Lewis and Clarke have been a great new find for us. The same goes for Caroline Weeks. We've written on both in the past, and now they will join each other on a tour this summer from late July to mid-August. What this bill may lack in sheer rock force, it makes up for in sweeping folk beauty. Yet, we must be clear, neither of these acts come anywhere near adjectives like 'precious' or 'twee.' These are hard hitting musicians with serious writing talent. Lewis and Clarke have toured with Bat For Lashes and Caroline Weeks used to be IN Bat for Lashes, so if you need a common reference point - there you go. See after the jump for tour dates...
LEWIS & CLARKE AND CAROLINE WEEKS
07/24/09 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church (chapel) #
07/26/09 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool #
07/27/09 - Boston, MA - Middle East #
07/28/09 - Portland, ME - Space #
07/29/09 - Hamden, CT - The Space #
07/30/09 - East Stroudsburg, PA - McMunn Planetarium
07/31/09 - Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks #
08/01/09 - Chicago, IL - Hotti Biscotti $
08/03/09 - Milwaukee, WI- Sugar Maple #
08/04/09 - Iowa City, IA - Public Space One #%
# w/ Corridor
% w/ Caleb Engstrom
$ w/ Mako Sica
CAROLINE WEEKS ONLY
08/09/09 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
08/11/09 - San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern
08/13/09 - Portland, OR - Holocene
08/14/09 - Seattle, WA - Jewel Box Theater
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Lewis & Clarke
[mp3]Honestly, aside from them contributing to our best of list last year, we had sort of forgotten about Lou Rogal & Co... Lewis & Clarke. Yes, the puns and funny jokes can easily be made about oh, well, everything having to do with traversing prairies. BUT, their great 2006 record Bare Bones and Branches featured a shambling Americana filled with nostalgic melodies and soft folk-tinged vocals, and should not have been forgotten about. For their upcoming tour with Bat for Lashes, Lewis & Clarke are releasing a new limited edition vinyl EP entitled Light Time, which includes a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel #2", one of (my) all-time favorite songs. The mp3 above is quite fitting for what seems to be a gray day across the East Coast, but no matter your mood, there is no denying its pervasive loveliness. It reminds us a bit of those excellent Yo La Tengo tracks culled from the Old Joy soundtrack: delicate and melodic, yet undeniably melancholy. See their tour dates and EP cover art, where? After the jump - of course.
LEWIS & CLARKE
4-18 09 - Stroudsburg, PA - Main Street Juke Box w/ Strand of Oaks
4-25-09 - Toronto, ON - The Mod Club w/ Bat For Lashes
4-27-09 - Boston, MA - Paradise w/ Bat For Lashes
4-28-09 - Kittery ME - BUOY
4-30-09 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom w/ Bat For Lashes
5-01-09 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church w/ Bat For Lashes
5-02-09 - Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Music Hall w/ Bat For Lashes
Lewis & Clarke
Light Time 12" EP
pressing of 500 on colored vinyl
(La Société Expéditionnaire)
Street date: May 12, 2009
1. Petrified Forest
2. Light Time
3. Dead and Gone
4. Chelsea Hotel # 2 (Leonard Cohen)
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Lewis and Clarke
1.Matt Bauer - The Island Moved In The Storm
This record captures a moment that is fragile and dark like a poisonous dragonfly wing, and weaves a narrative like a surgeon with a cotton loom. An excellent balance of sound and texture; precise, yet rustic.
2.Soltero - You're No Dream
Witty, wry, romantic and true, this is a loner's album who is through with being a loner. "Prick on the Prowl" sums it all up. Plus, Soltero huge in France, and they know a thing or to about aloofness.
3.Cat Power - Jukebox
An exercise in blue tone and the low gear-groove. Her finest hour frozen in timelessness, and with an A+ band, to boot. Her version of The Highwaymen's "Silver Stallion" is the stripped-down high point.
4.Icy Demons - Miami Ice
This is a band that is ingenious, playful and compositionally colorful, and Miami Ice takes a trip through diamond shaped Sun Ra astral projections without a single sitar drone.
5.Deertick - War Elephant
Having versions of these songs on demo cdrs, it has been a pleasure to listen to the evolution. These are growers, and with more hooks than a pirate arm-wrestling convention. When heart worn songs like these come from such a young man, you can't help but realize they are being channelled through him by the greats.
6.Windy & Carl - Songs for the Broken Hearted
A powerful undertow of subtle mood, the simultaneous wash of longing and contentment. It makes doing the dishes a cinematic experience.
7. Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom
Julie Doiron's voice on this album balances out how weird this guy makes me feel when I listen to his music. I like that. He's prolific and strikes a sweet spot just left of the bull's eye.
8.Castanets - City of Refuge
Dark, haunting, comforting. This is the late night desert music, or early morning alone record. Perfect balance of abstraction and technique, and a voice that rings truth, that lonely can be ok when the scrape of skin against strings is your only company.
9.Rio en Medio - Frontier
She's challenging the folk genre with layers of minimalist collage. Superb yet subtle instrumentation and the sweetness of angelic vocals is balanced by unexpected melodies and interesting electronic bits.
10. Nico Muhly- Mother Tongue
10. Nico Muhly- Mother Tongue
This record makes driving in NYC feel like Phillip Glass' Koyaanisqatsi on morphine; slow, whimsical and playful. A contemporary soundtrack , an urban experience of incidentals.
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