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2012, live music, music

Sasquatch 2012

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The folks behind the Sasquatch Music Festival released the 2012 lineup a few days back, and I must say, this might be the most impressive festival lineup so far this season.

This year’s lineup includes: Jack White, Beck, Bon Iver, Tenacious D, The Shins, Beirut, Girl Talk, Feist, Metric, The Head & The Heart, M. Ward, Childish Gambino, The Civil War, The Joy Formidable, The Roots, Explosions In The Sky, St. Vincent, Little Dragon, tUnE-yArDs, Spiritualized, fun., Dum Dum Girls, Alabama Shakes, Beats Antique, SBTRKT, Star Slinger, Com Truise, Purity Ring, Star Fucker, Zola Jesus, Shearwater, Active Child, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Yellow Ostrich, We Are Augustines, Said The Whale, and many more.

The 2012 Sasquatch Music Festival is set for May 25-28 at The Gorge, WA.  For more festival information, including tickets and full lineup, be sure to check out sasquatchfestival.com.

2012, music, new music

[hot off the press] Said The Whale//Little Mountain

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This may be Said The Whale’s third LP but the Canadian indie-popsters are still educating the U.S. masses, and their forthcoming album, Little Mountain, is a superb introduction. Their latest effort is their most adventurous to date and will be released in North America on March 6, 2012 via Hidden Pony Records/EMI, and in the U.K and Europe on March 12. The pre-order from iTunes will go live on February 20.

Said The Whale have been making their pretty music for some time, and in this past year were rewarded with the highest accolade available in their home land – a JUNO Award. The band snagged the crown for “New Group Of The Year” in 2011 and made their mark even bigger.

Little Mountain finds the group defying rock conventions without sacrificing any of their pop smarts. Said The Whale enlisted the juggernaut production prowess of  Tom Dobrzanski, and multiple Grammy Award winner Jack Joseph Puig, who mixed the 15-track collection. Their combined efforts steered the song suites to explode out of the speakers, as they shepherded the band’s signature sound to a new level.

More diverse than previous albums, Little Mountain is a multi-stylistic tour-de-force that ventures into everything from soaring, horn-laden cabaret (“The Reason”) to jaggedly syncopated rock (“We Are 1980”) and effervescent guitar pop (“Loveless”). First single, “Heavy Ceiling,” is a dancefloor-ready ditty that reflects the confident and razor-sharp sound that dominates this LP.

Starting in early February and leading up to the release date, Said The Whale will regularly offer videos as exclusives, each coinciding with the 15 album tracks. The band partnered with Vancouver-based production company Amazing Factory for their ambitious endeavor, who helped re-imagine the band’s vivid lyrical imagery. Tune into Exclaim.ca for the premier of “1980” on February 7.

On February 25, the band will host a very special video screening and album launch at the Rio Theatre in their hometown of Vancouver. It will mark the beginning of the customary Said The Whale whirlwind tour schedule that will take the band across Canada, through the US, UK and Europe this year. [source: planetary group]

♪ Said The Whale – Heavy Ceiling (from Little Mountain)

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2011, music, new music

[new music roundup] 11.8.11

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A few of my favorite new releases this week…

Atlas Sound//Parallax

For fans of: Deerhunter, Panda Bear, Foxes in Fiction, Women
Key tracks: Te Amo, Terra Incognita, The Shakes, Lightworks

 

David Lynch//Crazy Clown Time

For fans of: Boguslaw Schaeffer, Brian Eno, Angelo Badalamenti, John Neff
Key tracks: Pinky’s Dream (feat. Karen O), So Glad, Sparkle Lounge Blues, The Night Bell With Lightning

 

The Jezabels//Prisoner

For fans of: Boy & Bear, Seeker Lover Keeper, Washington, Goyte
Key tracks: Endless Summer, Long Highway, Prisoner, Try Colour

 

Kurt Vile//So Outta Reach EP

For fans of: The War on Drugs, Real Estate, Woods, Julian Lynch
Key tracks: The Creature, Downbound Train, Life’s a Beach, Laughing Stock

 

Said The Whale//New Brighton EP

For fans of: We Are The City, Hey Ocean!, The Zolas, Neutral Milk Hotel
Key tracks: Lines, New Brighton

 

Summer Camp//Welcome to Condale

For fans of: Slow Club, Tennis, Big Deal, Twin Sister
Key tracks: Better Off Without You, I Want You, Done Forever, Losing My Mind

 

Thee Oh Sees//Carrion Crawler/The Dream

For fans of: Ty Segall, Coachwhips, The Intelligence, Sic Alps
Key tracks: The Dream, Robber Barons, Chem-Farmer, Carrion Crawler

 

More noteworthy new releases:
Brian Eno//Panic of Looking EP
Dad Rocks!//Mount Modern
Gold Panda//DJ-Kicks
Jennifer O’Connor//I Want What You Want
Laura Veirs//Tumble Bee
Lissie//Covered Up With Flowers EP
Ólöf Arnalds//Olaf Sings EP

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[on the road] Said the Whale

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Vancouver, Canada’s Said the Whale made their first foray into the U.S. last March, touring on their sophomore album Islands Disappear, traveling from Seattle to Austin’s SXSW and back up the West Coast. Now as they ready to release a new EP in November, the quintet prepares to launch another tour of the United States, touching down in some familiar spots along the West Coast as well as a spattering of dates in unfamiliar territory around the rest of the U.S.. They’ll be joined by Kelowna, BC’s atmospheric progressive pop band We Are the City, who will release in the U.S. their debut EP, High School, plus brand new 7″ single, “Mourning Song/Morning Song” on October 4. [source: planetary group]

♫ Said the Whale – B.C. Orienteering ♫

SEPTEMBER
30 – Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro (FREE) – Bellingham, WA

OCTOBER
15 – Dirtroom (Double Door) – Chicago, IL *
16 – Eagle Theater – Pontiac, MI *
18 – M Room – Philadelphia, PA *
21 – Piano’s (CMJ Music Festival) – New York, NY
26 – The Cave – Chapel Hill, NC *
28 – The Vagabond – Miami, FL *

NOVEMBER
01 – Emo’s – Austin, TX *
03 – The Rhythm Room – Phoenix, AZ *
04 – The Mint – Los Angeles, CA *
05 – Bows and Arrows – Sacramento, CA *
06 – Hemlock Tavern – San Francisco, CA *
10 – Ella St Social Club – Portland, OR *
11 – Q Cafe – Seattle, WA *

DECEMBER
08 – The Phoenix – Toronto, ON, Can #

* with We Are the City
# with Tokyo Police Club and Born Ruffians