Sufjan Stevens & Celldweller news

So, I’d have posted about this sooner (Monday), but I’m less enthused about it, as Sufjan Stevens is not making his way out of the East & Midwest… this were one of those times, I wish I lived in Cincinnati, as I’d hit 2-3 of these shows…
Oh, but wait, there’s a Portland date!!!
Damn… Portland, Maine… [...]

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Ellery, Peter Mulvey, My Brightest Diamond

A trio of new music news…

Cincinnati lush-pop/folk duo Ellery is hitting the studio soon with Malcolm Burn (http://www.malcolmburn.com). Malcolm is a Grammy-winning producer who has worked with the likes of Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Kaki King, Rachel Yamagata, Sarah McLachlan, Gillian Welch, Ryan Adams, and more.  This will be their follow-up to the fantastic [...]

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Flight of the Conchords – 2nd season premiere (online)

 The first episode of the second season of the New Zealand comedy Flight of the Conchords has premiered a month early on Funny or Die.
From Paste:
In the second season opener, Bret and Jemaine are quick to fire their affable manager, Murray. After the addition and swift subtraction of a new band member last season, Murray [...]

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Clare & the Reasons – Daytrotter Session

Brooklyn-based French-pop group Clare & the Reasons came through the Daytrotter studios (likely recorded around the same time as My Brightest Diamond, as they were on tour together).  Four songs, in-studio for FREE…
http://daytrotter.com/article/1520/clare-and-the-reasons

1) Pluto 2) Alphabet City 3) Can Your Car Do That? I Don’t Think So 4) Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Tears [...]

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Kim Taylor – I Feel Like A Fading Light (vinyl)

Cincinnati folky singer-songwriter Kim Taylor has a voice that hearkens back to another Cincinnatian Karin Bergquist of Over the Rhine.  Her 2007 album I Feel Like a Fading Light was a great piece of music.  It just got released on vinyl with new cover art:
check it out: http://kim-taylor.net/
If you are one of the first 25 [...]

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My Brightest Diamond – Daytrotter Session

Brooklyn-based pop-stress My Brightest Diamond (aka Shara Worden) came through the Daytrotter studios for a 2nd go round.  Four songs, in-studio for FREE…
http://daytrotter.com/article/1515/my-brightest-diamond-encore-session

1) From the Top of the World 2) Inside a Boy 3) Apples 4) The Gentlest Gentleman

If you like what you hear, she’s got some great albums on Asthmatic Kitty Records.
Past Daytrotter Sessions [...]

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Damien Jurado – Daytrotter Session

Seattle-based singer-songwriter Damien Jurado has a Daytrotter Session up now… four songs, in-studio for FREE…
http://daytrotter.com/article/1512/damien-jurado
1) Dimes 2) Everything Trying 3) Gillian Was a Horse 4) Ohio
If you like what you hear, he’s got some great albums on Sub Pop & Secretly Canadian Records.
Past Daytrotter Sessions I’ve blogged about (and dug):

Talkdemonic
Aimee Mann
Ani DiFranco
The Bad Veins
Kaki King
Holy [...]

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Ani DiFranco’s iTunes Originals session

Ani DiFranco unexpectedly showed up in my weekly iTunes email this morning.  I love the iTunes Originals series… it’s a good mix of interviews, album tracks, and in-studio iTunes exclusives.  Well, Ani’s got one out as of today (11/18/08).

$9.99 for 24 tracks (includes interviews).  Just do a search for “Ani DiFranco iTunes originals” in… um… [...]

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Ani DiFranco on Daytrotter

Ani DiFranco’s got song songs up on the good ol’ Daytrotter Sessions… Four songs, live in-studio… FOR FREE.  Her new album comes out in about a week (Red Letter Year due out 9/30).

Go here for the free music:
http://daytrotter.com/article/1432/ani-difranco

1) Present/Infant 2) Coming Up 3) Subdivision 4) The Atom
http://www.rightesousbaberecords.com/
http://myspace.com/anidifranco
Past Daytrotter Sessions I’ve blogged about (and dug):

The Bad [...]

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Greydon Square, Ani DiFranco & Steven Wilson

Atheist rapper Greydon Square comes back strong on his latest album, The CPT Theorem. This is his third album, though his debut (Absolute from 2004) is long out-of-print… so it’s only the 2nd album of his that I am lucky to own. His album The Compton Effect was one of my favorite albums in 2007. [...]

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Ani DiFranco – Red Letter Year (9/30/08)

This just in from Righteous Babe Records…

Ani’s last album was released in 2006, which kinda feels like a decade ago, given her tendency to spoil us with an album (or two) a year. But never fear, DiFrancolytes, for a brand new Ani record will be released on September 30, 2008.
It’s called Red Letter Year, and [...]

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REVIEW: Ani DiFranco @ McDonald Theatre (Eugene, OR – - 4/16/08)

Wow… great show last night from Ani and her compadres…
The opener was poet Judy Grahn’s spoken word to beats and such from Animal Prufrock (formerly of Bitch & Animal) and guitarist Anne Carol. They played about 35-40 minutes. The songs/poems they played are presumed to be something along the lines of…

Bowls
Emotional Boner
Vampires
Mental
Love Me
The Forest
Bledsung
(unknown)
Walk & [...]

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mini-REVIEW: Over the Rhine @ Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR – - 9/15/07)

Great show last night (my 50th). Set not-unlike Seattle. “And Can it Ever Be” was great (don’t know how I missed that when glancing at the Seattle setlist). “Don’t Wait for Tom” also excellent (my fav of the night). “Ohio” was actually quite a good version, and I don’t really prefer that song… so something [...]

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REVIEW: Over the Rhine @ Bogart’s (Cincinnati, OH – - 3/21/01)

(originally posted to the old Actwin list)
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rev: OtR – bogarts.
thurs, march 22rd/th/nd.
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fabulous set. mostest funnest for a while.
loved it. totally. echo megan & bink’s revs.
set. order not particular.
the world can wait.
if nothing else.
fairpoint diary.
no toy. no piano.
i radioheadven.
birds.
holy crap. loved it.
don’t be bothered. don’t be, i said.
well done. [...]

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REVIEW: Over the Rhine @ Canal Street Tavern (Dayton, OH – - 6/23/00)

(originally posted to the old Actwin list)
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They played a lot of new stuff and/or older stuff that they haven’t pulled out too often… the first set was shock full of the newer stuff, and the second stuff had some of the OtR staples…
It was a really good show overall… and it’d been since December since [...]

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