Going For Adds: AfroCubism
The Nonesuch release AfroCubism is going for adds this week. This long awaited recording, first conceived in 1996 by producer and World Circuit Records owner Nick Gold, is gaining critical and media buzz. Dusted Online calls the album “an elegant recording. All of the musicians are very cosmopolitan, mature and well-seasoned; their collaboration sounds like smooth curves, not sharp angles.” You can […]
Coming Soon: Steve Reich – Double Sextet / 2×5
Coming this week, two new pieces from one of the most prolific composers in contemporary classical music, Steve Reich. Double Sextet – The Pulitzer Prize winning composition performed by eighth blackbird, which the Philadelphia Enquirer calls “among the finest pieces of our time”. 2×5 – A classical piece for rock instruments, performed here by Bang on a Can, features electric […]
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Catching Up With Graham
What a good falling-back weekend! I finished reading two incredibly thought-provoking books: Fortune’s Fool: Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Warner Music, and an Industry in Crisis by Fred Goodman and Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. I enjoyed getting a view from the top of my old company with the first and digging deeper into my mind with the second. On […]
New Music from Nonesuch: AfroCubism
More than a decade later, the musical concept that spawned The Buena Vista Social Club finally comes to light with AfroCubism. In 1996, producer Nick Gold set out to fuse the sounds of Mali’s finest musicians with Cuba’s most brilliant singers and instrumentalists in one dynamic recording. Due to unfortunate circumstances, however, the Malian musicians were unable to […]
Praise for The Autumn Defense’s “Once Around”
Read what the critics are saying about the latest release from The Autumn Defense! “the music feels much more adventurous and satisfying. With an album like this, The Autumn Defense finally gets to peek from under the shadow that has been cast over them from parallel years in ‘that other band’” –Consequence of Sound “Despite a […]
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Infantree – Would Work (Vapor) Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise) Artichoke – Bees (greeen) Philip Selway – By Some Miracle (Nonesuch) Serj Tankian – Imperfect Harmonies (Serjical Strike/Reprise) Laurie Anderson – Homeland (Nonesuch) Punch Brothers – Antifogmatic (Nonesuch) Everest – On Approach (Vapor / Warner Bros) Black Keys – Brothers (Nonesuch) The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards (Third Man / Warner Bros) Coming Soon – Digital Servicing Only: Steve Reich – Double Sextet / 2×5 (Nonesuch) – Going for Adds week of 11/15 Rhys Chatham – A Crimson Grail (Nonesuch) […]
All About AfroCubism
In 1996, a group of Mali’s finest musicians were due to fly into Havana for a speculative collaboration with some of Cuba’s most brilliant singers and instrumentalists. For reasons that have never been made clear, the Malians never arrived. A very different album was recorded: Buena Vista Social Club. The rest, as they say, is […]
Going For Adds: The Autumn Defense – Once Around
Wilco’s John Stirratt and Patrick Sansone join together once again as The Autumn Defense to bring you their fourth release. Once Around features late 70s-tinged AM gold, all draped in melodies that seem to have always existed. Beneath the surface however, lies “highly respectable songcraft and refined instrumental chops elevate…Once Around“, according to Direct Current. “I think it might be our strongest work. […]
Artichoke’s Bees gets Thumbs Up from Pro Beekeepers
They don’t review music too often, but when Artichoke’s Bees arrived at The Weekend Beekeeper’s office, the album was too good not to review. “From listening to the lyrics you get the feeling that at least one of the band members has bees because their ly-=rics spoke truth to the biology and the behavior of […]
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New Screening Opportunity – Regina Spektor: Live in London
A man A plan A canal is proud to present you with another special screening opportunity: Regina Spektor: Live in London. Coming off a highly successful tour and an acclaimed and chart-topping album, Regina Spektor: Live in London brings you closer than ever before to this groundbreaking artist with it’s 22 song set including favorites such […]
Infantree – Behind The Scenes of “Mourning Glory”
Gear up for “Mourning Glory“, the next video from So. Cal. quartet Infantree by checking out this behind the scenes video from the shoot! And if you haven’t already done so, check out Infantree’s other music videos! Slaughter House Euphemism Speak Up You can watch these clips and more on Infantree’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/infantreetv
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All About The Autumn Defense
Founding Wilco member John Stirratt and multi-instrumentalist/current member Pat Sansone bring the sounds of a California summer to the fall when they release Once Around 11/2 on Yep Roc. Much more than a side-project, The Autumn Defense is a fully realized, decade-long creative outlet for Stirratt and Sansone, elucidating a fresh set of songwriting goals and avenues of artistic expression. Once Around finds the […]
New Screening Opportunity – Regina Spektor: Live in London
A man A plan A canal is proud to present you with another special screening opportunity: Regina Spektor: Live in London. Coming off a highly successful tour and an acclaimed and chart-topping album, Regina Spektor: Live in London brings you closer than ever before to this groundbreaking artist with it’s 22 song set including favorites such as Us, Fidelity, Samson, and Eet. Regina […]
Neil Young’s Le Noise
Le Noise, the latest release from rock legend Neil Young, is being praised as his best work in years! “The album is full of those kind of unexpected juxtapositions, a stunning statement from an artist who shows no signs of slowing down.” –Chicago Tribune “By turns mellow and heavy, personal and abstract, Le Noise encapsulates nearly […]
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Artichoke – Bees (Greeen) Infantree – Would Work (Vapor) Philip Selway – By Some Miracle (Nonesuch) Serj Tankian – Imperfect Harmonies (Serjical Strike/Reprise) Laurie Anderson – Homeland (Nonesuch) Punch Brothers – Antifogmatic (Nonesuch) Everest – On Approach (Vapor / Warner Bros) Black Keys – Brothers (Nonesuch) The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards (Third Man / Warner Bros) Adding next week: The Autumn Defense – Once Around (Yep Roc)
Going For Adds – Artichoke – Bees
Bees, the latest from Los Angeles’ Artichoke, is going for adds this week! Both Whimsical and Dark, Bees is a sonically engaging take on the lives of the buzzy little creatures, from an examination of how bee nations move, to the “inevitable innuendo song” (in the words of frontman Timothy Sellers). “Poppy melodies and seemingly innocent […]
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Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise) Philip Selway – By Some Miracle (Nonesuch) Infantree – Would Work (Vapor) Serj Tankian – Imperfect Harmonies (Serjical Strike/Reprise) Laurie Anderson – Homeland (Nonesuch) Punch Brothers – Antifogmatic (Nonesuch) Everest – On Approach (Vapor / Warner Bros) Black Keys – Brothers (Nonesuch) The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards (Third Man / Warner Bros) COMING SOON: The Autumn Defense – Once Around (Yep Roc)
