Saintseneca
September 1, 2012
Kobo
(I realize that was a couple weeks ago…)
Fargo, North Dakota-based Secret Cities will play their first show in Columbus tonight at Ace of Cups. This band made my “Favorites of 2011” list with last year’s Strange Hearts (Western Vinyl) and I’ve very much looked forward to seeing them ever since. Earlier this year, they made The Boston Phoenix’s “50 Bands 50 States” list of best new bands in America (placed right next to Columbus’s own Saintseneca).
Also on the bill are Strange Tribe and locals Room & Board. Doors are at 9.
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Tagged Ace of Cups, Room & Board, Saintseneca, Secret Cities, Strange Tribes, Western Vinyl
Saintseneca, Time & Temperature, Dolfish, Blake Skidmore
Kobo
May 9, 2012
Kobo 2nd Anniversary Night 2
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MP3: Triangle Piece – Johnny (Single Version)
So a few weeks ago, Glenn Davis (1/4 of Way Yes and 100% of Triangle Piece) sent me his new album, The Man I Love. Being a fan of the music he makes, I was intrigued before the first listen and it has since become a breath of fresh air peeking through the infinite amount of indie bullshit right now.
I sat down and interviewed Glenn via the interweb (thank goodness for technology) and he told me how Triangle Piece came about. The Man I Love can be downloaded starting today here (name your price).
So you ARE Triangle Piece, correct?
Yes is the answer to your first question.
Is this your first full release?
Yes. Well… it’s not the first I started, but it’s the first I’ve finished. I have another one that I have been working on very slowly and this was an attempt to make an album in a more immediate way because the other way was taking so long. I made The Man I Love in two weeks.
What are we calling this collection of jams? Other than The Man I Love.
I call it an album. It’s sort of a mixtape, or a beat tape but I don’t really understand the difference because I feel like I know what to expect if a rapper puts out a mix tape… a release of tracks that aren’t album material. This is not that, but it’s sort of a beat tape. I don’t know, I’m not trying to get people to hire me to make beats for them or to get people to rap over these, so it’s not really that either. So I just call it an album.
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Posted in Columbus, Interviews, Music
Tagged Duran Duran, Glenn Davis, J. Dilla, Lefse, MacGyver, Method Man, Monster Rally, Remix, Sade, Saintseneca, Steve Carrell, The Office, Threat Level Midnight, Triangle Piece, Way Yes
Courtesy IfYouMakeIt.
One of my favorite Columbus albums from last year, Saintseneca’s Last is available on Mama Bird Recording Co. (Saintseneca Daytrotter session on the way soon, too.) You can catch the band at Skully’s on March 10 with Loyal Divide and Way Yes.
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This year’s list of favorites is fairly sedate (even for me), with just a little ruckus here and there. Lots of morning-coffee music, which I guess says something about my 2011. But music’s strength is its pliability. It can be whatever you need it to be at the moment, especially when we have instant access to virtually any song ever recorded, often for free. Judging by this list, I needed music to be a salve more than a release valve this year.
I also never expected my favorite album to come from someone who held the spot previously, but the iTunes “most played” playlist doesn’t lie. It’s a divisive one, but people who like it really like it.
I picked 15 favorites and several honorable mentions, plus a Favorite Columbus Albums list below — separate but equal in enjoyment and quality. As usual, I limit my lists to albums, so some EPs and 7”s I liked (e.g. Envelope, Sundown, Malefactors of Great Wealth, Dolfish) aren’t listed.
That is all.
MP3: Grand Champion Steer
As Chip said about Wussy’s Chuck Cleaver, “One wouldn’t expect the heavily tattooed Cincinnati songwriter to produce his best collection of songs this late in his already highly-prolific career, but that’s exactly what he’s done.”
14. TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light
TV On The Radio – “Will Do” by Interscope Records
13. The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
MP3: Come to the City
Tom Waits – Bad As Me by antirecords
I’ve never been a Tom Waits fanboy, but this record grabbed me and didn’t let go. Continue reading
Posted in 2011 Favorites, Columbus, MP3
Tagged AA Bondy, Bicentennial Bear, Bill Callahan, Black Swans, blueprint, Bon Iver, Centro-Matic, Crooked Fingers, David Bazan, Fleet Foxes, Gillian Welch, Kurt Vile, lydia loveless, Psandwich, Psychedelic Horseshit, Saintseneca, Southeast Engine, The Lindsay, The Regionals, Times New Viking, Tom Waits, TV on the Radio, Wussy, Youth Lagoon
This past Saturday Woodland’s Tavern in Grandview and PBR hosted the Megacity Music Marathon. This event was held with over 30 bands on 3 stages which I’m sure one of my donewaiting comrades will elaborate on.
These photos include Flotation Walls, Swimsuit Edition, TK Webb, Kyle Sowashes, Andrew Graham, Nick Tolford, You’re so Bossy, Bird & Flower, Chris McCoy, The Bygones, Tin Armor, The Lindsay, Saintseneca, Tree of Snakes and Bigfoot.
Posted in Columbus, Music Festivals, Photos
Tagged Andrew Graham, Bigfoot, Bird and Flower, Chris McCoy, Flotation Walls, Kyle Sowashes, Megacity Music Marathon, Nick Tolford and Co., Saintseneca, Sean Beal, Swimsuit Edition, The Bygones, The Lindsay, Tin Armor, tk webb, Tree of Snakes, Woodlands Tavern, You're So Bossy
While there have been plenty of bands under the umbrella of folk doing well on the global level as of late, there seems to be one recurring problem I have with many of them: a lack of sincerity. Any band can stomp rhythmically on the ground, throw some forlorn rhetoric into their lyrics or integrate a menagerie of instrumentation into an album, but few can do it with the sincere gusto of Saintseneca.
Though the four-piece have been playing house shows for four years, they only just released their first full-length album, ironically entitled Last, on August 16th. Since the first listen, Last has definitely been played more than anything in my iTunes library. Some tracks proved to be particularly nostalgic for me in missing the lovely aspects of Ohio (“Last,” “Shipwrecked,” “Missing Dogs”), while others illuminate the faith I’ve always had in Columbus’s local music scene (“Acid Rain,” “Beasts,” “The Worst Days”).
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It is indeed that time of year. Well, yes, it is late December aka Christmas/New Years time. However, when most people are trimming trees, dusting off their John Denver and the Muppets Christmas albums and throwing back some egg nog, music addicts/geeks alike are perusing every “Best of 2010” list they can find on the world wide web. That being said…
Two-thousand and ten was quite a whirlwind year for me. I became part of this brilliant music blog, had a crash course in promoting shows and met some pretty special people along the way. It’s safe to say the music released this year all served as an applicable soundtrack as it felt like new albums came out faster than I could digest them.
If you’ve read most of my posts, it’s apparent that I enjoy reporting on international acts that I feel deserve American attention (and also since the rest of the Donewaiting staff do such a stellar job of keeping up on everything).
On top of national and international releases, Columbus’s scene has also kept quite busy this year. Without further ado, here’s my 2010 list:
1. Efterklang, Magic Chairs
Watch: Modern Drift
Reasons why Denmark rules: 1. Efterklang 2.Christiania 3. Legoland
2. Finders Keepers Compilation – Pomegranates
MP3:Zia: “Helelyos”
Who can resist some 60’s Persian Pop/Funk/Psych?
3. Cate Le Bon, Me Oh My
Watch: Shoeing the Bones
Honestly didn’t know much about Cate before interviewing her earlier this year, now I can’t stop listening to her. (Oh, and this video is really wonderfully weird.) Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Favorites, Columbus, MP3, Music
Tagged Andrew Graham and Swarming Branch, Beach House, cate le bon, Efterklang, Finders Keepers Records, Joanna Newsom, Jonsi, Male Bonding, Nick Tolford & Company, Old Hundred, Phantods, Saintseneca, The Alwood Sisters, The Black Keys, The Black Swans, The Morning Benders, The Super Desserts, Time and Temperature, Way Yes, Wild Nothing
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