[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Big fat bump.

BYUtv's AUDIO-FILES will be broadcasting a special program focused on Low, today, Tuesday, May 15, at 6 PM (MT Time); which will include interviews with the band as well as some of the most stunningly filmed live versions of "Point Of Disgust" and "Hand So Small" currently in circulation, and hopefully some other treats as well. Not to be missed. Please, tune in and record and share it if you can. I know BYUTV has an archive of their three previous AUDIO-FILES programs on their site, and might offer this one too, but such an awesome content deserves to be around in better quality than compressed HD files.

Info stolen from AUDIO-FILES' official website:

 

Audio-Files


Low


The indie rock band discusses their 20-year musical career and performs at the Sacred Heart Music Center in Duluth, Minnesota.



May 15 at 6:30PM (MT)
May 15 at 9:30PM (MT)
May 16 at 12:30AM (MT)






"Point Of Disgust" performed by Mimi on piano and vocals, and Alan on guitar and vocals, for AUDIO-FILES, at Sacred Heart Music Studios in Duluth, Minnesota:
http://youtu.be/LvaqUYqrghk

"Hand So Small", performed by Low, at Velour Live Music Gallery, in Provo, Utah, on September 23, 2011, for AUDIO-FILES:
http://youtu.be/IGslY2va5mI


Unrelated with AUDIO-FILES, but here's some great photos of that show in Utah, by Ashley Thalman:
http://ashleythalmanphoto.blogspot.m...rovo-utah.html

Low performing "Nightingale" at Velour Live Music Gallery, in Provo, Utah, on September 23, 2011, filmed by Ashley Thalman:
https://vimeo.com/29590382

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

This was posted by Gaelynn Lea at a Low group I frequent on facemuff:

Alan & I, as The Murder of Crows, are releasing an EP on June 1st! We're planning to set up a way to order it online/mail it out to folks... we shall keep you posted here:

www.facebook.com/lea.sparhawk.crows

Have a beautiful Wednesday!



So excited about this, and there's more joyful news: BYUtv's AUDIO-FILES Low special is now available to watch online at their website:
http://byutv.org/watch/8c03736a-f6a3...udio-files-low



ヽ(^o^)丿

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

UK/Ireland friends – Low returns in July for a few shows. Dates include July 9 Lancaster, Jul 10 Dublin with Explosions in the Sky , Jul 11 Cork, July 13 Halifax and July 14th Latitude Festival….

And heads up Lancaster friends – only a handful of tix remain , purchase now before they are gone. See you soon…

-Low.

[_tunic_]

And all I wanted was a Pepsi ....

http://www.avclub.com/articles/portl...-low-co,70709/



Portland Cello Project and Alan Sparhawk of Low cover Suicidal Tendencies

- Portland Cello Project made its name mostly by covering reimagining hip-hop tracks for strings; the group even caught Jay-Z's attention with its cover of "H.A.M." (They're interviewed on Jigga's blog about it, even!) We thought it would be cheating for an instrumental group to participate in Undercover, though, so we helped PCP connect with Alan Sparhawk of Low, who's visited the round room twice before. The song they chose, "Institutionalized" by Suicidal Tendencies, is the song I was most excited about at the beginning of this year's Undercover. It's such a strange beast: a hardcore/thrash track whose verses are mostly spoken-word, and a painful personal story that's simultaneously pretty hilarious. It sounds incredibly dated, but in 1983, it sparked a lot of other bands (and got an incredible amount of MTV airplay, believe it or not). Sparhawk took the challenge seriously, donning a blue bandana and grabbing himself a Pepsi (all he wanted--and she just wouldn't give it to him!) for the performance. For those unfamiliar with the original, the video is embedded below. Watch 'em both! And then go see Portland Cello Project on tour, dates below, in support of its new album Homage.

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

"Imperfecta", debut EP by The Murder Of Crows (Gaelynn Lea & Alan Sparhawk) has been released today, it can be ordered from here:
http://duluthartists.org/Crows.html

It will also be on iTunes soon (probably in a week or two) and, according to Gaelynn Lea, it might be posted to Soundcloud for streaming at some point, too.

[_tunic_]

bought it and very much looking forward to hearing it :-) Looks like Mimi is singing on one track too (according to the back art posted on Facebook)

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Originally Posted by _tunic_

bought it and very much looking forward to hearing it :-) Looks like Mimi is singing on one track too (according to the back art posted on Facebook)

Bought it as well. Also expecting great things from it. Yes, Mimi contributes vocals to one track ("When We Were Young"). By the way, thanks for spreading the word to the Chairkickers Google Group, _tunic_.

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

"Let It Go", from The Murder Of Crows' "Imperfecta" EP can be streamed here:
http://blog.thecurrent.org/post/2012...-and-minnesota

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Bump.

"Imperfecta", by The Murder Of Crows, is now available for streaming on SoundCloud:
http://soundcloud.com/themurderofcrows/sets/imperfecta

A new batch of CDs will be pressed and distributed by Noiseland Industries.

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Low - 2012-07-07 - Cactus Festival, Brugge, Belgium
Uploaded by emmanuel

[_tunic_]

Originally Posted by hipster_bebop_junkie

Low - 2012-07-07 - Cactus Festival, Brugge, Belgium
Uploaded by emmanuel

here's the LMA link: http://archive.org/details/low2012-07-07.brugge.flac16

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

That new Low record will be produced by Jeff Tweedy, according to AV Club:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/lows-...eedy-al,85219/

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

KUMD FM will be broadcasting/streaming a live session by The Murder Of Crows tomorrow. Info at the link below:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kumd/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1946848 &pid=392

_tunic_, can you please capture it? Or do you know someone at the Chairkickers List who could? I'm afraid my work is currently keeping me away from the Interneck a little bit too much lately, and I've been missing the good shit. Thanks for any and all efforts in regards to this matter.

[_tunic_]

I completely forgotten about watching the stream yesterday. I was too occupied with listening to my Wedding Present capture of the night before ;-)
I've asked the list whether someone taped it, hopefully someone did

[SpaceCadetHayden]

i thought this thread was about cam'ron and now i'm disappointed

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Originally Posted by _tunic_

I completely forgotten about watching the stream yesterday. I was too occupied with listening to my Wedding Present capture of the night before ;-)
I've asked the list whether someone taped it, hopefully someone did

Sometimes it seems either you document Low or no one does (kudos and respect to emmanuel, stu666, obh2o, Nibbler, and many others, though). Really hoping this show was indeed captured (they covered Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" apparently; I wonder if there were new tunes as well)... They'll be performing at some other venues which aren't exactly part of the Duluth scene. Hoping some of those gigs will be taped by someone.

Wanted to catch the KUMD session, but alas, it was a shitty day at work and so I ended up missing this as well. Maybe they'll have it up for lossy streaming at some point over at KUMD's website.

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

The Murder Of Crows KUMD session is now archived here for lossy streaming:
http://www.prx.org/pieces/85241-murder-of-crows

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

The Murder Of Crows will be on WDSE's The Playlist on November 15th:
http://www.wdse.org/shows/playlist/whats-coming

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Bumpity, bump.

KAXE Northern Community Radio, from Minnesota, did broadcast an interview and segments of a live show by The Murder Of Crows (Alan Sparhawk & Gaelynn Lea); which passed unnoticed to us, but I now just crossed paths with it on Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/amy-lynn-6/mur...ows-kaxe-radio

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Snöbarn (Gaelynn Lea on violin, vocals and bells & Ariane Norrgard on guitar and vocals) are planning on recording and subsequently releasing their debut album, which is likely to have some kind of participation by Alan Sparhawk. Quoted below what it was posted at their official facebook:

"Snöbarn is looking forward to an exciting winter! In December we are planning to launch a Kickstarter project that would fund our very first full-length album. We hope to start recording at Sacred Heart in February; the talented Eric Swanson and Alan Sparhawk have already agreed to take the lead on recording/mixing/mastering. With any luck we'd have a soft release of the album in early May... just in time for Homegrown 2013! Stay tuned, folks!"