Whales & Cops – Great Bouncing Icebergs
Whales and Cops - Great Bouncing Icebergs
Whales & Cops
Great Bouncing Icebergs – EP
2008 Cd, Mp3 Download (#2)
Adam Arcuragi: Soldiers for Feet
Adam Arcuragi - Soldiers for Feet
- Sin is Just an Old Archery Term
- The Old Sears and Roebuck Catalogue
- Go With Them
- The Belgian
- Almost Always
Adam Arcuragi: vocals, guitar, vocals
David Hartley: guitar, vocal, trumpet, vocals
Todd Starlin: trumpet, vocals
Brian Christinzio: organ, vocal
Maryanne Doman: dobro
Tom Bendel: percussion
Gretchen Lohse: violin, viola
Joshua Newman: electric guitar
Robbie Bennett: mandolele
Janka Perniss: violin
Nathan Lohse: cello
Engineered and produced by David Hartley
After the release and of his self-titled solo album and the ensuing tour, Adam Arcuragi began the arduous task of sorting through all the songs, sketches of songs, and half-songs that he wrote in the time since his debut was recorded in late 2005. The quality and quantity was quite astounding. Knowing that the path to realizing his second record in the grand manner it has been imagined, Arcuragi knew it would be a long path.
The five songs that make up the Soldiers for Feet were recorded during a
break from working on Arcuragi’s yet-untitled, soon-to-be-finished second proper album. Originally conceived as a home-recorded documentation of his new material, the sessions flourished into into a portrait of the artist in his most intimate situation — at home, playing and singing his songs, with his friends in tow. When you have friends in such great bands as BC Camplight, National Eye and War On Drugs, success was guaranteed. Arcuragi opens himself up with graceful charm; his new songs are bound to impress and recruit fans.
Illuminea: Tiny Little Things EP
Illuminea
Illuminea - Tiny Little Things
Illuminea - Tiny Little Things
Tiny Little Things EP
- Build Your Own (live)
- Then What (live)
- Homewrecker (live)
Recorded live in the waning days of 2007. All Songs by Illuminea. Audio recording by Marc Alan Goodman. Video recording by Demetrius Wren. Thanks to Nicholas Krill and Eric Hora.
Tracks 1 and 3 appear on the High Two release Out of Our Mouths.
Illuminea is Pete Angevine, Jen Appel, Minna Choi, Maura DiBernardinis, Marc Alan Goodman, Tim Nelson, Matt Stein
Watch the videos online at illuminea.blip.tv
Illuminea
Tiny Little Things EP
1. Build Your Own
Written by Marc Alan Goodman whilst enjoying dual residences in his 15 passenger van and Tim Nelson’s couch, “Build Your Own” has become a staple in the illuminea catalog. While the recorded version is supported by a throbbing sousaphone, limitless percussion overdub arrangements and immaculately in-tune acoustic guitar, live the song sheds some of its slow-jam sultriness and bristles with joyous romp, yet still including so many of the bells and whistles (literally) heard on the album.
2. Then What
Arranged together as seven people playing in a room, and as of yet having no studio version to speak of, this is the latest from the Jen Appel hit factory. From the disorienting if dancey rhythms of the introduction to the bombastic climax of the epic coda, this song shows perhaps a tougher and more complex, yet still inviting and interesting side of illuminea. This is the future.
3. Homewrecker
This gem of a summertime positivity jam was written by the inimitable Ms. Minna Choi. Delving deep into obscure and underground musical phenomena such as Beyonce, Stevie Wonder and Michel Jackson for inspiration, illuminea produced this booty-shaker for backyard BBQ blowouts. A rarity for this group, the live arrangement of this number is very similar to the recorded version, though this particular performance features the subtle yet textured Cowbell rhythms of Nicholas Krill. Let it in.
Make A Rising – Infinite Ellipse
Make A Rising - Infinite Ellispe...
Make A Rising
Infinite Ellipse and Head with Open Fontanel
2008 CD, Mp3 Download