Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Hilang Child



The new song, The Garth Waterman, by the best new artist of 2014 can be downloaded for free here.  

Monday, April 21, 2014

Them Feels

"Jim Wise killed his wife out of love for her at her bedside.
And then he put the gun to his head but he failed at suicide.
His trial's coming up in the fall and he sighed when we stepped out and we left.
And I pointed out the pretty cardinal perched on the empty birdbath."
(from Jim Wise, by Sun Kil Moon) 
Still digging the new album, Benji.

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Swans at Bumbershoot?


Seattle's Bumbershoot music festival (August 30 to September 1) isn't scheduled to release their lineup until May 8, when the announcement will be made at something called the Pink and Purple Pickwick Party at Nuemos, featuring, obviously, Pickwick (the best band you've never heard of).  

Pink & Purple Pickwick Party

All we can do in the meantime, however, is speculate, but looking at the schedule for Swans, who'll be touring this summer behind their terrific new album To Be Kind (AOTY, possibly best album ever), I see they have no dates scheduled after July 6 until some West Coast shows starting September 2 in Denver, followed by September 4 in Seattle and September 6 in Portland, so it's not too much of a stretch to imagine that they could squeeze in a Bumbershoot set sometime between August 30 and September 1.

Swans at Bumbershoot?  You heard it here first.

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Little Tybee


They've  included this in their live sets for several months, and now we've got a video performance.