John Cale performed at the Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, USA - April 15, 2014. The show was reviewed in The Kanscas City Star.
Setlist:(Thanks: David Mácha)
Canadian-Ukrainian shoegaze post-rock duo Ummagma have unveiled another video for a track from their self-titled album. The clip for The Road to Lees was made by Welsh video artist Jason Sheppard. The extensive use of kaleidoscopic effect mirrors the looping drum track of the song, while the distorted images are in sync with the soft spoken vocals.
The Road to Lees can be downloaded for free. Ummagma will release the Lama Remixes LP on May 16 thru German label Emerald & Doreen Recordings.
» ummagma.com
» Ummagma on Facebook
HCTF reviews of Antigravity and Ummagma.
Thought Beneath Film reach for the sky on their debut album Cartographers. The Hamilton, ON poewerpop trio dream of world domination and their upbeat songs deserve to come howling from the car speakers while driving through town with the top down. Their sound is mainstream to the max, but pay attention to the lyrics. They named themselves after Emily Dickinson poem after all.
Cartographers was mastered by Bob Ludwig, the go-to maestro for acts who want to sound big.
Thought Beneath Film:
Brent Wirth: vocals, guitar, piano
Brian Wirth: guitar, vocals
Derek Winter: bass, vocals
Cartographers is a self-released album. Buy it from their website.
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John Cale interview in Kansas City based blog The Pitch. He is working on the radio mixes of a couple that will be on a new album:
The Pitch: So, you're in the studio right now?
Cale: Yeah, I'm just getting started on some radio mixes. There's an album that I've put together that'll be announced later in the year, and I'm trying to get as much done as possible before I start touring.
When you mix things for radio, I know that you change certain elements and bring them up or out. What are the changes you made for this particular material?
Oh, I think you get some leeway: you take out some bridges from there, if your song is to long, or you move the chorus a little earlier. It's just - how do you get to the point of a single? Singles have to be terse, and to-the-point, and you can't take time to go through too many bridges before hitting the chorus.
Also, it depends on where you put the riff, if there is a riff in the song. You put it in, and attract people's attention as soon as possible.
He will perform @ Nine Forty Live in Lawrence, KS, tonight.
The Black Keys' new album Turn Blue will be released May 13th. The duo have put up a video for the rather mellow title track.
At long last a full-length album from Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt. After releasing the Together in 2012 they found the time to write and record the tracks for an album. For Keeps wil be released on Red House Records on May 13. Impatient folk fans can already get their hands on it by ordering it through Danny Schmidt's or Carrie Elkin's website.
The Chris Greene Quartet goes against the grain by releasing a double album. Music Appreciation features reinvented jazz standards (Coltrane, Mingus, Shorter) and originals by three of the band's musicians. Tracks are allowed to go beyond four minutes mark, By holding back on overdubs and get the song on tape within one or two takes, the recording sessions gave birth to a sprawling collection of really great jazz, a front row seat at a club with superb acoustics.
Being seasoned musicians they didn't settle for playing the standards in a tried-and-true way. They messed with the time signatures, shaving half a beat from Firecracker, and slowed down Nostalgia in Times Square. As for the originals, Greene's cheerful The Moose Is Loose! and piano player Espinosa's Solution could grow into 15 minutes monsters on stage. Greene's Molar Melancholia can serve as a musical pain killer Molar Melancholia after the dentist's anaesthetic wears off.
Chris Greene Quartet:
Chris Greene: saxophones
Damian Espinosa: piano, keyboards
Marc Piane: double bass
Steve Corley: drums, percussion
Music Appreciation is released on Single Malt Recordings. Buy it from their website.
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