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MARK KOZELEK
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It used to be easy to keep up with Mark Kozelek. He’d release a record every couple years – either a solo album of covers or an album of original material with his band moniker Red House Painters or Sun Kil Moon. However, these days, it seems like a new Kozelek release is as frequent as a Miley Cyrus tongue shot. Last year, Kozelek released an 18-track album under the Sun Kil Moon moniker (Among the Leaves), and this year he’s released the cover album Like Rats, two live albums, the Mark Kozelek/Jimmy Lavalle collaboration album Perils from Under the Sea, and, most recently, he contributed vocals and bass to the latest album by ex-Red House Painters guitarist Phil Carney’s band Desertshore (entitled Mark Kozelek and Desertshore).
And, naturally, there’s a new Sun Kil Moon record on the horizon: Benji, which will be released on February 11, 2014 and can be pre-ordered from Caldo Verde. His recent live shows have included songs from the forthcoming album, as well as from his other recent releases, and even the odd Red House Painters tune tossed in for good measure. In any incarnation, a night spent with Kozelek’s deeply personal songs is always a bit like reading someone’s diary… if the diary came with lovely guitar plucking and a melodic voice.
The short American leg of Kozelek’s current world tour begins on December 19th at the intimate Lincoln Hall in Chicago.
Tour dates:
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It used to be easy to keep up with Mark Kozelek. He’d release a record every couple years – either a solo album of covers or an album of original material with his band moniker Red House Painters or Sun Kil Moon. However, these days, it seems like a new Kozelek release is as frequent as a Miley Cyrus tongue shot. Last year, Kozelek released an 18-track album under the Sun Kil Moon moniker (Among the Leaves), and this year he’s released the cover album Like Rats, two live albums, the Mark Kozelek/Jimmy Lavalle collaboration album Perils from Under the Sea, and, most recently, he contributed vocals and bass to the latest album by ex-Red House Painters guitarist Phil Carney’s band Desertshore (entitled Mark Kozelek and Desertshore).
And, naturally, there’s a new Sun Kil Moon record on the horizon: Benji, which will be released on February 11, 2014 and can be pre-ordered from Caldo Verde. His recent live shows have included songs from the forthcoming album, as well as from his other recent releases, and even the odd Red House Painters tune tossed in for good measure. In any incarnation, a night spent with Kozelek’s deeply personal songs is always a bit like reading someone’s diary… if the diary came with lovely guitar plucking and a melodic voice.
The short American leg of Kozelek’s current world tour begins on December 19th at the intimate Lincoln Hall in Chicago.
Tour dates:
12-19 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
12-21 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
12-22 Austin, TX – Central Presbyterian Church
02-20 Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater *
02-21 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre *
02-22 Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret *
03-01 San Francisco, CA – Noise Pop
03-08 Los Angeles, CA – First Unitarian Church
* - Sun Kil Moon show
12-21 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
12-22 Austin, TX – Central Presbyterian Church
02-20 Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater *
02-21 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre *
02-22 Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret *
03-01 San Francisco, CA – Noise Pop
03-08 Los Angeles, CA – First Unitarian Church
* - Sun Kil Moon show
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MOON TAXI
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Moon Taxi is an indieprog rock band based in Nashville, Tennessee. The band features singer/guitarist Trevor Terndrup, bassist Tommy Putnam, guitars/programmer Spencer Thomson, drummer Tyler Ritter, and keyboardist Wes Bailey. The band currently releases music under their 12th South Records label, with distribution via BMG.
Anyway, after appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman for "Running Wild" semi-recently, the Nashville band announced a six-track acoustic EP Acoustic on West 56th, coming out December 17th. The EP was recorded in New York City earlier this Summer. All acoustic version ("Running Wild", "The New Black", "Change", "River Water", "Young Journey", and "Suspicious") on the EP were taken from the band's album Mountains Beaches Cities, which was released on September 10th, 2013.
Remaining Moon Taxi 2013 tour dates:
ridethemoontaxi.com
Moon Taxi is an indieprog rock band based in Nashville, Tennessee. The band features singer/guitarist Trevor Terndrup, bassist Tommy Putnam, guitars/programmer Spencer Thomson, drummer Tyler Ritter, and keyboardist Wes Bailey. The band currently releases music under their 12th South Records label, with distribution via BMG.
Anyway, after appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman for "Running Wild" semi-recently, the Nashville band announced a six-track acoustic EP Acoustic on West 56th, coming out December 17th. The EP was recorded in New York City earlier this Summer. All acoustic version ("Running Wild", "The New Black", "Change", "River Water", "Young Journey", and "Suspicious") on the EP were taken from the band's album Mountains Beaches Cities, which was released on September 10th, 2013.
Remaining Moon Taxi 2013 tour dates:
12/05 Raleigh, NC @ Southland Ballroom
12/06 Richmond, VA @ Capital Ale House
12/08 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
12/20 Birmingham, AL @ Workplay Theater
12/31 Nashville, TN @Marathon Music Works
12/06 Richmond, VA @ Capital Ale House
12/08 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
12/20 Birmingham, AL @ Workplay Theater
12/31 Nashville, TN @Marathon Music Works
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SNOWBIRD
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Snowbird is a duo (Stephanie Dosen and Simon Raymonde) with a new album called moon via Bella Union (the label that Raymonde has curated since his former band Cocteau Twins went their individual ways in 1997).
moon features a stellar various whos-who guests, such as Radiohead's Philip Selway (who I've interviewed for KFSR 90.7 in 1995) and guitarist Ed O’Brien, Midlake's Eric Pulido and drummer McKenzie Smith and Lanterns on the Lake's Paul Gregory, etc.
Although the guests are cool, Ryamonde emphasized that it's singer Stephanie Dosen that should be the spotlight, "Having them add their magic to the record was a thrill, but really, I think this is very much Stephanie's record. She's a really special singer and I feel the simplicity of my music was the perfect backdrop for her stories and her incredible vocal arrangements... Stephanie was the first singer I had worked with since Elizabeth [Fraser of Cocteau Twins] that I had a real musical empathy with. She could do anything..."
Look for moon in early 2014 on Bella Union.
facebook.com/wearesnowbird
Snowbird is a duo (Stephanie Dosen and Simon Raymonde) with a new album called moon via Bella Union (the label that Raymonde has curated since his former band Cocteau Twins went their individual ways in 1997).
moon features a stellar various whos-who guests, such as Radiohead's Philip Selway (who I've interviewed for KFSR 90.7 in 1995) and guitarist Ed O’Brien, Midlake's Eric Pulido and drummer McKenzie Smith and Lanterns on the Lake's Paul Gregory, etc.
Although the guests are cool, Ryamonde emphasized that it's singer Stephanie Dosen that should be the spotlight, "Having them add their magic to the record was a thrill, but really, I think this is very much Stephanie's record. She's a really special singer and I feel the simplicity of my music was the perfect backdrop for her stories and her incredible vocal arrangements... Stephanie was the first singer I had worked with since Elizabeth [Fraser of Cocteau Twins] that I had a real musical empathy with. She could do anything..."
Look for moon in early 2014 on Bella Union.
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SNOWFLAKE
snowflakeband.com
Speaking of snow, Snowflake is the stagename for producer/mixer D. James Goodwin, his debut album We All Grow Around the Sea is coming out December 10th. In the meantime, you can hear "Black Stars" via The Big Takeover:
Snowflake's music is said to be sound like Mogwai (who, incidentally did a fantastic job providing the creepy music for the French television show "The Returned"), but with the size of Pink Floyd.
With the release of We All Grow Toward the Sea, expect Snowflake to do a tour in 2014.
snowflakeband.com
Speaking of snow, Snowflake is the stagename for producer/mixer D. James Goodwin, his debut album We All Grow Around the Sea is coming out December 10th. In the meantime, you can hear "Black Stars" via The Big Takeover:
Snowflake's music is said to be sound like Mogwai (who, incidentally did a fantastic job providing the creepy music for the French television show "The Returned"), but with the size of Pink Floyd.
With the release of We All Grow Toward the Sea, expect Snowflake to do a tour in 2014.
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