Anywhere , the project from Cedric Bixler Zavala ( The Mars Volta , At The Drive-In ), Christian Eric Beaulieu (Triclops, Liquid Indian) and Mike Watt ( The Stooges , fIREHOSE, Minutemen ) have announced a "wide" release of their previously limited self-titled debut. Only 500 copies of the album were made available for Record Store Day but ATP Recordings is planning a wide release on June 4, 2012 . The label described the release: The music captured on this material is an ethereal, resonant execution of what could be described as eastern acoustic punk. Likened to the voyeurism of Sandy Bull, Sir Richard Bishop, or Jack Rose ...

zwar ein record store day release, erschienen am 23. april, aber nicht weniger wertvoll, hier noch einmal vorgestellt, erwähnt zu werden. three lobed recordings beteiligte sich mit dem sampler "eight trails, one path" erstmals an diesem ungewöhnlichen ereignis der schallplattenkultur. und lieferte damit ein wahres zeugnis aktueller meisterwerke. dargeboten von könnern auf ihren instrumenten. und wenn von william tyler, danny paul grady oder steve gunn die rede ist, fällt auch die zuordnung leicht, von der gitarre ist die rede. von unterschiedlichen stilen zwar, jedoch immer auch von in sich geschlossen konzepten und überzeugungen. die acht tracks der compilation sind entweder ...

2 mai - Alabama Shakes @ Fleche d'Or ** Thomas Mery @ International ** 3 mai - Ghostpoet + Micachu @ Trabendo 4 mai - Chelsea Wolfe @ .FMR Amon Duul + Zombie Zombie @ 104 Michel Cloup @ Batofar 8 mai - Sic Alps @ Mecanique Ondulatoire 10 mai - Laura Gibson @ Cafe de la danse Holy Strays + High Wolf @ .FMR 11 mai - Terror Bird @ Espace b Sir Alice + Avant Garde + Wagner + Splash Wave @ Maroquinerie Thousand @ Espace B 13 mai - Lower Dens @ .FMR Sir Richard Bishop + Ignatz @ Les Voutes 14 mai - Fanfarlo @ Fleche d'Or Jeffrey Lewis @ .FMR 15 mai - Hunx and His Punx + James Chance @ .FMR 16 mai - Arlt @ Cafe de la danse ...

I didn't see Analog Underground on the "official" Record Store Day list, but that may have been an oversight. I got the following oddly formatted message from the mysterious Mr. Analog Underground in my mailbox, looks like he will have some interesting stuff: Where do your records come from? I get this question alot.  I have a number of stock "record store guy" answers for this: The record tree, The Record Gods, Another dimension. I Usually go with "anywhere and everywhere," not only because it's true but  it's vague enough to confuse people.  Even though I truly ...

Michael Gira (All Photos by Daniel Ahrendt) Engaging the tumult of sound generated through song and instrumental guitar pieces that Michael Gira and Sir Richard Bishop respectively performed at the Triple Door last Thursday could have been a conceptually iffy proposition. The music that both musicians create is emotionally intense to a startling degree, and while [...]

Michael Gira and Sir Richard Bishop at The Triple Door | 3/22 | 8pm Sharp | $18 adv. / $23 Day of / $28 VIP | All Ages Michael Gira (Photo by Phil Sharp) by Daniel Ahrendt After reuniting the legendary black hole that is Swans in 2010 with the album My Father Will Guide [...]

Michael Gira and Sir Richard Bishop at The Triple Door | 3/22 | 8pm Sharp | $18 adv. / $23 Day of / $28 VIP | All Ages Michael Gira (Photo by Phil Sharp) After reuniting the legendary black hole that is Swans in 2010 with the album My Father Will Guide Me Up A [...]

The Black Twig Pickers play lots of shows just a stone’s throw from my neck of the woods, and even though my aunt plays the banjo, a friend of mine plays the fiddle, and an old high school teacher writes songs about people he met during the year he lived on a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains, I really don’t know this sort of classic folk music as well as I could. I’d like to say I grew up surrounded by it, that my parents played dueling banjos in a bluegrass band and that I’ve ...

Swans were dead. Then, in the middle of the band’s long-delayed burial ritual, Swans’ father — overcome with grief — upended the ceremony by guiding the band up a rope to the sky via circuit-bent remote control. Now, with the funeral audience captivated and nervous, whispering theories on how Michael Gira’s cowboy hat stayed on through the whole process, Swans’ father has his index finger poised and trembling before the concealed button that will ignite the kerosene-doused rope and spray mourners’ faces with bits of unidentifiable pink goo from the sky. A.K.A. Swans are almost finished recording their ...

"We got off tour in October. I’ve basically been in the studio most of the time since then without much break and I'm pretty much run dry," says Michael Gira, lead purger for legendary noise-rock pummellers Swans. "I’m a completely wrung out wash cloth of a human being." Gira has been more than busy crafting The Seer , a the megalithic follow-up to 2010's cauterizing as ever reunion bid My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky , promising a whopping two hours of music on double CD and triple vinyl. Adds Gira, "and it ...

by Andrew Frisicano Rangda, the Drag City-signed trio of Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance), Sir Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls) and drummer Chris Corsano, visit NYC for a pair of shows this weekend. They play Zebulon Friday (tonight, 3/2)...

(Detailed playlist , with listening links.) 1. Richard and Mimi Farina - "One-way Ticket" - Celebrations for a Grey Day (Vanguard) 2. Charlie Feathers - "Deep Elm Blues" - Get With It: Essential Recordings 1954-69 (Reverant) 3. The Chaumonts - "I Need Your Love" (Bay Sound) 4. Rockin' Horse - "Oh Carol, I'm So Sad" - Yes It Is (Sing Sing) 5. Cate Le Bon - "Put Me To Work" - Cyrk (The Control Group) 6. Adalita Srsen & Robert Scott - "That's What I Heard" - Split EP with The Puddle (Fishrider) 7. Alvarius B - "The dinner party" - Baroque Primitiva (Abduction) 8. F.C. Judd - "Musique concrete is fascinating" - Electronics ...

This spring, Stetson-wearing noisemonger Michael Gira is returning to the land of Bergman, Genet, and a freakin’ ton of dungeons. That’s right: America’s favorite vacation destination, Europe! Gira’s going the solo route this time, bringing little more than his trusty guitar, a Chinese lacquered box full of self-loathing, and Cool Ranch-flavored Doritos, plus Swans’ Christoph Hahn as an opening act. Together they’ll all navigate the roads of the Olde World, charting a magical course from familiar destinations like Paris to those more off the beaten path, such as the beautiful Norwegian town of Stavanger, which is ...

The song begins with a faded-in single snare. An organ creeps along, tiptoeing around the beat. There is a deep, tunneled voice, ranting, Lynchian, in Russian, presumably, since Post-Materialists are a Moscow collective. The track reminds me of other anti-music like the most anarchistic Ween or the angriest, least sensible Sun City Girls. It's hard to know without asking anything about this band: Do they want you to like this, or are they in the Sir Richard Bishop School Of Not Giving A Fuck...

Swans leader and Young God owner Michael Gira will be performing some solo shows on the West Coast soon, and some forthcoming U.K. dates as well. They’ve also announced that studio and live albums from Swans are done… 3/15/2012 – San Francisco, CA @ The Great American Music Hall (w/ Sir Richard Bishop) 3/16/2012 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo (w/ Sir Richard Bishop) 3/22/2012 – Seattle, WA @ Triple Door (w/ Sir Richard Bishop) 3/23/2012 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios (w/ Sir Richard Bishop) 3/24/2012 – Denver CO @ The Oriental Theater (w/Wovenhand) Read ...