It gives us great honor to share with you the details of Lost In The Trees' newest statement, a devastating and beautiful album titled A Church That Fits Our Needs, to be released by ANTI- and Trekky Records on March 20, 2012. It is a work of vaulting ambition, a cathedral built on loss and transformation. Visit NPR's All Songs Considered to hear "Red", the stunning first single.
In the summer of 2009, Ari Picker lost his mother, an artist in her own right, when she took her own life. Picker set about transforming the events into a musical tribute, composing and writing with his mother’s picture above his desk: the same picture that will now grace the album’s cover. “I wanted to give her a space, in the music, to be, and to become all the things she didn’t get a chance to be when she was alive,” Picker says.
As on 2010's All Alone In An Empty House, Picker has again surrounded himself with musicians who bring his vision to life with verve and sensitivity. A special contribution comes in the vocals of Emma Nadeau, whose soaring, wordless melodies counter Picker’s ecstatic vocals throughout. Recorded and produced by Picker in North Carolina, the album was mixed by the legendary Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck), bringing out the lush tones of the orchestrations in their full grandeur.
Tracklist:
01. Moment One 02. Neither Here Nor There 03. Red 04. Golden Eyelids 05. Icy River 06. Tall Ceilings 07. Moment Two 08. The Dead Bird Is Beautiful 09. Garden 10. Villain 11. An Artist's Song 12. Vines
For a glimpse into the process of making the album, check out this lovely video:
As 2011 draws to a close, the Trekky crew looks back on what made 2011 such a great year! Here are some highlights! Jesse Ainslie (Barghest, Virgin Forest, Phosphorescent)
Top Ten Albums of "2011":
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991) - reissue 2011 Radiohead - King Of Limbs Tyler, The Creator - Goblin Curren$y - Pilot Talk (2010) Bobby Charles - Bobby Charles (1972) - reissue 2011 Destroyer - Kaputt Grinderman - Grinderman II (2010) Deertick - Divine Providence Tom Waits - Bad As Me Ulver - Wars of The Roses (2011)
and two things I still just can't get over: Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano (1963) and Ulver - Lyckantropen Themes (2002)
In my opinion, these are, at least, contenders for the greatest instrumental records of all time - do yourselves the favor.
==================================== Martin Anderson (Trekky Records)
**sorry in advance that my list is so long...2011 has been a big one!**
TOP 30 ALBUMS OF 2011 1. Bon Iver- "Bon Iver, Bon Iver" 2. The War on Drugs- "Slave Ambient" 3. James Blake- "s/t" 4. Future Islands- "On the Water" 5. Akron/Family- "The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT" 6. High Places- "Original Colors" 7. Wye Oak- "Civilian" 8. The Dodos- "No Color" 9. Gillian Welch- "The Harrow & The Harvest 10. The Rosebuds- "Loud Planes Fly Low" 11. Wilco- "The Whole Love" 12. Mount Moriah- "s/t" 13. All Tiny Creatures- "Harbors" 14. James Blake- "Enough Thunder" 15. Grouper- "A/A : Alien Observer / Dream Loss" 16. Vetiver- "The Errant Charm" 17. Panda Bear- "Tomboy" 18. Beirut- "The Rip Tide" 19. Whatever Brains- "s/t" 20. Hammer No More The Fingers- "Black Shark" 21. Kurt Vile- "Smoke Ring for My Halo" 22. Des Ark- "Don't Rock The Boat, Sink the Fucker" 23. Gil-Scott Heron & Jamie xx- "We're New Here" 24. Colin Stetson- "New history Warfare, Vol 2: Judges" 25. Atlas Sound- "Parallax" 26. Collections of Colonies of Bees- "GIVING" 27. Tinariwen- "Tassili" 28. Drive-By Truckers- "Go-Go Boots" 29. Tom Waits- "Bad As Me" 30. Stephen Malkmus- "Mirror Traffic"
***I intentionally excluded the handful of AMAZING albums that I worked very closely on (Megafaun, Lost in the Trees, Phil Cook, Brice Randall Bickford, etc)***
Shows: --TRKfest 2011 @ Haw River Ballroom in Saxapahaw, NC (highlights: Butterflies, Bowerbirds, Lonnie Walker, Vibrant Green) --Megafaun + Doug Paisley @ Schuba's in Chicago, IL --Future Islands @ The Echoplex in Los Angeles, CA --Phil Cook & His Feat album release @ Motorco in Durham, NC --Bon Iver & The Rosebuds @ Downtown Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC --High Places @ The Smell in Los Angeles, CA --Westfalia @ Johnny's in Carrboro, NC --Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, NC (highlights: Superchunk, Brice Randall Bickford, Lost in the Trees, Mount Moriah, Wooden Wand, The Dodos) --Sharon Van Etten & Megafaun @ Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY --All Tiny Creatures @ Hometapes SXSW Friend Island in Austin, TX --The Mountain Goats & Megafaun @ The Ottobar in Baltimore, MD --The War on Drugs @ The Satellite in Los Angeles, CA --Gayngs @ Stubb's in Austin, TX --Menomena & Megafaun @ The Republic in New Orleans, LA --Avi Buffalo @ The Winona house in Los Angeles, CA
Other rad highlights of 2011: Trekky House...2011-2012 Tar Heels...Pie Pushers...Day off at an indoor water park with the Megafaun gang...hiking in the Redwoods...TRKfest...BJ "Crow" Burton...new Westfalia songs entering my life...bloody marys and ceviche in Mexico with Katie...welcoming Ellis Bradley Cook into this world...Greg Davis' Grateful Dead mixes...Adam Wills: hangmaster...Hi Ho Silver Oh Silverlake Lounge residency night 4 with Grandma Sparrow and Wil Donegan...The final days of Brome...Joan Didion...MusicNOW festival in Cinci w Fauns, FBB, Sharon, Vern, Doug, JagJag fam, National fam, et al...cabbage salad at Carousel in Los Angeles...Lee Waters...Punjab Deli in NYC...Adam & Sara Heathcott...re-reading the Merge book...Doug "Drugs" Paisley & Jordan Long...Boiling Crab & Beverly Soon Tofu in Ktown LA...Thomas and Amanda's dining room table...tamale birthday party...finally getting thorough with Yo La Tengo's catalog...Carolina Brewery Anniversary Lager..Dave Godowsky's apartment...Listening to Patterson Hood and James Toth speak at a Hopscotch panel
Knowing how hard the new Midtown Dickens, Lost in the Trees, Bowerbirds, Sharon Van Etten, Bear in Heaven, Dana Buoy and Matt White records are going to rule next year!!!
==================================== Phil Cook (Phil Cook & His Feat, Megafaun)
Doug Paisley - Constant Companion (i don't care that it's 2010. still listened to it the most!) William Tyler - Behold the Spirit The Alabama Shakes - S/T EP Gillian Welch - The Harrow and The Harvest Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong Drive By Truckers - Go Go Boots Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver Mount Moriah - S/T The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient The Dodos - No Color
==================================== Thomas Costello (Embarrassing Fruits)
Cass Mccombs "Wit's End" Yuck "Yuck" Colin Stetson "New History Of Warfare Vol.2" Kurt Vile "Smoke Ring For My Halo" Gillian Welch "The Harrow & The Harvest" Trouble Books & Mark McGuire "Trouble Books & Mark McGuire" Bill Orcutt "A New Way To Pay Old Debts" Iceage "New Brigade" The War On Drugs "Slave Ambient" Whatever Brains "Whatever Brains" Megafaun "Megafaun" Glenn Jones "The Wanting" Eddy Current Suppression Ring "So Many Things"
Bill Callahan - Apocalypse Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Belong Destroyer - Kaputt Mickey Newbury - An American Trilogy (reissue) Josh T. Pearson - The Last of the Country Gentlemen
Most Epic Sunset: Baucum Road (Monroe Manor) November, 2011
New Favorite Bands: The Gift Machine, Cal Folger Day, Sonny and the Sunsets, The Water Bears
Best Date: 11/11/11
Best Taco: Taqueria Cancun, the Mission, SF ****(There is an important lesson in this one: Things that don't need qualifiers are always done well; the guest check just said: Taco. Kinda like how the new Megafaun record just says: Megafaun)
Best Hair: Will Hackney by FAR
Best Place to Sleep Alone: Strawberry Rock, Petrolia CA
Best Show: Wild Flag and Yellow Fever, Local 506, March 11, 2011
==================================== Will Hackney (Trekky Records, Midtown Dickens)
Favorite 10 Albums of 2011
1 Gillian Welch - The Harrow and The Harvest 2. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse 3. Terius Nash - 1977 4. Beyonce - 4 5. Yardwork - Brotherer 6. Kate Bush - Director's Cut 7. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 8. Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch The Throne 9. James Blake - s/t 10. Des Ark - Don't Rock The Boat, Sink The Fucker
Favorite Reissues
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock Fred McDowell - The Alan Lomax Recordings
Can't believe I still haven't listened to it, what's wrong with me?
Bjork - Biophilia
==================================== Daniel Hart (The Physics of Meaning)
Best Albums:
Tamer Animals -- Other Lives King of Limbs -- Radiohead Underneath the Pine -- Toro Y Moi English Riviera -- Metronomy Loud Planes Fly Low -- The Rosebuds James Blake -- James Blake Metals -- Feist w h o k i l l -- tUnE-yArDs New History Warfare Vol. 2 - Judges -- Colin Stetson bon iver, bon iver -- Bon Iver No Time For Dreaming -- Charles Bradley Burst Apart -- Antlers Unknown Mortal Orchestra -- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Best Videos:
Metronomy - She Wants, dir. Jul & Mat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntVV3dTo-qw
+ every other Metronomy video (look it up and feel cleverer)
Battles - My Machines, dir. Daniels http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkgQ88G8Hj8
Battles - Ice Cream, dir. Canada http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CXtJA34QGQ&feature=related
Best Shows:
Feist @ the Majestic, Dallas, November Toro Y Moi @ some shitty club, Austin, SXSW Man Man/Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers @ Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas, April Bon Iver @ Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, July Other Lives @ Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, June Broken Social Scene @ House of Fucking Blues, Dallas, March
Best Movies:
Midnight in Paris HP8
Best things that happened to me this year:
1. Rachel and I celebrated four years together in August
2. Charlyne Yi made this amazing video for one of my songs, with no help from me, because she is truly amazing:
http://vimeo.com/24804326
3. Playing in Other Lives supporting Bon Iver's West Coast run, September
Best People:
Gerard Smith (1975 - 2011). Rest in peace
==================================== Seamus Kenney (Trepak, Auxiliary House, Lost in the Trees)
My top ten consists mostly of artists/songs I was listening to via Pandora in the past year. I have noted the year of release so as to not confuse or confound the reader.
Band/Album/Single/Year
1 - Peter, Bjorn and John/Gimme Some/Dig a Little Deeper/2011 2 - Fleet Foxes/Helplessness Blues/The Shrine - An Argument/2011 3 - Blitzen Trapper/The Destroyer of The Void/The Man Who Would Speak True/2010 4 - Dirty Projectors/Bitte Orca/Stillness Is The Move/2009 5 - Grizzly Bear/Veckatimest/Two Weeks/2009 6 - Band of Horses/Cease To Begin/No One's Gonna Love You/2007 7 - The Bird and The Bee/Please Clap Your Hands/Polite Dance Song/2007 8 - Phoenix/It's Never Been Like That/Sometime in The Fall/2006 9 - Ben Kweller/Out Come The Wolves/ Hospital Bed/2004 10- The Wedding Present/Watusi/Yeah,Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah/1994 ==================================== Josh Kimbrough (Butterflies, Westfalia)
==================================== Jon Mackey (Hi Ho Silver Oh, Auxiliary House)
1. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 2. David Bazan - Strange Negotiations 3. Megafaun - Megafaun 4. Mount Moriah - Mount Moriah 5. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972 5. (tie) Tim Hecker - Dropped Pianos 6. Bon Iver - Bon Iver 7. Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage 8. Low - C'mon 9. Toro Y Moi - Underneath the Pine 10. Washed Out - Within and Without
==================================== Joe Norkus (Embarrassing Fruits, Westfalia)
National: The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient Swearing At Motorists - Postcards From a Drinking Town Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo Richard Buckner - Our Blood John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves Atlas Sound - Parallax Toro Y Moi - Underneath The Pine Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Local: Wesley Wolfe - Cynics Need Love Too Secret Message Machine - Trashface Gross Ghost - Wicked Game Mount Moriah - s/t
Other Stuff: Jim Beam Rye Whiskey w/ Blenheim's and Lime (thanks John) Sriracha + Anything The Taco Truck next to Cat's Cradle Breaking Bad My "new" Squire Strat Seeing Archers of Loaf, Guided By Voices (twice), and Dinosaur Jr. all in the same year!
==================================== Ari Picker (Lost in the Trees)
I'm always asked the same question this time of year: "What are you top 10 favorite albums of the year"....and every year it seems like there are less and less albums that really change me as a music lover. Perhaps it is just an age thing (not being young and wide eyed to the word), or perhaps I'm too self absorbed. Or am I looking for other types of inspiration? But...when a record does fight its way into my head, it gives me the same thrill that it did 10 years ago. So for this year, here are my top 10 (or so) albums that changed my life. There are so many wonderful albums, but these are the ones that really changed me as a music listener (at least the ones that I can remember at the moment).
1. Kid A/OK Computer - Radiohead 2. Atom Heart Mother/Meddle - Pink Floyd 3. Airplane Over the Sea/Live at Jittery Joe's - Neutral Milk Hotel 4. Orchestral Music - Beethoven's late string quartets, Berlioz Symphony Fantastique, Saint-Sean's tone poems, Chopin's Nocturnes, Shostakovich's symphonies, Stravinsky's ballets, Bach fugues, Mozart's 40th-41st symphony, Sibelius' Violin Concerto, and On and On and On.... 5. Ziggy Stardus/Aladin Sane - David Bowie 6. Edward Scissor Hands - Danny Elfman 7. Smily Smile/Smile - The Beach Boys 8. The Royal Tenembaums - Various Artists 9. Anti-Christ Super Star - Marilyn Manson 10. Pinkerton/Blue Album - Weezer
Honorable Mentions: The Misfits - Static Age, Queen - Sheer Heart Attack, Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons/Fake Can be Just as Good, Outkast - Aquimini/Stankonia, Joni Mitchell - Blue, The Beatles, Funeral/Neon Bible - Arcade Fire, The 'Burbs Sound Track - Jerry Goldsmith, and on and on...
Records: Bon Iver - Bon Iver Wild Flag - Wild Flag Javelin - Canyon Candy The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck Megafaun - Megafaun Pink Flag - King of Scene Harvey Sue - Harvey Sue Gets Down Destroyer - Kaputt Phil Cook and his Feat - Hungry Mother Blues Future Islands - On the Water Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts Frank Fairfield - Out on the Open West Gillian Welch - The Harrow and the Harvest Kendl Winter - At the Same Time Clyde Peterson (Your Heart Breaks), Theo Hilton (Nana Grizol / Defiance Ohio), Toby Foster, Ryan Woods (Defiance Ohio) - THEO CLYDE TOBY RYAN "SELF TITLED SPLIT" Des Ark - Don't Rock the Boat, Sink the Fucker
Shows: Diamond Center - Hopscotch The Mountain Goats - The Fillmore, yeow!! Des Ark / Bellafea / Pygmy Lush - The Nightlight The War on Drugs / Carter Tanton - Kings Javelin - Pinhook 3 year anniversary Shonen Knife / Ghost of Rock - Pinhook A Hawk and a Hacksaw / Dark Dark Dark / Pillars & Tongues - Pinhook MEN ft. JD Sampson / Tayisha Bussay - Pinhook Kairaba / Afica Unplugged - Pinhook Gillian Welch - NC Museum of Art Vibrant Green - TRKfest - Haw River Ballroom Paper Hand Puppet Intervention - Forest Theatre The Moaners / Mount Moriah - Cat's Cradle Des Ark - Hopscotch Hurray for the Riff Raff - the Pinhook w. Sam Doores and the Tumbleweeds O'Death / Why are we Building Such a Big Ship /Lonnie Walker - Pinhook
Best new find of 2011, hopefully to acquire in 2012: *Moog Taurus*
==================================== Rusty Sutton (Lost in the Trees live sound engineer)
TOP RECORDS
1. Gillian Welch - The Harrow and the Harvest
2. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
3. Generationals - Actor-Castor
4. Mount Moriah - s/t
5. Braids - Native Speaker
6. Brice Randall Bickford - s/t
7. Telekinesis - 12 Desperate Straight Lines
8. War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
9. Battles - Gloss Drop
10. Foo Fighters - Wasting Life
Honorable mentions: Yuck - s/t, Jessica Leah Mayfield - Tell Me, Decemberists - The King is Dead
TOP SHOWS/TOURS/FESTIVALS (In chronological order)
Jan. 13-23 - Lost in the Trees/Butterflies South East Tour Feb. 11 - Pipe @ Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC Mar. 18 - Versus and Lost in the Trees acoustic sets @ Homeslice Pizza, Austin, TX Mar. 23 - OFF! @ Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC Apr. 11 - Joe Pug and Strand of Oaks @ Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC Apr. 12 - Wanda Jackson @ Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC May 14-15 - Flaming Lips, Yo La Tengo, Mucca Pazza, Lost in the Trees, and Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Nelsonville Music Festival, Nelsonville, OH June 25 - David Bazan, Centro-Matic and Sarah Jaffe @ Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC July 23-24 - Hillside Music Festival, Guelph, ON August 19-20 - Archers of Loaf @ Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC Sept. 6 - Active Child @ Local 506, Chapel Hill NC Sept. 8-11 - Hopscotch Music Festival Sept. 17 Neon Indian @ Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC Sept. 18 The Low Anthem and William Elliott Whitmore @ Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC Sept. 27 - Fucked Up and Wavves @ Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC Oct. 31 - Zen Frisbee and Shit Horse @ Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC
==================================== Stephen Tunnell (Vibrant Green)
Shoes: Clarks Looking forward to: YanDrew releasing somethin recorded Kinda old but newly discovered music: PJ Harvey's "Uh-Huh Her", Aloe Blacc's "Good things". Food: Rediscovered Crab Cakes! New music: St. Vincent's Strange Mercy
Trekky Records is proud to announce the release of Midtown Dickens' third album, Home, the band's most stunning and accomplished work to date. Durham, North Carolina's Midtown Dickens have never sounded more bold or graceful than they do across these 11 gorgeous meditations on the themes of home (both literal and abstract), family (blood and chosen) and space (within us and about us). Home is the sound of journey and motion; the pulling apart and coming together we experience as we search for our place in the world.
Home is also Midtown Dickens' most collaborative release, expanding the core duo of songwriters/vocalists Kym Register and Catherine Edgerton to include multi-instrumentalists Will Hackney and Jonathan Henderson. Recorded between tours in a near-constant year of traveling (including jaunts with kindred-spirits The Mountain Goats, Megafaun, and Lost in the Trees) the album reveals a band moving effortlessly as one. This unity brings focus and warmth to Edgerton and Register's dark folk compositions.
Home was recorded by long-time collaborator Scott Solter (Spoon, St. Vincent, The Mountain Goats) at his studio in Monroe, North Carolina. The remote location afforded Midtown Dickens the time and space to delve into the most adventurous, experimental, and focused sessions of the band's career. At first listen, it is clear that Home marks a dramatic shift in Midtown Dickens' sonic world. While still anchored by acoustic, folk instrumentation (banjo, mandolin, acoustic guitar, upright bass), the album also wields layers of overdriven bowed cymbals, musical saws drowning in reverb and walls-of-sound that push acoustic instruments to places they've never been before. Yet the band never allows the noise to obscure the soul of the song, and without out a doubt these are the most realized and lucid songs Register and Edgerton have ever written, modern standards. Home evokes the stunning colors of Carolina tobacco fields and Appalachian mountain ranges, re-imagined and re-contextualized in a way that is undeniably Midtown Dickens.
Trekky will release Home, in our signature LP+CD+MP3 format on February 28, 2012.
Tracklist: 1. Home All Ways 2. Elephant 3. No More Reason (To Pine) 4. Only Brother 5. Apple Tree 6. Resting 7. Crocodile Mile 8. Walk, Don't You Run 9. Volcanoes (Covered In Snow) 10. Cross My Heart 11. This Is My Home
The good folks over at When You Awake are premiering the new Brice Randall Bickford music video, a visual interpretation of "On The Caesura Of Paying Attention", the second single from Bickford's dense and rewarding self-titled album. The video is directed by visual artistLeon Godwin, and places a particular focus on Bickford's greatest strength: his lyrics. Clickhere to see the video, as well as download a free MP3 of "On The Caesura Of Paying Attention".
Brice Randall Bickford's self-titled album is out now in our signature 3-part package, complete with LP, CD and MP3 download. Order here.
As the temperature drops and holiday spirits rise, you may find yourself in the mood for some seasonal music. Not to worry, The Trekky Yuletide Orchestra has you covered! Composed of members of Lost in the Trees, Midtown Dickens, Butterflies and Embarrassing Fruits, the collective orchestra has been bringing holiday cheer to the masses for 5 years. As our early gift to you, please enjoy this free MP3 of The Trekky Yuletide Orchestra's "In The Bleak Midwinter". Probably the most somber cut from the Orchestra's A New Old Fashioned Christmas, the classic hymn will get you in that nostalgic, wintery mood that comes each snowy season. A New Old Fashioned Christmas is on sale now for only $8 in the Trekky Records Online Store, as a part of our Winter Sale. Right click below to download "In The Bleak Midwinter" for free!
MP3: The Trekky Yuletide Orchestra - In The Bleak Midwinter [from the A New Old Fashioned Christmas LP]
In September of 2009, members of the Trekky Records Collective joined together to perform various sets at Milltown in Carrboro, NC. A mix of rare solo performances, cross-band collaborations and spontaneous sing-a-longs, the evening went down in Trekky History as a night to remember. As the label moves into its 10th year, now with more family members than ever, the collective will once again join together to share songs, perform ill-advised covers and celebrate music in the Triangle.
Daniel Hart, mastermind behind The Physics of Meaning, spent his summer and fall on the road with The Rosebuds and Other Lives, supporting Bon Iver. In December, Daniel will be heading out on tour across the Southwest and California, performing songs from his latest album, "The Orientalist"! Don't miss this one folks! Full dates below.
Watch Daniel perform "O Sangheeta" at SXSW:
Order The Physics of Meaning's "Snake Charmer and Destiny at the Stroke of Midnight" here.
12-03 San Antonio, TX - The Limelight 12-04 Lubbock, TX - Skooner's 12-05 Las Cruces, NM - LB's Late Night Lunchbox 12-06 Phoenix, AZ - Trunk Space 12-08 San Diego, CA - The Soda Bar*^ 12-09 Los Angeles, CA - Pehrspace^ 12-10 Merced, CA - The Partisan 12-11 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern 12-15 Amarillo, TX - The 806 12-16 Denton, TX - J&J's Pizza on the Square# 12-17 Dallas, TX - City Tavern# 12-18 Austin, TX - Hole in the Wall#
*with Jeffrey Lewis ^with Martin Starr and Common Rotation #with Matthew and the Arrogant Sea
In May of 2011, Josh Kimbrough, Joe Norkus and Bobby Britt were set to move out of their house and on to greater things. But before they left, they wanted to have one last house show in their communal space. Somehow they agreed upon buying a giant military parachute, and having the bands play beneath. What resulted was a strange and special night, promoted online with the hashtag "#justchuteme".
Butterflies, Embarrassing Fruits and Rainbow Nerd all performed. Here's Butterflies performing "Tired Pose".
Butterflies will open for The Sea and Cake this Friday at Local 506 in Chapel Hill. You can get tickets here.
Our friends over at Special Passenger Records have put together a very special compilation featuring new music from Midtown Dickens, Butterflies and Daniel Hart, among many others. Each band
was asked to compose and record a new song relating to their hometowns for a compilation called Feels Like Coming Home. The comp is out now, and can be ordered, downloaded and listened to here. Now the team
behind the comp is traveling the country, creating a documentary about those very hometowns featured in the songs. We're very happy to have so many of our artists involved in the project.
The Hopscotch Music Festival has, in just two years, become the most important music event in North Carolina. Hundreds of musicians will soon descend upon Raleigh to share their art, and attendees will be treated to more live music in 72 hours than anyone really deserves. Its a real treat for us locals, and we're honored to be involved in the festival again this year. Here's a guide to seeing Trekky artists play at Hopscotch, as well as some recommendations of friends and allies that you won't want to miss. Get out yr calendars!
FRIDAY
Brice Randall Bickford
9:00PM at Berkeley Cafe
SATURDAY
The Blount Street Block Party
11:00AM-5:30PM at The Pour House & Tir Na Nog
Our joint day party with our friends from Hometapes Records. Come out and enjoy free treats from Crumb, coffee from Joe Van Gogh and the premiere of canned Fat Tire Beer, on sale all day. Bounce back and forth between the two venues and see almost a dozen amazing bands. For our party we're happy to have a spread of old and new Trekky artists, including NC expatriate Daniel Hart (of The Physics of Meaning, St. Vincent, John Vanderslice, The Rosebuds). We'll also have a special non-Trekky guest, our friend Cat Martino (of Sufjan Stevens, Sharon Van Etten). This is all FREE! Schedules below:
Trekky's DAY-DREAM @ The Pour House: 4:30 | Butterflies 3:40 | Embarrassing Fruits 2:50 | Daniel Hart 2:00 | Midtown Dickens 1:10 | Brice Randall Bickford 12:30 | Cat Martino Hometapes' Friend Island @ Tir Na Nog: 4:00 | All Tiny Creatures 3:00 | The Caribbean 2:00 | Family Dynamics 1:00 | Matthew White 12:00 | Sunless
Embarrassing Fruits
9:30PM at The Union
Lost in the Trees
12:00AM at Fletcher Opera Hall
EXTRAS
Trekky Records' own Will Hackney will also be playing with Cassis Orange (Thursday, 9:30PM at The Union) and Mount Moriah (Friday, 12:00AM at Berkeley Cafe) as well as participating in Hoopscotch, the charity basketball game at 1:30PM on Friday.
Our thoughts are with all those affected by the Sony DADC/PIAS warehouse fire in London this past Tuesday. Not only is it a tragedy for the workers and the families of the warehouse (thankfully no deaths or injuries), but also our fellow independent record labels like Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans, Secretly Canadian, Asthmatic Kitty, Thrill Jockey, Sub Pop, Matador, 4AD, Drag City, Rough Trade, Soul Jazz, many more, and their artists who lost thousands and thousands of dollars worth of stock in the incident.
This is a hard hit, especially in the current shakey climate of physical media. Follow the links below for more info and how you can help out. The simplest way- go out and buy some records! Show your support for these amazing labels that work tirelessly to bring inspiring music to the world.
Butterflies will be taking their ever-evolving art-pop ensemble south for a string of shows in Georgia this week. Kimbrough and co. have been hard at work on various recording projects this summer. They recorded not one, but two songs for compilations, and have a third on the way. Stay tuned for more news soon from Butterflies, and don't forget to check out their latest album Residual Child.
Summer shows: 07-21 Atlanta, GA - The Music Room 07-22 Macon, GA - The Rookery* 07-23 Athens, GA - Flicker Theater 08-13 Pittsboro, NC - TRKFest% 09-10 Raleigh, NC - The Pour House^
*with The Bronzed Chorus %with Bowerbirds, Mount Moriah, Midtown Dickens, more ^Trekky Records Day-Dream Party at Hopscotch Festival with Midtown Dickens, Embarrassing Fruits, Brice Randall Bickford
Lost in the Trees have been quiet, but busy. Ari and company have spent the last six months recording and crafting their breath-taking follow-up to All Alone in an Empty House...but more on that soon! Lost in the Trees are stretching their legs and taking their ever-evolving live show on the road this summer. The band's travels kick off with a hometown performance tonight at Duke Gardens in Durham, NC, then off to Ontario for the Hillside Festival, followed by a detour at LouFest in St. Louis, and wrapping up with a concert at the Fletcher Opera Theater in Raleigh, NC as part of the second-annual Hopscotch Festival. It's totally acceptable if you want to wear your bathing suit to any of these:
07-13 Durham, NC - Duke Gardens 07-21 Philadelphia, PA - Danger Danger Gallery 07-22 Oneonta, NY - The Oneonta Theatre 07-23 Guelph, ON - Hillside Festival* 07-24 Guelph, ON - Hillside Festival* 07-25 Toronto, ON - The Drake Hotel 08-26 Carbondale, IL - The Hangar 9 08-27 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall 08-28 St. Louis, MO - Loufest# 09-10 Raleigh, NC - Fletcher Opera Theater (Hopscotch Festival)%
*with Kevin Drew & The Beauties, Little Scream, Doug Paisley, These United States #with The Roots, TV on the Radio, Cat Power, Deerhunter, The Hold Steady %with The Flaming Lips, Guided By Voices, Superchunk, Drive-by Truckers, The Dodos, The Love Language, Brice Randall Bickford, Embarrassing Fruits, Butterflies
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