Daniel Hart covers INXS with Beck, members of Os Mutantes and Liars

The Physics of Meaning's Daniel Hart was recently a part of Beck's ongoing Record Club project, in which various musicians meet to cover a whole album in a day. Beck invited Liars, Sergio Dias of Os Mutantes, and St. Vincent (which Daniel is also a member of) to cover INXS' Kick. Here's a video of one of the songs, "Guns in the Sky". Daniel is the dashing young man in the green shirt, playing violin and Rickenbacker.

While We Were Out: News Round Up!

After the whirlwind adventure of South By Southwest, we realized the rest of the world was still going on with out us, and a bunch of great articles were published! Here's a quick round up of Trekky related stuff from the last couple weeks:

• The News and Observer released their prestigious Great 8 feature, profiling the eight most exciting bands of 2010. We are thrilled that both Embarrassing Fruits and Lost in the Trees were selected. Check out the print edition for awesome huge photos!
• Our SXSW day party, Carolina Jubilee was well covered by our wonderful writers back home. Check out The Daily Tar Heel article and The Independent's profiles of all six bands that played the party. There's also some nice photos of The Love Language and Lost in the Trees.
• Other odds and ends: Some sketches of Lost in the Trees playing on the Austin City Limits stage, an interview with Ari Picker of Lost in the Trees with The Daily Tar Heel, as well as one with Spinner.
  

Trekky Records at SXSW

Trekky Records is currently partying down in Austin, TX, for the annual South By Southwest festival. Today is our very own day party, celebrating the great music of North Carolina. The Daily Tar Heel wrote a great article about the event, and The Independent also asked all six bands playing the party about their SXSW experience. Read those beautiful words and here and here.

Also, make sure to check out Lost in the Trees at their many performances:

03.18 Homeslice Pizza (1415 South Congress Ave.) | 3:45PM
03.18 Hyde Park Parlor (4301 Guadalupe St.) | 5PM
03.18 Aloft Hotel (11601 Domain Dr.) | 9:40PM
03.19 Mess With Texas (Waterloo Park) | 12:40PM
03.19 Antone's (213 W. 5th St.) | 8PM

Lost in the Trees feature in The Independent

This week's Independent Weekly has the full story on Lost in the Trees and the release of their new version of All Alone In An Empty House. Check out the print edition, or click here to read online. While you're there, make sure to read about the new releases from Des Ark, Megafaun and The Love Language (some of our favorite bands), featured in the same article.

Lost in the Trees sign to Anti- Records

We are very excited to share that Lost in the Trees has signed to Los Angeles, CA label Anti- Records. After five years of development in the Trekky Records Collective, our dear little folk orchestra is ready to grow into a new and more powerful animal. We're excited to take the next step with the band and we'll still be closely involved in the growth of the project. Anti- has an amazing reputation as an artist-friendly record label and they've released some of our favorite records by Tom Waits, Elliott Smith, Neko Case and many others. This spring, Anti- will release a new and expanded version of All Alone In An Empty House on vinyl and CD, worldwide. Ari Picker, the mastermind behind Lost in the Trees, has been hard at work this winter, revamping and enhancing the recordings with North Carolina producer Scott Solter (The Mountain Goats, Superchunk, Spoon, St. Vincent). The new release will also feature two new unreleased songs.

We'd like to thank the amazing musical community in North Carolina for making this possible. Without the support of an amazing network of fans and bands, Lost in the Trees wouldn't have this opportunity to share their music with a wider audience. Stay tuned for more news on the way, and make sure to catch the band on their mini-SXSW tour:

03-13 Atlanta, GA - Star Bar
03-15 Athens, GA - Caledonia
03-18 Austin, TX - Trekky Records presents: Carolina Jubilee*
03-19 Austin, TX - Billions SXSW Showcase#
03-21 Shreveport, LA - Hayride Diner
05-15 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle

*=with The Love Language, Hammer No More The Fingers and more.
#=with Liars, Shearwater, Quasi and more.

MP3 | Lost in the Trees - All Alone In An Empty House [from the upcoming All Alone In An Empty House LP]