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Houses Announce Debut Full Length
Friday, August 27th, 2010
“I got laid off from my job at the end of last year and decided I needed a change. My girlfriend put in her two weeks and we moved out to a little cabin in Papaikou, Hawaii. It’s a pretty remote place outside of Hilo (i.e no plumbing/electricity/gas). We worked for meals during the day cultivating microorganisms and learning the basics of sustainable living. We drank showered and cooked with rain water. In our downtime, she would paint and I would record.
We’d have to light candles in an effort to save solar power to keep my computer running. We inspired each other a lot out there, and I think it shows on the album. The music comes from a place of love and ease. The video for Endless Spring was shot there in our spare time, and the music was sketched out loosely over the course of a few months. We just kind of melted into one person. We were able to keep our heads above water for a few months before we both went broke and moved back to Chicago. I put together all the arrangements and field recordings, and that became All Night. The album was pressed to vinyl on a vintage Neumann cutting lathe and then sent through a series of old analog mastering equipment. It then underwent a digital transfer. The idea is that everyone can hear the very first pressing of All Night. It’s a sonically intimate record and we wanted to capture that feeling in the production as well.” - Houses
Houses
All Night
(Lefse)
Street date: Oct. 19, 2010
1. All Night
2. Endless Spring
3. Reds
4. Rose Book
5. Soak It Up
6. Medicine
7. Lost In Blue
8. Wash
9. Sleeping
10. Sun Fills
Tags: all night, houses
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Dominant Legs Release Debut EP Today!
Friday, August 20th, 2010
The great West Coast calls to Dominant Legs, and Dominant Legs, in turn, calls San Francisco home. Capitalizing on newfound free-time, as a result of being laid off from his job as an office assistant, Ryan Lynch began to write the glittering ballads and blurred-out pop songs that, with the addition of Hannah Hunt, make Dominant Legs. Lynch, who is also the guitarist of Girls, and Hunt, both San Francisco Bay Area-natives, were introduced through mutual friends and began collaborating when Hunt moved back to California after studying Architecture in New York. Lynch had been honing the band’s misty, nostalgic sound for a while, experimenting with songwriting as a kid and having spent the previous few years playing guitar in another SF band. Hunt spent her childhood singing and performing; her eternal passion for music led her to dive back in after years of not performing. With Lynch on guitar and vocals, and Hunt on vocals and keys, Dominant Legs’ sincere and dance-y pop songs tap into a sound that is at once naively sweet and self-consciously tragic.
Young at Love and Life is available now wherever music is sold, including directly from us! They will also be playing three shows coming up with Mystery Jets:
09/14 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
09/15 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
09/17 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
Young at Love and Life tracklist:
1. Young at Love and Life
2. Clawing Out At The Walls
3. About My Girls
4. Run Like Hell For Leather
Also check out The Delta Mirror on their final dates of their current tour:
Aug 18 2010 8:00P - U Street Music Hall- Washington, D.C.
Aug 20 2010 8:00P - Local 506- Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Aug 21 2010 8:00P - The Masquerade- Atlanta, Georgia
Aug 23 2010 8:00P - Hailey’s- Denton, Texas
Aug 24 2010 8:00P - Emo’s- Austin, Texas
Aug 25 2010 8:00P - The Opolis- Norman, Oklahoma
Aug 26 2010 8:00P - Kilby Court- Salt Lake City, Utah
Aug 27 2010 8:00P - Hi Dive- Denver, Colorado
Aug 28 2010 8:00P - Kilby Court- Salt Lake City, Utah
Aug 30 2010 8:00P - Rhythm Room- Phoenix, Arizona
Sep 1 2010 8:00P - Las Vegas Country Saloon- Las Vegas, Nevada
Sep 2 2010 8:00P - Detroit Bar- Costa Mesa, California
Sep 3 2010 8:00P - Spaceland- Los Angeles, California
Tags: dominant legs, girls, hannah hunt, Mystery Jets, ryan lynch, young at love and life
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How to Dress Well Announces New 7″, Free Comp & London Show
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Listen to Ready for the World
Listen to Ready for the World (Twin Sister Remix)
Lo-fi R&B pioneer How to Dress Well will be releasing a 7″ of “Ready For The World” b/w a Twin Sister remix of the same track via Lefse on July 20th. The record is available for pre-order now via the Lefse Store.
Additionally, a collaborative EP from Memoryhouse, Visions Of Trees, How To Dress Well & Prizes (formerly Treasure) is now available for free download via The Line of Best Fit (tracklist and download link below) celebrating their upcoming concert at The Social, London on July 2nd, which will also feature live visuals from video artist Jamie Harley. This concert will be the first UK appearance from US/Berlin based How To Dress Well.
Based in Paris, Harley’s deft touch marries sound and vision flawlessly. By using found footage, cross-processed with lucid colours and psychedelic imagery, the results are nothing short of breath-taking. A true visionary, Jamie’s recent work includes videos for Memoryhouse, How To Dress Well, The Forest & The Trees and Prizes.
Feel free to re-host this stunning collection of songs, but please support the artists involved and link back to the upcoming concert page here.
Show specifics:
Memoryhouse + Visions Of Trees + How To Dress Well + Prizes
(w/ Jamie Harley visuals)
+ DJ sets from Jen Long + This Aint No Disco
Friday, July 2nd 2010
The Social, Little Portland Street. London W1
Doors 19:30 – 12am
Tickets £5 adv.
Ticket Page: http://www.wegottickets.com/
Event Pages:
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114611545245322&ref=ts
Songkick event page: http://www.songkick.com/concerts/5456441-memoryhouse-at-social-w1
Last.FM event page: http://www.last.fm/event/1523564+Memoryhouse+at+The+Social+on+2+July+2010
Memoryhouse MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/wearememoryhouse
Visions Of Trees MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/visionsoftrees
How To Dress Well MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/howtodresswellmusic
Prizes MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/treasuretheband
Jamie Harley videography: http://www.vimeo.com/user2751243
The Social EP tracklist [Download]
1. Visions Of Trees - Black River*
2. How To Dress Well - Suicide Dream 2
3. Prizes - Volcanic Ash Cloud*
4. Memoryhouse - Lately (Troisieme)
* new material, exclusive to this EP
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Woodsman shares new MP3, music video & adds new tour dates
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Woodsman is an experimental ambient post-psychedelic band based in Denver, CO. The quartet contains two totemic percussionists and two sonic animators who employ electric guitars, feedback loops, and recorded samples to build the dreamy astral soundscapes that define Woodsman’s sound. Influenced by hazy mountain passes, the cinema of Stan Brakhage, and early 1970’s improvisational recordings by Miles Davis Woodsman has crafted aural offerings that are uniquely their own.
Dates:
Jun 29 Daytrotter Quad Cities, IL
Jun 30 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, IA
Jul 01 The Slowdown Omaha, NE %
Jul 02 Replay Lounge Lawrence, KS
Jul 24 Underground Music Showcase Denver, CO
Aug 10 Hi-Dive Denver, CO !
% = w/ Candy Claws
! = w/ Woven Bones
Woodsman
Mystery Tape EP
(Lefse)
Street Date: June 01, 2010
1. Beached
2. When the Morning Comes
3. Hocus Pocus
4. Balance
5. Smells Like Purple
http://www.myspace.com/woodsmanman
http://woodsmanman.tumblr.com/
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How To Dress Well Announce 7″
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
How To Dress Well will be releasing the “Ready For The World” 7″ b/w a remix of the same track by Twin Sister. The record drops July 20th and is available now for pre-order in the Lefse store. To read more about HTDW, check out his Pitchfork Rising interview.
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The Delta Mirror Announce US Tour “Going To Town” mp3
Saturday, June 12th, 2010
The Delta Mirror is a cocktail of all your past loves, the ones you wish had stuck around, and check up on from time to time even though you’ve moved on. They were made from the sprained fingers and broken records of mid 90’s hip hop. They were made from the bent circuits of electronica, dead IDM lap tops and broken shoegaze strings. They were made from the injured spirit of a folk singer’s broken heart. Alongside bands like The Big Pink and The Fuck Buttons, The Delta Mirror see’s the things that made our past relationships work and brings them together creating the ideal love. Craig Gordon and David Bolt started out as a hip hop two piece in the late 90’s and have been writing music in some form ever since. With the addition of Karrie K on bass, their sound has progressed to an ambient mix of shoegazy guitar and gothic vocals, but their production has held onto the same boom bap button pushing they started with. Machines That Listen is The Delta Mirror’s debut long play. Each song on this 9 track collection is a story that takes place in a different room of a hospital. Track 2 “and the radio played on” tells of a dying elderly man and his wife’s last moments together, while “hold me down just don’t let me go” is told from the perspective of an ER nurse treating a stab victim. Listening to this record is like walking through the halls of Bellevue or Cedars Sinai listening to a score that is re-written daily. The Delta Mirror has shared the stage with bands like Sleepy Sun, Voices Voices, EGADZ!, Jogger, Odd Nosdam, Tape Deck Mountain, The Mathematicians, Oliver Future and Healamonster & Tarsier. Later this year Lefse will release a collection of remixes from Machines that Listen put together from an all star cast of bands and producers.
The Delta Mirror on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thedeltamirror
Tour Dates:
Tue - June 15 - Tin Can Ale House w/The Shimmies - San Diego, CA
Wed - June 16 - The Gypsy Lounge w/The Shimmies - Lake Forrest, CA
Thu - June 19 - The Dakota Lounge w/The Shimmies - Santa Monica, CA
Tue - Jul 27 - Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco CA
Thu - Jul 29 - Mississippi Studios - Portland OR
Sat - Jul 31 - Nectar Lounge Seattle - WA
Mon - Aug 2 - Railyard Ale House - Billings MT
Wed - Aug 4 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis MN
Thu - Aug 5 - The Waiting Room - Omaha NE
Fri- Aug 6 - Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines IA
Sat- Aug 7 - Firebird - St. Louis MO
Mon- Aug 9 - Empty Bottle - Chicago IL
Tue- Aug 10 - Majestic Cafe - Detroit MI
Thu- Aug 12 - Bug Jar - Rochester NY
Fri- Aug 13 - O’Brien’s Pub - Allston MA
Sun- Aug 15 - Cake Shop - New York NY
Tue- Aug 17 - Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia PA
Wed- Aug 18 - U Street Music Hall - Washington
Mon- Aug 23 - Hailey’s - Denton TX
Tue- Aug 24 - Emo’s Jr. - Austin TX
Wed- Aug 25 - The Opolis - Norman OK
Fri- Aug 27 - Hi Dive - Denver CO
Sat- Aug 28 - Kilby Court - Salt Lake City
Track List:
1. It Was Dark and I Welcome The Calm
2. And The Radio Played On
3. Going To Town
4. He Was Worse Than The Needle He Gave You
5. A Room For Waiting
6. Hold Me Down, But Don’t Let Me Go
7. Malpractice
8. We Got It All
9. A Song About The End
10. A Song About The End (Odd Nosdam Remix)
Tags: egadz!, jogger, odd nosdam, oliver future and the healamonster, sleepy sun voices, tape deck mountain, tarsier, the big pink, the delta mirror, the fuck buttons, the mathmeticians
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Sunglasses Out 6/15!
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
New Sunglasses EP out 6/15. Pre-order now in the Lefse store!
8000 bam bam (Samuel Cooper) & Baby Seal ( Brady Keehn), the two members of Sunglasses met at Savannah College of Art and Design. Samuel majoring in Film and Television, Brady majoring in Sound Design. Samuel Cooper originally growing up in North Georgia, and Brady Keehn from Washington D.C, the two came to Savannah in search of finding creative friends who shared the same interest and goals. They first started working together on Samuel’s Senior thesis film, MILES. The film, written and directed Cooper, was an 8 1/2 inspired black and white musical short film in which Keehn supervised the sound design. After the project was completed they were surprised that the work flow was so consistent and enjoyable that the two immediately began the next project, Sunglasses. With Sunglasses, the two wanted to combine Samuel’s love for pop songs with Brady’s obsession with bass and multi-layered beats. Recently completing their debut EP, Sunglasses plans on touring the East Coast slowly making their way to New York City, eventually moving to Maryland to record the full length at Brady’s Lake House.
Tags: sunglasses
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New Videos from Neon Indian and Woodsman!
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
New Neon Indian Video - Sleep Paralysist available on Green Label Sound.
New Woodsman Video - When Morning Comes. On tour now!
Tags: neon indian, woodsman
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Keepaway Debut EP Out Today, Shows in NY, SF, LA
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
NEW YORK, New York: Many people aspire to make music. Some people aspire to make art. A few people aspire to change lives. Three people aspire to literally tear a hole in the fabric of your life and soul: KEEPAWAY. Ever since the blogs caught on to the commanding psych-pop of Brooklyn’s Keepaway, audiences have demanded a record release. Here it is: Baby Style, for when you want to feel young, but you got to stay old. Out May 18th on Lefse Records, the Baby Style EP has already caught the attention of your favorite critics with its lead single, “Yellow Wings.” Garnering effusive accolades from the likes of Pitchfork, Fader, and Stereogum, Keepaway is ready to celebrate.
On May 18th at the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan, Keepaway will play a special EP release concert and launch a brand-new limited edition clothing line, called Keepaway Klose. The Keepaway Klose apparel brings Baby Style to life, and will be available for purchase for the first time at the release party.
The supporting line-up is no less astounding: wicked hot stuff Dom bring their arena-ready lo-fi, Rewards sees Chairlift’s Aaron Pfenning delving deep into synth-swept hooks, and the Tony Castles will play their patented brand post-punk chillkraut. Manning the decks will be superlative party-starter Professor DJ Rainstick of Cool Places Soundsystem.
It’s going to be a killer show.
Keepaway on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/keepaway
Track list:
1. Yellow Wings
2. Family Of The Son
3. I Think About You All The Time
4. 5 Rings
5. Evil Lady
Upcoming Shows:
5/18 - EP Release Party - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge w/ Dom Rewards, Tony Castles, Professor DJ Rainstick
5/20 - San Francisco, CA - Popscene
5/21 - Los Angeles, CA - AT1 Projects w/ Lucky Dragons
5/22 - Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar
Tags: baby style, chairlift, cool places soundsystem, dom, fader, keepaway, mercury lounge, pitchfork, professor dj rainstick, stereogum, tony castles, yellow wings
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A Classic Education to play with Wolf Parade, Real Estate, Vivian Girls…
Monday, May 10th, 2010
May 12 - Locomotiv Club w/ WOLF PARADE - Bologna, Italy
May 24 - La Casa 139 w/ REAL ESTATE - Milan, Italy
June 4 - Mi Ami Festival - Milan, Italy
July 17 - No Silenz Fest w/ VIVIAN GIRLS - Orzinuovi, Italy
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