Over the next few days, the lads from Okkervil River will be releasing a series of videos via their brand new youtube channel, featuring special guests (who you may have heard of) ’standing in’ for members of the band.
This first episode sees Carl Newman, of New Pornographers fame, filling in for the Shearwater-bound Jonathan Meiburg on ‘Lost Coastlines’, except Carl sings Will’s original part, and Will does Jonathan’s.
Confused? Well, just watch the above clip and prepare to be spellbound by all its splendour, as it is truly something special. One future guest is said to be Bon Iver, and wouldn’t that be just grand..
Here is Will to explain what this project is all about:
The new album The Stand Ins will be out through Jagjaguwar on 9 September.
Undoubtedly one of the greatest things to be introduced to the interwebs in recent times has been Muxtape. This simple, yet elegant website that had been an excellent source for discovering new music, has been hamstrung by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), and is in lockdown mode indefinitely.
Some keen observers had predicted this for some time, while others are suggesting that this could be no more than a publicity stunt, before some form of monetisation takes place.
Whatever the reason, this is devastating news for many, like those who have relied heavily on the service to get through some of the more arduous times - spending late nights in the office, long after the iPod battery had died, for example.
The official muxtape tumblr goes on to say - “No artists or labels have complained. The site is not closed indefinitely. Stay tuned.” - so hopefully this is not the end.
Regardless, it is a sad day and one could only hope that this issue is resolved real soon.
With Baltimore’s Beach House set to play a bunch of shows starting this week, the excellent Mistletone label have announced a joint tour featuring two of America’s true originals - Lucky Dragons & Mount Eerie. The Sydney show is going to be a bit special, with the intimate setting of a church in Paddington. Tickets to that are on sale this morning at 9am from moshtix.
Last week, the official site was launched confirming that the two had indeed been working together on a new album (first time since 1981’s Bush of Ghosts) - and today, he delivered on his earlier promise of having a new song available for free on said site - http://everythingthathappens.com/
Of more interest, David has written on his blog, stating that he hopes to see the news of the free download spreads virally, rather than him investing some insurmountable amount of dollars on some elaborate marketing plan, as he would have done so in the past.
Judging by the recent twitter chatter, I very much doubt that Sir David will need to spend a cent.
Pics from the amazing Snowman + Baseball double bill last Thursday night at the Annandale Hotel. Perth’s Snowman have certainly transformed since I caught them some while ago. In The Horse, The Rat And The Swan, their latest release, they may have come up with perhaps the strongest and most brutal Australian album since The Drones’ Wait By The River…
It was at the same venue that I was blown away by the sheer ferocity of The Drones 2 years ago, and Snowman came close to repeating that experience for me.
Earlier, Melbourne’s Baseball impressed with their unique blend of something I haven’t quite put my finger on just yet. I picked up their album on the night, and it has been playing non-stop in the car stereo.
More photos from the night can be found at my flickrstream and I have posted some on fasterlouder also.
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