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The Double Headed Seagulls II: Piano, to be released on August 7th, 2012

When you savor your favorite record from start to finish, time disappears. It’s no secret that us musicphiles fill our living rooms bursting with the music we love just so we can have that, over and over again. Although sometimes it’s easiest to grab only one track of an artist, it’s the sound of a sequence of songs that makes time disappear. We know it, and that’s why we’re snobs about music.

The most immediate benefit of listening to The Double Headed Seagulls’s record Piano is that each song builds a memory that takes a long time to disperse; the memory lasts a good minute into the next song. The transition between the songs is even more important than music itself. In music parlance, it’s the notes off the page that matter. This record is really meant to savored from one song to the next.

If you’re a dork about music, you’ll enjoy this challenging take on minimalism and trance, and it can be your on August 7th, 2012. If you’d like to be lazy and have info on Piano delivered to you, sign up to my email newsletter.

Here’s the track listing, in typical Double Headed Seagulls style:

  1. 01
  2. 02
  3. 03
  4. 04
  5. 05
  6. 06
  7. 07
  8. 08
  9. 09
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

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SAGA! by The Sidekick, Rereleased for Download

SAGA! …the story of a boy and his computer, was originally released in 2004.  Mr. Sidekick finally figured it was in his best interests to let his music be rereleased (it took some convincing). Upon being asked about the reissue: 

Wait, you? Seriousy? I mean, wha? Why? Youre a freaking loser and I don’t know why were even talking, poop-head. 

OH WELL, GO AHEAD LOSER-FACE, SEE IF I CARE. 

Okay then, green light. If you are looking for light-hearted, fun, naive electronic music, look no further.

Wil Dalton Collaborations

Wil Dalton and I both did work as Americorps volunteers back from when I first moved to Austin. Wil is an interesting guy, a fabulous writer, and a hilarious performer. I clearly remember how much fun we had producing four of his songs. My absolute favorite song to do was I Got A Gun.

<a href=“http://wildalton.bandcamp.com/track/i-got-a-gun” data-mce-href=“http://wildalton.bandcamp.com/track/i-got-a-gun”>I Got A Gun by Wil Dalton, Dave Wirth</a>

If you are interested, check Wil’s music out here: wildalton.bandcamp.com

To Be Released April 3rd: Aggression — The Shikes

Aggression, from The Shikes, is a petite collection of three songs that took roughly six years to find the light of day. This short album will be released on April 3rd, 2012, from this website only.

Options for downloading are:

  • 192 kbps Download for $3
  • Lossless Download (wav or aif format) for $6

Here’s the tracklisting:

  1. it’s gone a spring song
  2. sit, think, make, say, do
  3. trouble in the height of spring

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The beautiful cover for Aggression was created by David Hobizal. The Shikes also have a colorful website that’s worth 30 seconds of your time. My suggestion is to repeately hit the word “Colorize.” Many thanks to my good friend Mike Strosaker for helping me out with the site.

Sweet Lee Morrow set to release full length on Good Records

**update, 2-14-12**

I was indeed lucky enough to record Jesse Hester’s new record, but I was mistaken on the distribution. Good Records will be releasing Good To Be Glad, amongst others, on their singles label:

http://www.goodrecordsrecordings.com

Three years ago, I was lucky enough to produce Jesse Hester’s new record. Now, it’s going to be available at Good Records, of Polyphonic Spree fame. Sweet.