I’d like to suggest more shows and tours to check out via the blog since most of you are probably too busy to check the local venues weekly. Scott and I have been posting about Benoit probably more than any other musician on here. Below are dates for his first official tour w/ Windy & Carl besides a handful of shows in the past few years. I’ll try and get some words from him about the shows and his setup soon.
Apr 23 2009 8:00P WhipperSnapper Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
Apr 24 2009 8:00P The Shop
Ithaca, New York
Apr 25 2009 8:00P Lunt Basement
Haverford, Pennsylvania
Apr 26 2009 9:00P Sundazed
New Haven, Connecticut
Apr 27 2009 8:00P Oxfam Cafe, Tufts Univ.
Medford, Massachusetts
Apr 28 2009 7:00P Le Poisson Rouge
New York, New York
Apr 30 2009 8:00P TBA
Richmond, Virginia
May 1 2009 9:00P Bebe Theater
Asheville, North Carolina
May 2 2009 8:00P 529
Atlanta, Georgia
May 3 2009 8:00P Bullhorn
Lexington, Kentucky
Benoît Pioulard – Ash In The Sky
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I can’t add much to what has already been said on the internet/reviews/interviews of all of Mark Kozelek’s projects. If you haven’t listened to Red House Painters before then be warned its some of the saddest music. This song “Mistress” is actually upbeat compared to everything else plus he has some distant distortion going on that really works out nicely.
Windy & Carl don’t get the credit they deserve, I mean they run a wonderful record store called Stormy in Michigan, they release on Kranky and have been doing this sound longer than most that are still in the game, the noisy and lovely post rock game.
This High Places song is everything I wanted Mum to do after their first record, this is a very well written about band that deserves all the love they’ve received. Highly Recommended.
Red House Painters – Mistress
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Windy & Carl – My Love
[audio:windy.mp3]
High Places – From Stardust to Sentience
[audio:highplaces.mp3]
I’ve collected a few upcoming wonderful ambient releases to look forward to in early 2009. Since the only released artwork really is this Belong art, it will have to do but it’s actually really beautiful I think. I saw a small version of Tim Hecker‘s art for his release in February of “An Imaginary Country” but it was a bit too small to use. The beginning of Sea of Pulses is like jumping into the middle of a Fennesz/M83 collaborative concert that is slowly finishing up a 9+ minute piece. The song slightly dies down and it sounds like a voice takes over for a bit which at that moment it has already knocked off Animal Collective’s Brother Sport as my favorite song(for now) of 2009.
If you haven’t heard of Manual before then be ready to put your coat on because your heading over to your local record store. Moonlit Shores is the first song i’ve found off the upcoming Danelectro LP and this track gives me so much hope that ambient music will really take off in 2009. In just a few minutes into this 12 minute piece you can feel out what setting Manual wanted you to experience when hearing this song, the simplicity of it lets you focus on whatever beautiful part of the song you want to hear, well done my friend.
Pan American is back, that’s pretty much all I have to say to some people. Can we take a second and thank Kranky records for what seems to be the starting of an uncanny new year.
For some reason I thought I already posted this Belong song, I was almost positive. When listening to this song make sure you have a little bit of bass rumble to accompany the exquisite drown going on, it almost makes me nauseous in the best possible way. Have you started listening to the song yet? are you at least 2 minutes in? beautiful right?
Tim Hecker – Sea of Pulses
[audio:pulses.mp3]
Manual – Moonlit Shores
[audio:moonlit.mp3]
Pan American – How Much Progress One Makes
[audio:progressone.mp3]
Belong – October Language
[audio:octoberl.mp3]
