The duo of Karl Smith and Pete Cohen built up an impressive catalog of songs that are mostly elegaic in the best way - full of nostalgia and sorrow but never mawkish or sentimental. Via Skatterbrain, the sad news that Australian band Sodastream is calling it a day after 10 years. MP3: Kimya Dawson - The Sound of Ataris (live) This is from a Seattle show at the Sunset Tavern last March. I think this is a new song, and it's been showing up in her live sets. Glacier & Obvious Dolphinģ/3 Philadelphia, PA w/ Matty Pop Chart, Erin Tobey, Angelo Spencer, Gr. Glacier & Obvious Dolphinģ/1 Sarah Lawrence College w/Angelo Spencer, Gr. Glacier & Obvious DolphinĢ/28 Europa Club, Brooklyn, NY w/ Bloody Social, The Sad Little Stars, Angelo Spencer, Gr. Glacier & Obvious DolphinĢ/27 Mountain View Manor, Hamden, CT w/James Downes, Angelo Spencer, Gr. Glacier & Obvious DolphinĢ/26 The Rugroom, New Paltz, NY w/Angelo Spencer, Gr. Glacier & Obvious DolphinĢ/25 ABC Cafe, Ithaca, NY, w/ Dufus, Angelo Spencer, Gr. Kimya Dawson is interviewed by The Ithican, and has some east coast tour dates, starting tonight.Ģ/24 Alfred University w/ Diane Cluck, Gr. Quiet Paws has an interview, The Independent gives his live show five stars, and he's added a second LA show, with Lisa Germano, March 13th at Largo. This is OK, but doesn't really sway my opinion.Īquarium Drunkard posts a Beth Orton/M. This one takes a while to get going, then runs the percussion through one stereo channel and the vocals and keys through the other, mostly. I was taken in more by the mood than the individual songs. Low was always one of those bands I liked, but didn't feel the need to own more than a few albums by. Pitchfork has put up a song from Low's upcoming album Drums and Guns, "Breaker". I still need to give Dreamt for Light Years another shot (I gave it two when it came out, then indifferently shelved it), but there's always "Junebug". The Boston Phoenix interviews Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, who humbly recalls worrying no one would come to the shows this time around.
His set skews older (think Vivadixiesubmarinepilot and Good Morning Spider classics) so maybe he didn't like Dreamt much either.ĭaytrotter reviews Castiotone for the Painfully Alone's live act (he's covering "Streets of Philadelphia" with apparent sincerity) and posts a new session from Elvis Perkins. I'd actually met him a few years ago, and his friends practically pushed him on me, like, "HE SOUNDS JUST LIKE YOU!" And I'm like, "Uhh." Kirstiecat has some nice pictures and a set list from the Chicago Sparklehorse show. What are you talking about?! It doesn't sound like Sebadoh." Like people were saying that guy from Snow Patrol sounded a lot like me. Whenever someone says like, "Oh, it really sounds like Sebadoh," I listen to it and I'm like, "No. "I always hear bands that sound like Pavement and Sonic Youth to me, but never Sebadoh. Pitchfork talks to Lou Barlow on the eve of the Sebadoh reunion tour. MP3: The Places - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan) MP3: The Places - Half Right (Elliott Smith) MP3: The Places - Just a Bum (Michael Hurley) We interviewed Amy Annelle last fall, and you can read it here. March 29th - Brooklyn, NY Lutheran Church of the Messiah (with Castanets) March, 25th - Astoria, OR, Voodoo Lounge (with Michael Hurley) March 24th - Portland, OR, Towne Lounge (with Zak Riles, Pseudosix) March 23rd - Live on KDVS: Michael Leahy's Cool as Folk Program (12 pm)ĭavis, CA, Delta of Venus (with 'Oogie) (9 pm) March 22nd - San Francisco, CA, Rickshaw Stop March 21st - Lompoc, CA, Sugar Magnolias (with Le Petit Protest) March 20th - San Diego, CA, Kava Lounge (with Bunky, Roxy Jones) March 19th - Pioneertown, CA, Pappy & Harriets (with Bingo Dream Band) Noel Murray of the vaunted Onion A/V Club pretty well captured the wonder of the last Places album: "An angelic voice and an interest in dark, grainy visions of the American Nightmare…the Places' new Songs For Creepsruns through sprawling songs that nod at Will Oldham, Johnny Cash and Fairport Convention.Annelle captures the ominous, awesome feeling of storms rolling across the plains, with the sun periodically breaking through". Regardless of which type you live in, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better way to spend an evening. She's playing several cities we've heard of and several we haven't.
Amy Annelle and her Places have a bunch of West coast tour dates in March, including one on the Oregon coast with psych-folk godfather Michael Hurley, plus one Brooklyn show with Castanets.