Sunday, April 27, 2014

Warpaint

Warpaint at Bumbershoot, 2011
Wondering when Warpaint will get around to touring the American South again, or if our paths will cross on the festival circuit?

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Friday, April 25, 2014

Angel Olsen at The Earl, Atlanta, April 24, 2014

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Thursday night, April 24 - my first night back at The Earl since The Dum Dum Girls last March 20th.


Opening the relatively short, two-band show last night was Nashville's Promised Land Sound featuring a retro, early-70s brand of country rock.

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Their set was pleasant enough and wisely short, because the full house was really there to hear Angel Olsen.

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My friend Leslie compared Angel Olsen to "Sharon Van Etten's younger sister," and I can't really fault that description or come up with anything more apt.  I would love to hear the two of them collaborate someday.


So, she played a very nice set of songs and kept the stage banter fairly deadpan and low key ("You seem like nice people, but I don't really know you."), and noted when the time was 11:11.  Last night was the first of the second leg of her US tour (the first leg was February 18 through March 14, and she was in Europe March 23 through April 6).  Despite the two-week break since getting back from the European circuit, she and the band already seemed a little road-weary - perhaps it was in anticipation of the long slog of shows coming up, or maybe it's just a part of her natural insouciance.

The Earl audience gave her the attention she was due, and it's already clear that this is going to be a very big year for Angel Olsen.    

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.