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The Magical Properties Tour comes your way, don’t miss Deadelus, Nosaj Thing and Jogger

Tart — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:36:07 +0000

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Daedelus, Nosaj Thing and Jogger Unite for Magical Properties Tour!
Daedelus’ new label launches its first tour across the US with some of LA’s top acts

A whole cavalcade caravan across this great continent!
Magical Properties is now a touring unit as well as a label, featuring the
musical musings of Nosaj Thing, Jogger, and Daedelus…

You all know of my love for Jogger. Their debut album, This Great Pressure, made my list of Most Listened To Records of 2009. And when I saw them a few weeks ago, well… it was awesome. I am very much looking forward to this night! If you’re a fan of live electronic music then do yourself a favor and hit up this show when it comes by you. xoxo

Tour Dates
Thursday Feb 4th – Space 120 – Palm Springs, California
Friday Feb 5th – Echoplex – Los Angeles, California*
Saturday Feb 6th – Mighty – San Francisco, California*
Sunday Feb 7th – Jambalaya – Arcata, California
Monday Feb 8th – Rotture – Portland, Oregon*
Tuesday Feb 9th – Fortune Sound Club – Vancouver, British Columbia
Wednesday Feb 10th – Neumos – Seattle, Washington
Friday Feb 12th – Hodi’s Half Note – Fort Collins, Colorado
Saturday Feb 13th – Gothic Theater – Englewood, Colorado
Sunday Feb 14th – Mad Planet – Milwaukee, Wisconson
Monday – Feb 15th – Majestic Theater – Madison, Wisconsin
Tuesday – Feb 16th – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, Illinois*
Wednesday – Feb 17th – Grog Shop – Cleveland, Ohio*
Thursday – Feb 18th – Wrong Bar – Toronto, Ontario
Friday – Feb 19th – Le Belmont – Montreal, Quebec
Saturday – Feb 20th – Le Poisson Rouge – New York, New York*
Monday – Feb 22st – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*
Tuesday – Feb 23rd – Bourbon Street – Baltimore, Maryland
Wednesday – Feb 24th – Xscape Lounge – Richmond, Virginia
Thursday – Feb 25th – Club R2 – Charlottesville, Virginia
Friday – Feb 26th – Club 828 – Asheville, North Carolina
Saturday Feb 27th -New Earth Music Hall – ATHENS, GA

* Sponsored by Scion Sessions

Jogger @ Kinetic Playground December 30, 2009

Tart — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:44:33 +0000

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Well, my last gig of 2009! And I went to a venue I’ve never been before too. I walked in and the first person I talked to just happened to be the manager of the duo I came to see. An auspicious ending to the year! I’d been looking forward to seeing Jogger, a duo from LA, for months now. If you scroll down my page, you’ll see I’ve included their LP in my list of 25 most listened to records of 2010. I’ve found This Great Pressure to be innovate, completely fresh sounding and just really exciting and sexy! Their opening track, “Napping Captain” completely won me over. It’s a uniquely perfect hybrid of indie and electronica and has all those little clicks and ting tings that entice me. Scattered throughout This Great Pressure are some great grooves, heavy beats, and tremendously repetitive refrains that have the dancefloor completely at their command.

But equally important to this project are two other components that show just how talented these guys really are. Amir on guitar almost manages to steal the show a few times that evening. Yes, he’s that good. No, I didn’t expect that from live electronica. It’s hard and fast and not very indie and we applauded in the middle of the song, after his solo. But Amir is much more than a virtuoso on guitar, he also sings harmony with the mastermind behind all this, Jonathan. And their vocals are key to many songs on the album. Hearing them live, I was more than impressed with their ability to not only reproduce what was created in the studio, but I also realized to a greater degree how wonderfully the music was crafted around their voices, to offset those harmonies. The word “organic” came to mind. The evening just felt like a whole, a piece, a unified being, a tree which was comprise of both bark and leaves. Unlike some electronic music, with awkward transitions between laptop and vocals and instruments, Jogger melds it’s sound. The sources seem inconsequential to the outcome. I felt that way listening to the album as well and I was glad that it carried over to their performance.

The Kinetic Playground was a terrific site for this duo to stretch its wings a bit and iron out its live performance. Jogger will return to Chicago on February 16, supporting Nosaj Thing at Lincoln Hall. I anticipate a really fun show. And hopefully I’ll have more time to chat with Jonathan and Amir about their plans for 2010. I also really need to know what Amir does with that violin.

Jogger: This Great Pressure, coming Oct. 27, “In America”

Tart — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:44:57 +0000

Ok, I’m really trying to not make crazy, rash statements here but I LOVE this album so much that I’m afraid of how it might skew my end of year lists. I’ve had it about two weeks now, it’s not been out of rotation since and I think I’ve tweeted about it every day for the past week. Seriously, it’s the most interesting album I’ve heard in a long time. Each track is odd, intriguing, different, and encapsulates some sort of sound that I would have never anticipated. I want to give you a more thourgh run down on this, and I will, closer to its release date. But for now, hear “In America” and keep it on, don’t stop after the first few seconds just because you think you know what it’s about. It’s the least interesting one, I swear they are afraid of this album out there in whatever place that makes these decisions, because this is NOTHING compared to the rest of it, darlings! You are gonna go nuts over This Great Pressure and all its indie/pop/8-bit/electronica/experimental goodness.