Good :) & Bad :(

First, the good news… Brian Borcherdt of one of my favorite groups (HOLY FUCK) just released his solo album, Torches (along with the Ward Colorado demos).  It’s available for free download over on his website… and if you like it, you can (and should) buy the CD or vinyl.  Get the free album by going [...]

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bike ride tours, any speed vinyl, the bqe, a van & streaming ‘deth

5 music news stories… Peter Mulvey, Holy Fuck, Sufjan Stevens, David Bazan/Pedro the Lion and Megadeth…

So, Peter Mulvey has toured all over the world.  A few years back, he started also doing some bike tours within his own state.  Well, he just embarked on his “Long Haul” Tour in support of his new, fantastic record [...]

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I’m mad at Bumbershoot’s schedulers

Bumber-shoot, indeed.
Sunday (9/6) at Bumbershoot… Holy Fuck, David Cross, Patton Oswalt, Michael Franti, and Jason Mraz are all playing.  I would like to see all of them (in the order shown above).  BUT… they’re all playing at roughly the same time.  Balzac! If I caught all of Holy Fuck’s hour set (which I would be [...]

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REVIEW: Holy Fuck @ Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR – 6/4/09)

FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM
I love my job.  I get to be in towns that quite often host artists I like to see… so I don’t have to drive up to make a special trip.  Well, this time, it was for my second time seeing the instrumental, avant-groove, live electronic band from [...]

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dredg, radiohead, dave douglas, and a holy eff bailout

dredg’s new album, The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion, is gonna be good great.  Their Portland show in early April was TOPS!  I like “I Don’t Know” better as a lead off, but regardless of what I think, here’s the video for “Information“…

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Radiohead are hitting the studio again to follow-up the [...]

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Dave Brubeck Quartet & Radiohead (plus more)

Dave Brubeck Quartet & Radiohead
“Take Five” meets “15 Step“

I don’t think it works as well as whoever intended it to work… but I suppose it’s OK as far as mashups go.
And in other music…

Live electronic artists Holy Fuck have done a cover of Röyksopp’s “Happy Up Here.”  Check it out (streaming) [...]

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Shark Remixes & Holy F’s Mia Remix

Last fall, Asthmatic Kitty released My Brightest Diamond’s Shark Remixes Volume 1 (by Alfred Brown).  It is a great remix EP… yet, the initial press release said something about a Vol 2 in Nov and Vol 3 in Dec.  Well, our Thanksgiving gift has now arrived…

Shark Remixes, Volume 2 is done by Son Lux.  It’s [...]

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* Favorite EPs / Vinyl / Live Albums & more of 2008 *

Before I start… happy 68th birthday to Frank Zappa.  You are missed.  Ya Hozna!

This is sort of a precursor to my “official” Favorites of 2008 blog.  Up later this coming week or two, I’ll post my favorite vocal and favorite instrumental albums of 2008.  I’m still making my way through the re-listening phase.  Yeah, I [...]

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Holy F**k in-studio & Derek Webb news

It’s not that I intend to bring together two disparate artists for my music news post.  I mean, I surely do love it… but it’s usually just a function of me liking way too much music, and news comes in to me in spurts that are as controllable as a trying to plug the holes [...]

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Monty’s Rockcast / Palin Debate Flowchart & Duck Hunt / Holy Fuck on CBC Radio Q

Well, three unrelated topics… Monty Colvin’s podcast, the VP debate, and Holy Fuck on CBC Radio Q…

Monty Colvin, bassist/ songwriter/ backing singer from Galactic Cowboys and multi-instrumentalist/ lead vocals/ songwriter from Crunchy, has a podcast.  If you’re a fan of Galactic Cowboys (GC), King’s X, or guys who say “um” and “stuff” a lot… check [...]

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59″ of aural pleasure

Some words on some recent vinyl added to my collection…
God of Shamisen The Science Fiction of Ray Bradbury Attack! 7″ (God of Shamisen)

From the Secret Chiefs 3 / Estradasphere connection, I first heard God of Shamisen on the MySpaces (http://www.myspace.com/gos). This white vinyl with red label in white sleeve should clue you in to [...]

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Holy Fuck’s Daytrotter Session -Free EP-

Holy Fuck’s Daytrotter Session has finally been released (it was mentioned in a Daytrotter email, like, 2 months ago)…
Four songs, live in-studio, free download… go check it out…
http://www.daytrotter.com/article/1266/holy-fuck

Jungle – from our first record. This song has morphed quite a few times since we’ve started playing it. It keeps changing all the [...]

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purty video

Holy Fuck’s “Lovely Allen” from Holy Fuck LP2
(it starts 20 seconds in… I don’t know why the gap…)

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http://www.holyfuckmusic.com/
Post-rock brilliance… with a groove your grandma can dance to, but a name she won’t.
~Dan

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* Favorite INSTRUMENTAL Albums of 2007 *

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My Other Favorites of 2007 Recaps:
Fav Concerts of ‘07 are recapped *HERE*
Fav Local / Vinyl / Internet-Only / Podcasts of ‘07 are *HERE*
Fav EPs / Compilations [...]

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Another Wave of Fave (2007)

My Other Favorites of 2007 Recaps:
* Fav Concerts of ‘07 are recapped *HERE*
* Fav Local / Vinyl / Internet-Only / Podcasts of ‘07 are *HERE*
Well, this “Round 3” is decidedly less flashy (sans pics)… I’ve got too much homework to do to be putzing around on my 2007 pontifications… I have included [...]

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Well, my 17-day vacation/ holiday break/ hustle-and-rent-the-house-2,600-miles-away trip went well… alas, my oft “too time consuming” year-end list of all that is fantastic to my ears is not done/barely started.
Now that I’ll be back to school, I’ll have some time to re-listen to my 2007 music. Expect something in mid-to-late January (perhaps). In [...]

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Favorite Concerts of 2007

Well, there are still some 2007 CDs that may or may not arrive in my hands before the year’s over (specifically Eyvind Kang, Dave Douglas, Greydon Square, Radiohead, Doug Pinnick & La Mar Enfortuna — all of which have Top 20 potential); so I’m not ready to post my “Best CDs of 2007” list, yet. [...]

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REVIEW: Holy Fuck @ Southgate House (Newport, KY – - 4/1/07)

I saw Holy Fuck last night at Southgate House. They were opening up for 31Knots (a sort of punk band), but I didn’t stick around for 31Knots’ set.
Holy Fuck put on a great set. Say what you will about their potentially unfortunate moniker, they really master their art. They play groove-oriented, experimental post-rock (like a [...]

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