Noisepop ‘07 * Album Leaf * Treeball

Nosiepop 2007 February 27-March 4th.

AUTOLUX @ The Independent on 3/2
BLACK ANGELS @ The Independent on 3/1
CLINIC @ The Independent on 3/3
EARLIMART @ The Independent on 3/3
FRENCH KICKS @ Slims on 2/29
GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY @ Mezzanine on 3/2
HELLA @ Bottom Of The Hill 2/28
JOHN VANDERSLICE @ The Independent 2/28
JOLIE HOLLAND @ The Fillmore 3/2
JOSH RITTER @ Swedish American Music Hall on 2/28
MACROMANTICS @ Bottom Of The Hill on 2/28
MIDLAKE @ Bottom Of The Hill on 3/4
POP LEVI @ Bottom Of The Hill on 2/28
RICHARD SWIFT @ CafÈ Du Nord 2/28
SEAWOLF @ The Independent on 3/3
SEBADOH (featuring the original lineup) @ GAMH on 2/28
SO MANY DYNAMOS @ Great American Music Hall on 3/3
TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS @ Great American Music Hal on 3/3
VIC CHESNUTT @ Swedish American on 3/2
WILL SHEFF @ Swedish American on 2/28

Album Leaf
I came across the Album Leaf because my friend Bob Peyton,an amazing D.P., needed help with his film reel. Bob had An Orchestrated Rise to Fall as one of the albums he considered using music to put on his reel. Immediately I fell into the album, and i feel that’s how you listen to The Album Leaf, by falling in. Minimal and haunting at times, Jimmy La Valle produces cinema for the ears. Bass, keyboards (specifically…a microKORG synthesizer, Pandora Personal Effects Processor, KP2 KAOSS Pad and KAOSS entrancer), drums, piano, sounds, some guitar and mood swings.  La Valle is the Album Leaf but he does have a full band for live shows which you will see if you watch this 10 minute documentary on youtube.

Album Leaf : Always for You
Album Leaf : Over the Pond
Album Leaf : On Your Way
words by FJP

Treeball
Treeball release their second
album of 2006, I Dream Of Eclectic Sheep. 10 new songs featuring
material written by Nick Triani, Astrid Swan, Janne Lehtinen &
Michael McDonald. The album is available as a free download below. All
10 tracks will be available for free and a copy of the cover for you to
print. Treeball is: Nick Triani, Astrid Swan, Aleksi Mnttri, JannePowder & Michael McDonald.

Treeball : Denial of the Fittest
Treeball : Favourite Enemy
Treeball : Could You Love Me Now?
Treeball : The Ghost Will Come
Treeball : Chess
Treeball : Soul to Heaven
Treeball : Sweet Murder (Song for Doug Yule)
Treeball : Ambulance
Treeball : Grace Falls
Treeball : What a Wise guy

Band of Horses and Dan’s List Part 2

I was browsing through Other Music and I luckily remembered about a song I had heard on KEXP’s “song of the day” podcast.  The song was called “The Great Salt Lake” from a band named, Band Of Horses. So I decided to pick up Everything All The Time for my own Xmas gift. The Band Of Horses is a clash of My Morning Jacket and the Stills.  Really.  Listen to them and you’ll hear the pop sensibility of the Stills and the southern rock/reverb sunk vocals of My Morning Jacket. Also, check out their website, it’s quite wonderful to look through, great photos and nice design/layout.  And the album… it’s solid. I’m looking forward to hearing more from these guys.

Band of Horses : Bass Song
Band of Horses : Funeral
Band of Horses : Dingle
Band of Horses : Wicked
words by Farhad

Dan’s list part 2 (or should I say, CD2?–I can’t believe I’m publishng a list with Justin Timberlake on it, but I’ve just lost control):

1. Cavalry ñ Delays (from the album You See Colours)
2. Itís Over ñ Milosh (from the album Meme)
3. Parentheses ñ The Blow (from the album Paper Television)
4. Donít Call Me Whitney, Bobby ñ Islands (from the album Return to the Sea)
5. My Love ñ Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. (from the album FutureSex/LoveSounds)
6. Young Folks ñ Peter Bjorn and John (from the album Writerís Block)
7. Woke Up New ñ The Mountain Goats (from the album Get Lonely)
8. The Orchids ñ Califone (from the album Roots & Crowns)
9. Crazy ñ Snoop Dogg (from the album the Blue Carpet Treatment)
10. Old Dan Tucker ñ Bruce Springsteen (from the album We Shall Overcome: the Seeger Sessions)
11. A Pillar of Salt ñ The Thermals (from the album The Body The Blood The Machine)
12. Dirty Money ñ Clipse (from the album Hell Hath No Fury)
13. Weíre From Barcelona ñ Iím From Barcelona (from the album Let Me Introduce My Friends)
14. London, London ñ Cibelle (from the album The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves)
15. I Like Giants ñ Kimya Dawson (from the album Remember That I Love You)
16. Goodbye ñ Asobi Seksu (from the album Citrus)
17. Light Pollution ñ Dirty on Purpose (from the album Hallelujah Sirens)
18. Boy From School ñ Hot Chip (from the album The Warming)
19. Mexican Blue ñ Jolie Holland (from the album Springtime Can Kill You)
20. Love Will Tear Us Apart ñ Susanna and the Magical Orchestra (from the album Melody Mountain)