset opplag på 300 ex.
LP
http://thequietus.com/articles/13037-georges-vert-an-electric-mind-sur-le-vif
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NYHETER 35 - 2013
FORHÅND 30. AUGUST
volcano choir repave Jagjaguwar JAG238 / JAG238LP
0656605223827 / 0656605223810
CD/2LP
http://youtu.be/dp127U0EJoI Jagjaguwar is pleased to announce the second long-player from Wisconsin six-piece ensemble Volcano Choir. Repave builds exponentially from the musical relationship built on their 2009 debut,Unmap, and finds the band operating as a fully-realized unit, crafting their new album together over the past three years at the Fall Creek, Wisconsin studio, April Base.
Tracklist: 1. Tiderays 2. Acetate 3. Comrade 4. Byegone 5. Alaskans 6. Dancepack 7. Keel 8. Almanac
Repave, out August 30th, was created by band members Jon Mueller, Chris Rosenau, Matthew Skemp, Daniel Spack, Justin Vernon, and Thomas Wincek. https://www.facebook.com/volcanochoir http://volcanochoir.com/
FORHÅND 30. AUGUST KING KHAN & THE SHRINES IDLE NO MORE Merge MRG486 / MRG486LP
0673855048628 / 0673855048611
CD/LP
It has been a lengthy hiatus, but we have finally finished our latest “masterpiece” and named it after an incredible indigenous-rights movement that is happening right now called Idle No More. I was born and raised in Montreal and spent a lot of time on the Kahnawake Mohawk Indian reservation.
Tracklist: 1. Born to Die 2. Bite My Tongue 3. Thorn in Her Pride 4. Luckiest Man 5. Better Luck Next Time 6. Darkness 7. Pray for Lil 8. Bad Boy 9. So Wild 10. Yes I Can’t 11. I Got Made 12. Of Madness I Dream
Idle No More is probably the most refined piece of music we have made to date. The songs are about the state of the world we live in today. Originally, I was going to call the album Of Madness I Dream, but then I became very enthused about the amazing work of the Idle No More movement. Everyone I asked had never heard of it, so I contacted the leaders of the movement and, with their permission, decided to rename the album Idle No More in hopes that it would increase the world’s awareness of this miracle that is taking place for the indigenous peoples of the world. If you are not familiar with Idle No More, look it up and GET INVOLVED! It took a long time to make, but we are very proud and pleased to bring you this album. I hope that the future will brighten up every time it is played. Ultimately, John and Yoko were absolutely right: LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED! Peace and Love, King Bama Lama Khan Emperor of RnB
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NYHETER 35 - 2013
FORHÅND 30. AUGUST
RICHARD BUCKNER SURROUNDED Merge MRG499 / MRG499LP
0673855049922 / 0673855049915
CD/LP
Incident: I packed up most of the familiar and brought in a few new sound dispensers and bearding effects with certain re-enactors in mind. Restraints suggested surrender, though, so I sent the scraps to a magician for repurposing.
Tracklist: 1. Surrounded 2. When You Tell Me How It Is 3. Beautiful Question 4. Foundation 5. Portrait 6. Mood 7. Go 8. Cut 9. Lean-To
Synopsis: Part I. An insomniac waits, armed with redactions as Part II. Morning arrives in a prosecuting funk with a pack of frequently-lost answers. Part III. Silhouettes are staged in the recesses while the interrogator bears down. Part IV. The subject is declared evanescent Part V. and the sentence is reduced to a simmering loop. Resume: 1964-1985: Born to transients and miseducated in 30 locations. 1986-1993: Exhaled on both coasts while failing to write. 1994: Traipsed into the hamster wheel with a first release. 1995-2006: Spun out, locked horns, drove around and remembered none of it. 2007-2010: Tooled in indoor erosion and root rot for a silenced score. 2011-2012: Took up avalanche-embracing. 2013: Surrounded.
FORHÅND 30. AUGUST THE DODOS CARRIER Polyvinyl PRC265CD / PRC265LP
CD/LP
0644110026521 / 0644110026514
Tracklist: 1. Transformer 2. Substance 3. Confidence 4. Stranger 5. Relief 6. Holidays 7. Family 8. The Current 9. Destroyer 10. Death 11. The Ocean
Meric Long and Logan Kroeber recorded The Dodos new album, Carrier, in their hometown of San Francisco. After guitarist Chris Reimer passed away in early 2012, The Dodos reassessed everything about the band - in particular Long’s songwriting. “Chris was a huge influence on the way I think about guitar, songwriting, and music in general,” reveals Long. “Seeing how he could transform and shape sound with an electric guitar inspired me to explore more tones and use those tones to begin writing a song.” And so, when he began to formulate the tracks that would ultimately comprise Carrier, Long employed two principles he inherited from Reimer: patience to let a song develop and a judgment-free enthusiasm for sound.
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NYHETER 35 - 2013
FORHÅND 20. SEPTEMBER
tony joe white hoodoo Yep Roc YEP2348 / YEP2348LP
0634457234826 / 0634457234819
CD/LP
In just a few weeks, the heralded hit-maker and swamp-rocker Tony Joe White will enter his seventh decade. After more than fifty years of playing music, handfuls of chart topping singles, and collaborations with some of the most revered musicians of the century, White is set to release a brand new album, Hoodoo, via Yep Roc.
Tracklist: 1) The Gift 2) Holed Up 3) Who You Gonna Hoodoo Now? 4) 9 Foot Sack 5) Alligator, Mississippi 6) The Flood 7) Storm Comin’ 8) Gypsy Epilogue 9) Sweet Tooth
Hoodoo features autobiographical songs about his life growing up on farm and learning the blues (“9 Foot Sack”), cautionary tales of rural Mississippi (“Alligator, Mississippi”), and a tale of his trek homeward after the Nashville flood of 2010 (“The Flood”). Despite his illustrious past, White feels no pressure to top himself. “There’s not a push nowhere,” he concludes. “Maybe I’ll stop playing shows and making records when the songs quit coming to me. But they still come to me. You see, I don’t work for a song-but once I get a hold of it I don’t let go. I just keep writing, and when I do, I want to go out and play it for somebody. It’s the songwriting that keeps me going.”
FORHÅND 20. SEPTEMBER THE SADIES INTERNAL SOUNDS Yep Roc YEP2353 / YEP2353LP
CD/LP
0634457235328 / 0634457235311
Tracklist: 1. Tiderays 2. Acetate 3. Comrade 4. Byegone 5. Alaskans 6. Dancepack 7. Keel 8. Almanac
Consisting of brothers Dallas and Travis Good, drummer Mike Belitsky and upright bassist Sean Dean, The Sadies’ inspired culmination of psychedelia, country and western and instrumental rock has made them the preeminent torchbearers of cosmic Canadiana music. Internal Sounds was recorded in Toronto. Though Gary Louris was an integral part in making the album, it was produced by Dallas Good. “There was a conscious effort to deliver a finished product that wouldn’t suffer from a deadline or budget. We recorded this record over a span of a year, in session for twenty plus days. By the end, we’d spent every dime we had and used up every favour. There is usually a sense of immediacy to our records, maybe because we make a lot of them. I didn’t want that this time” says Good. This time, Peter J. Moore was enlisted to mix with The Sadies, a first for them. Internal Sounds also welcomes Canadian legend Buffy Sainte-Marie who contributes her haunting voice to the closing track “We Are Circling”. The Sadies continue working to make a greater live show and better albums, integrity intact. Internal Sounds is The Sadies continuing to grow, and getting better with each step
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