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Afrocubism – Afrocubism (Nonesuch) The Autumn Defense – Once Around (Yep Roc) Steve Reich – Double Sextet / 2×5 (Nonesuch) Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise) Infantree – Would Work (Vapor) Philip Selway – Familial (Nonesuch) Serj Tankian – Imperfect Harmonies (Serjical Strike/Reprise) Coming Soon: Rhys Chatham – A Crimson Grail (Nonesuch)
Film 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 […]
New Music from Lord Huron – Mighty
Mighty, the self-released second EP from the Los Angeles based Lord Huron, is an evocative collection of songs that sounds utterly familiar yet totally unique. The EP is already gaining buzz around the blogosphere with Pitchfork giving it an 8.0/10.0 earlier today, saying that, “trying to box in Mighty only highlights what makes it an invigorating listen. It’s something like a […]
Infantree Video Premiere – Mourning Glory
Infantree is proud to bring you their latest video “Mourning Glory” taken from their debut album Would Work. You can check out the clip now on Infantree’s Vimeo Channel While Infantree is hard at work making new music, they’d like to thank those who have supported their music thus far, and reach out to new fans as […]
All About Lord Huron
In the spring of 2010 Ben S. traveled easterly from Los Angeles to Northern Michigan. He spent a week at the site of his childhood retreats: the shores of Lake Huron. It was there he set to work developing a batch of songs and a week later, the first Lord Huron EP was complete. He […]
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Artichoke – Bees (greeen) The Autumn Defense – Once Around (Yep Roc) AfroCubism – AfroCubism (Nonesuch) Steve Reich – Double Sextet / 2×5 (Nonesuch) Infantree – Would Work (Vapor) Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise) Philip Selway – By Some Miracle (Nonesuch) Serj Tankian – Imperfect Harmonies (Serjical Strike/Reprise)
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AfroCubism – AfroCubism (Nonesuch) The Autumn Defense – Once Around (Yep Roc) Artichoke – Bees (greeen) Infantree – Would Work (Vapor) Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise) Philip Selway – By Some Miracle (Nonesuch) Serj Tankian – Imperfect Harmonies (Serjical Strike/Reprise)
New Music from Steve Reich – Double Sextet / 2×5
A man A plan A canal is proud to bring you two pieces from composer Steve Reich: the Pulitzer Prize winning Double Sextet and the Classical-meets-Rock2×5! In Double Sextet, 2 sets of 6 instruments play against each other in a highly rhythmic way to produce one overall pattern. Double Sextet, which is hailed as a contemporary masterpiece, is not […]
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AfroCubism – AfroCubism (Nonesuch) The Autumn Defense – Once Around (Yep Roc) Infantree – Would Work (Vapor) Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise) Philip Selway – Familial (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 Rhys Chatham – A Crimson Grail (Nonesuch) – Going for Adds week of November 22nd
About Steve Reich – Double Sextet / 2×5
Steve Reich has been hailed as “America’s greatest living composer” (The Village Voice), “the most original musical thinker of our time” (The New Yorker), and “among the great composers of the century” (New York Times). From his early taped speech pieces It’s Gonna Rain (1965) and Come Out (1966) to his and video artist Beryl Korot’s […]
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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The Autumn Defense – Once Around (Yep Roc) Infantree – Would Work (Vapor) Neil Young – Le Noise (Reprise) Philip Selway – Familial (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)
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 […]
