“Elephants & Little Girls” (mp3)
from “Little Me Will Start A Storm”
After a string of head-turning, critically acclaimed releases on Hush Records, Portland’s Loch Lomond has brought their unique brand of raw symphonic chamber pop to Tender Loving Empire. Loch Lomond has slated their much anticipated second full length Little Me Will Start a Storm for release on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011. The album was mixed by Adam Selzer (who has recorded all of M Ward’s records), Tucker Martine (Laura Veirs, The Decemberists), and Kevin Robinson (of Viva Voce). Employing notable visceral and expert melodic acrobatics, the co-ed sextet of Loch Lomond distinctly incorporates the use of harmonic vocals, mandolin, theremin, bass clarinet, and all manner of exclamatory percussion minutia to foil the even more distinct and arresting voice of lead singer/multi-instrumentalist Ritchie Young.
Mar 11: Savannah Stopover Festival – Savannah, Ga
Mar 12: Savannah Stopover Festival – Savannah, Ga
Mar 15: SXSW – Austin, Tx
Mar 16: Esther’s Follies – Austin, TX
“Maximalist” (mp3)
from “Cerulean”
Buy at Amazon MP3
For mercurial L.A. music-maker Will Wiesenfeld, Baths has been a long time coming. The 21-year-old has spent the better part of his days living amidst “pleasant” and “unremarkable” in the suburbs of the San Fernando Valley, so perhaps it’s due to a general lack of local inspiration that Wiesenfeld’s own work has never fit into a prefab box of its own. Over the last six years, under the handle of [Post-Foetus], Wiesenfeld has gainfully explored the intersections and outer reaches of both electronic and acoustic music. With Baths, his eclecticism finds its greatest focus yet, in a hail of lush melodies, ghostly choirs, playful instrumentation and stuttering beats.
Mar 11 – Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, LA
Mar 16 – IODA’s Opening Day Bash at SXSW – Emo’s Annex – Austin, Tx
Mar 17 – Karma Louunge – Austin, TX
Mar 18 – Mohawk – Austin, TX
Mar 19 – ND at 501 Studios – Austin, TX
Mar 21 – Higher Ground South Burlington, VT
Mar 22 – House of Blues Boston Boston, MA
The Bewitched Hands
“Work” (mp3)
from “IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash Sampler 2011″
Buy at iTunes Music Store
The Bewitched Hands’ music is one of those pretty secrets that pop lovers listen to non-stop when they’re on their own, until they spit it to the world’s face as if it were a miracle solution to salvage the declining record industry and trigger countless orgasms. Through great incendiary choruses, psychotropic rhythms and addictive melodies, The Bewitched Hands flirt with the lyrical Polyphonic Spree and Ween’s classy “Chocolate & Cheese” period.
Mar 11: LA LUCIOLE – ALENCON, FRANCE
Mar 12: LE MANÈGE – LORIENT, FRANCE
Mar 16: IODA’s Opening Day Bash at SXSW – Emo’s Annex – Austin, Tx
Mar 23: La Fourmi – Limoges, FRANCE
Mar 24: Coopérative de Mai – Clermont-Ferrand, FRANCE
Mar 25: Festival Nouvelles Scènes – Niort, FRANCE
Mar 26: La Cartonnerie – Reims, FRANCE
Mar 30: Le Confort Moderne – Poitiers, FRANCE
Apr 1: Espace Paul Baillard – Massy, FRANCE
Tags: Baths, Loch Lomond, The Bewitched Hands
