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Wednesday, February 29
Jay Howell + Eighty Four Films = Mountain Jam
When life puts a bear in front of you... just grab your deck and skate right through it!
Of course, a video this awesome would need to be paired with an equally awesome band. Thus, Total Control.
Mountain Jam from Eighty Four Films on Vimeo.
Find Jay's books at saki.
Of course, a video this awesome would need to be paired with an equally awesome band. Thus, Total Control.
Mountain Jam from Eighty Four Films on Vimeo.
Find Jay's books at saki.
Hideout ticket giveaways!
Our best buds at The Hideout hooked us up with a guest list spot to give away for each of these upcoming shows! The first person to purchase an item from each of these artists can claim the spot (no +1's)!
3/9 Laura Gibson
3/22 Psychic ills/Prince Rama This guest list spot has been claimed!
3/23 Andre Williams/Jon Langford
3/30 Nat Baldwin
3/9 Laura Gibson
3/23 Andre Williams/Jon Langford
3/30 Nat Baldwin
What Are We Listening To? a zine by saki
The first edition of our very limited saki zine is now available! It's hand-numbered and limited to 23 copies for the first run. Why 23? Because that's how many we made... stop asking questions."What Are We Listening To?" features contributions from saki & CTD staff, as well as Daniel Kibblesmith, Tiny Fireflies, Matt Hedley & Mark Jumper of Bob Dey's Tank Engine Man. Topics include Great Society Mind Destroyers, Horrid Red, Deep Earth, Wendy Rene, Haircuts & Peanut Noodles. The best part: it costs $0 with any purchase at saki!
Tuesday, February 28
CTD Press Update 2/28/12!
CTD Press Update 02/28/2012
Now Available Exclusively/Semi-Exclusively from CTD:
FEATURED:
Disappears
"Pre Language"
Kranky: krank164
SONIC CATHEDRAL:
“There’s not a wasted moment on this record – it’s just nine tracks of magnificently malevolent garage drone magic.”
http://www.soniccathedral.co.uk/2012/02/pre-language/
AQUARIUS RECORDS:
“This is a reminder that sometimes the things that actually sound the most mean and menacing are the ones that don't try so hard to put on an act, but instead just kick out bombastic songs with full on conviction. Something really refreshing these days about a band who channel their intensity with full on punk spirit, for focused and furious sounding results.”
http://aquariusrecords.org/cat/newest.html
CULTURE CRITIC:
“The Chicago collective return with an energetic follow up to 2010's Guider. Subtle it ain’t but neither is it lacking in depth - overdriven crunch guitars roll over accented, meandering bass-lines and unrelenting drums to create a punchy sound reminiscent of The Stooges.”
http://www.culturecritic.co.uk/recorded/disappears-pre-language/
ALTERNATIVE MATTER:
“Disappears has produced a momentous release in Pre Language that already vies for album of the year. It infiltrates and manipulates the senses to thrill and inspire whilst pushing the post punk envelope using incisive and stimulating ingenuity.”
http://alternativematter.net/reviews/disappears-pre-language
PITCHFORK premier of “Replicate”:
“Pre Language is the new album from Chicago noisemakers Disappears; it's out March 1 via Kranky. Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley is behind the kit for this one; the album was recorded with John Congleton (Cymbals Eat Guitars, St. Vincent) at SY's Echo Canyon West studio in Hoboken, New Jersey. 'Replicate' is the psych-heavy leading cut off the album.”
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12966-replicate/
Now Available Exclusively/Semi-Exclusively from CTD:
FEATURED:
Disappears
"Pre Language"
Kranky: krank164
SONIC CATHEDRAL:
“There’s not a wasted moment on this record – it’s just nine tracks of magnificently malevolent garage drone magic.”
http://www.soniccathedral.co.uk/2012/02/pre-language/
AQUARIUS RECORDS:
“This is a reminder that sometimes the things that actually sound the most mean and menacing are the ones that don't try so hard to put on an act, but instead just kick out bombastic songs with full on conviction. Something really refreshing these days about a band who channel their intensity with full on punk spirit, for focused and furious sounding results.”
http://aquariusrecords.org/cat/newest.html
CULTURE CRITIC:
“The Chicago collective return with an energetic follow up to 2010's Guider. Subtle it ain’t but neither is it lacking in depth - overdriven crunch guitars roll over accented, meandering bass-lines and unrelenting drums to create a punchy sound reminiscent of The Stooges.”
http://www.culturecritic.co.uk/recorded/disappears-pre-language/
ALTERNATIVE MATTER:
“Disappears has produced a momentous release in Pre Language that already vies for album of the year. It infiltrates and manipulates the senses to thrill and inspire whilst pushing the post punk envelope using incisive and stimulating ingenuity.”
http://alternativematter.net/reviews/disappears-pre-language
PITCHFORK premier of “Replicate”:
“Pre Language is the new album from Chicago noisemakers Disappears; it's out March 1 via Kranky. Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley is behind the kit for this one; the album was recorded with John Congleton (Cymbals Eat Guitars, St. Vincent) at SY's Echo Canyon West studio in Hoboken, New Jersey. 'Replicate' is the psych-heavy leading cut off the album.”
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12966-replicate/
Monday, February 27
New Releases @ saki 2/28/12!
120 Days "II" CD
Bonnie "Prince" Billy "B-Sides For 'Time To Be Clear'" 7''
Masaki Batoh "Brain Pulse Music" LP/CD
Dirty Three "Toward The Low Sun" LP/CD
Disappears "Pre Language" LP/CD
Hunx "Hairdresser Blues" CD/LP
The Kills "The Last Goodbye" 10''
Sophia Knapp "Into The Waves"
Kourosh "Gole Yakh" & "Leila" 7'' (re-issue)
Love Apple "S/T" LP (Numero Group re-issue)
Madlib "Medicine Show #13" CD
Memoryhouse "Slideshow Effect" LP
Memphis Soul "Don't Down Me People" (re-issue) 7''
School Of Seven Bells CD/LP
Transgressors "Will Power" 7'' (re-issue)
Andre Williams "Hoods & Shades" CD/LP
Keith Fullerton Whitman "Generators" LP
V/A "Listen, Whitey!" CD/LP (Light In The Attic comp.)
V/A "Original Raw Soul III" CD
Bonnie "Prince" Billy "B-Sides For 'Time To Be Clear'" 7''
Masaki Batoh "Brain Pulse Music" LP/CD
Dirty Three "Toward The Low Sun" LP/CD
Disappears "Pre Language" LP/CD
Hunx "Hairdresser Blues" CD/LP
The Kills "The Last Goodbye" 10''
Sophia Knapp "Into The Waves"
Kourosh "Gole Yakh" & "Leila" 7'' (re-issue)
Love Apple "S/T" LP (Numero Group re-issue)
Madlib "Medicine Show #13" CD
Memoryhouse "Slideshow Effect" LP
Memphis Soul "Don't Down Me People" (re-issue) 7''
School Of Seven Bells CD/LP
Transgressors "Will Power" 7'' (re-issue)
Andre Williams "Hoods & Shades" CD/LP
Keith Fullerton Whitman "Generators" LP
V/A "Listen, Whitey!" CD/LP (Light In The Attic comp.)
V/A "Original Raw Soul III" CD
Megan Reilly- Sew the Threads Into Your Heart
Megan Reilly's track "Sew the Threads Into Your Heart" off her upcoming album The Well (April 24 on Carrot Top Records) is KUT Austin's Song of the Day."Reilly's music pulls from the melange of styles that make Memphis such a historic musical city. You can hear everything from slow-burn soul to a bit of alt-country, all reined in by Reilly's outstanding voice"
Read more and stream the track HERE.
The track comes out as a digital single tomorrow!
Saturday, February 25
Friday, February 24
Thursday, February 23
Lasers & Fast & Shit / Coffin Pricks
Just wanted to say thanks to Coffin Pricks and Lasers & Fast & Shit as well as the good people at Epitonic for helping us document this special in-store concert. A good time was had by all, and the performances were terrific -- for those that couldn't make it, be sure to check back, as the performances will be available for download on the Epitonic site soon!!!
The Men - Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones)
Already one of my favorite releases of 2012. We're going out with a bang.
On sale at your finer retailers 3/06.
Live in Chicago 3/21 at Treasure Town.
pics from the Willis Earl Beal 7" release show!
BV Chicago just posted some photos of Pillars & Tongues and Willis Earl Beal at Cole's this past Tuesday for Willis' debut 7" release show. We were there selling the 7" and some other saki goods. We didn't make the photos, but hey, we're not that pretty anyway, so you're not missing much!
Here's a few of our favorite shots, but check out BVC for the full set. Wicker Park blog, The Minimal Beat has a few as well.
Here's a few of our favorite shots, but check out BVC for the full set. Wicker Park blog, The Minimal Beat has a few as well.
Wednesday, February 22
CTD Press Update 2/21/12!
CTD Press Update 02/21/2012
Now Available Exclusively/Semi-Exclusively from CTD:
FEATURED:
Wild Belle
"Keep You"
Wild Belle/Sandhill Sound: shs001
BROOKLYN VEGAN:
“Wild Belle is one of Chicago's newest bands. They've only played a handful of shows, and so far only released a single song, but it's a good one. Listen to Keep You below and pick up the 12" when it comes out on 2/21.”
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/chicago/2012/01/meet_wild_belle.html
GUARDIAN UK:
“The effect is haunting but naggingly infectious – a double-whammy if ever we heard one. Whether or not the rest of their material will continue in this ethereal-ska vein we have no idea, although attendants at this year's SXSW, where Wild Belle are playing and bound to be one of the buzz-bands, will find out.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/15/new-band-wild-belle
PREFIX:
“A steadfast drum-rattle bubbles under dancehall pulses, music-box chimes, and a hearty horn-line. Natalie Bergman’s coo sounds like the idyllic middle-ground between Kate Bush, Lykke Li, Robyn and Lily Allen. It’s basically one of our favorite songs in the world right now.”
http://www.prefixmag.com/media/wild-belle/keep-you/60469/
DONE WAITING:
“NOMO bandleader, Iron & Wine live member and fellow Midwesterner Elliot Bergman has a new project called Wild Belle. Their first single ‘Keep You’ is a sexy dubbed out psychedelic pop jam.”
http://www.donewaiting.com/2012/01/15/new-music-wild-belle-keep-you/
Now Available Exclusively/Semi-Exclusively from CTD:
FEATURED:
Wild Belle
"Keep You"
Wild Belle/Sandhill Sound: shs001
BROOKLYN VEGAN:
“Wild Belle is one of Chicago's newest bands. They've only played a handful of shows, and so far only released a single song, but it's a good one. Listen to Keep You below and pick up the 12" when it comes out on 2/21.”
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/chicago/2012/01/meet_wild_belle.html
GUARDIAN UK:
“The effect is haunting but naggingly infectious – a double-whammy if ever we heard one. Whether or not the rest of their material will continue in this ethereal-ska vein we have no idea, although attendants at this year's SXSW, where Wild Belle are playing and bound to be one of the buzz-bands, will find out.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/15/new-band-wild-belle
PREFIX:
“A steadfast drum-rattle bubbles under dancehall pulses, music-box chimes, and a hearty horn-line. Natalie Bergman’s coo sounds like the idyllic middle-ground between Kate Bush, Lykke Li, Robyn and Lily Allen. It’s basically one of our favorite songs in the world right now.”
http://www.prefixmag.com/media/wild-belle/keep-you/60469/
DONE WAITING:
“NOMO bandleader, Iron & Wine live member and fellow Midwesterner Elliot Bergman has a new project called Wild Belle. Their first single ‘Keep You’ is a sexy dubbed out psychedelic pop jam.”
http://www.donewaiting.com/2012/01/15/new-music-wild-belle-keep-you/
Tuesday, February 21
Willis Earl Beal 7" release show at Cole's TONIGHT!
Willis Earl Beal's debut 7" is out today! We'll be selling the 7" at the release show at Cole's (possibly signed copies...), but we're also offering a special deal if you buy the 7" at the shop during the first week of release: Any purchase that includes the "Evening's Kiss" 7" will be 15% off! Buy whatever you want, and as long as your stack includes the 7", your entire purchase is 15% off. If you're buying enough stuff, just throwing in the 7" could actually save you some money.Wherever you buy the 7", just don't miss the release show with Willis Earl Beal & Pillars & Tongues at Cole's! We'll also be selling some other saki stuff, including the limited edition Yellowlion shirt, so bring your hard-earned money. We'll have the goods!
9:30pm, 21+, Cole's Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee Ave.
New Releases @ saki 2/21/12!
Willis Earl Beal - Evening's Kiss 7" (15% your entire purchase when you buy this 7" from saki through 2/27 + 7" release show at Cole's TONIGHT!)
Archers of Loaf - Vee Vee reissue CD/LP (with Jay Ryan replica artwork!)
Frankie Rose - Interstellar CD/LP
Josh Ritter - Bringing In The Darlings CD EP/10"
Wild Belle - Keep You 12"
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror CD/LP
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die LP
Consumers - All My Friends Are Dead LP
Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum reissue LP
Grimes - Visions CD/LP
Mind Spiders - Meltdown LP
Pontiak - Echo Ono CD/LP
Harvey Milk - My Love Is High Than What Your Assessment Of It Could Be LP
Harvey Milk - Pleaser LP
Dustin Wong - Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads CD/LP
Wooden Shjips - Remix 12"
Polica - Give You The Ghost CD/LP
Cursive - I Am Gemini CD/LP
Burning Hearts - Extinctions CD/LP
Mr. M - Lamchop CD/LP
GG Allin & the Murder Junkies - Terror In America: Live 1993 LP
Perfume Genius - But Your Back N 2 It CD/LP
Haino/O'Rourke/Ambarchi - Imikuzushi CD/LP
Jim O'Rourke - Old News #7 LP
Terry Malts - Killing Time CD/LP
Tindersticks - The Something Rain CD/LP
Damien Jurado - Maraqopa CD/LP
Porcelain Raft - Unless You Speak From The Heart 7"
Eric Copeland - Car Alarm 7"
War - At War For Youth 7"
Zola Jesus - In Your Nature 7"
Colleen Green - Milo Goes To Compton LP
Archers of Loaf - Vee Vee reissue CD/LP (with Jay Ryan replica artwork!)
Frankie Rose - Interstellar CD/LP
Josh Ritter - Bringing In The Darlings CD EP/10"
Wild Belle - Keep You 12"
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror CD/LP
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die LP
Consumers - All My Friends Are Dead LP
Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum reissue LP
Grimes - Visions CD/LP
Mind Spiders - Meltdown LP
Pontiak - Echo Ono CD/LP
Harvey Milk - My Love Is High Than What Your Assessment Of It Could Be LP
Harvey Milk - Pleaser LP
Dustin Wong - Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads CD/LP
Wooden Shjips - Remix 12"
Polica - Give You The Ghost CD/LP
Cursive - I Am Gemini CD/LP
Burning Hearts - Extinctions CD/LP
Mr. M - Lamchop CD/LP
GG Allin & the Murder Junkies - Terror In America: Live 1993 LP
Perfume Genius - But Your Back N 2 It CD/LP
Haino/O'Rourke/Ambarchi - Imikuzushi CD/LP
Jim O'Rourke - Old News #7 LP
Terry Malts - Killing Time CD/LP
Tindersticks - The Something Rain CD/LP
Damien Jurado - Maraqopa CD/LP
Porcelain Raft - Unless You Speak From The Heart 7"
Eric Copeland - Car Alarm 7"
War - At War For Youth 7"
Zola Jesus - In Your Nature 7"
Colleen Green - Milo Goes To Compton LP
Saturday, February 18
John Hodgman Returns to Chicago April 1, No Foolin'
Second City's new Up Comedy Club welcomes John Hodgman!
April 1. Can't wait!
Daily Show Resident Expert John Hodgman will explain and illustrate most every subject you can imagine, including: how to enjoy fine wine, how to commit the perfect crime, how make money and find happiness as a deranged millionaire, the coming global superpocalypse known as RAGNAROK, and also, if pressed SPORTS.
There will also be some ukulele playing. People who may be pregnant and/or prone to seizures please note: JOHN HODGMAN will be performing without shoes or socks.
THAT IS ALL
April 1. Can't wait!
Friday, February 17
See Megan Reilly & John Wesley Harding Sing New Duet
Sitting on the front porch singing a song from Megan's new album, "The Well," out April 24 on Carrot Top Records! Debuted on AOL/ @Spinner, where you can read more about this beautiful song's creation and recording.
Charles Bradley 2/18 @ the Metro
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| metrochicago.com |
In four words you might call him "a male-Sharon-Jones", but the 64 year-old Florida native is far more. Like Daptone's aforementioned empress or local princes J.C. Brooks & The Uptown Sound, Bradley's tapped into the raw emotion and genuine grit of the best original Soul, Funk, and R&B, then framed it all in a contemporary context. It's a beautiful thing when past and present meet this cohesively and successfully.
"In one note, Charles Bradley’s voice mirrors painful plucks to the heartstrings, reminding listeners why this genre was simply, yet powerfully, titled “soul.” Like Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett before him, Bradley’s raspy delivery draws all the pain out of the human condition and sends it straight into your eardrum. While the group sounds like it could have been plucked straight from the Motown lineup, the music incorporates bits and pieces of funk and more contemporary rock to keep things fresh." -The A.V. Club Chicago
Thursday, February 16
Wednesday, February 15
Hypnotic video for Tetras "Pareidolia i"
Tetras "Pareidolia i" from Flingco Sound System on Vimeo.
Promotional video for the track "Pareidolia i" by the Swiss trio Tetras. Video by Annie Feldmeier Adams, artwork by Jason Kahn with music from Tetras. "Pareidola i" is from the Double LP/ Download "Pareidolia," released on the FSS label.
saki After Hours: Predictive Gaming this Friday!
Predictive Gaming for Substandard Films is an evening of entertainment that incorporates game show elements into a screening of a "so-bad-it's-good" style movie. Halfway between Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Scene It!, Predictive Gaming invites movie fans to place bets on the plot of a campy B-movie throughout the screening in hopes to take home fabulous prizes - like Schubas, Lincoln Hall & Metro guest list spots & saki gift certificates! So as to prevent precocious predictors from premeditating their prizewinning, the film being screened will not be announced in advance, but bad movie fans (and game show enthusiasts) must trust that saki has dug up a real winner!Predictive Gaming for Substandard Films, the bad movie game show, is Friday, February 17th at 8pm, at saki.
RSVP on the book of faces if you wanna be all social media about it... As with all our events, Predictive Gaming is FREE & BYOB if you've got your ID. And yes, there WILL be popcorn.
The Wettest County In The World by Matt Bondurant
For fans of The Proposition, Assassination of Jesse James..., The Road, or, well, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis & John Hillcoat - they've teamed up again! The Wettest County is an upcoming film directed by Hillcoat with original music from Cave & Ellis, & screenplay by Cave. The screenplay is based on a historical novel by Matt Bondurant called The Wettest County In The World. It is an account of 3 brothers (Bondurant's actual grandfather & great uncles) who ran a bootlegging operation in rural Virginia. It's pretty much a done deal that this movie will be great, but we highly recommend checking out Bondurant's novel before seeing the film. You can read the New York Times review of the book here and pick up the book at saki for $9.50 now $5.00 (paperback)!
Participate in Chicago's Cultural Planning
The upcoming meetings start tonight and go through the the beginning of next week:
Wednesday, February 15: 6pm to 8pm @ Columbia College
Stage Two- 618 S. Michigan Ave., 2nd Floor
Thursday, February 16: 6pm-8pm @ Nicholas Senn High School Auditorium
5900 North Glenwood Avenue
Saturday, February 18: 10am-12pm @ DuSable Museum
749 East 56th Place
Tuesday, February 21: 6pm-8pm @ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 West 19th Street
RSVPs & Maps
Tuesday, February 14
CTD Press Update 2/14/12!
CTD Press Update 02/14/2012
Now Available Exclusively/Semi-Exclusively from CTD:
FEATURED:
Windy & Carl
"We Will Always Be"
Kranky: krank163
DROWNED IN SOUND 8/10:
“If you take an interest in ambient music, drone rock or related quasi-genres, it behoves you to own some of Windy and Carl’s catalogue; this is as useful and high quality a starting point as just about anything they’ve recorded.”
http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16796/reviews/4144461
NORTHERN TRANSMISSIONS interview with Windy & Carl:
“Some of the songs on the are pieces carl was working on in 2009 and 2010, and a couple of them are from a recording Carl made for me for Valentine’s day 2011. The first song on our new album is certainly from that batch, and when i thought of how and why he wrote the songs for me, I wanted to put lyrics with it that would mirror his feelings.”
http://www.northerntransmissions.com/interviews/windy-and-carl
PITCHFORK 7.4:
“When Windy & Carl lock together, it's like being privy to a great secret, imparted in a moment of intensely personal creativity.”
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16222-we-will-always-be/?utm_campaign=search&utm_medium=site&utm_source=search-ac
Now Available Exclusively/Semi-Exclusively from CTD:
FEATURED:
Windy & Carl
"We Will Always Be"
Kranky: krank163
DROWNED IN SOUND 8/10:
“If you take an interest in ambient music, drone rock or related quasi-genres, it behoves you to own some of Windy and Carl’s catalogue; this is as useful and high quality a starting point as just about anything they’ve recorded.”
http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16796/reviews/4144461
NORTHERN TRANSMISSIONS interview with Windy & Carl:
“Some of the songs on the are pieces carl was working on in 2009 and 2010, and a couple of them are from a recording Carl made for me for Valentine’s day 2011. The first song on our new album is certainly from that batch, and when i thought of how and why he wrote the songs for me, I wanted to put lyrics with it that would mirror his feelings.”
http://www.northerntransmissions.com/interviews/windy-and-carl
PITCHFORK 7.4:
“When Windy & Carl lock together, it's like being privy to a great secret, imparted in a moment of intensely personal creativity.”
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16222-we-will-always-be/?utm_campaign=search&utm_medium=site&utm_source=search-ac
Jamie Oliver finds Joy Division & New Order masters!
Today in crazy-ass news, NME reports: Celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver finds Joy Division & New Order master tapes "alongside guns, gold and jewelry... when digging up the basement of a new restaurant in Manchester." For a loose reenactment, just imagine those are master tapes instead of bananas and papayas cradled in Jamie's arms...
Chicago Past
Great Tumblr full of old Chicago photos. Crazy beautiful stuff. via @samarov
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New Releases @ saki 2/14/12!
New Bruise Cruise 7"s!!
Fucked Up/Dirtbombs
Thee Oh Sees/Quintron & Miss Pussycat
King Khan/Mikal Cronin
... all 3 are VERY limited and won't last long!
Bears - Great Lakes CD/LP
Caretaker - Patience (After Sebald) CD/LP
Dr. Dog - Be The Void CD/LP
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II CD (LP pushed back to 3/13!)
Tav Falco & The Panther Burns - Lore & Testament Vol. 1 LP
Fun. - Some Nights CD/LP
Heartless Bastards - Arrow CD/LP
Islands - Asleep & Forgetting CD/LP
Lotus Plaza/Nice Weekend split 10"
Neung Phak - 2 LP
Nonagon - People Live Everywhere 12"
Shearwater - Winged Life LP
Tennis - Young & Old CD/LP
Tetras - Pareidolia LP
Whistle Peak - Half Asleep Upon Echo Falls CD/LP
Jack White - Love Interruption 7"
White Load - Wayne's World III b/w Godfather IV LP
Windy & Carl - We Will Always Be CD/LP
Yair Yona - World Behind Curtains CD/LP
Young Magic - Melt CD/LP
Fucked Up/Dirtbombs
Thee Oh Sees/Quintron & Miss Pussycat
King Khan/Mikal Cronin
... all 3 are VERY limited and won't last long!
Bears - Great Lakes CD/LP
Caretaker - Patience (After Sebald) CD/LP
Dr. Dog - Be The Void CD/LP
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II CD (LP pushed back to 3/13!)
Tav Falco & The Panther Burns - Lore & Testament Vol. 1 LP
Fun. - Some Nights CD/LP
Heartless Bastards - Arrow CD/LP
Islands - Asleep & Forgetting CD/LP
Lotus Plaza/Nice Weekend split 10"
Neung Phak - 2 LP
Nonagon - People Live Everywhere 12"
Shearwater - Winged Life LP
Tennis - Young & Old CD/LP
Tetras - Pareidolia LP
Whistle Peak - Half Asleep Upon Echo Falls CD/LP
Jack White - Love Interruption 7"
White Load - Wayne's World III b/w Godfather IV LP
Windy & Carl - We Will Always Be CD/LP
Yair Yona - World Behind Curtains CD/LP
Young Magic - Melt CD/LP
Monday, February 13
Here's a quandry for all of you/us ~
A label leaks a single early, to generate momentum for a new release. Pitchfork lists said single as "BEST NEW TRACK"....then a few months later, gives the album a poor review. Interesting....kinda like saying that the sample of the food was delicious, but the rest of the exact same food was not.
Rather than subscribe to the Rolling Stone model where a reviewer builds a following of their own, I'm confidant that Pitchfork purposefully assigns reviews to a broad spectrum of writers, so that one writer will not form a cult of personality around themselves....which I think is quite good, actually, but....I'm confused as to how they justify a BEST NEW TRACK on an album that was reviewed poorly on their site.
A label leaks a single early, to generate momentum for a new release. Pitchfork lists said single as "BEST NEW TRACK"....then a few months later, gives the album a poor review. Interesting....kinda like saying that the sample of the food was delicious, but the rest of the exact same food was not.
Rather than subscribe to the Rolling Stone model where a reviewer builds a following of their own, I'm confidant that Pitchfork purposefully assigns reviews to a broad spectrum of writers, so that one writer will not form a cult of personality around themselves....which I think is quite good, actually, but....I'm confused as to how they justify a BEST NEW TRACK on an album that was reviewed poorly on their site.
Friday, February 10
Mark Kozelek - Live at the Shivering Songs Festival
MARK KOZELEK - Live at the Shivering Songs Festival from Mitch Fillion (southernsouls.ca) on Vimeo.
Kozelek performs "Heron Blue" and a new song "Sunshine In Chicago" at the Wilmot Church in Fredericton, NB as part of the Shivering Songs Festival. Sun Kil Moon will release a new album Among The Leaves on Caldo Verde (5/29 street)Thursday, February 9
Hypebot: Willis Earl Beal & outsider art
Hypebot has a nice little piece on Chicagoan, Willis Earl Beal, and the curious conundrum of being an "outsider" artist in the internet age.We've got some exciting news concerning Mr. Beal & our friends at BV Chicago coming up very soon, so keep your head up!
Wednesday, February 8
Tuesday, February 7
New Releases @ saki 2/7/12!
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp CD & LP (with ltd. 7" & poster while supplies last!)
A Place To Bury Strangers - Onwards To The Wall CD EP & 12"
We Are The Works In Progress - V/A LP (Japan benefit LP featuring DEERHUNTER, FOUR TET, LIARS, BROADCAST & more!)
Caretaker - Paitence (After Sebald) LP
Wendy Rene - After Laughter Comes Tears: Complete Stax & Volt singles & rarities LP
The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know CD & LP
Big Pink - Future This LP
Cocteau Twins - Stars & Topsoil: A Collection 82-90 LP
Fucked Up - Year Of The Tiger 12"
Lindstrom - Six Cups of Rebel CD & LP
Of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks CD & LP
Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe LP reissue
Swell Maps - A Trip To Marineville LP reissue
Joker - On My Mind 12"
Gotan Project - La Revancha Del Tango LP
Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral LP
Mount Eerie - Distorted Cymbals 7"
A Place To Bury Strangers - Onwards To The Wall CD EP & 12"
We Are The Works In Progress - V/A LP (Japan benefit LP featuring DEERHUNTER, FOUR TET, LIARS, BROADCAST & more!)
Caretaker - Paitence (After Sebald) LP
Wendy Rene - After Laughter Comes Tears: Complete Stax & Volt singles & rarities LP
The Twilight Sad - No One Can Ever Know CD & LP
Big Pink - Future This LP
Cocteau Twins - Stars & Topsoil: A Collection 82-90 LP
Fucked Up - Year Of The Tiger 12"
Lindstrom - Six Cups of Rebel CD & LP
Of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks CD & LP
Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe LP reissue
Swell Maps - A Trip To Marineville LP reissue
Joker - On My Mind 12"
Gotan Project - La Revancha Del Tango LP
Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral LP
Mount Eerie - Distorted Cymbals 7"
Saturday, February 4
For the love of Harry Nilsson - La Blogothèque
For the love of Harry Nilsson - La Blogothèque
A wonderful reflection on Nilsson's life and peculiar musical choices. A singular bloke whose like we shall never again witness.
Through his concessions to the normalcy of existence, with what that implies of dispersion and triviality, Harry Nilsson no doubt lost sight of the sublime pop star career his extraordinary talent as a singer predestined him for; but was granted in exchange the unshakeable love of his kith and kin, and the surprising tendency of his audience to see him not just as a musician, but also as a friend. Pointing to the fact that perhaps, when it comes to artists, we love them all the more for their reluctance to believe that Art trumps all.Read the rest of the post here at La Blogothèque.
Friday, February 3
Neil Young Meets The Bitter Tears
Neil's got a cool new video on his website while he and Crazy Horse rock out. At least some of it is "Cortez The Killer". You can check it out here.
In response, the crazy geniuses of The Bitter Tears posted a video response positing Neil of ripping off their idea. Now, I don't know about that. The upload date it pretty recent and The Bitter Tears are known to turn a trip to the pharmacy into an art project. Best part is that you get to hear their cray song, "Hanukkah" in February.
All of this reminds me of Uncle Tupelo, who used to do a killer version of "Cortez" at the end of many of their live shows. I can't track that down for you, but here's the boys playing "Down by the River" in what looks like a high school gym in 1987.
Whaddya want for free? A biscuit?
In response, the crazy geniuses of The Bitter Tears posted a video response positing Neil of ripping off their idea. Now, I don't know about that. The upload date it pretty recent and The Bitter Tears are known to turn a trip to the pharmacy into an art project. Best part is that you get to hear their cray song, "Hanukkah" in February.
All of this reminds me of Uncle Tupelo, who used to do a killer version of "Cortez" at the end of many of their live shows. I can't track that down for you, but here's the boys playing "Down by the River" in what looks like a high school gym in 1987.
Whaddya want for free? A biscuit?
Matador Intended Play LP for $1.50!
I'm having trouble understanding why we haven't sold a billion of these... check out that track list!
1 THE YOUNG - Don't Hustle For Love*
2 KURT VILE - Life's A Beach
3 GIRLS - My Ma
4 CEREMONY - Hysteria*
5 TANLINES - Track TBA*
6 LEE RANALDO - Off The Wall*
7 FUCKED UP - Into The Light
8 ESBEN & THE WITCH - Hexagons II
9 PERFUME GENIUS - All Waters*
10 COLD CAVE - Confetti (radio edit)
11 STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS - Polvo*
* unreleased
There's a Malkmus song and it's called "Polvo," 'nuff said.
1 THE YOUNG - Don't Hustle For Love*
2 KURT VILE - Life's A Beach
3 GIRLS - My Ma
4 CEREMONY - Hysteria*
5 TANLINES - Track TBA*
6 LEE RANALDO - Off The Wall*
7 FUCKED UP - Into The Light
8 ESBEN & THE WITCH - Hexagons II
9 PERFUME GENIUS - All Waters*
10 COLD CAVE - Confetti (radio edit)
11 STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS - Polvo*
* unreleased
There's a Malkmus song and it's called "Polvo," 'nuff said.
Thursday, February 2
Willis Earl Beal on SPIN's 5 Artists To Watch!
Chicagoan, Willis Earl Beal is featured on SPIN's 5 Artists To Watch in 2012! SPIN, we may have our differences sometimes, but you're pretty much dead on with this one. Bleached is on there too, along with some other people with funny names, like Flatbush Zombies!
You can learn a little more about Willis here, here, or here:
via Pop'stache
You can learn a little more about Willis here, here, or here:
via Pop'stache
Wednesday, February 1
Ltd. Ed. Yellowlion/saki shirts!
Woah, check out that shirt, eh! If you want one, we'll be selling them for $10 starting Friday for the official opening of Roots: Original Hand Screen Printed Art by Yellowlion at saki!We only had a very limited number of shirts made and when they're gone, they're gone! Come get yours this Friday!
We'll also throw in a special deal on the shirt if you buy some artwork as well...
Black Bananas on Pitchfork (7.8!), Todd Terje on NPR (Song of the Day) and the BEST WORST CHURCH SINGER...EVER.
Oh Lordy! It's Wednesday. What would Jesus do on a Wednesday? I'm sure he'd check a few websites first thing in the morning (assuming he will have assimilated to "modern times", that is)....and today he'd find a triple-dose of awesomeness ~
Who said that on the 7th day, he rested? I propose that on that day, he kicked back a cold one and dropped the needle on the new platter from BLACK BANANAS - the new/old vehicle of Jennifer Herrema (she, of Royal Trux and RTX fame). Pitchfork speaks the gospel truth - they awarded Rad Times Xpress IV LP/CD with a 7.8 review today. Lord bless us one and all ~
"The album doesn't so much begin as burst its dam, with opener 'It's Cool' arriving in such a thick surge of wah-wahed guitars and phased-out synths, it takes you a minute to realize the song actually adheres to standard blues structure....Twenty-four years into her musical career and still busting skulls, Jennifer Herrema is not about to let a little rumination on mortality get in the way of a rad time."
After washing down that incredible tid-bit, he'd check out NPR's song of the day (but I doubt he donates during pledge drives) called "Inspector Noise" from TODD TERJE - DJ extraordinare - who's It's The Arps 12" was released in mid January ~
"'Inspector Norse' starts with a cosmic whoosh before settling into a hopping little disco groove."
Amen, brothers, sisters, children, cats, dogs....AMEN.
After the calvalcade of information to his brain, our lord would likely try to relax by watching a YouTube video of some one singing an ode...well, to him. He's the lord. Sure he's vain, but hey, wouldn't you be?
Affter watching, he'd cry. Relentlessly.
"'Inspector Norse' starts with a cosmic whoosh before settling into a hopping little disco groove."
Amen, brothers, sisters, children, cats, dogs....AMEN.
After the calvalcade of information to his brain, our lord would likely try to relax by watching a YouTube video of some one singing an ode...well, to him. He's the lord. Sure he's vain, but hey, wouldn't you be?
Affter watching, he'd cry. Relentlessly.
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