- Bye Bye Blackbirds Examined
The awesome Bye Bye Blackbirds were recently featured in the San Francisco Examiner. Kind words, highlighting the group's rich musical palette, pulling inspiration "from 60’s British bands, 70’s pop bands, 80’s underground bands, country rock, folk, and more." And even a mention for our upcoming Judee Sill tribute album! Nice one.
The Bye Bye Blackbirds' debut full-length, Houses and Homes, is available now.
- Matt Baldwin up and down California
If you live in California be sure to catch the incredible Matt Baldwin - our favorite man on the axe - performing with a variety of ensembles:
Thurs. June 25 @ Cinefamily in Los Angeles - performing as Inner Beauty for the Festival In The Forest film sneak preview
Fri. June 26 @ Slim's in San Francisco - performing with Sam Flax & Higher Color - with Fool's Gold and Rodriguez
Sat. June 27 @ The Uptown in Oakland - with Howlin' Rain
Thurs. July 9 @ The Crepe Place in Santa Cruz - with Howlin RainMatt Baldwin's mind-melting psych-folk debut, Paths of Ignition, is available now.
- Pitchfork premier Daniel Rossen's cover of "Waterfall"
Check it out here:
http://pitchfork.com/news/35638-premiere-grizzly-bears-daniel-rossen-covers-judee-sill-mp3stream/
Click here for more info on Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill. You can also listen to the track and preorder the album.
- Judee Sill tribute album, feat. Beth Orton, Bill Callahan, more
American Dust is proud to announce the fall 2009 release of CRAYON ANGEL: A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF JUDEE SILL, featuring new recordings by Beth Orton, Bill Callahan, Ron Sexsmith, Final Fantasy, Nicolai Dunger, Marisa Nadler & Black Hole Infinity, Colossal Yes (with members of Six Organs of Admittance and Comets on Fire), Meg Baird, Frida Hyvönen, Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles, P.G. Six, Trembling Blue Stars, Princeton, plus our very own Bye Bye Blackbirds and Shalants.
Judee Sill was the first artist signed to David Geffen's Asylum Records and released two cherished cult LPs, 1971's Judee Sill and 1973's Heart Food, before vanishing from the music scene and eventually dying of a drug overdose in North Hollywood, California. Though forgotten for years, her music has enjoyed a period of rediscovery since her two studio albums were reissued on CD in 2005.
In addition to cover versions of songs from Judee's modest recorded output, Crayon Angel also features TWO NEW JUDEE SILL-PENNED SONGS, for which sheet music, but no known original recordings, survive. BETH ORTON brings to life the complex and lovely "Reach for the Sky," while BILL CALLAHAN records the epic slow-burn number "Like a Rainbow," a co-write with Judee's onetime boyfriend Lal Baum (great-grandson of Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum – how about that?).
CRAYON ANGEL: A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF JUDEE SILL is released September 22.
Track list:
01 Ron Sexsmith: “Crayon Angel”
02 Beth Orton: “Reach for the Sky”
03 Daniel Rossen: “Waterfall”
04 Frida Hyvönen: “Jesus Was a Cross Maker”
05 Shalants: “Lopin Along Thru the Cosmos”
06 Final Fantasy: “The Donor”
07 Nicolai Dunger: “Soldier of the Heart”
08 Trembling Blue Stars: “Lady-O”
09 Colossal Yes: “The Phoenix”
10 Marissa Nadler & Black Hole Infinity: “The Kiss”
11 Princeton: “Down Where the Valleys Are Low”
12 The Bye Bye Blackbirds: “There’s a Rugged Road”
13 Meg Baird: “When the Bridegroom Comes”
14 Bill Callahan: “For a Rainbow”
15 P.G. Six: “Til Dreams Come True”
- moore brothers takeover... and podcast!
The comprehensive Big Takeover has just posted an excellent and kind review of The Moore Brothers' Aptos, as fine a folk-pop record as you'll find all year. But don't take our word for it, listen to the BT:
"Wickedly funny lyrics slither through airy arrangements; tenderness meets cynicism over warm bath melodies. "
Nice!
Also be sure to check out the bros performance on the Phoning It In podcast. These boys are getting around!
Aptos is available now.
- matt baldwin can't stop won't stop
Our man on the axe, the incredible Matt Baldwin, just keeps on keeping on. In addition to beginning preparations for his follow-up to the masterful Paths of Ignition (pictured), he's also scheduled to appear at Folk Yeah's Tonalism festival at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, CA, May 28. It's an all-night affair, so pack all the s'mores fixins you can fit in your rucksack.
Paths of Ignition is available now.
- moore brothers well dusted
The sharp-eared Dusted Magazine reviews The Moore Brothers' Aptos today, and they have nothing but fine, deserving platitudes for our favorite Nevada City boys. Among their kind words:
"compelling from start to finish"
"flawless harmonies"
"at once effortless and masterful"
and even:
"a Californian version of The Clientele"
Check out the review here, and sample tracks from Aptos over here. Go Moores!
- matt baldwin live!
Axe-man extraordinaire (seriously) Matt Baldwin plays San Francisco's Cafe du Nord March 3 with the excellent Birds of America and David Pajo. If you're in the area, and you enjoy awesome, mind-melding guitar work - don't miss it!
Matt Baldwin's much-feted Paths of Igntion is out now.
- moore brothers album out 3/3!
American Dust is proud to announce the return of the fabulous Moore Brothers. March 3 sees the release of their latest harmony-drenched folk-pop song cycle, Aptos. The album features the brothers strongest set of songs to date, their dreamiest, spaciest harmonies yet, and even a guest appearance from Moore Brothers superfan Joanna Newsom. (That's her harp lending aural dewdrops to "Good Heart, Money and Rain.")
"The brothers funnel a path that's directly from the school of '70s folk-pop… Lovely."
-All Music Guide
"I love me some Moore Brothers."
-Joanna NewsomSample tracks and pre-order the album here.
- bye bye blackbirds all-night rager
The Bye Bye Blackbirds are no slouches. For proof, head to Peri's Silver Dollar in Fairfax, CA this Tuesday, Feb 17. The band begins at 9:30 and plans to power through every song they know - or until the bar kicks them out! That's the kind of rock n' roll dedication we love here at American Dust. Don't miss it! (Also, there's no cover - perfect for these pre-stimulus times.)
Sample tracks and order The Bye Bye Blackbird's debut full-length, Houses & Homes (pictured) right here.
