Animal Collective’s Merriweather listening party in NYC

Just got final word about the time and place you can check out the new Animal Collective album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, in its full in a little under a week from now.

Here’s the details, make sure to RSVP today/soon if you’re in NYC and plan on making it out:

Edvard

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Davy Graham

Allow me to alienate myself for a moment here and say that while I love Davy Graham’s first album, The Guitar Player, I always thought that the sound was slightly overproduced in comparison to his first three cuts on his first EP 3/4 AD and a rare BBC outtake where you get to see him in his more raw and natural element.  Sometimes I think the only proper way to hear him in album form is on “After Hours,” a performance recorded after a gig at the University of Hull in 1967, with a hand-held mic in a student bedroom at 1am with a bunch of drunk students in the background. If this is your first experience with Graham’s music I think this is the perfect place to start. I’ll try and get some of the After Hours songs up soon but for now you can hear the newly remastered version streaming for free on his website.

I think the difference between the E.P.’s earlier sound and his first album is well evidenced by his two versions of Anji-his most famous song- that was somewhat popularized by Bert Jansch and more so by Jimmy Page obsessing over it. Regardless the first take of it to me sounds more full and the 2nd sounds a bit hollow to my ears. Both are fantastic though…

Davy Graham – Angi (From 3/4 AD)

Davy Graham – Anji (From The Guitar Player)

Stunning live video of Davy Graham in 1959 appearing on a BBC special about the rise of Folk guitar in Britain playing “Cry me a river”

Edvard

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Diane Cluck: West Coast Dates

Upcoming Shows ( view all )

Oct 24 2008 8:00P Luigi’s Fun-garden with Chelsea Wolfe and Sister Crayon Sacramento ( Midtown ), California Oct 25 2008 4:00P El Rio with Garrett Pierce, Dame Satan and Last Of The Blacksmiths San Francisco, California Oct 26 2008 8:00P Primary Concepts with Garrett Pierce Davis, California Oct 27 2008 8:00P Chief Crazy Horse Saloon with Garrett Pierce Nevada City, California Oct 28 2008 6:30P Das Gast Haus, with John Ludington,,, Arcata, California Oct 29 2008 7:30P mountain, cleared space, trees, shelter,,,with Malcolm Rollick and others,,, Portland, Oregon Oct 30 2008 7:00P Hall of the Woods with KnotPineBox, Tapestry, Malcolm Rollick and Polka Dot Dot Olympia, Washington Oct 31 2008 8:00P the Department of Safety with KnotPineBox ( actual door time TBA ) Anacortes, Washington Nov 1 2008 8:00P Gallery 1412 with KnotPineBox Seattle, Washington

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-kevin-

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