by Patrick There’s nothing quite like the energy a video can obtain by gathering together a group of magnificent musicians to record a song (just look at “We Are The World”). The Morning Benders has just this in mind when they recruited a group of local San Fran friends to help out on the opening [...]
John Vanderslice.
That’s who We Are The Willows reminds me of. John Vanderslice. I’m specifically talking Cellar Door-era John Vanderslice (download They Won’t Let Me Run and Pale Horse for a sampling). And I’m talking specifically “Yellow Dress” and “A Funeral Dressed as a Birthday” (stream both here). Diehards on both sides of the aisle will cry [...]
John Vanderslice Limited Edition 7″
Dead Oceans just announced that John Vanderslice will be releasing a limited edition 7″ single to the Romanian Names track “Too Much Time” on October 6th. The single will feature the track “Too Much Time”, obviously, as well as b-side “Moon Rocks”. This is definitely an item that any true JV fan should posses. Those [...]
John Vanderslice w/ Majik*Majik Orchestra
Last month Dead Oceans released the first video of John Vanderslice performing “Too Much Time” off of his latest release Romanian Names with the Majik*Majik Orchestra at the San Fransisco Conservatory.Today they released a second video of “Forest Knolls” which is one of the better songs on the album. And as an added bonus head [...]
Amazon’s Indie Cred
Amazon is pushing the indie market pretty hard these days. First they came out with their top 100 indie bands of all time and the proverbial feces hit the fan. Now they have 50 editor picked albums that are on sale for $5.00 digital download and let me tell you there are some great indie [...]
Some of my favorite John Vanderslice tracks…
…are Pale Horse, They Won’t Let Me Run, or pretty much anything from his Cellar Door LP. The track “White Plains” is easily one of my top 25 favorite tracks of all time. …a cover of Radiohead’s “Karma Police,” from Stereogum Presents…OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer. While you’re there, check out Vampire Weekend’s cover [...]
John Vanderslice – Romanian Names Stream
John Vanderslice has released an album almost every year for the past 10 years and is not going to let 2009 slip by unnoticed. In one week the new album, Romanian Names, will be released on Dead Ocean Records. Don’t want to wait a week? Who does? Well then, jump over to NPR and you [...]
Who will be the best band of the decade?
Go there. You know you want to. And while you’re thinking about it, may we suggest…?
John Vanderslice for U.N. Secretary General
A recent tMiM search for “John Vanderslice” came up empty. This. will. not. do. We have now mentioned John Vanderslice. And now that we have mentioned John Vanderslice, we recommend that you dig up his music and become acquainted. His finest track is “White Plains” from the Cellar Door LP. If you can (legally) find [...]
