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I saw An Horseback in March and they were young and fresh. They’re still on the road, touring with Telekinesis and hitting California, the Midwest and then onto the East Coast. I’ve got a widgety thing for you, I know, they’re kinda cool, kinda lame, eh? Watch out, this one has an iTunes button, eek! But don’t fear, there’s also a great song, Camp Out which was one of my favorites that they played off their new album Rearrange Beds. I swear, the more I listen to Kate’s voice the more I really love it. And as I wrote back in March, when they sing together, on the same note, it’s just creepygood, you know what I mean, the kind of good that makes the hairs on your arms rise a little bit. The tone is so pure and clear, whatever force it was in the universe that pushed them toward one another, it was an amazing thing. Seriously, go see this duo if they come near you, this is going to be one of those groups that we’ll say we saw them when.
follow An Horse on twitter, MySpace, facebook AN HORSE 2009 TOUR DATES
05/19 The Casbah San Diego, CA
06/07 Schubas Tavern w/ Telekinesis Chicago, IL
06/10 The Horseshoe w/ Telekinesis Toronto, ON
06/11 Club Lambi w/ Telekinesis Montreal, QC
06/13 Union Hall w/ Telekinesis Brooklyn, NY
06/14 Mercury Lounge w/ Telekinesis New York, NY
06/16 Kung Fu Necktie w/ Telekinesis Philadelphia, PA
06/17 Black Cat Backstage w/ Telekinesis Washington DC
06/18 Local 506 w/ Telekinesis Chapel Hill, NC
06/19 The Earl w/ Telekinesis Atlanta, GA
06/20 The End w/ Telekinesis Nashville, TN
06/21 Off Broadway w/ Telekinesis St Louis, MO
06/22 Slowdown w/ Telekinesis Omaha, NE
07/18 Slottsfjell Festival w/ Kaiser Chiefs, The Streets, The Wombats, Foals & more Tonsberg
Once in a while this Tart contributes to a really cool project, the Contrast Podcast, put out by a man named Tim Young over on this blog. He takes submissions from people who record a little intro and then send in a song. Each week has a theme and you’re told the week before what it is, so you have about 5 days to come up with something. It’s fantastic fun, if only to see what your fellow contributors have done.
Have you ever seen “Oh Brother Where Art Thou”? If not, go here to get the idea. The music is all real in the film, meaning it’s all from the time period (1930s) Americana. All except one song. That song with sirens in it. But those sirens are not what you might be expecting, … they’re three lovely ladies who lure the fugitives into a deep sleep with a lullabye. And here it is, Don’t Leave Nobody But The Baby sung by Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, and Allison Krauss. The only instrumentation in it is a saw, being played with a bow. xoxo
….go download that podcast to hear what other people did and said.
Friday night the little wife and I were lucky to win 2 tickets to hear Joe Pug (with Horsefeathers opening!) at Schubas. It was a great show in many, many ways. One particularly wonderful thing about it is that you all can hear it for yourselves. A guy standing right next to me with a big pole caught the whole thing on mic and uploaded it to Internet Archive which has an excellent open source audio section. So, Justin, whoever you are, thanks! And I have to say, the quality is really awesome as well. I usually don’t fuss around listening to live audio, it bugs the shit out of me to hear all that clapping and bad sound quality of most live recordings. But this concert recording is top-notch. Go hear it here.
This was my favorite song of the night,Hymn #35, although there were many that were full of emotion and humor and wit and sadness. Joe is a gifted songwriter, a true folk artist with a talent for summing up the meanings of life events in words that you wished you had thought of and then doing what you couldn’t even imagine — putting it to music. The crowd loved this man, you knew right off that this was his home turf. And if you listen to that concert til the end, you’ll hear the crack in his voice as he thanks us for coming out that night. Performer and audience embraced that night in a warm, tight hold…. we can’t wait until he comes back home.
Here’s the setlist: (from the Internet Archive source)
01 How Good You Are
02 Hymn 35
03 I Do My Father’s Drugs
04 Banter
05 Call It What You Will
06 Lonely Heart
07 First Time I Saw You
08 She’s A Messenger
09 The Door Was Always Open
10 Nobody’s Man
11 Speak Plainly Diana
12 Tuning
13 Not So Sure
14 Hymn #101
15 Bury Me Far>Nation Of Heat
16 Ol’ 55 (Tom Waits)
You will also notice in this recording that the crowd at Schubas (which is a top notch place to see an intimate show) was ridiculously loud and chatty not only between songs but throughout! We moved three times to avoid two women who just. would. not. shut. up. People! If you’re going out to a gig, please consider that the music is not on tape and being displayed on a screen for your listening pleasure. It’s live. The performer can hear you jabbering to your friend about gawd-knows-what, and so can everyone around you who wants to enjoy the music. Shut up already.
Don’t let that keep you from enjoying this wonderful recording of Joe Pug. I actually heard more of it from Justin’s recording than I did at the show. That’s saying something.
Horsefeathers were beautiful, and I mean beautiful to listen to. Justin Ringle’s vocals are crushingly good, piercing your soul. And Nathan Crockett amazed me on violin and saw (!) with his concentration, grace, and angelic voice. Catherine O’ Dell’s cello made me ache and was just the perfect accompaniment to the whole sound of what Horsefeathers is. And of course there’s the banjo and mandolin and such played by Sam Cooper, which only made me so sad because his skill reminded me of Meursault and the fact that I’ll never get to see them play, it seems! But Horsefeathers (being a totally different kind of band, mind you) eased my pain that night with their melodies and their particular form of folk music, in it’s tingly, plucky, exquitiste joy.
The mp3 file here is exactly the same as the flac file found for free download on the Internet Archive, only converted to mp3 format. If that bothers you, and you happen to be the copyright owner of that music, please just email me, thanks.
Hey darlings, fans of Jason Lytle? Wonder where he went and why? Well, our much-loved blogger friend Matthew over on Song, by Toad has done a bang-up job of interviewing the man and you should really read it!
You know the drill by now, eh? It’s been a while since I’ve featured a Don Diablo (that sex god!) track on here, but surely you remember how it goes? Yes, he’s up to his usual amazing business, and with Heads We Dance, which is honestly one of the hottest things out in blog land right now for dance tunes. (and frankly, it’s very cool to see some blog love by artists, so many thanks! xoxox)
Every once in awhile bloggers get to do some real kindness for each other. I love when that happens. And Sean Flinn came to me via a wonderful blogger friend, Jesse Priest of Under The Dog. Now, you’re gonna fall in love with Sean Flinn, because he sings folk songs with this clear, pure voice that cuts right down to the bone. Update: I got an email just today from Mr. Flinn who’s been on tour with Nick Jaina.
“Here’s what’s going on in my world right now. I’ve been making a record over the last year that I should been done with in a month or so. It basically needs to be mixed and mastered. It’s taken a bit longer then I expected because i’ve been touring with Jolie Holland and Nick Jaina whom I play with as well. I just got back from a Australian/New Zealand tour with Jolie. I’ve played in many bands in portland but this is the 1st time I’m releasing a record as Sean Flinn. I have two June shows in Portland coming up that I’m excited about. One is on the 12th at Mississippi Studios and the other is on the 21st at Romtoms. If you have any question please email me. Thanks for your time and energy.”
And there ya go; now if you’re in Portland in June, please go support this fine musician and help him get his album out!
White Light Parade promises us they are “a band on a mission for a call to action and to rebel against the establishment.” Perfect fodder for your May Day celebrating, eh? They certainly promote rebellion in quite an appealing way. Watch that video, I mean, that is some downright pretty rebellion right there, folks!!! Fascism might be imminent but go to your window and yell angrily, because waking up the population to the possibility of a classless and free society will cure youthful dystopia and boredom. Yes, I critique this (partly) in jest. But of all the tracks on this album, “Wake Up” is the most prettied up, the sugar coated rebellion for the middle class, with it’s melodic chorus and cute boy lead singer prominently featured. The only other song that approaches the marketability of “Wake Up” just happens to be “Wait For the Weekend,” the other track of this album that has been released early as it’s debut single. This band is being marketed very shrewdly. Yet, it is “Riot in the City,” one of the harshest tracks on the album, House of Commons that is making someone a load of money as it’s featured in the soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto IV. I wish I could give it to you to download, but no tracks have been released from the album yet. Wood For The Trees, from a previous recording, gives you an idea of their range of sound in comparison to what you see on the videos below. (above track given with permission by Cannonball PR)
This band suffers from an identity crisis. Or perhaps it is all young rockers who suffer from an identity crisis. Perhaps we will all suffer from an identity crisis until we’re forced to chose one. Can I say that I live out my political ideals in my daily life? Absolutely not, not by a mile do I make choices on the local level that reflect how I really feel about the power of the State and how it must be kept in check and by whom. But, that does not stop me from spouting off my opinions at various times and in various places, resulting in varying degrees of success. I reserve the right to both criticize and evangelize, regardless of my lack of 100% adherence to principles. I’m human, not a megalomanic bitch and I try to live in the real world. So I give White Light Parade a break for selling out to the MAN and providing Grand Theft Auto a soundtrack with which to desensitize our children towards violence and sexist behavior. The rest of House of Commons is really full of thought-provoking songs, only a few being more pop inspired than their politicized image can support. Enjoy this band’s success, we all need music for the revolution, and “Riot In The City” is indeed a great anthem for this generation of working class rock-n-rollers. Of course comparisons will be made to the Clash, for White Light Parade is a band from the UK, with that bang of the drums and clash of cymbals accompanied by sharp guitar solos and punctuated vocals that show their debt to that great band. I maintain that House of Commons remains an album with something to say, and it’s timing could not be better.
Tour Dates:
2 May 2009 Live At Leeds @ Cockpit Main Stage 3pm Leeds
9 May 2009 Wolves Little Civic Wolverhampton
14 May 2009 Water Rats London
20 May 2009 The Harley Sheffield
21 May 2009 Indie+ @ Warehouse 14+ Middlesbrough
24 May 2009 We Rock The Village Halifax
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Who else holds the torch for sticking it to the MAN in this time of economic collapse? I have to honestly say that I’m not sure, I’m not the perfect fan to ask. In all my dilettantism, I barely dabble in anarcho-punk music, in labor-folk and the music of the politically rebellious. I do know of a few sources: G7 Welcoming Committee remains a resource despite it’s best intentions You can order Propaghandi’s latest album, Supporting Caste, from them there. They’ll also tell you all about The Weakerthans too. Of course, Billy Bragg remains true to his calling and if you don’t know his political tunes you should. And of course, there is the World Inferno Friendship Society, who I’ve covered on these pages recently. I’ve not listened to much of The (International) Noise Conspiracy but they are legit anarcho-rock too.
Blogs you should know that I know: Cactus Mouth Informer which is a wonderful mix of social commentary, music, war poetry and some odd 80s stuff. Highlander has backed me up, taught me much, and made my day many times, xoxo Armagideon Time which is a crazy mixed up mess of cartoon snark/social commentary and music and good politics. And Andrew Weiss is probably the coolest person on the internet, I’m just sayin. Battle of Midwestern Housewives which feeds me all the pop/anarcho/melodic/punk I can eat and for whom I am forever grateful. Silverunity doesn’t wear his politics on his sleeve but I count him as a comrade in arms. He makes awesome mixes too.
If you want to read any books, go here to AK Press.
I saw An Horse back in March and they were young and fresh. They’re still on the road, touring with Telekinesis and hitting California, the Midwest and then onto the East Coast. I’ve got a widgety thing for you, I know, they’re kinda cool, kinda lame, eh? Watch out, this one has an iTunes button, eek! But don’t fear, there’s also a great song, Camp Out which was one of my favorites that they played off their new album Rearrange Beds. I swear, the more I listen to Kate’s voice the more I really love it. And as I wrote back in March, when they sing together, on the same note, it’s just creepygood, you know what I mean, the kind of good that makes the hairs on your arms rise a little bit. The tone is so pure and clear, whatever force it was in the universe that pushed them toward one another, it was an amazing thing. Seriously, go see this duo if they come near you, this is going to be one of those groups that we’ll say we saw them when.
here, have 
You can order Propaghandi’s latest album, Supporting Caste, from them 
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