MP3: “Stranger In The Window” by Elf Power
Elf Power follow up 2008’s In A Cave, one of my favorite albums in recent memory, with their tenth (and self-titled) album. Their Dark Developments collaboration with recently deceased Vic Chestnutt has obvious influences here. A new Orange Twin release always holds out hope for a Jeff Mangum contribution as well. The album is due in September. You can download “Stranger In the Window” by Elf Power here or stream it below:
Jeff Mangum To Play Benefit Show In NYC!
I was originally not going to post this in a selfish attempt to preserve as many tickets for the sale date as possible. I can only assume this May 6th Chris Knox benefit show at Le Poisson Rouge will sell out with the news that Jeff Mangum is making an unheard of appearance. The word is that Mangum will play a short acoustic set. Many of us have conceded that we would continue on with our lives never being able to see Jeff perform live, as the not-even-40-year-old indie rock icon remained a recluse. I guess the only question left to ask is: how much will I pay to see my all-time favorite musician for the first (and probably the last) time ever? Tix go on sale March 30 at Kickstarter.com.
UPDATE (03.30.10): The show sold out in 20 minutes. Fishpork will be there!
Deacon from Animal Collective Plays First Solo Show
Josh Dibb better known as Deacon (formerly Deakin) from Animal Collective played his first solo show on January 1st in Baltimore. The website bmoremusic.net has posted some pics and links to MP3s of his set. The songs definitely have an Animal Collective feel but highlights what Deacon contributes to the Pre-MPP records. See the links below for MP3s and more:
Read original post here: Bmore Muscially Informed
Direct link to MP3s: Deacon live at The Ottobar
Video: More Unreleased Jeff Mangum
As the week started with the digital release of a new Jeff Mangum track on the Chris Knox tribute record, why not end the week with more unreleased video of Jeff playing in April 1998. This time he treats the audience to one of my favorite bootleg tracks “Sailing Through” from the cassette tape dubbed Beauty that is still available on most of the bittorrent sites that are still up and running.
Like the other videos that have been popping up, Jeff hold back no emotion on this live version of “Sailing Though” that then goes directly into “Two-Headed Boy Part 2″ in this 9+ minutes of musical ecstasy. This might be one of the only videos of him performing rarely-played song at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, CA. Thanks goes out to defgav for the post. Its been a good week.
New Jeff Mangum on Tribute Compilation!
A few months ago it was announced that Neutral Milk Hotel mastermind and current recluse Jeff Mangum would perform a cover song for the upcoming CD for recent stroke victim, Chris Knox. Knox is known for bringing the punk and alternative music scenes to New Zealand. The compilation is a double-CD release, and Mangum is featured on disc 2. Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox will be released in various formats on February 23.
The even better news is that you can hear a 30-second clip of the song here!
MP3: “Round Again (featuring Jeff Mangum)” by Circulatory System
The Earth stops spinning when news of new music by Jeff Mangum hits the indie music blogosphere. As promised by Circulatory System frontman Will Cullen Hart, their new album features contributions from the Neutral Milk Hotel mastermind. He plays drums on this. No, we don’t get to hear his voice, but this does hint that he’s putting his reclusive past behind him and digging in with his creative heals. And let me say that the new track is repeat-worthy. You can download “Round Again (featuring Jeff Mangum)” by Circulatory System here or stream it below:
Did you know you can stream Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, in its entirely, on LaLa?
Amazon Previews Atlas Sound’s Logos
If you stroll over to Amazon.com, you can search and find a page for the digital download of Atlas Sound’s highly anticipated sophomore album Logos, which is due to release on October 19 on Kranky. The page includes short previews of the albums eleven tracks. The track listing is somewhat different than the version that Bradford Cox accidentally leaked last Fall on his Deerhunter blog. The early Amazon page leads one to believe that the album is set to leak any day. If it does, make sure you support a great musical talent. Until then, the previews from Amazon indicate that Logos will surpass the critical acclaim that Bradford’s first solo effort received early last year. Here’s the link to the Amazon album previews. Stream “Walkabout (featuring Noah Lennox)” from the upcoming Logos below:
Radiohead Release New Digital Single
Radiohead released a new track called “Harry Patch (In Memory Of) today via their deadairspace website . The song was inspired by an interview with Harry Patch from a few years back that had a profound effect on Yorke. Harry Patch died at the age of 111 and was the last remaining UK veteran of WWI. They recorded the song just a few weeks before his death. It is available for download for £1 (around $1.70), with all proceeds going to a UK veterans’ charity. It can also be streamed via the BBC.
Here’s the full post from Thom:
Recently the last remaining UK veteran of the 1st world war Harry Patch died at the age of 111.
I had heard a very emotional interview with him a few years ago on the Today program on Radio4.
The way he talked about war had a profound effect on me.
It became the inspiration for a song that we happened to record a few weeks before his death.
It was done live in an abbey. The strings were arranged by Jonny.
I very much hope the song does justice to his memory as the last survivor.It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war, without the likes of Harry to remind us.
I hope we do not forget.As Harry himself said
“Irrespective of the uniforms we wore, we were all victims”.To peace and understanding.
Thom
Atlas Sound to Play New York/Philly in October
Bradford Cox (Deerhunter) will bring his solo act back to our area with October shows at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg and Philadelphia’s First Unitarian Church. Each show will be a co-headlining gig with UK electronic artists Broadcast. It’s been a busy year so far for Cox, who released Deerhunter’s Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP a few weeks ago and will release Logos, his second solo record in as many years this Fall. Deerhunter plays the Flying W Airport Resort in Medford, NJ this Saturday with Dan Deacon and No Age. Tickets are still available through TicketWeb here. Cox will also play with his band and as Atlas Sound at the Flaming Lips curated ATP New York show in September. Links to the Atlas Sound points of sale below:
Atlas Sound/Broadcast - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, NY - October 18, 2009 (on sale now)
Atlas Sound/Broadcast - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - October 21, 2009 (on sale July 31 @ noon)
“Walkabout” by Atlas Sound (feat. Panda Bear)
Grizzly Bear Visits AOL’s The Interface
I’m not sure how a band could receive any more buzz this side of White Lies, but the increasing exposure to Grizzly Bear and their terrible Veckatimest continues. A few weeks ago, the fellas stopped by The Spinner via AOL Music. Here are some videos from those performances:
Interview
“Two Weeks”
“Ready, Able”
“While You Wait For The Others”
“Cheerleader”