Out today via Nonesuch, Freedom Highway, the new recording by Rhiannon Giddens.
Videos
Parquet Courts and Bun B. – “Captive of the Sun” (Video)
Parquet Courts collaborate with rapper Bun B. on new track “Captive of the Sun.” Limited 12″ out now via Rough Trade.
Tift Merritt: “Heartache is an Uphill Climb”
Tift Merritt’s next LP, Stitch of the World, is out on 1/27 via Yep Roc Records. The leadoff single, “Heartache is an Uphill Climb” (embedded below) was released today.
Marching Church: “2016”
This will likely resonate with many viewers – burning one’s 2016 calendar book in a vain attempt to undo the blighted year that was.
Marching Church is touring in support of its Sacred Bones LP “Telling it Like it Is” (dates below).
Marching Church Tour Dates:
Fri. Jan. 13 — Seattle, WA @ The Sunset #
Sat. Jan. 14 — Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios #
Mon. Jan. 16 – Santa Rosa, CA @ Arlene Francis Center #
Tue. Jan. 17 —San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop #
Thu. Jan. 19 — Los Angeles, CA @ Echo #
Fri. Jan. 20 — San Diego, CA @ Hideout #
Sat. Jan. 21 — Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge #
Sun. Jan. 22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister #
Tue. Jan. 24 — Austin, TX @ The Mohawk #
Wed. Jan. 25 — San Antonio, TX @ The Monterey #
Thu. Jan. 26 – McAllen, TX @Yerberia Cultura #
Fri. Jan. 27 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall #
Sat. Jan. 28 — New Orleans, LA@ Siberia #
Sun. Jan. 29 — Atlanta, GA @ The Earl #
Mon. Jan. 30 — Nashville, TN @ Third Man #
Tue. Jan. 31 — Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight #
Thu. Feb. 2 — Baltimore, MD @ Metro #
Fri. Feb. 3 — Philadelphia, PA @ Boot and Saddle #
Sat. Feb. 4 – Brooklyn, NY @ Sunnyvale #
Wed. Feb. 15 – Aarhus, DK @ Tape
Thu. Feb. 16 – Aalborg, DK @ Studenterhuset
Fri. Feb. 17 – Copenhagen, DK @ Frost Festival
# = with Bernardino Femminielli
Emptyset and Radian via Thrill Jockey (YouTube)
Two exemplars of heavy electronica have new records coming out.
Borders is out Jan. 27, 2016 via Thrill Jockey Records.
Out this past week on TJ, Radian’s On Dark Silent Off. EU residents should consider checking out their tour (remaining dates below).
Radian tour dates:
Nov. 24 – Paris, France – Instants Chavires
Nov. 25 – London, UK – Cafe OTO
Nov. 27 – Manchester, UK – Islington Mill
Nov. 28 – Bristol, UK – The Exchange
Nov. 29 – Brussels, Belgium – Magasin 4
John Cale – “Hallelujah” (Video)
John Cale to reissue Fragments of a Rainy Season on December 9, 2016 via Double Six / Domino. Listen to/watch his cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” below.
Leslie Odom, Jr. sings Sara Bareilles’ (YouTube)
A Winged Victory for the Sullen – “The Few of Us Left”
This haunting video, accompanied by A Winged Victory for the Sullen playing Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie’s piece “The Few Of Us Left,” is of the great salt flats of Bolivia. A new film Salero, out December 1st, details the imperiled lives of those who mine the salt flats. Not only is their way of life precarious, but those who work the flats are being encroached upon by the Bolivian government, who wants to tear the flats up to get at the lithium discovered beneath them.
Wiltzie/Winged Victory’s score for Salero is out on November 11th via Erased Tapes.
Melodica Men play Rite of Spring
My alma mater has shared some astounding premieres, but Rite of Spring for melodicas takes the cake.
Clipping: “A Better Place” (live)
Daveed Diggs has a compelling post-Hamilton project. Check out the video for “A Better Place” below (and don’t forget to notice the HUGE modular synth rack!).
Sub Pop artists Clipping have recently released a debut album for the imprint.
