Posts Tagged ‘SXSW’

Kuestionnaire: Sole and the Skyrider Band

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

In the year 1998, Sole joined Pedestrian to kick start the Anticon label powerhouse you know today. Years later Sole took the underground by storm with an undeniable stage presence and his critically acclaimed albums, particularly the amazing Selling Live Water. The impact was unquestionable and that next year Sole solidified his place amongst the independent hip hop elite with both his respected label and his impressive body of work.

This time around, Sole is ready to take the world by storm with Sole & the Skyrider Band. After already redefining the scene with their debut in 2007, Sole along with the Skyrider Band, Bud Berning (producer), John Wagner (drums), and William Ryan Fritch (multi-instrumentalist), along with guests like Markus Acher from 13 & God and The Notwist, present the long awaited sophomore full-length album Plastique. It’s as imaginative, experimental, diverse and genre-defying as ever, but what did you expect?

You can also download the Battlefields EP for free here.

Sole is on tour this month with Ceschi Ramos & Dark Time Sunshine and you can catch him at SXSW:

SXSW 3/17 – 3/18 – Party Ends Blog FREE Day Party – 3Pm @ Iron Gate, Fake Four/Taxidermy Recs. FREE Day Party – 5 pm @ Momo’s
SXSW 3/19 – Official SXSW Showcase 1 am @ Karma Lounge

As well as…

Dallas – 3/22 – The Green Elephant
Des Moines – 3/23 – w/ Astronautalis
St Louis – 3/25 – Firebird w/ Astronautalis
Minneapolis-3/26 – Triple Rock
Chicago 3/27 – Crazy Wharehouse Party TBC
Detroit – 3/28 – Division Gallery
NY – 3/29 – Monday – Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY
New Haven, CT – 3/31- Cafe 9
Boston – 4/1 – The Western Front
Portland – 4/2 – The Space

This week Tim Holland himself answers the Kuestionnaire and shares an interesting embarrassing moment. Enjoy!

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1. Could you state your name and what you do?
Tim Holland, rapper, producer, record insustry jihadist.

2. How would you describe your sound?
slow, sometimes fast, dense, empty, pear shaped, old & new, noisey, hard hitting, unlistenable, smart.

3. What is your favorite local band?
pictureplane

4. Any concerts that blew your mind recently?
I’ve seen a fewof great shows @ rhinoceropolis. There was a show with hologramz, pictureplane, & bedrmppl I saw a few months ago and it inspired the hell out of me.

5. Any non-musical influences you would like to mention?
guy debord, Arthur c clark, brecht, lord byron, keroac, slavoj zizek, beaudrillard, democracynow, good conversations.

6. If your music was to be the theme of a film/TV show, what would it be?
a child falling off a cliff into a black hole.

7. What musician/artist would you like to collaborate with for a day?
for a day? Thom yorke. If I could get him on every song im working on I think It would do a lot for his carreer.

8. What is the album you listen to on a cold rainy day?
silver mount zion, “god bless our dead marines”

9. List four songs you would listen to on a roadtrip?
bob Dylan my back pages
young jeezy recession
jay z, reminder
silver mount zion god bless our dead marines

10. Where do you see yourself in 7 years?
doing the exact same thing, but in a house that I own.

11. What is the last book you read?
the hyperion series by dan simmons. I’ve read about 2000 pages so far in about 3 months. I never have enjoyed reading anything this much.

12. Is image a factor in music or is it a waste of time?
it’s a factor if you want to sell. It helps if you actually care about image.

13. Any embarrassing moments on stage you would like to share?
Once in eugine, I had really bad diaharreah before I got on stage, but the bathroom was really far away and I couldn’t get through the people anyway, so I opened the load in door in the back stage and took a shit right on the loading dock between songs. It was really quick, no one noticed.

14. Any favorite tour locations?
anywhere exotic and kind of dangerous. Eastern Europe, Russia, Israel, etc.

15. Lastly, what is your present state of mind?
im really happy and ready for war.

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[mp3] Sole & The Skyrider Band – Battlefields (feat. Markus Acher of The Notwist) from Plastique (2009)

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[mp3] Sole – So The Rich Can Sleep Tonight w/ Solillaquists of Sound from nuclear winter volume one (2010)

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[mp3] Pictureplane – Beyond Fantasy from Beyond Fantasy – Single (2010)

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SXSW 2010 Announce Schedule

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

The dates: March 17-21. On those days hundreds upon hundreds of bands from across the world will descend upon Austin, Texas for SXSW, and I among others will be scrambling to see every band we can without passing out.

This will be my first time at SXSW and from what I hear, it’s impossible to see all the bands I want. So I’ve divided them out and decided to see bands I’ve never seen before and ditch the ones I already have. Well as of today, SXSW posted the schedules for all five days of showcases on their website.

I’ll be ‘working’ while I’m at SXSW, meaning I’ll be telling you my experience at this clusterfuck of a festival. So stay tuned, this is going to be fun!

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Kuestionnaire: Irepress

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Brutal, cinematic, clobbering, psychedelic; all of which could easily describe the Sharon, Massachusetts five-piece instru-metal band, Irepress. Having built a small following with their debut album, Samus Octology, Irepress have continued with their brand of chiseled post rock with their latest release, Sol Eye Sea I. Sol Eye Sea I is an album filled with all the metal trimmings, minimal jazz primers, and cryptic riffs that hit out of nowhere with the pummeling impact of a meteor. Irepress is proving that New England is becoming the new hot-bed for quality instrumental music and have done so by presenting us with this sea-monster of an album (which you can purchase on CD or double LP here).

Irepress will be playing in Dallas, TX at Reno’s Chop Shop with Zoroaster on March 18th. Also they will be playing at this year’s SXSW on the 19th of March at PLUSH with Constants, Caspian, Junius, Look Mexico, and the well respected Jonah Matranga of Far. For more SXSW dates and other current US tour dates, click here.

This week Bret Silverberg, Jarett Ring, and Jon (Dino) DiNapoli of Irepress answer this week’s Kuestionnaire and show that they all seem to have similar tastes…who woulda thunk it?

1. Of all the bands/artists in your CD/record collection, which one is your most cherished?
Bret: Personally, I would say “Downward is Heavenward” by Hum. The rest of the band has all different answers to that one.
Dino: First CD I have is the “Last Action Hero” soundtrack.
Jarrett: I’d say “OK Computer.”

2. What have you been listening to lately?
Bret: This band called Pattern is Movement and Menomena.
Jarrett: Wolf Parade, These Arms Are Snakes
Dino: King Crimsnon, The Residents

3. What’s your favorite local band?
Jarrett: Junius
Bret: Constants

4. What was the last show you attended?
Jarrett: Constants
Bret: Same show

5. What was the greatest show you’ve ever been to?
Jarrett: Sigur Ros, Bank of Boston Pavillion, Boston
Dino: Tool in Hartford in 2001
Bret: Metallica, Great Woods, Load tour

6. What show are you looking forward to?
Bret: The Dirty Projectors at SXSW
Jarrett: St. Vincent at SXSW

7. What musician would you like to hang out/work with for a day?
Dino: Adam Jones or Mike Patton
Jarrett: Ian Williams of Battles, Thom Yorke
Bret: Matt Talbot of Hum

8. What four albums you would bring to a deserted island?
Jarrett: Poison the Well “Opposite of December,” Radiohead “OK Computer,” Minus the Bear “Planet of Ice,” Jeremy Enigk “World Waits”
Dino: Every Tool album

9. Would you call yourself a music geek?
Dino: No
Bret: No
Jarrett: No

10. Any favorite music-related videos/DVDs you own?
Dino: Jon Katta and Mike Patton, Live at Pompei Pink Floyd
Jarrett: Same as above
Bret: also same

11. What’s the last book you read?
Jarrett: Naked Lunch by William Burroughs
Dino: Galactic Alignment by John Major Jenkins
Bret: Doctor Dealer by Mark Bowden

12. Do you prefer live performances or recording in the studio?
Jarrett: live
Bret: both
Dino: sick

13. Any embarrassing moments on stage you’d like to share?
Not really, just a bunch of equipment breakdowns

14. Any favorite tour locations?
Dino: The shed in Virgina
Bret: Murphreesburough, TN
Jarrett: same

15. Lastly, what have you done today?
Dino: Ate dried apple rings
Bret: Ate those same apple rings, drank coffee
Jarrett: Drank coffee

Irepress – Rhintu

junius – Hiding Knives [edit]

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Rearrange Horses

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Man, if I had a dollar for every band named after a sweater, I’d have, ooh, at least a dollar by now. Which is to say that I would have earned the grand total of one dollar from An Horse if we lived in a world wonderful enough that you could make money simply by bands naming themselves after sweaters. You could then use that dollar to purchase An Horse’s new album, Rearrange Beds, which comes out tomorrow.

Rearrange Beds is the duo’s debut album, and there are more than a few good reasons for the buzz you are already hearing about them. A live show embodying the honesty and intensity at the heart of post-punk rock and a sound defying any limiting definitions you may have for modern indie rock are just a few of those reasons. Active for only a year, they have already garnered an impressive following. Singer Kate Cooper’s vocals and lyrics will soon have you filing her right next to Exene Cervenka and Penelope Houston as powerful and vital singers. Musically, the band explores territories similar to Fugazi, Pavement, and Sleater-Kinney. It’s a little too pretty to be punk, a little too raw to be pop, and a little too elegantly constructed to be rock & roll. And that makes it just about perfect.

Check out the band on tour with Wintersleep and later on tour with Appleseed Cast as well as this year’s SXSW. For dates click here.

You can purchase the album on iTunes here and buy the physical version tomorrow wherever records are sold.

An Horse – Postcards

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Kata’s “I’m Not Going, But I’d Like To” SXSW Special

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

It would be impossible for me to describe the plethra of bands attending this year’s SXSW. I’ll leave that for someone who has more time on their hands than me. I will however tell you about a handful of shows that I believe you should check out (if you’re going) or just check out the band’s music if you’re not going (like me).

Fans of sweet folk and people who became a slave to anything Bon Iver puts out should check out The Low Anthem. The Providence, RI trio released the critically acclaimed Oh My God, Charlie Darwin just last September and has been riding the wave of it’s success since. They’ll be all over the place at SXSW, so there’s no excuse to miss them…

Wed March 18th:
3PM – Mad Dragon Party @ The Thirsty Nickel
Thu March 19th:
12:30 – Music By The Slice @ Homeslice Pizza
3:00PM – End of the Road Party at Lambert’s
1AM – Bella Union Showcase at The Ranch
Fri March 20th:
10PM – Central Presbyterian Church
Sat March 21st:
4PM – PureVolume House @ 2nd and Trinity

The Low Anthem – Charlie Darwin

You seriously can’t go wrong with this line-up. If you haven’t heard of at least Bart Davenport, you’re betraying yourself in ways you could never imagine. From the sonic melodies of The Botticellis to the danceworthy electro-beats of Sugar & Gold, missing this show is not an option.

Saturday, March 21

1am – Pterodactyl (Uncle Booking)
12am -Gravy Train!!!! (Uncle Booking)
11pm – Sugar & Gold (Antenna Farm)
10pm – Bart Davenport (Antenna Farm/Uncle Booking)
9pm – The Botticellis (Antenna Farm)
8pm – The Dry Spells (Antenna Farm)

@ The Radio Room, 506 E. 6th, Austin, TX.

Bart Davenport – A Young One

The Botticellis – Up Against the Glass

Sugar & Gold – Neighborhood

Those looking for just plain fun early-Beatles idealism won’t need to look any further than The Morning Benders. While you’re at it, go ahead and check out their brand new EP titled Grain of Salt on +1 Records.

Wed March 18th:
9:00pm || Stimulus Package hosted by HearYa.com @ Paradise Cafe
Thu March 19th:
3:30pm || The Bay Area Takeover @ The Beauty Bar
Fri March 20th:
12 – 6pm || The +1 House Party @ The Legendary Hank Sinatra’s
Sat March 21st:
1:00am || Wave Rooftop: Official SXSW Showcase

The Morning Benders – i was wrong

The Morning Benders – Doctor Doctor (Daytrotter Session)

Besides being lucky enough to tour with a few of my favorite bands (Wintersleep, Appleseed Cast), An Horse will be spreading their balls-out rock all over Austin this weekend. I like what I’m hearing and will most likely head out to purchase their upcoming debut release, Rearrange Beds, as should you.