Archive: 2005

As one of acoustic music’s most influential innovators, John Fahey has influenced musicians from many genres. On February 14, a who’s who list of indie rock artists’ pay their respects to the guitar-extraordinaire with the release of I Am The Resurrection: A Tribute To John Fahey. Produced by M. Ward, the tribute features cuts from the Fruit Bats, Sufjan Stevens, Calexico, Devendra Banhart, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, and Granddaddy, among others – a full track listing is below.

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of his signing with the label (12/12/66), and the fifth anniversary of his death (2/21/01), a simultaneous reissue of the 1968 fan favorite The Yellow Princess is also planned. The reissue will include three new tracks, as well as new and original liner notes.

The goal of the tribute, which was the idea of Vanguard staff member and the album’s co-producer Stephen Brower, was to compile a roster of contemporary artists, primarily from the indie rock and indie folk worlds, who have been profoundly influenced by John’s work. “As relatively obscure as he was, John Fahey’s unmistakable stamp is all over the current strains of rock and folk music,” says Brower.

Track listing:

Fruit Bats – “Death of the Clayton Peacock”
Pelt – “Sunflower River Blues”
Sufjan Stevens – “Transfiguration & Communion at Magruder Park”
Devendra Banhart – “Sligo River”
Calexico – “Dance of Death”
Lee Ranaldo featuring the Lazy 8 Chorale – “The Singing Bridge of Memphis, Brooklyn Bridge Version: The Coelcanth”
M. Ward – “Bean Vine Blues #2”
Cul de Sac – “The Portland Cement Factory at Monolith, CA”
Granddaddy – “Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace King Phillip XIV of Spain”
Immergluck, Kaphan, Krummenacher & Hanes – “Joe Kirby Blues”
Currituck Co. – “Medley: John Hurt Shiva Shankarah
Peter Case – “When the Catfish is in Bloom”
Howe Gelb – “My Grandfather’s Clock”

The Good Life showcases Corey Smith

Nothing seems to get the Mr. Slamka that worked up or that depressed, he simply floats along a Prozac river, like Self Help Serenade as a whole, like the space between waking and dreaming.

Snow Patrol has completed primary recording of eight songs for its next Interscope album, frontman Gary Lightbody wrote in a post on the band’s Web site. The group had been recording in Scotland up to this point but studio sessions will continue next week in London.

“Most of the titles will change as I’m still tinkering with lyrics. so to give you song names now would just be confusing,” Lightbody says. “One that hasn’t changed is ‘Chasing Cars,’ which we played on our last U.S. tour and the shows we did with U2 and in Ireland, so some of you may know it. It’s sounding pretty big.”

The group is working again with producer Garret Lee, who was behind the boards for the 2003 breakthrough album “Final Straw.” The set has sold more than 451,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and featured the single “Run,” which reached No. 15 on Billboard’s Modern Rock airplay chart.

“The whole thing is bigger and bolder except the quiet ones, which are as fragile as sugar paper,” Lightbody said. “Paul [Wilson]’s bass is terrifying (in a good way) and Jonny [Quinn]’s drums, well, we don’t call him thunderclap for nothing, or at all, but if we did it’d be appropriate.”

Source billboard.com.

Photos by Andy Tennille of the 2005 Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, TX – 9/23/05 through 9/25/05. Performers included Widespread Panic, The Black Crowes, Aqualung, Arcade Fire, Thievery Corporation, Lucinda Williams, and Gov’t Mule among many others.

Photos by Robert Massie of Interpol at the Agora Theater in Cleveland, Ohio on September 26, 2005.

For more of Robert’s work, visit: jampics.com

Baby runs short and swift, bringing back a simpler sound from a simpler era, yet the rollicking good times on “Everybody’s Going Wild” can’t be ignored. The Cobras want to swing their favorite songs around and around like long flapper pearls, while they keep the bar open past last call.

Sharing the stage for the second of two nights at San Francisco

Several support acts are now confirmed for Trey’s upcoming fall tour. San Francisco’s Tea Leaf Green will open eight shows in the midwest and east coast. Chris Wood of MMW and his brother Oliver, performing as the Wood Brothers, will open at Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Yerba Buena will support at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA, fellow Vermonters Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will join Trey in Albany and Boston while the Hackensaw Boys will close out the tour on the west coast. Limited tickets still remain for select shows on the tour, which kicks off after Vegoose at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis next Wednesday. Please visit The Tourdates Page for specific ticketing and venue information.

FALL TOUR 2005

10/28 Alladin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV *Tea Leaf Green Opens*
10/30 Vegoose Music Festival, Las Vegas, NV *Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/2 Orpheum Theatre , Minneapolis, MN *Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/3 Orpheum Theatre, Madison, WI*Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/4 NIU Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL *Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/5 Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH*Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/8 Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY *The Wood Brothers Open*
11/10 Shea’s Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY *Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/11 Stanley Performing Arts Center, Utica, NY *Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/12 Grey Gymnasium, Lewiston, ME*Tea Leaf Green Opens*
11/15 Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA *Yerba Buena Opens*
11/16 Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA *Grace Potter and the Nocturnals open*
11/18 Palace Theatre, Albany, NY *Grace Potter and the Nocturnals open*
11/19 Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT *Opener TBA*
11/26 The Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO *Opener TBA*
11/29 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA *The Hackensaw Boys Open*
11/30 Roseland Theater, Portland, OR *The Hackensaw Boys Open*
12/2 Warfield, San Francisco, CA *The Hackensaw Boys Open*
12/3 Warfield, San Francisco, CA *The Hackensaw Boys Open*
12/6 4th & B, San Diego, CA *The Hackensaw Boys Open*
12/7 The Wiltern LG, Los Angeles, CA *The Hackensaw Boys Open*

“Shine” is now featured online at VH1. You can listen to streaming audio of the record in its entirety and also watch the video for the title track and first single, “Shine,” featuring performance and backstage footage from Trey’s summer tour. In addition to the VH1 feature, you can view the video by clicking on the link below.

Quicktime

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Canadian chanteuse Neko Case has set a March 7 release date for her next solo album, “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.” The Anti- set features guest appearances by the Band’s Garth Hudson, the Sadies, Kelly Hogan, Giant Sand leader Howe Gelb, and, as first reported here, Calexico principals Joey Burns and John Convertino.

“Being a good producer means you have to have a saint’s patience, which does not occur in me naturally,” Case says of her role as co-producer. “I had to generate some temporarily, and I think it worked out in the end.”

“Flood” is the follow-up to Case’s 2002 studio effort “Blacklisted,” which debuted at No. 31 on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart. Last year, she issued a live collection, “The Tigers Have Spoken,” which opened at No. 14 on the Heatseekers tally.

Case will resume touring with the New Pornographers Tuesday (Nov. 1) in London. A solo tour is being eyed for early next year, but beforehand, she will perform two shows Nov. 17 at New York’s Joe’s Pub and Nov. 21 at Los Angeles’ Barnsdall Gallery Theater.

Source billboard.com.