Grand Lake - "In The Mouth Of A Desert" (Pavement cover) from Echolocale on Vimeo.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
New Jameson Swanagon LP 'Desolation Happiness'
A month after we recorded our Blood Sea Dream LP, our guitarist, Jameson Swanagon, got to work on his debut solo LP 'Desolation Happiness'. Swanagon's efforts -- gorgeous and intricate steel-string, finger picked guitar pieces that fall somewhere between the playfulness of Satie and the sincerity of Fahey -- are now available in digital and physical form at his website, and over at his bandcamp page.
According to an early assessment from the folks at the Bay Bridged,
Well said.
According to an early assessment from the folks at the Bay Bridged,
"The tracks on Desolation Happiness (all instrumental) shift moods frequently, moving from melodic finger-picking to eerie avant-folk at the drop of a hat. The album successfully exposes Swanagon’s deftness with his craft, both as a performer and a composer."
Well said.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
p4k jacks our styleeeeeee
Are the editors over at Pitchfork ripping off our rip off?
Check out the photo shopped Pavement image we used for our cover of in the Mouth of a Desert, then check out their version for a recent post about Malkmus and co. appearing on 'Ace of Cakes'.
Ours:
Theirs:
What do you think?
Check out the photo shopped Pavement image we used for our cover of in the Mouth of a Desert, then check out their version for a recent post about Malkmus and co. appearing on 'Ace of Cakes'.
Ours:
Theirs:
What do you think?
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Where have you been, my blue eyed son?
HELLO from sunny Cayucos, CA.
You may of heard, but now hear it officially, Grand Lake had to cancel some tour dates. While this was sad, it was quite necessary - to be quite honest, we had some stuff fall through, and we had some money troubles. Happens to the best of us - does it happen to the worst of us?
Anyway -
We are taking a bit of a break, but we have some VERY EXCITING dates to announce!
on November 4 we'll be opening up for the estimable ROGUE WAVE at the completely beautiful GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL in the always enchanting city of SAN FRANCISCO. This is brought to you by the intriguingly corporate fellows at VERIZON WIRELESS who have magically made this show FREE. all you have to do is follow this link - and they'll explain the rest. It should be noted that the sumptuous SEA OF BEES will also be performing - amazing!SEE YOU THERE! GO GIANTS!
here are the rest of our dates for November:
11/11 - Steyberg Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
11/12 - Luigi's Fungarden (spelling?), Sacramento, CA w/ SEA OF BEES
11/17 - Cafe Van Kleef, Oakland, CA w/ RACHEL FANNING (formerly of SLEEPY SUN)
11/19 - The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, CA w/ BIRDHOUSE and MATADOR (CYH Presents)
11/22 - Silverlake Lounge, Los Angeles, CA w/ CHASING KINGS
It should here be noted that these shows will all be kind of stripped-down and acoustic-ish - emphasis on 'ish'.
It should also be noted the 11/22 is Caleb's birthday - so you should go to that show and buy him a drinky drink.
In other news: our record 'Blood Sea Dream' is now available EVERYWHERE records are sold. If you haven't picked it up, you can now order the CD or Vinyl version at your favorite (preferably independent) record shop. PLEASE DO!
Now, here are a few photos from this crazy thing that happened last week in San Luis Obispo. It wasn't quite a Port O'Brien reunion (there was no Cambria, which was sad) but it was almost that, and certainly fun.
VAN'S SPACE RIDE:
photos from the facebook of Ms. Khristian Barnhart.
You may of heard, but now hear it officially, Grand Lake had to cancel some tour dates. While this was sad, it was quite necessary - to be quite honest, we had some stuff fall through, and we had some money troubles. Happens to the best of us - does it happen to the worst of us?
Anyway -
We are taking a bit of a break, but we have some VERY EXCITING dates to announce!
on November 4 we'll be opening up for the estimable ROGUE WAVE at the completely beautiful GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL in the always enchanting city of SAN FRANCISCO. This is brought to you by the intriguingly corporate fellows at VERIZON WIRELESS who have magically made this show FREE. all you have to do is follow this link - and they'll explain the rest. It should be noted that the sumptuous SEA OF BEES will also be performing - amazing!SEE YOU THERE! GO GIANTS!
here are the rest of our dates for November:
11/11 - Steyberg Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
11/12 - Luigi's Fungarden (spelling?), Sacramento, CA w/ SEA OF BEES
11/17 - Cafe Van Kleef, Oakland, CA w/ RACHEL FANNING (formerly of SLEEPY SUN)
11/19 - The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, CA w/ BIRDHOUSE and MATADOR (CYH Presents)
11/22 - Silverlake Lounge, Los Angeles, CA w/ CHASING KINGS
It should here be noted that these shows will all be kind of stripped-down and acoustic-ish - emphasis on 'ish'.
It should also be noted the 11/22 is Caleb's birthday - so you should go to that show and buy him a drinky drink.
In other news: our record 'Blood Sea Dream' is now available EVERYWHERE records are sold. If you haven't picked it up, you can now order the CD or Vinyl version at your favorite (preferably independent) record shop. PLEASE DO!
Now, here are a few photos from this crazy thing that happened last week in San Luis Obispo. It wasn't quite a Port O'Brien reunion (there was no Cambria, which was sad) but it was almost that, and certainly fun.
VAN'S SPACE RIDE:
photos from the facebook of Ms. Khristian Barnhart.Thursday, October 14, 2010
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