Our friends at Uncensored Interview are putting on their Northside showcase tonight, and it features two of our Secret Garden alumni: Iceland’s whimsical sonsgress, Ólöf Arnalds (see video); and the woman behind one of my favorite albums of this year, Sharon Van Etten (see video), who’s also playing our free day showcase tomorrow. Girls in Trouble (see video), freshly returned from a fiddling tour, is playing at Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave at Driggs Ave).
Came across the artwork for Antony and the Johnsons’ Epilepsy Is Dancing 7″ only a few days ago (late, I know). One of the best I’ve seen in a while. Tried to figure out who designed and photographed it, but I’ve no idea.
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Here it is: a four-song edition of a Secret Garden mini-movie with Sweden’s The Tallest Man on Earth. It was shot the last time he was in New York (he returns this weekend for two shows!). Kristian Matsson was barely up when we infiltrated the Brooklyn apartment he was staying at. His tour manager, Ryan, led us to the stairs that was, who knew, the perfect spot for Kristian to sing “This Wind” and a cover of Patsy Cline’s “I Fall to Pieces” (the best versions of both that I’ve ever heard). And you know how it is with a perfect hint of reverb: you cast aside your head and pull your heart out your neck (that’s right). We wandered around to the windy rooftop for “Over the Hills” and locked ourselves in an old-fashioned elevator for “Steal Tomorrow”.
You have two full days to learn and memorize these songs, so that you can come and hum along at the show on Saturday. All 192kbps of glory packaged within.
1. “Karate” by Afuche
2. “Hatari” by tUnE-yArDs
3. “As April Is to May” by Luke Winslow-King
4. “Song that Grows Like a Vine (Live)” by Gracious Calamity
5. “Sosey & Dosey” by Drink Up Buttercup
6. “Mechanical Life” by Glass Ghost
7. “For You” by Sharon Van Etten
8. “Ain’t No Grave” by Adam Arcuragi
9. “Woolgathering” by Vandaveer
10. a song by our special guests :)
Have you checked out who’s playing Brooklyn’s Northside Festival starting tomorrow? Here’s a round-up from QRO Magazine, in case you were overwhelmed, and here’s the full schedule. And here are the latest details on our FREE day show at Trophy Bar, June 13.
The video invitation above has been You-Tube-fied for the You Tube friendly folks out there, in case you missed it before.
As you may have noticed, I’m not at all following the Secret Garden schedule as originally published. You know what comes in the way of timely blogging? LIFE :)
Hang on tight, a new schedule and all videos are coming out the pipe over the next few weeks. The Tallest Man on Earthvideo will go up tomorrow, June 10.
But I can’t just leave you with no gifts, now, can I? So I made your desktop a Tallest Man on Earth wallpaper. Grab the right size:
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