May
#RuralFreeDelivery @cosmonautvacation @cosmovacation #southernindie (at Oakfield, GA)
May
ATHENS PROVISIONS: No. 603 East Avalon, Vol. 5: A Conversation with William Bell
A couple weeks ago, Payton Bradford talked with William Bell on the phone about his experiences as a writer and recording artist with Stax and Mercury Records and his thoughts on soul music today. For those who are unfamiliar, William’s debut album The Soul of A Bell is an absolutely…
May
Great Peacock upcoming dates -
May 23rd - 10 High Atlanta -Atlanta, GA w/ Blue Blood and The Party Dolls
May 24th - Green Room - Athens, GA
May 25th - Standard Deluxe - Waverly, AL
May 26th - Callaghan’s Irish Social Club - Mobile, AL
May 28th - The 5 Spot - Nashville, TN
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May
Perfect for Right Now: Lambchop - Live at XX Merge
The sun is out. The doors are open. The dog is running around the yard. This record is blasting. Arm hair is standing on end. Live at XX Merge is quite possibly the greatest set of live music ever recorded. Perfect for right now.
May
We’ll be releasing Teen Getaway (Birmingham, AL) - Hits and Missives in the very near future. Street date announcement coming soon!
Teen Getaway is -
James P. Fahy
Spencer C. Shoults
Janet E. Simpson
L. Andrew Sizemore
Apr
TIAM co-head Corey Flegel dishes (rambles) on about Dana Swimmer on the latest Five Gallon Podcast.
Listen here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-160-cosmic-constitution/id391319038?i=155178426&mt=2
listen.buy.dl VELOCE
Apr
Southern Makers — this amazing Alabama event is going down next Saturday in Montgomery, Alabama that involves so many talented friends and some of our favorite and unique Alabama based companies.
The Pollies are even dipping in to play it…
Details here: http://southernmakers.com/
#SouthernIndie
photo credit: doc dailey
Apr
el cantador…in a van playing “empty carz”.
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Apr
![Cosmonaut on Vacation - Let the Moment Land
Cosmonaut on Vacation is space-pop a.k.a echo-ey and melodic rock-and-roll played loud and proud. Full stop.
So here’s the deal: this record is gonna sound a little different. Like the Dorado record earlier this year (and perhaps another record or two to come), this one is born from the wildly inventive, collaborative world of the Birmingham (yes, Alabama) Indie rock scene. In May 2011, Greg Slamen, formerly of Through the Sparks and Stateside, decided to start his own band and his own brand of spaced-out, psychedelic rock and roll. Influenced by the whimsy of the Kinks, attitude of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the swagger of Oasis and the melodic arrangements of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, Slamen twisted seemingly simple chords into songs that ring fresh and inspired. He’s not trying to reinvent the wheel. He just wants to drive the goddamn thing until they fall off.
Like his Through The Sparks brethren, Slamen can be a studio rat. “I love recording, even if it’s stressful at times. I recorded a few tracks at [Les] Nuby’s (Vulture Whale) Ol’ Elegante [studio] and a few more at Jody Nelson’s (Through The Sparks / Dorado) Alamalibu, and a couple of the tracks — those electronic numbers — I did those on my laptop. [The recording process] was the fun part for sure. It’s the mixing and mastering that was excruciatingly but necessarily tedious.”
“Les Nuby was very supportive from the beginning when I told him about this idea that I wanted to make a solo record (of sorts!). He’s been a sounding board and encouraging voice throughout the process of getting this record together— everything from advice on the demos, to engineering some of the songs, to giving me feedback on the masters when I was done with the record. The same is true of Jody Nelson. And I should mention Shawn Avery. He’s got the ears and some wild ideas about production. He definitely had some influence on the way this thing sounded.” Slamen found inspiration in the feedback, and, as he puts it, “ decided to take my record a bit more seriously after that. Like pizza boxes, empty beer bottles, and lots of standing around in my underwear mixing and doing retakes instead of sleeping and spending time with friends and family. “
This attention gave forth a bizarre, crunchy, spacey throwback of a record – an album from the time when albums mattered. The sounds of a strange journey, as one might imagine if a mission-weary 1980s Cosmonaut took a much needed vacation in a Adriatic beach town. Come along – it is going to be fun.
buy - stream - download + cd = Shop Indie
<a href=”http://cosmonautonvacation.bandcamp.com/album/let-the-moment-land” data-mce-href=”http://cosmonautonvacation.bandcamp.com/album/let-the-moment-land”>Let the Moment Land by Cosmonaut On Vacation</a>](http://25.media.tumblr.com/a02f6a101e70bf9da00e9183cc916b72/tumblr_mlu72eHARC1r1w0lko1_500.jpg)
Cosmonaut on Vacation - Let the Moment Land
Cosmonaut on Vacation is space-pop a.k.a echo-ey and melodic rock-and-roll played loud and proud. Full stop.
So here’s the deal: this record is gonna sound a little different. Like the Dorado record earlier this year (and perhaps another record or two to come), this one is born from the wildly inventive, collaborative world of the Birmingham (yes, Alabama) Indie rock scene. In May 2011, Greg Slamen, formerly of Through the Sparks and Stateside, decided to start his own band and his own brand of spaced-out, psychedelic rock and roll. Influenced by the whimsy of the Kinks, attitude of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the swagger of Oasis and the melodic arrangements of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, Slamen twisted seemingly simple chords into songs that ring fresh and inspired. He’s not trying to reinvent the wheel. He just wants to drive the goddamn thing until they fall off.
Like his Through The Sparks brethren, Slamen can be a studio rat. “I love recording, even if it’s stressful at times. I recorded a few tracks at [Les] Nuby’s (Vulture Whale) Ol’ Elegante [studio] and a few more at Jody Nelson’s (Through The Sparks / Dorado) Alamalibu, and a couple of the tracks — those electronic numbers — I did those on my laptop. [The recording process] was the fun part for sure. It’s the mixing and mastering that was excruciatingly but necessarily tedious.”
“Les Nuby was very supportive from the beginning when I told him about this idea that I wanted to make a solo record (of sorts!). He’s been a sounding board and encouraging voice throughout the process of getting this record together— everything from advice on the demos, to engineering some of the songs, to giving me feedback on the masters when I was done with the record. The same is true of Jody Nelson. And I should mention Shawn Avery. He’s got the ears and some wild ideas about production. He definitely had some influence on the way this thing sounded.” Slamen found inspiration in the feedback, and, as he puts it, “ decided to take my record a bit more seriously after that. Like pizza boxes, empty beer bottles, and lots of standing around in my underwear mixing and doing retakes instead of sleeping and spending time with friends and family. “
This attention gave forth a bizarre, crunchy, spacey throwback of a record – an album from the time when albums mattered. The sounds of a strange journey, as one might imagine if a mission-weary 1980s Cosmonaut took a much needed vacation in a Adriatic beach town. Come along – it is going to be fun.
buy - stream - download + cd = Shop Indie
Apr
get to know dana swimmer
Apr
BOHANNONS
SHARK WEEK
WATER LIARS
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JJ’S
CHATTANOOGA
Apr
We’re loading up the van for a 5-day jaunt to some of our neighboring states, and we’d love for you to come hang out if you’re in some of these places!
Wednesday, April 24: Columbus, GA @ The Loft
Thursday, April 25: Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl Center Stage (w/ Comrade Blue)
Friday, April 26: Ocean Springs, MS @ Government Street Grocery (w/ Hartle RoadSaturday, April 27: Mobile, AL @ The Blind Mule (w/ Chase Knighton)
And hell, if you happen to be in the Biloxi area on Friday night, stop by the Beau Rivage late-night for the official Pollies South Mississippi After-Party….
Apr
Cosmonaut on Vacation - LET THE MOMENT LAND - out today via This Is American Music.
buy on cd w/ download: http://vibedeck.com/thisisamericanmusic/products/let-the-moment-land-cddownload
Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-the-moment-land/id636999490
$5 / name your price download
Apr
those fine fellows in Water Liars (pictured above) are about to gang up with a few TIAM bands, close pals, and invade a few of our Deep South honey holes.
4/23 Athens, GA—Caledonia Lounge - Dana Swimmer, Duquette Johnston, Kvids
4/24 Atlanta, GA—Ten High - Dirty Hotel Sunshine / Duquette Johnston
4/25 Chattanooga, TN—JJ’s Bohemia - Bohannons /Shark Week
4/26 Opelika, AL—The Railyard - Duquette Johnston
4/27 Mobile, AL—Callaghan’s (aka: our favorite bar in the world)
While you’re at it, go check out their excellent latest record WYOMING via Big Legal Mess.
Apr
Cosmonaut on Vacation - Let the Moment Land arrives tomorrow - available everywhere - cds/downloads. This Is American Music.
tracklist:
1. Rundown at Sundown
2. Alright If We Fight
3. Dirty World
4. Float Song
5. The Little Things
6. We Could Use a High Horse
7. Hallo(w) Gallo(w)
8. Up to Me
9. Underneath The Sun
