Scanlon

Outer Space is John Elliott from Emeralds, sometimes joined by Jeff Hatfield from Fragments and Field of Hats. This here's just a teaser from the upcoming LP on Arbor, this here's a custom vid for "scanlon" off of the upcoming s/t Outer Space lp:



I have high hopes for this, although this track already sounds much different from previous OS releases. This one sounds tinged by one Mark McGuire, kind of emulating his guitar channel with a synth pattern. I guess you should expect these impressionable youth to rub off on each other. Hell, they can rub me all they want. I trust this will work itself out. I certainly ain't cryin'. If in need, check out the chinese make out.]]

Palaz of Hoon

Tea at the Palaz of Hoon

Not less because in purple I descended
The western day through what you called
The loneliest air, not less was I myself.

What was the ointment sprinkled on my beard?
What were the hymns that buzzed beside my ears?
What was the sea whose tide swept through me there?

Out of my mind the golden ointment rained,
And my ears made the blowing hymns they heard.
I was myself the compass of that sea:

I was the world in which I walked, and what I saw
Or heard or felt came not but from myself;
And there I found myself more truly and more strange.

-Wallace Stevens

Rene Hell in Iowan Java House

Well well. Far far from your Occoneechee Mountain, somewhere in Iowa but reaching hands close in your heart for an outlook to the universe. Here's Jeffrey D. Witscher (aka Secret Abuse, Marble Sky, Deep Jew, Abelar Scout, Impregnable, Roman Torment) and his Rene Hell outfit. New release on Type is killer (methinks). Consider liking it...



Also has tapes on Agents of Chaos, Ekhein, Night People, & something soon on Arbor.

Additionally, check out Jeff's blog if you feel so inclined. He sometimes uploads unreleased tracks...Baroque Arcade.

There is no pyroclastic yodeling here

When Mr. Wrinkles and I heard a yodel on the Occoneechee Mountain trails yesterday, I was reminded of two of my all-time favorite gals, the DeZurik sisters. Know anybody else that learned to yodel by imitating birds? In this track, the National Barn Dance sweethearts imitate the sound of a Hawaiian steel guitar. If you like this, check out this goldmine from WFMU.

Grouper

On Thursday, June 17th, the Nightlight in Chapel Hill is hosting an excellent show featuring Grouper!! (Portland) / Heather McEntire (Bellafea / Mt.Moriah) & Jenks Miller (Horseback / Mt. Moriah). The show starts at 9:30PM and costs $7.

Sirens to Cyrus

NOT BILLY MEANING OF A BABY NAME
CLASSIC COORZ, SILVER SURVIVOR, WHITTED BOAS, JELLO CHARGERZ, BESTOW CARE
LAST NIGHT THE STEPHEN'S DOG SILAS DIED, I WATCHED IT DIE BUT IT WAS WHERE IT SHOULD BE
YOUR DOUBLES LAST BREATH WAS NO LOSING SPECTER, BUT BEAUTIFUL COMET OF REPELLENT GHOSTS AND DUKKHA NIRODHA

Popcorn Comp

Double LP compilation on Ultra Eczema out now...should be much more annoying than the La Bamba compilation from last year...all you can eat!!

KFW

A couple of upcoming releases by Keith Fullerton Whitman sound pretty killer.

Here's a selection of samples from a few of his upcoming releases. Highlights for me include the Generator series, and the upcoming 7" featuring synth and oud:
Keith Fullerton Whitman ; 2010 Release Previews. by kfw

Loving all of it.

The Good Doctor

Here's a great video that summarizes Eugene Chadbourne's approach to making music...that electric rake is killer!

droppin' dimes in da alley

To commemorate a just-today-ended and very-successful-if-i-don't-mind-saying academic year (my first as an information scientist), I dropped $49.48 at CD Alley on rad local tunes.  This spree was prompted in part by the fact that David let me double the size of our garden with his tiller last weekend. I was stunned at the bald kindness of this neighborly gesture, a hand across the water of our two western boro(ough)s. Seriously, you cannot imagine how much time that Tecumseh engine saved us. Bonus points: we tilled a space that had been covered for weeks by a tarp for weed killing purposes, and which had subsequently been infested by about a billion slugs. We tilled them into many un-neat pieces, and then the birds stuffed themselves silly. I did not tell David I had enjoyed his tiller in quite this way. SSSHHHHHH.

Anyway, when I picked it up from him - in the face of all this stunning kindness remember - I had to apologize for missing the In the Year of the Pig CD release show. He then offered to give me a copy of Jamón. Are you kidding me? I can't take this man's tiller and then take his hard earned CDs too! I saw this as a sign that it was high time to visit the record store.

Mostly these days the only music I pay for is my friends', which happily puts a dent in the wallet. At the store I also picked up two records from Hot Releases: Boyzone's Menarche and Russian Tsarlag's Open Casket. I had a heck of a time telling what speed I should play those Ruskies at! Settled on 45, but a go at 33 awaits.

Let me tell you about Jamón. I might just have found something that rocks harder than Toys In the Attic. These guys are superstars. I'm listening to it real loud right now. You should too.

Finally, I was stoked to find that UNC's student-run Vinyl Records released a Lake Inferior 10" vinyl EP. It's thick as hell, with nice art, and free digital downloads. Props for pulling that off, that's major. I know because I'm starting my own student group and 151 gram vinyl seems so very far away.

It's pretty cool to be able to conjure your friends out of thin air and hear their voices and noises on the stereo. Hello Carrboro summer.

Mike

Secret Boyfriend @ Nightlight - April 9, 2010 from kevin.eugene.clark on Vimeo.